My parents had two cats, sisters, though only one remains now. As kittens we took them in to the vet, they did their thing, and afterwards said that one of them, Ferrah, had been deemed "aggressive" on account of turning into a metaphorical demon and needed a note in her file. Her sister, CJ, had just done normal cat things like cower.
Fast forward a year or so. They get brought into the vet again for a checkup and the staff are ready for Ferrah because they were forewarned about her.
What they were not prepared for was CJ becoming wrath incarnate this time as her sister did nothing.
I live in Texas and there's been an ice storm and I gotta say, Texas was even less prepared for this than I thought, and I didn't have high expectations before
I'm from Illinois so I have seen bad weather and bad roads, but here, in the richer part of the Dallas area, these are the worst iced up roads I have ever seen.
They did nothing! Not even a light salting on the main roads! The roads are all covered in glossy, smooth ice, I was questioning if my little car could make it up gentle slopes because of how slippery it was.
They likely don't own any salt trucks because these freezes were rare in Texas.
Yeah. Though it should be noted that even in MN we can get ice storms bad enough to shut down the major highways for a day.
The worst ice storm we have had here in Ontario and Quebec was 1998, when the ice was so bad it full out broke infrastructure
Whole hydro power towers folding over, cables so heavy with ice they snapped
Took weeks to sort out the damage and restore power
I had a pretty good time though - we got a couple weeks off school between it and my local board going on strike so I played a *lot* of Ocarina of Time when we had power
I lived up near Burlington Vermont then and, yeah, that storm fucked us up pretty bad. I was one of two assistant managers at the Babbage's store then, and he was working at the store. The mall eventually said it would close at 3, but he closed at 11. When security yelled at him, he was like "hey, I'm national guard, I got called up, see ya." The mall management tried to file complaints but we just forwarded them to camp Johnson who was all to happy to give them the STFU.
My neighbor is blasting her music again and I'm going to scream until I blow an artery
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I'm so sick of Grammerly ads. I feel like 50% of my Youtube ads for the last 5 years have been for fucking Grammerly. I haven't bought it yet, take the fucking hint that I don't want your jazzed up Microsoft Clippy software.
I'm so sick of Grammerly ads. I feel like 50% of my Youtube ads for the last 5 years have been for fucking Grammerly. I haven't bought it yet, take the fucking hint that I don't want your jazzed up Microsoft Clippy software.
I'm so sick of Grammerly ads. I feel like 50% of my Youtube ads for the last 5 years have been for fucking Grammerly. I haven't bought it yet, take the fucking hint that I don't want your jazzed up Microsoft Clippy software.
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I pay for premium. It had been so long since I saw an ad on YouTube that at one point about 6 months ago my buddy went to show me something on his phone and I couldn't figure out why it wasn't playing the video. It felt surreal honestly. It is so nice to be completely insulated from ads. YouTube music and premium, streaming services with no ads. I am only exposed to them like a few times a month. I even pay for the ad free version of the forums. Oh I guess the Reddit app I use has ads but they are tiny along the bottom of the screen and my brain just blanks them from my vision at this point.
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Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
I don't mind a bit of ads generally, they're just internet background noise. But Youtube ads have gotten so obnoxious. I watched a 30 minute video yesterday that must have had 8 or 9 advert breaks. They're such shit adverts, too. I keep getting adverts for Walkers (Lays) crisps which irritate me because that's like the default crisp, why do they even need to advertise them.
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If they don't spend their advertising budget, then they no longer get an advertising budget.
I’m aggravated that I saw an ad that I enjoyed because it was funny, and because it featured the backstreet boys, which reminds me that my generation is now the target for laundry detergent ads.
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YouTube premium just seems so expensive, and realistically, the longest amount of ads I have to watch is only 30 seconds, and often if it is a long ad (ie longer than 15 seconds) I can press skip after five seconds.
I just looked at the pricing and it was fifteen bucks a month, I’m not paying that much for that convenience.
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It was too cold in my house this morning. I made coffee and, by the time I got it in the cup and ready, it was barely warm. Day's getting off to a great start.
I missed the last step while going down a flight of stairs just now at work. Banged my knuckle and twisted my ankle a bit, no lasting harm, but I felt like a dumbass.
YouTube premium just seems so expensive, and realistically, the longest amount of ads I have to watch is only 30 seconds, and often if it is a long ad (ie longer than 15 seconds) I can press skip after five seconds.
I just looked at the pricing and it was fifteen bucks a month, I’m not paying that much for that convenience.
It is a great deal more reasonable split 4 ways, which is what my family does. My father-in-law, brother-in-law, wife, and myself.
YouTube premium just seems so expensive, and realistically, the longest amount of ads I have to watch is only 30 seconds, and often if it is a long ad (ie longer than 15 seconds) I can press skip after five seconds.
I just looked at the pricing and it was fifteen bucks a month, I’m not paying that much for that convenience.
It is a great deal more reasonable split 4 ways, which is what my family does. My father-in-law, brother-in-law, wife, and myself.
I missed the last step while going down a flight of stairs just now at work. Banged my knuckle and twisted my ankle a bit, no lasting harm, but I felt like a dumbass.
I did that a few years ago, just completely ignored that there was one more step. My ankle crunched so loudly that everyone in the vicinity sort of stopped and looked around. Would not recommend, 3/10 experience.
Had to come in early for my car appointment. Should be done around 11am
At least it'll be cheaper than I thought. But only because I'm putting off the alignment and balance to next time. Otherwise it would have run 250 bucks today.
I missed the last step while going down a flight of stairs just now at work. Banged my knuckle and twisted my ankle a bit, no lasting harm, but I felt like a dumbass.
I did that a few years ago, just completely ignored that there was one more step. My ankle crunched so loudly that everyone in the vicinity sort of stopped and looked around. Would not recommend, 3/10 experience.
Yeah I've done similar. Forgot I was standing on the bottom step of some stairs, turned around and went over, totally rolling my ankle. Swelled up to twice it's size in about 60 seconds. It was 10 years ago and ever since then I've not been able to kneel or sit cross legged for more than a couple of minutes before my ankle is killing me.
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Since the beginning of the pandemic, the allergy clinic has been letting folks spend the twenty-minute waiting period in their cars, then call up to the clinic to report that they didn't swell up and die from the shots this time.
As of this month, they're back to requiring you to wait in the clinic. So I got to ride out the clock in a room full of unmasked randos while my breakfast burrito got cold and sweaty in the car.
YouTube premium just seems so expensive, and realistically, the longest amount of ads I have to watch is only 30 seconds, and often if it is a long ad (ie longer than 15 seconds) I can press skip after five seconds.
I just looked at the pricing and it was fifteen bucks a month, I’m not paying that much for that convenience.
You haven’t priced in the pleasure of never seeing a “subscribe to YouTube Premium!” pop up. That’s gotta be a couple of bucks a month at least.
YouTube music and premium combined is I think $20 a month. I think of it more as paying for the music first and getting the ad free YouTube second. Given the amount of YouTube my son watches this also means I don't have to worry about him being exposed to shitty things in the ads as well.
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I have an old grandfathered plan from when it was Google Music + YouTube Premium ("Red" at the time, I think) for $8.99 a month and I'm holding on to that for dear life.
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I wish I was less reliant on Amazon, but when even normal grocery items are significantly cheaper online than at the local supermarkets, I'm gonna go with the economical choice.
Like I just realized floss is 50% more at the Giant than ordering on Amazon.
I don't mind a bit of ads generally, they're just internet background noise. But Youtube ads have gotten so obnoxious. I watched a 30 minute video yesterday that must have had 8 or 9 advert breaks. They're such shit adverts, too. I keep getting adverts for Walkers (Lays) crisps which irritate me because that's like the default crisp, why do they even need to advertise them.
My mom has me helping out with the website for a thing she's volunteering for. It's a wordpress site, but the guy who designed the site used some editing plugin instead of using the standard wordpress editor.
This plugin (called Brizy) feels like someone tried using Wordpress, thought that it worked too well, and set out to make it worse.
Someone else edited some pages on the site and they somehow deleted the header and navigation from those pages. I don't even know how they did that or how to get it back.
I signed up to Instagram and I don't get it and it makes me feel old.
Instagram is pretty bad now. I still use it for painting and art accounts but over the last year the changed and removed functionalities in such a way that finding anything that's not picked up by its shitty algorithm is a fools errand. Also changed the focus from pictures to videos which sucks.
I missed the last step while going down a flight of stairs just now at work. Banged my knuckle and twisted my ankle a bit, no lasting harm, but I felt like a dumbass.
I did that a few years ago, just completely ignored that there was one more step. My ankle crunched so loudly that everyone in the vicinity sort of stopped and looked around. Would not recommend, 3/10 experience.
Yeah I've done similar. Forgot I was standing on the bottom step of some stairs, turned around and went over, totally rolling my ankle. Swelled up to twice it's size in about 60 seconds. It was 10 years ago and ever since then I've not been able to kneel or sit cross legged for more than a couple of minutes before my ankle is killing me.
Yeah, I'm glad I only had a sore ankle for about a minute, it could have been worse. I was just walking down lost in a daydream or something and my eyes were sort of unfocused and my rifle and radio and other bullshit were on my chest in the way of seeing my feet, so I just kind of assumed I was already on the landing. I was not.
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Fast forward a year or so. They get brought into the vet again for a checkup and the staff are ready for Ferrah because they were forewarned about her.
What they were not prepared for was CJ becoming wrath incarnate this time as her sister did nothing.
So now I have ghost unread PMs
Also I haven’t shaved in 10+ years, this isn’t a complaint it’s just great
I lived up near Burlington Vermont then and, yeah, that storm fucked us up pretty bad. I was one of two assistant managers at the Babbage's store then, and he was working at the store. The mall eventually said it would close at 3, but he closed at 11. When security yelled at him, he was like "hey, I'm national guard, I got called up, see ya." The mall management tried to file complaints but we just forwarded them to camp Johnson who was all to happy to give them the STFU.
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Just zero stability where her spine connects to her pelvis, constant dull pain and sharp pain whenever she moves.
Absolutely no idea where it came from! I really hope it starts to feel better and we don't have to make a trip to the emergency room!
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I pay for premium. It had been so long since I saw an ad on YouTube that at one point about 6 months ago my buddy went to show me something on his phone and I couldn't figure out why it wasn't playing the video. It felt surreal honestly. It is so nice to be completely insulated from ads. YouTube music and premium, streaming services with no ads. I am only exposed to them like a few times a month. I even pay for the ad free version of the forums. Oh I guess the Reddit app I use has ads but they are tiny along the bottom of the screen and my brain just blanks them from my vision at this point.
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I just looked at the pricing and it was fifteen bucks a month, I’m not paying that much for that convenience.
Satans..... hints.....
It is a great deal more reasonable split 4 ways, which is what my family does. My father-in-law, brother-in-law, wife, and myself.
I have it because of my music subscription
I did that a few years ago, just completely ignored that there was one more step. My ankle crunched so loudly that everyone in the vicinity sort of stopped and looked around. Would not recommend, 3/10 experience.
At least it'll be cheaper than I thought. But only because I'm putting off the alignment and balance to next time. Otherwise it would have run 250 bucks today.
The sticker says 56 grand.
Yeah I've done similar. Forgot I was standing on the bottom step of some stairs, turned around and went over, totally rolling my ankle. Swelled up to twice it's size in about 60 seconds. It was 10 years ago and ever since then I've not been able to kneel or sit cross legged for more than a couple of minutes before my ankle is killing me.
As of this month, they're back to requiring you to wait in the clinic. So I got to ride out the clock in a room full of unmasked randos while my breakfast burrito got cold and sweaty in the car.
You haven’t priced in the pleasure of never seeing a “subscribe to YouTube Premium!” pop up. That’s gotta be a couple of bucks a month at least.
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Like I just realized floss is 50% more at the Giant than ordering on Amazon.
Makes one wonder why Oreo Dip and Chips hasn't been a thing anyone has thought about.
Seems an easy and fun product.
They had those snack packs once upon a time with Oreo sticks you dipped into frosting
Even the lady there said to take it somewhere else though.
Yea a standard brake job probably shouldn’t be much past $300 on a compact car.
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That's good to know
I'm going to look around for a place that can do it in April or may
This plugin (called Brizy) feels like someone tried using Wordpress, thought that it worked too well, and set out to make it worse.
Someone else edited some pages on the site and they somehow deleted the header and navigation from those pages. I don't even know how they did that or how to get it back.
Instagram is pretty bad now. I still use it for painting and art accounts but over the last year the changed and removed functionalities in such a way that finding anything that's not picked up by its shitty algorithm is a fools errand. Also changed the focus from pictures to videos which sucks.
Yeah, I'm glad I only had a sore ankle for about a minute, it could have been worse. I was just walking down lost in a daydream or something and my eyes were sort of unfocused and my rifle and radio and other bullshit were on my chest in the way of seeing my feet, so I just kind of assumed I was already on the landing. I was not.