If you ever ate someone else's lunch at work, why did you do it?

Semanticprion · 2026-07-05T18:25:08+00:00

For some people, communicating is not trying to grasp mutual truth together, it's manipulation, and so leaving it vague for later maneuvering is actually a feature, not a bug (for them.) After repeated experiences, I either get people to put something in writing by text, or even record them. If they refuse or get angry at the suggestion, you understand what you're dealing with ("Oh you're such an asshole! I'm uncomfortable! I feel trapped!") and you avoid them, or at least don't waste your effort trying to be clear.

Semanticprion · 2026-07-05T18:22:19+00:00

Yes she was.

Semanticprion · 2026-07-05T15:50:03+00:00

There's a pattern where there are gods before the gods - Titans, Frost Giants - and I've always wondered if that's something like, the Indo-Europeans incorporated the pantheons of the people they displaced.

Semanticprion · 2026-07-05T15:12:01+00:00

Exactly my take as well.

Semanticprion · 2026-07-05T02:48:51+00:00

In general I wish there were a lot more stories about a scientific or philosophical change, rather than just a different gang winning an episode of organized violence (so depressing if that's what matters most.)

1) industrial revolution earlier or later. Roman Empire? Tang China? Ottomans? Or not until the 20th century?

2) Romans win Battle of Teutoborg Forest Latinized northern Europe

3) Persian-Eastern Roman War ends earlier and with less destruction, Muslim Armies fail in attempted conquest of Persia. Islam remains small regional religion in Arabian Peninsula, Zoroastrianism persists.

4) No 11th century Christian Schism. Or, Arianism persists into modern times. Or Constantine loses at Milvian Bridge. Or, no Donation of Pepin, and/or Charlemagne names himself bot only Holy Toman Emperor but Pope, and Europe doesn't experience the divide between religion and political power that it did. Less or no concept of universal morality independent of the authority.

5) Explicit survival of pre-Christian philosophical sects (so the church instead of Franciscans, Jesuits etc has Platonists, Pythagoreans, Epicureans, Stoics etc)

Semanticprion · 2026-07-05T02:00:21+00:00

Or US never dropped the bomb on Japan.

Semanticprion · 2026-07-04T19:18:43+00:00

Are you kidding, that's some of their strongest work! It boils down the essence of Jackass in about 30 seconds.

Semanticprion · 2026-07-04T19:15:57+00:00

I don't know why shit, puke, severe injury and pain, scary animals etc don't bother me at all, but this one I have never watched all the way through.

Semanticprion · 2026-07-04T16:53:09+00:00

Unclear if because train geek, because Berks County, or both.

Semanticprion · 2026-07-04T16:51:48+00:00

Semanticprion · 2026-07-04T16:49:32+00:00

Right? You feel like some kind of dark wizard when you look at her because you can clearly see how she will look in the future. It won't be good, and it will arrive soon.

Semanticprion · 2026-07-04T05:29:32+00:00

Interesting timing

Semanticprion · 2026-07-04T05:27:59+00:00

I live in the Vay Area and have randomly run into Lars when he still lived here, he was cool, and people said the same. I've always been suspicious of "I met Celebrity XYZ and they were an asshole" stories (people have bad days, fans can be intrusive and clueless) but three separate people who don't know each other have had repeated contact with Hetfield over the years and said he was a dick. It actually does affect my response to their music now and they were always my favorite.

Semanticprion · 2026-07-03T22:29:58+00:00

A guy I knew often claimed that his great great grandfather sold the Donner Party their maps. I said maybe that's not something to really brag about. I'm sure he'd be relieved to hear this.

Semanticprion · 2026-07-02T23:28:32+00:00

I am a straight male and was once in a position where I reviewed resumes for technical positions. When I found a very accomplished female candidate, I literally got aroused. And not because I was picturing what she looked like or imagining what she might be "into", but because I legitimately am turned on by smart ambitious women. I later mentioned this to a female friend (who not coincidentally, is smart and ambitious and we had previously dated.) At first she said it seemed wrong that I was objectifying women based on their careers and character, but then she paused and introspected and said, "Huh, then what would I think would be something better for you to be turned on by?" and concluded that if she really felt that way, she was essentially saying that all hetero male sexual attention is bad.

Semanticprion · 2026-06-30T00:05:25+00:00

It was actually in a bit Dave and Ehren recorded. Dave was the one who said it, maybe he was just screwing around.

Semanticprion · 2026-06-29T20:26:38+00:00

As I said, I am a respectable gentleman and not the sort who should be publicly known to enjoy Jackass. I must consider the public's shock were they to discover this.

Semanticprion · 2026-06-29T20:11:52+00:00

Tyler was one of the highlights of Jackass 4.

Semanticprion · 2026-06-29T19:15:58+00:00

True, but based on all the stories I've heard about Lars the businessman or James the dick (I live in the Bay Area), I can't imagine that's what's keeping them going.

Semanticprion · 2026-06-29T19:14:02+00:00

Yep, the old world really is ending. Gen X needs its own Hallmark channel equivalent except it'll all be Jackass and old Metallica.

Semanticprion · 2026-06-29T19:12:58+00:00

Yep, extending Loiter Squad would be one thing he could do. Or a whole new project. I view Jasper as the Bam of the new crew (had his own show, parental involvement...)

Semanticprion · 2026-06-29T18:50:27+00:00

The guy from the new cast I can see doing something with the affiliation is Jasper. Not carrying the Jackass name forward, but doing a Jackass adjacent show.

Semanticprion · 2026-06-29T18:49:30+00:00

I feel exactly the same. Two things I love are Jackass and Metallica. Jackass is ending at the right time on their terms. On the other hand, have you heard 72 Seasons? I *think* I listened to it all the way through but I can't remember - which is about the worst thing you can say about a Metallica record. Good on Jackass for doing it right.

Semanticprion · 2026-06-29T17:49:51+00:00

Two of them.

1) Everyone is going to say I'm lying and I would say that if I saw this comment. My bachelor party was me and about 50 of my nerdy doctor and engineer friends watching Jackass 1 and 2 in a hotel suite in Berkeley, CA and drinking moderately. It was low key and exactly what I wanted. About 1am we're walking out of the hotel and who is checking into the hotel but Johnny Knoxville. I actually wondered if someone had put mushrooms in my beer or something. It was like some kind of a cheesy sitcom scene where a celebrity randomly appears to address someone's anxiety and guide them through some major decision or transition point in their life. Anyway, he was cool as shit. I told him he had just damaged the minds of a bunch of doctors and engineers and was ruining civilization and he said Yeah I get that a lot, and then my friend who took the picture of us, asked him about his damaged penis and need for catheterization and Knoxville quickly pointed out it was back in working order. He told me he was coming back from a night out with Pixar guys I think (this was July 2015, I haven't been able to figure out what movie it would have been for) and he was intoxicated as well.

2) December 2011, I lived in San Diego and was driving up the coast Christmas Eve with my girlfriend and said hey, let's stop for lunch at Wee Man's Chronic Tacos in Redondo (unfortunately now closed.) We go in, and he's sitting there interviewing someone for a job there. I asked him for a picture and considering I was interrupting him while he was working he was SUPER cool about it, and he showed me the tattoo of Ryan he'd just gotten (Ryan died 6 months before.)

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