Your pointless thoughts & observations

tried beef jerky for the first time and i love it, why the hell does it have to be so expensive though...

Because it's a ribeye steak dehydrated into a fruit rollup, or something.

  On 5/30/2019 at 6:33 PM, Tim_J said:

tried beef jerky for the first time and i love it, why the hell does it have to be so expensive though...

I love the stuff but as you said it's so expensive and there's little to nothing in the pack

every american road trip movie makes it look like it's one of the most inexpensive things... everyone gets beef jerky at the gas stations...

I'm sure everyone has noticed this. But I always find it funny how you're more likely to use a word you heard in the past day from someone else, than if you just used it on it's own without having been 'primed' by hearing someone else use it. It can be a word you don't normally use, but if you heard it that day you'll end up using it once or twice.

Similar to that is something I notice quite frequently - I'll learn a new word I'm unfamiliar with, and then I'll hear it come up multiple times in the days following.  Happens a lot.  Is there a word for that?  A word I'm unfamiliar with perhaps??  (If so I'll report back with my findings.)

  On 5/30/2019 at 11:00 PM, Zephyr_Nova said:

Similar to that is something I notice quite frequently - I'll learn a new word I'm unfamiliar with, and then I'll hear it come up multiple times in the days following.  Happens a lot.  Is there a word for that?  A word I'm unfamiliar with perhaps??  (If so I'll report back with my findings.)

Lol yeah that too. I wonder why everyone suddenly wants to use this word I feel I barely ever hear. If anyone has a word for that feeling it'll be in German, considering 'schadenfreude' is a word there.

Hell this is how new words  are made. Just make something up and use it like it's always been there.

What about those times where 2 unrelated things happen at the same time and even though they're totally unrelated your mind considers them as being related for a split second or two, since the mind likes looking for patterns.

  On 5/30/2019 at 11:00 PM, Zephyr_Nova said:

Similar to that is something I notice quite frequently - I'll learn a new word I'm unfamiliar with, and then I'll hear it come up multiple times in the days following.  Happens a lot.  Is there a word for that?  A word I'm unfamiliar with perhaps??  (If so I'll report back with my findings.)

  On 5/31/2019 at 12:46 AM, Brisbot said:

What about those times where 2 unrelated things happen at the same time and even though they're totally unrelated your mind considers them as being related for a split second or two, since the mind likes looking for patterns.

Synchronicity?

I've always had more than a bit of depression, but after having a (very) near death experience this week, I can see how much life is worth living. 

Life is worth living.

  On 5/31/2019 at 12:58 AM, Tim_J said:

Synchronicity?

yeah forgot about that one.

For the other word thing, it would be a word that describes that weird feeling you get from noticing a specific word being said a lot over a few days. 

  On 5/31/2019 at 1:02 AM, StephenG said:

I've always had more than a bit of depression, but after having a (very) near death experience this week, I can see how much life is worth living. 

Life is worth living.

tell us more pls

  On 5/31/2019 at 1:21 AM, Tim_J said:

tell us more pls

Uhm... well I had a massive tonic clonic (grand mal) seizure at work... convulsions lasting 4-5 minutes. Apparently had very little oxygen as I was blue/purple, blood vessels in my face, neck, and chest all popped (I look like a walking bruise). Chewed off huge chunks of my tongue too. Waifu will have to go without for a couple weeks lol.

Outpouring of support and concern from all angles made me realize people care about me and I'm valuable in their lives... I don't know. 

I don't (or didn't) have any pre-existing seizure condition so this was p-much out of the blue (like my face).

I'm motivated now more than ever to stay healthy and get my shit in a pile.

  On 5/31/2019 at 1:28 AM, StephenG said:

Uhm... well I had a massive tonic clonic (grand mal) seizure at work... convulsions lasting 4-5 minutes. Apparently had very little oxygen as I was blue/purple, blood vessels in my face, neck, and chest all popped (I look like a walking bruise). 

Outpouring of support and concern from all angles made me realize people care about me and I'm valuable in their lives... I don't know. 

I don't (or didn't) have any pre-existing seizure condition so this was p-much out of the blue (like my face).

I'm motivated now more than ever to stay healthy and get my shit in a pile.

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Holy. This is not a pointless thought or observation. Was it really out of nowhere or have doctors told you what might have contributed to it?

Sorry I know! I just meant the "life is worth living" observation seemed kinda (ironically lol) pointless to me, as in it shouldn't need stating!

Nothing yet - thankfully CT scan and blood tests showed no cancer or signs of abnormality in my brain. Need to see a neurologist to run some tests. 

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Nothing yet - thankfully CT scan and blood tests showed no cancer or signs of abnormality in my brain. Need to see a neurologist to run some tests. 

Well it's good that you're alright. I know they're caused by the electricity in your brain not firing correctly, so it seems it can come out of nowhere.

I had a near death experience last year, though it was entirely my fault, and not random. Long story short I was dependent on a drug. Then took another chemically similar drug on top of it (was told they were not similar). Around 9:00pm rolls around and I'm watching something on youtube, then suddenly next thing I am lying on my bed unable to feel one of my arms and both my legs and I freak out, adrenaline pumping and it takes like 10 minutes or so to get the feeling back.

Turns out the drugs i took both slow down your heart rate and then basically compound when taken together. Totally changed my thought process, and I quit taking recreational drugs. It was the first time I've ever faced my mortality and for a while made me feel like I've been taking things for granted.

It was like 3:00am or so when I woke up. I have no clue what happened between 9 and 3. I'm not sure if I almost died or if I did die and my heart restarted or if my heart rate just slowed down but was still pumping. Still, scariest experience ever for me.

Holy crap! Get better Stevie. 

Sounds like a hell of a scare. Here’s to yo health

  On 5/31/2019 at 1:33 AM, StephenG said:

Sorry I know! I just meant the "life is worth living" observation seemed kinda (ironically lol) pointless to me, as in it shouldn't need stating!

Nothing yet - thankfully CT scan and blood tests showed no cancer or signs of abnormality in my brain. Need to see a neurologist to run some tests. 

shit dude, hope everything's turn out alright! :thumbsup:

Holy shit Stephen...glad you survived that incident.

Indeed, glad you pulled through.  Any time I don't see a regular watmmer post for a while I always wonder if something happened to them.  Did they stop posting because they finally reached their watmm threshold, or...  If I ever stop posting for several weeks in a row, you can always check in with Goiter Sanchez to confirm I'm still alive or not.

I observed while delivering food to strangers that it's been an entire high school cycle since Syro was released.  Not a very good observation really, but that's what makes it so pointless.

  On 5/30/2019 at 11:30 PM, Brisbot said:

Lol yeah that too. I wonder why everyone suddenly wants to use this word I feel I barely ever hear. If anyone has a word for that feeling it'll be in German, considering 'schadenfreude' is a word there.

Hell this is how new words  are made. Just make something up and use it like it's always been there.

Baader–Meinhof effect

  On 5/31/2019 at 2:36 AM, StephenG said:

Let us know when you get your test results back. Hopefully it was just random misfiring. Did the doctors say that randomness is often the case with your type of seizure? And did they give like a "In most cases" type of statement regarding anything? I do know seizures can be caused by a lack of vitamins or minerals, especially magnesium, which is in the top 3 most important minerals in your body, and 50% of people in the USA are magnesium deficient.

I had a minor seizure once back in middle school and when I got my blood work done I was VERY deficient in it, along with calcium which can also cause them from what I remember. If you don't have enough magnesium, it irritates your nervous system.

sounds like somebody works for the magnesium marketing board