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That relatable moment when you have to spend 40 minutes on the phone with Western Union because one of your customers is a Russian national on an international sanctions list sending money to saboteurs in Ukraine
Tuesday, 08-Mar-22 19:05:39 UTC from web-
@zeldatra It's surprising that people actually use Western Union. And if they do it is probably not legitimate. I always associate it as a service to send money to scammers or other fraudsters.
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@adiwan I live in a town with a super substantial population of middle-aged immigrants so most of them have no idea what Venmo is, they’ve been doing Western Union since the 90s so there’s no going back now
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like, right ther other day some pople on FB were saying they were suprised at my age because they thought i was 17. what is even wrong about those people
Thursday, 03-Mar-22 21:52:57 UTC from web -
Putin or more like Poo-Teen
Wednesday, 02-Mar-22 05:58:01 UTC from web-
@scribus My bad. I don't want to put poutine's name in vain. I just looked up how it is pronounced https://translate.google.com/?sl=auto&tl=de&text=%D0%9F%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD&op=translate It appears to sound more like "poot yen"
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gonna use Australia instead, what the Potato Knishes are they gonna do about it
Saturday, 26-Feb-22 07:46:19 UTC from web-
@scribus the big disincentive to using Australia now, besides the emu uprising, is that it ruins a joke in Swole Foods. One script has a borderline senile old man recounting a battle he fought in Australia; with his senility being the joke. But then a script that’s placed later in the timeline has a character who works for the government mention the same event, making it more credible; a third script then finally reveals that in this universe, NATO fought an atomic war against Australia. I might just generically say “a country in the East” or something like that instead.
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ok so, the weirdest thing happened these days. a girl i had never seen before added me on FB, then i accepted because whatever
then some hours later she posted a stories saying that she'd show her mangoy to any long haired guy who wanted to see
then i haha'd her storied, she came in my DMs and said she'd send me her pics if i sent her mine, then i said "lol, no, i'm not sending you those pics", but she sent hers anyway
then later she started asking me to let her use my paypal account to recieve payments from the gringos she sold packs to, i said i wouldnt and taught her how to open her paypay account
she got angry, called me rude and unfriended me.
where do those people even come fromTuesday, 22-Feb-22 10:18:19 UTC from web-
@mushi It appears to be some kind of overcomplicated and poorly thought out catfishing phishing.
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found a squatter in one of the unused locker rooms upstairs… well, now we know why the motion alarm’s been going off at night
Saturday, 19-Feb-22 01:01:54 UTC from web-
@zeldatra WTF. It always appeared to me that the Malcolm In The Middle episode where Malcolm lived secretly in a store (and an adult man was also living there) was more unreal than real.
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I think I can remove the idea out of my head to get a proper keyboard smartphone ever again. I guess the next upgrade will be a soulless slab. I guess also it'll be a Google Pixel or similar with a reasonably good outlook for software updates.
Tuesday, 15-Feb-22 17:06:08 UTC from web-
@adiwan I've been eyeballing a Pinephone https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PinePhone_(Pro)_Keyboard because I seem to thrive in self-induced misery lol
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@scribus I believe that I'll be quite unhappy with a phone from a niche manufacturer. TCL's Blackberry phones are the minimum quality I expect and that one does not fill me with confidence. Also I don't want a fold-out keyboard. At max I can live with a slider style or whatever the HTC Desire Z was.
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@adiwan Yeah, failing a better solution I've side-eyed a KeyTWO, new-old-stock. Sliding horizontal keyboard is probably still my favorite, I had an old LG (Ally?) that did that.
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I think it’s time to revisit this idea http://rainbowdash.net/url/876064
Tuesday, 15-Feb-22 00:47:33 UTC from web- Әлібек Индира likes this.
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on one hand using AI to replicate actors’ and musicians’ voices is like really weird and shady and isn’t going to end well, but on the other hand, as an internet creator, it seems like a golden opportunity to parody movies that get popular artists to perform marginally related songs for the soundtracks by performing some stupid, tongue-in-cheek blockbuster-style song about Undertale and then using AI to replace my voice with Eminem or something like that.
Friday, 11-Feb-22 08:33:13 UTC from web-
@zeldatra You don't have to go that far. A friend of mine uses Text To Speech (AI assisted or not) for his game jam games. It is often a blessing not to hear the programmer doing the voices. I played too many game jam games where a non-native and heavily accented English speaker tries to speak into a crappy gaming-microphone in the most monotone and least engaging way. I genuinely think that the TTS from google at http://translate.google.com delivers better an emotion than these crappy attempts.
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@zeldatra I'm seriously curious if four years of narrating a podcast has made my voice public enough to theoretically steal
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I got a monitor and docking station from work. Now I can live the multi-monitor life at home!
Wednesday, 09-Feb-22 18:15:35 UTC from web-
@adiwan I've got a 7" monitor I've tried dual-ing with. It's a lot nicer than the 3" built-in screen on my camera, but really insufficient for modern desktop use lol
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@scribus Haha. Are you using an external display for a video camera? It is surely a great help keeping oneself in the shot when no cameraman is available.
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@adiwan Yeah, I had bought it for "selfie-ing" I guess, lol. But I've had some success using it for stationary photography (like birds on the bird feeder) where it lets me see much better to begin with and lets me be sure of the shot before I hit the remote switch.
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The house I could potentially afford was already taken when I put down a house viewing request. Of course.
Tuesday, 08-Feb-22 19:40:57 UTC from web -
Start with something super unbelievable, that way the stuff that’s only mildly unbelievable is pretty believable in comparison.
Sunday, 30-Jan-22 04:52:32 UTC from web-
@zeldatra Just about the exact inverse of what I'm trying to do. Want them to believe a near-future cyberpunk urban center, with human/animal hybrids, which eventually develops real-deal Magic and ends up making contact with >3rd dimensional intelligence? Start with something standard, like a murder procedural, so they're not entirely flippin' lost lol
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@scribus the way I see it - since *my* universe is usually grounded pretty firmly in reality, starting with some really crazy grape off the bat means nothing’s off the table. Futurama’s first season goes from 1999 New York to literally the edge of the universe, so for the entire rest of the show they could go literally anywhere in between.
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Welp, the “my employee is a neo-Nazi” situation has very rapidly escalated into “we now have to have security on-site during business hours until further notice”
Saturday, 29-Jan-22 21:48:54 UTC from web-
@zeldatra I wonder how much of this kind of crap you won't be able to use in Swole Foods because nobody would believe it even in a cartoon
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@scribus it’s probably helped by the fact that I’m planning to do a couple of over-the-top high concept episodes right off the bat so people don’t start telling me I’ve jumped the shark after I do something really out there. “Kat’s new co-worker is a neo-Nazi” is waaaay less over-the-top than “Kat accidentally joins a mafia family after volunteering at an old folks’ home”.
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I'm at a point that if the destination is within 4km I rather use the bike. Well... Only if it's not pouring rain. I bought a rain poncho and have it always in my backpack but it's already uncomfortable enough when the moisture accumulates under my jacket. I don't need more from the outside.
Friday, 28-Jan-22 19:03:25 UTC from web-
@adiwan My poor bike got so rusted and sun-destroyed over the pandemic, but I also just can't ride the damn thing anywhere. Super jealous, lol
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@scribus Oh yeah. The USA is not very bike friendly from all the videos I've seen. I'd be terrified to cycle there and would do only that on the sidewalks if at all. To protect my bike from the elements and thieves I always put it back into the cellar. It takes a few minutes to put it in and out but at least it'll last a bit longer. A neighbor has a steel frame bike and it has developed an even rust coating.
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I am driving my car to and from work two miles down the road, and once a month I make a round trip to Richmond, I’m not racing at batcavein Talladega, just give me the one that works.
Friday, 28-Jan-22 05:43:34 UTC from web -
I have to replace all four of my tires and I’m choosing to blame Governor Youngkin for not immediately abolishing the state inspection process like he probably said he would.
Thursday, 27-Jan-22 22:39:45 UTC from web-
@zeldatra ugh I hate that, because yeah it's usually on "sale" to buy 3 and get one "free," and sure it's convenient to not have to worry about which ones are the old ones, but damnit four expensive things all at one time?? :(
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@scribus could tell the guy was getting paid extra to push a particular brand too… he showed me the most expensive one first and was like “this one’s good for snow”, then showed me a seemingly identical one from another brand and was like “this one’s ok too, I guess… it’s made for all weather conditions… but it’s really not as good, I wouldn’t even bother”
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Wondering if there are any fellow bronies/MLP fans in Montreal, since I can't travel out of Montreal.
Wednesday, 26-Jan-22 07:03:08 UTC from web-
@tetrahedron As far as I know there are no active users here at the moment who come from Canada, except for you.
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@adiwan There may be a Canadian or two to pop back in every couple of months, but I don't know if any of them were from/around Montreal
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OK so maybe Sims 4 is not total and complete garbage, but I still need extensive cheats and mods just to get the basics handled and they broke too many fundamental things into way too many individual DLCs, and EA is still knee-deep trashwater
Monday, 24-Jan-22 23:56:13 UTC from web-
@scribus modding the sims 4 is so overly complicated too because you need to update them about as often as the game updates which is often
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I’m thinking about these things because I’m about to get stranded at work because of a snowstorm so I’m gonna have a lot of time to myself.
Sunday, 16-Jan-22 15:25:00 UTC from web-
@scribus funny thing about that: our fresh truck came in finally and the dry shelves have been fully stocked for weeks, no idea where the media is getting those photos of bare shelves in the DC area
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@zeldatra I've seen a couple of bare shelves out here, but I suspect a lot of the news photos come after-hours or something.
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Hey, if you have HBO Max or access to a cable subscription: I have some friends who worked on Smiling Friends, [adult swim]’s new animated horror comedy. The sixth episode features a Bakshi-inspired character who was animated by some friends of mine, but the whole show in general is very funny. The show hits HBO Max on Feb 9th, and if you have cable, you can watch the entire series on adultswin.com right now. If you could give it a watch, that’d be real cool, because we really wanna see a second season get greenlit and online viewership is pretty much how they decide what gets renewed these days.
Saturday, 15-Jan-22 04:28:28 UTC from web -
The Eternals movie was a dud. The actors were all good but the plot and direction were my main issues. Good that I didn't waste my money going to the cinema for that.
Thursday, 13-Jan-22 18:39:20 UTC from web-
@adiwan I've heard it was pretty aggressively "meh," I'm kind of over most of the Marvel movie scene right now.
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Suddenly curious how many people who were perfectly into "everypony" can't handle "they/them"
Sunday, 09-Jan-22 21:30:50 UTC from web-
@scribus <sarcasm>It's "everycreature" now because "everypony" is excluding all the other species.</sarcasm>
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Going to England in the spring, maybe.
Sunday, 09-Jan-22 01:28:28 UTC from web -
Update: he threatened to beat me up, what a stand-up guy you are
Wednesday, 05-Jan-22 01:10:58 UTC from web-
@scribus Employee, he pushes carts and sometimes runs registers. Well, soon to be former employee after tonight.
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Just had a snowstorm so I showed up to work at a nearly empty store….. except some crazy guy screaming at the few people who are here about how they’re all complicit in a conspiracy to keep Americans masked forever.
Monday, 03-Jan-22 21:25:48 UTC from web -
I tasted wine and it gave me the impression of vinegar.
I tasted champagne and it gave me the impression of very stingy vinegar.
I tasted beer and it gave me the impression of half-digested and thrown-up bread.
I tasted mead and it gave me the impression of acetone.
I tasted vodka and it gave me the sensation of a burning esophagus.
I think alcohol will never be a thing I can enjoy like any normal person. I am not sad about it. I'm just curious why it is as it is.Tuesday, 04-Jan-22 18:05:13 UTC from web-
@scribus I have not. I've tried some variants like OJ with vodka. At this point I just give up.
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Is next year A New Hope or Rogue One?
Saturday, 01-Jan-22 20:12:02 UTC from web-
@scribus It's only over after "The Sneeze Strikes Back" and "The Return of the Fauchi"
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Nowadays I'm pretty much #HorseFamous on twitter http://rainbowdash.net/attachment/763113
Friday, 06-Jun-14 06:58:51 UTC from web-
@lyokotravels the context for this post didn't age well has it.
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@lyokotravels Most things don't age well beyond a certain point. Fruits, vegetables, one's own body....
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Damn found out on my bro's discord server that my hs gf's husband and son both have breakthrough covid infections
Thursday, 30-Dec-21 17:57:33 UTC from web-
@scribus I may or may not have had COVID over Christmas, couldn’t get tested though because no appointments were open. Whatever I did have is gone now so I guess it’s moot now, but I’m one of the only people at work who didn’t get a booster shot and the other one who didn’t was out sick before and after me, so it’s an easy conclusion to come to.
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@zeldatra Ex GF reports 65% of people at her Xmas are now infected, with the boosted faring the best so far. Shame is, it's a total bone trying to get the booster. My grandma was told by her doctor that the earliest appointment was February; then, at Walgreen's, the guy in line behind her asked the cashier about boosters and she jumped in on the spot, no waiting! I got mine, no appointment, from the CVS in Target, but my brother went to (a different) Walgreen's even with no line, and was told to make an appointment.
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oh boy hey guys seriously don’t ever say anything bad about Disney films
Wednesday, 29-Dec-21 21:27:41 UTC from web-
@zeldatra You can get away with some smacktalk to the Mouse in Anaheim, a lot of residents are pretty burned by DLand
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@scribus I am actually, no joke, getting accusations of racism thrown at me because I think Disney’s movies are all stylistically samey now, which really says a lot at how starved for representation we, as Latinos, are, that we feel obligated to FrankerZiate a less than perfect film with Latinos in it because we think it’s the best we’re ever gonna get.
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@zeldatra Man, that's exactly what They're hoping for, for everyone "else" to be content with scraps and crumbs, why give it to them on a digital blue platter? ugh
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