Hey! I lived on the western edge for awhile! Not my fault my ex husband ended up being a jackass man-child. >.>
@silentsophia I've seen it happen. Lived in Abilene for awhile. We had an Easter with hail the size of baseballs. The winter that had just passed had seen FEET of snow on the ground. Everyone lost their everloving MINDS.
@crusader You may actually want to take a step back, man. You're starting to sound pretty frothy over the whole thing... and you're kind of making an ass of yourself in the process. @Sunny's original post was mildly inflammatory at best, and her responses have been pretty mild as well. You're the one that's getting all up in arms and making deragatory or caustic remarks regarding her interests or herself.
Seriously, just tell them 'no'. As a former cashier, I can tell you... we don't care. We're not going to try to sell you on the concept of giving us your email. Chances are good they're being forced to ask you for it in the first place and would rather not ask at all. So just say 'no', and live guilt-free and worry-free that the cashier is in any way upset or perturbed by it. 
Dammit! I thought I was safe. I thought I'd escaped from GMC. Neither Vampire nor Werewolf interested me in the least... but then they made this. And this looks AMAZING.
SIGH I almost got away...
@Insomnia Addendum: Lawn guys that think that just because its 2pm on a Wednesday, its okay to run FIVE LEAFBLOWERS simultaneously around my townhouse. Motherfuckers, I am ON THE PHONE. These assholes will like bang the door with the friggin' leafblower!
How 'cool' guys are or aren't revolving around a woman's bodily functions doesn't necessarily apply to how they approach sex. I can safely say that there are a large number of men out there that still think that the stuff you find on porn is what sex is really supposed to be like. Including the stupid way girls presumably touch their clits to stimulate themselves. Others that are straight up just clueless because they were afraid to ask. So, I mean, it could be a highly useful tool for guys as well as girls.
@mietze I would bet the female squick of figuring out their own bodies is lingering societal expectations that women should be ashamed of their bodies and seek to hide from their own functions and processes, and that the girls who want to learn and will experiment are just 'dirty sluts' that no 'good girl' would want to be associated with. The simple fact that women still can't make decisions about their own bodies without state or federal government having a say is rather telling. Men can get Viagra with insurance. Most companies won't cover birth control for women. Sanitary products are still not tax-free. I mean the list really goes on.
Chai is hard to get right in the home without, like, an instructor to show you exactly how. XD Every time I've tried, I either end up with a weak/bad brew, or there's too much/too little milk... its an art form.
Love me some SimpleMU. It does all the things I need it to, when I need it to, and doesn't require me to coax or otherwise tell it its pretty to work properly for me.
How can you even express derision or disapproval with a whistle? Is someone carrying around a slide whistle and doing the 'sad trombone' thing to people?
I've been enjoying it so far! It manages to stay interesting.
Okay! Time for my long ass list of mods. Most of what I'm running right now is just immersion mods. There are a few 'cheat' mods tossed in, but nothing game-breaking.
Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch (because DUH)
Cutting Room Floor (this is all the extra stuff that Bethesda made for Skyrim that didn't actually end up in the finished game. NPC's, quests, items, etc.)
Skyrim Unlimited Rings and Amulets SSE (yes this is a cheat mod since it allows multiple amulets, but dammit, I can wear more than two rings with eight fingers and two thumbs!)
Carry Weight x100 (I know, I know, but holy Hell am I tired of picking through the inventory of every creature I kill to grab only what I can absolutely carry... I want to be able to loot and move on!)
Point the Way (retexture and fixing of the road signs in Skyrim, because some of them will actually point you in the wrong direction)
Run For Your Lives (stupid NPC's trying to fight dragons and ending up dead)
Darkwater Crossing (village expansion of an existing place)
When Vampires Attack (Like Run For Your Lives, but for vampires!)
Bring Out Your Dead (graveyard expansion for unique NPC's because you know some of them will die anyways!)
Dolmen Ruins (addition of Elder Scrolls lore, puts in the ruins of the Dark Anchors Molag Bal used in the Planemeld)
Shor's Stone (expansion of pre-existing village)
Ivarstead (expansion of pre-existing village)
Kynesgrove (expansion of pre-existing village)
Whistling Mine (expansion of pre-existing place)
Karthwasten (expansion of pre-existing village)
Storefront (spouse will run a market during the day)
The Paarthumax Dilemma (allows you to not kill Paarthumax and still finish the Blades quest line, if you want)
Shadowmarks (adds Thieves Guild shadowmarks to your player homes)
Oblivion Gates in Cities (because every trace of Oblivion should not have been erased from the landscape in a few mere centuries! Non-functioning gates)
Gildergreen Regrown (lets you plant the sapling of Gildergreen and actually see it grow over time)
Runandwalkpaces (makes NPC's move at YOUR pace)
RichMerchantsSkyrim_x5 (because 600 gold is stupidly low for a merchant)
Relationship Dialogue Overhaul (because I want to have real conversations with people, not just one of three randomly selected lines being spat out at me)
Book Covers Skyrim (retexture of book covers, much nicer)
Dragon Claw Stands (self-explanatory)
WetandCold (already noted before)
Open Cities Skyrim (no more load times into the cities, bitches!)
Rebalanced Leveled Lists (better and more appropriate loot from killed creatures)
That's all thus far. ^_^
@Tinuviel Nothing for Special Edition has reached Steam yet. There's no Workshop for it yet, just for the original.
@silentsophia If its any consolation, nobody in my household will be setting foot outside until at least Sunday.
@Bobotron Nope! Tooooooooooootally different kids, they like wildly separate things. XD What will happen is lots of fighting as the older attempts to force the younger to play fighting games with him that the younger one knows he can't win so will just fuck around on... which pisses off the older one more.
We've had two Toshiba laptops that managed to last for 3-5 years in spite of having two children using them. One of them is STILL working now even though it belongs to a teenaged boy who's known for his harsh treatment of electronics. Yes, there were a few issues over the years, mainly with power sources and hard drives, but overall I was happy that they lasted as long as they did. It wasn't expected.
@thebird said in Sleepy boredom...:
Gotta say, I'll be slightly glad when it's more than just a fish tank experience. I think I'd prefer the commands over a gremlin screaming in my ear at two in the morning for not making food fast enough. At least there's some kind of interaction, with commands? I don't know. I'll report back when the time comes >>
SAVOR THE FISHTANK EXPERIENCE!!! o.o
Seriously, you will hit a point where you will look back fondly on the days of baby in a bouncer, or where the mere insertion of bottle to mouth would stop the noise. The scream sucks, but its NOTHING compared to the 'I'm Hungry' game. Or when they learn mobility. Suddenly, its a non-stop game of chase, fetch, catch, pleasedearGodwhyohwhydidyougivethemLEGS. Also... screaming for no reason? That becomes a thing. There's nothing wrong, and you will tear your hair out trying to figure out what IS wrong without ever figuring it out... they just want to see how loud they can be and how long they can sustain it. There will be the screaming tantrums, in public. If you're terribly unlucky (as I was with my second), you will STILL be sleep-deprived, because your child can apparently subsist on two hours of sleep and fart jokes and they will rise with the sun and begin the demands for breakfast (no not THAT cereal, the OTHER cereal... or maybe eggs. No, pancakes. BANANA pancakes! God help you if you don't have banana's for banana pancakes)... and it just gets 'better' from there.
@thebird And this is why I'm happy to have boys. Nobody questioned when I would take them shopping for Power Rangers or athletic shorts. Nobody questions my youngest wanting to wear a bright orange tshirt with blue basketball shorts. I would hurt people if I had to shop for 'girly' things.
