I wouldn't assume if I couldn't see a cop that there isn't one lurking somewhere, that's just the kind of thing they'd do
― Colonel Poo, Wednesday, 31 October 2018 12:26 (five years ago) link
That was just Jay Leno, and he deserved itxp
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 31 October 2018 13:14 (five years ago) link
walking while jay
― coetzee.cx (wins), Wednesday, 31 October 2018 13:21 (five years ago) link
got a jaywalking ticket in Seattle 20 years ago but I still cross like a boss.
― Yelploaf, Wednesday, 31 October 2018 13:45 (five years ago) link
Jaywalker for lifeI’ve got places to be, like sitting alone in my car
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 31 October 2018 14:33 (five years ago) link
LA occasionally does jaywalking stings, where they do hide and give tickets, and that includes starting to cross after the "walk" starts flashing red but it's still a green light.
― nickn, Wednesday, 31 October 2018 16:45 (five years ago) link
for the lawful citizens, let me make sure i have this straight
https://i.imgur.com/4hu39Jr.jpg
assume you park at 1, and you want to cross the street to visit a shop at 2. assuming there's no traffic, you would walk to one of the crosswalks (arrows) rather than just crossing the street?
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 31 October 2018 17:57 (five years ago) link
Nobody does that. Not even in Germany.
― Alma Kirby (Tom D.), Wednesday, 31 October 2018 17:58 (five years ago) link
I'm sure the crosswalks in Pyongyang get a lot of action
― Rhine Jive Click Bait (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 31 October 2018 17:59 (five years ago) link
When I stay in the crosswalk and obey the lights, it's not so much that I'm worried about getting a jaywalking ticket. The reason is more because if I get hit by a car in the crosswalk, my liability is pretty much zero.
― pplains, Wednesday, 31 October 2018 18:02 (five years ago) link
brb, gotta go walk into that car parked in the crosswalk in the picture above
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 31 October 2018 18:02 (five years ago) link
I'm ever crossing ~*sighs heavily~* a one-way street with no traffic in Prague, sure, I'm going for it.
― pplains, Wednesday, 31 October 2018 18:03 (five years ago) link
it's a slippery slope from that to edward 40-hands, you ready for this?! wooooo!
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 31 October 2018 18:05 (five years ago) link
Prague seems cool for pedestrians.
― Alma Kirby (Tom D.), Wednesday, 31 October 2018 18:05 (five years ago) link
i'd catapult from streetlight to streetlight, no law against jayleaping
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Wednesday, 31 October 2018 18:07 (five years ago) link
what if it was 2-way, in any city, though? (i didn't mean to choose a 1-way street as an example. i just had a strangely difficult time find a pic showing a long street parked cars and crosswalk options at the far ends)
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 31 October 2018 18:08 (five years ago) link
i usually slither on the ground like a worm and hope no one runs me over
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 31 October 2018 18:08 (five years ago) link
OK, back to the topic.
There's a fella in town running for the city board. His name is Bryan Frazier.
Seems like an all right guy.
But
― pplains, Wednesday, 31 October 2018 18:09 (five years ago) link
This is his campaign sign.
https://i.imgur.com/JFacyRJ.jpg
I mean, I guess I should be glad his name isn't Bryan Seinfield.
― pplains, Wednesday, 31 October 2018 18:11 (five years ago) link
hope he doesn't get pelted with scrambled eggs or salad at a campaign event
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 31 October 2018 18:13 (five years ago) link
This might sound particularly sad and pathetic but I always try to do this if there are any young children waiting to cross - I don't want them to get the wrong ideas about how to cross a road
I relate v strongly to this tweet/think about it a lot
To little kid eyeing my McDonalds: thats right i can eat this any time i want... Dont ask about any of the other parts of my life please.— we (@kanwetwitty) July 20, 2015
except instead of eating McDonalds I'm crossing a road without waiting for the green man
― still wackford after all these squeers (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 31 October 2018 18:44 (five years ago) link
i get the Bryan Frazier might be a mf'er with some dark secrets
― the dutiful and the banned (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 31 October 2018 18:51 (five years ago) link
(feeling)
― the dutiful and the banned (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 31 October 2018 18:52 (five years ago) link
People who get really upset about "spoilers." I guess I find that, as an adult, the main enjoyment in watching a show is not "what happens next" but the writing, the acting, etc. It doesn't matter if I *know* x character on the Sopranos is eventually going to get whacked, it matters how it goes down as a scene. Something childish about caring that much about keeping every plot point a surprise.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 18:42 (five years ago) link
Open disdain for millennia of narrative tradition is a pretty cool posish, I guess.
― Soupy Slacks (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 18:54 (five years ago) link
Complete opposite, I find the skillful revealing of new information to be one of the best tools available to any artist working with narrative, and taking a detached analytical view from the start often robs work of its impact for me. I enjoy being the audience for a work which was designed with the audience experience in mind, and really don't understand how people sometimes seem so keen to jettison this.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 19:18 (five years ago) link
Also I am approaching 40 now and don't feel that this means I am somehow trapped in an infantile form of consumption.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 19:20 (five years ago) link
It just means you're able to refrain from flipping the bird at storytellers, which is an honorable quality imo.
― Soupy Slacks (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 19:34 (five years ago) link
I honestly don't understand how people DONT get pissed when something is spoiled for them, you are being robbed of experiencing that narrative as it was intended to be experienced
― boobie, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 19:43 (five years ago) link
What, you don't rip the pages out of books and read them in whatever order you want?
― Soupy Slacks (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 20:01 (five years ago) link
i too enjoy moving colours and shapes
― kinder, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 20:20 (five years ago) link
If it's good enough for B.S. Johnson...
https://spectator.imgix.net/content/uploads/2015/12/BS-Johnson1.jpg
― Lammy's Show (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 21:22 (five years ago) link
I like to buy crossword puzzle books where all the words have already been filled in for me. That way, I can better observe the nuance of the hints and the positioning of the grid.
― pplains, Wednesday, 20 March 2019 00:38 (five years ago) link
the detached adult way of watching movies kinda makes me crazy, same zone as comedy dorks talking about "crafting" jokes and stuff. There's this crazy-making apophenia aspect to it. Plus an aspect of like, hearing about surgery, makes me ultra anxious. Same thing when people talk about difficult home repair projects for some reason. Thinking hurts, I stay dumb.
― brimstead, Wednesday, 20 March 2019 01:38 (five years ago) link
Also: when people say like "oh man, great use of [song they like] in that one scene" I'm like bleeeeeuuugh
― brimstead, Wednesday, 20 March 2019 01:40 (five years ago) link
because it never is a great useend rant
When celebrities on Twitter lobby to bring back a TV show they're on that just got canceled.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Saturday, 25 May 2019 19:29 (four years ago) link
see also fan petitions
― And according to some websites, there were “sexcapades.” (James Morrison), Sunday, 26 May 2019 07:56 (four years ago) link
― Right column Leftist (sunny successor), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 22:03 (four years ago) link
Posting an excellent response on an ILX thread and then seeing two weeks pass... appear
― me and you and a resinous goo (seandalai), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 22:35 (four years ago) link
It takes time for a fine wine to be appreciated.
― lefal junglist platton (wtev), Sunday, 2 June 2019 15:38 (four years ago) link
at a venue with assigned seating, when people get busted for sitting in seats that are better than their assigned seats, and they have to do this play-act like they made a mistake instead of intentionally trying to get away with sitting in better seats
also taylor swift
― na (NA), Monday, 17 June 2019 21:26 (four years ago) link
When bands that just aren’t very good buy sponsored Instagram posts. Cart before the horse guys.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 18:21 (four years ago) link
And I don’t just mean bands that aren’t my taste, I mean bands that sound really amateurish and underpracticed.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 18:22 (four years ago) link
Lol. I’ve never sponsored any content or bought a promotion on social media but I’ve def spammed the world with my undercooked music. No shame!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 18:26 (four years ago) link
anyone getting caught for a minor crime in public is always irrationally embarrassing.
awhile back a woman in line ahead of me at the grocery store was caught trying to sneak turmeric root (which she'd taken from sealed boxes) into bags of loose ginger root, and it was excruciating. a clerk saw the turmeric, asked another clerk to do a price check on the turmeric root, he came back with the box in question and confronted her, she "thought she was allowed to do that" (that = allowed to open sealed boxes and sneak it out in another product). it was the worst (also sort of the best).
― omar little, Tuesday, 25 June 2019 18:38 (four years ago) link
xp I have seen an increase in this (sponsored Insta and Facebook posts) in the past month or so. Part of it, I suspect, is "the algorithm" and its continued repression of artists, venues, and promoters using their platforms for free advertising. ... I do feel like there is a difference in terms of "embarrassment" when I see someone post about their shows or their music vs. buying ads. Like, the latter is a bit embarrassing to me. ... To me, it gives off the vibe of "lol you have money and no friends" which, in the context of band aesthetics is the least cool thing.
― sarahell, Tuesday, 25 June 2019 18:39 (four years ago) link
patriotic british celebrities are fucking mortifying
Sorry to tweet about politics - I’m trying not to - but I look at the news in the morning and I’m sickened by what has happened to our country. It’s a great place, about to be ruined by absolute charlatans.— Brian Cox (@ProfBrianCox) June 25, 2019
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 18:40 (four years ago) link
I’ve def spammed the world with my undercooked music. No shame!
you should not be ashamed at all! Only if you pay for sponsored content
― sarahell, Tuesday, 25 June 2019 18:40 (four years ago) link