I think there are enough really picky high maintenance customers that restaurant people just do that as a default. ... I am irrationally embarrassed when I observe customers who actually do get upset and require mollification.
― sarahell, Monday, 15 February 2021 17:33 (three years ago) link
oh yeah me too
"give me the CEO's name, the CFO's name.....get the local news on the line"
― he said that you son of a bitch (Neanderthal), Monday, 15 February 2021 17:38 (three years ago) link
i wonder how these people were raised and/or how they came to be the way they are ... basically I am rationally embarrassed for their parents (and often kids).
― sarahell, Monday, 15 February 2021 18:06 (three years ago) link
I once contacted corporate to tell them if they got a complaint for xxxx store from a couple at xxxx time on xxxx date to ignore it because I was there and they started everything.
they told me that couple did complain and gave me a free lunch lol
― he said that you son of a bitch (Neanderthal), Monday, 15 February 2021 18:08 (three years ago) link
snitches get fries
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 15 February 2021 18:10 (three years ago) link
truffle fries ftw
― sarahell, Monday, 15 February 2021 18:15 (three years ago) link
― sarahell, Monday, February 15, 2021 10:06 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
you mean, like, did their parents use words like "awesomesauce" too?
― brimstead, Monday, 15 February 2021 19:24 (three years ago) link
i'm just going to blame my great great grandfather who was lobotomized in his 30s
― brimstead, Monday, 15 February 2021 19:25 (three years ago) link
the thing about awesomesauce is that annoying as that phrase is, almost everybody I know got tired of saying it back in 2009, and even if they did say it, it wasn't like a frequent go-to phrase of theirs.
whereas I have a co-worker who in 2021 actually says it every 5 minutes, 20 times a day, and I'm just like "no, this is bullshitsauce"
― he said that you son of a bitch (Neanderthal), Monday, 15 February 2021 19:45 (three years ago) link
― brimstead, Monday, February 15, 2021 11:24 AM (one hour ago)
no, lol, I was referring to the people that flip out at restaurants when the server tells them they are out of alien cheese
― sarahell, Monday, 15 February 2021 20:57 (three years ago) link
oh geez yeah... argh i... those people challenge my pacifism lol
― brimstead, Monday, 15 February 2021 22:06 (three years ago) link
I always want to tell those people they can go elsewhere.
Once, when we had just started dating, my partner and I had a run in with a police in SF, and he said to us, 'you boys are lucky I have some place to be,' and my partner said, 'then go there,' and that might have been the moment where I really fell in love
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 01:29 (three years ago) link
lmao that is sweet and hilarious
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 02:23 (three years ago) link
xp - omg seriously, that is beautiful - totally should be a romantic scene in a movie or something
― sarahell, Tuesday, 16 February 2021 06:15 (three years ago) link
whenever i get something in my inbox about a "phishing attempt" or a "smishing attempt" i die a little inside
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Monday, 17 May 2021 20:04 (two years ago) link
can't they just lock up that goddamn Trey Anastasio once and for all?
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Monday, 17 May 2021 23:11 (two years ago) link
Split screen videos where the same person plays all the instruments in their little bedroom studio, even when they are pretty good.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:45 (two years ago) link
That's a good one.
I watch some bass ones every now and then, and it's embarrassing when they don't turn down the original track. Like, you're playing bass man. How can I tell what's yours and what's Tony Levin.
― pplains, Thursday, 20 May 2021 01:22 (two years ago) link
i think the only time i've seen this was a pomplamoose "video song." those were the days, huh . . .
― cerebral halsey (rip van wanko), Thursday, 20 May 2021 02:39 (two years ago) link
How can I tell what's yours and what's Tony Levin.
LOL these guys always do Levin/Pastorius/Karn/Claypool.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 20 May 2021 04:58 (two years ago) link
I have to say I'm kind of happy these exist when I'm trying to figure out how to play something.
― joygoat, Thursday, 20 May 2021 13:01 (two years ago) link
Well yeah.
I wish they'd flip the mirror mode, so they appeared left-handed (if they're IRL right-handed.)
I've probably had more fun playing along with Paul McCartney than anyone else, not so much just because he's an above-average bassist, but because I can follow along with him like I'm looking into a mirror.
― pplains, Thursday, 20 May 2021 13:26 (two years ago) link
I don't really get embarrassed by music instructional videos or even necessarily playing, there's just something specifically about those same dude/chick playing all the instruments overdubbed that gets me, like you're watching an adult compete in a school talent show or something. I mean I can't really talk shit about it because I post bullshit clips of me noodling on guitar to instagram and they're probably even more embarrassing.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 20 May 2021 13:52 (two years ago) link
It's not 100%-cringe free, that's for sure.
Worst ones are when the same person wears different shirts for each instrument.
― pplains, Thursday, 20 May 2021 14:08 (two years ago) link
"signature model" musical instruments. I paid a premium to play a guitar that was custom-designed for someone else.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 24 May 2021 18:28 (two years ago) link
look man if it's good enough for dimebag darrell it's good enough for you
― adam, Monday, 24 May 2021 19:09 (two years ago) link
Author bios written in the third person by the author themselves
― just1n3, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 12:36 (two years ago) link
If you're ever asked to write a bio in third-person, just say "XXX is a writer who lives in blahblah. In his spare time, he enjoys tennis." Don't even think about using the term "brain-crush".
Even if you don't play tennis.
― pplains, Thursday, June 14, 2012 8:59 AM
― pplains, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 12:55 (two years ago) link
they make us do that for theatre bios. I hate them. i usually write something self-deprecating and then thank a random celebrity
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 12:56 (two years ago) link
"Neanderthal has acted in 21 plays at the ~theater~ and has been a performer in central Florida for over 20 years. In his spare time, he enjoys tennis."
There. Just add to the numbers and you don't have to worry about it anymore.
― pplains, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 12:58 (two years ago) link
also said I was ranked #1 globally, I think I went a bridge too far.
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 13:01 (two years ago) link
Well yeah. I've never even seen you at Wimbledon.
― pplains, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 13:02 (two years ago) link
Yes. Plain fact bios in the third person are fine, but "quirky" ones make me wanna die from embarrassment
― just1n3, Wednesday, 26 May 2021 00:44 (two years ago) link
Wasn’t it Tim Rice who never changed his, in the more contemporary programme for Evita, whereas ALW updated and lengthened his?
― Mark G, Wednesday, 26 May 2021 06:43 (two years ago) link
when the local weather service says "on tap," as in "another cold night on tap." it's such a silly metaphor!
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Thursday, 14 October 2021 21:09 (two years ago) link
the heat’s gonna tap out on Wednesday
― brimstead, Thursday, 14 October 2021 22:08 (two years ago) link
people going "LET'S GOOOOO" in social media comments. you're posting online, it isn't a fucking action movie.
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Wednesday, 22 December 2021 22:53 (two years ago) link
i feel like it's time to call this thread what it deserves to be called -- thread for cringe
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 22 December 2021 23:02 (two years ago) link
mid- and post-credits scenes
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 23 December 2021 02:55 (two years ago) link
LL otm
― sarahell, Saturday, 25 December 2021 03:15 (two years ago) link
saying "let's gooooo" in the fashion implied here is a terrible thing that's happened to the english language
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Monday, 27 December 2021 01:13 (two years ago) link
kamala harris
― towards fungal computer (harbl), Monday, 27 December 2021 14:09 (two years ago) link
I don't really get embarrassed by music instructional videos
There is only one music instructional video that I need in my life and it is this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_8iD5xS1hI
― ; (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 27 December 2021 15:02 (two years ago) link
lol lol lol lol / lol lol lol lol lol / lol lol lol lol
I actually was seriously thinking about this, like, is he gonna suggest you subdivide into three measures - 4, 5, 4 or 4, 4, 5 or ... years back I was in this experimental rock orchestra piece where the composer (who was self-taught) had a movement in 11/4 and it didn't really work out the way he intended. It was actually hilarious tbh ... because musicians in different sections cleverly suggested that we subdivide into 3, 4, and 4 ... but then couldn't agree whether it should be 3, 4, 4 or 4, 3, 4 ... based on how their section's part was written.
― sarahell, Monday, 27 December 2021 18:48 (two years ago) link
Yeah, realistically, if given a piece like that I won't be counting, I will just be memorizing the tune and playing something that goes with it.
Back when I played jazz, people would give me advice about how to count a five or seven or thirteen or whatever and I'd nod sagely, say "yeah, got it." When the music started I would just do some amorphous brushing until the pulse became clear, then suss out some kind of ostinato that worked.
My college band played "Take Five" for years and I confess I never once counted to five. I'd just be singing "doo doot-doot-doodly-doodly doo doo" silently in my head the whole time.
― ; (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 27 December 2021 20:15 (two years ago) link
yeah, I think that's the smart way to go with those jazz gigs tbh ... I got nerdy enough about it to be able to count to five if needed, but musically, it would often sound stronger and tighter if I broke 5 out into 3 and 2. ... unless the piece was something where it would go from 6/8 to 5/8 ... but that was really just 1-and-2-and-3-and so ...
― sarahell, Monday, 27 December 2021 20:19 (two years ago) link
I bow to your superior nerdery, sarahell.
Nowadays I am mostly on mandolin; everything's a multiple of four. When I try to break it down and explain it to someone, it just gets mushy. It is mostly a matter of finding the pulse, then putting accents where they make sense. If you're counting, you're probably lost.
― ; (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 27 December 2021 20:29 (two years ago) link
I'm so cringey I got hospitalised for it. I was put on the awk ward
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Monday, 27 December 2021 21:28 (two years ago) link
the phrase "you got this!" / "i got this!" makes me want to commit seppuku
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Tuesday, 18 January 2022 02:43 (two years ago) link
agree
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 18 January 2022 03:21 (two years ago) link