Random Thoughts Thread

[Deathhappens]

Oh.

I remembered my old login.

Hello again.

[Skull]

Christmas is but two months away and everyone seems to be doing their shopping now all of a sudden.

I know it's supposed to be all about the act of giving and not the gift itself, but upon observing others I had a thought. Your son asks you for a book for Christmas and it's one fairly easily available. However whilst not poor per se, you've never been super well off either and so you've always managed to live thriftily. For that reason, you went and bought the book in question from a used book store for a couple of pounds cheaper than just buying a new copy. As he was holding up the book to me and gloating about how he's already finished his Christmas shopping, I couldn't help but observe that the cover is peeling off, large numbers of pages have been bent and the pages themselves are a horrible yellow colour. If I was still a librarian, it would have gone in the trash and not a Christmas stocking.

Man, I couldn't help but think about whether there's a line between ungratefulness versus expecting better of gifts. If I were the lucky kid, I might have preferred getting coal for Christmas as at least that would have been funny and not just sad.

[Deathhappens]

Gifting someone something used is already tacky enough even when it's at the best possible condition.

[SeiKeo]

hay guyz xd

[Nikiri]

oh no bl history locked

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would say something, but dont wanna make random thoughts locked, so i will shut up

sometimes ppl need to learn to shut up

[Laserman]

Oh, come on.

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If I could, I would advocate on fiberglass never being used for anything again.

[Deathhappens]

oh no bl history locked

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would say something, but dont wanna make random thoughts locked, so i will shut up

sometimes ppl need to learn to shut up

That better not be permanent either.

[Mattias]

Drunkenly trolling Youtube while grinding mobile games and it ended up recommending me a old video complaining that Chicken Wings were running $3/lb during Superbowl weekend 2013, while I just paid $14/lb last week at the bar. 8 Years ago seems like another world. I miss weird wing flavours, like Maple Dijon.

[ResidentSeagull]

Drunkenly trolling Youtube while grinding mobile games and it ended up recommending me a old video complaining that Chicken Wings were running $3/lb during Superbowl weekend 2013, while I just paid $14/lb last week at the bar. 8 Years ago seems like another world. I miss weird wing flavours, like Maple Dijon.

At least Pringles continues that proud tradition.

[Mattias]

Nerd Pumpkin 2021:

Spoiler'd for Size

The new Metroid game has been REALLY fun.

[I3uster]

does it have a map that made me drop classic metroid

[Skull]

I'll be honest, I really don't remember much of old school Metroid beyond Fusion but I'm still going to say no.

The biggest QoL improvement is that if you encounter an obstacle, it'll stay on your map and tell you what you need to bypass it if you have the required weapon.

[Laserman]

I like that they let you highlight and mark certain places on the map.

[Mattias]

does it have a map that made me drop classic metroid

It feels like a good Castlevania that is built for parkour. Though if you hate hidden blocks then you're in for a bad time, though there is an ability that negates that halfway through.

[Laserman]

[Nanashi(kari)]

I was browsing here on BL and on a whim I clicked on 'Blogs'. It's like I discovered a whole side of this site I was unaware of. There is even a user who posts there frequently but hasn't posted here on the forums for years now.

I also clicked on 'BBCode Guide' on a a whim. Now I finally know how to

write like a chuunibyou

use rubytext.

Now I just need to learn how I do to put - - - Updated - - - when I edit a post to add more stuff.

[Mattias]

IIRC the Updated thing is a double post merger thing.

[Nikiri]

yes it's automatic

but there is time limit, 2 minutes?

[Zurvan]

I think 10, but not sure

[Laserman]

I thought it was 15.