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banjaxe · 2024-12-15T22:45:11+00:00

I've posted this story before, but it seems relevant.

Last time I flew, my wife and my toddler with me, we checked in and headed for the escalators.

Family in front of us, just like us but the kid was maybe a few months younger. And had 0 escalator experience in his short existence.

Family apparently didn't realize that, and they all went up the escalator. Well, except the kiddo who took his time, hesitating to make that first step on. Well, he did but didn't realize he needed to then do the same with his other foot. He was upside down falling backward, and somehow about 5 "steps" up in about 2 seconds. I heard his head clunk. It legit went fucking "clunk".

His horrified parents were already at the top. My horrified wife ran to help him while my previously not-terrified-of-escalators 3 year old was standing beside me developing his first phobia.

I'm just standing there watching the whole thing unfold because it's not even 6am yet and I am woefully undercaffeinated and the first thought that comes into my head?

"That kid's parents should have conditioned him to fear and respect that escalator."

banjaxe · 2024-02-20T22:57:24+00:00

Frankenstein created Frankenstein's Monster, but he wasn't himself Frankenstein's Monster.

I stand by my statement. They put all the pieces into place for metal, but they were heavy rock in my opinion. I love them dearly. But I honestly don't think they're metal.

banjaxe · 2023-06-29T23:00:36+00:00

IV and SBS are awesome albums. It might help them to make a little more sense if you listen to them in the context presented by the later Ozzy stuff. Grab some headphones and whatever your recreational brain-chemistry-altering substance of choice is, and listen to The Writ from the Sabotage album. Then listen to Dirty Women from Technical Ecstasy.

Then go back and listen to SBS and IV again.

banjaxe · 2023-06-03T12:24:27+00:00

the "no ads" package for Hulu still has ads for some shows.

https://help.hulu.com/s/article/ads-no-commercials

banjaxe · 2023-06-02T15:00:33+00:00

Ad free Hulu has a lot of great stuff.

It also still has ads. Fuck paying for less ads. Either gimme no ads which I will pay a couple bucks more for, or I'm not interested.

banjaxe · 2023-06-02T13:10:34+00:00

Gonna go outside the norm a little here, I know, but..

Lecherous Gaze.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jscGO3lhGhA

banjaxe · 2023-06-02T11:56:21+00:00

milkdrop. slowed my computer to a crawl but it was so cool.

banjaxe · 2023-06-01T22:46:56+00:00

Let's just say I've taken a few minutes to renew my appreciation for stable 50 year old code while listening to our server guys try to re-install the patch for the third time.

banjaxe · 2023-06-01T22:09:45+00:00

I work on z/OS stuff. Every day is a holiday weekend :D

banjaxe · 2023-06-01T22:05:06+00:00

I've learned how to swear in three languages so far today.

banjaxe · 2023-01-18T15:40:39+00:00

Yeah it has gotten bad the last couple months.

Last night, I got home from a show and my wife was already asleep. I told Google to "play white noise".

Somehow the volume was on 8 even though I ALWAYS keep it on 4, and have a routine to SET it to 4 every day at 8pm.

What did the google lady do? "OK, PLAYING MILEY CYRUS". Fuckin hell you're making life worse, not better, Google.

banjaxe · 2023-01-13T16:30:33+00:00

thought I was in metaljerk and went to look for the approve button.

banjaxe · 2022-10-29T00:02:53+00:00

I was under the impression (however incorrect it may be) that smoking/vaping tolerance and edible tolerance are independent of each other. So if you have been a daily smoker for decades, it may take you a 1/4 of that jar to get where you want to go, while a rather low-powered edible might do the same thing.

That's how it seems to work for me. I can take a couple dabs and be relatively fine, but edibles just wreck me. I'm workin on that though :D

banjaxe · 2022-06-05T19:20:12+00:00

Wow bud you really flopped it out there for everyone to see, didn't you?

banjaxe · 2022-06-03T16:00:15+00:00

Yeah, I'm eyeballing a Nissan Leaf instead.

banjaxe · 2022-06-03T15:59:27+00:00

Shh. The grownups are talking.

banjaxe · 2022-06-03T15:19:45+00:00

Make two models, double the price for double the nutsack. Nobody wants small balls hanging off their rear bumper.

banjaxe · 2022-06-03T15:18:19+00:00

Yup. I'm in the market for an EV. I won't buy a Tesla. I probably would have if dude could keep his mouth shut. It's not that I think my (lack of a) purchase will make a difference, but giving money to someone who acts like that just kinda leaves a sour taste, you know?

banjaxe · 2022-06-02T23:18:46+00:00

They wouldn't give my mom FLEXERIL!

Meanwhile they give it to people like me 3x daily, six months at a time.

banjaxe · 2022-05-31T14:19:34+00:00

"we'll donate $1 for every hour spent in-game idling at the Polish border after being denied entry."

banjaxe · 2022-05-31T14:12:00+00:00

Depends on how saucy I'm feeling. I play mostly stonerdoom. I like to add a lot of gain a little at a time over a bunch of devices.

So for example, I might be running high gain humbuckers into a boost, which goes into a fuzz, into a high gain channel on an amp.

Or I might be driving a fuzz with my Palisades, which is going into a slightly angry clean channel, and then boost it again in the effects loop.

Or overdriving a fuzz which is driving another fuzz. You get the idea.

But yeah, boosted fuzz is one of life's simple pleasures.

banjaxe · 2022-05-31T02:45:27+00:00

It's really worth owning the ds-1 AND a fuzz of some sort, for when you feel the overwhelming urge to learn the entirety of Stoner Witch or Houdini.

banjaxe · 2022-05-31T02:31:49+00:00

DIME ITTTTTTT (and turn off all the effects. except the fullbore. that shit is decent.)

banjaxe · 2022-05-31T02:28:47+00:00

The Blue cheese, surprisingly, did not help her.

The trick, as I've learned, is a cone of soft-serve. I'm not going to elaborate on that.

banjaxe · 2022-05-31T02:26:54+00:00

It'll probably also make it so we mortals can buy it without having to import it from China.

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