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Post by redvers76 on Aug 26, 2020 15:02:11 GMT -5
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Was on about this the other day... when Aerosmith members die, does this mean my arm will have rarity value?
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Post by ap on Aug 27, 2020 0:44:15 GMT -5
Context: Riley Gale was the vocalist for Power Trip. Was because he died earlier this week. He was 34. Now some scumbag is selling an autographed item on ebay and lists his passing as a reason why this is rare and worth $700. Opportunistic vultures waste no time. 50/50 odds that it's potentially fake too.
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Post by anaix3l on Sept 15, 2020 15:20:51 GMT -5
I got such an amazing offer! You know, to speak at a conference half way around the world and they're compensating me by:
* giving me a ticket for the same conference I'm speaking at, what a privilege
* giving me an oil painting of myself because that's what you fucking need when you live in a tiny room
* giving me a tour of the city if I accept because I'm obviously an idiot who cannot find her way around with Google Maps
Transatlantic flights were already expensive and fuck knows just how expensive they'll be next year and they're not even offering to cover that? Yeah, you don't have money to pay your speakers. Guess what? Not my fucking problem. My job is to prepare and give a good talk. I do my job and I do it well. You however are pretty shit at yours if you're organising an event and can't get financing to pay your speakers.
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Post by redvers76 on Sept 15, 2020 16:53:53 GMT -5
You could auction off the oil painting... ?
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Post by anaix3l on Sept 16, 2020 0:40:43 GMT -5
Considering I wasn't even able to sell my extra ticket for Alice Cooper last year... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Post by redvers76 on Sept 16, 2020 12:54:58 GMT -5
Considering I wasn't even able to sell my extra ticket for Alice Cooper last year... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I’m struggling to sell a coffee machine so I know how you feel... 😉
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Post by anaix3l on Jan 31, 2021 5:15:23 GMT -5
Seeing a mathematically incorrect tweet RTed hundreds of times just because it has a pretty picture attached. Goes to show how many people slept during the most basic geometry classes in elementary school.
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Post by AeroCooper on Jan 31, 2021 18:05:42 GMT -5
The term "clapped back"
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Post by anaix3l on May 8, 2021 1:31:49 GMT -5
When people call chocolate candy. Real chocolate is not candy. Also when people call stuff from Mars or Hershey's chocolate. Nope, that is not really chocolate. PS - Fun fact: there's a Dutch brand called Hands Off My Chocolate - look how all those pieces say "mine" and "yours" is crossed out.
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Post by bartman2001 on May 8, 2021 7:43:00 GMT -5
I had a Hershey's bar with almonds last night. Real chocolate or not it was pretty fuckin' tasty!
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Post by AeroCooper on May 17, 2021 10:46:12 GMT -5
When I am replying to someone and being lazy and don't quote the post above me before replying. Invariably, my post ends up being the first one on a new page so makes no sense out of context.
** and yes, I could count the posts on a page first, but yeah....the lazy applies there as well.
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Post by anaix3l on Jul 30, 2021 2:08:45 GMT -5
When "journalism" really crosses the line.
Joey Jordison (ex Slipknot, then Sinsaenum) died earlier this week. TMZ released the distressed 911 call after his death. That's a horrible thing to do. And what's even more horrifying is they did it because there are people who want to hear it and feel entitled to hear it.
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Post by redvers76 on Jul 31, 2021 5:09:55 GMT -5
When "journalism" really crosses the line. Joey Jordison (ex Slipknot, then Sinsaenum) died earlier this week. TMZ released the distressed 911 call after his death. That's a horrible thing to do. And what's even more horrifying is they did it because there are people who want to hear it and feel entitled to hear it. That's not journalism, it's exploitation!
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Post by AeroCooper on Dec 21, 2021 6:50:01 GMT -5
This forum sometimes. When someone puts the effort into posting something and dozens or even hundreds of people view the content and not only don't post a comment, but can't even be bothered to lift their finger to click the 'like' button to acknowledge the free entertainment someone took the time to provide. And I'm not talking about my posts either, it bothers me the most when I see someone else puts up some quality content and it gets met with - it's no wonder so few people bother to post anything.
/rant
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Post by VoodooMedicineMan on Feb 20, 2022 22:29:51 GMT -5
Shitty laptops and video card shortages. I've been looking to upgrade my desktop for the past year+, but it's near impossible to get graphics card. The Nvidia 3000 series came out last February and are still being marked up 2 to 2.5x retail on the secondary market. Supposedly kids these days are scooping them all up to use for crypto mining which sounds like a real shady process.
For desktops, I like to get all the parts separately then put my own rig together. The pre-built ones tend to use cheap junk parts that don't perform as well or last as long. My 10 year old desktop still works great for non-gaming tasks, but can't handle any new games.
I can't seem to get much more than 3 years out of a laptop. I got a $1000 Dell 3 years ago and it's on it's last legs. Half the time it won't take a charge, I had to replace the click pad last year, then today I had to bring it back from the dead with a 45 minute restore. I'm thinking I'll give it a lighter load and use tablets and a desktop more. By the time I can find one of these video cards they'll probably be obsolete, and I'll spend another year waiting for the next ones to be in stock then repeat the cycle again....
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