qzgy Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 (edited) Remember that sickness I mentioned earlier? Transformed yesterday into full blown uggggghhghhhghghghhg-itis Sunday. Didn't feel like doing much apart from dying. Or curling up in a ball and napping for a couple hours. Feeling a lot better now though. Hopefully stays that way. Edited December 4, 2018 by qzgy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regor Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 (edited) 8 days of school left Edited December 4, 2018 by mabdi36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p1t1o Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 13 days of work left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Baron Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Rescue services dragged a lifeless person out of the water at a beach. Resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful. 1-2m waves roll on the shore, much higher when they break, the beach was closed by warning tape, a red flag flew at the signal pole. And signs say: do not go swimming when a red flag flies, there is undertow. What makes people risk their lives and that of rescuers ? ---------- Related: this month's winner of the Darwin awards: a guy who tried to convert people living on a strictly isolated and prohibited island. Was killed after the third try to make landfall with a kayak. I wonder whether his chief acknowledges his efforts ? 2 hours ago, p1t1o said: 13 days of work left Just a break or retirement ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p1t1o Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 32 minutes ago, Green Baron said: Just a break or retirement ? Just christmas break, retirement still approx 3 decades away D: 33 minutes ago, Green Baron said: What makes people risk their lives and that of rescuers ? You'll never go broke betting on the strength of human denial. "It wont happen to me" "I'll jump out at the last moment" "Ill notice way before its too late" But probably most appropriately: "I know how to swim, I even went to the pool 8 years ago, I can do the sea." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 My friend wants me to download Instagram for this project thing we're doing, because we don't have the phone numbers of the other members of our group. I told him that I was NOT getting Instagram because I'd have to sign up for an account, which would mean giving them my email address, which would mean getting promotional emails until I figure out how to get off their mailing list. Besides, most people on there just post images of dogs wearing stupid costumes. And to expand on the email thing, a while ago I got a promotional email from some hotel chain. I have absolutely no idea how they got my email address, but it says at the bottom of the email (it was something about 'special offers') that "you opted into this list when you filled in the registration form at [company name] you can opt out at any time using the unsubscribe button" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 11 hours ago, YNM said: My salutations then. Good luck ! I'm going to need it!! Thx! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Phil Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 3 hours ago, RealKerbal3x said: My friend wants me to download Instagram for this project thing we're doing, because we don't have the phone numbers of the other members of our group. I told him that I was NOT getting Instagram because I'd have to sign up for an account, which would mean giving them my email address, which would mean getting promotional emails until I figure out how to get off their mailing list. Besides, most people on there just post images of dogs wearing stupid costumes. And to expand on the email thing, a while ago I got a promotional email from some hotel chain. I have absolutely no idea how they got my email address, but it says at the bottom of the email (it was something about 'special offers') that "you opted into this list when you filled in the registration form at [company name] you can opt out at any time using the unsubscribe button" Make a gmail real quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YNM Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 5 hours ago, RealKerbal3x said: ... because we don't have the phone numbers of the other members of our group. ... Then ask them what the number is. If it's soo important then do it. 5 hours ago, RealKerbal3x said: "you opted into this list when you filled in the registration form at [company name] you can opt out at any time using the unsubscribe button" Unsubscribe, mark as spam. Sadly I don't think there's any true remedy for it. Regardless of what do you use the e-mail for, if you have an e-mail address that you use frequently, it'll eventually have spams going into it. Unless your e-mail address is absolutely not used for anything at all it's impossible for the address not to finally fall on the list of addresses to be sent a 'bussines offer' from 'southern africa'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 (edited) 16 hours ago, Green Baron said: What makes people risk their lives and that of rescuers ? Expectations. Spoiler Reality Spoiler 12 hours ago, RealKerbal3x said: I told him that I was NOT getting Instagram because I'd have to sign up for an account, which would mean giving them my email address, which would mean getting promotional emails until I figure out how Try to right-click on the instagram window with a picture or movie, press "Show the page source" or so, then Ctrl-F "jpg" or "mp4" Edited December 5, 2018 by kerbiloid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nivee~ Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 On 12/4/2018 at 7:08 PM, Green Baron said: Related: this month's winner of the Darwin awards: a guy who tried to convert people living on a strictly isolated and prohibited island. Was killed after the third try to make landfall with a kayak. I wonder whether his chief acknowledges his efforts ? Yeah...worst part, he might have diseases which may kill off the native population... ...This was a stupid thing to happen.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Baron Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 (edited) Exactly. And i read that the christian sect he worked for are about to or have sued the Indian government, and that despite the fact that he has violated several rules to get there. In an English newspaper it was written that the local police, after having consulted anthropologists, decided not to provoke anything any more. Let's hope it stays like this ... Edited December 5, 2018 by Green Baron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p1t1o Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Sigh. On the plus side, maybe if we act stupid enough, they will reset the simulation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Or decide that we are zerg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nivee~ Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 I cant feel any pity whatsoever for that guy...yeah you may call me insensitive, but this is soo arrogant of that guy to assume he was a savior or something, and not worry abt the consequenced... now the tribe might just get extinct... ...and while i have no personal attachment to the tribe, a part of humanity might cease to exist, and its sad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordFerret Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 ... yet, in the deep of the Amazon forests of Brazil, searching for and finding isolated and 'primitive' peoples is an ok thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nivee~ Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Search for the tribes, just dont leave your germs behind and get the heck out of there ASAP.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 (edited) That tribe was not to be found, it officially lives on that several kilometers wide island, officially marked as "don't get to there, they don't like you". One of Seychelles, iirc. Sentinel Island P.S. On another hand, if nobody gets to there to get an arrow, how could we know if they are still angry and don't like us? Edited December 5, 2018 by kerbiloid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YNM Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 59 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: Seychelles * Andaman Islands, part of India. The island is Sentinel Island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 (edited) Yes, Sentinel. My fault. Edited December 5, 2018 by kerbiloid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YNM Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 1 hour ago, kerbiloid said: On another hand, if nobody gets to there to get an arrow, how could we know if they are still angry and don't like us? I'd say it's their rights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 12 minutes ago, YNM said: I'd say it's their rights. Did I reject anybody's right to shoot the tourists with arrows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richfiles Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 (edited) On 12/4/2018 at 7:38 AM, Green Baron said: Related: this month's winner of the Darwin awards: a guy who tried to convert people living on a strictly isolated and prohibited island. Was killed after the third try to make landfall with a kayak. I wonder whether his chief acknowledges his efforts ? On 12/4/2018 at 5:10 AM, p1t1o said: 13 days of work left Just a break or retirement ? A lifetime of work left... How long? I dunno, only my Chief knows that one. I doubt I'll be able to retire by the time I reach that age... I kinda expect my finances to tank, Social Security to tank, or my health to tank... Whichever happens first... Pttht! Edited December 5, 2018 by richfiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 I once more wish to complain about how little complaining there is going on in the complaining thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YNM Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 1 hour ago, Vanamonde said: I once more wish to complain about how little complaining there is going on in the complaining thread. I complaint that we don't have a general random thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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