@f00l@RiotDemon@sammydog01 I actually napped in the recliner a bit this afternoon in case there was a Mehrathon. Last time I might have managed 3 hours of sleep overnight and was useless at the office.
Of course now I’m all rested up and nowhere to go.
@f00l@RiotDemon@sammydog01@UncleVinny I had one years ago and dolphins swimming was really the only cool display it had. It was fun to have in high school and then I gave it away to my sister’s neighbor when I graduated from college. Somehow he sold it for nearly as much as I paid 5 years prior
@PlacidPenguin But where’s the disappointment in that?!? That would be like winning something. The true joy of a Fuko is the shame and regret that inevitably accompany the reveal - heightened by the glaring awareness that I actually spent money for the damn thing. Such delicious masochism…
Though I wonder about my mechanical instinct to buy these things (BOCs too) every time they come up (though clearly I miss some…). Then I end up having to deal with the new pile of crap I don’t actually want or need, in addition to the prior piles of crap I bought for the same reason. This is particularly poignant now, as I just gave away a box of this very same type of crap at non-trivial personal expense…
Well if you decide in the affirmative, I have 4 boxes of junkstuff items which may or may not be junk, sitting in my closet, each of which takes advantage of being stuffed with material items.
Although, I’m waiting for more boxes to be delivered, so that I can increase the count of sealed boxes.
@PlacidPenguin That’s quite mysterious. You should consider opening that box and starting a thread in its honor. A title suggestion, for your consideration, is “PlacidPenguins Peculiar Package”. Though from what I understand, that might prompt some unsavory alternative connotations…
@PlacidPenguin Alas, in my house, the small act of junk removal has become its own special occasion. My wife diagnosed me as a hoarder long before I came to see it for myself…
I’m ridiculously excited that there isn’t a mehrathon. I just want to sleep!
@RiotDemon Me too!
@RiotDemon @sammydog01
I also like sleep.
But I also seem to like being tormented by Meh The Great And Powerful
/giphy Meh The Great And Powerful
@f00l @RiotDemon @sammydog01 I actually napped in the recliner a bit this afternoon in case there was a Mehrathon. Last time I might have managed 3 hours of sleep overnight and was useless at the office.
Of course now I’m all rested up and nowhere to go.
@ruouttaurmind
I could point you to some subreddits which would keep you up all morning…
(The time between midnight and the start of the working day.)
@f00l @RiotDemon @sammydog01 oh wow, I think I had a pioneer radio with that dumb display feature! Someone broke into my car and stole it. Fools!
@UncleVinny
And who do you blame?
@f00l @RiotDemon @sammydog01 @UncleVinny I had one years ago and dolphins swimming was really the only cool display it had. It was fun to have in high school and then I gave it away to my sister’s neighbor when I graduated from college. Somehow he sold it for nearly as much as I paid 5 years prior
Good, maybe I’ll get some sleep this time around …
Sleep is highly overrated. Bring on the Meh-rathon.
meh
So I decided to watch a movie last night, instead of checking in here at midnight…
Fooey.
@shahnm
Participate in the Meh contests. You may end up getting a free Fuko.
@PlacidPenguin But where’s the disappointment in that?!? That would be like winning something. The true joy of a Fuko is the shame and regret that inevitably accompany the reveal - heightened by the glaring awareness that I actually spent money for the damn thing. Such delicious masochism…
@shahnm
Fine. So send some money to me, and I’ll send you some junk.
Better?
@PlacidPenguin Tempting. Truly tempting…
Though I wonder about my mechanical instinct to buy these things (BOCs too) every time they come up (though clearly I miss some…). Then I end up having to deal with the new pile of crap I don’t actually want or need, in addition to the prior piles of crap I bought for the same reason. This is particularly poignant now, as I just gave away a box of this very same type of crap at non-trivial personal expense…
I am slowly coming to terms with being an idiot.
@shahnm
Well if you decide in the affirmative, I have 4 boxes of
junkstuffitems which may or may not be junk, sitting in my closet, each of which takes advantage of being stuffed with material items.Although, I’m waiting for more boxes to be delivered, so that I can increase the count of sealed boxes.
@PlacidPenguin It looks as if things are starting to get out of hand! You should put random mailing labels on those and ship them out right away.
@shahnm
There’s actually a 5th sealed box, but we don’t talk about it.
@PlacidPenguin What more would there even be to say, really.
@shahnm
About that particular box? A lot unfortunately.
@PlacidPenguin That’s quite mysterious. You should consider opening that box and starting a thread in its honor. A title suggestion, for your consideration, is “PlacidPenguins Peculiar Package”. Though from what I understand, that might prompt some unsavory alternative connotations…
@shahnm
Oh. Just like the other four, I’m hoping to make it somebody else’s problem.
I’m just saving it for a special occasion, or when I decide to remove some junk.
@PlacidPenguin Alas, in my house, the small act of junk removal has become its own special occasion. My wife diagnosed me as a hoarder long before I came to see it for myself…
@PlacidPenguin Hmmm would that 5th one be the “one” we had a whisper about? Eh?
@Kidsandliz
No. That was the 6th one.
@shahnm
I considered that. But there’s nobody who I’d want to force this junk on.
Great Scott, you say? ‘Roll of TP goes streaming across room’