🎵Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Blame🎵 (Dec 2019 Blame Thread)

@RiotDemon but was it good pizza?

@bleedmichigan pizza was good. Wings were lacking so I was extra glad that I basically got them for free and then some.

@bleedmichigan oops. I beat you by one minute.

@bleedmichigan @RiotDemon But not official- this has the volmod seal of approval.

@CaptAmehrican

I suspect you do quite a bit of teeth-gritting, also, as mentioned elsewhere: a “gift” to certain persons who are permanently part of your life.

Hey. Charity is charity. It counts!

/giphy charity

@f00l Often, maybe even mostly, when you talk using giphy it makes little sense.

@f00l But uh, my apologies for not understanding.

@therealjrn

Often, maybe even mostly, when you talk using giphy it makes little sense.

Yes

Targeted and possibly amusing irrelevant or off-the-wall non-sense is a fav of mine.

/giphy nonsense

I apologize for failing to pre-announce your apology.

/giphy pre-

@f00l I’m sorry, I failed to anticipate your apology for not pre-apologizing. I do apologize for the oversight.

@therealjrn

Since I did not create a preview trailer for your latest apology, I owe you for that.

/giphy apology trailer

@Kidsandliz

/giphy puppies

@Kidsandliz aaawww. Rhat sounds like an Amazon experience for you. Poor puppies.

@Kidsandliz oh Liz lucky you! That sounds wonderful to feed them! Also thank you for all you do for the animals!!

@Kidsandliz damn spell check. That was suppose to say amazing experience.

I guess I will blame @bleedingmichigan for my fat fingers and my phones inability to read my mind!

@tinamarie1974 No worries. While the goat can’t, apparently, read your mind. I did. (so watch out!! LOL).

@moonhat @tinamarie1974 I bottle fed my 18.5 year old cat from about 10 days old. Hadn’t done that since with any animal. Puppies, especially ones who hadn’t eaten in way too long, were easy to feed. They practically inhaled the milk. Glad I am not the one who is doing it until they are ready to be weaned though as they need fed every couple of hours and I like my sleep at night (grin). But yes they were snuggly little things who looked so blissfully happy once they were about 1/2 way though the bottle.

@Kidsandliz @moonhat I have had the opportunity to feed both a baby pig and baby tiger by bottle. Both pretty cool!! But never a puppy!!

Oh, actually the odd baby goat as well! There are a few attractions locally that have baby goats and for $1-$2 you can bottle feed them. But the goats are crazy. They all gang up on you, jumping, chewing your clothes, etc trying to get that bottle! Oh the competition, it can be a little overwhelming.

/giphy bottle feeding goat

@Kidsandliz oh in that case I should apologize. Who knows what you heard when you were reading my mind lol!!

@Kidsandliz @tinamarie1974 that sounds heavenly!

@tinamarie1974 Don’t worry - I’ll only use what I heard for blackmail purposes. Otherwise I’ll never tell (smirk).

@moonhat @tinamarie1974 Now a baby tiger would be really cool. I once got to hold one - about the size of a full grown cat only with a really huge head. He fell asleep in my lap so the owner told me to go ahead and keep holding him while the little kids were in there petting him. That lasted about 45 min and then he woke up hungry so off to his mother (in a cage nearby). That was so cool!!

Then when I went home (this was a previous set of cats) my cats went so nuts over the smell of that baby that I had to take my clothes off and put them on the floor. They sniffed those clothes for close to 4 hours. Never knew cats had an attention span that long. I do wonder what really old reflexive part of their little brains that odor woke up.

@Kidsandliz Sorry, but I beg to differ, as rescuing and feeding abandonated puppies completely trumps said abandination.

@Kidsandliz …I know because my S-I-L and niece both foster rescues and our two pups are rescues.
My S-I-L is the rescue’s go-to for pregnant female rescues, as well as special needs puppies, and puppies in general, so while we do see a lot of sadness, it is greatly outweighed by the joy we all experience from contributing to caring for these rescues.
/giphy rescue dogs

@PhysAssist

Sorry, but I beg to differ, as rescuing and feeding abandonated puppies completely trumps said abandination.

??? What do you mean abandination?

@Kidsandliz If the puppies were abandonated, then the process was abandonation… [just me being a goof…]
/giphy abandonated

@Kidsandliz Whoops, timed out on the /giphy editing…
/giphy abandonated puppies

@Kidsandliz …and:
/giphy rescue the puppies

@PhysAssist Thanks for the explanation

@PhysAssist @Kidsandliz
So, as a compadre goof, does one use “oriented” or “orientation”?
/image one does not simply

Wouldn’t “abandonated” be a past tense gerund (or “gerunded”) form of the verb “to abandon”? Or some weird declension (or “declensionated form”) that is a legacy from Latin?

@Kidsandliz @mike808 Firstly: as a well-raised true American, I use the only proper term- oriented.

I was taught that only total boors, and some of those speaking some other nonsense language [alleged to be “the Queen’s English”] use that orientated bushwah.

Secundus: As a 3rd [and in some cases 4th or 5th] generation son of several families which immigrated from Deutschland who took exactly 1 semester of college German, I’m going to have to go with the first choice.

Sadly, despite my medical education and way too many years of on-the-job training/exposure to various amounts of Latin, my understanding of, and ability to parse it out are simply shitty.

I’m glad though that you consider me a comrade…

Blame because @therealjrn used f-word instead of saying FUCK. Thus fucking up @carl669 fuck count

@bleedmichigan tells children that Santa isn’t real.

@carl669 @tinamarie1974 Well f-word me.

I guess I fucking did. Dammit.

@tinamarie1974 well fuckity fucking balls @therealjrn… way to fuck up the Christmas fuck count!

@mediocrebot neither is @ChadP

@tinamarie1974 glad you are ok.

@tinamarie1974 glad it was just the bumper and not anything worse for you or the car. But what a PITA to have to deal with it.

@Kidsandliz huge PITA. The guy was trying to beat traffic so he could order McDonalds

At this point, my back and neck are both really sore, wondering if I pulled something. Giving it until at least this afternoon before checking it out.

@Kidsandliz and now I am at the hospital because the pain is getting worse. Well fuck

@tinamarie1974 Hope it is just whiplash. That can be really painful though.

@RiotDemon @tinamarie1974 Glad you’re basically OK. Smart to get yourself checked out!

@RiotDemon @therealjrn yeah my parents insisted after I told them.

@tinamarie1974 glad it isn’t worse.
I want to know why you would name your faithful steed, Beast? I thought you had an invisible jet?

@JnKL the beast is my everyday vehicle (sounds imposing) and she and I have been on many a crazy adventure. The “invisible jet” is my secret weekend car

@JnKL @tinamarie1974 well that sucks! I assume everything checked out ok?

/giphy invisible jet

@Kidsandliz @tinamarie1974 perhaps the worst thing to ever be in an accident for.

@CaptAmehrican I have had a lot of similar issues as of late with amazon logistics

@CaptAmehrican My Chewy order has been out for delivery since last Friday. It’s changed to’delivery date unknown’.

@CaptAmehrican @OldCatLady The ghosts next door are eating your dog biscuits.

@tinamarie1974 But BLAME because you can’t own one. Right?

@bleedmichigan spiked the eggnog.

@Kidsandliz @tinamarie1974 why not?

@Kidsandliz own what? The jersey? I have several including that particular design. The baby? He can be pre ordered on Amazon. The cup? I get my replica Monday!!! Giddy with joy over here.

@tinamarie1974 I had thought this was a “miniature” (eg small toy sized) set of things that someone made by hand to display on a shelf or something; something that couldn’t be bought in that size.

@Kidsandliz oh I wish. That would be super cute and I am so obsessed with Baby Yoda right now.

@tinamarie1974 So does the replica you bought have all the names engraved on it?

@Kidsandliz I will find out Monday, but I doubt it. It is a giveaway at Mondays game

@ybmuG poor baby!

@ybmuG and wait till spring when you step in it. Mine has decided that business is done in the driveway. It was all good till the wife slipped in a pee spot.

@Kidsandliz

/giphy mind blown

@therealjrn Its a Festivus Miracle.
/giphy Festivus Miracle

Is it time now for the airing of grievances?

@ybmuG Ooo, you’re good.

@therealjrn No, I’ve just watched too much TV over the years…

@therealjrn @ybmuG feats of strength

@bleedmichigan @therealjrn Until you pin me, Festivus is not over!

@bleedmichigan @therealjrn @ybmuG

/image festivus pole

@therealjrn @ybmuG

/giphy pinned

@therealjrn it’s for the rest of us

@CaptAmehrican blame because Starbucks is nasty so I’m sorry for you.

@CaptAmehrican You seem to win tons of things between this, all that stuff from Amazon (speaking of which I haven’t seen those emails in ages, I wonder if that program stopped - can’t even remember where the list was located that listed all the open give aways to check) - where you click on the box to see if you won… Where’d you buy your luck from? . Congrats!

@Kidsandliz i enter contests all the time . Fyi those Amazon giveaways ended.
It is free to enter daily
https://www.starbucksforlife.com

@bleedmichigan @CaptAmehrican

Starbucks is nasty so I’m sorry for you.

Starbucks is simply well-marketed, slightly above the usual fast food quality, fast food.

As fast food, it’s fine.

If you make excellent quality coffee at home, or if you habituate an area with excellent trad espresso places, congrats!

@CaptAmehrican @f00l Actually Starbucks is the purveyors of that nasty black liquid. I don’t drink coffee so I dislike Starbucks.

/giphy coffee yuck

@bleedmichigan I’m with you!
That’s why I mainline Diet Mountain Dew…
The only dark brown to black liquids I ever drink are beers…
FWIW, my 2 current favorites are Spider Bite Brewery’s “Boris the Spider”- a Russian Imperial Stout, and Single Cut Brewery’s “Heavy Boots Made of Lead”, an American Imperial Stout.

@tinamarie1974 Sounds like tarted up hipster beignets.
/image beignets

@mike808 I have had both and can say nope, very different. Both delicious in their own way

/image cinnasnack

@tinamarie1974 LAME!

@tinamarie1974 Oh. I see. More like a failed croissant trying its best to be a churro.
/image chocolate croissant

@mike808 I guess but still delicious. If it is a mistake, it was a serendipitous one

@tinamarie1974 I’ll still take Parisian patisserie croissants over Sonic cinnasnacks any day.

@mike808 well duh, who wouldn’t!

@sammydog01 USPS just announced that the package would be late. No shit Sherlock. I paid $20 for priority mail. I don’t suppose I get a refund if it takes over 3 days, do I?

@sammydog01 priority mail is a non-guaranteed service. Sorry Charlie

/image sad face

@tinamarie1974 So I paid extra for them to deliver it whenever the fuck they felt like it? IS THIS WHERE MY TAX DOLLARS GO?

@sammydog01 uuuummmm yes and no. The post office is no longer ran by the Gov’t. Management was outsourced years ago.

@tinamarie1974 Fine, THIS IS WHERE MY STAMP DOLLARS GO?

@sammydog01

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@sammydog01 It’s a very bad USPS!

@ybmuG I just hope this is a cornfield it will return from.

@sammydog01 They never do…

@bleedmichigan
/image rotflmao

no idea why that won’t come up except in another tab. Here’s the image

@bleedmichigan nah, that doesn’t work. We can place blame in any thread.

@bleedmichigan @RiotDemon Hells ya. KaL has posted at least 3 different places about her puppy blame. Didn’t you notice? Maybe she needs to make it it’s own thread.

@bleedmichigan @RiotDemon @therealjrn Nope just 2 threads hunting for the right one. Thank you though for spending your valuable time making sure you read all my posts. Glad to entertain you. .

@bleedmichigan @Kidsandliz @RiotDemon @therealjrn
Now if only the fucking scapegoat mediocrebot worked so that we actually could give blame in any other topic.

ants fucking works, but no scapegoat.
/blame blame

@bleedmichigan hey, my only rule break was in giving myself an unblame. I exercised no restrictions on blames received (like that would be effective anyway)!

@ybmuG no I was saying you set a precedent I was just expanding the power. It’s how a dictator gets his power.

@bleedmichigan @ybmuG can’t argue with the Goat’s logic. If someone set a precedent, next Goat can make Blame Rules.
Sounds reasonable to me!

@bleedmichigan @JnKL @ybmuG There is one flaw in this logic though… that the scapegoat has the power to even be a dictator. In this case I think the inmates have over run the asylum.

@JnKL @Kidsandliz @ybmuG if the kids have over run the university then it is logical for the goat to over run meh.

@bleedmichigan @JnKL let’s just be clear on who the precedent setter was…right @JnKL?

@JnKL @ybmuG

/giphy double precedent

@f00l hey, you should know that same kid is laughing at you over on the ornament thread …

@stolicat

That kid follows me around laughing at me.

@f00l @stolicat Ahh but the key question - is that kid starring your posts? (snicker). One person who follows me around and comments never stars my posts. /I am so deprived He who has the most toys starred posts when they die wins. Right?

@thismyusername Ahh, old Gävvy! Distant cousin, I think.

@tinamarie1974
That sucks.
Even more because you’re blaming in the wrong thread.
BLAME HERE.

@mike808 so we are not suppose to use the broadcast thread? I am blaming the scapegoat and sending @bleedmichigan 30 to 50 feral hogs

@bleedmichigan is a mean one, Mr. Grinch.

@bleedmichigan @tinamarie1974

Send hugs, not hogs.

Also, ants be sometimes broke, sometimes not.

Scapegoats gotta scape goats.

@bleedmichigan @tinamarie1974
Sending 30 to 50 feral hogs.

@bleedmichigan @mike808 blame the scapegoat because the hogs are broke!!

@bleedmichigan doesn’t drink during Robanukah, like a heathen.

@bleedmichigan @mike808 unblame because @chadp is amazing and has already addressed my issue… after 11 pm no less!!

/giphy applause

@bleedmichigan @ChadP @mike808 @tinamarie1974 After 11 pm can sometimes be the best time to address issues.

@bleedmichigan @ChadP @therealjrn @tinamarie1974
And after 3am is usually when the issues return.

@bleedmichigan @ChadP @mike808 @therealjrn that sounds like a personal problem???

/giphy giggle

@cranky1950 t-minus 7 days and those are getting fixed

@mike808 Swinging from lightning bolts - I want one …
Not so sure I could take 2 hours of that music, though …

@mike808 That looks bad ass!! I think I should change my user name or TM74 lol

/giphy So excited

@mike808

/giphy gal gadot

@JnKL You can have all of these. Fine wagyu well-marbled deer. Every fucking day they pillage the landscaping. These 8 are part of the “small” herd.

@JnKL @mike808 Are they grade W?

@JnKL @mike808 is that in front of your house?

@mike808 on my way!

@JnKL @mike808 chances the deer are missed and the house is hit…100%

@therealjrn so it was packaged to meet “meh” standards

/define meh

No exact matches found for the specified word.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@tinamarie1974 “Mediocre” fur shure

@bleedmichigan No the title of the other one was better… Short, to the point, with out all those extra words you used here. I blame the ABD in you for that.

By the way, do the stunt I did with my dissertation to save money on all those bound, cotton paper copies you have to make… Shave 1 point off the double space and move the margins out just a tiny, tiny bit. I made mine 25 pages longer that way. I turned it copies to my committee for all the drafts and defense that didn’t have those “changes” as sometimes committees are influenced by length. It was just when I turned it in for the official bull crap I had to do that cost a fortune that I shaved off pages. 125 pages, 150 pages who cared. It still had the same number of words.

@bleedmichigan Lost my edit time. Meant to say made mine 25 pages shorter that way not longer - your fault goat. And also meant to say I turned in the long copies to my committee and short copies where I was charged by the page. By the way - the best dissertation is a done dissertation. Just make the changes they want, get it over with and signed off on. I made one short change after my defense when they signed off on it, I then changed that change back on the copies I turned in because they were wrong on that particular fact and I didn’t want something wrong in there. They never knew.

Also you can change what you want if you ever publish it or parts of it. Just get it done. I also found it easier to write the entire first 3 chapters in full for the proposal defense. That way I wasn’t faced with a ton of writing when I was done with the research. Just had to screw with chapters 4 and 5. Easier to finish when not faced with expanding the lit review. Good luck getting finished.

@bleedmichigan I am a college dropout. I’m also not a he.

@bleedmichigan

I suggest you apologize now.

@RiotDemon my apologies I did not see a spot on your Meh profile for your preferred pronoun.

@bleedmichigan @RiotDemon I meant apologize for the other part.

@bleedmichigan My preferred pronoun is “His Honour”

@bleedmichigan

I don’t think @RiotDemon’s intro is all that poorly worded.

I think she just wrote intending a diff tone and mood and intention than yours. Not all writing has to be up for formal publication.

That said, you do seem to write rather well.
(Well, maybe, except, when we wanna judge you harshly for no particular reason except that we enjoy being “honorable Goat-baiting assholes”.)

Good thing you can write, what with the Edu intentions and all that.

/giphy good handwriting

@therealjrn your majesty

@RiotDemon @sammydog01 what part? Other part you say? I could have taught high school. May god have mercy on my soul. I have no qualms with anyone who decides college is not for them. I dropped out once from college and decided to go back. Nothing wrong with @riotdwmon deciding that if that is what you were speaking about. Now I am sorry about the incorrect pronoun but live and learn.

@bleedmichigan @f00l I really don’t care about the pronoun being wrong. I was just informing you because a lot of people assume I’m male.

As for my grammar in the OP, I don’t really care either. I was singing Christmas jingles and then decided that December isn’t just about Christmas blame.

@bleedmichigan @therealjrn Didn’t you mean to say: “Your hiney…”?

@tinamarie1974 But maroon5 is coming in August.
/giphy adam levine

@mike808 oh I do love me some AL, but for different reasons

/giphy eye candy

@tinamarie1974 I’m not even a concert person but that one does sound really fun! I saw it’ll be in seattle, maybe I’ll go. Or maybe not.

@moonhat yeah I am trying to talk my friends into a Chicago road trip, but sadly the do not seem to be taking the bait. Clearly they are not as adventurous as me haha

@stolicat Try downloading from an alternate source?

@mike808 I’m not a big fan of sketchy websites with unlicensed material, I’ve had my system toasted a couple times from them. Besides, I pay money for this, it should work.

I did do more futzing today on it seems to be related to the Apple HDMI adaptor. The downloads play fine on the iThing by itself, but when the adaptor is connected it gets the Oh No message immediately. This setup works fine with other services (iTunes, Amazon, HBO) so it’s something wonky in the Disney app. Streaming works better without the adaptor also. I double-checked the adaptor connection with other services (to ensure it wasn’t damaged) and they still work fine.

If there are others out there using Disney and iThings, I’d like to know how you’re connected up. I contacted Disney CS and they’ve “escalated” it for expert examination.