Octopus Overlords

Daehawk wrote: Tue Jul 11, 2023 9:02 pm Checking streams and having a smooth fun great buzz going on I see one girl with 2000+ viewers live then see another girl just like her, almost same content, same great looks....everything, and she has maybe 30 viewers. Doesn't make sense. Then it hit me....the universe is 'programmed' this way.


Hhhehehe lol was one of those buzz moments brought to you by your friends at CheMLaB.

I've posted links to Your Mother's videos (my college rock band) here before so I won't do that again now. In order to send the links to some other friends, I looked at the YouTube page of my friend who uploaded three songs 17 years ago. In 17 years, "Dog'n'Suds" has 847 views, "Doggie Daddy" has 340, and "Celebrity Sex Change" got 4,600! It's all about the keywords.

Today was supposed to be my go to town and get some food day. Restock day. I have a little money free in the bank. My EBT card refilled it's measly but welcomed and thankful to have it $143.

But I got up late. I couldn't wake up. I kept hitting snooze. I could not drag myself out of bed. Until 12:30. By then it was too hot and humid for me to go to town in a hot car with no AC . That just blows the same hot air thats outside onto me inside. The car where the passenger window does work at all and the drivers side is iffy. Too hot.

So Im out of everything. Today I had one cola. I made some tea. I had enough sugar for one glass. The jug of tea sits cold in the fridge because I cant force un-sweet cold tea down my neck. I have cold water. But just water. I don't have any fruit or fruit juice to change the flavor of water. No sugar again either. Water gives me heartburn...bad. Drinking plain water after my body conforming itself to soft drinks makes acid reflux bad into my esophagus. Downing antacid after antacid doesn't fix it. Only a big spoon of mustard helps. And none of it is fun, tasteful, or without pain.

I almost used GrubHub's $15 off $25 offer. But after fees and tax and tips that $15s off left me with only a $2 in savings and left me with having to pay $25+ for some food delivery that I should be able to get with that deal for about $10....no thanks.

Tomorrow. Maybe I can get up tomorrow.

We're pretty much opposites there. 90% of everything I drink is either unsweetened tea or 'just water.'

Blackhawk wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2023 12:26 am We're pretty much opposites there. 90% of everything I drink is either unsweetened tea or 'just water.'

Yes, but Daehawk evidently aspires to help steer his state to the bottom of the barrel…

Anonymous Bosch wrote: Fri Mar 17, 2023 9:26 am

Daehawk wrote: Mon Feb 06, 2023 2:58 pm …but I NEED to get in shape soon or get bad bad health to come.

Daehawk wrote: Thu Mar 16, 2023 10:07 pm Sugar makers. Can we just all go back to the 5 lbs bag and drop the 4 lbs crap. Its not enough. Its too small. And my cabinets say the 10 lbs sugar is too big. It fits but it shouldn't have to.

So lets stop changing the sizes of stuff and go back to changing the prices. I want my full 5 lbs of sugar that lasts just the right amount and costs the right amount and fits in my cabinet just like it always did. Ok?

Daehawk wrote: Fri Mar 17, 2023 9:07 am It goes into recipes and on my cereal and rice. Most of it goes into drinks....I turn bottled water into lemonade and for tea and koolaid I use 2 cups per gallon.

Meanwhile, in unrelated news…

Life expectancy in Tennessee is one of the worst in the US, report finds

wate.com wrote:(WKRN/NEXSTAR) – A report released Thursday, by the National Center for Health Statistics, found life expectancy in the U.S. can vary wildly based on which state you were born in. According to the data, Hawaii residents had the highest life expectancy at birth at 80.9 years. On the other end of the spectrum, Mississippi had the lowest at 74.4 years.

So where did Tennessee land on the list?

The Volunteer State landed near the bottom of the list. Tennessee ranks 47th overall, with an average life expectancy of 75.6. For men in the state, the average life expectancy is 72.8 (48th overall) and for women, it’s 78.5 (45th overall), according to the CDC data.

Daehawk wrote: Tue Jul 11, 2023 11:43 pm Water gives me heartburn...bad.

That's fucked up. Water is the most neutral thing one can drink.

Blackhawk wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2023 12:26 am We're pretty much opposites there. 90% of everything I drink is either unsweetened tea or 'just water.'

Sugar only exists to be fermented.

I walk the middle path. I put a scant teaspoon of sugar in a spiced chai latte, just enough to accentuate the flavors of the spices, but aside from that I can't remember the last time I felt the need to sugar up anything else.

These days I drink only water, coffee, and milk. Maybe I'll have a glass of fruit juice every few weeks.

But a week ago I had a Coke for the first time in at least a couple of years. I liked the taste (who doesn't?), but when I was finished my mouth felt really unpleasant.

When I make tomato sauces I'll add a teaspoon of sugar to cut the acidity. I'll also put a fraction of a packet in a glass of unsweetened iced tea, which I drink maybe once every other week during the summer. A small bag of sugar lasts me for years.

I don't really avoid things with sugar in them (e.g. I do have a small glass of OJ in the morning to wash down my daily meds), I just don't add sugar to much of anything.

Not counting that batch of fudge I made a few days ago. There is a metric buttload of sugar "added" to that...

Max Peck wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2023 10:42 am I don't really avoid things with sugar in them (e.g. I do have a small glass of OJ in the morning to wash down my daily meds), I just don't add sugar to much of anything.

FWIW, natural sugars in fruit are in a different class from corn syrup/white sugar (assuming you're talking about actual orange juice and not some OJ-inspired product like Sunny Delight.) You still have to be aware of them, particularly if you have blood sugar issues, but they're absorbed and processed differently than refined sugars.

Kraken wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2023 1:56 am

Daehawk wrote: Tue Jul 11, 2023 11:43 pm Water gives me heartburn...bad.

That's fucked up. Water is the most neutral thing one can drink.

Water brash is essentially a symptom of severe GERD. (Obviously there's no such thing as body "conforming itself to soft drinks").

I cannot remember the last time I put sugar into or onto anything I fixed.
I still eat plenty of sugary food tho.

Water brash is related to saliva, though, not actual water. The more likely issue is the water itself might have contaminants. I know that high levels of iron in water can make heartburn worse.

Clean water shouldn't make heartburn worse (unless you drink a ton just before bed and lay the wrong way.)

Blackhawk wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2023 10:58 am

Max Peck wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2023 10:42 am I don't really avoid things with sugar in them (e.g. I do have a small glass of OJ in the morning to wash down my daily meds), I just don't add sugar to much of anything.

FWIW, natural sugars in fruit are in a different class from corn syrup/white sugar (assuming you're talking about actual orange juice and not some OJ-inspired product like Sunny Delight.) You still have to be aware of them, particularly if you have blood sugar issues, but they're absorbed and processed differently than refined sugars.

If you mean they are absorbed differently because sugars from fruits come with fiber when you eat them, then I can agree with that. But there are studies that show sugar is sugar no matter the source (metabolically speaking).

Blackhawk wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2023 10:58 am

Max Peck wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2023 10:42 am I don't really avoid things with sugar in them (e.g. I do have a small glass of OJ in the morning to wash down my daily meds), I just don't add sugar to much of anything.

FWIW, natural sugars in fruit are in a different class from corn syrup/white sugar (assuming you're talking about actual orange juice and not some OJ-inspired product like Sunny Delight.) You still have to be aware of them, particularly if you have blood sugar issues, but they're absorbed and processed differently than refined sugars.

Yeah, I splurge on not-from-concentrate orange juice with no added anything and ration it to a single quarter cup serving every morning as a treat to help make the medicine go down. I don't kid myself that it's particularly healthy, but it falls well within the everything-in-moderation boundary and isn't particularly unhealthy either.

Did you ever notice in the olde days the media tried to be neutral about the news? Just the facts ma'am.
It sure isn't that way anymore. I miss the olde days in that regard.

Reagan Library

1985, under FCC Chairman, Mark S. Fowler, a communications attorney who had served on Ronald Reagan's presidential campaign staff in 1976 and 1980, the FCC released a report stating that the [fairness] doctrine hurt the public interest and violated free speech rights guaranteed by the First Amendment.
...
In 1987, the FCC panel, under new chairman Dennis Patrick, repealed the Fairness Doctrine altogether with a 4-0 vote

The FCC vote was opposed by members of Congress who said the FCC had tried to "flout the will of Congress" and the decision was "wrongheaded, misguided and illogical." The decision drew political fire and tangling, where cooperation with Congress was at issue. In June 1987, Congress attempted to preempt the FCC decision and codify the Fairness Doctrine, (Fairness in Broadcasting Act of 1987 S. 742).

The bill passed but the legislation was vetoed by President Ronald Reagan. Congress was unable to muster enough votes to overturn the President’s veto.

So it was a conspiracy.

[R&P] And people wonder why I still hate Reagan to this day. We're doing all we can my ass. [/R&P]

While posting in the Jagged Alliance 3 thread, the 80s child in me accidentally visualized the longest action scene in movie history:

The A-Team having a gun battle with Stormtroopers.

It would go on for days before anyone got hit!

Add in COBRA and you would have a constant light show with no casualties.

I mean, eventually someone would show up with a watermelon launcher, but still.

Speaking of Random.

I still have my GG bookmark in my favorites...

Pyperkub wrote: Fri Jul 14, 2023 1:24 pm Speaking of Random.

I still have my GG bookmark in my favorites...

So do I.

I was putting together a shopping list:

- Chicken
- Mouthwash

Then I thought, that's brilliant! Chicken-flavored mouthwash!

See ya suckers later, I'm off to make a fortune with this baby.

We talking fried, marinated, curry, ...

Plus Spicy Buffalo, Korean BBQ, tandoori, all the flavors that'll leave your mouth chicken fresh.

It'll be even bigger than Cheetos lotion!

Blackhawk wrote: Fri Jul 14, 2023 4:51 pm

Pyperkub wrote: Fri Jul 14, 2023 1:24 pm Speaking of Random.

I still have my GG bookmark in my favorites...

So do I.

i still have my GG backpack. it's got some (sizeable) holes in it - wasn't the most durable bag ever.

You know what I want more than anything in the world right now? One single night of uninterrupted sleep.

No kids coming in telling me their "blankets are too crooked" at 12:30am. No cats tromping on my chest at 2:13am. No dog scratching at the door to go poop at 4:05am. No Darth Vader wheezing sounds when my wife's CPAP slips sideways at 5am. No randomly waking up 15 minutes before my alarm goes off at 6:15. I just want sleep.

There's some variation of this every single night now. If I get more than a couple hours of sleep at a stretch, I consider myself incredibly lucky.

I'm just so damn tired...

I just got woke up by the damn phone. Then they hung up on my just as I answered it.

Hipolito wrote: Sat Jul 15, 2023 3:00 pm I was putting together a shopping list:

- Chicken
- Mouthwash

Then I thought, that's brilliant! Chicken-flavored mouthwash!

See ya suckers later, I'm off to make a fortune with this baby.

In my misbegotten youth, my friends and I created a wonderful cocktail we called the Minty Frisky Raccoon. It was Jack Daniels, lemonade, and a splash of regular flavor Scope. Delicious and refreshing!

Skinypupy wrote: Mon Jul 17, 2023 8:33 am You know what I want more than anything in the world right now? One single night of uninterrupted sleep.

No cats tromping on my chest at 2:13am.

I'm with you. I fall asleep instantly but often start to stir early in the morning which my cats take as a cue to start nudging me with their head. This morning it was 3:15 when my cat plopped down on my chest and rubbed her face on my beard. Super cute - but not at 3:15 in the morning.

It's much worse this time of year when the days are long. In the winter when it's dark later into the morning the cats sometimes sleep through my initial stirrings.

The only time my parrot talks up a storm is if I'm still asleep at the crack of dawn. If I can outlast the initial onslaught I can go back to sleep, it's not a snooze alarm.

Exodor wrote: Mon Jul 17, 2023 9:58 am

Skinypupy wrote: Mon Jul 17, 2023 8:33 am You know what I want more than anything in the world right now? One single night of uninterrupted sleep.

No cats tromping on my chest at 2:13am.

I'm with you. I fall asleep instantly but often start to stir early in the morning which my cats take as a cue to start nudging me with their head. This morning it was 3:15 when my cat plopped down on my chest and rubbed her face on my beard. Super cute - but not at 3:15 in the morning.

It's much worse this time of year when the days are long. In the winter when it's dark later into the morning the cats sometimes sleep through my initial stirrings.

Some people just let their pets walk all over them.

ImLawBoy wrote: Mon Jul 17, 2023 9:51 am

Hipolito wrote: Sat Jul 15, 2023 3:00 pm I was putting together a shopping list:

- Chicken
- Mouthwash

Then I thought, that's brilliant! Chicken-flavored mouthwash!

See ya suckers later, I'm off to make a fortune with this baby.

In my misbegotten youth, my friends and I created a wonderful cocktail we called the Minty Frisky Raccoon. It was Jack Daniels, lemonade, and a splash of regular flavor Scope. Delicious and refreshing!

That might be worth trying, of course replacing the Scope with mint liqueur.

One time I mistakenly, stupidly swallowed mouthwash instead of spitting it. Felt not good for a few hours.

I used to like to open a bottle of rubbing alcohol to sniff it. Not to get high I just liked the smell. One day I grabbed the ammonia by accident and took a big inhale. I almost hit the floor.

Today I noticed my top 3 favorite actors are all black actors.

Louis Gossett Jr.
James Earl Jones
Morgan Freeman

At their ages I will be saddened when any of them aren't on this Earth with me.

What about...

Samuel L. Jackson
Denzel Washington
Lawrence Fishburne?

Jaymann wrote: Mon Jul 17, 2023 6:44 pm What about...

Samuel L. Jackson
Denzel Washington
Lawrence Fishburne?

Huh? That makes no sense. That would be like if I said my favorite color was Emerald Green, and you responded with "What about Puke Green?". I mean... it would be another color... but... I don't get it.

Everybody knows that Samuel L. Jackson and Lawrence Fishburne are the same person.