stupid first world problems you're dealing with

Just got a faster internet connection but my online Wii U play is still laggy. Now I have to get a LAN adapter for my Wii U... What kind of modern console doesn't come with a LAN adapter built in?!

I broke a nail.

Thumbnail split right down the middle somehow.

I wish Com Truise didn't have such a shitty artist name.

lightning storm caused one of my ethernet-over-power adapters to fry itself. no internet upstairs. *resignedly pulls out WiFi adapter*

  On 1/30/2016 at 2:31 AM, usagi said:

I wish Com Truise didn't have such a shitty artist name.

Me too! Tbh, he has moments of brilliance IMO. VHS is an amazing track on the right system. The lows hit the right lows, the percussion is snappy. It's a fantastic fucking track....

lol com truise

I can't handle jock-nerds, the guys who sniff each other's intellectual crotches to establish a nerd pecking order. They usually have didactic, condescending senses of humor, bad taste in everything, and are tedious to socialize with. And I think my failure to relate to these twats is going to put a hamper on my career.

  On 1/30/2016 at 9:26 AM, sweepstakes said:

I can't handle jock-nerds, the guys who sniff each other's intellectual crotches to establish a nerd pecking order. They usually have didactic, condescending senses of humor, bad taste in everything, and are tedious to socialize with. And I think my failure to relate to these twats is going to put a hamper on my career.

sounds like you're talking about hipsters?

  On 1/30/2016 at 9:28 AM, yek said:

  On 1/30/2016 at 9:26 AM, sweepstakes said:

I can't handle jock-nerds, the guys who sniff each other's intellectual crotches to establish a nerd pecking order. They usually have didactic, condescending senses of humor, bad taste in everything, and are tedious to socialize with. And I think my failure to relate to these twats is going to put a hamper on my career.

sounds like you're talking about hipsters?

No, in fact, these are the kind of people who tend to label a hipster anyone who's into anything non-mainstream (e.g. most music discussed on WATMM)

troll them.

Are these the marvel nerds you were talking about in the NYE thread?

  On 1/27/2016 at 11:25 PM, Schlitze said:

So I decide a 46'' TV is just too small for me now, i want 55''. Trying to raise funds for the 55'' so put the 46'' Bravia up for sale, a lot of interest, presumably it's getting sold tomorrow which will leave me with no TV. Decided earlier I now want 4k. Ideas just snowball. Hopefully an extended period of no TV will get me reading more.

Just get a good 60" tv. I honestly don't see any reason to get a 4K tv right now. If 4K is the new shit then I don't see it going anywhere anytime soon. Also, don't ever be an early adopter when it comes to technology.

Isn't 4k being included by default in most new big TVs anyway?

anyway, fuck TVs. projectors are the way to go.

  On 1/30/2016 at 1:28 PM, hello spiral said:

Are these the marvel nerds you were talking about in the NYE thread?

Specifically, no. Demographically there's definitely overlap.

ahh so jock nerds like mainstream things then? Or do they like obscure by today's standards, but shitty music, "I only listen to donny osmand hits between 75 and 83' he was the mostest". Or trad jazz farted out by Slovakian grandmothers. Something like that ? I feel I'm missing the point and this is a point where I'd rather be more on point with your point.

Are they adjunct professors?

I was thinking more of 20somethings who work at tech companies and think their shit doesn't stink although they don't really do anything interesting in their free time, just buy gadgets. See: http://www.paulgraham.com/taste.html - I think the situation is even worse than when he wrote it.

TL;DR I'm full of shit and this is my way of rationalizing my turning into a grumpy old man.

  On 1/30/2016 at 6:53 PM, sweepstakes said:

I was thinking more of 20somethings who work at tech companies and think their shit doesn't stink although they don't really do anything interesting in their free time, just buy gadgets. See: http://www.paulgraham.com/taste.html - I think the situation is even worse than when he wrote it.

 

TL;DR I'm full of shit and this is my way of rationalizing my turning into a grumpy old man.

No, you're right, twenty somethings are broken, we need to skip them for the next generation.

It's not all twentysomethings, don't get me wrong. I have met some proper, real nerds in their 20s, by which I mean people who are sincerely, deeply interested in something for its innate enjoyment or some ability or interesting opportunity it affords them. And this isn't just a twenty-something thing, I think that age bracket is just most susceptible to this mentality that if you are of above average intelligence and you make money, then you pretty much don't have to think truly deeply about anything and can just parrot the opines of your peers because they are also smart and well-rounded. It's like a nerd-herd mentality that paradoxically came out of identifying with things that appear to be, or used to be, appreciated by the aforementioned real nerds.

This is all pretty ill-formulated rambling, but key concept: identification with group interests over sincere appreciation.

Just find the leader, walk up, kick his ass - doesn't have to be fair, doesn't have to be clean. But you really have to put him down in front of the crowd and disgrace him. This will establish you as the Alpha in a physical sense, which holds the most ground; we'll get to the mental part soon. They are all Beta's, it's just that one of them has kept his secrets of constantly ejaculating into a Japanese love-doll a secret and reads GQ and Esquire to appear as if he's ever felt the touch of a woman (or man's) sweet, sweet love-hole without first giving them the 16 digits to charge it. He is fake Alpha. Find his metaphorical 'love doll' and use it to make him look like an idiot, bring up the mental anguish he felt before getting a job or money for sex-robots.

When the crony-Beta's come around to you then - seeing as you've made a fire out of the desks in the office and a decorative alter using the spine of the former, and faker, Alpha -From there you teach them the ways of Autechre, being a decent human and starting anew. Gotta start from ground zero on these sons of bitches.

The best way for them to experience autechre for the first time, will be as the flames lick at their face as their body is tossed into the fire.

Also yeah, clearly there are nice, with it and free thinking twenty somethings, most people of any age aren't of this ilk though, so what you gonna do, burn them all, heh.

  On 1/30/2016 at 1:54 PM, Squee said:

 

  On 1/27/2016 at 11:25 PM, Schlitze said:

So I decide a 46'' TV is just too small for me now, i want 55''.

Just get a good 60" tv. I honestly don't see any reason to get a 4K tv right now. If 4K is the new shit then I don't see it going anywhere anytime soon. Also, don't ever be an early adopter when it comes to technology.

 

You're right. I got 4k on my mind after seeing them in Costco. 55'' or 60'' 1080p will do me just fine. I didn't sell my 46'' anyway so i'm stuck with it for the time being which i'm fine with. More time to save up.

yeah, price will drop quite third quarter this year on 4k I'd expect, it's all about how low you desire to go I spose.

i see they are advertising 4k cable already and that a hockey game i was watching a week ago said that they were the first game to broadcast in 4k. shit's real sons.

looking at super mario fan art, cringe inducing . sexy bowser anyone?

  On 1/30/2016 at 10:20 PM, Audioblysk said:

Just find the leader, walk up, kick his ass - doesn't have to be fair, doesn't have to be clean. But you really have to put him down in front of the crowd and disgrace him. This will establish you as the Alpha in a physical sense, which holds the most ground; we'll get to the mental part soon. They are all Beta's, it's just that one of them has kept his secrets of constantly ejaculating into a Japanese love-doll a secret and reads GQ and Esquire to appear as if he's ever felt the touch of a woman (or man's) sweet, sweet love-hole without first giving them the 16 digits to charge it. He is fake Alpha. Find his metaphorical 'love doll' and use it to make him look like an idiot, bring up the mental anguish he felt before getting a job or money for sex-robots.

 

When the crony-Beta's come around to you then - seeing as you've made a fire out of the desks in the office and a decorative alter using the spine of the former, and faker, Alpha -From there you teach them the ways of Autechre, being a decent human and starting anew. Gotta start from ground zero on these sons of bitches.

Is there somewhere I can buy Autechre pamphlets in bulk so I can hand them out to unwilling bystanders while scolding their sinful preset use and prescribing redemption via custom Max patches?