Venneh Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Agreed. It's just so... why? I transitioned to get used to it, but it's kinda ugly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 I like parts of, mainly since it makes it easier for me to check what I was up to three years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 I'm usually the first person to tell people to calm down when Facebook makes changes, but yeah, this is fucking stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted December 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 I agree with DW. It's overly complicated, and, honestly, makes me anxious. No joke, I might leave Facebook because of it. If I get a mild panic attack whilst trying to navigate a site, I don't go back to said site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 I read a piece suggesting that this was one of the steps towards them monetising their service. Something about the timeline being a more efficient way to collect data and sell to advertisers. Not that I'm a cynic or anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 The problem is that they already have a "timeline" because they have records of when you do everything. So it shouldn't matter to advertisers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 You know where you shouldn't have a heart to heart with someone you haven't seen in a while? In the doorway to the super market. In addition, you don't get to yell at me when I say excuse me. I said excuse me, not "Get The Fuck Out Of My Way". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 My favourite is the top of the escalators! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfield Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 You know, I really hate blood tests. They're the only things that have ever given me panic attacks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 Turns out after they draw 50 vials of blood in one go trying to determine what's got you sick you kind of can't be afraid of anything ever again. That was the Christmas when they called to tell me "Merry Christmas, we think you might have cancer, can you please come in so we can draw about fifty vials of blood and do 3 MRIs to determine what the hell it is?" (Spoiler: combination of secondary lyme's disease, a mutant strain of strep throat, and also possibly a touch of cat scratch disease. All at the same time.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 My house just had it's standard yearly creepy visit from my friend's estranged family. There's no contact at her request, but every year they silently come by and drop off a massive amount of gifts for the family in the porch aimed at provoking contact or inspiring guilt. It's a useless gesture, it all goes straight to the charity shop but it does make everyone very uncomfortable. And they still give her husband the bare minimum gift they can think of, this time a puzzle for ages 8 and up. Even after they'd had their first kid her family didn't invite him over which you might understand except Jon's the nicest guy in the world and a great father. Those people are weird crazies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 Why the hell would they package the Kindle Fire without a USB cable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 Because it's Amazon and they wanted you to spend money on buying one from them also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted December 29, 2011 Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 Woo for what I'm hoping is just a panic attack that happened in the middle of the night and won't let me get back to sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted December 29, 2011 Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 Woo for what I'm hoping is just a panic attack that happened in the middle of the night and won't let me get back to sleep. Are you alright, now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted December 29, 2011 Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 Yeah, just annoying more than anything else. I was up for an hour then able to make my mind shut off. On the bright side, I get woken up at 6 with the message that a water mane broke at work so I don't have to go in. Winning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted December 30, 2011 Report Share Posted December 30, 2011 I've been learning to drive since July, and it's costing me a fucking fortune. The main issue is, I just don't think I'm a very good driver, for some reason, I'm fine when i first get behind the wheel, but when i head out in traffic, I just freeze up, and I don't commit many serious mistakes, just dozens of small ones that can actually be more dangerous than the serious mistakes I've made in the past. It's driving me nuts, I want to spend my summer break to learn how to drive, and get my license in September, it's the end of the year, and I think I'm no closer to actually being able to legally drive a car by myself. I don't know why I just freeze up, panic and make so many stupid mistakes, I just keep contemplating the worst every time I get behind the wheel, and while focusing on those issues, I somehow cause other problems, like the car stalling at lights, or rolling backwards while driving up hills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 Once you have a party concept, stick to it. My friend's annual NYE party was an ugly sweater party this year. Wear an ugly sweater you found at a thrift store an such. I thought it was lame, but whatever. Now, his NYE parties are always no booze and low key. We watch some Bowl Games, play a video/board game, watch the ball drop and carry on our gaming. Occasional confetti poppers. However, his wife decided to invite some of her friends this year. They did not get the no booze memo. So instead of a fun night, we get myself, the party host and his brother sitting in the other room being annoyed by the drunk people in the other room. Highlights include: - vomitting - drunken cheating (and drama thereafter) - shitty pop music - grown (subjectively grown. 25ish years old, maturity of a cabbage) men punching each other in the junk. Repeatedly. And to top it off, my friend has to let most of them crash, while I ended up playing the DD. Seriously, if the party is started as a no booze affair, LEAVE IT THAT FUCKING WAY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 How do you know it's the first week of the quarter? Because every minute that I'm not working in the bookstore this week, I'm in class or sleeping. Yeah, it's one of those weeks. Thank god I have leftover booze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 Why are guys so dumb? (No offense to half of these boards.) Friend of the roomie's rang the doorbell about half an hour ago unexpectedly, so I'm kind of attempting to wake up all the way right about now. I find out within ten minutes of him getting in the door that they're looking to cook the frozen turkey that they've just laid on the counter, today. Uhm, dude, it's gonna need at least three days to properly thaw unless you want all the food poisoning. So yeah, I got abruptly woken up for a turkey that is not happening. I'm not amused right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 Why are guys so dumb? (No offense to half of these boards.) I get asked a variation of that every now and then, always relating to cooking or doing laundry. The short answer is that most guys under the age of 30 are still learning how to do various things that were previously done for them, usually by their mothers. Daughters and mothers spend more time cooking together; sons and mothers don't as often. So things that would normally only be taught to you through instruction (like how long it takes to thaw a turkey) wouldn't have seeped in. For instance, just reading your story, I was actually surprised to know how long it took a turkey to thaw, since I've really only got experience cooking chickens and those take only a day or so, less if you let them sit in a tub of water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 I can give them not knowing that it would take several days for a turkey to thaw, but expecting a thirteen pound frozen solid bird to be able to be ready in a few hours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 I think a lot of guys just assume that cooking is some kind of alchemy that breaks the laws of science. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted January 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 Oddly enough, The Wife calls cooking just that: alchemy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher_America Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 Being told at my job that leaders are people who buck the system. When I buck the sytsem, they get upset at me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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