Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

THE MIGHTY GALVATRON · Tue Jul 12, 2016 4:56 pm

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Remie Richards wrote:
EndgamerAzari wrote:Then you become a fat alcoholic.
I don't drink and I've got a great metabolism so I should be ok on this front

Just remember that metabolism slows down with age!

I'm starting to think that adulthood is a lie anyway, the kids just get bigger and get to make up the rules because who's going to stop them?

Remie Richards · Tue Jul 12, 2016 4:59 pm

THE MIGHTY GALVATRON wrote:
Remie Richards wrote:
EndgamerAzari wrote:Then you become a fat alcoholic.
I don't drink and I've got a great metabolism so I should be ok on this front

Just remember that metabolism slows down with age!

I'm starting to think that adulthood is a lie anyway, the kids just get bigger and get to make up the rules because who's going to stop them?

My mum's like, 52 and she eats much worse than I do lol, doesn't stop her haha.
Also I walk literally everywhere so, that probably helps.

Wyzack · Post by **Wyzack** » Tue Jul 12, 2016 5:00 pm #195052

Or you get the job, become a normal alcoholic, spend lots of money on expensive scotch and give yourself a repetitive motion injury pipetting shit into 96 well plates all day

ThanatosRa · Post by **ThanatosRa** » Tue Jul 12, 2016 6:02 pm #195063

The obligatory work culture is the worst thing to happen to the human species.

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Tue Jul 12, 2016 6:07 pm #195065

I like the Bear Grylls the Island show because the idea of fucking off to an island somewhere and living off the land appeals to me.

"I don't drink and I've got a great metabolism so I should be ok on this front

"
Yeah.... give it about ten years of working for shit cunts and getting stressed out all the time. See how your metabolism is then.

Wyzack · Post by **Wyzack** » Tue Jul 12, 2016 6:15 pm #195069

ThanatosRa wrote:The obligatory work culture is the worst thing to happen to the human species.

I actually do quite enjoy my job despite the near carpal tunnel, but i definitely agree with you. As we manage to outsource more and more labor to robits it is only going to get worse.

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Tue Jul 12, 2016 7:06 pm #195075

Bojack Season 3 soon

EndgamerAzari · Tue Jul 12, 2016 7:13 pm

Shit yeah, time for sad

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Tue Jul 12, 2016 7:32 pm #195079

Comes out on the 22nd. If they do it like previous seasons they'll just dump the whole show at once.

Remie Richards · Tue Jul 12, 2016 7:33 pm

An0n3 wrote:Comes out on the 22nd. If they do it like previous seasons they'll just dump the whole show at once.

of july?
My birthday!

shame I don't watch this horse show.

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Tue Jul 12, 2016 7:37 pm #195082

An0n3 disapproves -30 Affinity

EndgamerAzari · Tue Jul 12, 2016 7:56 pm

Bojack is one of those shows that keeps you laughing so you don't break down in tears. You've gotta have the right combination of a dark sense of humor and an absolutely despondent outlook on life to like it. I enjoy it, but it might be a little too... real for some.

He said of a show with talking animals.

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Tue Jul 12, 2016 8:16 pm #195089

Bojack is the best televised program I've ever seen, from any country, animated or otherwise.

The first two episodes of the first season are a bit rough, the sense of humor and pacing for the story aren't quite there, but afterwards the show falls into place and goes places.

It'll make you feel like shit. It'll make you feel shitty about feeling shitty. It'll make you laugh at how shitty you feel, then feel shitty for laughing. It perfectly captures some of the essence of what being an adult in modern society feels like.

ThanatosRa · Post by **ThanatosRa** » Tue Jul 12, 2016 8:22 pm #195091

An0n3 wrote:Bojack is the best televised program I've ever seen, from any country, animated or otherwise.

The first two episodes of the first season are a bit rough, the sense of humor and pacing for the story aren't quite there, but afterwards the show falls into place and goes places.

It'll make you feel like shit. It'll make you feel shitty about feeling shitty. It'll make you laugh at how shitty you feel, then feel shitty for laughing. It perfectly captures some of the essence of what being an adult in modern society feels like.

I really want to figure out how to live on the couch of a washed up celebrity like some nasty bum.

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Wed Jul 13, 2016 12:50 am #195141

I have a bean bag chair if you want to start small.

Super Aggro Crag · Wed Jul 13, 2016 1:26 am

i want to die pretty much every day

ThanatosRa · Post by **ThanatosRa** » Wed Jul 13, 2016 6:20 am #195196

An0n3 wrote:I have a bean bag chair if you want to start small.

On the other hand fuck the cost of living over there.

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Wed Jul 13, 2016 6:06 pm #195281

Super Aggro Crag wrote:i want to die pretty much every day

Someone watched a season of Bojack twice

ColonicAcid · Post by **ColonicAcid** » Wed Jul 13, 2016 8:28 pm #195314

Birthday tommorow.

Going to get spognoglded again. Last time I'll taste good beer/cider for around a month so rip that. Got my flight on the sunday.

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Thu Jul 14, 2016 9:59 am #195483

Today I had a donut
I also had a coffee

I dunked my donut in the coffee, it was horrible.

And there's a franchise from this?

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Thu Jul 14, 2016 10:36 am #195488

Malkevin wrote:Today I had a donut
I also had a coffee

I dunked my donut in the coffee, it was horrible.

And there's a franchise from this?

Neither you, your donut or the beverage are American enough for this.

420weedscopes · Thu Jul 14, 2016 11:57 am

i might buy a top of the line smartphone
purely for recording videos with
give me thoughts do it

Remie Richards · Thu Jul 14, 2016 1:16 pm

That job application got back to me, got an interview tomorrow.
Yaaay.

DrPillzRedux · Thu Jul 14, 2016 3:47 pm

Second time I've lost a friend to suicide now, but the feeling of wondering if you could've done more always comes.

Wyzack · Post by **Wyzack** » Thu Jul 14, 2016 4:23 pm #195555

Congrats on the interview Remie, you may have skipped the crippling anxiety and self loathing phase of jobhunting and gone right to the fuck everything i hate my job phase.

Also that is goddamn rough pillz, i cannot imagine going through that even once

ColonicAcid · Post by **ColonicAcid** » Thu Jul 14, 2016 5:38 pm #195570

420weedscopes wrote:i might buy a top of the line smartphone
purely for recording videos with
give me thoughts do it

my samsungs camera is prudddy gud

Wyzack · Post by **Wyzack** » Thu Jul 14, 2016 5:56 pm #195574

Hbd colonic

ColonicAcid · Post by **ColonicAcid** » Thu Jul 14, 2016 5:58 pm #195579

tanks

ThanatosRa · Post by **ThanatosRa** » Thu Jul 14, 2016 11:09 pm #195675

Started closing shift due to being all but forced to take it.

Here's to hope that the queue doesn't get overloaded last thing at night so I don't get stuck after the clock. Ther'es going to be a lot of involuntary overtime.

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 12:15 am #195711

DrPillzRedux wrote:Second time I've lost a friend to suicide now, but the feeling of wondering if you could've done more always comes.

Shit. Sorry to hear.

nsos · Post by **nsos** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 12:38 am #195716

Wyzack wrote:Hbd colonic

420weedscopes · Fri Jul 15, 2016 1:20 am

ColonicAcid wrote:my samsungs camera is prudddy gud

on-screen recording

Remie Richards · Fri Jul 15, 2016 4:05 pm

Had my first ever job interview today.
I think it went well.

They got back to me just now (so like, 6 hours after the interview which is really good) just to tell me that they've not made a decision yet
(some more people to interview) and they'll get back to me by Wednesday.

Was sat next to the phone for 2 hours playing FFIV, when it finally rang I jumped haha.

Ricotez · Post by **Ricotez** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 4:07 pm #195967

Contacting you specifically to tell you they haven't made a decision yet sounds like good news, yeah. They probably want to make sure you don't accept something else while they're thinking of hiring you.

Remie Richards · Fri Jul 15, 2016 4:13 pm

That's... a really good point. The lady on the phone did actually say "don't think we've forgotten you" (twice haha)

EndgamerAzari · Fri Jul 15, 2016 7:17 pm

Hoping to make this the next piece of my collection:

Spoiler:

Hoping STRONGLY for this:

Spoiler:

420weedscopes · Fri Jul 15, 2016 9:40 pm

THAT FUCKERS ONE IS SO GOOD

EndgamerAzari · Fri Jul 15, 2016 10:33 pm

I'm gonna go balls to the fucking wall on that one.

ThanatosRa · Post by **ThanatosRa** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 10:39 pm #196120

I wish I had the resources, time and intelligence to make neon signs and milk azari for every last dime.

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 11:03 pm #196125

Speaking of money anyone want to contribute to gettin' Ol An0n3 a birthday present?

I'm stuffing cash away to buy one of these big boys this year, it's a bit pricey at $2000.

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Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 11:03 pm #196126

Whats the job Remi?

Supermarkets don't count as a job.

Remie Richards · Fri Jul 15, 2016 11:21 pm

Malkevin wrote:Whats the job Remi?

Supermarkets don't count as a job.

Business administration, office-y type stuff.

nsos · Post by **nsos** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 11:28 pm #196130

when the interviewer asks for a portfolio of your work and you go to get your work and one of the sites a good chunk of it was on has been wiped of all stuff before like 2016

Wyzack · Post by **Wyzack** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 3:54 am #196163

Some nights i just spiral into these weird pseudo panic attacks thinking about all the shitty things that happen in this world. My brain decides to go into excruciating detail about the fresh exciting ways people can reach new heights of suffering and like a trainwreck i just cant seem to look away no matter how hard i try

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 4:02 am #196165

A sometimes fear of mine is that by conceptualizing worse and worse states of mind you slowly slip into them.

It's hard to articulate. Imagine the worst you've ever felt. Now try to imagine feeling even worse then that.
Now imagine what it would feel like to feel like that all the time.
Now try not to feel like that.

We have a really powerful and subtle way of bending our perceptions of reality in slight ways that are just far enough out of our control that there's a danger to that. Imagining what it would be like if everything you ever ate tasted like actual shit because your brain just interpreted it that way. And then suddenly getting stuck like that.

It's hard to articulate fully, and probably just sounds like some maybe edgy or low-tier introspective teenager shit but after too many nights of bad trips or drinking yourself out of your own mind you're put face to face with the reality that your own mind isn't under your own control and a vivid imagination or powerful thought process is actually more inclined to slip away from you and go nuts than it is to stay reigned in.

Wyzack · Post by **Wyzack** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 4:34 am #196167

I guess it is something like that. Can't stop it. Just fucking sucks. Babies starve to death in the arms of thier crying mothers and a thousand children literally diarrhea themselves to death every single day and here I sit getting drunk and playing video games and even knowing all this I am just too apathetic to do a god damn thing about any of it

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 9:55 am #196199

CosmicScientist wrote:
Wyzack wrote:I guess it is something like that. Can't stop it. Just fucking sucks. Babies starve to death in the arms of thier crying mothers and a thousand children literally diarrhea themselves to death every single day and here I sit getting drunk and playing video games and even knowing all this I am just too apathetic to do a god damn thing about any of it
I find it easier to put it into perspective. It doesn't affect me directly or even indirectly, therefore I cold heartedly ignore it. Although I may have a concerning lack of emotional attachment, an inability to feel awestruck or surprised and normally drained of enthusiasm, maybe due to a lot of bullying by students and teachers. I guess I feel too small to care, even about myself unless it's under threat of pain or health excluding eating veggies, I hate veggies, they taste horrible. Carrots? Far too pungent and I can rarely stomach much of the ones that are slightly bland. Lettuce? Wastes the flavour of anything it's eaten with. Tomatoes? Rancid. Cauliflower? Yeuch. I don't have many fruits and veggies I enjoy. I even tried switching to white rice with its case still on and it's just horrible to eat. I don't want to not eat a varied diet but nature makes it hard to enjoy everything that has a horrid taste, texture or compatibility to my other foods. I guess I haven't tried much at all but it's hard to want to when 90% of what your mum is offering to put on your plate is what you know you hate and you're not the one buying from the supermarket or big into cooking your own meals.

Throw your veg in a stew pot along with beef chunks, then everything tastes of beef.

Wyzack wrote:Some nights i just spiral into these weird pseudo panic attacks thinking about all the shitty things that happen in this world. My brain decides to go into excruciating detail about the fresh exciting ways people can reach new heights of suffering and like a trainwreck i just cant seem to look away no matter how hard i try

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Stop watching LiveLeak before bed.

XSI · Post by **XSI** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 12:21 pm #196210

An0n3 wrote: We have a really powerful and subtle way of bending our perceptions of reality in slight ways that are just far enough out of our control that there's a danger to that. Imagining what it would be like if everything you ever ate tasted like actual shit because your brain just interpreted it that way. And then suddenly getting stuck like that.

This is actually a thing that happens to people. Rarely, used to happen much more often.
It's how the old curse of "May all the food you eat turn to ash in your mouth" works even. If you truly and honestly believe you are cursed into never tasting anything but ashes, then your brain will make it happen.

The good news, it's easy enough to fix, and in fact most religions have ways to 'lift curses' which is basically fixing that sort of problem. Prayer, meditation, tribal rituals, a concoction of nice smelling herbs and everything else like it will also set your brain back on the right track if you truly believe it will. (Note that some things also double up for other uses. It's a complicated thing)

You know why we don't see curses anymore today while medieval peasants were scared of a witch in the woods? Because people stopped believing in them, so they no longer inflict these things on themselves. Even a curse for 'bad luck' is just something your brain makes real. All the simple things that are a bit annoying but no big deal and you would have shrugged off suddenly become signs of 'the curse' if you believe you are cursed.

Psychology ahoy!
Seriously though, brains are powerful. Handle with care

DrPillzRedux · Sat Jul 16, 2016 12:52 pm

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420weedscopes · Sat Jul 16, 2016 1:46 pm

>childhood cat died this year
>younger cat has now not been seen in days

please.

Screemonster · Sat Jul 16, 2016 2:10 pm

Ricotez wrote:Contacting you specifically to tell you they haven't made a decision yet sounds like good news, yeah. They probably want to make sure you don't accept something else while they're thinking of hiring you.

that's how I wound up in the job I'm in. Interviewed for a place, didn't hear anything for ages, applied for different job, went to the interview, got offered the job, then the first place called me back saying they wanted to hire me.
Too slow, buckaroos.