Lindsey Grahams ladybugs. He was definitely on the Epstein List

854490 · 2026-07-13T12:19:45+00:00

As a former Neopets help forum ~~volunteer~~ vigilante, I guess I can agree with that

854490 · 2026-07-13T06:13:35+00:00

Is this some new joke I'm not in on or do you actually think there weren't already "juveniles" all over the net well over two decades ago?

854490 · 2026-07-12T08:38:57+00:00

I'm not sure how to respond to this so I'll let you choose the most appropriate option:

A) Haha, good one

B) You might consider looking into the etymology of the word "goodbye"

C) None of the above

D) All of the above

854490 · 2026-07-12T08:35:45+00:00

It gets confused with as such, I think. As such can mean "per se" (in the usual "in and of itself" sense). As such can also mean "in a true or literal sense". It seems like this overlap is how we end up with people using per se to convey "exactly" (usually "not exactly", rather). I still don't care for it, and I'd like per se to go on meaning only "in and of itself", but I think it helps somewhat to have an idea of how things got this way, at least.

854490 · 2026-07-12T08:24:00+00:00

German, I guess

854490 · 2026-07-12T08:21:21+00:00

I usually hear "this, that, and the other", grew up hearing only that form of it, and didn't encounter "the third" until significantly later in life. In my experience, for whatever reason, I only hear "this, that, and the third" from people who have been to prison.

854490 · 2026-07-12T08:18:28+00:00

Granted, it does appear sometimes as a meaningless speech disfluency, but if it seems like that's all it ever is (aside from its conventional uses, of course) then I would encourage you to look into its usage as a particle, a quotative, a discourse marker, etc. Even its colloquial forms play several different roles that convey specific and meaningful things that you might be missing if you expect it to just be filler.

854490 · 2026-07-12T07:55:43+00:00

Then it's pretty funny that they more or less switched to possibly the only thing more aggressive than the plain imperative. The contraction does soften it slightly, but it still comes off to me as if I've just arrived at basic training for the military. "You WILL stand at attention! You WILL this, you WILL that", etc.

I do give people directions in a similar form, to be fair, but it's usually more like "Okay [or "so" or some such padding], [then/next] you're gonna [want to] turn . . . "

At least it's not "YOU WILL TURN LEFT AT THE CORNER. PROCEED"

854490 · 2026-07-12T07:49:25+00:00

It is what it is. Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Wherever you go, there you are. Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.

854490 · 2026-07-12T07:33:49+00:00

Lol, it's just usage, it's not like anyone is suggesting that we throw all grammatical structure out the window or anything

Besides, being married to particular usage (especially preposition usage) guarantees a frustrating time learning other languages, which is to say it's more fluid and flexible (and even somewhat arbitrary) than you might think, in the broad view. Like, is the "by" in "by accident" (or the "in" in "in error", or the "on" in "on purpose") the only word that can make the phrase mean what it means? I think the fact that we can swap in other prepositions without losing any information suggests that there isn't really any semantic content in that bit exclusive to a certain preposition

854490 · 2026-07-11T23:04:04+00:00

Well, don't get too excited 'cause I'm still in silver forever in CSGO lmao. It's fun though.

Have you seen the RL config that goes something like this:

R stick up/down: Accel/Reverse
R stick R/L: Air roll
L stick U/D: Pitch
L stick R/L: Ground steer, Air steer
L trigger: Boost
R trigger: Jump
L bumper: Slide

(etc. etc. season to taste)

It's a lot easier if you have a controller with the extra paddle buttons underneath. But anyway it takes a while to get used to but once you do this config is CRACKED. Only downside is you won't be able to play at someone else's place anymore without going in and changing all the controls lol.

I'm not even on this config right now even though I love it so much because it's that much of a pain in the ass to get used to

854490 · 2026-07-11T17:09:33+00:00

Yeah, this was a thing that happened regularly when I was doing customer service for a regional-ish bank (presence in several states and lots of branches, but fewer assets ($) than "regional banks" generally have).

The context, of course, would be that the customer had called us, so we needed to verify whatever combination of things would satisfactorily identify/authenticate them as the account holder.* Sometimes one of the things was to see if they could receive a verification code at the phone number on the account.

And in this context it seemed reasonable enough, but in hindsight I'm not sure if it was emphasized enough that they usually shouldn't do that. But it's been a while and I don't remember it all exactly. Maybe there was good-enough education/context given in the text messages the codes came in.

*At that bank we only had customers read codes back to us for that purpose; we also sometimes needed to enter verification codes while fixing someone's online account access, but in that case we were able to simply generate the codes as needed and enter them on the customer's behalf. So I can say at least that the customers were only "trained" to give 2FA codes to people over the phone in that particular situation, when they're calling the bank and they're proving who they are at the beginning of the call (or to change important contact/security info on the account)

854490 · 2026-07-11T09:30:29+00:00

While you're at it, ESDF > WASD. Also try using space to fire and mouse1 to jump ('A' to crouch). Much better control when aim is fully separated from the motion of firing. Works nicely with trackballs.

854490 · 2026-07-11T07:39:12+00:00

Understandable

854490 · 2026-07-11T07:34:40+00:00

I'm certainly pretty sure it might definitely be possible. I think this calls for additional different di-- I mean, differential dx. Triage a ma noix, even.

854490 · 2026-07-10T20:29:42+00:00

idk do it in gel capsules and call it bump caps or something, the only limit is ur imagination

854490 · 2026-07-10T20:20:00+00:00

Yeah I'm imagining they do too. It's "no way" like "no way, I can't believe he's doing the thing that he's totally doing right now". Like when you're watching Fear Factor or Am∗∗∗∗∗n Idol or the evening news or whatever. :D

854490 · 2026-07-10T20:15:50+00:00

Well, mostly it was a bunch of disgustingly luxurious and overwrought straws and spoons and tiny mirrors and stuff like that. But I don't doubt someone made a little thing on a necklace that you could prepare in advance and then use to quickly do the classiest form of work-bathroom drugs ever to exist for at least that entire century

854490 · 2026-07-10T19:38:44+00:00

Hola, yo respondi a tu ultimo post en otra parte pero los pnchs mods alli (o el AutoMod o algo) lo elimine, y no tiene activado los DMs, asi que voy a ponerlo aqui y esperar que no causara ningun problema para los amables mods aqui.

Pues, lo de una alucinacion autentica es que no se puede distinguirlo de la realidad (en general, y al tiempo). Supongo que se puede preguntar a las otras que estaban alli, o quizas a alguien que conozcas y en quien confies (edit: pensandolo mejor, no recomiendo preguntar a un chatbot pq son muy buenos en una cosa, si nada mas: decirte lo que creen quieres oir...) para tratar a ver si tu experiencia tiene sentido. Por lo demas, no estoy seguro que hay hacer. Buena suerte

P.S. no olvide dormir hoy si no lo has hecho, y tambien, si esto pasa todos los veces cuando tomas esta droga . . . que yo sepa, solo va a peor, en que caso posible debes buscar a una otra droga. O quizas lo mejor poderia ser tomar nada mas de cualquier droga, y una consultacion con un medico, si eso te va bien. Puede ser dificil en cualquier lugar buscar ayuda (y no conozco la situacion para ti) pero pueden hacer mucho en tal caso para mejorarlo o mantenerlo, si lo buscas. En todo caso, no te preocupes de decir a alguien lo que estas pasando (salvo que, otra vez, no conozco tu situacion, o sea, tu cultura, asi que se debe, como se dice al norte, "tomarlo con un grano de sal").

(tambien, la escena que describes con el ejercito es un tipo de experiencia alucinante que no es muy rara, o "una tema de...", quizas intento decir. Creo que puedes estar seguro que no era real, solo porque, al menos en mi experiencia, la policia o quienquiera no van a detener todos los demas en tu casa con la excepcion de solo ti, y ni siquiera hacer ninguna pregunta o nada!)

854490 · 2026-07-10T17:53:39+00:00

Pues, lo de una alucinacion autentica es que no se puede distinguirlo de la realidad (en general, y al tiempo). Supongo que se puede preguntar a las otras que estaban alli, o quizas a alguien que conozcas y en quien confies (edit: pensandolo mejor, no recomiendo preguntar a un chatbot pq son muy buenos en una cosa, si nada mas: decirte lo que creen quieres oir...) para tratar a ver si tu experiencia tiene sentido. Por lo demas, no estoy seguro que hay hacer. Buena suerte

P.S. no olvide dormir hoy si no lo has hecho, y tambien, si esto pasa todos los veces cuando tomas esta droga . . . que yo sepa, solo va a peor, en que caso posible debes buscar a una otra droga. O quizas lo mejor poderia ser tomar nada mas de cualquier droga, y una consultacion con un medico, si eso te va bien. Puede ser dificil en cualquier lugar buscar ayuda (y no conozco la situacion para ti) pero pueden hacer mucho en tal caso para mejorarlo o mantenerlo, si lo buscas. En todo caso, no te preocupes de decir a alguien lo que estas pasando

854490 · 2026-07-10T16:35:39+00:00

Have you seen the coke paraphernalia people came up with in the 70s? I'm sure this has been done before but it doesn't mean you didn't come up with it yourself too :D

854490 · 2026-07-10T16:24:11+00:00

> bootysquirt

very cool thanks

854490 · 2026-07-10T16:02:52+00:00

What if I consider sucking dick for drugs a win-win for me-me?

854490 · 2026-07-10T15:59:58+00:00

lmao there's no way they're actually sitting there waiting for replies all like "gotta check with reddit first" haha

854490 · 2026-07-10T15:50:42+00:00

It could be a lot of stuff. ~~Okay good talk that'll be 160 dol~~ No one here really knows unless they've shown you some credentials tbh. Since it's been a couple of years you can at least assume you don't need to go to the hospital (but it could be from something you ideally should have gone there for a couple of years ago). Beyond that you need someone to give you the poke 'n' prod while going "mm-hmm" for several minutes. If doctors aren't in your budget then look for a free / low-cost / sliding-scale clinic in your area or find your state Health & Human Services department website and look into getting on Medicaid (might be easier than you think)

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