Things That Amuse You

[J. Barron DeJong]

I don't even have bootstraps. Am I fucked?

Just get yourself some Booster straps. Problem solved. And if not, that’s on you personally.

[caulfield]

my bad for bringing up deep commentary in this thread

back to the shallows... I can never get over this name. Been a food truck for years, so I guess they didn't regret it enough to rebrand for the fixed location

[halliday]

Maybe it has a completely different meaning in Venezuelan.

[skaredshtles]

Great - now I'm hungry for arepas...

[climberevan]

There might be a bumper sticker thread but I couldn't find it.

[Viva]

...Robert Sapolsky would strongly argue that a difficult childhood (poverty, abuse, neglect, etc.) can directly lead to "stupid" behaviors in adolescence and adulthood.

Yup. But more, he posited that one's innate neuoendocrine / neurochemical repertoire modulated the degree to which such insult, be it in childhood or adulthood, might influence future behavior.

Sapolsky did a sabbatical in my lab (back in grad school), and was fascinated by my life-story. At least for a little bit.

There were a few folks in the lab who referred to him as "The Genius" because of his recent MacArthur Fellowship.

[evdog]

There is an IG account with username "ass".

[halliday]

There might be a bumper sticker thread but I couldn't find it.

That's fucking hilarious.

[gravitylover]

I'm so proud of myself, I finally figured out how to build an email group in my Google Workspace for work so I don't have to send so many individual emails. I feel so 21st century What it actually means is now I'll stay in touch with customers that I've previously ignored because they're out of the way, not really customers but are on the list, and if I'm not my usual bonehead self it ought to make me look more pro (right?).

[Supermoon]

Big “if” right there, but yeah! Nice work.

[muted reborn]

Sapolsky did a sabbatical in my lab (back in grad school), and was fascinated by my life-story. At least for a little bit.

That is interesting, ha, so why did he think you became a narcissistic, misogynic, racist asshole?

[Viva]

That is interesting, ha, so why did he think you became a narcissistic, misogynic, racist asshole?

Right around the time I started banging your mom.

[Timberridge]

That is interesting, ha, so why did he think you became a narcissistic, misogynic, racist asshole?

Right around the time I started banging your mom.

[riser4]

Right around the time I started banging your mom.

There it is!

[gravitylover]

Vive el Viva!

[Touring_Sedan]

I have so many questions.....

[MakersTeleMark]

Is that the ...

[evdog]

Death by GPS....almost

https://www.sfgate.com/travel/articl...t-18509727.php

[evdog]

More gps amusement: https://www.kolotv.com/2023/11/21/mo...-death-valley/

They told park officials they were following a map app that told them the road was open, which is why they bypassed the closure signs.

I'm sure the judge will love that explanation.

[old goat]

The number of people who think the back roads are better when the main highways are closed or jammed due to bad road conditions--most often snow--amazes me, although it shouldn't.

[mcski]

And so much worse now with Waze, etc. I detest the traffic apps. They do not amuse me

[paulster2626]

And so much worse now with Waze, etc. I detest the traffic apps. They do not amuse me

Whenever Waze sends me down some weird shortcut residential road I always think to myself "man, I bet the people in these houses hate Waze..."

[riser4]

I'm annoyed that the traffic apps amuse some people. Why can't one easily build a route one wants in the Google Maps app on the phone? I have to do all kinds of tricks to take the roads I want it to. I know how to get there I just want reminders of when to turn, how long before I arrive, what the speed limit is with how fast I'm going displayed next to it. The latter is especially true when I go to Canada. It's really hard to read the kilometers on my speedometer.

[old goat]

Any shortcut recommended by Waze is going to be overwhelmed by Wazers in short order. I've seen this a lot with people using Donner Pass Rd to bypass traffic on 80, when on the ground DPR is backed up a lot worse than 80. Especially whent Caltrans is turning the Wazers around at the Donner Lake Rd interchange. People taking directions from Waze are taking directions from people they wouldn't listen to IRL.

[El Chupacabra]

"Supermarket near me"