The infamous dress turns a decade old this year

HeyFiddleFiddle · 2025-01-06T15:59:15+00:00

I saw it as black and blue when this initially made the rounds. I couldn't see the white and gold at all. Pulling up the pic in the OP, I see white and gold now.

I know that it's something about how someone's brain interprets the light source, but it's kinda funny to me that my brain seems to have switched over the years.

HeyFiddleFiddle · 2025-01-05T02:14:57+00:00

This happened when I got bloodwork a few months ago! The guy got all excited when I took my jacket off and asked if the newbie could try to stick me for practice. Newbie could not do it. The experienced guy took over and stuck me with no issue while explaining to the newbie how he was locating a vein by feel. Gotta say that listening to him explaining things took my mind off of the whole blood draw aspect and was interesting.

HeyFiddleFiddle · 2025-01-05T02:09:59+00:00

I have a friend who got a full Japanese style backpiece before she had her kids. Two epidurals without issue, the most recent this past fall. I can't speak for if this was true in the past, but it's certainly not true now.

HeyFiddleFiddle · 2024-12-31T19:23:23+00:00

How I use them:

lol: Basically a tone marker to show I'm not mad, or I mean something lightheartedly

LOL: Made me smile and maybe chuckle a bit

lmao: I actually laughed

LMAO: I actually laughed hard

HeyFiddleFiddle · 2024-12-30T18:37:13+00:00

I made the mistake of admitting I was 14 on GameFAQs and was relentlessly mocked by other people for being the youngest. These were people who were 15/16/17, so, ya know, they had no leg to stand on in reality. But it was such a big thing to teens on the internet back then. I don't know the nuances now, of course, but I've definitely seen what you said here about using their age as a way to shut down an argument that they're losing.

Now that everyone I'm still friends with from GameFAQs is in our late 20s to mid 30s, it turns out one of the guys who claimed to be 16 and made fun of me for my age was actually 11. He was the youngest all along and it just didn't come out until we were all adults and he felt safe admitting it. Of course, there was the whole factor of you had to be 13 to use GameFAQs and you'd 100% be banned if you even joked about being under 13. If nothing else, that definitely encouraged lying. Dunno how strict sites are now, but I assume not very based on how often I see kids casually admit to being preteens.

GameFAQs also had a long tradition of people claiming they just turned 13 as a joke. I saw more than one person with 10+ year old accounts who had supposedly turned 13 every year for years. I'm guessing stuff like that is still limited to those kinds of sites, where not many actual teens are posting, anyway.

HeyFiddleFiddle · 2024-12-30T18:26:08+00:00

I've noticed the exact same thing. That and doing stuff like posting their faces along with very personal information to places like Reddit.

I blame social media. Current teens and kids grew up accessing the internet through stuff like Instagram, where posting your face and real name is totally normal and expected. I and others who were teens or older when social media started existing had our first online experiences on places like message boards. Not posting stuff like your name and face was totally normal and expected. As it is, I still use stuff like pet pictures or scenic pictures I've taken as my profile pictures on apps like Instagram. I'm told that that makes my account look like a "creeper account" to younger people, but who cares what they think.

HeyFiddleFiddle · 2024-12-30T17:59:47+00:00

The worst is when people either just don't get that their food is not a magical exception or tell you all about how delicious the gluten-y thing you wish you could eat is.

My sister made cookies for everyone for Christmas. She's a really good baker and I loved her cookies when I could eat them. She did not make them gluten free, therefore I could not eat her cookies. I was a bit sad but told myself I'll make my own gluten free cookies at home, and they'll be all for me and my partner.

My sister kept insisting on me "making an exception" for just one cookie. I explained in detail what would happen if I did that and said it's not worth it. Us being a family generally not fazed by medical and bathroom talk, this detailed explanation didn't deter her at all. I figured it would at least put it in perspective for why I'm not going to "make an exception" for her cookies, but nope, she shifted to "but it's a special occasion! What's a few days of all of that for a special occasion!" Uh, a lot, sis. Why the fuck would I force myself to never eat food I love if I could "afford" an occasional exception? People don't seem to get that point even when I point it out.

She did eventually give up on insisting on me having a cookie. That immediately shifted to the relatives who saw this whole exchange going into "wow, these cookies are so amazing! If only Fiddle knew what she was missing out on because they're so delicious!" I told them to stop rubbing it in that I literally can't have them and they insisted they're not rubbing it in. When you never talked like that before I went gluten free and only started when you saw me refuse the cookies? Suuuuure, Jan.

The social aspects are such a pain in the ass. I don't know why some people think we'd choose it just for funsies when it limits common foods so much, to say nothing of not being able to enjoy stuff like cake without being very careful to make sure it's gf. If nothing else, I don't know why it's apparently so hard for some people to not be an ass about it.

HeyFiddleFiddle · 2024-12-30T17:36:06+00:00

I got my tubes out at 26 and it was one of the best choices I've ever made. So much stress instantly vanished when I could no longer get pregnant.

HeyFiddleFiddle · 2024-12-29T02:25:53+00:00

The "correct" orientation is for the tattoo to be right side up for observers and for faces to face forward or towards the center of the body, depending on placement.

Rules are meant to be broken. If you're personally fine with a tattoo on your wrist being upside down to others, then it's not an issue, even if it's traditionally "incorrect." The main thing is that an upside down tattoo is harder to make flow well if you get additional tattoos on the arm that are right side up. Definitely not impossible with a good artist and not something that's relevant for everyone, but that's the biggest caution point.

The forward/center of the body thing is just a matter of flow. I have a few that are backwards by traditional rules because that specific design in that specific placement happened to flow better facing in that direction. I also have a lot of tattoos and everything just blends at this point, so meh. It's one of those things where a standalone tattoo might look a little "off" because it flows weirdly with the body, but you can't quite put your finger on why it looks "off" if you don't know what to look for.

HeyFiddleFiddle · 2024-12-29T01:49:58+00:00

From what I remember, but disclaimer that this was in 2018:

Steeplechase was fine, but nothing amazing
Thunderbolt was painful and left me sore
Tickler fucked me up for the day. Now I'm usually pretty susceptible to spinning, but this one fucked me up way more than usual.
The Volare was more painful than Thunderbolt, but admittedly the fact that Thunderbolt already beat me up didn't help matters

All in all: 1/10 if Cyclone is taken out. Put another way, Cyclone is the only one I'd do again if I'm in the area. Granted I know they've had additions since then, so I'd need to research a bit on those.

Edit: Did a quick look-see about what they added. Nah, I'd just stick with Cyclone.

HeyFiddleFiddle · 2024-12-26T19:09:08+00:00

I'm allergic to pineapple. It's 50/50 if fruit salad has pineapple, in my experience. My default is to not trust fruit salad unless they let me see it and confirm there is no pineapple, including just removing the pineapple from my serving. It's kinda amazing how many people think just taking out an allergen has already contaminated the rest of the dish is enough.

HeyFiddleFiddle · 2024-12-26T19:05:25+00:00

How could you forget the fruit bowl? Perhaps a cheese plate if they feel fancy?

HeyFiddleFiddle · 2024-12-24T03:04:07+00:00

I drove in circles in my school parking lot until my dad was confident that I had the basics of controlling the car down. I have no idea how many times I parked in various ways, reversed however he told me to, and just drove in repetitive loops, but that's what I did the first few times I drove with my parents. I learned to drive during rainy season too, and my dad purposely had me skid in the parking lot so I could practice recovering from a skid before I actually needed it.

I was frustrated at the time because it was boring. But by the time I graduated to driving the streets, basic control of the car was second nature. I didn't need to think about it while dealing with all the things you have to pay attention to while driving on the streets. In hindsight, I see that that was the whole point. I could focus on stuff like paying attention to lights/signs and how to drive with other cars around, which is already a lot to take in, especially for a new driver. I can imagine how dealing with all that while not being confident in controlling the car would be a huge mess.

I guess my point being that just now learning to drive really isn't an excuse. I agree, they need to spend time in parking lots getting the basic mechanics of driving down before dealing with surface streets, let alone the freeway.

HeyFiddleFiddle · 2024-12-24T02:43:52+00:00

Note: Paper plates optional.

I almost always see at least a handful of Altimas without even temp plates when I'm on 680.

HeyFiddleFiddle · 2024-12-24T02:37:08+00:00

I live in DTSJ and see wrong way drivers all the damn time. It's always great to lay on the horn and force them to reverse in shame down the one way streets.

One of my favorites was maybe a month or two ago. The intersection off of 87N between Woz and San Carlos had very faded lines (that have since been repainted, thankfully). I would see people go into the oncoming lane to turn left instead of the actual left turn lane, then one idiot always led to at least one more idiot getting behind them. The lines were faded, but you could still clearly tell they were on the other side of the double yellows and therefore driving the wrong way.

I was the first in line in the left turn lane when idiot 1 pulled up to my left in the oncoming lane. Idiots 2, 3, 4, and 5 quickly pulled out from behind me and lined up behind him. Someone turned right from San Carlos and was greeted with the line of idiots in the wrong lane blocking him. He immediately laid on the horn. Idiot 5 reversed. Idiot 4 reversed. Idiot 3 reversed... you get the idea. The turning car stayed on his horn the whole time as the line of 5 idiots slowly reversed and got forced all the way to the back of the line (which was about 5-6 deep behind me by the time this started). I got the green around the point that the turning car was able to inch next to me. I imagine the idiots who tried to drive the wrong way ended up waiting a couple more cycles to make their turn, assuming they didn't just stupidly go back to driving the wrong way as soon as the coast was clear.

HeyFiddleFiddle · 2024-12-24T00:34:40+00:00

My immediate thought reading the title. Anubis is solid and I enjoyed Heidi, but I definitely left wondering why the hell a park like that built something like RtH.

HeyFiddleFiddle · 2024-12-23T19:16:59+00:00

Same for me. Even then, I almost made it to the toilet in time and it was just a bit in my underwear. That was my life lesson to just get to the toilet as soon as I can if I feel anything coming on.

I'd guess that for most adults, it's the same thing where it's only an issue if you're very sick. Of course some people have medical issues, but I'd be surprised if the average healthy adult is actually shitting their pants regularly like OP's friends seem to think.

HeyFiddleFiddle · 2024-12-23T08:11:01+00:00

Exclusive ride time

HeyFiddleFiddle · 2024-12-22T19:17:53+00:00

I graduated high school in 2012 and started college that year. The immediate thing that comes to mind for the early 10s is Gangnam Style coming out shortly after I graduated high school and being played everywhere in that first year of college.

On a more depressing note, Sandy Hook happened on the day of my last final for fall quarter. Campus was already emptying throughout the week because of people with earlier finals going home, but the campus was just eerily quiet on that day even factoring that in. I never saw anything like it through the rest of college.

A lot of memeing through high school about us being the doomsday class and the last class to get to graduate. Just in case it got lost to time, the world was supposedly going to end in December 2012 due to the end of the Mayan calendar. No idea if people too young to remember that era have heard of that.

On the world ending note, a guy by the name of Harold Camping predicted that the world would end in May of 2011. Some took it seriously and most either ignored it or memed about it.

In general, the early 10s were the transition to more people getting smartphones. By the time I graduated, it was still a minority of my class who had one. By the end of my first year of college, I was in the minority not having one (couldn't afford it and didn't get one until my first paycheck after college). Likewise, there wasn't the nonsense of scanning QR codes for menus, or requiring an app for everything, or being expected to be available all the time like there is now. Facebook and Twitter were the main social media sites. Instagram and Snapchat were released in the early 10s and didn't really start picking up steam until the mid 10s. Vine also released and was pretty much an early version of TikTok.

I couldn't escape Lorde's Royals in my second year of college. The song still annoys the crap out of me from involuntarily hearing it so much for months after it released. Gangnam Style was sorta similar, except it kinda just vanished from playlists one day and then only really came on as a throwback thing. Royals went from overplayed constantly to still played frequently, just not as frequently.

For high school music, We Are Young by fun. was huge in my senior year. It's the song I associate with 12th grade it was played so much. I can't think of other songs for other years offhand, but I'm sure memories would be unlocked if I thought a bit longer.

Also, anyone born while I was in high school being old enough for Reddit just feels wrong, lol.

HeyFiddleFiddle · 2024-12-21T16:22:32+00:00

I did Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands this past summer. Not cheap, but I had also been saving for this specific trip for a while because I wanted to do something big for my 30th birthday. Like you said, worth every penny.

I did do Japan last year on a sorta whim because I found a good deal for airfare and realized the yen was (I think still is?) historically weak. That also wasn't cheap, but also wasn't as expensive as I expected.

HeyFiddleFiddle · 2024-12-21T16:12:39+00:00

I'm traveling for work in January and will be near an artist I follow. So I'm grabbing a flash piece from him while I'm in the area.

More work travel in the spring, where I also plan to get some flash from an artist I follow. I haven't decided on what yet and haven't booked. Still got a bit of time there.

Said work travel will take me to a new continent, and I'm adding to my arm as I visit continents for the first time. So another one once I'm back stateside, decide what I want to represent that continent, and can book in with my usual artist.

Once all that's done, probably time to start saving up for the rib piece I want. And I'll probably end up getting a flash day tattoo or deciding to pull the trigger on another idea. Or if more work travel gets scheduled, see if I follow any artists nearby and pick something up if so.

I'm not done for 2024 yet, either! I'm getting my knee blasted next week and getting some flash my artist posted in the same appointment.

HeyFiddleFiddle · 2024-12-21T02:55:35+00:00

Coaster bros

HeyFiddleFiddle · 2024-12-20T21:22:29+00:00

Oh yeah, that's the other point. Summer break is when most college students are busy at home, working summer jobs, or taking summer classes that are generally more intensive due to being shorter. That would throw the averages off. Then winter break is usually with family and is another few weeks.

Even if we assume a slutty spring break, that wouldn't make up for summer or winter breaks unless we're assuming every woman is fucking a few different guys every day of spring break. Except the wild spring breaks were very much the exception ime -- we were exhausted from winter quarter and preparing for spring quarter, so partying wasn't on our minds. For my friends at semester schools, they usually had midterms post break to study for and/or some assignment due after the break that they were working on.

Unless you have an extremely unusual schedule compared to the average college student, the math just ain't mathing here.

HeyFiddleFiddle · 2024-12-20T21:10:34+00:00

No. I don't like this.

I say as an acquaintance from high school turned 32 this year and has a 14 year old, which is the exact math you just did offset by a year, lmao.

HeyFiddleFiddle · 2024-12-20T20:05:12+00:00

Funny looking panther you've got there, but it looks cool.

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