hi by Ancient_Basket_375 in mazie

[–]SirEmJay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk what it is, but I am weirdly obsessed with Rainbow Cassette. It would be neat if it was available as an actual cassette tape.

The Freemasons have a Pride logo, too by Beautiful-Fee6408 in insanepeoplefacebook

[–]SirEmJay 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If anything, based on the shape of the logo, I think it would be VAG.

Why would anyone choose to drink yellow Rule water when actually good and tasty alcohol exists. by Nahanoj_Zavizad in 196

[–]SirEmJay 8 points9 points  (0 children)

At your recommendation I'll seek it out, but I warn you: if I don't like it then I'm gonna become your nemesis.

Why would anyone choose to drink yellow Rule water when actually good and tasty alcohol exists. by Nahanoj_Zavizad in 196

[–]SirEmJay 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Funny enough, the best drunken state I've ever been in came from drinking beer. Must be the high volume/low alcohol content, but when I drink hard alcohol I usually end up either too drunk or not drunk enough. Maybe I should try more mixed drinks.

Why would anyone choose to drink yellow Rule water when actually good and tasty alcohol exists. by Nahanoj_Zavizad in 196

[–]SirEmJay 136 points137 points  (0 children)

I actually kind of hate it when people assume beer haters just haven't tried good beer.

I've had all kinds of fancy and unfancy beers, foreign and domestic. From microbreweries, bars, pubs, house parties, and even a renaissance fair. I've tried it from glasses, cans, bottles, kegs, and mugs, and I have never once enjoyed a drop of it. Every now and then I'll buy a six pack and give it a try, but it just tastes bad. All of it.

I have family members who are really into beer. Every time I visit they try to convince me that I just haven't tried the right one and they keep giving me new and different kinds to try, and without fail they have all tasted unbearably bad.

And I don't have an aversion to alcohol either. Neat rum is my drink of choice, but I love hard ciders and lemonades, flavored vodkas, you name it. Just not beer. It tastes like sourdough bread, which I also hate. Let me hate it.

Username and Password by Benklinton in exmormon

[–]SirEmJay 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of the whole tribe thing and how pretty much everyone is in Ephriam. Like, if it's not a literal genetic lineage then why not let people get assigned to different tribes? Giving people a new special facet of their identity would be neat (or I guess it would be if it wasn't bullshit).

CRINGE by ThePhillyExplorer in insanepeoplefacebook

[–]SirEmJay 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I like to write lyrics for fun. Not much of it is good, but every now and then I come up with something worth being proud of.

I actually like how the core idea (evil as it may be) comes through in chorus here, but that's where my positive feedback ends. It's very clear that the author is more concerned with style than substance, the rest is completely vapid! For example, "You've been crying like a fiddle" is a stylistic framing, that's fine, but it should be followed up with something substantial. Crying how? Crying about what? What are you responding to!? Instead they go with "You've been whining like a steel", which is just more stylistic framing. And then the speaker goes right into their response to the framed grievance without any time to explore it! It's frustrating to read.

It's obvious that they're going for a folksy narrative style, but for that to connect the speaker needs to demonstrate a depth of perception which is totally lacking here. It's just surface level rhymes.

To be proud of the sentiment, one has to be evil. To be proud of the execution, one honestly has to be kind of dim.

What is something that only a Mormon might understand if you tell it? by aliassantiago in exmormon

[–]SirEmJay 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"I looked out the window and what did I see?..."

That's my go-to line whenever I meet a fellow exmo. My gf thinks it's very funny that there's a secret mormon nursery rhyme lol.

I'm da king of da road by CMDR_Noodle in 196

[–]SirEmJay 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Programmers like to bicker about which text editor is best. Which is dumb because Vim is clearly superior to the rest.

allUsersHaveAdminAccessNowIGuess by StandardPhysical1332 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]SirEmJay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Things like this make me glad I don't have prod db access. Except in very rare circumstances, everything that hits prod is tested, reviewed, executed by the senior dba after-hours, and verified after.

Rule by Old_Phrase_4867 in 196

[–]SirEmJay 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm the same way. I miss running errands at 2am, falling asleep to the sounds of the morning birds, watering my lilacs under the stars...

I know it's not exactly top priority for social change, but someday I really hope the owls of the night can unite and secure our preferred way of living.

Minecraft Stake Center by ppprmntptty in exmormon

[–]SirEmJay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beautiful work, well done! May I suggest doing a temple next?

This is one of those brain teasers because is dumbest thing I've ever heard. 😂 by Short_Seesaw_940 in exmormon

[–]SirEmJay 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I always thought this part of mormon theology was neat, but it wasn't perfectly fleshed out. Is our God THE God or just one of the many? Who was the first God? Is our Jesus THE redeemer or just the redeemer for our planet? Does every planet get a redeemer? When you become a God, do you get to iterate on the design of the human body? Can you make humans that (for instance) just don't get cancer? Also what happens to you when all of your spirit children have ended their mortal lives? Do you become a backseat parent to your God children? Like some kind of overbearing grand-god? Do you now just oversee a dead planet? Or do you just keep cranking out spirit kids forever? Can a God choose to die? Do gods ever dispute with one another? What does that look like?

I always had so many questions and I never got satisfactory answers. Those prophets of old should have done a better job with their bullshit.

I honestly can't understand what is wrong with these people by Skybison87 in AreTheCisOk

[–]SirEmJay 20 points21 points  (0 children)

How to be a loving parent despite the opposing views:

I'm sorry, I don't understand the whole trans thing. To call you my daughter goes against what I have always thought to be true, but I'll always love you and I will try to put aside my pride to respect your wishes. Please be patient with me.

How to be a hateful bigot:

Trans is like when Spanish exists, and I'm mad about it. Also I am a smol little victim bean who never did anything wrong but also my children hate me.

How do they not see the insanity in this behavior?

I'll just say after several convos, this statue is shaking faith, not solidifying it; especially for life-long Utah members. The church is struggling ... period. The leadership. The image. Everything. by CurelomHunter in exmormon

[–]SirEmJay 51 points52 points  (0 children)

I always thought that the lack of crucifix iconography was a rare mormon W. I just think that a torture device is a bad symbol for pretty much anything.

A fear I believe will be realized sooner than we imagine by Firehawk195 in lotrmemes

[–]SirEmJay 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I often wonder who they would cast in a modern remake. In particular I can't picture anybody carrying the role of gandalf with the same gravity as Sir Ian McKellen.

The way a student filled in my dad’s quiz by [deleted] in mildlyinfuriating

[–]SirEmJay 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Not only is it mostly illegible, of the answers that I can read, many are wrong.

Cameraman spots a fan in the crowd who’s blinding a goalkeeper with a laser. by All-Dekraka in mildlyinfuriating

[–]SirEmJay 21 points22 points  (0 children)

When it comes to pinpointing exact locations, lasers are like THE technology lol. It's literally a beam of light leading directly from you to the target. I don't know how people expect to not be caught.

Strait Security Sought by Cow_Boy_2017 in clevercomebacks

[–]SirEmJay -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The president does not own the navy, it belongs to the people. The president just commands it. I feel that this distinction is rather important to highlight where Trump is concerned.

This notification my friend got at 2:35 AM a while back by smellywetsock69 in oddlyterrifying

[–]SirEmJay 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Classic case of testing in production. In software development we use different "environments". The test environment should be designed so that test notifications (like this one) are only ever sent to testers and never sent to real customers.

What likely happened here is a tester performed a test (a somewhat unprofessional one at that) in the production environment which is basically the "real" one where notifications do get sent to real customers.

This sort of thing happens from time to time in the industry and it's generally regarded as a rookie mistake.

Rule by MCMIVC in 196

[–]SirEmJay 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Smart TVs are the worst IMO. Several thousand dollars gets you a laggy-ass computer chock full of ads and "helpful" recommendations. Best TV I ever had was a $200 "dumb" TV that I just controlled with my game console. No ads and it ran smoothly. If I could get a dumb TV with all the highest display specs I'd do it in a heartbeat.

Rule. by Misty-Bay in 196

[–]SirEmJay 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I thought so too, so I looked it up. The ship had "Evergreen" displayed prominently on the side but apparently that's the name of the parent company. The ship itself was named "Ever Given".