waffleironhead
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Wtf was the designer thinking here?
Anus light is best light.
Anus light is best light.
lxskllr
No Lifer
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My one and only trip ever to Menny's gave me lifelong anxiety.
What an incredibly miserable place.
What an incredibly miserable place.
Kaido
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The good ones are recorded for the annual Christmas party!!
Red Squirrel
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Kaido
Elite Member & Kitchen Overlord
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lxskllr
No Lifer
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This is a bit of a ramble... The landlord for my first apartment was a plumber. I have always assumed being a journeyman took a bit of intelligence, and that crossed over to other trades. I figure once you know how to do one thing, that makes you "handy", and you can figure out other stuff. I learned otherwise. We were together jumpstarting a car for some reason, and he asks me "How do the cables hook up?" I said "Red to black isn't it? Haha..." then Bzaapp! and a bunch of sparks. "Umm... black-black, red-red... WTF?!" I assumed he was funning me when he asked, and I was funning him when I answered. How does someone get to be a plumber, take care of apartment maintenance and not know how to hookup jumper cables??
I later learned he was functionally illiterate, and that has a whole other story with it I'm not gonna get into. Here's the main purpose of this post...
One time we were talking about something, and I said I preferred English walnuts. He then says " I like American walnuts!" My brain locks for a second, and I translate that to black walnut, and say "Yea, they're alright, but a huge hassle to open, and the flavor's kind of strong". However, there was a little something there that bothered me, and I've been thinking about it a lot lately.
His kneejerk reaction was some jingoistic bullshit. Fucking American walnuts... There's no such fucking thing, and any "American $product" is almost inevitably the shitty toddler version of the item. The most basic vulgar iteration of what something can be. Automatons like that are fucking useless. Wind them up and send them out into the world; no thought required.
I liked him as a landlord. His particular style worked very well with my particular style. The apartment was a dump, but it was a charming dump, and he left me alone. I fixed stuff myself when I could, and he got to emergency stuff in a fairly timely fashion. I complained about nothing, and I didn't hear a thing when the rent was a little late. Everything JustWorked™. I think I'd choke the shit of him today if I had to deal with him on a daily basis. I bet he's got all kinds of dumb shit to say about what's going on in the world.
Anyway, that's what I've been thinking about...
I later learned he was functionally illiterate, and that has a whole other story with it I'm not gonna get into. Here's the main purpose of this post...
One time we were talking about something, and I said I preferred English walnuts. He then says " I like American walnuts!" My brain locks for a second, and I translate that to black walnut, and say "Yea, they're alright, but a huge hassle to open, and the flavor's kind of strong". However, there was a little something there that bothered me, and I've been thinking about it a lot lately.
His kneejerk reaction was some jingoistic bullshit. Fucking American walnuts... There's no such fucking thing, and any "American $product" is almost inevitably the shitty toddler version of the item. The most basic vulgar iteration of what something can be. Automatons like that are fucking useless. Wind them up and send them out into the world; no thought required.
I liked him as a landlord. His particular style worked very well with my particular style. The apartment was a dump, but it was a charming dump, and he left me alone. I fixed stuff myself when I could, and he got to emergency stuff in a fairly timely fashion. I complained about nothing, and I didn't hear a thing when the rent was a little late. Everything JustWorked™. I think I'd choke the shit of him today if I had to deal with him on a daily basis. I bet he's got all kinds of dumb shit to say about what's going on in the world.
Anyway, that's what I've been thinking about...
nakedfrog
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- Apr 3, 2001
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A pattern I've observed in people is that if people aren't sure how to do a thing, many of them don't seem to put any effort at all into understanding it. At all. Sort of an extension of "learned helplessness" maybe. Some 20 years ago my friend had a job as a cable installer, and apparently some people would ask him how to hook up things with RCA connections. You know, the red/white/yellow ones, with the corresponding colored jacks on the TV/VCR/DVD player.
lxskllr
No Lifer
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Boss's daughter's boyfriend gave me a lifetime supply of anchovies for jul :^D
He's Greek. I think he overestimates how many anchovies a fish eating American eats :^D
It was cool and thoughtful though. I guess I'll have to start eating more anchovies. Anyone know how long an open container lasts in the fridge?
He's Greek. I think he overestimates how many anchovies a fish eating American eats :^D
It was cool and thoughtful though. I guess I'll have to start eating more anchovies. Anyone know how long an open container lasts in the fridge?
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- Nov 17, 2019
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'Bout 20 minutes before you have to toss the fridge and buy a new one.
sdifox
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