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Also, reputation helps a bit lol.

I don't think I'll be doing that Porksta. I will have a look at my passwords and probably change a bunch of them. I don't use the same one for everything, but my passwords are pretty formulaic. Thanks guys!

My best friend had his Walmart account hacked, someone tried to buy two grand worth of Roblox cash but he didn't have enough money to cover it so he's safe.

Then a day later he said someone in Brazil tried to access his Pronhub account.

Some database must've leaked recently.

For the animal experts here:

Does a giraffe know what a fart smells like?

I had a dream last night that I got a DS game from kommie. It was in good shape but it had one of those fat European style cases instead of the regular kind. He had put the US insert in the case so it didn't quite wrap all the way around.

Anyway, my advice is not to dream trade with kommie. Make sure to trade with someone who has a reputable dream trading record.

I'm tired of my back, hips and knees hurting for a several days for doing something that should not cause that at all.

Are $10 zipper hoodies a thing? A friend of mine said that he typically wears sweatshirts instead of shirts these days, and that if I ever find hoodies for $5, I should buy him a bunch. But $5 for a hooded sweatshirt is unrealistic, so I'm seeing if I can even find them for $10. So far, not many results. Found one, for around $7, but shipping made it not worth it.

rayzor6 wrote:

Getting old STINKS.

I'm tired of not having Decembacon

Why is it so hard to get out of bed some days?

It happens as you get older. Or fatter. Or both. I have experience in both of those things.

I do too Bucket...it's just weird because first you are pushing on the desk to stand up slightly, then more...now it's noticeable how much you need to push on something to stand up. I have Sleep Number bed and now I can't keep it right. It's too hard or too soft for my stupid back. And I know if I lost the weight, it would be the answer, but at soon to be 49: that is NOT the same task as it was at 32.

eBay took down one of my auctions because the front cover had a side view of a bare-butted lady. And they said it was a XXX movie.

Please, at most it's R.

Foxhack wrote:

eBay took down two of my auctions for generic/replacement HP ink cartridges. As I recall, they threatened to ban me for using HP in the title. Their message said I couldn't use the manufacturer's name unless I included phrasing like "substitute for" or "replacement for". Both had that type of wording in the title. No one looking at the auctions would have believed they were getting genuine HP products.

Tony wrote:

They took down one of my auctions a decade ago because I included the name "Blizzard" in the title.

It was an auction for Starcraft.

Yeesh. Anyway. I'm just gonna give the DVD to whoever wins that weird DVD with Julie Strain that has a lot of watchers...

Maybe it's just me, but I'm not quite sure how to efficiently use those broom/stick dustpans. How do you empty the dustpan when gravity causes it to fight against tilting it towards a garbage pail?

It's this type:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&lo...

It requires two hands. Hold the stick in one hand and the backside of the dustpan in the other.

benstylus wrote:
But my other hand is holding the broom. So you're saying that you're supposed to put the broom down?

Might as well just use a broom and dustpan. Seems more efficient, imo.

It's a dustpan on a stick. It makes sense you'd have to let go of the broom to empty it.

You angle it right and flip it it can be done 1 handed.

Can you spend to much on family during the holidays??? Cause if you can… I think I spent to much.

loztdogs wrote:

I bought my parents over the years alot of gifts and I found out as an adult that they never liked what I got...because they never told me. I never knew what to get them and so I would get decor for my mom and whatever my dad was into at the time. They never complained but I wish they would have said what they like because teenage and early 20 me didn't get it hahaha

rayzor6 wrote:

Commercialism in the US at Christmas has just about ruined gift giving for me. I (almost) always hate giving gifts and receiving gifts at Christmas. The episode of Big Bang Theory where Sheldon obsesses over what to get Penny sums it up well: what is an appropriate gift for the level of our friendship and how much do I spend? As a kid, getting cash was great, but as an adult getting or giving cash seems lazy and crass. Gift cards aren't much better, but at least a gift card says "I know enough about you to know what you spend your own money on". I can afford to buy anything I need and practically anything I just want. My wife does just that. Several times she has mentioned wanting something and usually buys it for herself before or sometimes after I've bought one to give her for Christmas. The best gifts I've gotten from my daughter were ones she made herself. She read aloud and recorded one of my favorite books, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and made me an audiobook. She's living with her fiance now and it has been good to give them things they need and want but couldn't afford to get for themselves.

Just recently I read where a woman confessed that she made such a fuss over a colorful rooster figure one of her children had given her as a gift that now almost every gift she receives from anyone is rooster themed. She doesn't particularly like roosters, but she didn't want to offend the giver.

Tony wrote:

Yeah as soon as I hit 18 I opted to not be in the extended family (aunts uncles cousins etc) present exchange thing that they do. Honestly most of them did/do not know me well enough to get me something I would enjoy and that goes both ways which happens when you live several states away. Here and there I will get some gifts for friends as a surprise but not always around Christmas.

@rayzor6 - yes, parents are probably the hardest to shop for. Like yours, I’m sure my parents have received gifts from me that they probably didn’t like. I’ve purchased sweaters (as an example) for my mom, that weren’t cheap, and now that I think about it… I don’t think I’ve ever seen her where them. Lol

@Tony i agree 100 on the commercialism, I would add that it’s affected my Christmas spirit. It’s fleeting at times it feels, more so the last couple years. I move to NW Montana 6 mos ago and it’s a breath of fresh air. The Christmas spirit tank is almost at max capacity! 90% of our shopping was done at local mom & pop shops/boutique shops. Searching for unique hand made/home made keepsakes and other treasures you can’t find anywhere else. It helps that live in a more rural part of the state. That’s why I spent so much…. So many cool custom leather pieces, jewelry, hand painted art etc.

@Gypsy my wife’s extended family does a gift exchange similar to secret Santa. It cuts back on a lot of the nonsense and makes the gift giving experience a bit more personalized.

We do a secret santa and a large stocking.. Secret Santa is typical.. we have like a $50 budget.
Large stocking is more fun.. it's typically you buy 1 item per person, which are part fun and part useful. We write a little funny thing about each gift on them to see if they can guess what it was. For example, I gave my Brother in law a gift that said "I hope you never need to use this" and it was a roadside car kit.

Glad I'm not alone...thanks everyone. I definitely TELL my kids what I value and it is not store bought stuff...it just a little time spent with me. That's honestly the best gift I could want from them.

My local Rite Aid closed, as well as my local CVS. A shame. They were some of the best nearby places to go to for snacks...

Especially Rite Aid. They had a great assortment of interesting things.

I guess another sign I'm getting old is that it doesn’t feel like I’ve been here 7 years. Yes, I know some of you are thrice that, but it only feels like 2-3…

dunno001 wrote:

Happy 7 years!

A relative of mine is a teacher. There's a student who makes up jokes and writes them down.

This was today's joke:

"I can't take this long distance relationship anymore fridge. You're coming to my room."

I couldn't help but smile.

McDonald's Spicy Chicken sandwich comes with pickles and sauce. The Deluxe version comes with lettuce, tomatoes and sauce. No pickles. Not very Deluxe imo.

Random thought:
Why does Popsicle not either:
A) Label their ice pop bags to tell what flavor they are or
B) make the individual bags see through

I just opened 4 different Popsicle bags just to find a cherry one for my daughter..

Now I want a classic popsicle.

Why in gods name is netflix withholding episodes with no eta of release date on a completed series from 18 years ago. I'm literally baffled that they are treating naoki urasawa's monster like one piece which is still in production. Not only did you delay expected release date already by 5 months now we gotta put up with this nonsense and you expect people to want to stick around and watch the remaining 43 episodes in what another 5 months out. What a crock man this is literally one of the most ridiculous release decisions I've ever seen on a netflix exclusive.

My kingdom for someone to figure out how to make a proper Wordpress site template.

I can't figure this out at all.

"The dumbing down of American is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30 second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance."

This frightens the crap out of me as I see it everyday.

KCPenguins wrote:

It's easy to debunk that argument though. Just start chanting "USA! USA!" until the person gives up and goes away.

That's why I fight against it. Not the nature of whatever is being screamed about, but the whole idea of how easily one is influenced and how credibility is important.

While we are arguing about our cat's sexuality, China is reportingly making some broad moves that naturally aren't being covered extensively. In this information age, it's still hard to find information, but the rumor is that they are trying to create a monetary system backed my gold that they will use. Leaving our system...which is backed by debt to be nearly worthless. They are bringing Russia and the Middle Eastern countries into this and not US or Europe.

Any articles I search for have the very telling "this is the story...but they've been doing X since 'insert decade here' ". I am not claiming this is happening. I'm saying that all the diversions that have made us throw temper tantrums and distract us...they probably mean something and rehashing the same fights over and over as we get fatter and weaker as a country probably isn't smart. But our country seems to be ok with low intelligence as a whole.

Within the next few generations, it is inevitable that China or India (most likely China) will supplant the US as the "Leader of the Free World". There was a PowerPoint (now a video) that came out about 20 years ago (and it frequently updated) that is kind of a "did you know" of eye-opening facts. China will soon become the largest English speaking country. India has more honor students than the US has students.https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=did+you+know+...

It used to be that one competed with others from their state or their country for the best jobs, but now you are competing with students from all around the world.

An episode of Adam Ruins Everything explains how China is situated to be the world leader in manufacturing a lot of products because of its large, inexpensive workforce, government support of education and training, and location in regards to receiving raw materials and shipping products. https://econ.video/2020/09/21/adam-ruins-manufactu...