But then you get to ask them to push the button for your floor and spare yourself the exposure to disgusting lift button germs.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 19 September 2013 12:18 (ten years ago) link
I don't really care that much about germs. I am just looking on the bright side, I guess.
This woman I used to work with would always use the cuff of her sleeve as a barrier when she pushed elevator buttons or opened the door to our office. I always wanted to ask her how she could stand to walk around all day with that disgusting, germy sleeve cuff that she couldn't just wash as needed throughout the day dangling against her hand but she was an otherwise nice person and that seemed unnecessary.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 19 September 2013 12:19 (ten years ago) link
yeah you can i guess, tho you can't even see whether it's already going to your floor cos they've got their fat ass in front of it.
― Evil Juice Box Man (LocalGarda), Thursday, 19 September 2013 12:21 (ten years ago) link
No need to bring weight into it.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 19 September 2013 12:22 (ten years ago) link
yeah, oblivious stupidity, that is as good a term as any. i know i overthink stuff often, but there just seem to be a lot of people who don't think at all, which is terrifying. there has to be a reasonable middle ground for us all to aspire to.
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 19 September 2013 13:04 (ten years ago) link
I touch everything all the time. Then swallow my fist.
― Jeff, Thursday, 19 September 2013 13:08 (ten years ago) link
Remember when we used to see how far we could put our cell phones in our mouth? Those were fun times.
all asses are fat when you put them in front of the lift buttons, but apologies if that's how it sounded.
― Evil Juice Box Man (LocalGarda), Thursday, 19 September 2013 13:29 (ten years ago) link
As someone with an objectively fat ass, yes it sounds crappy when you use that physical feature to be synonymous with boorish rude behavior.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 19 September 2013 13:45 (ten years ago) link
Something about this:http://brooklynposter.com/
and the large phenomenon of people who LIVE in brooklyn wearing "Brooklyn" t-shirts and putting up "Brooklyn" posters like a bunch of fucking rube tourists
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:48 (ten years ago) link
What's the difference between that and any old local flavor thrown up on a wall?
And if Spike Lee films are accurate, I thought BROOKLYN was always talking about BROOKLYN.
― pplains, Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:10 (ten years ago) link
Shit, that's been obviously a thing noticed by those of us outside Brooklyn since the opening credits for Welcome Back, Kotter.
― aldi young dudes (suzy), Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:34 (ten years ago) link
I guess, but repping the hardscrabble hood you grew up in is a little different from repping your transplant yuppie paradise
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:38 (ten years ago) link
that's gotta be universal tho--no one reps new orleans harder than post-katrina carpetbaggers
― adam, Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:40 (ten years ago) link
That caveat makes sense then. A little too extra school spirit for some maybe.
― pplains, Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:45 (ten years ago) link
I'm still mad that my chances of walking into a home and seeing a framed portrait of either Dr. King or JFK are dwindling.
― pplains, Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:46 (ten years ago) link
i should've put that in the things you see in movies but not real life thread.
― pplains, Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:47 (ten years ago) link
I have definitely seen framed MLK portraits IRL
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:49 (ten years ago) link
Only non-family portraits I've seen are of Jesus.
Well, I used to have one of Kim Deal, but that was just me.
― pplains, Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:55 (ten years ago) link
my grandfather had a framed picture of jfk in his home, shaking his hand at a democratic convention when he was mayor of one of nj's fine grungy cities. home also included framed jesus portrait in the creepy, melodramatic catholic style.
― Spectrum, Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:58 (ten years ago) link
People who say things like "I hope so-and-so GOT THE MESSAGE" as a result of some petty action/inaction, ie, silent treatment, avoidance, etc.
If you really want someone to get a message, why not deliver it like a human being...instead of acting like a 10 year old and doing something that could send any number of 'messages' to the recipient, including those you probably didn't intend.
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 19 September 2013 17:06 (ten years ago) link
best way to ensure someone got the message is certified mail iirc
― beautifully, unapologetically plastic (mh), Thursday, 19 September 2013 17:10 (ten years ago) link
Come visit my grandmother, pp. My grandparents have framed pictures of JFK, FDR, and a framed picture of Frances Perkins signing the Social Security Act into law.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 19 September 2013 18:22 (ten years ago) link
Are they portraits?
I mean, I could throw a rock in this town and hit a dozen framed pictures of Bill Clinton, but I've never seen just his framed portrait hanging on the wall in any home.
― pplains, Thursday, 19 September 2013 18:33 (ten years ago) link
Yes, like headshots. Except the Frances Perkins picture. That's an action shot.
Although in trying to find it, I can only find action shots of FDR signing with FP looking on, so maybe that's what it is. There are portraits of FDR and JFK, too.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 19 September 2013 18:41 (ten years ago) link
These all hang in the living room over the couch.
WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP WRITING "KNIGHT-RIDDER"? LEARN TO SPELL FFS
― fake penthouse letters mcgee, Thursday, 19 September 2013 18:42 (ten years ago) link
My grandparents had "The Bullfighter" on black velvet over theirs.
― pplains, Thursday, 19 September 2013 18:42 (ten years ago) link
Sorry. If it makes it any better it was a general comment, tho prompted by a specific instance this morning. I didn't even note the size of the person, guess I meant it due to them obscuring something, like if someone said "get your big head out of the way of the tv" or whatever. Tho less baggage there. I'm explaining this too deeply!
― Evil Juice Box Man (LocalGarda), Thursday, 19 September 2013 18:47 (ten years ago) link
we can't all be hank hill
― beautifully, unapologetically plastic (mh), Thursday, 19 September 2013 18:48 (ten years ago) link
fake mcgee you mean why the hyphen? my understanding is they used to have it until sometime in the 90s so maybe just people never got the memo?
― Saul Goodberg (by Musket and Pup Tent) (s.clover), Thursday, 19 September 2013 23:27 (ten years ago) link
Maybe he thinks it's supposed to be a ref to TV show Knight Rider
― beautifully, unapologetically plastic (mh), Thursday, 19 September 2013 23:36 (ten years ago) link
yes, i blew that by not including
http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080209010755/knightrider/en/images/9/96/KITT2000.jpg
and now i'm irrationally sheepish
― fake penthouse letters mcgee, Thursday, 19 September 2013 23:43 (ten years ago) link
Ok ppl spelling that as the agency is hilarious.
― Saul Goodberg (by Musket and Pup Tent) (s.clover), Friday, 20 September 2013 00:11 (ten years ago) link
I've got this framed on my wall, because why wouldn't you?
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pAmRWQ9nd7I/Tv86GZ7HZvI/AAAAAAAAGBE/DvT4cn31xOI/s1600/nick-and-nora1.jpg
― ornamental cabbage (James Morrison), Friday, 20 September 2013 00:26 (ten years ago) link
'_____ is one of our finest ______s'
fuck you, just say _____ is a really good _____
― mookieproof, Friday, 20 September 2013 22:45 (ten years ago) link
I hate the dudes that are so impatient when you're making a right turn that they overdramatically and passive aggressively change lanes.
o so sorry I had to make a turn bro reach into my soul and take an IOU for my penance
― Neanderthal, Friday, 20 September 2013 23:00 (ten years ago) link
although I will say people who take too long to make a right turn are also savages (yeah I know wrong thread etc)
Stop asking me if I want to close all tabs even though I check the damn box telling you to always close all tabs every time. ALWAYS CLOSE ALL TABS, DAMN YOU. ALWAYS CLOSE ALL TAAAAAAABSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSssssssssssssssssss..............
― carl agatha, Friday, 20 September 2013 23:18 (ten years ago) link
when people write non-acronyms in all caps like they are acronyms
― single white hairball (harbl), Saturday, 21 September 2013 13:46 (ten years ago) link
People who every year, end the year by saying "Good riddance <whatever year it is>! Looking forward to <whatever year it will be>". Of course it's one thing if you have a legitimately bad year, but I know people who have basically said every year has been shit for like the past 7 years and I'm kinda like....you're bumming me out, yo.
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 22 September 2013 06:45 (ten years ago) link
tbh the past 7 years have been pretty shit...
― PRISON WARDEN CONSCIOUSNESS (4th Dimension) (Viceroy), Sunday, 22 September 2013 12:10 (ten years ago) link
Every year has been more awesome than the last for me.
― Jeff, Sunday, 22 September 2013 14:54 (ten years ago) link
Every year has been more awesome than the next for me.
― click here to start exploding (ledge), Monday, 23 September 2013 11:33 (ten years ago) link
Nyack, New York. The name drives me fucking bonkers.
It is a suburb of New York City, situated north of South Nyack, east of Central Nyack, south of Upper Nyack, and west of the Hudson River.
Fuck you, Nyack.
― how's life, Monday, 23 September 2013 17:58 (ten years ago) link
I guess it's the "Nya" and the "Ack" but it's impossible to say "Nyack" without sounding contemptuous.
― carl agatha, Monday, 23 September 2013 18:08 (ten years ago) link
yeah nyack is like a word that was made up solely to sound ridiculous in a new york accent
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Monday, 23 September 2013 18:21 (ten years ago) link
carl if you're using Firefox do you know you can set it to close all tabs without asking?
― Tyskie in the giro (Noodle Vague), Monday, 23 September 2013 18:31 (ten years ago) link
It's IE (work laptop) and there's a checkbox that says "always close all tabs" that I check every time but it doesn't remember that I checked it.
― carl agatha, Monday, 23 September 2013 18:39 (ten years ago) link
bummer - just checking. work computers are the suck.
― Tyskie in the giro (Noodle Vague), Monday, 23 September 2013 18:40 (ten years ago) link