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oh FUCK I've been offered a free trip to a Caribbean private island and I'm going to have to miss the second week including the women's final ;_;

― lex pretend, Friday, 23 May 2014 18:06 (Yesterday)

Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (nakhchivan), Saturday, 24 May 2014 00:21 (ten years ago) link

can't wait for lex to lecture ilx more about privilege

Mordy, Saturday, 24 May 2014 00:22 (ten years ago) link

thought abt this thread today when i got upset about some shoddy reparative tailoring on an old lanvin suit

Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (nakhchivan), Saturday, 24 May 2014 00:24 (ten years ago) link

scum tbh

the only thing worse than being tweeted about (darraghmac), Saturday, 24 May 2014 06:26 (ten years ago) link

Now a grim reality for the lad

Who whom kissed? (imago), Friday, 6 June 2014 13:39 (ten years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/oB3vRKv.jpg

how's life, Wednesday, 11 June 2014 19:39 (ten years ago) link

Paul McCartney got sick so now we have to wait four more months to see him

building a desert (art), Saturday, 21 June 2014 03:02 (ten years ago) link

I've missed a load of games due to Glastonbury and ugh the first one I will get to watch in its entirety will be Belgium USA, which will surely be like a really shitty midtable Premiership game.

― Matt DC, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 12:28 (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

;)

avicii usque ad arse (imago), Tuesday, 1 July 2014 12:31 (ten years ago) link

one month passes...

usb port on cheap laptop not deep enough to accept dragonfly DAC without having to jiggle the connection periodically

brimstead, Friday, 15 August 2014 05:04 (ten years ago) link

one year passes...

my new sofa is too big for my house

ogmor, Monday, 16 November 2015 14:05 (eight years ago) link

one year passes...

restaurants pricing sturgeon as if it were beluga, gtfo

ur-oik (rip van wanko), Monday, 13 November 2017 05:48 (six years ago) link

one year passes...

Want desperately to go to sleep as soon as possible this evening, but must attend condo association meeting tonight.

Anne Hedonia (j.lu), Monday, 28 October 2019 17:00 (five years ago) link

eight months pass...

human suffering is a strange thing -- I have experienced "problems" over the last several months that, by most people's standards, would deserve me a kick in the head for even suggesting they were problems, which I feel embarrassed even to repeat here. Yet I have spent months feeling irritable, anxious, and scared the majority of the time, feeling like I was in a vise that wouldn't let up it's grip, feeling like I was going to lose everything. I am reminded of the saying from the Sopranos. "- "Sometimes I go about in pity for myself, and all the while, a great wind carries me across the sky." And that great wind is upper middle class white privilege I guess.

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 23 July 2020 20:00 (four years ago) link

i wish my colleagues didn't assume i had imessage on my computer and send me super long detailed texts with charts and files that no fucking way am I gonna deal with on my iPhone 6S

sarahell, Thursday, 23 July 2020 20:08 (four years ago) link

i wonder if unless thinking about all the blessings in yr life gives you comfort (like to meditate on all the wonderful things you have to dispel yr anxiety) it could be that your awareness of the relative frivolity of yr problems contributes to yr suffering since you don't give yourself permission to experience it - instead you experience the suffering alongside yr disdain for yr own suffering xp

Mordy, Thursday, 23 July 2020 21:00 (four years ago) link

i meditate on the comfort of my iPhone 6S on the reg tbh

sarahell, Thursday, 23 July 2020 21:26 (four years ago) link

I mean, to be clear these problems involved several *major life decisions* of the type expected to cause stress, it's just that they were major life decisions that I am so lucky even to be able to make right now that yes, I did kind of hate myself for suffering anxiety over them.

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 23 July 2020 22:21 (four years ago) link

but even if the problems are truly trivial, the existence in which you are processing them is changing in unanticipated and unpredictable ways right now... it's kinda like trying to take a sip of a bloody mary while the plane flies through a a patch of turbulence

rb (soda), Thursday, 23 July 2020 22:27 (four years ago) link

that's an excellent metaphor and captures how it feels

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 23 July 2020 22:33 (four years ago) link

Somewhat relatedly, this is strangely affecting although slightly overdramatic and FWP (forgiveable offenses for an extremely talented high school student):

https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/ontario-teen-numb-short-film-liv-mcneil_ca_5eecd230c5b6d71ac27ff017

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 23 July 2020 23:29 (four years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSkbd6hRkXo

And, appropriately, the 15-yr-old director's commentary:

This is just a generalization of the feeling of isolation, not my personal feelings, I for sure haven't been enjoying quarantine, but some have it worse. We have all been going through stuff right now, especially with Black Lives Matter, my struggles are in no way comparable to some things people are going though right now. this is my own experience, some are a whole lot worse than mine. I'm just showing what I know.

This is a mini film, Numb by me. I did this for a school project but I'm really happy with how it came out, so I'm posting it here. This took me a combined 3 weeks or so. hope you enjoy! please feel free to share as much as you like, just please credit me and M83, the band who made the music.

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 23 July 2020 23:31 (four years ago) link

one year passes...

company pass dangling from lanyard clacks annoyingly off my belt buckle when walking down the corridor of my office

Tracer Hand, Monday, 15 November 2021 14:59 (two years ago) link

Wait, how low do you wear your lanyard?

suggest bainne (gyac), Monday, 15 November 2021 15:10 (two years ago) link

Back in the late 80s when I first joined corporate life, I remember hearing lanyards and passes would soon be obsolete now that retinal scanning was possible. The future has failed to arrive!

Luna Schlosser, Monday, 15 November 2021 16:06 (two years ago) link

Wait, how low do you wear your lanyard?

how high do you wear your trousers more like

o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 15 November 2021 16:09 (two years ago) link

this lanyard is not adjustable, it hangs where it hangs

my belt is around my waist you maniacs

Tracer Hand, Monday, 15 November 2021 16:21 (two years ago) link

Tying a loop in the lanyard itself is knot a knoption?

fix up luke shawp (darraghmac), Monday, 15 November 2021 16:26 (two years ago) link

(X post)

I’m concerned where this forces security guards to look to check your credentials.

Luna Schlosser, Monday, 15 November 2021 16:28 (two years ago) link

Just get a shorter lanyard cord, if you want a rainbow one like mine I can give you one

suggest bainne (gyac), Monday, 15 November 2021 16:43 (two years ago) link

ahah great problem.
yeah the solution seems obvious : tie it up !

AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 15 November 2021 16:46 (two years ago) link

or get your neck more swole

o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 15 November 2021 16:48 (two years ago) link

this lanyard is not adjustable, it hangs where it hangs

my belt is around my waist you maniacs


Where’s your waist though

suggest bainne (gyac), Monday, 15 November 2021 17:02 (two years ago) link

They're always annoying long. I always had to tuck them inside my shirt while working with clients.

Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Monday, 15 November 2021 17:04 (two years ago) link

two years pass...

Most injuries related to cutting avocados occur from April through July. Here’s how to reduce your risk.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/06/26/avocado-hand-injuries-knife/

scott seward, Wednesday, 26 June 2024 17:30 (four months ago) link

Good thing avocado injury season is ending soon!! It's gonna be Taco Tuesday every day when August rolls around.

Enjoy Nuoc Mam With Mr. Qualk (I M Losted), Saturday, 29 June 2024 03:52 (four months ago) link


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