looks like I live-blogged that one itt lmao
― brimstead, Monday, 11 September 2023 19:41 (eight months ago) link
There was a twilight zone ep about this (the 80s version), something like, time was created in these individual boxes that someone (elves? Aliens? I dunno) had to remake every minute and occasionally they'd forget to include a sock/watch/kitchen tool in one box, but then put it back a few later.
As an explanation for this phenom.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 10:30 (eight months ago) link
Schroedingers cat needs playthings. So borrows from other boxes?
― Stevo, Tuesday, 12 September 2023 11:34 (eight months ago) link
I remember that episode! And if no one went down an alley in that particular minute, they just didn't build it.
― pplains, Tuesday, 12 September 2023 14:01 (eight months ago) link
It would be p cool if reality was only as reliable as like websites and stuff. You just get to a point and like “uhh reality is down again” and ppl are “nah u just got shitty reality service, my reality is fine.”
― you need magical thinking ay my name is david blaine (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 16:36 (eight months ago) link
plumber wants access to the cupboard so there needs to be some serious tidying up done. i thought some of those vacuum bags for bedding, clothes etc would be useful so this morning i took a three mile walk to buy some from the hardware store in Kensington. got there to find said hardware store was a branch of wilko. this Wilko...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66743050
"All Wilko shops to shut with 12,500 jobs likely to go"
― koogs, Saturday, 16 September 2023 13:35 (eight months ago) link
sad trombone
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 16 September 2023 15:30 (eight months ago) link
Is High Street near Main St?
― you need magical thinking ay my name is david blaine (Hunt3r), Saturday, 16 September 2023 16:11 (eight months ago) link
Yeah, but it's higher up.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 16 September 2023 16:17 (eight months ago) link
Re my birthday, I told people today was my 55th. When my kid asked at me at dinner I said the same. my spouse rolled eyes and said “you are 56.” I did some slow uncertain math, and warnt I sorprised!when i said “wow i was wrong all day,” 17 y/o snorted and said “NORMAL DAY.”
― you need magical thinking ay my name is david blaine (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 02:21 (eight months ago) link
v relatablei have gotten my own age and my wedding anniversary wrong on many occasions what even are numbers
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 02:23 (eight months ago) link
I managed to walk into a window a couple of weeks ago because I didn't spot the glass and thought it was an open door. AND I was holding a cup of coffee, which mixed nicely with the blood gushing from the wound on my nose. Scar is mostly gone now luckily so shouldn't leave a trace. I think there was CCTV in the room too so expect the incident to turn up on some "LOL Epic Door Fails" YT comp any time.
― the arkansas ruggerclub (Matt #2), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 03:12 (eight months ago) link
You broke the glass with yr face?
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 03:20 (eight months ago) link
jeez that’s scary!
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 03:59 (eight months ago) link
"Disappearing objects" mostly happens to me when I'm already playing the scenario that the object must be in an obvious place that I can't see, and feeling stupid / frantic / bored about it probably makes me overlook it even more. I go from room to room in circle looking for my keys / phone / wallet, checking a place visually up to three times when I already know it's not there, but my brain is too lazy / selective to search properly. And I'm 36.
Speaking of keys, I dropped mine in the door of the elevator while taking them out of a bag over the weekend. There was this cinematographic moment of silence while I heard them clinging in their fall, and I wanted to disappear too. They said I could pay or wait a month for maintenance, so I'm waiting.
The very next day, we are getting out of the car, I put my phone on top of the car, get the baby out, discuss with my wife of what bags can stay in the car. I close down the boot and hear the noise of my phone's screen getting shattered as it got stuck in the opening.
For now, I have decided this can't be clumsiness but sheer bad luck.
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 19 September 2023 08:11 (eight months ago) link
Like, I look repeatedly in one place, hoping that the object magically reappears
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 19 September 2023 08:15 (eight months ago) link
My biggest door fail, many years ago, involved me:
-- Walking through a revolving door carrying a cup of hot coffee (yes, I know)-- Hitting my head on the revolving door-- Stumbling outside and pouring hot coffee over my crotch-- Dropping my coffee cup-- Reaching down to the coffee stain and accidentally punching myself in the balls-- Pulling my fist away too quickly and poking myself in the eye-- The end
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 19 September 2023 10:07 (eight months ago) link
God no, I broke my face with the glass though! You'd have to go some to shatter an external window thankfully, that one's for the movies. Actually so is walking into a window to start with but you know what I mean.
At this point in my life the clumsiness clearly isn't going to improve, I just need to be extra vigilant at all times and never - never! - let my concentration fail, lest a similar accident occur where I genuinely hurt myself.
― the arkansas ruggerclub (Matt #2), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 11:00 (eight months ago) link
Oh, last year I managed to crack my skull open against the laundry dryer. I was dodging under other people's clothes to reach the lines at the back and somehow "forgot" about the dryer. I had a second on my knees taking in the shock in when I felt the warm gush spreading on my face. By the time I reached the bathroom my face was like in a movie.
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 19 September 2023 12:05 (eight months ago) link
Proper lol there Chuck, thank you.
― Slays two. Found gassed. Thinks of cat. (Chinaski), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 19:42 (eight months ago) link
haha yeah me too, thanks Mr Bean!
― kinder, Thursday, 21 September 2023 12:19 (eight months ago) link
Fucked up twice today on automated callouts for supply teaching. Booked off for today, and at 10:00 this morning I absent-mindedly trashed the not-available request; immediately received a call to drive an hour for a half-day with a rough intermediate class. Turned it down, and I hate turning down work. Tonight, couldn't find my phone when the phone rang; it was off the charger and sitting on the recliner under a blanket. So I missed what was almost certainly a job for Wednesday or Thursday (already booked Tuesday/Friday). I'll likely get a call tomorrow night, but not guaranteed--if not, move this over to the expensive-stupidity thread.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 31 October 2023 01:35 (seven months ago) link
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, September 19, 2023 5:07 AM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink
Missed this. Masterful.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 31 October 2023 02:00 (seven months ago) link
Yes that is Jaques Tati level.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 31 October 2023 04:07 (seven months ago) link
tbh I was disappointed Chuck didn't reel backward into the revolving door at the end
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 31 October 2023 04:24 (seven months ago) link
I found a pair of earbuds I really like. I left one pair on a train, so I bought another. A month later I left that pair on an airplane. The third pair's case has been painted with nail polish in the hopes that my eyes will register them before leaving a place. All this has happened within the space of a few months.
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 31 October 2023 11:05 (seven months ago) link
i cannot imagine having to hold on personal items with your volume and sequences of travel i would end up a property-less person
― BEWARE! SPOOKY! BOO! (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 31 October 2023 14:00 (seven months ago) link
yeah same, i would need all my shit safety pinned to my coat like a kid being sent off to kindergarten
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 31 October 2023 16:07 (seven months ago) link
I was on a flight from Miami to Atlanta last week. It was chilly, so I put on my fleece. In doing so, I took off my glasses and put them on the empty seat beside me, then forgot to put them back on. When the plane landed, I realized in a panic that they were not on my head, and were nowhere to be found. After the plane emptied out, a flight attendant helped me. She said, "Well, when we land, everything moves forward," and found them on the floor like four rows ahead of where I was sitting.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 31 October 2023 18:30 (seven months ago) link
mother's day is early this year (uk). i should go to the supermarket and pick up a card there rather than making a special trip to the card shop...
and i won't pick the usual abstract card or a floral one, i'll pick one with text on it for a change. and i like that font and the way that orange clashes with that dark blue... sorted.
get home and realise it reads 'happy birthday!'
(and i will probably forget / lose it before october)
― koogs, Tuesday, 5 March 2024 10:47 (two months ago) link
I've been doing a better job of going to the gym on the way to work, but somehow like every other time I manage to forget an item I need in my gym bag - most often towel, belt, or shoes for work. A few times I've just given up on going to the office and worked from home due to this.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 14 March 2024 18:21 (two months ago) link
Whereas today I am beltless in office and just pulling up my jeans a lot, lol
Found this year’s and last year’s registration in my glove box today with the August 2024 tag still on this year’s form, that I paid for last August. A non-required front tag? Nope. Stowed the registration on purchase and have been driving with expired tabs since September.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Saturday, 23 March 2024 18:28 (two months ago) link
H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y
you rule, despite certain lacunae that i shall not mention
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 08:28 (one month ago) link
Yes, happy birthday S. You are sunshine. Hope you have a wonderful day.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 08:50 (one month ago) link
(the lacunae involve her failure to appreciate billy squier, just in case anyone took that seriously)
(i mean she *should* appreciate billy squier, but is kickass nevertheless)
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 08:59 (one month ago) link
thank you guys! my lack of appreciation for billy squier is a feature, not a bug fyi imo iirc
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 17:13 (one month ago) link
hb to you vg!
― schrodingers cat was always cool (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 18:35 (one month ago) link
Happy birthday and thank you for the painful joy that is this thread!
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 20:38 (one month ago) link
Happy birthday love!!Mookie how do you feel about broccoli because she and I have faced off on this in the past
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 21:42 (one month ago) link
HB, vg. Whenever i see a show rec from you i take notice on account of the fact that . .. you're always right? Hope your day is lovely!
― gneiss, gneiss, very gneiss (outdoor_miner), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 23:40 (one month ago) link
bewdy m8
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 18 April 2024 01:20 (one month ago) link
There was a time before VG on ilx but I hope there will never be a time after.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Thursday, 18 April 2024 02:04 (one month ago) link
you guyyyyyys <3
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 18 April 2024 02:26 (one month ago) link
Remembering to wash your face: ⭐⭐Remembering to take your glasses off first: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Today was a ⭐⭐ day.
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 9 May 2024 23:26 (three weeks ago) link
Outstanding! x
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Friday, 10 May 2024 03:58 (three weeks ago) link
lol amazing
― Esteemed character actress (sunny successor), Friday, 10 May 2024 14:32 (three weeks ago) link
I've been reading a lot of articles about ultra-processed foods lately, so I've started checking the ingredients on food packaging more often.
This morning I noticed a strange ingredient in my organic muesli, "FLAKED AI MONDS", and for a few seconds I started thinking "AI monds? AI MONDS??? Has AI reached my breakfast serial too??? Is nothing sacred, Silicon Valley??????"
And then two seconds later I was like "Oh right, almonds."
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 30 May 2024 15:24 (two days ago) link