@f00l's totally lame contest thread
11Meant to do this two weeks ago, was busy and scattered and unfocused. Apologies.
Aside from doing haiku blame as Goat, and posting poetry that seems to have driven everyone out of the Dec blame thread … hmmm. Would like to have accomplished a little more as Goat. For which I blame self.
Of course you can all still go blame me for stuff and more stuff.
@f00l’s Lame Contest
Post something in this thread that’s funny or clever or original or interesting. Or cleverly insulting. Or really impressively stupid. Or tell us a great story. You can even be optimistic or inspiring, if you’re up for that. Drunk or impaired stuff is fine.
We are already was long on depressing stuff in the world right now, so try to avoid total grossouts and downers.
The winner gets decided by votes. The deadline for the end of the contest is Tuesday morning, Jan 3rd 2017, say 9am Pacific Time, bacause most people are prob sober by then.
Assuming the winner is willing to hand over a legit shipping address, the winner gets my idea of a Fuku. No Alaska or Hawaii or APO or FPO or non US addresses. Your fuku might include some stuff from Meh. Might not. Promise it won’t be total garbage.
If the winner is not willing to hand over a shipping address, the winner gets instead the prize of being tormented for all eternity by thoughts of all the cool stuff I never sent you because you wouldn’t give me a shipping address.
Shipping addresses should either be transmitted by PM over in Woot, or, if someone doesn’t like that, I’ll create a temp email address to put in the forum and and you email me an address. Either way there will be a simple set of instructions.
If there is more than 1 really amazing entry, @f00l might send out more than 1 fuku.
Shill voting will be ignored or ridiculed.
The fuku will go out to the winner by Mid January or so. I have no idea at this time what will go into the fuku.
If no one participates, then I will feel really really sorry for myself and whine and moan a lot and then I will blame the January 2017 Goat.
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/giphy clever
/giphy funny
/giphy lazy
@CaptAmehrican
You may be lazy but so far you’re winning.
/giphy totally lame
I would allow my continental address to be used for any military address or Hawaii or Alaska. If you choose to participate here, win, and wish to provide your address to a random Internet person, I will forward your prize. No cost other than your mailing address.
@speediedelivery
Well that’s cool of you.
I figured that since Meh doesn’t ship except to the lower 48, and not to APO or FPO, prob there are very few people with addresses that don’t fit my criteria hanging out here.
You must have some special connections in the shipping world?
@f00l I do work for USPS. No discount on postage but I know my options.
Meh uses fedex smartpost which does not allow those destinations. I figured if someone wandered in or used a forwarding service they could participate without an additional fee.
Besides I owe a pay it forward kindness from another mehmber who does not wish to be named. This seemed like a possible option. If nothing comes of it something else will come along.
@speediedelivery
Does it cost me the same time send something in a flat rate box to Hawaii or Alaska or APO/FPO as it does to send to the contiguous states? If so, I can just lift that restriction.
I just assumed it would be considerable more expensive without bothering to look it up. I’ll prob do my fuku with a large flat rate box.
@f00l Yes, same price for any of the flat rate boxes. Other boxes go by weight and distance. If you plug the weight rounded to the higher pound and the zipcode you can see the price on the website or easier on the app.
@speediedelivery
Thx!
@f00l I should have added that a military address will need a customs form filled out. Basically the to/from addresses and list of contents, signature. You can type in information on usps.com or fill it out at the post office.
Clever, waiting until the last day of your month to begin this project.
I am not feeling interesting or fun at the moment, maybe I will be inspired later.
/8ball Will I have better luck later?
Yes definitely
I guess I am set then.
@speediedelivery
I know I know. But December was s tough month. Too many things to deal with. I kept putting it off. Totally my fault.
You have today Sun and Mon tho.
If people want more time to come up with stuff, I could reset the deadline. Or do a second contest.
Is that lame or what?
@f00l I was thinking smart. Blame it on the next goat. I have not looked at the thread to see who is going to take on that honor.
@speediedelivery
Looks like @jbartus leads. But @mikibell and @ELUNO are in the running and I think @kidsandliz will be Goated sooner rather than later.
I was all way worried about being Goated. Thought I wouldn’t measure up… To the point where I slept badly for a week - but I was already wrapped up in anxiety over something else at the time.
Perhaps I haven’t measured up! Well, will try to make up for it now!
Turned out to be kinda fun.
@f00l Let me just point out that because you think you get degoated as of the stroke of midnight does not mean it will happen. My reign ended during a weekend, and mehstaff didn’t shift the mantle for almost THREE MORE DAYS. Not that it mattered, you understand. Try posting after midnight and see whether it’s still sticking to you like a remora.
@OldCatLady
Oh I expect to be as unlucky as you were. Perhaps sometimes Tuesday the formal and technical handover will take place?
Or if they’re all really hung over, perhaps the Tuesday after.
But hey, a contest! Better late than never!
/giphy hangover
@f00l I’m so far behind, I wouldn’t say I am in the running! Super not running at all! Ignore all votes for me!
@ELUNO - I would like to vote for you, but I’m scared to open that thread.
@KDemo
Scared? Why? It’s friendly and stupid just like any other thread.
And you missed watching @jbartus and I hurl terrible limericks at each other.
@KDemo
me?!?
@ELUNO - Yup. I only found out you were nominated from this thread. I also support mikibell, I have nominated her several times in the past.
@f00l - Scared is the wrong word. The last few months, perhaps because it was started way too early, that thread dissolved into bickering over votes. I do not find that informative or supportive or entertaining.
Threads like this are far more appealing.
@f00l well… one of us was hurling terrible limericks anyhow.
@jbartus
Sorry about your low self-esteem.
Your limericks have lots of promise! Practice practice practice!
@f00l admits it’s lame
To do this last day of month.
@f00l is lame. Sorry.
@f00l could extend it
If people want that. @f00l is
Totally to blame.
/giphy poetry
@CaptAmehrican
If you liked the poetry, or getting your poetry reading muscles exercised a bit, I’m kinda glad.
Last time I idly posted something in a thread, I ended up with Irk…sigh…
/giphy meh
@mikibell you meant irk sign not irk sigh
@mikibell Technically you ended up with Irk Irk Flamingo Monkey Puck. And I still say the letters rose up when I said your name, so it was meant to be. How’s your bronchitis? Hyper much?
@CaptAmehrican datn typos…you are correct… Irk sign!
@OldCatLady meant to be…uh huh ;)… Still coughing up a storm when I do stuff… Pushing to get Russian Christmas stockings done, so took tree down today. Put together new vacuum, that I did not get for Christmas, although it was one of two things I asked for! Oh, is this sucker awesome! Lightweight and it does a nice job. Have been mired in dust for over two weeks!
Making ornaments with each person’s name on it to use as labels for each person’s bag. Some brilliant person put non peelable stickers on chalkboard paint, so I have to take care not to ruin the surface removing the darn label - times 25! (Plus extras for mistakes and breakage.)
So, just woke up from my nap after I crashed from all that moving/coughing… Next dose of prednisone approaching!
@mikibell
So you in your family you first all do a western Xmas and then an Eastern Xmas?
Then I say everybody has to pitch in big time. And since you are ill, your job is to lie on the couch and give orders.
@f00l yes, my mother in law is Russian Orthodox. They wanted to do another large celebration, but with 25 other recipients, it was out of our $$ range. Instead, they do stocking gifts… I much rather this approach…
As for sitting still while sick… Won’t happen… I am the mover and shaker in our house, the band leader, the coo… If I sat still everytime I was sick, I would be a permanent couch potato! Not being a martyr, but it is the way it goes when you have a crappy immune system…
/giphy eluno goat
@CaptAmehrican That’s a human! Of course it looks like me!
http://twistedsifter.com/
Fuko fiasco
@KDemo This should win, IMO. Love it!
@KDemo come on people, K deserves to win!
@KDemo
I’m not taking sides. But …
@Pavlov @mikibell @f00l
Announcement:
Thanks to info from @speediedelivery, shipping restrictions are eased, any legit US address is ok. I plan to use a flat rate box for the shipping anyway.
Anyone who wishes to blame me for this contest, that’s cool too.
I’ll be drunk tonight, so watch out!
/giphy scary
@CaptAmehrican
@ELUNO Does today’s email mean I am @chinface?
/giphy happy new year
My 3 and a half year old recently learned about death thanks to the “There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly book”. While Skyping over Christmas with family, he asks while we’re talking to his great grandmother, “is she dead?”
/giphy death
Bikini bicycle duck hunting. Seemed like a good idea…
@daveinwarsh which one are you?
/giphy bikini
I’m going to share two of my memories of my Grandfather. He didn’t often tell us about his WWII experience but he always found the humor in things and loved to tell jokes and stories. One time my uncle has asked him about the war and my Grandpa told him about being attacked flying a bomber over Germany. An ace German squadron bore down on them and the enemy pilot was approaching dead on and started rolling his plane in a wide circle firing at them in order to make himself a harder target to hit. My Uncle asked if my Grandpa was scared, and he just said “Naaaaaa, the only thing in my mind was Wow, what a great pilot.”
The second memory I want to share was when we decided to take him on a trip to Hawaii since he had wanted to go for a long time. He had wanted to visit the National Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl crater. He bee-lined to a grave of one his friends he had never gotten to visit. I joined him and asked about his friend. They had known each other in high school and went through pilot’s training together, but ended up in different units. After a few moments of silence I asked what happened to him. My Grandpa, without missing a beat, just said “Flew right into a mountain, was never the brightest bulb in the bunch” and walked away.
/giphy Grandpa
/giphy grandfather
@Bluedragon07
Thank you for that.
Stolen bong accusation - lamest fight ever ensues.
/giphy wwf
@mfladd
I just don’t wanna understand why people are worried about the quality of future military recruits.
I mean, with people like these two on our side, I bet we can win against any army of 3 year olds that threatens us.
Just for fun since I have no plans on winning:
2 mice were chewing on a film reel. One looks up and says to the other: “Meh, I think the book was better.”
My grandfather had the heart of a lion and a lifetime ban from the Bronx Zoo.
/giphy good book
this is a photo of my cat, Tormund
/giphy cat yoga
@CaptAmehrican cat is doing way better yoga than those turkeys in the video
I hear my votes don’t count… is this true?
@cshillaber
Quite possibly. Blame @f00l.
It’s his idea, and it’s his month.
@cshillaber
You are known to us. Your votes count.
There has recently been some obvious shill voting in the Goat Votes.
But you write the best reviews on Meh when your not busy base-jumping off the moon with your left-handed banana slicer while cooking for your 6 children because you are a superhero as a sideline. So we need your commentary.
/giphy vote
/giphy Spider-Man
Interesting tidbit: My aunt is from Hungary. The last person she dated there before moving to the U.S. was Erno Rubik. Yes, he of Rubik’s Cube. Kind of thinking she wishes she stayed there with him instead of joining my crazy family.
In no way do I find this to be a contest winnable submission, I’ve just always thought it cool.
@cinoclav
Don’t spoze she got pix?
/giphy rubiks cube
@f00l Unfortunately, no. It’s been ages since I’ve seen her. She’s an incredibly talented illustrator and once upon a time did a lot of children’s books, including some Little Golden Books.
https://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3ADora Leder
Posting this here because i have no where else to show off, and hell, maybe i can win a prize:
found an old hatchet at a flea market for $1, decided to bring it home and fix it up. i’m awful at taking progress pictures, but i have a comparison of the old handle, so meh.
i’ll briefly list what i did to clean it up.
first i had to remove the old handle, which is a real pain in the ass. then i soaked the axe head in apple vinegar for a few days to remove rust/dirt/paint. after that i took the axe head to a bench grinder to clean up the edges and knicks. next i took sandpaper to the axe head to remove any scratches and give it a nice finish.
the axe handle i took from another broken tool i had laying around. i carved the top to fit the axe head and (poorly) carved the base to fit my hand and give it that distinct hatchet look. i took metal wedge and hammered it into the top so the axe head wouldnt slip out
@rkess88
You are hereby appointed to be the person who cares for all my hand tools.
@f00l as long as i get paid in food and fukus, i’m your man
/giphy lumberjack
@sthiede1 Thats not the ball you are looking for
@sthiede1
WTF? Is that a recent game?
@sthiede1
@meds
Creepy world we live in. Ouch.
@sthiede1 not a sports fan… but everything that red 42 uniform guy is doing to that white uniform guy. is sooo on purpose… eewww… that 42 guy should get expelled and stomped hard on both hands.
/giphy tsa
@mick that should be sexual assault. I don’t care that he’s probably doing it to get the guy to freak and let go of the ball. That’s just gross.
That was last nights game
@sthiede1
I dunno who will want to be on the field with #42 in the future.
NSFW
This kid asks Amazon’s AI bot, Alexa, to listen to a children’s song, and instead of complying, she yells back a bunch of super dirty porn terms.
@mikibell
Woo! Alexa’s gotta around some, hasn’t she? Who woulda thought? She’s always so straightlaced around me.
Think she ever worked at one of those legal places in Nevada?
Area 51 Alien Cathouse
2703 E Highway 95 Amargosa, NV 89020
Phone: 775 372-5678
http://www.aliencathouse.com/
The Alien Cathouse is as legendary as it is plain weird. This bordello, a new addition to the Dennis Hof stable, taps in to the mystique of nearby Area 51 to serve up sex workers living out your fantasies with an extraterrestrial theme.
The ladies are described as cosmic kittens, and judging by the photos, they are a pretty diverse bunch. VIP suites for overnight stays are available.
Open 24 hours, 7 days a week. Just a 1 hour drive north from Las Vegas.
/giphy amazon
@f00l I quickly stopped the video…but oh dear, they bought my father in law one for Christmas… Cannot imagine what he will ask, just to irritate my mother in law!
Let’s take a minute and appreciate the thread photo.
@RiotDemon
Calling @OldCatLady
@RiotDemon oh i was hopeful that is what @f00l looks like
/giphy sexy man
@CaptAmehrican who knows. I’m not even sure @f00l is a guy. Was that confirmed somewhere that I missed it?
@RiotDemon he is a fool of course he is a guy. They are the biggest fools
@CaptAmehrican whaaaaaaat?!?
Not entering my own contest. Besides, this is in the news.
New And Improved HOLLYWOOD sign.
/giphy hollywood
This is an amazing story.
Click link to read through.
/giphy star trek
At first glance you probably see a single face, but look again; there’s actually a couple about to kiss.
@KDemo
That’s intriguing.
Nurse hurriedly going through rounds. Needs to update patient’s chart. Looks around, then reaches in pocket finding a thermometer. Exclaims, “Damn! Some asshole’s got my pen!”
/giphy medical thermometer
At a fancy dinner, woman carefully eating a lobster, wearing bib, not wanting to splash her dress with butter or lobster. Finishing her meal, she realizes that her hands now smell like lobster. So she rubs her hands with lemons hoping to get rid of fishy smell. Only now she is annoyed that her hands are reeking of lemon. The person next to her hands her an orange saying, “Try this. It doesn’t rhyme with anything.”
/giphy lobster
@CaptAmehrican
That’s one of the best giphys I’ve ever seen.
@f00l and it reference the rubics cube again too
Gender. I.E. mine.
I wanted to find a graceful or clever way to out myself re which gender. But I can’t think of one. So I’ll be graceless and idiotic. Fall in my face. Live up to the Goat icon I still have. Nothing new, right? My speciality. My talent.
I actually referred to my gender here a while ago. Long while back I think? I forget which thread, but way back then. Some of you noticed and remembered - @OldCatLady and @Barney knew, and a few others also, or knew from other sources. And it’s come up privately with a few here. And I think I said something about it on Deals.Woot but not sure, may not have, and I wasn’t so talkative then anyway.
I’m female and have always been such. Baby boomer, so am older than I wish I were sometimes; tho aging appears to be a condition without attractive youthful escape options attached. So ya live with it, ya hope.
That social awkwardness of mine - that’s a lifelong deficit. I’ve gotten somewhat used to it, and have never figured out how to become “appropriate”. I think I lack the gift.
I didn’t mean to make a mystery or a weird game of making gender a secret, and I apologize to all. I have always been singularly graceless in social situations. Lifelong /fail.
Which gender I am came up in the thread about how I star a lot of posts, and I asked people then to let it be for a time. My reason: I had become interested it whether I could tell if assumptions of gender were visible in other people’s attitudes toward me, and if it would make much difference in behavior. And also what implicit stereotypes in my thinking would be noticeable in my remarks,assuming I could observe those in myself.
I can’t really comment on what shows up in my end of conversations. Who the hell can do a good job of observing themselves? Not me.
As for the differences I might suss about other people’s gender assumptions and attitudes toward me: the result is “just about nothing”. People just went with their defaults in the absence of info, or they assumed nothing at all. Perhaps I saw bare traces here or there for an instant. Or perhaps I imagined them.
Which is to say that the people here are a pretty great group.
You all just don’t play much by those social habits in settings where the differences, habits, and assumptions are not very relevant. And that’s just fine. Wish those attitudes were more pervasive everywhere else.
Perhaps a professional linguist, anthropologist, sociologist, or psychologist could decode more visible gender assumptions and related stereotypical behavior than I managed to notice in our chatter. Also fine. That’s what professionals and their techniques and subtleties are for. And none of us can completely wash ourselves free of this world and its ways.
I’m happy enough with the way we operate around here.
I never meant to deceive, conceal unnecessarily, be manipulative, play head games, be creepy, or violate trust. To the extent that I have done any of those, I am deeply and honestly sorry and I apologize.
And of course by typing out this long post, I’m necessarily making a sort of huge deal out of something that should be barely noticed in passing.
Again, apologies.
But I can’t help the words spilling out of my brain. All those words. Words words words. Not sick of 'em yet.
TL;dr: I’m an idiot. A female idiot.
Anyway, thanks to all of you.
@f00l I think you meant TL;dr I am a fool a female fool.
@f00l cooooolll… then where DID you get that beautiful purple blouse??? (santa photo – and DAMN you look much younger than you are!!!)
I can never guess gender right… I get too many ids confused – my apologies for calling you he…
Oh and socks from a lady… not such a bad idea!!
@CaptAmehrican
Actually I meant both
TL;dr I’m an id10t. A female id10t.
And
TL;dr I’m a @f00l. A female @f00l.
But it was getting so late - or early - and my eyes were blurring and I couldn’t check spelling very well.
Also I wanted to keep that post outing my own gender short and sweet, ya know? Kinda terse and pithy.
@f00l I’m not sure why you feel like you have to apologize about keeping it a secret. It’s honestly nobody’s business. So don’t feel bad about it.
I had a feeling that you weren’t a guy, so you satisfied my curiosity, so thanks, even though you could of kept it a secret.
@mikibell
Yeah I do look kinda good don’t I?
Here’s another picture of me.
Two more.
@RiotDemon
I didn’t have to out myself.
The thing is, I never said particularly meant it to be a secret.
And then this fall I got re-interested in gender and language and behavior patterns. So I wanted to watch for that specific calmly, out of curiosity. I didn’t suspect anyone here of living by stereotype. Just curious.
As for the apology: I still have the Goat icon. So the thing to do is apologize.
Apologizes
@f00l for apologizing.
@f00l is so sorry.
@mikibell
PS in the next exchange I’ll have even more socks for you. Just socks.
But not purple socks. Those are saved for @Barney.
@f00l As for caring what someone is in relation to gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, etc., all I can say is this is exactly what I give:
In other words, the only reason someone isn’t welcome in my world is if they’re an asshole. (Yeah, we have one or two of those here.) I’m not really sure why any of those other things above should matter at all, though apparently in our current political climate, they do to many.
@f00l what I find interesting about this site is that I automatically assume that there’s more women here than other websites that I’ve frequented.
@RiotDemon
Am I little curious about what those other websites might be, but you should actually refrain from telling us just cause. And also cause /reasons.
I have no idea the “gender balance” here.
@cinoclav
Exactly. And that’s what most people do. And most people are just plain decent and nice.
And the ones that lean on dividing ways to mess with other people, as on Twitter - they and I can do without each other’s company.
I was more curious to see if I could spot the unconscious stuff - the patterns one developes in early childhood. But there’s no so much that’s visible. What differences there are - seem more reflected in people’s personal interests and hobbies than in their attitudes toward each other.
@cinoclav
@f00l I’d tell, but that would probably reveal way too much about me
@cinoclav
PS those pix were comments on the political climate. But I’m not sure I should have posted here. Not political thread and all.
There are plenty of fires without my adding more of them.
@f00l darn, on any day, my hair never looks that good!!!
and I can understand no purple socks for me, but no guarantee you will get me in the next exchange!!
@f00l I can’t see them on my work computer but I could see them on my phone. I’d certainly leave them. Regardless of whether it’s a political thread, it’s like a forest - you’re never going to have new growth without first igniting a fire.
@mikibell
Yeah but since I have your address, I can always send you socks.
You’re a parent, you’re used to this, right?
@f00l Whaaaaaaaaat?!?
/giphy mindblown
@ELUNO
Yup. Born that way.
Let me assure you that I never figured out how to “behave in a ladylike manner”, as my mother would phrase it.
Not that I was rude or aggressive or disruptive. I wasn’t. Or I don’t think so. Was actually rather shy, to the point that family would tell me to stop being shy a lot.
Just - whatever it was you were supposed to do to fit in as a socially appropriate female, growing up back then during the boomer years, was and still is quite beyond my ken.
I’m really glad the culture has changed. Often back then it felt like a straightjacket.
My Mom actually tried to be a lot like this.
I didn’t.
@f00l And now you kidnap santas for a living?
@ELUNO
No. Not me. No kidnapping. Besides, if you go around kidnapping beings, not only do you get monstrous bad karma, you also have to feed and water your prisoner(s). Bummer.
The situation was that persons (who may or may not be relatives of mine) politely asked Santa to share our thanksgiving and join us for some wine and some pie.
But it was they, not I, who answered the door and made this decision. And they, together with Santa, who plotted to send pictures to Santa’s slavedrivers.
I am guilty of possibly having attitudes that might conceivably resemble the attitudes of these generous hosts (whom I may or may not know), however.
So I’ll have to blame @jbartus.
@mikibell
In the Santa photo that’s not me.
It’s someone who I may or may not have known since she was born, and may or may not be related to.
Can’t really get too specific, ya know, we want to keep the family from getting too desreputable.
And as for the blouse, yeah, spectacular, and I don’t know where she got it.
And she beat all of her possible alleged family (who might not admit to knowing her) in Fantasy Football - again - so we’re working on forgiveness. It’s tough.
@f00l - I originally sensed you were female, can’t say why, then someone referred to you as “he” so I accepted that. I never assumed you were trying to be coy, it would be a weird game to play when gender truly doesn’t matter here. It just feels like a closer bond when we know a bit more about each other. Just that much more connection, you know?
It feels weird when someone refers to me as male; I have made no secret that I am female. K is for Kickstarter (wannabe), obviously a female name, right?
Damn, yours is a great post – I fear you have won your own contest. What will you gift yourself?
And now I’m curious, where is santa photo?
@f00l Nice cool drink of water, there.
@KDemo
Oh I will gift myself the usual blundering. The gift that keeps on giving.
I knew that several folks here knew I was female. But in spite of that having been mentioned in the @f00l stars everything thread, and I neither confirmed nor denied, people went on assuming I was a he.
I never meant the mystery go on for long, and I didn’t mind if the people who knew spoke up. You are right - if you conceal that much basic info there can be a trust barrier. People do feel it.
I am basically fine with people revealing gender or not doing so. But if one doesn’t do so for too long, then there is a slight lingering weirdness. Does the person have issues? Are there problems with the forum format and culture (Twitter)? Is something else going on? Is the person simply shy or cautious online?
I’d rather not leave that impression. And my little time of observation came to - happily - pretty much nothing anyway.
I didn’t get that your name indicated female. But always got the clear impression you were. Perhaps because others referred to you that way?
Anyway, I slightly regret not just getting this out earlier.
Thanks.
The Santa photo is here:
https://meh.com/forum/topics/is-santa-in-peril--is-santa-the-perp
@compunaut
Good Hair Days.
Bad Hair Days.
@f00l - Don’t know how I missed that. Fun post.
@KDemo
My alleged niece and her new husband seem to be having a lot of fun.
@f00l - I theorize that Santa was obviously lit, and didn’t save his fork for the pie course.
Capital offense.
@KDemo
Santa was quite lit. So were the rest of us. My alleged relatives have lots of forks. Santa left very happy and full. So did all of us.
@f00l Darn it. After reading this thread, I’m trying to guess genders. It never occurred to me before!
Hmmm… No one can guess mine…
@daveinwarsh
Ok our standard gender divisions are male and female - but there are permutations, i understand. Persons who have changed gender. And I think there are people who are medically both? And I’m sure that’s not the end of the complications.
Anyway, what’s your gender? Hmmm…
Well you might be a “Dave” that lives in Washington.
No gender info there
You have already clued us in on some amazing dogs.
Non gender info there
So I’ll just have to guess blindly
None of the above?
@thumperchick
I put up 2 images above in a reply to @cinoclav - and I prob should have thought better and not done it. Got distracted, and it was too late when I went “uh oh”.
Those pix have their commentary validity - but they may also work on some people in unintended ways that go far beyond political comments. I’ve no wish to have set up a trigger for anyone, or to potentially have trivialized something that dark by using it to indicate care my attitude toward a candidate or toward modern religion.
Could you pull those images? Or replace them with links?
@all
To anyone who found those images disturbing, especially who found them so for personal reasons, I apologize.
@f00l - I approve of the images. Will refrain from possibly agitating comments.
@KDemo
I approve of the images politically.
I just fear they may resonate for some people in ways that have nothing to do with politics.
@f00l I vote to keep them. They have a message that it’s important to hear (or in this case, see).
ETA: Who won the contest? Is there a winner yet?
@Shrdlu
I think there was a tie. Lemme count.
@f00l
Ok. No tie.
@KDemo, you are the clear winner with 17 stars.
I basically voted for everyone, being non-partisan and all. But had it been someone else’s contest, your entry would have been tough to beat.
@Bluedragon07 came in second with 13 votes.
I was particularly moved by your entry. I’m cool sending out 2 Fukus or Fukos or whatever. I promise promise promise not junk.
Do either of you winners have accounts over on Woot?
If so, pm me there (same username) with a legit shipping address. Doesn’t have to be your home address, just so long as you can receive the package at the address. Expect a large Priority Mail Flat Rate box or similar once I find figure out what to send.
If either of you don’t wish to pm me on Woot, I’ll put up a throwaway email address here in the forums and you can email me with your info. I don’t mind sending either of you a real email address, but don’t wanna put one in the forums.
That ok? If either of you wish to you offer hints about your life and interests, dunno if I can accommodate, but will try.
and someone please tell me how to get Alexa to go completely XXX. I’ve been trying ever since I watched @mikibell’s video and Alexa is acting like a she’s completely above all that.
@f00l
Thank you SO much. I usually shy away from exchanges and such, but this, perhaps because of the initiator, is very exciting! The contest was fun.
Wait, you’re not going to make us solve a captcha, are you?
I missed the last few fukos, so captcha is a particular issue for me.
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Congrats to @bluedragon07, as well. Your story was personal and touching. I also liked @rkess88’s - it was different and they were proud of a well-crafted tool.
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I do have a woot account. I was notanaardvark over there, but I never visit anymore. However, I’m not as shy about email as I probably should be - mine is my username here preceded by 333 at google.
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PS
Did you know there’s a ‘Most likes’ link at the top of the thread page to sort comments by # of stars?
@f00l - Oops, on second read I see your own email is at issue, so I’ll head over to woot. Is your username the same?
@KDemo
No captchas.
Cool about the thread sorting, always forget that’s there.
Your entry reminded me: When I was a kid, Dad used to have a cartoon at his business:
In Case Of Fire Break Glass.
Not now, stupid! In case of fire!
I’m gonna be old-fashioned and skip the Captchas.
I’ll email you tonite.
@KDemo
Yes uid is the same. At Woot.
@f00l Thank you very much for running this, I’ve been wanting an excuse to talk about my Grandpa anyway and I really appreciate how nice everyone was and am glad they enjoyed it.
I have an old Woot account but I’m having trouble finding your profile. The private message page doesn’t seem to have a field for just sending one and I can’t seem to find a user search on the community page, but I was never active on the forums so I don’t really know the site very well. I’m bluedragon07 if you want to shoot me one though.
/giphy winner
@Bluedragon07
I’ll try to figure it out this evening. Won’t be home for a few more hours yet.
Thx.
And perhaps we can start a Grandparents thread and talk about them some more there.
@Bluedragon07
I had forgotten what s total PITA the PM system at Woot is. It’s like they put in half a system and then decided not to finish it.
If their traffic there drops well below that here, I suggest top mgmt over there go buy themselves a huge mirror to look into.
Ok. In order to PM somebody at Woot, I think you have to find a public post that person made.
And I don’t know how to find one of your public posts. I ran a search. Maybe there’s an “edit the URL” to do that but I don’t know the method.
But I can tell you how to find one of my public posts and then you can message me.
Log into Woot.
Then go here:
http://www.woot.com/forums/viewpost.aspx?postid=7036546&pageindex=1&replycount=9
In the “New Coke” thread I am the third poster - same username as here.
To the right of my ID on my post, there is s little grey envelope icon. Click in that. That opens the PM window and you can send me a message.
I will be watching for it. If it doesnt work I’ll give you a temp email address or something.
To Woot experts: I never had much to do with regular Woot. Just deals mostly. Is there and easier way for @bluedragon07 and I to PM each other on Woot?
Also I notice I have 2 quality posts. Huh what? Have no idea which posts. How does one tell? Can one tell?
@KDemo I pm’d you over there.
Oh well. Woot.
Drives me bonkers.
@f00l - Gotcha. Thanks!
-And that’s pretty much how I did it on woot. Poked around in the community until I found a search field, and keyed in your username.
@f00l - And quality posts - seems to me you used to be able to click on a username and see a bit of info. Can’t find anything now. @shrdlu would know, I think?
@KDemo Crap. Just lost a multiline post (because fumble fingers). Here’s a nice link for you and @bluedragon07 to PM @f00l over on Wooterville.
http://www.woot.com/forums/AddPost.aspx?forumid=0&UserID=2440893
Woot makes this as hard as possible. Don’t forget that, if you delete any part of the conversation while it’s going on, and someone replies to you, you won’t be able to see it.
@Shrdlu - Arghh - I’m always losing posts, so frustrating. Uncooperative computer.
Thanks for the woot help, I knew you’d have the tricks!
@f00l Sent you a PM on Woot, link worked fine.
@Bluedragon07
I replied on Woot. Might need a little more info. Offered some of mine. Lemme know if that’s ok.
@Bluedragon07
Thx received.