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Nov 21, 2021 21:30
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Making your bed well is a key element in learning how to bomb brown people, apparently.
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Nov 22, 2021 00:02
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I'm assuming the idea is that if you can't get making your bed right, something relatively small and meaningless, you could end up missing something that could actually get people killed by your carelessness. Or it's practice in following orders and making you do exactly as you're told. Or someone in the military branches just has very strong opinions on how a bed should be made.
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Nov 22, 2021 01:00
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Bed-making is part of the hygiene regulations. Keeping your bed made up properly is part of keeping the barracks clean, which is part of keeping disease outbreaks down.
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Nov 22, 2021 01:05
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RCarr posted:What? A penny is an uncommonly used coin, formerly all copper, but now mostly zinc with copper plating, which represents one one-hundredth of a dollar.
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Nov 22, 2021 01:55
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Gnoman posted:Bed-making is part of the hygiene regulations. Keeping your bed made up properly is part of keeping the barracks clean, which is part of keeping disease outbreaks down. O.K. like maybe I can see how the regs could grow out of that, but it’s been thoroughly perverted to well beyond the point at which it becomes actively counterproductive to its own stated aims. These people aren’t getting as sound sleep, they’re sleeping in sleeping bags that have no hygiene standards, and we’re teaching them to play games with the rules to make their lives easier.
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Nov 22, 2021 01:56
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Platystemon posted:These people aren’t getting as sound sleep, they’re sleeping in sleeping bags that have no hygiene standards, and we’re teaching them to play games with the rules to make their lives easier. Thus ideally preparing them for what their future will actually be like.
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Nov 22, 2021 02:05
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Oh good lord it’s the loving Academies, they’re loving with plebs intentionally. We could not speak outdoors, had to either be marching in formation or running outside, had to read to memorize a tiny bearings book that must be held at arms length, perfect uniforms, etc.
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Nov 22, 2021 02:16
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Bar Ran Dun posted:Oh good lord it’s the loving Academies, they’re loving with plebs intentionally. We could not speak outdoors, had to either be marching in formation or running outside, had to read to memorize a tiny bearings book that must be held at arms length, perfect uniforms, etc. Tell me about how you took the watertight doors off their hinges and polished them till they shined.
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Nov 22, 2021 02:29
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Platystemon posted:O.K. like maybe I can see how the regs could grow out of that, but it’s been thoroughly perverted to well beyond the point at which it becomes actively counterproductive to its own stated aims. "How to make things look A-OK squared away when in reality they're various degrees of hosed" is a very important lesson in the military.
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Nov 22, 2021 03:09
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It sounds crazy but it boils down to following orders and blah blah hazing. I don’t have to do it anymore and I have stories to tell now. To make it relevant to the thread. During one inspection my roommate and I thought we nailed it. Everything was perfect. Cadre wore white gloves and checked for dust everywhere. Nada. Until they reached for the giant beige desktop tower (sitting on our desk as it was when we first got the room) and lifted it up to check for dust underneath. They found the smallest amount of dust and then tore our room up. Whelp.
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Nov 22, 2021 03:30
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Platystemon posted:Tell me about how you took the watertight doors off their hinges and polished them till they shined. Sounds like you need to go up to the bow and wait for the mail bouy. We regrouted a bathroom one year. I professionally waxed the floors in my room. Cracker King posted:They found the smallest amount of dust and then tore our room up. Whelp. I’ve done hold cleanliness inspections for kaolin clay. That a hospital clean cargo hold. Scrape, salt water wash, fresh water high pressure wash, dry, paint from tank top to coating. Then I’d climb in a literally do a white glove inspection. Anything we missed the Japanese would send back in little baggies. Fertilizer to Australia is worse, white glove but with a Cherry pickers in the hold to check all the upper frames.
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Nov 22, 2021 03:47
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Bar Ran Dun posted:Fertilizer to Australia is worse, white glove but with a Cherry pickers in the hold to check all the upper frames. Biosecurity regulations?
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Nov 22, 2021 03:50
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In 1999, were there actually non fetish clubs with people dressed in all pleather dancing to Rob Zombie remixes?
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Nov 22, 2021 05:01
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:In 1999, were there actually non fetish clubs with people dressed in all pleather dancing to Rob Zombie remixes? yes
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Nov 22, 2021 06:51
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:In 1999, were there actually non fetish clubs with people dressed in all pleather dancing to Rob Zombie remixes? I don't think many people wore all pleather more than once (that stuff is sweaty and uncomfortable when you are doing something strenuous), but yeah. Huge, gritty nightclubs in former warehouses were a big part of 90s youth culture that has really faded in the past decade, and pretty much all of them had a goth/industrial night. There was a definite queer/fetish aspect to it, but most of the people who went to them were slightly geeky/artsy college types. That scene still kind of exists, but in much smaller places-- I think most of the cultural niche they filled has been replaced by music festivals and geek culture.
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Nov 22, 2021 06:54
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I forgot all about fetish clubs. There was a brief period in the 90’s where you either went to a fetish club or swing dancing. It was a weird time.
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Nov 22, 2021 07:02
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Platystemon posted:Biosecurity regulations? Bulk carriers carry grain. Australia is super duper sensitive about invasive species. Seeds of anything that can germinate. It would be problematic for 30,000 to 75,000 metric tons of phosphate to get rejected because a few seeds made it into it. The floors of every container in the world are treated with strong persistent pesticides for the same rules. There are actually a bunch of effects Australia has on shipping, “Australian Ladders” in cargo holds are another example.
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Nov 22, 2021 07:05
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Krispy Wafer posted:There was a brief period in the 90’s where you either went to a fetish club or swing dancing. It was a weird time. Or you were like me and you went to both. It was extra weird but I loved it.
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Nov 22, 2021 07:34
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RapturesoftheDeep posted:Or you were like me and you went to both. It was extra weird but I loved it. I did both, and was bad at dancing at each.
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Nov 22, 2021 07:51
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Krispy Wafer posted:I forgot all about fetish clubs. There was a brief period in the 90’s where you either went to a fetish club or swing dancing. It was a weird time. BDSM orgs are still out there, for those who are curious about fetish things on a deeper level than club fashion. Google around for events in your local area. Just sayin'.
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Nov 22, 2021 07:58
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steinrokkan posted:Why not just sleep in a sensory deprivation chamber in a vat of saline solution heated to perfectly mirror your body temperature according to 80s prank comedies wouldn't I just end up swimming in my own piss every night?
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Nov 22, 2021 08:04
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Yeah, my experience of full-on BDSM clubs is that it's mostly lectures, bad drag shows, and group sex-- not ambiguously bisexual guys doing meth to Nine Inch Nails, which is what I wanted from the whole experience.
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Nov 22, 2021 08:06
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GoutPatrol posted:according to 80s prank comedies wouldn't I just end up swimming in my own piss every night?
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Nov 22, 2021 09:01
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SpelledBackwards posted:A penny is an uncommonly used coin, formerly all copper, but now mostly zinc with copper plating, which represents one one-hundredth of a dollar. A pound, mate 
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Nov 22, 2021 09:47
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RapturesoftheDeep posted:I don't think many people wore all pleather more than once (that stuff is sweaty and uncomfortable when you are doing something strenuous), but yeah. Huge, gritty nightclubs in former warehouses were a big part of 90s youth culture that has really faded in the past decade, and pretty much all of them had a goth/industrial night. There was a definite queer/fetish aspect to it, but most of the people who went to them were slightly geeky/artsy college types. That scene still kind of exists, but in much smaller places-- I think most of the cultural niche they filled has been replaced by music festivals and geek culture. Well, the good ones use a lot of communication, at any rate.
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Nov 22, 2021 15:01
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I started re-watching Seinfeld on Netflix and it seems like there's almost one per episode.
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Nov 30, 2021 17:41
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Almost every Seinfeld episode would not be an issue if they had cellphones.
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Nov 30, 2021 19:30
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Alterian posted:Almost every Seinfeld episode would not be an issue if they had cellphones. This is true, but I was talking more about when their characters find themselves in situations made to mimic movies that were popular/well known at the time, e.g., Midnight Cowboy, JFK, Thelma and Louise, etc.
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Nov 30, 2021 20:44
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and all these farces wouldn't have plots if the characters just sat down and communicated!!!!
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Nov 30, 2021 21:28
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MightyJoe36 posted:This is true, but I was talking more about when their characters find themselves in situations made to mimic movies that were popular/well known at the time, e.g., Midnight Cowboy, JFK, Thelma and Louise, etc. I recently watched an episode that referenced In the Line of Fire, a movie that I don’t think I’ve thought about in maybe 25 years. But better than that, I love the following description from Variety that Wikipedia cites about the film’s trailer: Variety posted:Subscribers to America On-Line, one of several on-line services, can call up a full-motion trailer to Columbia Pictures’ “In the Line of Fire,” as well as production notes, stills and background material on the stars. As a lure, subscribers can call for free tickets to a screening at a local theater. 170 people!
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Dec 1, 2021 03:20
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I only visit the Something Awful Electronic Rooms, there’s a front electronic door?!?!
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Dec 1, 2021 03:33
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I definitely participated in some rooms on Chathouse that were truly something awful
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Dec 1, 2021 07:30
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King Hong Kong posted:I recently watched an episode that referenced In the Line of Fire, a movie that I don’t think I’ve thought about in maybe 25 years. In 1992 someone at the video game company I was at managed to use our digital video stuff and created a porn loop with audio that was a small enough zip to upload to BBS’s. In a week it was all over the world.
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Dec 1, 2021 08:21
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Krispy Wafer posted:Watching something like 'Halt and Catch Fire'
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Dec 1, 2021 21:30
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I mean, it's a joke about a joke. You gotta be a lot of a geek to get it.
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Dec 1, 2021 22:35
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Presto posted:I have never seen that show. Do they explain the phrase "halt and catch fire"? Because that another reference most people won't get. They explain it at the beginning with a text screen if I recall. I do enjoy the show. They mostly avoid the people having perfect knowledge of the future. For the stuff they get right, they also get a lot wrong. And the focus on human relationships is really what drives the show. That and Lee Pace's fantastic eyebrows. Him and Sam Waterston should get on a show together. Those eyebrows would be more than anyone can handle.
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Dec 3, 2021 05:03
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Growing up in an IBM family, the scene where the IBM lawyers arrive was a reference I definitely got. Never have I seen a company where employees were as proud of their corporate lawyers as they were there.
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Dec 3, 2021 18:28
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https://twitter.com/sarahkendzior/status/1200188548282044417
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Dec 13, 2021 22:06
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If you’ve ever watched The Odd Couple, you might remember Oscar tries to buck Felix up after a night of suicide attempts with, “I’ve got some Mallomars!” Felix never responds to this. I thought this was just the inanity of offering a suicidal man some cookies. Mallomars are a marshmallow cookie dipped in chocolate. Are you British? A Mallomar is a teacake. They are very temperature-sensitive and are not sold during the summer. I’m in a southern state and we’ve only just started seeing them, at exorbitant prices, for the winter only. Oscar *thinks* he’s offering Felix a yummy cookie. Felix and the audience know the Mallomars are six months out of date and long melted into goo in Oscar’s sweltering apartment.
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Dec 21, 2021 19:28
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