Getting my first real pay check this week since my 60% "raise" (aka: new job) and I really want to brag about it on Facebook (or at least, mention how the extra money makes my hour and a half commute so much more bearable), but I feel like it would just piss off my underemployed friends.
Got delayed in traffic ~20 mins on the way in. I figured there was an accident ahead at some point, but the electronic signs that usually say "accident ahead" just said the same old "delays I-495 to exit 38" or whatever.... however it was worse than normal. I finally get to the incident to find out it's on the other side of the road - looked like a semi flipped and caught fire though everything was put out at the point I went by. Why the fuck must people back up traffic for MILES when the accident isn't even on the same side of the street? I suppose it's a pet peeve of mine... but it's not really a pet peeve when it just pisses me the fuck off. Happy Thursday!
There's a special circle of hell for rubber neckers where they're forced to watch their grandparents have sex for all eternity.
CraKaJaX
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I'm perfectly OK with this. :thumbsup:
It's one thing to rubber neck when it's on your side of the street. But when there's 4 lanes going in each direction, and the incident is 3 lanes + median + 4 lanes away not including any shoulder distances... with cars backed up for as far as you can see, plus emergency vehicles everywhere what the fuck is the point? You aren't seeing shit except the shell of a semi MAYBE. Move along assholes.
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Haven't been here most of the day...what's with all the locked threads? Even the bday thread got locked
Atomic Playboy
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- Feb 6, 2007
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I had a bit to drink tonight while the wife and I were catching up with Season 4 of Game of Thrones on Blu-ray in preparation for Sunday's premier, and rather than toss on the 8th episode, I figured I'd play a little Final Fantasy X before an early bedtime. I was acting like a cocky drunk, taking a run at Dark Yojimbo and beating him, only to immediately try him again and get my ass handed to me... typical drunk gaming nonsense. So I figured, what the hell, let's take on that fucking chocobo race that I have NEVER WON; no problem.
Well, the first run through, I dick around a bit at the start, immediately get stuck on a wall, and let my chocobo run out while I finish my drinks; final time, 55 seconds. "I got this" I slur to my wife, a picture of Bacchanalian overconfidence. And then, on my second run through, suddenly I'm an untouchable golden God. I grab every balloon, even ones I don't seem to be anywhere near, and no birds come within a league of me. I trip up once, towards the end, when I get stuck dropping into the recess near the finish line, but I still post a time under 35 seconds. No birds, plenty of balloons... I'm literally jumping off the couch at this point. The time starts counting off... 0.0. Have I done it? "Here's your prize..." wait, a turbo ether? NOOOOOOOOO! I'm damn near screaming, running around with my hand in my mouth so as not to wake my infant child. And then, one more click through, and the words appear on my screen: Sun Sigil.
Holy fucking shit.
The most nonsensical bullshit challenge and I've goddamn beaten it. Drunk(ish). And in the process, unlocked one of the most powerful weapons in the game. A weapon that I've never actually unlocked before, despite beating the game several times many years ago....
So now I'm slightly tipsy and totally amped up on completely undeserved adrenaline and I'm never going to be able to get a good night's sleep in preparation for work tomorrow. All to unlock a fictional weapon in a 10-year-old video game that no one cares about anymore.
Well, the first run through, I dick around a bit at the start, immediately get stuck on a wall, and let my chocobo run out while I finish my drinks; final time, 55 seconds. "I got this" I slur to my wife, a picture of Bacchanalian overconfidence. And then, on my second run through, suddenly I'm an untouchable golden God. I grab every balloon, even ones I don't seem to be anywhere near, and no birds come within a league of me. I trip up once, towards the end, when I get stuck dropping into the recess near the finish line, but I still post a time under 35 seconds. No birds, plenty of balloons... I'm literally jumping off the couch at this point. The time starts counting off... 0.0. Have I done it? "Here's your prize..." wait, a turbo ether? NOOOOOOOOO! I'm damn near screaming, running around with my hand in my mouth so as not to wake my infant child. And then, one more click through, and the words appear on my screen: Sun Sigil.
Holy fucking shit.
The most nonsensical bullshit challenge and I've goddamn beaten it. Drunk(ish). And in the process, unlocked one of the most powerful weapons in the game. A weapon that I've never actually unlocked before, despite beating the game several times many years ago....
So now I'm slightly tipsy and totally amped up on completely undeserved adrenaline and I'm never going to be able to get a good night's sleep in preparation for work tomorrow. All to unlock a fictional weapon in a 10-year-old video game that no one cares about anymore.
shortylickens
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- Jul 15, 2003
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Mixolydian
Lifer
Technically yesterday's FWP...
This happened about 15 miles NW of me and I didn't get to see it.
This happened about 15 miles NW of me and I didn't get to see it.
Dr. Zaus
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- Oct 16, 2008
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IronWing
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- Jul 20, 2001
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Yesterday, I made a few short videos documenting work in progress. A coworker couldn't keep keep his flippin' mouth shut for thirty seconds at a time. His voice is on every single video, talking about stupid crap. Now I have to strip the audio out of the videos. More work for me.
Me: "I'm going to start shooting."
Him: "Okay."
<shooting>
<20 seconds passes>
Him: "Think we'll finish by lunch?"
Me:
Me: "I'm going to start shooting."
Him: "Okay."
<shooting>
<20 seconds passes>
Him: "Think we'll finish by lunch?"
Me:
CraKaJaX
Lifer
- Dec 26, 2004
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Yesterday, I made a few short videos documenting work in progress. A coworker couldn't keep keep his flippin' mouth shut for thirty seconds at a time. His voice is on every single video, talking about stupid crap. Now I have to strip the audio out of the videos. More work for me.
Me: "I'm going to start shooting."
Him: "Okay."
<shooting>
<20 seconds passes>
Him: "Think we'll finish by lunch?"
Me:
All of your FWP's seem to be work related. Time to find a new gig? Or go postal? :hmm:
IronWing
No Lifer
- Jul 20, 2001
- 72,228
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I work in the first world but my house is more third worldish. There are only so many posts one can usefully make about cat puke.
CraKaJaX
Lifer
- Dec 26, 2004
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The robot parking lot was closed today, so I had to park my car with a filthy human being and have interpersonal interaction.
- Nov 30, 2005
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Atomic Playboy
Lifer
- Feb 6, 2007
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The thread is firstworldproblems, not 30thcenturymoonbase problems.
Seriously though, what the hell is a robot parking lot?
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/05/slideshow-of-nycs-first-automated-parking-garage/
I like it for the security, since any other parking garage around here requires you leaving your keys there.
CraKaJaX
Lifer
- Dec 26, 2004
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I actually just used one of those the other day. The lift wouldn't continue with my car on it and I'm trying to figure out what the hell was going on because I'm backing up the line.... finally the guy behind me gets out of his car and tells me I need to push my side view mirrors in.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_parking_system
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_parking_system
Anubis
No Lifer
dave_the_nerd
Lifer
- Feb 25, 2011
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My home server has dual Intel NICs, everything else has the cheap Realteks. I built a system for somebody else w/ an Intel NIC on it, and file transfers were around 60% faster than the Realteks had me accustomed to.
So now I'm dissatisfied with my onboard NICs.
So now I'm dissatisfied with my onboard NICs.
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