@mediocrebot Not realistic – no kegs in sight. And the bros are very faceless.
But that’s a pretty stylish “TH” there, though guessing it’s beyond copyright since a bot did it…
@Salanth some times I feel that way. When people ask “Hiw are you” they expect “Fine” I just say “ I’m Wild &Crazy” then I get that look…of course they don’t expect that kind of answer. So I then ask is there any other way to be? So they do stop & think about it!
@mycya4me@Salanth kind-of know what you mean. I am at the age where many of us have health issues, or are dealing with death of parents or other relatives. So, generally no formalities. Depending on circumstance be welcomed into a home, offered food, ask if they can get you anything. And of course offering assistance in any other way. Works for me.
I remember as a child many years ago we were taught the proper thing (at the time) which was to shake hands and say “How do you do?” To which there was no honest answer.
@mycya4me@pmarin@Salanth I usually respond with George Carlin’s “Not unwell, thank you” or simply “Average”
Got to reserve those superlatives for truly special occasions or they lose all meaning.
@macromeh@mycya4me@Salanth George Carlin had some great perspectives on modern life (or as in 1960s-70s). Especially the regular trite-isms people would use. (That might not be a word but should be).
For those that use (I don’t now) best solution would be some Toledo Window Box which I thought was a great name for a comedy album. Yes of course on vinyl!
@macromeh@mycya4me@pmarin@Salanth
When i answer a random call that starts with the banal “How are you?”, not expecting them to care and telling me they are preparing to try to foist off a cold sales call on me or to ply personal info from me, i usually answer with, “Well yesterday i was constipated, but today i seem to have diarrhea”.
That usually slows them down considerably, if not putting them at a complete loss of words, assuming they actually listened to my response, before i hang up.
@macromeh@mycya4me@phendrick@Salanth I used to enjoy the various tricks to mess with them, way fewer calls now, no landline, most cell calls auto-blocked, so a “voice intruder” is rare.
One of the best tricks I heard if you got a real person was to ask them to hold on for a second and then you just walk away for a few minutes. I am less cruel now and tend to feel sorry for them.
@mycya4me@phendrick@pmarin@Salanth Yes, I often use that ploy:
“The battery on this handset is about to die - hang on while I grab another one.”
Then I put the mic on mute and listen. Sometimes they will wait up to a full minute before they start asking if I’m there and eventually hang up. I figure it’s only fair for me to waste their time.
@macromeh@mycya4me@pmarin@Salanth
For LL, i have a set of Panasonic phones running over (sub-)Optimum cable and don’t know where in this system they are generated, but often when the phone rings the display is overlaid with a message, caller i.d for legit calls, or such as “Robo”, “Scam?”, or one particular caller generates “Probable Fraud”. it’s always the same caller on the last, and he starts ofl asking “Miriam?” which is kinda close to my late wife’s name (died back in July). i quickly reply, “No, i’ll go get her.” and put the phone down noisily before he responds. Pretty dense that he hasn’t caught on yet and deleted the phone number from his auto-dialer. Get calls from him every couple of weeks.
Several times i had led him on to see what the deal was, and he was soliciting donations for some firemen’s fund out-of-state. Hell, we have firemen here!
When i get a call that wants to talk to me about healthcare insurance from the “marketplace”, i use my most decrepit-sounding voice (seems to be getting easier for me to do) and say that my daughter (which i don’t have) handles all that for me and that i’ll go get her.
Once when asked for my social security number i said i didn’t remember and was asked to go get the card. When i said i’ll have to look for it, i was told to go ahead and take my time. 20 minutes later, i checked the phone and she was still on the line. i said i had one more place to check, but that would take me a several minutes. “Go ahead.” Sorry, not sorry.
@mycya4me@phendrick@pmarin@Salanth Most of the scam callers I get fake the caller id to a number that looks local. So my latest response is to talk over them and say that my trash wasn’t picked up this week and could they send someone out to get it. If they manage to get a word in and say they aren’t the garbage service, I ask why the caller id shows Hudson Garbage? Usually they just hang up at that point, but sometimes I can keep it going for a minute or two. I figure if they’re going to bother me, I might as well have some fun at their expense.
@macromeh@phendrick@pmarin@Salanth On the Spam calls Sometime I will answer them with "Joe’s Cat House, We serve Cat Pizza, It is Purrrfect! you want some? So Far No orders! Promise no cats harmed!
@macromeh@phendrick@pmarin@Salanth Yep I start into my line asap, I say Hello … They never answer me! If the do I will ask how many Cat Pizzas they want!. Most hand up before I finish!
@macromeh@phendrick@pmarin@Salanth I love it I have never tried that, Say the battery is nearly dead! I might have to try it. Many time if I don’t use the Cat Pizza line, They say what they want, I say I don’t need it, Good BY hang up!
@PhysAssist@shahnm@yakkoTDI Yeah with the Phys name seems like might be able to do an exam (starts to put on gloves…) or at least send a referral into the health care system but gastroenterologists seem to be booked out.
@mycya4me@pakopako ah I hope Amtrak gets saved but not optimistic. Still have fond memories of riding on it with my mother in 70s (you could get an anywhere rail pass and so we basically went anywhere and everywhere) My brother-in-law and wife had a good experience doing a trip about 10 years ago and using the sleeper cabin.
Back to the train metaphor, I always liked the line that my train of thought derailed long ago.
The psychologist who diagnosed my ADHD marveled at how long I had managed to mask it by leveraging everything else I had, including the touch of OCD. (Yes, I have dueling conditions. It’s just so much fun sometimes.) But eventually that ship ran aground, and by then I was old enough that I couldn’t get a script for anything that would work until I could get a cardiologist to sign off on it, and that’s still a project with no completion date.
I live in the PNW, so having “my act together” means ready for the big one. And “ready for the big one” in the PNW means having plenty of coffee and IPA. So, yeah, I subtly got my act together.
@cobb6021 yup. I normally live in PNW but am not there now. Overdue for the 400-year “big one.”
House is on land basically topsoil over large sandy river deposit, so if that happens and I am still around, expecting major stuff. But basic wood-frame house should be survivable though I’ve never felt a Magnitude 9 as is predicted.
Was in the 1989 CA Loma Prieta quake while commuting back home to Santa Cruz. One of the last vehicles over Hwy 17 before it was closed (nobody knew what was going on at the time, police didn’t get there yet, and what’s worse is the Baseball game in San Francisco was canceled! — that’s how we knew it was serious. Road was closed for a month.)
So if the PNW “big one” happens so be it. Stay away from old multi-story masonry buildings. Expect a long time without power or even water. Hence the IPA and coffee but keep as large as possible reserve of drinking water handy.
Sorry, got distracted. That kind of stuff I feel I could handle. But back to the original question, no, act definitely not together. Too long a story to relate here at the moment… for whatever reason being able to come here and rant about things to strangers (some I feel I know already even though never met) seems to help. Good wishes for New Year to all!
I mean, I’m at Meh, so…
@shahnm yep that says it ALL!
/image Nein Herr Kommandant”
I kept trying to learn the act, but the script and play kept changing.
@brainmist
This one maybe?
“Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot”
@brainmist my question is What script, no one told me there is a script! Who gave you the ever changing one you got?
@brainmist I’m hoping I’ll get a script in my Random Meh Merch Bundle.
@brainmist @phendrick
You left out my favorite part:
"full of sound and fury, signifying nothing”
/giphy full of sound and fury
@brainmist @PhysAssist Deliberate; that’s a little too nihilistic for me.
/showme signi phi nothing fraternity
@mediocrebot Not realistic – no kegs in sight. And the bros are very faceless.
But that’s a pretty stylish “TH” there, though guessing it’s beyond copyright since a bot did it…
Nope. Hot mess, but outside looks fine.
@Salanth some times I feel that way. When people ask “Hiw are you” they expect “Fine” I just say “ I’m Wild &Crazy” then I get that look…of course they don’t expect that kind of answer. So I then ask is there any other way to be? So they do stop & think about it!
@mycya4me @Salanth kind-of know what you mean. I am at the age where many of us have health issues, or are dealing with death of parents or other relatives. So, generally no formalities. Depending on circumstance be welcomed into a home, offered food, ask if they can get you anything. And of course offering assistance in any other way. Works for me.
I remember as a child many years ago we were taught the proper thing (at the time) which was to shake hands and say “How do you do?” To which there was no honest answer.
@mycya4me @pmarin @Salanth I usually respond with George Carlin’s “Not unwell, thank you” or simply “Average”
Got to reserve those superlatives for truly special occasions or they lose all meaning.
@macromeh @mycya4me @Salanth George Carlin had some great perspectives on modern life (or as in 1960s-70s). Especially the regular trite-isms people would use. (That might not be a word but should be).
For those that use (I don’t now) best solution would be some Toledo Window Box which I thought was a great name for a comedy album. Yes of course on vinyl!
@macromeh @mycya4me @pmarin @Salanth
When i answer a random call that starts with the banal “How are you?”, not expecting them to care and telling me they are preparing to try to foist off a cold sales call on me or to ply personal info from me, i usually answer with, “Well yesterday i was constipated, but today i seem to have diarrhea”.
That usually slows them down considerably, if not putting them at a complete loss of words, assuming they actually listened to my response, before i hang up.
@macromeh @mycya4me @phendrick @Salanth I used to enjoy the various tricks to mess with them, way fewer calls now, no landline, most cell calls auto-blocked, so a “voice intruder” is rare.
One of the best tricks I heard if you got a real person was to ask them to hold on for a second and then you just walk away for a few minutes. I am less cruel now and tend to feel sorry for them.
@mycya4me @phendrick @pmarin @Salanth Yes, I often use that ploy:
“The battery on this handset is about to die - hang on while I grab another one.”
Then I put the mic on mute and listen. Sometimes they will wait up to a full minute before they start asking if I’m there and eventually hang up. I figure it’s only fair for me to waste their time.
@macromeh @mycya4me @pmarin @Salanth
For LL, i have a set of Panasonic phones running over (sub-)Optimum cable and don’t know where in this system they are generated, but often when the phone rings the display is overlaid with a message, caller i.d for legit calls, or such as “Robo”, “Scam?”, or one particular caller generates “Probable Fraud”. it’s always the same caller on the last, and he starts ofl asking “Miriam?” which is kinda close to my late wife’s name (died back in July). i quickly reply, “No, i’ll go get her.” and put the phone down noisily before he responds. Pretty dense that he hasn’t caught on yet and deleted the phone number from his auto-dialer. Get calls from him every couple of weeks.
Several times i had led him on to see what the deal was, and he was soliciting donations for some firemen’s fund out-of-state. Hell, we have firemen here!
When i get a call that wants to talk to me about healthcare insurance from the “marketplace”, i use my most decrepit-sounding voice (seems to be getting easier for me to do) and say that my daughter (which i don’t have) handles all that for me and that i’ll go get her.
Once when asked for my social security number i said i didn’t remember and was asked to go get the card. When i said i’ll have to look for it, i was told to go ahead and take my time. 20 minutes later, i checked the phone and she was still on the line. i said i had one more place to check, but that would take me a several minutes. “Go ahead.” Sorry, not sorry.
@mycya4me @phendrick @pmarin @Salanth Most of the scam callers I get fake the caller id to a number that looks local. So my latest response is to talk over them and say that my trash wasn’t picked up this week and could they send someone out to get it. If they manage to get a word in and say they aren’t the garbage service, I ask why the caller id shows Hudson Garbage? Usually they just hang up at that point, but sometimes I can keep it going for a minute or two. I figure if they’re going to bother me, I might as well have some fun at their expense.
@macromeh @phendrick @pmarin @Salanth On the Spam calls Sometime I will answer them with "Joe’s Cat House, We serve Cat Pizza, It is Purrrfect! you want some? So Far No orders! Promise no cats harmed!
@macromeh @phendrick @pmarin @Salanth Yep I start into my line asap, I say Hello … They never answer me! If the do I will ask how many Cat Pizzas they want!. Most hand up before I finish!
@macromeh @phendrick @pmarin @Salanth I love it I have never tried that, Say the battery is nearly dead! I might have to try it. Many time if I don’t use the Cat Pizza line, They say what they want, I say I don’t need it, Good BY hang up!
I have mostly coagulated my fecal matter.
@yakkoTDI
/giphy congratulations
@yakkoTDI Inquiring minds want to know – was that an intra- or an extra-corporeal accomplishment?
@shahnm @yakkoTDI
I don’t want to know- sounds like TMI to me…
But congrats on consolidating your excrement!
@PhysAssist @yakkoTDI
Apparently @PhysAssist is not an inquiring mind.
@PhysAssist @shahnm @yakkoTDI Yeah with the Phys name seems like might be able to do an exam (starts to put on gloves…) or at least send a referral into the health care system but gastroenterologists seem to be booked out.
@yakkoTDI I think we’re done here.
@shahnm @yakkoTDI
You got that right-
I see way too much of similar things at work already.
@pmarin @shahnm @yakkoTDI
@pmarin @shahnm @yakkoTDI
See above…
Thought I did
Then I lost that train
@pakopako I guess it was a Amtrak?
@mycya4me @pakopako ah I hope Amtrak gets saved but not optimistic. Still have fond memories of riding on it with my mother in 70s (you could get an anywhere rail pass and so we basically went anywhere and everywhere) My brother-in-law and wife had a good experience doing a trip about 10 years ago and using the sleeper cabin.
Back to the train metaphor, I always liked the line that my train of thought derailed long ago.
@mycya4me @pakopako @pmarin
One of my best sayings is: A mind like a steel trap- sprung
Or I have a photographic memory- it’s undeveloped…
If memory serves me well, I have my act well put together. I just forgot where I put it. So much for a well served memory.
@accelerator Maybe it was over served.
The psychologist who diagnosed my ADHD marveled at how long I had managed to mask it by leveraging everything else I had, including the touch of OCD. (Yes, I have dueling conditions. It’s just so much fun sometimes.) But eventually that ship ran aground, and by then I was old enough that I couldn’t get a script for anything that would work until I could get a cardiologist to sign off on it, and that’s still a project with no completion date.
I live in the PNW, so having “my act together” means ready for the big one. And “ready for the big one” in the PNW means having plenty of coffee and IPA. So, yeah, I subtly got my act together.
@cobb6021 yup. I normally live in PNW but am not there now. Overdue for the 400-year “big one.”
House is on land basically topsoil over large sandy river deposit, so if that happens and I am still around, expecting major stuff. But basic wood-frame house should be survivable though I’ve never felt a Magnitude 9 as is predicted.
Was in the 1989 CA Loma Prieta quake while commuting back home to Santa Cruz. One of the last vehicles over Hwy 17 before it was closed (nobody knew what was going on at the time, police didn’t get there yet, and what’s worse is the Baseball game in San Francisco was canceled! — that’s how we knew it was serious. Road was closed for a month.)
So if the PNW “big one” happens so be it. Stay away from old multi-story masonry buildings. Expect a long time without power or even water. Hence the IPA and coffee but keep as large as possible reserve of drinking water handy.
Sorry, got distracted. That kind of stuff I feel I could handle. But back to the original question, no, act definitely not together. Too long a story to relate here at the moment… for whatever reason being able to come here and rant about things to strangers (some I feel I know already even though never met) seems to help. Good wishes for New Year to all!
I’m still working on the big finale.
(I
borrowedstole that from here almost 2 years ago, but I don’t remember who “originally” posted it, nor which conversation it was for.)@xobzoo Because squirrels.
@werehatrack @xobzoo
https://generations.krea.ai/images/b5f14caf-abdc-4322-98b0-011b6155e63c.webp
@pakopako @xobzoo Not quite the same subject line, but from a set of stickers I just acquired…
