General

lordly_llama wrote:

If it was preceded by Shaq, you got exactly what you deserved

benstylus wrote:


Can we rock?
Yeah, what's up doc?

Just had a fairly large anxiety attack. I had to get up, pace around and take deep breaths. Now I’m just exhausted.

Anyone else get anxiety/panic attacks? If so, how do you deal with them?

I had a really bad one in 2017 a bit after a family member died. Went to the hospital and the doctor asked me how I even got there with my blood pressure where it was at. Hasn't happened since. Wish I had a good answer for you but I just had to work myself to a better place mentally. Have you tried therapy at all?

Cbd is good for anxiety.

theJaw wrote:

Well I'm coming up on 25 years, still hasn't stopped.

Why did I receive mail from Chewy? We don't have any pets here and I've never ordered anything from them.

nonamesleft wrote:
Is it the wrong address, we need details.

ued222 wrote:
:)

So I checked the envelope. Not the wrong address. Hmmm, maybe they sensed that some of us here want a pet?

Casinos/slot machines are the worst. Thankfully cashed out ahead (+$1100). Rarely have we left above. Gdamn machines know how to keep ya in the seat! Shoulda walked out with at least another $400, but oh well, a win is a win!

In Maricopa Arizona. We stole land from Native Americans, gave them land in the desert, and they built casinos and have lots of great tribal laws for protection and tax exemption yeah? But now, those casinos are run by mega Vegas empires, but retain tribal names. We're at Harrah's Ak-Chin which is owned by Caesars.

Are we screwing the Indians yet again? Survey says... yes.

MrBean wrote:

In a brief Google search, it looks like Caesars is the management partner, but the tribe owns it (and has been putting the profits to a lot of good use, both in expanding and improving the casino, and on the reservation itself.

If you are going to run a casino, may as well let the guys in Vegas who know how to do it best handle the day to day stuff

Many years ago I watched a Native American comedian. He said the US government would move NA tribes west and then sign a treaty saying the land was theirs "as long as the water flows and the grass grows". As white people moved further west and wanted the fertile land for farming, the US government would move the NAs again with another treaty saying again the land was theirs "as long as the water flows and the grass grows". He said the US government finally solved "the Indian problem" by moving them where the water didn't flow and the grass didn't grow.

Proposing in a month. Been with her for almost 12 years and have been living with her for like 7, so I certainly shouldn’t be anxious but boy, am I anxious.

Congratulations! That is awesome!

theJaw wrote:

Hell yeah man, that's awesome! Any special planned on how to do it?

theJaw wrote:

MrBean wrote:
He's going to ask her to sign up to GTZ and will send her an offer :)

nonamesleft wrote:

Or

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WfsXo1i75Rg

@BloodPuppetX - haha, classic!

theJaw wrote:


Go for it!

My wife and I had been together ten years before I proposed. The scariest thing was asking her father permission before I did it and that scared the crap out of me. I was a nervous wreck leading up to asking him.

nonamesleft wrote:

Snarky reply #1:
Careful, you don't want her to file a btr over the rock on the engagement ring!

Snarky reply #2:
Trades have to be something of value. What's she getting out of it?

Snarky reply #3:
Great idea! That way if you change your mind later you don't need a divorce, you can just cancel the trade

Lol thanks for the words of encouragement (and snarky replies) yall. Appreciate my GTZ buds.

DST started today, and absolutely NO ONE IN TOWN said anything about it. So I woke up and apparently it's 10:30 now. The entire week is going to be soooooooooooo much fun.

Sometimes I feel like there's just not enough hours in the day to do the things I want to do. The day ends too soon.

I once asked someone if he could have a superpower what would it be. He didn't say super strength or super speed or teleportation. He said the ability to not have to sleep. Because he'd be able to accomplish so much more. At the time, I really didn't understand it. I was surprised he didn't want teleportation or something awesome. But the ability to not have to sleep? It's more useful than I thought.

(Though I'd still choose teleportation )

nonamesleft wrote:

This is me basically every day. Between work, school, coaching, keeping up with things around the house, and trying to spend a lot of time with my wife and kids....there's never enough time to do as much in each of these areas as I would like to.


I like the way this guy thinks, I'm with him.

Yeah I also was blindsided by DST the other day.

Anyway the snacks thread is closed so I'll put this here. Someone in that thread mentioned Magic Spoon cereal. Well I ended up buying some after all. I got the choose-your-own bundle where you pick out any 4 flavors and I got Maple Waffle, Cinammon Roll, Peanut Butter, and Cookies & Cream.

some things to know: The cereal is kinda like Cheetos. The inside of the cereal is white. The flavoring is coated on the outside. So a lot of the "sugar" falls to the bottom of the bag and it can be kind of nasty. Also, when picking up each box you can smell the cereal inside even before opening the bags inside, which I'm pretty sure doesn't happen with cereal at the store.

What I found interesting was that the boxes say the cereal contains allulose which is a "rare sugar" found in raisins, figs, and maple syrup. So is it just sugar in the end? I wonder how much of the sugar-free stuff out there is merely taking advantage of loopholes as to what the FDA does or doesn't count as sugar.

egg wrote:
Oh, the snack thread got closed?

What are the benefits to allulose?

Saw that recently in a yogurt.

The thread got automatically closed bc nobody replied to it in a while. It's my fault, I should have posted sooner about Magic Spoon haul and other delicious things.

Allulose is considered a low-calorie sweetener. It also doesn't affect your blood sugar, supposedly.
I also just found this: "Unlike sugar, allulose isn’t metabolized in your mouth, which can help keep cavities and other dental problems at bay."
https://health.clevelandclinic.org/what-is-allulos...

That actually doesn't sound too bad. I just thought it was weird that it was technically a sugar.

We can re-open threads -- just FYI. Just tell me where it is.

John wrote:
Cool. It's titled "let's talk snacks" followed by several food emojis.

It's in general, about 2 months back.

egg wrote:
😆


Interesting that it's a sugar, because the yogurt I saw it in claims to have no sugar. "Chobani Zero Sugar."

Maybe the body doesn't process it like regular sugars?

What caught my attention was the flavor: Strawberry Cheesecake. But, imo, it didn't live up to its name, not at all. Was pretty disappointing actually. I'd say the regular strawberry was better.

nonamesleft wrote:

Re-opened!

John wrote:
:) thanks John. Appreciate it.

School buses are way too loud for when you're trying to listen to a message on your phone outside. On that note, I wonder what things would be like living out in the country or a more remote place, and not in a busy city.

Welp, I want to go cry in a corner with a bottle of bourbon.

Facebook just reminded me that 12 years ago today, I landed a job with Microsoft - that was later pulled back due to a technicality (still salty about it).

12 years ago, the stock was $20. The absolute insanity of what I'd have in investments right now, J.F.C. that hurts.

MrBean wrote:

I worked in a McDonald's in the mid-70s. Somewhere in the mid-90s I recall reading an article that said if I had invested something like $2,000 in McDonald's in the mid-70s it would be worth $250,000.

While I was getting a haircut yesterday, a call came in that the woman cutting my hair said was some Google AI (Google Duplex?) trying to make an appointment for someone. She said it was pretty strange, but it seemed to work. She regretted saying "thank you" at the end, because she was talking to a computer.

I'm not into Siri, Cortana, Google Assistance, Alexa or whatever. But, I figure: to each his own. I just turn them off and I'm good. But, now users of these products are inflicting it on other people? Seems rude.

Hmmm... Interesting. It doesn't actually strike me as rude. Most of them work pretty well. They just call and make an appointment for stuff -- and you can say no if it doesn't work.

That being said, I don't use those features either -- I have most of it turned off. Now and then, while driving, I do like to go "Ok Google, play my playlist from Spotify" and it just does it -- so that I can be touch-free while driving. I like that.

The only other thing I've used a couple of times to try it out is Google's "on hold" stuff. Like, when you call an 800 number, it gives you a text version of the options so that you don't have to listen for everything -- and then, it detects when you're on hold waiting, so you don't have to sit and listen to the entire thing. It listens for you and lets you know when someone actually picks up. And it is even smart about knowing when the music stops and it breaks into a "We want you to know that you are our number one priority and will be with you as soon as we can!" sort of message and then goes back to music. Like, it knows that isn't the real person.

Of course, all of those features are just me interacting, not forcing it on others, so a bit different.

Oh, if I get an unknown caller, I do sometimes use the option to have Google answer it. It plays them a message saying that the call is being screened and to say who they are and why the are calling -- and then it transcribes it for me so that I can then decide to pick it up or send it to voicemail (or just hang up). 9 times out of 10, it is a spam caller and they just hang up as soon as the screening starts. So, I guess I'm forcing that on people -- but that's why people get for calling me when I don't know them.

I saw a bumper sticker that said "It's OK if I drive like an animal - I'm a veterinarian!"

A while later, it dawned on me. I had no idea there were so many proctologists around here, but it would explain a lot.

I was already familiar with all of the other features John mentioned, but I didn't know you could use Google Assistant to make appointments too. That's kind of wild, I may have to try it out some time. I hate calling to make hair appointments in particular, for some reason. I'm actually overdue for a cut right now.

Seriously...I think the the whole world needs to watch Black Mirror's "Metalhead" and then tell me that pushing for this kind of AI is a good idea.