A [CHAT]ebration of Mediocrity

emnmnme

Tumin wrote:

Babe do you ever think about how we're doomed to toil and die for nothing

Well, now I'm bummed. Celebrate the people who coast in life for they are Wise.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6DmeR9a6ig
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtMy5IBmX7E

joshgotro

no poll beautiful

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Donkey Kong

My favorite stock plot in star trek is like:

Look at this, a potentially dangerous and unknown planet. Who knows what's down there.

Indestructable robot, I need you on the ship, working the science station.

You three, with the soft unprotected abdomens, you're going down to explore without any suits or anything.

Time for an away mission.

SummaryJudgment

I was forty-four years old when Kitchen Confidential hit—and if there was ever a lucky break or better timing, I don’t know about it. At forty-four, I was, as all cooks too long on the line must be, already in decline. You’re not getting any faster—or smarter—as a cook after age thirty-seven....You’re basically done—or on your way to being done. Your brain knows it. Your body knows it . . . But pride persists.

What I do miss, I tell them, and will *always* miss, is that first pull on a cold beer after work. *That* is irreplaceable. Nothing approaches that. That’s the kind of satisfaction no bestseller can ever beat—no television show, no crowd, no nothing. That single moment after a long and very busy night, sitting down at the bar with your colleagues, wiping the sweat off your neck, taking a deep breath, with unspoken congratulations all around—and then that first sip of cold, cold beer. It tastes like victory. Happy waiters, flush with tips, are ringing out, the cooks look pleased with you and with each other, and you remind yourself that nothing came back the whole night.

Maybe it’s Curtis Mayfield, ‘Superfly,’ that comes on the sound system then—put on by a sympathetic bartender—or ‘Gin and Juice’ (also for the old folks), or something the moment somehow, by collective will, requires: ‘Gimme Shelter’ or The Stooges’ ‘Dirt.’ Songs from some other time—not this one—songs that will always mean something to somebody present, but maybe you had to be there.

You look at each other with the intense camaraderie of people who’ve suffered together and think, ‘We did well tonight. We will go home proud.’

There are nods and half-smiles. A sigh. Maybe even a groan of relief.

Once again. We survived. We did well.

We’re still here.

Tumin

What have I done

Donkey Kong

oh no something sharp got into somebody's abdomen and there's not enough air to breathe and some weird rocks are blocking the transporter

Elendil

the transporter room is either the point of ingress or one of the most tactically valuable points of the ship to hold, it makes sense that it always gets taken over

Eddy

It was a good chat poll, Tumin

I won't post that in the other thread, of course, I'm not jumping on that sinking ship

Neco

Tumin wrote: »

What have I done

An unforgettable luncheon

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HappylilElf

Donkey Kong wrote: »

My favorite stock plot in star trek is like:

Look at this, a potentially dangerous and unknown planet. Who knows what's down there.

Indestructable robot, I need you on the ship, working the science station.

You three, with the soft unprotected abdomens, you're going down to explore without any suits or anything.

Time for an away mission.

Also I, the captain of the ship and responsible for the hundreds/thousands of lives aboard, shall lead the away team because reasons

emnmnme

Tumin wrote: »

What have I done

Why isn't ennui pronounced like it's spelled? It'd make things less confusing. Enn-ew-ee.

SummaryJudgment

Eddy I'd like to have a drink with you sometime

No idea when but there you go

P10

neither thread is the bg3 companion poll the people desired

SummaryJudgment

There's a few of you reprobates tbh

japan

HappylilElf wrote: »

Donkey Kong wrote: »

My favorite stock plot in star trek is like:

Look at this, a potentially dangerous and unknown planet. Who knows what's down there.

Indestructable robot, I need you on the ship, working the science station.

You three, with the soft unprotected abdomens, you're going down to explore without any suits or anything.

Time for an away mission.

Also I, the captain of the ship and responsible for the hundreds/thousands of lives aboard, shall lead the away team because reasons

"You three" being the second, third, and fourth officers in command of of this vessel capable of planetary destruction

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Tav

Donkey Kong wrote: »

There have definitely been star trek stories where they could have trivially resolved the whole conflict with the transporter, but usually the writers are careful enough to do one of the following

• Have the transporter power knocked out
• Have the enemy shielded because the transporter doesn't work through shields
• Some kind of space interference preventing locks
• The transporter room it taken over first

There totally are a handful of episodes where on your way to the fridge after you're like "wait a minute" but tbh thats part of the charm of star trek

I can’t remember who it was but I saw an interview with a thriller director who said that basically every movie now needs to contend with how most problems in modern horror/thrillers could be solved with mobile phones and work around them

Neco

and now Simon has fallen out of the window

he has had a long day

Eddy

Tav wrote: »

Donkey Kong wrote: »

There have definitely been star trek stories where they could have trivially resolved the whole conflict with the transporter, but usually the writers are careful enough to do one of the following

• Have the transporter power knocked out
• Have the enemy shielded because the transporter doesn't work through shields
• Some kind of space interference preventing locks
• The transporter room it taken over first

There totally are a handful of episodes where on your way to the fridge after you're like "wait a minute" but tbh thats part of the charm of star trek

I can’t remember who it was but I saw an interview with a thriller director who said that basically every movie now needs to contend with how most problems in modern horror/thrillers could be solved with mobile phones and work around them

From now on I'm going to make period thrillers all set in the late 90s when all you could text was "R U There???"

"no"

Neco

Phone’s haunted

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thatassemblyguy

P10 wrote: »

neither thread is the bg3 companion poll the people desired

100% Karlach.

ez pz.

emnmnme

Tav wrote: »

Donkey Kong wrote: »

There have definitely been star trek stories where they could have trivially resolved the whole conflict with the transporter, but usually the writers are careful enough to do one of the following

• Have the transporter power knocked out
• Have the enemy shielded because the transporter doesn't work through shields
• Some kind of space interference preventing locks
• The transporter room it taken over first

There totally are a handful of episodes where on your way to the fridge after you're like "wait a minute" but tbh thats part of the charm of star trek

I can’t remember who it was but I saw an interview with a thriller director who said that basically every movie now needs to contend with how most problems in modern horror/thrillers could be solved with mobile phones and work around them

There was a clever/stupid bit in the most recent Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie that got around that. Leatherface boarded a bus full of traveling college students and they all immediately pulled out their phones. Instead of calling for help, all 30 of them reflexively starting taking video of Leatherface and the college student in front said something like, "Don't try anything or we're going to get you canceled forever." Leatherface chainsaw massacred all of them.

Neco

Karloff

Neco

I feel like bg3 is going to be my next botw so maybe I will continue skipping it

davidsdurions

Zavian wrote: »

are there still large rural areas with no coverage in the US? or is everything pretty much covered now

I can drive five minutes from my house and have absolutely no service. On the highway even. It’s stupid.

Neco

But what if I like it

Elendil

what if the ring but in your phone

make you think

Donkey Kong

You can text but each time you hit send, the text quickly rewrites to ask the other person for an uncomfortable amount of money.

japan

Elendil wrote: »

what if the ring but in your phone

make you think

the phring

NEO|Phyte

Elendil wrote: »

what if the ring but in your phone

make you think

how do you fit a vhs into a smartphone tho

Gim

@joshgotro

The movie I saw at the outdoor screening was Pee-Wee's Big Adventure.

Elendil

no it's too late

everyone looked at phone and now they are dead

PotatoNinja

A chat celebrating mediocrity? I came as quickly as I could approached with only the minimum required effort to complete the task.

Neco

Elendil wrote: »

no it's too late

everyone looked at phone and now they are dead

canon

emnmnme

Elendil wrote: »

no it's too late

everyone looked at phone and now they are dead

It's been done already.

RatherDashing89

Yeah, mountains make it so there's places where you need a lot of cell towers for good coverage, and those areas end up with tons of dead zones. They're also, of course, very rural so there's not much money put into maintaining the towers, and the terrain makes it hard to do so anyway.

Not related to cell phones, but in the 2012 land hurricane there were towns in WV that lost power for upwards of 3 weeks because there were just so many downed lines in gullies you can't even get a cherrypicker into.

Also WV has the Radio Quiet Zone which would be pretty ripe for spooky stories. And, you know, Mothman.

Donkey Kong

Demand for the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max has been "lower than expected" since the devices became available to pre-order in the U.S. and dozens of other countries on Friday.

Not too surprising. The announcement was very boring and introduced virtually nothing that would move phones. I know three people who were ready for a new phone and itching for retail therapy who called off the purchase after the announcement.

PotatoNinja

Cell means phone

Cell means prison

Like maybe we're all in a self-imposed prison of our own design.

Deep thoughts man.