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This thread is for talking about stupid things that you're considering doing to yourself under the pretense that it will save you money or make you a happier person. No actual self harm, please - these should be reversible and mostly innocuous life decisions. Here's a couple of mine: Go back to a flip phone. There's basically nothing that I do on a smart phone that can't wait until I get home to a proper computer. I've got hundreds of hours of music in my closet, and I should really start digitizing it and putting it on my car's flash drive instead of being a lazy rear end in a top hat and pulling it up on Spotify. Go back to a cassette player instead of using MP3 players. Tape sounds cool, and there's something really satisfying about hitting the exact beginning of a song with rewind/fast forward. olives black fucked around with this message at 13:15 on Apr 20, 2020 |
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olives black posted:
This is good as it stops you from looking at your phone in bed too so you'll probably go back to reading books more, BUT I had to stop doing it because I needed the map and gps too many times and sometimes I really needed to look things up away from my computer. Flannelette fucked around with this message at 06:05 on Apr 20, 2020 |
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Apr 20, 2020 06:03
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People that drive manual transmissions and make it their identity Congrats on having a slower, less-efficient pain in the rear end 'breh I drive a stick' you are a stick
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Apr 20, 2020 06:12
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Reading the Op's posts
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Apr 20, 2020 06:12
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Supreme Allah posted:People that drive manual transmissions and make it their identity I have also considered doing this
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Apr 20, 2020 06:15
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Supreme Allah posted:People that drive manual transmissions and make it their identity not sure why you're considering doing this since you seem to have strong feelings to the contrary?
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Apr 20, 2020 06:33
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Supreme Allah posted:People that drive manual transmissions and make it their identity It’s more fun to drive a slow car fast than it is to drive a fast car slow. Sorry you hate fun? To contribute: I run a proxy server, which I had to modify and compile from source, on my home network for the sole purpose of letting me post on the forums from my 400MHz iMac G3. It works.
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Apr 20, 2020 06:34
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Hey remember that time you got hosed up and nobody helped you and it took you two whole years to get back on your feet? Well I have some questions about that and I want to run a little simulation..
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Apr 20, 2020 06:38
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corgski posted:To contribute: I run a proxy server, which I had to modify and compile from source, on my home network for the sole purpose of letting me post on the forums from my 400MHz iMac G3. yes, this is what I posted this thread for. shoot it into my eyeballs
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Apr 20, 2020 06:39
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Supreme Allah posted:Congrats on having a slower, less-efficient pain in the rear end I guess that's why race cars all use automatics.... wait I hate uber-masculine car culture as much as the next sane person but this just isn't true lol
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Apr 20, 2020 06:48
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i wonder if the space shuttle is a manual
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Apr 20, 2020 06:57
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PinheadSlim posted:I guess that's why race cars all use automatics.... wait I wouldn’t expect that person to know what a DCT was if it bit them in the rear end.
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Apr 20, 2020 06:59
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going to the dr regularly for checkups creates tons of hassle and worry with almost no benefit
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Apr 20, 2020 06:59
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olives black posted:yes, this is what I posted this thread for. shoot it into my eyeballs ive got good news for you friend https://lynx.invisible-island.net/
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Apr 20, 2020 07:00
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SCROTO TURBOSPERG posted:ive got good news for you friend I went through a two-week period where I spent hours looking for a VT-200 dummy terminal so that I could force myself to do computer stuff using nothing but programs like this
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Apr 20, 2020 07:06
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olives black posted:I went through a two-week period where I spent hours looking for a VT-200 dummy terminal so that I could force myself to do computer stuff using nothing but programs like this You are but a little child. Behold, the master of terminal emulation! https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=2XLZ4Z8LpEE
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Apr 20, 2020 07:12
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A treadmill with rocks and broken glass glued to it.
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Apr 20, 2020 07:13
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Maybe cover all my table tops and benches with thick carpet.
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Apr 20, 2020 07:31
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I'm considering not drinking in order to prolong my miserable existence.
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Apr 20, 2020 11:04
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corgski posted:I wouldn’t expect that person to know what a DCT was if it bit them in the rear end. I remember dual clutch coming up in the first Fast and Furious, it made as much sense then (or was that double clutch, in a drag race) You can't argue that a modern A8 transmission (let alone an A10) will not regularly get faster times compared to even a very great manual driver. it's simply better technology
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Apr 20, 2020 11:10
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Do not buy cakes, cookies or pies. Make them yourself.
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Apr 20, 2020 11:13
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I only own one coat at the moment. A winter coat. I don't feel like buying a second one so I will try to go from winter coat straight to no coat. I'll sweat like a pig for a few more weeks and then hopefully transform into a shivering little bitch
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Apr 20, 2020 11:31
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I prefer driving manual, without having to hoon around. Only an idiot would consider it "hard". Do you read? Why do you bother reading when you can just listen to a separate download on your device? It is much "harder" to read so why do it the old way, moran
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Apr 20, 2020 11:36
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lilbeefer posted:I prefer driving manual, without having to hoon around. Only an idiot would consider it "hard". Do you read? Why do you bother reading when you can just listen to a separate download on your device? It is much "harder" to read so why do it the old way, moran Agreed, only nerds read
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Apr 20, 2020 12:09
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Using free weights instead of weight machines. Yeah, you can squat 500 lbs unassisted but you also now need to visit a physiotherapist twice a week because of your chronic pain.
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Apr 20, 2020 12:32
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Is this the vent about being a parent thread?
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Apr 20, 2020 12:38
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I did what the OP is thinking about and got an older phone. It was a bad idea, I didn't realize until then how much society just assumes you have a smartphone in many situations so that it's just very inconvenient not to have one. One thing I did recently being a student with little money is to get a big jug and some wine yeast to make hobo wine so I could get drunk for cheap. It's basically just sugar and molasses flavored with ginger and lemon. I'm drinking it right now and I have to say it's a mixed experience. Somehow drinking this feels very differently than drinking beer or real wine, I just get a buzz and it doesn't feel like "drinking", more like making yourself dizzy. It also tastes very yeasty and I made a mess in my room bottling it without a funnel (I was feeling a bit sick and didn't want to go out lest it's corona). I'm also hesitant to put the stuff anywhere cool lest my roommate or someone else see me carrying the bottles around because they look very much like bottles of piss, I also don't want to admit to him what I'm actually doing.
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Apr 20, 2020 12:50
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Grevling posted:I did what the OP is thinking about and got an older phone. It was a bad idea, I didn't realize until then how much society just assumes you have a smartphone in many situations so that it's just very inconvenient not to have one. So close, goon. If you had said you were doing this for a girl/guy, you'd be the next goonmeme.
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Apr 20, 2020 12:54
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not smoking weed to get that job
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Apr 20, 2020 12:57
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Being a straight, cisgender, white man. Nobody has it tougher than them.
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Apr 20, 2020 13:41
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I'm considering starting a company that makes eurorack synth modules, even though I already have two other jobs. I just figured it would be a fun way to both make and sell stuff, and also give me an excuse to buy lots of rack modules and kits and generally tinker around with it.
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Apr 20, 2020 13:50
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corgski posted:You are but a little child. Behold, the master of terminal emulation! gonna watch this in full later, I'm curious about how they did it
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Apr 20, 2020 13:52
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socks on last
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pop fly to McGillicutty posted:So close, goon. If you had said you were doing this for a girl/guy, you'd be the next goonmeme. I don't think any self-respecting person would drink this stuff. I've almost finished all of it now, getting more and more shitfaced. It's deceptive because I grit my teeth and swallow it quickly and it's hard to taste the alcohol through the yeast and sort of funky flavor which I assume comes from the lack of hygiene during brewing.
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Supreme Allah posted:People that drive manual transmissions and make it their identity Gear sticks only make sense for right hand drive. The coordination is much more intuitive since clutch and stick are both on the left hand side with right hand on the wheel. It still loving sucks though cause you only drive like 50m before the next traffic light.
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Apr 20, 2020 14:01
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olives black posted:Go back to a cassette player instead of using MP3 players. Tape sounds cool, and there's something really satisfying about hitting the exact beginning of a song with rewind/fast forward.
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Apr 20, 2020 14:05
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I'm going to reluctantly take up white-knighting "car culture" because it's become some kind of popular catch-phrase bullshit in GBS lately that needs to loving stop. People mentioning cars, people USING a loving car, a car existing, a car having automatic transmission or not, a car needing gas or NOT needing gas, and confirming ANY of these points in any capacity is not loving "Car Culture" and you are a loving moron if you use the phrase "car culture" or think about the words "car culture" in your mind. You're a goddamn moron and more insufferable than the people you're outraged against and it's time people called you out for being the idiots you are. How am I doing so far in my resolution? Good? Well great. Because you sound like complete loving dipshit losers who can't deal with the basics of western civilization and your world around you and you're struggling to find something, literally, any one thing to be outraged about that sets you apart from other people who are outraged at something, but you had to go and try to find something unique enough to be pissed off about that'd make you stand out JUST enough to make you stand out, but not enough that you can effectively DO anything about it, but you know, easy enough to convince others that you're "one of the good guys" for just being mad about it in general you loving moron.
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Big Beef City posted:I'm going to reluctantly take up white-knighting "car culture" because it's become some kind of popular catch-phrase bullshit in GBS lately that needs to loving stop. Hey man. How you doin? Feeling alright? I’ve been really craving taking a swim lately. Sucks I can’t. But hopefully soon.
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Apr 20, 2020 14:33
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Dr. Quarex posted:Even standalone MP3 players are now making things harder for little to no gain, really. I love my FiiO X3-II since I listen to so much music not available on streaming services, but even typing its name reminds me how obnoxious it is for me to own it, and since I forgot to actually check if my new car had an audio out jack (it does not, let alone a CD player) suddenly it is even harder to use than before. Clearly I need to figure out how to hack Bluetooth into it I wonder how expensive it is to hack an AUX port into modern cars. I imagine the hardware can't be THAT pricy?
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Big Beef City posted:I'm going to reluctantly take up white-knighting "car culture" because it's become some kind of popular catch-phrase bullshit in GBS lately that needs to loving stop. You're an uncultured car
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