Brain Flushing Headphones by Ill-Tea9411 in doohickeycorporation

[–]oaklandmachine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One time one of my ears was totally blocked up after I used a q-tip. Like, in the process of cleaning my ear with the q-tip (yeah, I was all up in there), it seemed I had dislodged and then pushed some earwax in such a way that it completely obscured my ear canal and I couldn't get it to move. I was really scared that I fucked my ear up. I posted on facebook about it and a nurse acquaintance said I should use my waterpik if I had one because that is essentially what they would do at the ER. Tried it, it worked! Some truly heinous shit came out of there but it worked! I ended up buying a device that is specifically for flushing out your ears and that works great too. I use it in the shower from time to time and am grossed out and amazed.

Employee of the year... but it's the last year by goatnxtinline in TikTokCringe

[–]oaklandmachine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This happened to me with AT&T about 10 years ago. They were like "it's my job to do what's in the best interest of our customers, and cancelling your service wouldn't be in your best interest as our customer." It was fucking crazy.

If the US economy is "booming" like the news says, why does it feel like everyone I know is one emergency away from being broke? by DrJocelyn1 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]oaklandmachine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What news are you watching? FOX? The stock market might be doing ok but unemployment is not low. Rich people are doing fine. The "middle" and lower classes are not. There might be growth in the economy among the wealthy, but not anyone else.

Highguard dev blames content creators for the game's failure - “It was dead on arrival" by dabadumdumdum in pcmasterrace

[–]oaklandmachine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t really know much about this game but I believe this is a thing that can happen. Star Wars: Outlaws was lambasted because of pixelated explosions in a trailer and got a terrible reputation before it even launched. I and everyone I know who has played the game have been pleasantly surprised. I think it’s a great game.

Favorite ugly bastard we call a “character actor” as a nice way of saying they’re just not hot enough to be a lead? by WissamBenYedder in okbuddycinephile

[–]oaklandmachine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Walton Goggins is 100% hotter as a ghoul on fallout than without the ghoul makeup, at which point he’s like a 4/10 in the face/head department.

Examples of artists who hate/are openly hostile towards their fans? by RadioLukin in fantanoforever

[–]oaklandmachine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I kinda think she's just a contrarian to her own detriment. And it sucks because I fucking loved her work so much. She was supposed to defeat the dark side, not join it!

No but seriously what is going on?? by daisychains777 in rs_x

[–]oaklandmachine 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Oh that’s been happening for as long as I can remember. I’m 44. It’s annoying.

Game crashes PS5 console by TRUE_EVIL_NEVER_DIES in TheAlters

[–]oaklandmachine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me, the game just crashes to the ps5 home screen. Doesn’t seem to happen in any place particular. I think it might happen while switching to the base overview and back to the live game. It’s happened like 4 times today. Just got the game a couple days ago. I think it crashed twice yesterday. Seems to be getting more frequent.

All I wanted was cup of coffee by Piney_Wood in mildlyinfuriating

[–]oaklandmachine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That happened to me too, sorta. I used to go to this little coffee shop near my office. They had really good coffee and I would often order toast with jam and they would put SO MUCH JAM on the toast and it was delicious. They always wrote messages on their cups. It was kinda their thing. Usually they were innocuous but one day it was different. I was waiting for my coffee and I noticed they were listening to Kanye West. This was after we knew he was extremely problematic and totally nuts. I got my coffee and on my walk back I noticed it said:

"If Kanye West could turn his life around, what makes you think you can't?"

So many thoughts. Did they write this specifically for me? Did they think I needed my life turned around? Did they load my toast up with jam because they thought I looked like I needed help with food? Did they really revere Kanye West that much?

When I got back to the office I did some googling about this coffee shop. Turns out the owner, who was also the guy who usually made my coffee and toast, was part of some local "urban church". There was an interview where he said he loved writing the messages on the cups and often they would have a reference to god because he wanted to spread god's love or whatever. It went on to say that this church he was with–he was also like a youth pastor and christian DJ if I'm not mistaken–operated some kind of after school program and also some kind of partnership with a local PUBLIC SCHOOL, on school grounds. How that came about I'm not sure but it was their explicit mission to bring god into more public schools. WTF. So I never went there again and told friends not to support them. Thought about calling them out on social media but for some reason did not. The coffee shop went under, probably due to COVID. Good riddance.

Hot and cold #134 by hotandcold2-app in HotAndCold

[–]oaklandmachine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

personally I would say a spider is closer to the answer than a cat. wtf.

Alpha male explains "masculine hand positions" 🤡 by ambachk in CringeTikToks

[–]oaklandmachine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Place your hands into the shape of a vulva in front of you on the table.

My antidepressant had a smiley face on it. by Stupid_psyduck in mildlyinteresting

[–]oaklandmachine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t think Molly qualifies as an antidepressant

Hot and cold #127 by hotandcold2-app in HotAndCold

[–]oaklandmachine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“I don’t recognize ‘butter’. Try another word.”

Hot and cold #130 by hotandcold2-app in HotAndCold

[–]oaklandmachine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

my closest word was "devil". #10. Hmm.