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Volpone said:
My brain snapped tonight. I'm sick of trying to moderate my drinking and eschew cheese and sausage and ham and all the other things that make me happy. Chocolate. Ice cream. GEH! IN! MAH! BELLEH! Eggs, talk me down. Esplain I'll be happier in 5 years if I can stay disciplined. Cookies! COOOKIIIIEEEE! ME WANT COOKIE!
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DO YE WANNA WALK THIS EARTH OR WADDLE IT? USE THE TEASPOON NOT THE SHOVEL LADDIE!
 
It's interesting, when you realize a long-held belief is no longer valid. I've always preferred Windows to Mac and Android to iOS. A big part of it being that I've always felt Apple products are like something designed for children, with everything encased in plastic to keep you from changing any settings or customizing your machine to your personal tastes. I also like having a phone with a removable battery for various reasons.

Well working with Windows 11 and the latest version of Android, I realize they've pretty much encased everything in plastic to keep you from changing any settings or customizing your machine to your personal tastes. And my current phone is the only model I'm aware of that still has a removable battery. It may be time to just switch to Apple.
This is even more interesting, because apparently I've, again, picked the losing side. Microsoft and Google have decided to (again) copy Apple (badly) and the thing that made them valuable to me is no longer there. So I might as well switch to the company that does idiot boxes right.
 
Volpone said:
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Oh I missed this one, and I always thought they were cute together in the show. And you know they were banging on the side. I guess they had some problems for awhile but if you see interviews with them now I'm pretty sure they went back to the banging.
 
Speaking of random things, I found an old quote file from my IRC days and thought I'd share a few tidbits here today. (No animals were harmed in any of these productions) Here we go.


<emma> m0nk: On our own the people who hang out in here are like individual sticks and are easy to break. But together we form one giant faggot.

<superkuh> I've run modulated electrical current through my head controlled by perl scripts before.

<Anastasius> I had a strange dream the other night that Adelai Niska from Firefly opened a hot dog stand in my town.
<kevinf311-lap> you pay me for this hot dog and reputation... it becomes solid
<kevinf311-lap> you steal condiments and you and me... things not so solid

<mc44> Did you hear about the jurisprudence fetishist? He got off on a technicality.

<Lando-SpacePimp> Two nuns are driving through Transylvania after sunset. Suddenly - bang! A hissing, snarling vampire lands on the windshield.
"Sister - show him your cross!" shouts the first nun.
The second nun sticks her head out the window and yells, "Hey - asshole! Get off the fucking car!"

More of this later, probably.
 
Andrew has had his royal titles removed, finally some nonce sense.
 
I say again: Life is like learning to swim with lessons in the municipal pool. You plunge in, over your head, and splash and flail and the instructor is right there, just out of arm's reach. If you can get to her and get ahold of her you'll be safe. But she keeps backing up just as fast as you move forward, so you keep splashing and flailing, in over your head and trying not to drown. And before you know it, you've reached the other side.

The other side, in this metaphor, is death, so yeah. That about sums it up.
 
whisky said:
Andrew has had his royal titles removed, finally some nonce sense.
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Look closer and it’s all optics. He hasn’t actually lost his dukedom since that would require an Act of Parliament, and his title of Prince is hereditary so it can’t be stripped. What’s really happened is a kind of symbolic neutering. He’s not supposed to use the titles or perform royal duties any more.

But use them for what? He’s already been exiled from public life. The talk about him being “forced” to leave the Royal Lodge and move into Frogmore Cottage is meant to sound like punishment, but Frogmore is still an immaculate multimillion-pound property. It’s hardly hard time.

The Palace isn’t trying to punish him, they’re trying to firewall themselves. Every move is about protecting the brand, not showing moral backbone. He’s still living on public land, with guards, and a mother-funded payout quietly brushed under the rug.

They haven’t cut him off, they’ve just hidden him behind the curtains and hoped the smell goes away.

My bet is there is more nasty info on the way, and they hope that doing this looks like they are doing something when they're really doing fuck all.
 
The whole monarchy is hanging by a thread -- Charles is ailing, Kate is ailing, William may be king sooner than later, and Harry is exiled.

And Diana and Elizabeth have made up and are sharing cocktails on a cloud somewhere.
 
Volpone said:
I say again: Life is like learning to swim with lessons in the municipal pool. You plunge in, over your head, and splash and flail and the instructor is right there, just out of arm's reach. If you can get to her and get ahold of her you'll be safe. But she keeps backing up just as fast as you move forward, so you keep splashing and flailing, in over your head and trying not to drown. And before you know it, you've reached the other side.

The other side, in this metaphor, is death, so yeah. That about sums it up.
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It's like the siren calling the sailor from the sea, only your version removes all possibilities of sex or beauty.

Good TED Talk.
 
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