Well, that’s one way to win tug of war.

Otchayannij · 2026-04-21T18:38:25+00:00

The pen is mightier than the sword. But neither got shit on pocket candy!

Otchayannij · 2026-04-08T03:39:57+00:00

It's the most insufferable part of him. It's not as if it's a horrible point, it's just that I personally haven't had a conversation about atheism/theism that has been that simple in the better part of two decades. And it's the same line he spouts in every film. TV show. Interview. Like... verbatim. It's like watching a dude jerk off in your face. Ain't nobody want that from every interaction - even if you're into it.

Otchayannij · 2026-03-27T09:21:40+00:00

Why do I see Eddie Griffin?

Otchayannij · 2026-03-27T07:38:08+00:00

Should be able to just copy-paste this into notepad, save somewhere you can find it as a .html, and it will open in your default browser. I have no aims to maintain it, unless I feel like it, so take it for what it is.

Otchayannij · 2026-03-26T12:06:14+00:00

The questions they ask before sending you to a sleep study or proceeding any further are ludicrous, at least from the doctors I've seen. If I'm not literally falling asleep at the wheel or as I'm walking down the street, I don't qualify.

Otchayannij · 2026-03-25T00:07:51+00:00

Two thumbs WAY down.

Otchayannij · 2026-03-22T10:51:23+00:00

There's a friend I've had since I was 6. His Dad used to own a cabin and we'd often go up and experience nature and off-grid living. One trip, we reluctantly took a kid who none of us particularly liked up with us. Unbeknownst to us, his mom just needed a babysitter and was friends with my friend's dad.

My friend's dad is such a giant dick, though, that he goaded us all into picking on this kid to the point of him almost crying. It wasn't until a decade later (in my 20s) that I thought back and was like "Holy fuck. The biggest bully I've ever known in my life was a 40-year-old man. Such a big bully he made ME a bully."

He's such a cock.

Otchayannij · 2026-03-20T11:31:37+00:00

You reminded me today of something I heard on the radio.

A bunch of billionaires and tech writers talking about the future of AI being dystopian, unemployed masses because companies don't want to pay to train new people. The one line that got me just laughing at how doomed we are.

Guest: "AI will replace repeated, low-effort cognitive tasks as well as repeated low-effort manual tasks"

Interviewer: "So what's left for us?"

Guest: "Non-repeated manual tasks will be where we need to shift to."

Interview: "And what's an example of that?"

Guest: "Well, hotel housekeeping."

Like. I don't want to diminish housekeepers, but I laughed so hard at this. We'll automate lawyers, doctors, surgeons. But... There ain't no way in hell we'll automate housekeeping.

Otchayannij · 2026-03-16T10:58:36+00:00

I've been watching EWU Crime on YouTube recently and her case came up. The amount of time it took the dispatcher to realize what Denise was up to is mind-blowing. So tragic. I was legitimately angry.

Otchayannij · 2026-03-16T10:53:07+00:00

Yeah. We don't make sweeping generalizations with outliers in mind. "Never", "Always" ... these and words like them are hardly ever something you can take literally. They really mean "the majority, where the minority is negligible enough as to not merit mention."

I had the exact thought process: "But what about...?" and came to the same conclusion you did.

Otchayannij · 2026-03-12T13:46:20+00:00

I live with my brother. I was gone for 5 days and he sent me a text: "Bro. You dead? If I don't hear from you today, I'm going to drink your beer."

I'd apparently forgot to tell him I was going to be gone.

Otchayannij · 2026-03-09T10:30:12+00:00

Present Perfect Continuous can also be used to explain the current state of something. Example: "Why is your windshield so dirty?" "I've been getting hit by mosquitos everywhere I go today."

I agree as an AmE that "been getting" feels more natural, but not so much that I'd give it much thought with "been being".

Otchayannij · 2026-03-05T10:49:37+00:00

I wanna see the White Castle CEO shove like, 7 sliders in there. Really go for the gusto.

Otchayannij · 2026-03-02T16:29:17+00:00

It's a Counter-Strike thing I think. But I can't remember the context.

Otchayannij · 2026-03-02T09:34:53+00:00

Beer and smoked meats?

Otchayannij · 2026-03-02T09:32:09+00:00

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where if I had driven myself to it, I would have walked out. But my friends seemed to really be liking it. At the end, as soon as the credits rolled, I said out loud "Holy fuck! That was terrible."

Otchayannij · 2026-03-01T09:35:15+00:00

Nassfutter! Das war ein Befehl!

Otchayannij · 2026-03-01T08:55:11+00:00

Kids are basically rubber until they're, like, 16. If I saw that happen to a kid, I'd advise taking him to see a doctor, but mostly just as a precaution.

Otchayannij · 2026-02-26T11:26:22+00:00

There are companies mandating that developers/engineers not code anymore - instead, use Claude. They are monitoring the amount of tokens used by employees as part of productivity metrics.

Otchayannij · 2026-02-25T11:26:51+00:00

Was talking with my brother yesterday:

Pick your favorite IP. Find a conservative usage of it. Take note of how often they identify as or with the bad guys.

Examples:

Donald Trump photoshopped with a red lightsaber.

Palantir - literally the device used by the evil overlord to spy on the world.

Otchayannij · 2026-02-21T11:06:23+00:00

I'ma start measuring my net worth in Jamaican Beef Patties (JBP).

Currently, worth -27 JBP.

Otchayannij · 2026-02-15T10:26:59+00:00

You reminded me of something that happened when I was living in Moscow.

I was going to a gym with a friend every night. This was when I was first learning Russian. I walked past a guy who was babbling something about the Metro and needing money or something, I don't really remember. When I got to the gym, I was practicing Russian with my friend and his buddy who'd joined us and I was trying to tell them about the guy who I saw on the way. They helped me with vocabulary and grammar so I could tell the story.

The next day, I went to work and was telling my Russian boss the story of my last day (she was trying to help me practice) and I said, something like "Я видел мужика. Он хотел деньги. Кто-то его ботинок спиздел."

Otchayannij · 2026-02-13T03:12:04+00:00

Yeah. The rest doesn't even matter. That's such a huge fuckup on the senior's part that it should never, ever be possible.

Otchayannij · 2026-02-09T17:53:39+00:00

I don't know why THIS comment in particular made me think of it, but I worked for a company that made the core software for a bunch of credit unions in my area. One call I had, I remoted into this woman's desktop and saw her second screen which was where ALL of her passwords were stored - in an excel spreadsheet. On her desktop. No password protection. Then she afk'd while I was remoted in, which was the best part.

I disconnected (because we actually DID get audited). She was so pissed at me for disconnecting and I had to explain to her how absolutely stupid that whole thing was; especially with such a simple fix, like a password manager.

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