[Macros]

People suck in general, expect nothing else then be pleasantly surprised when you encounter non douchebags.

[Maark Abbott]

 Charlie Nom, on 17 October 2015 - 04:01 PM, said:

 Maark, on 17 October 2015 - 02:40 PM, said:

 Illuyankas, on 17 October 2015 - 02:35 PM, said:

 worry, on 16 October 2015 - 09:21 PM, said:

Uh some of us shut our eyes and gambol around the sidewalk with no regard for others FOR RELIGIOUS REASONS!

I think it's time we had an intervention for your obvious gamboling addiction.

Are we going on a quest to save Worry from the neon claws of Gambolor? I'll be DPS.

New gear would come in handy. Whats the loot and drop-rate?

I think he drops Big White Shoulders for me.

[Tiste Simeon]

 Morgoth, on 20 October 2015 - 07:16 AM, said:

 EmperorMagus, on 20 October 2015 - 06:06 AM, said:

I encountered a lovely community of people (the term is very loosely used) a couple of months ago on reddit.
Now, every couple of days I see something on TV or during the day that reminds me of them and I get fucking pissed. I don't even know why, it just makes me angry that people like this exist.

Ah, Reddit, the cesspool of the internet. Redpill, MRA, that whole gamergate stuff. I found my hapiness to increase by a lot when I stopped going there.

Please, it's no worse than Tumblr or Facebook for that matter. Reddit means you can tailor your experience. I subscribe to what I want to see and ignore what I don't. Same with Facebook. Just unfriend the idiots and the experience is a lot better.

[Mentalist]

 Puckstein, on 16 October 2015 - 02:07 PM, said:

I guess I should clear up some things, as I provoked more of a response than I meant to, though this is probably going to get me more flak..

Look, I am perfectly aware that having almost waist-long dreads will provoke looks. You get used to it or cut them off. What provoked my rant yesterday was me almost missing my train stop because a couple of young women, of whom one was too busy playing with her smartphone to be able to walk, and the other was too busy staring at me to walk. They were standing in my way, and the doors were about to close, so I made a gesture to remind the latter one to get over herself and out of the freaking train (the gesture being pointing at the doors), at which point she gave me a look like I'd just threaned to personally kick her out of it, and scuttled off with her friend. And that was the second such incident yesterday, and I'd had a bad mood even before that. And then there was this guy on the next train who gave me a look like I was going to shoot him, both times I walked past him while looking for a seat, so it was no accident. And I'd like to know what the hell that was. I've had random people ask me if I take drugs, because 'uuuh, your hair, you probably smoke something funny' and I've had a random, fifty-year-old bus driver try to kiss me (long story, creepy as hell), but somehow I find those 'staring and stopping whatever they were doing'-people annoying while everyone else is just mildly weird to amusing. Or nice, like that older lady on the bus last week who after some uncomfortable looking just up and asked me stuff, so we had a nice little chat. It's okay to stare, please go on, just get on with life and don't stand in the way, ever, no matter what you're doing - staring at people, talking on the phone, picking your nose - on public transport or other such areas.

I don't give a crap about what people think, but I do give a lot of crap about what they do, especially if that means being obstructive. It's equally annoying as some people being seemingly unable to get their eyes off their phone for three seconds to get off the train without obstructing anyone else, or talking on the phone while standing in line and it being their turn, and so on.

By people getting over themselves I mean 'Get you eyes off your phone, your nose, your fingernails, other people, or whatever else takes up too much attention to walk' when you're in a crowded area and people are trying to get past you. Yeah, I mostly talked about staring in my previous post, but that's what the issue comes down to, the staring was just what particularly annoyed me yesterday.

Call me unable to get over myself. As some of you have pointed out, I should not give a crap, and I don't, actually. Most of the time.

Edit: bah, spelling!

Wear headphones, and avoid eye contact, by looking past or through people. Shades help, but that's optional.

If you're not out to enjoy a stroll but actually running errands and need to get from point A to point B, making yourself oblivious to the world helps. People generally read that body language and understand the "I have 0 desire to be social with randoms" attitude. And they move out of the way when they see you're not gonna slow down - you're the oblivious one, after all. Tends to get me much more personal space.

Edit; messing with my groove is being sore after 3 indoor games in 2 days. Having a desk job is great for the bruises in the feet, but my thighs and hamstrings get ridiculously sore and tight.

And I can't go swim to loosen it all up until tomorrow after work, b/c the new season schedule only has rec swims on Wednesdays and Fridays, unlike the summer when I could go 4 days a week.

I need to buy a condo in a building with an indoor pool.

This post has been edited by Mentalist: 20 October 2015 - 04:53 PM

[Gnaw]

 Mentalist, on 20 October 2015 - 04:47 PM, said:

I need to buy a condo in a building with an indoor pool.

Only a lawyer for two weeks and already dreaming of the spoils of your own soul's destruction as a servant of the 1%.

Mwuhahahahaha

[Mentalist]

 Gnaw, on 20 October 2015 - 07:44 PM, said:

 Mentalist, on 20 October 2015 - 04:47 PM, said:

I need to buy a condo in a building with an indoor pool.

Only a lawyer for two weeks and already dreaming of the spoils of your own soul's destruction as a servant of the 1%.

Mwuhahahahaha

Given our office exclusively represents injured workers in workers' comp cases against the big bad govt that denies them benefits, not quite the 1% there. More like the bottom 40-60%

Wouldn't dream of doing Corp law. Not only is it deadly and cutthroat, it's also dreadfully boring

[Gnaw]

 Mentalist, on 20 October 2015 - 09:19 PM, said:

Wouldn't dream of doing Corp law. Not only is it deadly and cutthroat, it's also dreadfully boring

But the indoor pool is heated....

And the condo next door is equipped with hot and cold running blondes.

[HiddenOne]

I bet the cold ones aren't running anymore


Happy Halloween, I've got Rocky Horror, Frailty, Cabin in the Woods and 13 Ghosts on the DVR, and I plan to indulge.

[Shiara]

Cranky about people changing their minds AFTER you spent work money on them so that they don't have to pay work back

[Gnaw]

 Shiara, on 21 October 2015 - 12:38 AM, said:

Cranky about people changing their minds AFTER you spent work money on them so that they don't have to pay work back

Sounds like a perfect reason to go sign up for next week's mafia game.

[Gnaw]

10 hours to go until the evil man stuffs a camera down my esophagus, through the stomach pouch, and into my intestines.

Fuck him unless he finds daffodils and peppermint candy canes.

[Gust Hubb]

 Gnaw, on 21 October 2015 - 01:16 AM, said:

10 hours to go until the evil man stuffs a camera down my esophagus, through the stomach pouch, and into my intestines.

Fuck him unless he finds daffodils and peppermint candy canes.

You'll be so doped up you will tell him you're up for a colonscopy too while's he's at it (actually a common pairing. EGD and Colonoscopy. Getting it both ends).

[HiddenOne]

Sounds like GH is really learning how to party down on the morgue

[Gust Hubb]

 HiddenOne, on 21 October 2015 - 02:25 AM, said:

Sounds like GH is really learning how to party down on the morgue

We don't scope down there. We just cut to the heart of the issue.

[Mentalist]

 Gnaw, on 20 October 2015 - 11:19 PM, said:

 Mentalist, on 20 October 2015 - 09:19 PM, said:

Wouldn't dream of doing Corp law. Not only is it deadly and cutthroat, it's also dreadfully boring

But the indoor pool is heated....

And the condo next door is equipped with hot and cold running blondes.

ROFL

people seem to think a building with a pool is a sign of hyper-luxury.

in Canadaland, even some high-class apartment buildings (where you rent, instead of pledging your life away on a mortgage) come equipped with swimming pools, gyms, party rooms, etc.

My friend's GF is renting in a co-op (read: subsidized housing) building, and they have an indoor pool, actually. So it doesn't even have to be a "classy" building. (I've spent a day there back in my door-to-door fundraising days. Most depressing building I've ever worked, just mood-wise)

EDIT: also, the colder the water, the more calories you burn an hour. And I prefer brunettes anyway.

back on-topic: the leg pain isn't settling down like it's supposed to. if it's not better by Thur, after I had a chance to swim, may have to call my physio again. It was just about this time last year that my other leg started to get really bad, and I ended up unable to do anything (except go to-from work) for 3 months.

This post has been edited by Mentalist: 21 October 2015 - 03:17 AM

[Morgoth]

Ment, if you do not have a pool available the other lawyers will not respect you. If they do not respect you they might start biting. It's important to establish dominance early or you might just have to find a new place of employment.

[Macros]

Yes, yes, give in to the dark side!

[Morgoth]

With each passing moment he makes himself more my servant.

[Maark Abbott]

RE Traingate: I wear headphones and usually shades when out and about. Unfortunately I'm a boorish ass, so if someone was dawdling in my way like that, I'd have just gone through them.

[Tsundoku]

 Gnaw, on 21 October 2015 - 01:16 AM, said:

10 hours to go until the evil man stuffs a camera down my esophagus, through the stomach pouch, and into my intestines.

I may fuck him if he brings chocolate and flowers.

Fixed that for you.

 Gust Hubb, on 21 October 2015 - 01:22 AM, said:

You'll be so doped up you will tell him you're up for a colonscopy too while's he's at it (actually a common pairing. EGD and Colonoscopy. Getting it both ends).

... does it include an Eiffel Tower?