LordFerret Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 1 hour ago, adsii1970 said: I don't understand why people don't like to read. Because EULA's took all the fun out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kerbin Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 I have a love hate relationship with EULAs On one hand, I like knowing what peeps are doing with my data On the other hand, I kinda liked not knowing... But then again ignorance is not exactly bliss. This factoring into my "Utopia Is Dystopia" theory(?). Probably not the first guy to think of that tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qzgy Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 2 hours ago, adsii1970 said: 54 said they actively try to avoid having to read books or newspapers, or any sort of recreational reading .... People like this.... actually exist? Thats surprising...... maybe also concerning.... For myself personally, I like recreational reading a lot. Nowadays I haven't as much but I've been doing it on the train and to procrastinate from reading other less interesting stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 In Ancient Egypt the reading was also instead of watching anime. Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfluous J Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Anyway back to complaining. I've been waiting for a client to get back to me on something for 2 days, so I could finally start some work for them. They finally did today. 30 minutes before the end of my shift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSEP Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 I read Wikipedia pages for fun. And your posts. And school books. And street signs. And song lyrics. And AtomicRockets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YNM Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 (edited) 10 hours ago, adsii1970 said: 54 said they actively try to avoid having to read books or newspapers, or any sort of recreational reading. To be honest, I don't want my time enjoying the fields or keeping up with my family members to be interrupted by news. But then that's for only like 2 weeks or so. Otherwise I try to follow news... miss proper newspapers though Edited June 21, 2018 by YNM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Jurassic World 2 is currently scheduled. And immediately I've seen Triassic World. With dynos. "Isn't it Asylum?", I wondered. And yes - it is. Who would have thought... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 17 hours ago, adsii1970 said: post-Spongebob society But even Spongebob used his “Imagination” although now that I think about it I don’t recall him reading much. I read to escape this messed-up world we live on. As a kid I was known to read the ingredients on the cereal box while eating breakfast (my intro to chemistry). These days that’s too scary to read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adsii1970 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Just now, StrandedonEarth said: I read to escape this messed-up world we live on. As a kid I was known to read the ingredients on the cereal box while eating breakfast (my intro to chemistry). These days that’s too scary to read Wow,I read the cereal boxes, too! And you're right. Today's cereal ingredients resembles a mad scientist's experiment! And I too, read to escape reality... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nivee~ Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 18 hours ago, Lisias said: smartphones are useful toys on these situations. I knooowww! But I put my smartphone in silent mode, and keep it in my bag, which I deposit at the library baggage counter.....I regretted not having my phone with me!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Politics makes everybody mad. Unfortunately, it makes us all mad at different sides, and then we fight each other over it. So please leave that sort of subject for other forums. A couple of posts have been removed from this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Minmus Derp Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 1 hour ago, adsii1970 said: Wow,I read the cereal boxes, too! And you're right. Today's cereal ingredients resembles a mad scientist's experiment! And I too, read to escape reality... Me too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordFerret Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 8 hours ago, YNM said: To be honest, I don't want my time enjoying the fields or keeping up with my family members to be interrupted by news. But then that's for only like 2 weeks or so. Otherwise I try to follow news... miss proper newspapers though This. Absolutely. There's time enough in a day to breeze over news... or the market. 2 hours ago, adsii1970 said: Wow,I read the cereal boxes, too! And you're right. Today's cereal ingredients resembles a mad scientist's experiment! And I too, read to escape reality... I read to return to reality, because these days life is nuts. And tastes about the same. Yuck!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jim Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 5 minutes ago, LordFerret said: There's time enough in a day to breeze over news... or the market. Agreed! I watch just enough news to catch up on what important stuff may have happened... then immediately switch over to something much more intelligent... like Cartoons, or a campy old sci-fi movie... lmao.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfluous J Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 4 hours ago, adsii1970 said: Wow,I read the cereal boxes, too! And you're right. Today's cereal ingredients resembles a mad scientist's experiment! The ingredients of a strawberry look like a mad scientist's experiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDZhB Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 I wish anime wasn't so fanservicey. It's hard finding anything popular that passes the "would you show your grandma" test. The worst part is that I know it won't change any time soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfluous J Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 7 minutes ago, MDZhB said: I wish anime wasn't so fanservicey. It's hard finding anything popular that passes the "would you show your grandma" test. The worst part is that I know it won't change any time soon. If you can show your grandmother ANYTHING animated that she doesn't instantly assume is for kids under the age of 12, you've got a pretty cool grandma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDZhB Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 30 minutes ago, 5thHorseman said: If you can show your grandmother ANYTHING animated that she doesn't instantly assume is for kids under the age of 12, you've got a pretty cool grandma. True. Personally, I think that the only reason anime isn't more mainstream like other "nerdy" things, is because people aren't willing to watch it for various reasons. Otherwise, it would speak for itself and people would get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 (edited) So, it works. Package captions really can hypnotize those humans. Even the intellectual ones. Seeing a caption on a cereal box (sic!), they get into trance and start chewing with glassy eyes, like a cattle, repeatedly rereading the words lacking any sense. Especially great are chemical terms like sodium methyl para-hydroxybenzoate or 2-phenylphenol (orthophenyl phenol). Brains out guaranteed. Recommended for Earth conquerors. No blasts, no blood, work silently, 100% effective. Edited June 22, 2018 by kerbiloid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YNM Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 6 hours ago, MDZhB said: It's hard finding anything popular that passes the "would you show your grandma" test. Mainstream stuff ? The biggest barrier in such test would be the "references gap". I mean, different spacetime, different stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 (edited) Our townhouse was SWAT'd yesterday while I was at work, by way of an online pizza order with special instructions saying someone was being held at gunpoint. Our unit was surrounded by RCMP with assault rifles and my wife, daughter, and son were ordered by phone to come out with their hands up. Our Labernese puppy also got out with no leash and said hello to the Mounties. Local schools were also locked down while this was going on. Who does this sort of thing? And why our place? I hope they trace that IP back to someone.... Edited June 22, 2018 by StrandedonEarth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delay Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 11 hours ago, 5thHorseman said: If you can show your grandmother ANYTHING animated that she doesn't instantly assume is for kids under the age of 12 Realistic animation of two particles colliding at CERN? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfluous J Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 9 minutes ago, Delay said: Realistic animation of two particles colliding at CERN? \|||| -> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delay Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 With that I meant the Large Hadron Collider, I think both words are synomymous... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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