Ha. Felt the same way when I got to the bank the other day as it opened.
TELLER: I can help you over here!
18 seconds later
PP: Phew, thanks. Just need to make a withdrawal.
― pplains, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 13:56 (nine years ago) link
when friends' kids call me 'uncle [mookieproof]'
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 14:08 (nine years ago) link
Not gonna turn this into an ILPM thread, but that one's right up there for me too.
Some of the teachers call themselves Ms. Johnson while others call themselves Ms. Trish. I think it's ok for the kids to address adults with a Mr or Ms instead of going, "Hey, Jason, what's up," to their friend's dad.
But I can't stand the sound of Mr. Tre. I'd be even more irrationally embarrassed for anyone named Ed. But I don't want to be an ass and insist on being called Mr. Baker at every instance either.
― pplains, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 14:15 (nine years ago) link
I am so accustomed to Ms Lechera that I kinda like it. Mrs Mysurname though, no esp when my DAD says itthat's just humiliating
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Wednesday, 1 October 2014 14:22 (nine years ago) link
It's common around our neighborhood for the kids to refer to adults as "hey ______'s dad". I would prefer Mr. Lastname to Mr. Firstname though.
― how's life, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 14:25 (nine years ago) link
Mr. Mike sounds worse than Mr. Tre imo, so... no
― ⌘-B (mh), Wednesday, 1 October 2014 14:28 (nine years ago) link
when i was little i wrote a thank-you note to my widowed great aunt, addressed to mrs. her name. she informed me that it should have been to mrs. her dead husband's name
so i guess uncle me isn't as weird as it could be
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 14:39 (nine years ago) link
Hmmmm.
http://hotoffpress.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/mrmike1.jpg
― pplains, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 15:23 (nine years ago) link
At work I get Dear Firstname Lastname from students all the time and it's always bugged me. It happens so much that I wonder if it's maybe taught in school now.
Like if my name was Lindsay or Jude or something then fine, but if you're writing to a Paul you're probably pretty safe to address that person as Mr..
― sktsh, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 15:25 (nine years ago) link
I have seen it argued that Mrs. Her First Name is appropriate for widows.
― tokyo rosemary, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 16:06 (nine years ago) link
The women who work in our Florida stores always address us (in New York) as Miss Firstname when they call us which I am not sure how I feel about.
― tokyo rosemary, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 16:08 (nine years ago) link
Where I grew up, Mr. or Mrs. Last Name was the formal address while Mr. or Miss First Name is the respectful informal address. So the former for teachers, visiting dignitaries, old people you don't know and the latter for parents' friends, neighbors, baby sitters. I tend to follow that formula for people I introduce Ivy to, except she can call our friends by their first names as long as they don't mind.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 2 October 2014 00:17 (nine years ago) link
Ivy can call me whatever she wants tbh
― ⌘-B (mh), Thursday, 2 October 2014 04:03 (nine years ago) link
halloween music that is overtly "about" halloween and is really "silly" and "wacky"
― clouds, Tuesday, 14 October 2014 16:08 (nine years ago) link
I follow certain friends on Spotify and sometimes I see someone listened to something and go "Oh, I wanna listen to that" but then I get all afraid that they're going to notice I'm listening to the thing they just listened to and that I'm aping them. This seems like a really stupid thing to be embarrassed about.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 16 October 2014 00:24 (nine years ago) link
Hide your profile temporarily.
― pplains, Thursday, 16 October 2014 00:26 (nine years ago) link
I would feel embarrassed to do that, even though no one would notice
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 16 October 2014 00:28 (nine years ago) link
classic irrational embarrassmenti know the feeling
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Thursday, 16 October 2014 00:42 (nine years ago) link
Just switch to beats music, prob solved
― ⌘-B (mh), Thursday, 16 October 2014 01:18 (nine years ago) link
What I actually usually do is just wait like a few days, then check out the music. Sometimes I also start with a different record by the same artist, because "I just happen to be into them as well, their last record was good too"
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 16 October 2014 01:23 (nine years ago) link
is the conversation I have in my mind with the friend who 99% likelihood doesn't even notice I listened to the same band as him/her and wouldn't care if I did
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 16 October 2014 01:24 (nine years ago) link
Honest confession: I listened to a playlist off of either yours or N/A's profile recently, and thought the whole time, I hope they don't think this is creepy.
I listen to Baltimore music critic Al Shipley's playlists all the time too, but hell, that's part of his job, right?
― pplains, Thursday, 16 October 2014 01:27 (nine years ago) link
Yeah I have one friend in particular who's not a close friend but has great taste who I tend to copy a little, and sometimes I think I catch him maybe doing the same with me, like once I was on a chopped-and-screwed kick and I noticed him listening to a chopped-and-screwed mix a day or two later, and it wasn't the kind of thing he'd regularly have in his feed.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 16 October 2014 01:28 (nine years ago) link
ps I wouldn't think it was creepy at all fwiw, but I don't know if I follow you so I don't think I noticed. I will now though, creep!
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 16 October 2014 01:29 (nine years ago) link
Look for me under my username "Ned Raggett".
― pplains, Thursday, 16 October 2014 01:58 (nine years ago) link
That joke only gets funnier with every passing year.
― pplains, Thursday, 16 October 2014 01:59 (nine years ago) link
When I get a notice that anyone has followed me on spotify I always feel embarrassed that they're about to discover I only use it for Girls Aloud and Chvrches and some Scottish fiddle music.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Thursday, 16 October 2014 02:02 (nine years ago) link
90% of my Spotify listening is me listening to things people* I follow just listened to. The other 10% is Led Zeppelin. I assume if the people I follow even notice they would be flattered.
*and a lot of playlists from N/A, jaymc, DJP, maura, and Baltimore music critic Al Shipley.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 16 October 2014 02:02 (nine years ago) link
Panoptify
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 16 October 2014 02:12 (nine years ago) link
I was kinda disappointed that jaymc didn't have a bunch of playlists that were all "Songs Titles With At Least 12 Letters But Without The Letter 'E'".
― pplains, Thursday, 16 October 2014 02:18 (nine years ago) link
Or "PPlains' favorite songs of 1998"
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 16 October 2014 02:20 (nine years ago) link
"The Song That's In Your Head Right Now" - Fuck! How'd he know?
― pplains, Thursday, 16 October 2014 03:38 (nine years ago) link
I take my daughter to daycare every morning, about a 20 minute bus ride. I carry her facing out so she interacts with a lot of the other commuters. The other day, she was doing this thing where she just leaned over playfully to one side, then back up. An old lady across the aisle saw her do this and then started mimicking. Dramatically leaning over, almost lying down in the seat and then quickly back up. They both continued this for the entire bus ride.
― Jeff, Friday, 17 October 2014 11:50 (nine years ago) link
I was trying to tell this young dude exiting the library that he dropped his newspaper. Not only did I call him "sir" for some reason, but he was wearing earbuds so he couldn't hear me anyway. Also it was a free newspaper of which he was carrying at least one other copy, so it's not like he would've cared.
― brimstead, Friday, 17 October 2014 19:37 (nine years ago) link
LL should release a yogurt-themed drum record call chobanitime
― man alive, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 21:12 (nine years ago) link
Your expectations of me are way too low. I deserve better!!
― vigetable (La Lechera), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 21:25 (nine years ago) link
selling my used games to gamestop
― slam dunk, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 22:14 (nine years ago) link
― vigetable (La Lechera), Tuesday, December 23, 2014 4:25 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
IDK it seemed to bring it all together: your love of chobani, "time" in the sense of drumming (as used by Yogi(urt?) Horton), horrible 70s album titles, etc.
― man alive, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 22:29 (nine years ago) link
i think you have misunderstood my feelings about chobani(but not about yogi horton, may he RIP)
― vigetable (La Lechera), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 22:33 (nine years ago) link
follow-up record "She's Just Not That Into Cho"
― man alive, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 22:36 (nine years ago) link
:(
― vigetable (La Lechera), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 22:47 (nine years ago) link
― slam dunk, Tuesday, December 23, 2014 5:14 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
what does this have to do with yogurt
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Wednesday, 24 December 2014 01:43 (nine years ago) link
a man goes to sell his used games to gamestop and mango is a chobani yoghurt flavour, that's what.
― estela, Wednesday, 24 December 2014 10:49 (nine years ago) link
Pressing the button at a pedestrian crossing and by the time the walk light comes on there is only one car for miles around which you are holding up for no reason whatsoever
― club mate martyr (a passing spacecadet), Saturday, 17 January 2015 22:29 (nine years ago) link
avoiding pressing the button just and waiting for a gap in traffic to circumvent the above situation, but then another pedestrian arrives at the crossing and doesn't realise at first that you haven't pressed the button and gives you a funny look when they eventually reach past you to press the button
― soref, Saturday, 17 January 2015 22:57 (nine years ago) link
stop i am getting secondhand embarrassment just reading this
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 17 January 2015 23:13 (nine years ago) link
I make cars stop even if I'm not crossing the street.
― Jeff, Saturday, 17 January 2015 23:19 (nine years ago) link
Well there is a reason - so you can safely cross the street. Just because somebody is in a car doesn't mean their time or safety is more valuable than yours. #bancars
― carl agatha, Saturday, 17 January 2015 23:20 (nine years ago) link
I've got a left-turn light that will keep me stopped every morning when there's no traffic coming, but turns green as soon as the cars from the light down the street start arriving.
Dumbass light.
― pplains, Sunday, 18 January 2015 00:27 (nine years ago) link
Standing ovations
― Jeff, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 04:50 (nine years ago) link