Posts made by surreality

@Thenomain said in RL Anger:

Just as taking your smoking outside or somewhere else shouldn't be a big deal.

It isn't, until the law states you can't be within 100ft of any public structure.

As in, 'stick it out in the rain, the law states that makeshift lean-to/ez-ups tent/table with a fucking umbrella on it is a public structure'. Yes, really; if someone stood still too long holding an umbrella I'm reasonably certain they'd be dubbed a 'public structure' for purposes of this idiocy. As in, businesses have tried to just put up crappy little sideless tents for their employees out in the parking lot or on their property away from the buildings at the designated distance to keep the weather off the poor bastards, and they get heavily, heavily fined for it. Forget any little 'here's a tiny smoker's shack for the dead of winter that has zero other purpose or reason for anyone to be there', no matter how sane that is.

There's 'reasonable', and then there's 'it's fashionable to be as punitive and dickish and harsh as humanly possible'; my state definitely went the latter route. Some states (at least as of a while ago) still allowed for places to have a section if they installed a (very costly) completely separate area with its own ventilation (or completely separated building with its own ventilation that didn't cross. As overbearing as that is, there are businesses for which that would or could be a worthwhile investment. (Hotels, I'm looking at you; this is better than floor-by-floor or hall-by-hall, which sometimes changes and renders the whole thing moot.) Nope, that was just too reasonable for this state. grumble-mutter

Chalk it up to one more reason to work from home. I dunno if I could handle having to befriend a mass of SUV-having fellow-employee smokers to camp out in the parking lot with when it snows. (Which is now what happens kinda a lot, and is less than ideal for so, so many reasons.)

A good cause that gives me warm fuzzies (pun not intended) on the whole, but worth watching this clip even if you don't care about what she's talking about for the wolf tummy rubs throughout.

As a former werestaffer, wolf tummy rubs make me inordinately derpy-happy, even when sick enough I can barely even think straight. Because grar-so-fierce.

Haven't heard any of this, but I'm not actually playing anywhere at the moment. Sorry to hear it's happening, though, and hope it knocks off soon.

@Arkandel We also have a 'this cat, she hates/is terrified of people' cat.

She is the biggest cuddleslut in the world with us, and hides from everyone else.

We adopted her and her sister at 3-5 years old (even the shelter wasn't sure). Nobody could get near the fluffbutt for the months and months they had them. (No one wanted older cats, let alone older cats in a pair, but we saw them and immediately said: "Nope, those are our cats, we'll take 'em!")

...the fluffbutt trills at us, headbonks the hell out of us constantly, and cannot be away from cuddle distance for more than a few hours without wailing piteously and seeking out her people.

Yep. That cat sure hates people all right. (Well, she does. Just not her people. Or maybe she thinks we're also cats; she's cute, but not... especially bright.)

Stories, whenever possible. (Hokey as fuck? Yes, but still true.)
Vintage and antique precious metal threads and embellishments for embroidery.
Ball jointed dolls (on major long-term hiatus because so, so very broke these days).
Seashells/fossil coral/pebbles/weird stuff that washes up on the beach. (Mostly found, very few bought.)
Unfinished game wikis. (No comment.)
Costume and fashion history books.
Blue and green nail polish.
Bizarre and/or obscure jobs. (Usually ends up circling back to #1 on the list.)

@GangOfDolls This is a lot like my mother's entirely psychosomatic 'allergy' to smoke.

We tested her more than once on it. I'd be in the back seat of the car, flick the lighter, not light the cigarette. Wait.

Sure enough, still with the <hack hack hack put-upon-voice> "My god, aren't you done with that horrible thing yet?"

At which point I would stick the unlit cigarette up between the seats to show her it was unlit.

Took about five instances of this to cure her 'allergy', but... hallelujah, SHE IS HEEEEALED PRRRRRAISE JESUS! <cough> (Or whatever god presides over 'I call bullshit', but I don't know which that is off hand; if there is not one, one should be made up post-haste.)

She is also absolutely from the Mid-West, which makes this especially funny to me.

@Cupcake ...that is officially the happiest thing on the internets today. Thank you!

@Wizz There's actually a coded system for this already that has it all covered, actually. +cond. It's pretty neat.

Do not ever throw up KFC biscuits.

Just... trust me on this. It is not a happy experience at all.

(I know, I know, a health-conscious person wouldn't eat them in the first place, but fuck that.)

@Thenomain We called that one TR, if I recall.

(Somebody had to say it.)

@Coin <whines> ...not yet!

(I should really at least turn off Black Sails, shouldn't I?)

@Coin Oh, I'm sure. Depending on how much the current project works I might go that route when it's time.

It's just so not time.

...yet.

@Coin Don't you make me get the itch to make that pirate game I still really wanna make, I'm already up to my eyeballs in templates. <so much glinty-squinty side-eye, which is so piratey... GODDAMMIT>

@Insomnia I wish! ...but I did break down and attack some leftover cheesecake with a spork. That balanced things out real quick.

Sporks and cheesecake make almost anything better.

That moment you finally finish a thing! ...only to have it not work properly due to a software limitation designed to 'help'. <grumble-mutter>

And then you fix it! And it's awesome 'cause it's a problem you've been beating your head against for almost two years! <cheering begins>

...and then you remember you now have to go back and redo all the shit you just 'finished' because now it needs tweaking.

I'm still torn as to whether this was a win or a loss on the whole. We need a love-hate thread, for real. If there's one thing we all know, it's 'aggravated/frustrated celebration'.

@Insomnia ...and possibly cold fire!

@Derp ...my brain went to exactly the same place on that, so help me.

I tried "The Night Of". I really did. I thought the pilot was good, and very interesting -- but it was also incredibly depressing to watch on the racism front. It's something I will watch at some point, but not when my brain's in less than happy places.

@Coin Gunning for the Buddha. I mean, that's gotta be a thing. It just has to.

@Insomnia Sad truth, every time I read about something like this, even if I liked the thing before, I will almost inevitably start to like it less. Guilt by association, I suppose. This kind of stuff is really that off-putting to me.