What's mildly irritating you today? - Page 350

Clodfobble · 06-19-2013, 12:18 PM

Oh great. Well thank you very much for THAT, Zen. Excuse me while I go slit my old, wrinkled wrists in private.

ZenGum · 06-19-2013, 08:44 PM

You think that's bad? I read recently that a team of archeologists is excavating a site where Atari used to dump their unsold games. They're hoping to find a stash of about 2 million ET games.

That's right.

Archeologists are searching for the ruins of our childhood.

indeed.

Aliantha · 06-19-2013, 10:04 PM

Geez. I was hoping to come here and find some inspiration. All I got was confirmation. I'm a dumb old crone who's living in the past. A time when it was ok to say women should act like ladies and they might get treated like one. A time when it was ok to say women and men should be held to certain standards. Sometimes life is just a pain in the arse crack.

nowhereman · 06-20-2013, 07:03 AM

I refer to it as entering my geezerhood ...

footfootfoot · 06-20-2013, 06:35 PM

If anyone tried entering my geezerhood I'm sure it would be a pain in my arse crack too.

orthodoc · 06-20-2013, 09:33 PM

On my best day I couldn't go toe to toe with you, foot.

footfootfoot · 06-21-2013, 09:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by orthodoc

On my best day I couldn't go toe to toe with you, foot.

See, you just did.

Clodfobble · 06-22-2013, 07:02 PM

"Irritating" is too strong a word, but I'm suspiciously perplexed.

I don't use LinkedIn, but I'm on there, and a woman I know just extended an invitation to join her network so I ended up on the site. One of the people it suggested I might know is a former Dwellar whose name starts with R and ends with adar.

There were no shared connections, and no clues about why LinkedIn might think I know him. I've never emailed him, and I'm not connected to any other Dwellars on LinkedIn that I can recall. I'm trying to figure out how they became so clairvoyant...

Griff · 06-22-2013, 07:24 PM

weirdness

Undertoad · 06-22-2013, 07:32 PM

1. Your friends gave LinkedIn the ability to search their mailboxes for new connections.

2. They didn't Link to him, but LinkedIn remembered the connection anyway.

3. They Linked to you.

4. Their email connections may be real connections for you in real life, LI thinks. Maybe moreso, if two or more of your Linkers have messages from him in their email boxens.

That's my theory

ZenGum · 06-22-2013, 09:43 PM

Ohh, it's just the NSA trying to be helpful. Why is everyone so paranoid?

Sundae · 06-23-2013, 05:24 AM

Mother is a super-spiteful mode today.
I have avoided it so far, but she's really laying into Dad.

She's now told him to bin the stupid fucking roses he's planted in pots.
Not sure how they have aroused her ire, but she says she didn't ask for them, didn't want them, only wanted two to plant on the graves so they may as well be binned.
And he will. He'll put them in the bin, just because she is in a pissy mood.

SLAM goes the microwave. BANG goes the cupboard.

It honestly isn't me this time, we had a pleasant convo this morning.
I'm still going to hide though.
We'll play nicey-nicey-family later because Maureen is coming over.
I'll still hide. It's extremely rare for me to eat with them anyway as dinner is a flashpoint.

Maybe it was an email, she was on here just before me.

limey · 06-23-2013, 05:31 AM

I must teach you to knit next time you're here. It's great for removing yourself from the immediate environment ;-)

Sent by thought transference

orthodoc · 06-23-2013, 08:59 AM

Removing yourself from the immediate environment is key in (abusive) these situations. Knitting is a good way. So is Zen breathing while focusing on something in the distance. Even though others will decide you're touched, you tend to get excused early.

Griff · 06-23-2013, 12:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

1. Your friends gave LinkedIn the ability to search their mailboxes for new connections.

2. They didn't Link to him, but LinkedIn remembered the connection anyway.

3. They Linked to you.

4. Their email connections may be real connections for you in real life, LI thinks. Maybe moreso, if two or more of your Linkers have messages from him in their email boxens.

That's my theory

Is there any way to tell if someone legitimately wants a contact rather than just having poor information hygiene?

06-19-2013, 12:18 PM	#5236
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Oh great. Well thank you very much for THAT, Zen. Excuse me while I go slit my old, wrinkled wrists in private. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

06-19-2013, 08:44 PM	#5237
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	You think that's bad? I read recently that a team of archeologists is excavating a site where Atari used to dump their unsold games. They're hoping to find a stash of about 2 million ET games. That's right. Archeologists are searching for the ruins of our childhood. indeed. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

06-19-2013, 10:04 PM	#5238
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Geez. I was hoping to come here and find some inspiration. All I got was confirmation. I'm a dumb old crone who's living in the past. A time when it was ok to say women should act like ladies and they might get treated like one. A time when it was ok to say women and men should be held to certain standards. Sometimes life is just a pain in the arse crack. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

06-20-2013, 06:35 PM	#5240
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	If anyone tried entering my geezerhood I'm sure it would be a pain in my arse crack too. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

06-20-2013, 09:33 PM	#5241
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	On my best day I couldn't go toe to toe with you, foot. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

06-20-2013, 07:03 AM	#5239
nowhereman sliding down the razor blade of life Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: just over the edge Posts: 228	I refer to it as entering my geezerhood ...

06-22-2013, 07:02 PM	#5243
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	"Irritating" is too strong a word, but I'm suspiciously perplexed. I don't use LinkedIn, but I'm on there, and a woman I know just extended an invitation to join her network so I ended up on the site. One of the people it suggested I might know is a former Dwellar whose name starts with R and ends with adar. There were no shared connections, and no clues about why LinkedIn might think I know him. I've never emailed him, and I'm not connected to any other Dwellars on LinkedIn that I can recall. I'm trying to figure out how they became so clairvoyant... __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

06-22-2013, 07:24 PM	#5244
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	weirdness __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-22-2013, 07:32 PM	#5245
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	1. Your friends gave LinkedIn the ability to search their mailboxes for new connections. 2. They didn't Link to him, but LinkedIn remembered the connection anyway. 3. They Linked to you. 4. Their email connections may be real connections for you in real life, LI thinks. Maybe moreso, if two or more of your Linkers have messages from him in their email boxens. That's my theory

06-22-2013, 09:43 PM	#5246
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Ohh, it's just the NSA trying to be helpful. Why is everyone so paranoid? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

06-23-2013, 05:24 AM	#5247
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Mother is a super-spiteful mode today. I have avoided it so far, but she's really laying into Dad. She's now told him to bin the stupid fucking roses he's planted in pots. Not sure how they have aroused her ire, but she says she didn't ask for them, didn't want them, only wanted two to plant on the graves so they may as well be binned. And he will. He'll put them in the bin, just because she is in a pissy mood. SLAM goes the microwave. BANG goes the cupboard. It honestly isn't me this time, we had a pleasant convo this morning. I'm still going to hide though. We'll play nicey-nicey-family later because Maureen is coming over. I'll still hide. It's extremely rare for me to eat with them anyway as dinner is a flashpoint. Maybe it was an email, she was on here just before me. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

06-23-2013, 05:31 AM	#5248
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	I must teach you to knit next time you're here. It's great for removing yourself from the immediate environment ;-) Sent by thought transference __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

06-23-2013, 08:59 AM	#5249
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Removing yourself from the immediate environment is key in (abusive) these situations. Knitting is a good way. So is Zen breathing while focusing on something in the distance. Even though others will decide you're touched, you tend to get excused early. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

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