@mcemanuel He is contemplating one of two things. Where did I leave my skateboard, or how do I convince my parents to allow me to live home (rent free) for another year while I figure out who I am and what path to choose on the road of life.
Now, to be fair, we all know that judging someone based solely on their appearance can blow up in your face like a giant fart brought on by the consumption of an entire bag of those dark chocolate peanut butter quinoa snacks, so there’s that. But I suspect that this little turd wears his skateboard like a backpack because he lacks the balance and coordination to use it for it’s intended purpose. Oh, and yes, he DOES live home rent free.
@detailer@phendrick Still have my Hot Wheels. GI Joe went when I was still a kid, and Major Matt Mason vanished sometime after high school. I still have other stuff stored in some of the MMM boxes though.
@blaineg@detailer@phendrick Never had any of the major mass-marketed toys; I’d prefer to just not talk about the reasons. This was back in the late '50s and early '60s, so HotWheels had not yet been invented, and a lot of what was common in that era has long since vanished from the collective consciousness. For a lot of it, that has happened with a feeling of “and good riddance.” Not all of it. I still miss the old Erector Set stuff; I have no idea what became of it.
@blaineg@detailer@werehatrack Yes, Erector Set and Lincoln Logs were my jam back then as a tyke. Eventually graduated to HeathKits – couldn’t afford as many as I would’ve liked.
@blaineg@detailer@werehatrack Yes! I wanted to mention Tinker Toys but couldn’t remember what they were called. I do remember building something that looked like a windlass operated by string with them.
I’ve scored enough knit beanies in IRKs (plus an actual meh beanie) that I’d get the stinkeye for piling even more of them on top of the chest of drawers.
Oh, and “she”. (Yes, I know, my username doesn’t sound very “she”, but I’ve been using it a lot longer than the pronoun, and it has the advantage of being one that still scores no false hits on searches.)
@detailer@werehatrack Well “hat” is part of the user name so one would presume an extensive hat collection (instead of, say, a shoe collection). Oh wait. If your hats aren’t in the drawers are they stacked up on shelves in closets, by doors on coat trees, in the garage or storage unit?
@detailer@Kidsandliz@macromeh It stems from my habitual wallflowerishness of early years; socially, I was pretty much the equivalent of furniture. But instead of only turning into an invisible tall skinny thing behind the front door when the moon was full, it was like I did it whenever the sun went down.
I got these when they were on sale a few months ago, and all they’re really good for is as a sleeping cap on cold nights. I’ve got a big head and they’re gargantuan even on me. They may look like gloria vanderbilt jeans on charlie brown’s head, but not on a normal head.
But if you want something loose and comfy and a little warm for sleeping, do it!
Sure, yah, a pompom makes it a women’s style, uh huh I get it. But the supposedly-men’s style? I just… nah. I cannot bring myself to wear anything so overtly “reservoir tip” in its presentation. Instant hipster douche or barista chic, just add floppy tip with some bulk in it. Ew.
Do winter hats not count as “clothing” according to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts? Clothing is typically exempt from sales tax in my state, unless the item is really expensive. Massachusetts sales tax is being charged by meh, to which I say “meh.”
@rjyanco I can state from experience that trying to make sense of the morass of different exemptions from sales tax across the country will leave a lot of online merchants scratching more than their heads. Yes, there are merchant software providers that do a reasonable job of parsing all of those conflicting regs, but if you use somebody else’s package, you’re also using somebody else’s bugs.
@bass1193 Same, but I can’t knit 9 hats fast enough to send to my charity this winter, so I bought 3 sets. Plus I lost my knitting mojo about 3 years ago, which doesn’t help with my SABLE reduction efforts. I’ve started having some flickers of interest, so hopefully it’s coming back. In the meantime, acrylic mass-produced hats it is!
@bass1193 Why is acrylic so common for winter hats? I have one at home that’s either all or mostly acrylic. I feel like I see it in mother garment except maybe some socks
@bass1193@thechilipepper0 Acrylic yarn is a fraction of the cost of wool, or any other animal hair yarn for that matter. And it knits smoothly and cleanly, which a lot of other fibers don’t. If you want to regret a choice sometime, make a stab at knitting something from cotton. Machines can do it, because they do exactly the same thing over and over and over. People, not so much.
A beanie is a tuque (sometimes spelled toque or touque), but not all tuques are beanies.
I have to stop here and lie down as me head is overheating from overthinking this while wearing one of my too many tuques.
Wait. Wait. I think I am beginning to feel the desire to wear an old parka, earmuffs, eat back bacon, drink Canadian beer, and call everyone a “hoser,” eh?
So wear your tuque or beanie, if you want to call it that, and relive old times by watching the videos of The Great White North, with Bob and Doug McKenzie
@Jackinga when I first got to “tuque” in your message, I immediately jumped to a memory from 40 years ago, of driving back to college on a weekend, listening to the Great White North album on cassette tape.
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Me likey da Pom poms
/showme a three-headed person who wears three beanies at once, banana for scale
@mediocrebot Getting better at faces?
@awk @mediocrebot But more like papaya for scale.
just bought a pack for my mom
even though i don’t know if they’ll fit her or if she wants them
Knit this with a pom pom, then we can talk.
Was going to buy a set of three (no pom poms), until I saw this jackwod wearing one, with his hand up to his face in an artificial “pensive manner.”
@mcemanuel He’s thinking, “now where did I leave my other two hats?”
@mcemanuel He’s studying the food truck menu. Narrowed it down to the Avocado/Quinoa Wrap and the Crispy Kale Tofu Bowl. Leaning toward the wrap.
@mcemanuel He is contemplating one of two things. Where did I leave my skateboard, or how do I convince my parents to allow me to live home (rent free) for another year while I figure out who I am and what path to choose on the road of life.
Now, to be fair, we all know that judging someone based solely on their appearance can blow up in your face like a giant fart brought on by the consumption of an entire bag of those dark chocolate peanut butter quinoa snacks, so there’s that. But I suspect that this little turd wears his skateboard like a backpack because he lacks the balance and coordination to use it for it’s intended purpose. Oh, and yes, he DOES live home rent free.
I’ve got plenty of beanies from before here.
Got any cecils to sell?
@phendrick Wow. You’re old. (like me)
@phendrick About $250 on ebay.
@blaineg @phendrick If only I hadn’t given away my GI Joe, matchbox, and hot wheels collections to my nephews.
@detailer @phendrick Still have my Hot Wheels. GI Joe went when I was still a kid, and Major Matt Mason vanished sometime after high school. I still have other stuff stored in some of the MMM boxes though.
@blaineg @phendrick Thanks for that one. Just remembered I had three Zeroid robots also.
@blaineg @detailer @phendrick Never had any of the major mass-marketed toys; I’d prefer to just not talk about the reasons. This was back in the late '50s and early '60s, so HotWheels had not yet been invented, and a lot of what was common in that era has long since vanished from the collective consciousness. For a lot of it, that has happened with a feeling of “and good riddance.” Not all of it. I still miss the old Erector Set stuff; I have no idea what became of it.
@detailer @phendrick I’d forgotten about the Zeroids. The name is familiar, but the pictures I’m finding don’t look like anything I had back then.
@Trinityscrew Yes, no denying that I resemble that remark.
@blaineg @detailer @werehatrack Yes, Erector Set and Lincoln Logs were my jam back then as a tyke. Eventually graduated to HeathKits – couldn’t afford as many as I would’ve liked.
@blaineg @phendrick @werehatrack And don’t forget the Tinker Toys.
@blaineg @detailer @werehatrack Yes! I wanted to mention Tinker Toys but couldn’t remember what they were called. I do remember building something that looked like a windlass operated by string with them.
Hats off to meh for something useable in season. LOL
I’ve scored enough knit beanies in IRKs (plus an actual meh beanie) that I’d get the stinkeye for piling even more of them on top of the chest of drawers.
@werehatrack So put them IN a drawer.
@Kidsandliz @werehatrack He can’t. The drawers are already full of beanies.
@detailer @Kidsandliz Well, the drawers are full, yes, but not with beanies.
Oh, and “she”. (Yes, I know, my username doesn’t sound very “she”, but I’ve been using it a lot longer than the pronoun, and it has the advantage of being one that still scores no false hits on searches.)
@detailer @werehatrack Well “hat” is part of the user name so one would presume an extensive hat collection (instead of, say, a shoe collection). Oh wait. If your hats aren’t in the drawers are they stacked up on shelves in closets, by doors on coat trees, in the garage or storage unit?
@detailer @Kidsandliz @werehatrack I’ve wondered about the handle. Are you one who only wears headgear during a full moon?
@detailer @Kidsandliz @macromeh It stems from my habitual wallflowerishness of early years; socially, I was pretty much the equivalent of furniture. But instead of only turning into an invisible tall skinny thing behind the front door when the moon was full, it was like I did it whenever the sun went down.
[@detailer @Kidsandliz @macromeh] @werehatrack
That was me until I got old enough to take liquor to parties, then I suddenly became much more popular.
You got the beanies, but what about the babies?
@hchavers Those are so 1996…
@hchavers @werehatrack So your babies are now grown adults at 26 turning 27 and counting?
@hchavers @Kidsandliz No, she’s 34.
I got these when they were on sale a few months ago, and all they’re really good for is as a sleeping cap on cold nights. I’ve got a big head and they’re gargantuan even on me. They may look like gloria vanderbilt jeans on charlie brown’s head, but not on a normal head.
But if you want something loose and comfy and a little warm for sleeping, do it!
Sure, yah, a pompom makes it a women’s style, uh huh I get it. But the supposedly-men’s style? I just… nah. I cannot bring myself to wear anything so overtly “reservoir tip” in its presentation. Instant hipster douche or barista chic, just add floppy tip with some bulk in it. Ew.
@blaadnort so cut the pompom off.
Do winter hats not count as “clothing” according to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts? Clothing is typically exempt from sales tax in my state, unless the item is really expensive. Massachusetts sales tax is being charged by meh, to which I say “meh.”
@rjyanco I can state from experience that trying to make sense of the morass of different exemptions from sales tax across the country will leave a lot of online merchants scratching more than their heads. Yes, there are merchant software providers that do a reasonable job of parsing all of those conflicting regs, but if you use somebody else’s package, you’re also using somebody else’s bugs.
@rjyanco @werehatrack
…also a good lesson about STDs….
As a hand-knitter who also spins yarn and is a proud wool snob, this waste of plastic offends me
@bass1193 Same, but I can’t knit 9 hats fast enough to send to my charity this winter, so I bought 3 sets. Plus I lost my knitting mojo about 3 years ago, which doesn’t help with my SABLE reduction efforts. I’ve started having some flickers of interest, so hopefully it’s coming back. In the meantime, acrylic mass-produced hats it is!
@bass1193 Why is acrylic so common for winter hats? I have one at home that’s either all or mostly acrylic. I feel like I see it in mother garment except maybe some socks
@bass1193 @thechilipepper0 Acrylic yarn is a fraction of the cost of wool, or any other animal hair yarn for that matter. And it knits smoothly and cleanly, which a lot of other fibers don’t. If you want to regret a choice sometime, make a stab at knitting something from cotton. Machines can do it, because they do exactly the same thing over and over and over. People, not so much.
A beanie is a tuque (sometimes spelled toque or touque), but not all tuques are beanies.
I have to stop here and lie down as me head is overheating from overthinking this while wearing one of my too many tuques.
Wait. Wait. I think I am beginning to feel the desire to wear an old parka, earmuffs, eat back bacon, drink Canadian beer, and call everyone a “hoser,” eh?
Bob and Doug McKenzie
So wear your tuque or beanie, if you want to call it that, and relive old times by watching the videos of The Great White North, with Bob and Doug McKenzie
The Great White North
@Jackinga when I first got to “tuque” in your message, I immediately jumped to a memory from 40 years ago, of driving back to college on a weekend, listening to the Great White North album on cassette tape.
/giphy exciting-unhelpful-chimpanzee
And today I learned that if you edit your giphy post, you get a new GIF.
And I found out that you end up with the worst gif on your last edit.
Much better.
/giphy exciting-unhelpful-chimpanzee
@lisagd You’ve got 5 minutes to keep retrying, then the edit period runs out.
I’m good.
@blaineg A 6-speed shift pattern!
@werehatrack Blipshift. It’s reversible, with inverted colors and their logo on the other side.
That one is out of stock, but they have a couple of others.
https://www.blipshift.com/collections/accessories
How about a serious upgrade?
https://joyoftech.com/geekculturestore/webstore/caps.html
I get these to donate. They’re decent quality and will keep a cold head warm, and who doesn’t like to get something new
@ladyhawke001 I just did too.
/giphy https://meh.com/orders/nominal-enamored-sock
Hah! I don’t see a sock but that’s too cute not to keep.