stupid first world problems you're dealing with

Finally bit the bullet and got a subscription to YouTube premium, there were way too many ads it’s insane.  The viewing is much better but it’s another subscription service to pay for.  

  On 1/4/2025 at 4:19 AM, YEK said:

Love me love me, say that you love me 

fool me fool me, go on and fool me 

Love me love me, say that you love me 

fool me fool me, go on and fool me 

Love me love me, say that you love me 

fool me fool me, go on and fool me 

Love me love me, say that you love me 

fool me fool me, go on and fool me 

Love me love me, say that you love me 

fool me fool me, go on and fool me 

Love me love me, say that you love me 

fool me fool me, go on and fool me 

 

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  On 1/14/2025 at 12:26 PM, dr b0rk said:

This Disport

is so Augmatic

ooooh ahhh oohh

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Lyrics of Pro Radii by Autechre

Pugiugi de pugiugi na pugiugi ni icchatte

Hora fuwafuwa na pugiugi de kokoro odoru amaenaide

Pugiugi ni pugiugi ga pugiugi de yucchatte

Hora ukiuki na pugiugi de kokoro odoru jirasanaide

Aa aa a! A?

Kakegoe (fan fan we hit the san san

Fan fan we hit the muun muun

Fan fan we hit the san san

Fan fan faan)

Chikyuu saigo no yoru ni kimi wo sasou no

Ai da! Koi da! Nanka chotto mada tarinai

Nande konna ni mo senchimentaru nan desho

Hakanai inochi dake jaa moyashikire ya shinai shinai nai

Omoikitte tsugi no daiyaru mawasu no

Yuujuufudan na oshaberi wa mou takusan

Isso otanoshimi nara motto joifuru shitain desho

Sonna kao shinaidee utae ai no ai no messeeji

Hora pugiugi de pugiugi na pugiugi ni icchatte

Hora dokidoki na pugiugi ni atama mawaru yurasanaide

Pugiugi ni pugiugi ga pugiugi de yucchatte

Hora zukizuki na pugiugi de atama mawaru kirasanaide

Aa aa a! A?

Ikiru imi nante hontou ni hitsuyou ka?

Onisama ga warau zo kowashite ike sutairu sutairu

A kakko C nante kiechau ga kakumei da miwaku no merodi sekai ni sou todoke

Isso iki taeru nara motto enjoi shitain desho

Sonna kao shite naidee sakebe ai no ai no messeeji

Hora pugiugi de pugiugi na pugiugi ni icchatte

Hora fuwafuwa na pugiugi de kokoro odoru amaenaide

Pugiugi ni pugiugi ga pugiugi de yucchatte

Hora ukiuki na pugiugi de kokoro odoru jirasanaide

Kakegoe (fan fan we hit the san san

Fan fan we hit the muun muun

Fan fan we hit the san san

Fan fan faan)

あたかなはさ

 

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My wife watches a lot of shit TV on Bravo, like all those housewives shows and the yacht show and southern charm & other shit. I can't stand that crap and sometimes I can tune out the toxic and truly stupid dialogue, but the producers must have mandated that all those shit shows have constant shit soundtracks that are supposed to convey the mood of each and every goddamn scene.

Not only is there a constant barrage of toxic dialogue and stupid people, it's accompanied by hand-holding, "let me tell you how to feel about this" music that is utterly awful. Spastic twitches of god-awful tinny snares and 1st grade bass lines...

For someone like me whose auditory sense holds the primary pathway to my brain, it's a fucking assault.  I've had to go to a different area of the house whenever she is watching.

  On 1/16/2025 at 11:43 PM, EdamAnchorman said:

My wife watches a lot of shit TV on Bravo, like all those housewives shows and the yacht show and southern charm & other shit. I can't stand that crap and sometimes I can tune out the toxic and truly stupid dialogue, but the producers must have mandated that all those shit shows have constant shit soundtracks that are supposed to convey the mood of each and every goddamn scene.

Not only is there a constant barrage of toxic dialogue and stupid people, it's accompanied by hand-holding, "let me tell you how to feel about this" music that is utterly awful. Spastic twitches of god-awful tinny snares and 1st grade bass lines...

For someone like me whose auditory sense holds the primary pathway to my brain, it's a fucking assault.  I've had to go to a different area of the house whenever she is watching.

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my ex would watch a lot of that crap. the worst was the MTV show with the trashy women who were all toxic and would fight and just be absolutely stupid all the time. i couldn't stand it and would leave the room and go work on tunes. 

my dad and stepmom have wireless headphones for TV watching for when they want to watch very different things so they can not disturb each other. they are still married. 

  On 1/16/2025 at 11:55 PM, ignatius said:

my ex would watch a lot of that crap. the worst was the MTV show with the trashy women who were all toxic and would fight and just be absolutely stupid all the time. i couldn't stand it and would leave the room and go work on tunes. 

my dad and stepmom have wireless headphones for TV watching for when they want to watch very different things so they can not disturb each other. they are still married. 

My mom started watching all those 90 day fiance shows during the pandemic, I think she's addicted 

Her and the stepdad also have the wireless headphones lol

  On 1/3/2025 at 8:55 PM, ignatius said:

aging parents w/health issues who refuse to face reality and realize they shouldn't be driving like they do and should have a caregiver. 

 

dad/stepmom got a night time caregiver and stepmom says she farts more than my dad. 

  On 1/16/2025 at 11:55 PM, ignatius said:

my ex would watch a lot of that crap. the worst was the MTV show with the trashy women who were all toxic and would fight and just be absolutely stupid all the time.

Do you know how little this narrows it down?

TLC has tons of this crap also and MILF Manor is maybe the lowest tier trash. The premise is that a group of middle aged women move into a manor with guys a couple or more decades younger and try to have sex with them. The twist being that the guys are actually the women's sons. So basically they are trying to bang each other's sons.. One review called the show "Freudian horror".

  On 1/17/2025 at 9:23 PM, zkom said:

Do you know how little this narrows it down?

TLC has tons of this crap also and MILF Manor is maybe the lowest tier trash. The premise is that a group of middle aged women move into a manor with guys a couple or more decades younger and try to have sex with them. The twist being that the guys are actually the women's sons. So basically they are trying to bang each other's sons.. One review called the show "Freudian horror".

MTV's Bad Girls Club - maybe the worst thing i've seen on TV

I've got ants in my place, they're all over the place and I can't see where they are coming from. So I got to clean my place and mop and shit but not tonight, it's too late.

edit: oh yeah and it's winter too. ants aren't supposed to be around, they're supposed to be hibernating or something.

  On 1/16/2025 at 11:43 PM, EdamAnchorman said:

For someone like me whose auditory sense holds the primary pathway to my brain, it's a fucking assault.  I've had to go to a different area of the house whenever she is watching.

My partner is also overstimulated by sound, so we both have headphones on any time we're watching/listening to something individually.  It does solve that problem.  Probably not something most people would be thrilled about though.  I do sort of miss those "what the fuck are you listening to??" moments.

  On 1/17/2025 at 10:34 PM, ignatius said:

MTV's Bad Girls Club - maybe the worst thing i've seen on TV

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During the pandemic I had a habit of sometimes letting the TV run in the background while working at home because I need my background noise. Pure silence just feels oppressive or something.

Anyway, sometimes it was these TLC and MTV reality shows and I swear they just got louder and louder over time. They just ramp up the drama to ridiculous levels now and everyone is screaming all the time. I stopped using them even as a background noise because all the fucking screaming and crying all the time. I don't know how someone can actively watch this.

Like this fucking piece over a lipgloss.

  On 1/18/2025 at 10:39 AM, zkom said:

During the pandemic I had a habit of sometimes letting the TV run in the background while working at home because I need my background noise. Pure silence just feels oppressive or something.

Anyway, sometimes it was these TLC and MTV reality shows and I swear they just got louder and louder over time. They just ramp up the drama to ridiculous levels now and everyone is screaming all the time. I stopped using them even as a background noise because all the fucking screaming and crying all the time. I don't know how someone can actively watch this.

Like this fucking piece over a lipgloss.

 

 

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this looks scripted even.. so phony and so bad.. wtf. the music too.. all subdued and serious. once they started speaking i reflexively hoped they would get in a car accident or something. jfc. such tepid drama. 

  On 1/16/2025 at 8:09 AM, YEK said:

Finally bit the bullet and got a subscription to YouTube premium, there were way too many ads it’s insane.  The viewing is much better but it’s another subscription service to pay for.  

I will never submit no matter how many ads the bastards try to cram in there. they really have lost the plot with that shit lately, someone needs to impose a moratorium. don't they make enough money as a platform already?

  On 1/16/2025 at 8:09 AM, YEK said:

Finally bit the bullet and got a subscription to YouTube premium, there were way too many ads it’s insane.  The viewing is much better but it’s another subscription service to pay for.  

I just use Firefox with uBlock Origin and no ads on youtube Works both on my laptop and phone

  On 1/18/2025 at 7:46 PM, zkom said:

I just use Firefox with uBlock Origin and no ads on youtube Works both on my laptop and phone

tv is the problem.

  On 1/18/2025 at 7:46 PM, usagi said:

tv is the problem.

Yup

This week has been absolutely horrible. 
 

A documentary I’ve worked on went tits up due to some technical issues. 
Then David Lynch dies. 
And now I’m shitting my brains out due to gastroenteritis. 

  On 1/18/2025 at 7:46 PM, usagi said:

tv is the problem.

I just had an old desktop PC connected to the TV and used a wireless keyboard with a touchpad as a "remote" so I didn't use any smart TV functions. That was much better than trying to use the TV remote to search for anything. And you can use streaming services that are not supported by the TV.

But my TV broke a few months ago and I haven't bothered to buy a new one because I used it so little.

I'm considering just disconnecting from it all. The world is turning into a grim and evil place, and I feel powerless to do anything meaningful to correct it's course.  Simple things, like taking a walk in nature still feels amazing though, so maybe I should do more of that and less of having an aneurysm every five minutes when I check the news. Just stick my head in the sand, you know. Stop giving a shit. The fuck are we supposed to do? 

I have a bad cold. nauseous, chills and such. I can't even remember the last time i was sick. maybe it's covid? i've never had covid. I kicked my ass to get myself to work but I only stayed half my shift, my supervisor got my back.  Now I have to baby myself for a bit I think, drink lots of liquids

  On 1/18/2025 at 5:56 AM, YEK said:

I've got ants in my place, they're all over the place and I can't see where they are coming from. So I got to clean my place and mop and shit but not tonight, it's too late.

 

edit: oh yeah and it's winter too. ants aren't supposed to be around, they're supposed to be hibernating or something.

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I could google this of course but do ants hibernate? where the shit do the ants and all the spideys go for the winter? spooky

  On 1/25/2025 at 5:45 AM, Hugh Mughnus said:

where the shit do the ants and all the spideys go for the winter? spooky

apparently into my house lol! I think they're after the cat's food 

  On 1/25/2025 at 5:53 AM, YEK said:

apparently into my house lol! I think they're after the cat's food 

oh man! Antsys be all over the kitty food for sure! Hopefully the spideys aren’t following

Spiders spooky; I was taking a dump last year and I’m inexplicably terrified of spiders; we don’t get many of them in Calgary tbh but as I was pooping I felt a tickle on my face and like anyone I brushed my face with my hand… a nickle or quarter sized big spider flew onto the floor and promptly found his escape into the floor vent.