Fishin' in the stream of consciousness (all-purpose, no topic chat thread)

"The Age of Empathy"? Yeah, i agree broadly with the author's point but he overstates everything and seems lazy about his evopsych, if in a different direction than people are usually lazy about evopsych

 

There is even less excuse for this one

Spoiler: I mangled Homestuck with Transformers

 

aw man, i thought that was the righteous mind. same guy tho, and using the same research (i remember the incest story, and the chicken story)

 

"The Age of Empathy" seemed like a title that could be part of the same series as "The Age of Spiritual Machines"*, and when I read the spoiler I thought "Wow, Kurzweil's really gone in a different direction in this one."

*The book from which I learned about Luddites and the technological s-curve; it was an enjoyable read, but since it was predictions about where tech will go, it's pretty dated now

 

*High pitched screaming abt bday presents*

There he is! My son!!! Also i got a deadpool poster but i dont wanna open it til i have a place for it that it wont get ruined

 

Check out this company's logo!

The k is part of a pine tree! Because Maine is full of pine trees.

 

Dear weird customer from yesterday, I am a customer service manager, nor a cop. I appreciate that I project authority, that is our of the job, but it doesn't mean that telling me about your stolen wallet will help. If it wasn't stolen at my store and the guy never came into my store, you are wasting both our time. Call the police.

And yes, I'm aware that a lot of homeless folks camp on the bike trail behind my store. Your assertion that the guy who stole your wallet is one of them doesn't change the fact that there is a fence between my store and said bike trail. My authority and responsibility stop well short of that fence. You are free to complain to the city government if you think homeless camps are a problem.

I honestly don't care if you live or die, please go away.

 

... that's an angel if I've ever heard one. eh?

 

for all ya'll robots fans: Chunhuo bootlegs has got u covered fam

 

I kept scrolling back to this picture to stare at it, so now I'm going to inflict it on everyone else.

 

I don't ... what? why.

 

That image gives me life. Also guys look at this post about lorge doge in bags if you are feeling sad today.

(I'm... actually better than I thought I would be. I think because I personally had to vote on Brexit my anxiety went 'THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT'. Right now my brain is going 'THIS IS AWFUL BUT IT DOESN'T CONCERN YOU PERSONALLY', which is kind of stressful because I feel guilty for not??? feeling worse?? but even though I started the day with a hard cider and a couple of anti-panic attack pills I don't feel the inclination to go hide in a bottle! Go me, I guess?)

 

kitten academy is getting 5 new kittens in like 5 minutes!!! i'm so excited!!!

 

Dear random racist dude - I'm not Mexican, I'm Turkish. If you intend to insult me, please try "Kebab", rather than "Spic". I know my Lucha Libre shirt confused you, and I apologize for not wearing my fez.

 

I don't know if this will interest anyone, but you know those websites where you can earn money taking surveys? I found one about a week ago which has been a fun distraction from, like, real life and current affairs. It's called Prolific Academic and it's all short academic studies and surveys which feel much less tedious and exploitative than the usual "what products do you buy" surveys on those sites. You have to get lucky at what times you check for new studies, but I've completed 13 since last week and earned about £15. Anyway, it's fun. I have a referral link if it sounds good to you.

 

Our local excitement for the week -neighbouring town's cashline has been blown up.

 

I joined! I'd actually been considering doing something like this for a while :P right now it's not accepting that my phone is a real number tho??? i'm going to guess this is a uk number vs us number thing but idk how to fix it

edit: figured it out! darn country codes :/

 

Wtf is with youtube ads being super long now??? Look at this shit:



What the hell, youtube? There also was the ad i saw yesterday that was so long it had fucking credits and i keep repeatedly getting full episodes of other youtube shows that were sponsored by a company (mostly buzzfeed, but ive seen others).

And its not on super long videos either! I dont watch hour long bullshit all the time, what makes you think im gonna do it for your ding dang commercial?

 

can you skip those ads?

 

Most of the time, ive run across very few of the long ones that werent skippable. I just forget to skip sometimes when i watch on the tv cause its a pain to get the controller to do the thing ( or i immediately forget what i clicked and think that its what i was originally intending to watch -_-)

I just, what even is the point? Its guaranteed itll be skipped whenever possible, it seems like theyd be trying to slim down their ads into something punchier in a shorter amount of time, not putting super long stuff.