Octopus Overlords

Kraken wrote:

Daehawk wrote:168 / 110 ...maybe I wont be around much longer.

Hint: Don't take lunch advice from LordMortis.

Trust me burger, poutine, and shake is not my normal lunch.

Rip wrote:

Daehawk wrote:168 / 110 ...maybe I wont be around much longer.

Can I have your stuff?

I dont have much but bills these days. You can take those now.

If Netflix is to be believed, Steven Segal is making like 7 films a year, apparently.

6 of them in his basement.

Little B 8.0 beat her first video game last night, taking down Galactus to finish up Lego Marvel Super Heroes on WiiU.

I was so proud...*sniff*

Confession: I don't actually like playing most video games with my kids.

GreenGoo wrote:Confession: I don't actually like playing most video games with my kids.

She did probably 95% of it by herself. I jumped in a couple times when she got really stuck or when the game glitched (man, that is a seriously buggy game), but it was mostly on her own.

Skinypupy wrote:

GreenGoo wrote:Confession: I don't actually like playing most video games with my kids.

She did probably 95% of it by herself. I jumped in a couple times when she got really stuck or when the game glitched (man, that is a seriously buggy game), but it was mostly on her own.

Wasn't a reference to your post although your post is what inspired the thought chain that arrived at my post.

GreenGoo wrote:Confession: I don't actually like playing most video games with my kids.

Agreed, though I don't really like playing video games with anyone. I've tried playing Skylanders games and Lego Marvel something or other and the plodding pace at which my kids play, messing around and enjoying the environment and such frustrates me. I'm not a good role model.

coopasonic wrote:

GreenGoo wrote:Confession: I don't actually like playing most video games with my kids.

Agreed, though I don't really like playing video games with anyone. I've tried playing Skylanders games and Lego Marvel something or other and the plodding pace at which my kids play, messing around and enjoying the environment and such frustrates me. I'm not a good role model.

<<<< Does not play well with others.

Remus and I used to play a ritual Sunday nighth MP of HoMM3 fairly well but that was because I was doing laundry and he was doing whatever it is he was doing and HoMM3 would repeatedly yell at us in sparkly noises when it was time for us take our turns. Aside from that, I'm not so good. I've been promising chaosraven I'd get in on DST for over a year year now and, well, I suck...

In case anyone was wondering what USPS delivery has been like since they've taken up the mantle of Amazon Prime for me locally:



Pretty sure my postal carrier is a gamer. Old school.

I absolutely despise UPS Mail Innovations and whatever the FedEx equivalent is. Ordering something on Prime and seeing the shipping is through one of them practically guarantees that my package will be late, plus some combination of damaged, misdelivered, or vanished.

I've actually spoken to their support about it, but I'm sure nothing will come of it. Then again, I haven't heard from their last unpopular choice (DHL) in quite a while. Maybe if enough people bitch...

I hate shipping via UPS. Their motto should be "When it absolutely, positively has to get there in pieces sooner or later." UPS is fine for sending large packages B2B but home delivery of small packages is hit or miss.

What I hate when UPS is the carrier only to have them take it to the post office for delivery. UPS is about 3 blocks from me yet they'll take my package 6 miles away to a post office so they can deliver it a day or two later. Hell call me and Ill come pick it up first.

That was the 'UPS Mail Innovation' I mentioned earlier.

The idea is that they save money by saving time. They don't take your package to the post office, they take dozens of packages to the post office. One stop instead of 30, which means less gas and less time on the clock.

It also means that UPS becomes only as reliable as the local post office. Around here, that means 'not very.'

Blackhawk wrote: Then again, I haven't heard from their last unpopular choice (DHL) in quite a while.

DHL gave up on consumer delivery in the US.

DHL was always ok here. I much preferred Fed-Ex and UPS. The thing I liked FX for was Saturday delivery and an earlier one in the day. UPS always ran last to me so it was like 6pm or later usually.

Do you ever get the urge to shave a petite Asian woman's armpits with a first-generation Gillette Fusion while she beatboxes the theme to Quantum Leap?

Sudy Nym wrote:Do you ever get the urge to shave a petite Asian woman's armpits with a first-generation Gillette Fusion while she beatboxes the theme to Quantum Leap?

Quantum Leap? No.....

Well crap. Somebody from Pakistan or Singapore tried to hack my hotmail account. It was odd that I got a message saying just that from Apple and they suggested I reset my account by Clicking HERE.
Being olde I almost fell for it until it dawned on me..........APPLE!!! During the change process MS is the one who said it was from Singapore or Pakistan.
I of course went thru regular channels to reset my password.
<sigh>

Blackhawk wrote:That was the 'UPS Mail Innovation' I mentioned earlier.

The idea is that they save money by saving time. They don't take your package to the post office, they take dozens of packages to the post office. One stop instead of 30, which means less gas and less time on the clock.

It also means that UPS becomes only as reliable as the local post office. Around here, that means 'not very.'

Depends on when we get the packages from UPS. Normally, they drop packages off around noon. Packages get sorted out to the routes about three am and FedEx drops their stuff off whenever they want. Sometimes, it's in the afternoon, sometimes it's morning. None of these companies we "partner" with care about making us look good, sooooo...
They don't. They make the money, we get blamed. It's a win-win.

Isgrimnur wrote:

Blackhawk wrote: Then again, I haven't heard from their last unpopular choice (DHL) in quite a while.

DHL gave up on consumer delivery in the US.

Except I saw a DHL truck the other day. It was a Sprinter.

They still operate in the US, just not domestic only.

There is a twitter account re-writing 50 Shades of Grey as 50 Nerds of Grey. It's quite amusing.

Heh.

'I'm all yours tonight!' she cried, 'Do something to me you'd never normally dare do to a woman!'
'All right' he said, and made eye contact.

'Are you ready to be tortured in a way only a woman can torture a man?' she asked.
He nodded nervously.
'OK' she said and ate half his chips

When he told her he worked in IT support, it really turned her on.
Then it turned her off.
Then it turned her on again.

I think they are even funnier when read in the voice of the account's avatar - Moss from the IT Crowd.

I despise 50 shades of...

Surprising no one, I find these unfunny.

We're not surprised, but it has nothing to do with your enjoyment of lack thereof of the books.

tjg_marantz wrote:We're not surprised, but it has nothing to do with your enjoyment of lack thereof of the books.

Shrug. The board is filled with my lol'ing and clapping for brilliant humour.

Tell me you find "so she ate 1/2 my chips" to be funny. I dare you.

I hate to say it but I agree with the Canadian.

Tell me "When he told her he worked in IT support, it really turned her on. Then it turned her off. Then it turned her on again." isn't funny. I dare you.

It isn't funny.

Arguing about humor seems like a waste of time.

Max Peck wrote:Tell me "When he told her he worked in IT support, it really turned her on. Then it turned her off. Then it turned her on again." isn't funny. I dare you.

The problem is that I am currently working in IT, and hear that joke on average, once a day. Sometimes from my own peers. What humour it might have contained is long since wrung out of it.

I will say that once upon a time I would have found "did you try turning it off and on again?" at least mildly funny.

stessier wrote:Arguing about humor seems like a waste of time.

As opposed to all the other productive activities we have here on OO?

I'm actually somewhat proud of my demanding, begrudging sense of humour. I'm like a food critic. I might not have a clue how to be funny, but I sure as hell have a strong opinion on the subject.

stessier wrote:Arguing about humor seems like a waste of time.

Discussion not argument.

Arguments are for the R&P forum.

I reject your critiques.





See, she's talking about turns off and turns ons to bridge the gap between sex and computer but he's only thinking about computers because he's a nerd.



This stuff is funny!

LordMortis wrote:I reject your critiques.





See, she's talking about turns off and turns ons to bridge the gap between sex and computer but he's only thinking about computers because he's a nerd.

Oh crap, I didn't see that. Lol.

This also puts 50 shades in a more flattering light as well.


Ok, not really.

GreenGoo wrote:Ok, not really.

You are watch this and don't see funny and much like C is for Cookie, that's good enough for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6gD5UyB0t0

I am watch that soon.