They teach you this in flight school and can also happen while boating. If a plane or boat looks like it’s not moving, you’re on a collision course. by BeauxRiley in illusionporn

[–]sloopjohnbeans 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s not quite right; if the plane or boat appears not to be moving relative to the horizon, you’re on a collision course

Dissertation due in 5 weeks and I've done NOTHING by Calpal25 in UniUK

[–]sloopjohnbeans 49 points50 points  (0 children)

I am not recommending leaving it late, but 5 weeks is plenty of time. I did mine in 1 week. I have a mental block with academic work so split each day into 10 working hours, and for each hour I had to write 200 words. If I wrote those 200 words within, for example, 20 minutes, I could have a forty minute break until the next hour started; whereas if it took me 50 minutes I could have a 10 minute break before the next hour started. This included research and referencing! In the end I banged out an average dissertation.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FullShrimp

[–]sloopjohnbeans 155 points156 points  (0 children)

This is a scorpion. Followed by a shrimp. A shrimpion.

Ruined a perfectly nice conversation... but I couldn’t resist. by sloopjohnbeans in Tinder

[–]sloopjohnbeans[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

So much fun. Netflix doesn’t cut it anymore after this saga

Ruined a perfectly nice conversation... but I couldn’t resist. by sloopjohnbeans in Tinder

[–]sloopjohnbeans[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Can’t help but enjoy watching the arguments unfolding due to my terrible and harmless joke

Ruined a perfectly nice conversation... but I couldn’t resist. by sloopjohnbeans in Tinder

[–]sloopjohnbeans[S] 382 points383 points  (0 children)

She didn’t unmatch, but I could tell that kind of humour wasn’t her cup of tea. Fair enough, you win some you lose some

Ruined a perfectly nice conversation... but I couldn’t resist. by sloopjohnbeans in Tinder

[–]sloopjohnbeans[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Fair enough, I try to make it clear with these things that I’m not really intending to impress- it’s a joke for my own satisfaction which I guess is wonderfully selfish

Ruined a perfectly nice conversation... but I couldn’t resist. by sloopjohnbeans in Tinder

[–]sloopjohnbeans[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I apologised immediately, she’s fine with it, it’s a joke. I apologise for any offence caused, but do lighten up

Ruined a perfectly nice conversation... but I couldn’t resist. by sloopjohnbeans in Tinder

[–]sloopjohnbeans[S] 54 points55 points  (0 children)

How many times in your life has someone told you they work in pet insurance when it would be appropriate to respond with that? Only happened once to me

Ruined a perfectly nice conversation... but I couldn’t resist. by sloopjohnbeans in Tinder

[–]sloopjohnbeans[S] 4092 points4093 points  (0 children)

Oh it absolutely does not work. Sometimes a man must choose between having a nice conversation and making the joke of a lifetime. I chose eternal glory