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alkemyst

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Dear god please kill me!
 

Red Squirrel

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What kind of proper first world-er doesn't own a bidet toilet seat. They even have bidets in Mexico for gawd's sake.

Those actually sound amazing. Just use the toilet paper to dry after and done. Probably less hard on the butt too, and more environmentally friendly.

I don't know why those arn't more popular.
 

Red Squirrel

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May 24, 2003
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I had to help patch our servers for the OpenSSL exploit off hours. Oh, the humanity!

I should probably do mine, but I hate to make any changes on a server at night when I work the next day. Think I'll do it from work tomorrow. Probably just a yum update command I imagine. 99% chance nothing goes wrong, but still need to prepare just in case.

I don't really have much SSL stuff going on though so I'm not too worried.

This IS a pretty serious issue though. I'm not surprised if the NSA is somehow involved. Chances are fairly good most security related projects have NSA infiltrators and perhaps even devs. This is why open source is good, because eventually someone will find these issues.
 

dbk

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Apr 23, 2004
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Stupid quiznos was sold out of diet dew during lunch!:banghead:
 

NoCreativity

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We got a new refrigerator. Set the freezer to recommended setting. Tried to scoop out ice cream but it was so frozen I had a real hard time scooping it. Ended up with more ice cream in the bowl than I planned on.
 

spacejamz

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Mar 31, 2003
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Hopefully this counts as a first world problem...

I am on a work trip this week...my vivofit fitness tracker did not count all of my steps on the Precor elliptical machine at the hotel this morning (was about 2500 steps short). The 24 Hour Fitness I use back home has Precor machines and my vivofit tracks the steps pretty accurately on that model. I average about 1K steps every 6 minutes so I could tell the vivofit was off...
 

gothamhunter

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The Palapa at the wet-bar next to the pool at my mom's place is blocking my view of the basketball court and little-league sized baseball field in part of the yard :(

Also, it is very warm outside, but the water is still too cold to swim in.

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Exterous

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Jun 20, 2006
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I went out for breakfast with friends, ate too much and will be going out for lunch as well so I am definitely going to have to poop at work :\

Bidets take up too much space, just use the shower wand instead.

Bidet? Who has a bidet? I thought these were First World Problems? You guys don't have a Professional Butt Cleaner to do this work for you?
 

mmntech

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Those actually sound amazing. Just use the toilet paper to dry after and done. Probably less hard on the butt too, and more environmentally friendly.

I don't know why those arn't more popular.

They are common in Europe, Japan, and parts of Latin America. I don't know why we still wipe like peasants. The toilet seats are expensive though and a lot of bathrooms here aren't big enough to install a stand alone one.

Today's first world problem, it's still too cold for me to do my morning bike ride.
 

fjmeat

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Dropped my sugar packet in my coffee cup this morning. Had to fish it out with a stir straw while trying not to get my fingers wet.
 

Newell Steamer

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I was too lazy to get up and go biking today at 5am. So, I'll end up going biking after work,.. and there will be too many people on the road/lanes for me to deal with.
 

SlitheryDee

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Feb 2, 2005
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Today I was disappointed that being lower middle class meant that I can only afford to save $1000 per month after paying the notes for my house and car.

Also, my free time for reading has begun to eat into my free time for gaming a bit. I might have to spend less time in my home gym to compensate.
 
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smackababy

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They are common in Europe, Japan, and parts of Latin America. I don't know why we still wipe like peasants. The toilet seats are expensive though and a lot of bathrooms here aren't big enough to install a stand alone one.

Today's first world problem, it's still too cold for me to do my morning bike ride.

Somebody doesn't know how to use the 3 sea shells.
 

OCGuy

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Jul 12, 2000
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What kind of proper first world-er doesn't own a bidet toilet seat. They even have bidets in Mexico for gawd's sake.

Honest opinion? The US bidet adoption rate (outside of financial considerations), like many quirks possessed by this country, is due to our Puritan roots.

In general this country is extremely immature when it comes to anatomy, and the discussion there of. Directly spraying your balloon-tip with a stream of water can be seen as a homosexual act by the lesser evolved, or even discussing switching to a bidet setup isn't polite social conversation.