The Isolated Blurt Thread XVII : Squish Me Like You Mean It!

[pantalaimonlyra]

There aren't many audio books that I enjoy, but I do love the potter ones. I should see if I can find a copy of the ones read by Fry.

 

[EmpressJosephine]

Twelve Drummers


Happy last day of Christmas!

 

[IrezumiKiss]

There aren't many audio books that I enjoy, but I do love the potter ones. I should see if I can find a copy of the ones read by Fry.

https://www.wired.com/images_blogs/underwire/2010/06/fry_660.jpg

Those would be very interesting to listen to.

 

[lovetoread]

gerd?

Gastroesophageal reflux disease

i have it but its not what is making me cough apparently

 

[Sean]

Wait, the San Diego Chargers are now the Los Angeles Chargers? When did that happen?

 

[pointless]

when they tanked a season to get their attendance low enough to allow them to jump ship and make a shitload of money selling season tickets and new merch. oh and steal some cash from the taxpayers, of course.

 

[thør]

when they tanked a season to get their attendance low enough to allow them to jump ship and make a shitload of money selling season tickets and new merch. oh and steal some cash from the taxpayers, of course.

It's ALL about the $$!

 

[Sean]

I know they were trying to get the city to pay for a new stadium even when I lived there and that was nearly twenty years ago.

 

[Notcastor]

Happy last day of Christmas!

Show us your ornaments!

 

[pointless]

the best part of it is that los angeles doesn't even want the fuckers.

 

[pantalaimonlyra]

https://www.wired.com/images_blogs/underwire/2010/06/fry_660.jpg

Those would be very interesting to listen to.

That might be an even better listen, as long as Bender makes an appearance or several.

"And then Harry told Malfoy to, 'bite his shiny, metal ass.'"

 

[Fuckette]

Happy last day of Christmas!

King Cake for breakfast and crawfish for supper.

 

[ryan8558]

King Cake for breakfast and crawfish for supper.

did you get the baby?

 

[Sean]

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[CandiCame]

Fuck all that stupid shit. Nobody ever NEEDS to 'get up with' whatever the fuck that ignorant gang-banger ghetto speak means.

People are ALL assholes and need to learn to leave each other the fuck alone.

Somebody is single with no kids.

And also like... super far behind on language. Probably because they never talk to anybody.

I didn't think it was possible to not know what it meant to get up with somebody. That turn-of-phrase is, without exaggeration, something that's been in use since the Elizabethan era.

Jesus this was a clusterfuck.

Also kinda made me sad.

We need to be thankful for the things we had. Before everyone had cell phones, if your kid got hurt at school and you weren't somewhere where you could be easily reached, you just didn't know. Every day was a crapshoot. You had to send your kids out into the world like, "Well I sure hope they don't die."

You know how the folks at the 911 dispatch were telling kids to quit calling during that school shooting? Compare that to the shootings in the 90s before cell phones were common- look at he response time because people just couldn't call, couldn't alert people to the situation.

People who want to go backwards aren't thankful for what they have. Yeah, it might be aggravating to hear those notifications while you're trying to eat, but it's an annoyance that saves lives.

People who think that cell phones are bad must not have anyone in their life that they actually care about. I'm not that person. I'm the caregiver for like 4 people. Bitesize or my brother or my grandparents get hurt I NEED to know about it- day or night. I'm the one who spent my new year's eve in the ER, because that's my life now. I can't just go off the fucking grid because I'm not a terrible, selfish person.

I get what the OP was saying now about reducing anxiety for an hour or so just to take some me time. I get why some people would do that.

I can't do that. It would be nice, but honestly it would be worse for me. It would make my anxiety worse. I'd be on constant edge that something was wrong- because I swear to god anymore something is constantly wrong. But that's what happens when you're taking care of people who are actively dying-

And most of my sandwich generation is.

People absolutely did not get along "perfectly fine" before cell phones. People invented work-arounds because they were dying that eventually led up to cell phones. People hired companies to track them and send notifications to their loved ones in case they, for example, fell and couldn't get to a phone and didn't have one in their back pocket.

This shit makes me mad, because this is one of those "nostalgia" things that is actively hurting people. This is a technology that we should be thankful before because it saves lives, because it gives parents piece of mind, because it speeds up response and recovery time in a very real, very tangible way- and on less extreme levels it allows for a kind of human closeness that we never really had before. Ims allow for free communication even across the globe, from pretty much anywhere. You can check in with loved ones in other countries instead of sitting home wondering whether they're alive or dead because you have no way to get up with them.

Just be a little more appreciative. It bothers me when people aren't thankful for great things.

When my gramps needs a ride to the ER, he very much does NEED to get up with me. When my little brother broke his leg and I was his legal guardian and the school couldn't send him to the hospital and provide treatment without me, he NEEDS to be able to get up with me. When my gf went into labor she NEEDED to be able to get up with me.

What the actual fuck, JF?

 

[pointless]

alright then.

moving on: time for my second sergio leone movie of the day. a few dollars more, bitches. earlier it was duck, you sucker. if only hulu or netflix had the good, the bad and the ugly or once upon a time in the west (still), but you can't have everything in this life.

 

[Aglaopheme]

43 yards.....

 

[jaF0]

43 yards.....

Is that how many you mowed last week?

 

[Fuckette]

did you get the baby?

Yes

 

[Not Normal]

He shows up and deflects, as if on cue.

 

[Noor]

in Noor's gopack
were her aftershave and underwear

After shave? I don't even shave...

I think she should have said go bag to give the post a less infirmed, secret operative action feel.

It could be both.

not the brain, but its the non stop coughing

been non stop coughing for 6 months now

we have moved toward allergies now that we ruled out the gerd and post nasal drip

Yikes, that is horrible. I am assuming the did lung xrays and all? Night time asthma? I have issues with house dust mites that can make me cough. The show up somewhat in scratch tests, but they show up amazingly high in IGE blood tests. Try and get them to do blood kinds if possible.

I never had a cell until I was pregnant, because the ex was freaking out. I didn't worry about keeping mine on me until the kids were old enough to be where I wasn't.
But, yeah, unless you have dependants who might need rescuing in a crisis, being constantly on call just isn't needed. Very few things are that urgent.

Somebody is single with no kids.
(snip)

Yep, everything you said. Someone with no one who depends on them.
I was a late adopter, I didn't get one until I blew out a tire on the highway coming back from the vet. It was -22F, I was on crutches and I had a sick pet in the car.
Still I mainly got it because it totally freaked out my dependant sibling, friends and parents.

Cell phones also allow people who would otherwise not be able to maintain their independence continue to be able to live on their own, and allowing their caregivers space to live their lives. Usually in our case, it works quite well, except times when someone forgets their cell phone. After this past week, I am for also tiling and chipping certain family members.

I can think of two instances where a cell phone would have made an incredible difference. Both of these things happened when is was close to - 30 F>

Once where a friend fell, ruptured a disk, in a fairly empty area and had to crawl for help. Luckily their dog was with them and was helping them to keep warm. The cold temps actually helped keep the swelling down.

The second was a friend's sixteen year daughter, on the way home from her birthday party, had a problem and got out of the car presumable to walk home or for help. They knew she was missing, and lots of people/police/etc... were looking for her, had she had a cell phone on her she could have called for help, rather than getting out of the car, or they could have tracked her via the phone. They did not find her in time and she froze to death.

Now I realize these are not as big of issues in areas with less extreme weather, but still stuff happens and cell phones do save lives.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

And also like... super far behind on language. Probably because they never talk to anybody.

"ignorant gang-banger ghetto speak"

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxpj6grFIe1qcaomb.gif

I could've heard that old-ass "get up with" phrase on any current contemporary Netflix/Hulu/Amazon Prime series featuring a predominantly middle-aged white cast playing suburbanites.

 

[dolf]

I didn't think it was possible to not know what it meant to get up with somebody. That turn-of-phrase is, without exaggeration, something that's been in use since the Elizabethan era.

Never heard it. Not once. Not ever.
I assumed it was a rural Americanism.

 

[Noor]

"ignorant gang-banger ghetto speak"

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxpj6grFIe1qcaomb.gif

I could've heard that old-ass "get up with" phrase on any current contemporary Netflix/Hulu/Amazon Prime series featuring a predominantly middle-aged white cast playing suburbanites.

I don't use it and only hear it from 20-30 yr old inner city guys. I think I hear I "could get down with that" more often" usually in response to my saying that I am not interested because I am older than their momma

 

[Noor]

Hi Zumi and Dolf!!!