The Reign (and Blame) of the Goatoshop (February 2018 thread)

@speediedelivery Really? I see it. Anyone else? @thumperchick, can you sort out my first fail as goat?

or @narfcake?

@speediedelivery @ACraigL so I’ve seen this off an on for the last few days, I think its an imgur thing… if you right click the image and “open in new tab” you should get the imgur error “Access to i.imgur.com was denied; You don’t have authorization to view this page. ;HTTP ERROR 403” refresh the error page and it should load the image and then come back to the meh thread and refresh the page and it pops up.

@thismyusername Weird. Thanks. I’ve uploaded directly to meh, below, so it should show up there. Hoping a mod can swap it out for the main image so folks don’t have to go to the trouble.

I see it - but I don’t believe it!

@ACraigL @thismyusername When pasting Imgur links, take the “s” off (http only) and remove the “i.” (just imgur.com)

Try it!

@ACraigL @Pufferfishy they should just revert their systems back to normal… they gave out those urls to use then dropped support.

@thismyusername I’m pretty sure they’re just doing what they can to curb hot linking / “rehosting” to Facebook and Twitter. But yeah, it’s a PITA

@Pufferfishy @thismyusername Works fine on woot. Here I’ll just use the self-hosting option.

@ACraigL there you goat. All fixed.

@Thumperchick Dilly dilly.

@f00l

@ACraigL

You do Got Skillz!

@shahnm

You are so very going to be a goat someday.

@f00l
/giphy Noooo

@shahnm You need to add a photo of yourself to that potential mash

@Kidsandliz
/giphy No

@shahnm but but but I heard a rumor that you are really the energizer bunny in disguise and so I figured you’d have a fridge for a belly button or drum so you always had access to your batteries since obviously they need preserved since you won’t be changing them out much, and of course, you’d need instant access for when they did need swapped out.

@Kidsandliz All of what you say is true. I admit that much. But I hope you’ll understand why that makes me far too sexy to allow photography. I’m thinking only of the lesser folk out there who would naturally feel even more inadequate and inferior after gazing at my magnificent fluffy tail and inimitable vegetable compartment.

As an aside, you’re not from the western PA area by chance, are you?

@narfcake Thanks and no thank you.

@ELUNO Mashed up spider … like this?

(Blame the goat.)

@narfcake noooooooooo

@ELUNO

@heartny - I’m pretty sure that spider is actually even smaller in reality. Probably in perception too.

@heartny
/image gif limbo spider

@aetris @heartny Rlly?

Sauce: https://imgur.com/gallery/4WA0J

@heartny @PhysAssist - Ah, camel spiders. Did you know that they are neither spiders NOR camels?

@aetris @PhysAssist Those are Big Nope Bugs.

@aetris @heartny @PhysAssist
I found a bad video about the camel spider. Enjoy. Or don’t. Thought it’s worth it for the terrible green screen in the beginning. Totally worth it.

@ACraigL That would be the Video of Nope.

@ELUNO @narfcake well besides stomping you could do this

I have it on good authority though (from my kid), “Spider no good mom. In this country we have chicken”. She had just told me how to cook tarantula and asked if she wanted spider for dinner, wondering if I needed to go to petsmart and ask for their biggest, juiciest tarantula and no tarantula food. By the way she also kept a daddy long legs between the window and screen in her bedroom. I presume for backup food in case we ran out.

How to cook spiders (remembering that tarantulas can be 6 or 8 or more inches across the body).

1. Tarantula: First a grown up takes the poison thing out, then the kids pull off all the hairs. You cut it up and cook it in a pan.
2. Daddy long legs: stab it with a stick and cook over the fire. The legs can stay on because they go away.

@ELUNO @narfcake too late to edit - She didn’t ask for spider for dinner, I asked her if she wanted spider for dinner.

@Kidsandliz @narfcake delicious

@ELUNO @Kidsandliz @narfcake
I think you forgot:
3)
Singe off any hairs with a crème brûlée torch or butane cigarette lighter. After singeing the hairs, run your fingers over the legs to remove the hair remnants and, at the same time, spread the legs evenly around the spider (as well as you can).

@ELUNO @narfcake @PhysAssist Already had the kids pull all the hairs off. Besides I don’t have a lighter and they certainly didn’t have them where my kid is from.

@OldCatLady He tried to beat @Thumperchick to the thread, so he could control the content and minimize blame. He didn’t want to end up like @therealjrn.

@OldCatLady Sorry about that!

@mfladd I did mention blame in the thread title, but yep, my fault.

@mfladd It put my ass in the hospital.

@narfcake I think I will. Being Friday, there’s a 50% chance I’ll be drinking while making it, so no promises on quality. Or logic.

@ACraigL - Sorry, beat ya to it:

@aetris Do I have to blame myself for that?

PLUS

= Howdy, Pilgrim!

@mfladd @woodhouse

https://meh.com/forum/topics/our-cs-family-is-growing#58af1bae2a92160b10a031d8

@mfladd I’m sorry! I’ve repeated told folks about this show. Can’t believe you fell off the distro.

@ACraigL

@mfladd Love, love, love the show!
HOW ARE WE NOT DOING “PHRASING”!?!?

@mfladd What- and Not Cheryl/Carol/Charlene??

@narfcake I think you’ll be working hard all day. Apologies in advance.

@ACraigL @narfcake

I can only imagine how much fun the thread would have been for the other t-shirt.

@PlacidPenguin Well I can only imagine how uglycivil the discussion is right now. The whole dang site is down.

For that, you get an unblame, @ACraigL.

@narfcake And some folks though it was just them, being “blocked” for pro-trump responses, haha.

@ACraigL @narfcake

Took a few cropped screenshots of delightful comments.

@ACraigL I tried to post, but I was blocked. They shut down the whole site because I was wanting to post. This is all your fault, goat.

@therealjrn Yep, wielding my goat-powers with reckless abandon. Sorry.

@ACraigL

Not logged into Amazon on current computer (so not logged into Woot), so I’ll post it here:

@PlacidPenguin

https://shirt.woot.com/offers/the-dark-side-and-the-pride-of-the-federation?ref=meh_com

@narfcake

Too busy being offended by the idea of a gray shirt. Green was bad enough.

Also idea for st patricks derby is combo of demihorgon and a 4 leaf clover

@CaptAmehrican Ooh! I like it. “Do you feel lucky?” Haha.

@Kidsandliz Sorry! Hope you had a nice dream, at least.

@CaptAmehrican No can do. Eagles fan here. That would be sacrilege. But you can blame me for not honoring the request.

@ACraigL tommrow I am mainly rooting for 1. Good foootball 2. Good ads 3. Good snacks

@CaptAmehrican Same. But my 0. Eagles victory. I gotta believe most of the country is with me on this.

@ACraigL Ummmm…1) it is sacrilege in reverse, so thanks for not honoring the request.
2) of course most of the country is with you - EXCEPT Pats fans.
3) GO PATRIOTS!

/8ball Meow?
Reply hazy try again

@RiotDemon A black My Little Pony?

@therealjrn haha.
One of my favorite shirts:

@RiotDemon That’s hilarious. I like it. Someday Death is going to come visit me astride a My Little Pony.

@therealjrn maybe the end won’t be so bad.

@therealjrn Since @RiotDemon didn’t include a link, I’m blaming @ACraigL.

https://www.teeturtle.com/products/death-is-magic

I will also unblame @ACraigL for the reversible foxes, though.

@narfcake Tough but fair ruling, your honor, I suppose.

@sammydog01 When I moved into my new house last July I went to WAR. There were literally lines of them all over the kitchen. It took weeks to “nuke” them all. I have no idea how the people there before me put up with the invasion.

@mfladd I use Terro which is boric acid plus sugar- it’s not toxic to mammals so I can leave it in the kitchen. It doesn’t work quickly so you don’t get the satisfaction of seeing a whole lot of dead ants, but they take it back to give to their little tiny friends. After a couple of days hasta la vista. Enjoy your slow deaths you little fuckers.

@sammydog01 We have a bunch all over where I work - they sprayed a couple of week ago and they are back. But not in my office. Fortunately. In my office lizards (3rd floor so go figure), wasps, ladybugs…and the windows are not the kind that open.

@sammydog01 I used the terro too. Used it inside and out and it worked like a fucking charm. There is something else I (granular) that I used on the anthills in my driveway that also did the job quickly. I just remember I got it on clearance at wally world.

@sammydog01 Just pour molten aluminum into the anthill…

@mfladd @sammydog01 We live in a log home, [Southern Yellow Pine], and do epic battle with carpenter ants and carpenter bees.
Home Defense [an insecticide] sprayed on the perimeter band of our exposed concrete foundation walls lasts for months, or until a really driving rain washes it off, and all we see are dead ants scattered here and there for a week or so until that particular colony dies off.
Carpenter bees require more intervention. so we have C-bee traps hung around the eaves and some at their most preferred nesting levels to decoy them away from drilling new nesting holes in our logs- then we just have to patch the few from those who are too smart to be decoyed, or too dumb to take advantage of the pre-drilled holes in the traps .

@narfcake Thanks! Total shocker.

@PlacidPenguin wow. Cheap shirts. I wonder if the free shipping was a mistake. Can I have your coupon?

@medz

It’s non-transferable.

@medz
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I bought a couple shirts anyway.

As @PlacidPenguin said, the coupon codes are tied to the account.

/8ball Do I accept your blame?
Most likely

@PlacidPenguin And I blame you for pointing out the Woot sale of cheap shirts. @narfcake What’s the deal with classic vs fitted? Did they just rename standard and premium and price them the same? And are they really the same size in men’s like the chart says? Should I be actually reading the shirt page instead of just voting in the derby?

@sammydog01

And I blame @ACraigL for your thinking that you could blame a penguin for your issues.

@sammydog01 Anvil is no longer the supplier now.
https://shirt.woot.com/blog/post/a-new-year-a-new-shirt-woot

I posted some comparison pics that discussion thread too.

@narfcake Thanks. I ordered the cat one in standard mens, standard womens, and fitted mens. At least I should be able to guess what to order next time.

@sammydog01 scientific process!

@sammydog01 I bought two copies myself. I actually do NOT have Missing Pizza.

/8ball Blame @ACraigL that there are catshirts I don’t have?
Without a doubt
/8ball Unblame @ACraigL that there’s another catshirt I will have?
Without a doubt

@narfcake where is the discussion thread?

@RiotDemon Dang it, Woot didn’t include a link from the blog post. Click here.

@narfcake thanks. Were your samples the standard or fitted?

@RiotDemon Classic. Port and Company replaces the “standard” Anvil.

The “premium” Bella + Canvas remained and is the fitted option now.

@narfcake ah, I misread. I thought P&C replaced everything.

Thanks!

@RiotDemon No plans of that AFAIK.

@narfcake
What do you think about the quality of the new standards?

@f00l Less shrinkage, sleeves aren’t all short and skimpy cut – much better. I don’t rank them as high as the old American Apparel or Next Level, but I’m personally putting them ahead of Canvas.

@narfcake

Not ordering a t-shirt for myself. Too much effort involved.

@narfcake Is the fabric weight that stretchy nearly see through almost not there garbage or it it decent thickness, not super stretch and not see through (I guess see through stretch is the new half gallon of ice cream that is no longer a half gallon clothing equivalent).

@Kidsandliz 4.5oz fabric weight is still on the thinner side. The knit isn’t as stretchy as American Apparel, Bella/Canvas or Next Level, but it’s not all tight like the usual Gildan or Fruit of the Loom heavy cotton shirts either.

I would venture to say that lighter colors are probably still going to be a bit translucent.

@ELUNO What happened to game night? Didn’t anyone show up? If so I’m sorry. I’ll try harder.

@sammydog01 it’s not your fault! It’s the goat’s!!!

@ELUNO what did I miss?

@RiotDemon Game night!

@PurplePawprints Are you a Nigerian prince?

@ELUNO I wish! Then maybe I could get an email response. Alas, I’m just a poor schmuck trying to take in someone’s dog that they need to get rid of.

@ACraigL Is it good or bad that your “record” lasted just one week?

@narfcake Oh, good. Very good. Also bad. Very bad.

@ACraigL Yeah. Today isn’t looking all that well for Woot either.

At least I haven’t had to do any cleaning up on the forums. You get an unblame for that.

@narfcake

The problem of course is that you only have one.

Several Drops of Rain.

I’ll blame @ACraigL that the song wasn’t uploaded to YouTube without people adding their own content.

@PlacidPenguin They never made a video. The song was only on the Yakko’s World CD.

The umbrella was originally $30 back in 1996. I still have a second one, unused with tags.

@narfcake

I’ll rephrase it:

There are two uploads of it on YouTube. Neither of them is left in their original state.

Although, it could be found in this embed (starting at 10:10, but then other songs get missed out on).

@narfcake unblame for a 22 year old unbrella you have not lost or btoken. Impressive

@CaptAmehrican It’s like 3’ long with a cane handle, so it’s not exactly small, and the fabric is a thick and canvas like.

I did some repairs in the early 00s – the metal tip was replaced with a drilled out golf ball and the handle is clamped on with a worm gear, as it was getting loose.

Our many years of droughts here in SoCal has helped in a way too – didn’t need to use it as often.

@Kidsandliz Sorry! Hope things improve for you soon.

@PlacidPenguin I’m sorry you’re having so many problems with your package. My package is fine.

@ACraigL

I also blame you that somebody was supposed to call me roughly 5 hours ago to discuss my package, but they never did.

So…

They’re telling me that I will have my package by tomorrow.

Now it’s back to where it was last Thursday…

@ACraigL

I would say I am shocked that despite being out for delivery today the package was delayed until tomorrow, but I would be lying.

I continue to blame you for the delay.

@PlacidPenguin I’m kinda glad that any warranty service for my Windows phone is so much more hassle free.

Correction:

It was the Blackberry KEYone.

@narfcake

So depending on the viewpoint you take, you might be able to blame @ACraigL for it.

@PlacidPenguin How do gene spliced lab mice see time?

@narfcake

Based on Puppet Rulers and Brain of the Future, it is apparent that they view it as using linear progression.

@narfcake Sure! We certainly can’t blame woot. They always make awesome decisions.

@ACraigL I know, right?!

Say, where are the catshirts, @snapster?

Most unassuming post in the thread:

• Feb 21, 2012 12:16 AM
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ramyb

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ProfHotpants wrote:The chest fit is identical to our current Men's blanks, and the length change is less than 1/2 inch. These blanks actually shrink less than our previous ones.

The measurements may be similar, but the fit definitely isn't the same. This is an unfortunate change from my end- even if the length change is minor, it definitely makes the fit significantly worse for me considering I usually wear a medium at 6'3- and on top of that, I find anvil shirts to be wide in the wrong places, as well as being a little heavier than I like- I will probably still buy shirts I really want, but will probably wear them much less often and will have to think a little longer when I'm on the fence. Sigh.

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Then the very next day …

@narfcake

And then there was also This Old Mouse.

@ACraigL @narfcake @PlacidPenguin

/giphy "see time"

@narfcake So the results of my sizing test- I wear anvil mens L, anvil ladies XL, and AA mens XL. I like shirts to tent over my boobies so they don’t stick out so much.

New shirts- classic mens L too tight in the boobs, classic womens XL too tight in the boobs, fitted mens XL fits OK but is kind of lightweight and the neck is lower than I like.

So out of 3 I have one that I can wear but don’t like too much. Maybe a mens classic XL would fit but I probably won’t find out. The other 2 are on the shelf of shirts I need to lose 10 pounds to wear. I guess I’ll work on that instead.

@ELUNO You have been too busy posting on the endless thread. Try sleeping rather than doing that.

@Kidsandliz i’ll blame you next month, goat!

@sammydog01 I had a similar experience a few years back. Home alone, rainstorm, the whole shebang. I put on “The Ring” I had lying around on DVD. Watched, was sufficiently creeped out, but maintaining well enough.

Started noodling around the DVD menu, and landed on an “invisible” button that changed to “Don’t Click Here”. Which, of course, is exactly what I did.

It proceeded to play the entire video on which the movie is based (the one you’re not supposed to watch, and then you die if you do) in full screen. I sat glued to my seat, waiting for it to end. When it did, I thought, “if the phone rings right now I will literally die from fright”. I sat for a good 7 minutes, listening to the thunder outside, finally getting up the courage to exit the DVD and go to bed. As soon as I did, the phone rang!!! I jumped so high I may have hit my head on the ceiling.

Turns out the DVD menu was designed to play a phone ring sound when you exit the “secret” video. Smart and tricky, the DVD guys got me good.

@sammydog01 I was cold, wet, and just looking for a place to crash for the night. Fuck you!

@ACraigL omg, hilarious.

Which movie @sammydog01?

@mfladd Try the doghouse. It’s dry at least.

@RiotDemon Bad Ben. It’s scarier than it has any right to be.

@ACraigL - Don’t leave us in suspense! Did you die?

@sammydog01

Well now @mfladd has a dog toy with which to entertain himself.

@dashcloud