Your pointless thoughts & observations

  On 5/23/2022 at 11:38 PM, zero said:

today I was driving in a walmart parking lot (I know, I know). I turn off of the main lane to the row of cars to park, and there's a giant SUV sitting in the lane blocking anyone from driving down it. spots are angled so it's a one way only lane. I get that this person is waiting for another vehicle to exit out, so the SUV can then pull into that spot. but there are like a ton of open spots 4-5 parking spots down. then I see 2 more cars starting to reverse out of their spots closer to me, but the SUV is blocking them in. so now I'm sitting here for more than 30 seconds (everyone knows this is an unacceptable delay) waiting on this SUV to get that one spot, when more are now opening up behind it, and I can't go anywhere until this SUV moves, and the one spot they are waiting on has some lady loading a stroller taking forever, so we're all now doomed to wait on this one person so like a bunch more people can move.

this all makes me start thinking about all the inefficiencies a person has to deal with in their daily life, and why can't things all run smoothly, yadda yadda. then I start thinking about communism (noooo!), and the trains coming on time and all that. there's just no way to make the majority of humans more efficient. that ship has sailed. 

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As soon as you leave the confines of your home, man.

I remember driving to work in the corona days and feeling like a king cruising 'round his grounds. Tumbleweed breezing 'cross lanes of road empty as far as the eye could see, and only sporadically occupied by "us the important chosen ones" the few of which were no hassle at all compared to how traffic normally is. 

society doesn't work, too many people we're all cramping one anothers style etc. etc..

Am I the only person disgusted by the way society reacts to current events displayed in the modern era? The comments on news videos of graphic videos of Ukranian/Russian troops being killed in the invasion and the way in which the Johnny Depp/ Amber Heard trial was portrayed just remind me of some modern day gladiator fight. It's dystopian.

  On 6/1/2022 at 9:40 PM, milkface said:

Am I the only person disgusted by the way society reacts to current events displayed in the modern era? The comments on news videos of graphic videos of Ukranian/Russian troops being killed in the invasion and the way in which the Johnny Depp/ Amber Heard trial was portrayed just remind me of some modern day gladiator fight. It's dystopian.

The Society of the Spectacle innit.

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Weed.

  On 5/23/2022 at 11:38 PM, zero said:

today I was driving in a walmart parking lot (I know, I know). I turn off of the main lane to the row of cars to park, and there's a giant SUV sitting in the lane blocking anyone from driving down it. spots are angled so it's a one way only lane. I get that this person is waiting for another vehicle to exit out, so the SUV can then pull into that spot. but there are like a ton of open spots 4-5 parking spots down. then I see 2 more cars starting to reverse out of their spots closer to me, but the SUV is blocking them in. so now I'm sitting here for more than 30 seconds (everyone knows this is an unacceptable delay) waiting on this SUV to get that one spot, when more are now opening up behind it, and I can't go anywhere until this SUV moves, and the one spot they are waiting on has some lady loading a stroller taking forever, so we're all now doomed to wait on this one person so like a bunch more people can move.

this all makes me start thinking about all the inefficiencies a person has to deal with in their daily life, and why can't things all run smoothly, yadda yadda. then I start thinking about communism (noooo!), and the trains coming on time and all that. there's just no way to make the majority of humans more efficient. that ship has sailed. 

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cars are a terrible bubble that people live in. all the time. around the world. everywhere. there's idiots. selfish idiots. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/IdiotsInCars/

today at the grocery store (and this exact thing has happened before w/a different dude of similar age) an older guy was standing w/his cart making a line out in front of all the cashier stations _not self checkout stations_  because he wanted to wait to see which one would finish first (this is not protocol at this store) and people asked him "are you going to pick one and go or what" and one of the managers came out and said "you can line up at any cashier" and he said "i'm waiting to see which will be fastest" so the manager said "does anyone else want to go ahead and get in line?" and the old man pipes up "but then they'll get ahead of ME!" 

it was a real forehead slapper. i hate when people think the world has to bend to them at every opportunity. it's awful. i was already in line unloading my groceries and me and the dude were chatting and heard the old man and both kinda chuckled a WTF and he said "yeah, i got nothing to say about that" kinda sarcastically.. i guess that shit happens at the grocery store. 

  On 6/1/2022 at 11:04 PM, prdctvsm said:

The Society of the Spectacle innit.

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Indeed.

  On 6/2/2022 at 5:08 AM, ignatius said:

cars are a terrible bubble that people live in. all the time. around the world. everywhere. there's idiots. selfish idiots. 

no doubt. where I am now (Dallas) has the absolute worst drivers. car accidents everywhere thanks to distracted drivers going way too fast. so many self centered a-holes that think it's totally ok to drive as fast as possible, get as close as possible to the car in front, riding my ass... I can't stand it. but I did the alternative for quite some time when I lived in the northeast, i.e. the public transit thing, and that can suck even worse. all sorts of gross shit people do on trains/buses, it's ridiculous. so the best way I think is walking/biking to get where you need to go. but that is limited to older US cities, not the Sunbelt 'burbs like where I am. cycling around here is a death wish, and it's hot, and it is time constrictive vs. driving.

What if the Uvalde PD are Russian infiltrators. Because it seems like they basically do the same shit as Putin's troops - shoot unarmed civilians (including children) and cower like a bitch from opposition who also have guns.

Agree there’s a lot of people nowadays who drive with extremely selfish attitudes. Also they seem really quick to sit there and smash their horn if things up ahead (usually 9 times out of 10 out of their line of vision so maybe some cyclist is injured in the road or an old lady is taking a bit long to cross the road) aren’t exactly moving as fast as they think they should be. Just sat there like thick, selfish, self entitled, social media stressed out, craft gin ponced up, look at me on holiday drinking a cocktail, self obsessed cunts. Fuck them!

(Being a potential axe murder is jolly fine though  )

  On 6/2/2022 at 4:25 PM, zero said:

no doubt. where I am now (Dallas) has the absolute worst drivers. car accidents everywhere thanks to distracted drivers going way too fast. so many self centered a-holes that think it's totally ok to drive as fast as possible, get as close as possible to the car in front, riding my ass... I can't stand it. but I did the alternative for quite some time when I lived in the northeast, i.e. the public transit thing, and that can suck even worse. all sorts of gross shit people do on trains/buses, it's ridiculous. so the best way I think is walking/biking to get where you need to go. but that is limited to older US cities, not the Sunbelt 'burbs like where I am. cycling around here is a death wish, and it's hot, and it is time constrictive vs. driving.

I'm eternally grateful that I have always lived in European towns and cities that are extremely walkable (to the point where owning a car is completely useless) with amazing public transport connections. Cities designed around cars are beyond ugly and depressing.

I think BOC are gonna call it a day once this new album comes out. 

  On 6/6/2022 at 2:59 PM, iococoi said:

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I actually have known lads who would do that. One in particular, Stoney who was a plant fitter would actually go for a shit in the shit hut but instead of flushing it down the toilet he would make sure it was wrapped up delicately in toilet paper and then smuggle it out of the toilet and then go looking for places to put it so it was on display or where some one would easily find it. One of his favourite moves was in a restaurant area of a pub. We’d be sitting there and he would start doing this weird gruff animal snorting laugh, that was his trademark sign to let you know something was about to happen. Then a family would be ushered to their table and all hell would let loose as there was a massive turd sat on the table, or under a napkin. I know it sounds rather deranged, and I’m ashamed to admit it but it was absolutely hilarious. 

Mario fridge magnets 

Supper mario

  On 6/7/2022 at 7:20 AM, Silent Member said:

Supper mario

Small things to make a middle-aged male happy: I finally got a Merkur 34C safety razor and a set of good quality blades, and had a proper wet shave. With almost a week's stubble the razor just breezed through, but I always do a second run anyway, against the grain for a close shave; no nicks, no bleeding, effin' smooth. I know a high quality straight razor is even better, but for the time being, I'm good. Gillette can suck it.

There should be an indie Christian folk singer/guitarist named E-sus Chris.

  On 6/10/2022 at 9:29 PM, Zephyr_Nova said:

E-sus Chris.

Why not G-sus?

why not cheesuschrist?

Btw, what's going on with the number eleven? i mean, hell/heaven?

oh, and I just noticed that there's no Jesus Christ emoticon...

  On 5/17/2022 at 11:34 PM, cichlisuite said:

i think banning Zeff was unnecessary

what? why? should I read the previous pages?

  On 6/10/2022 at 9:33 PM, dcom said:

Why not G-sus?

This is a very good question.  It was because I passed a sign with Jesus Christ on it, then pictured the first and last letter removed as some ranodm dumb thing that made me chuckle.  Then I thought it would be a good indie folk arist name.  But you're right.  G-sus Chris is better.  I came up with a bad joke for my ex one day: "what's god's favourite guitar chord?" what?  "G-sus".  She dumped me on the spot.  j/k... about the dumping.  the rest is true.

  On 6/11/2022 at 1:39 AM, _vow_of_silence_ said:

what? why? should I read the previous pages?

No need. Idk, zeff had his asortement of heavy opinions but generally we had good discussions. Interesting people tend to leave this board too often already.