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In the old days the studio promo-guy would comp a gram of great coke for this type of press!

“Prepare to eat your words, every dude who got angry that the Ghostbusters franchise was being rebooted with an all female cast. Director Paul Feig just released the first trailer, and it looks every bit as amazing as you thought it would. There is so much to love here.They brought back Slimer! Kate McKinnon is totally in her element as the hilarious oddball! I’m a little upset that they made Leslie Jones a street-smart cliche while everyone else gets to be scientists! But they actually give women jobs like quantum physicist and engineer in this movie! Go ahead and watch the trailer again. I’ll wait.”

http://www.thefrisky.com/2016-03-03/the-trailer-for-ghostbusters-is-here-and-its-even-better-than-you-imagined/

“First feel fear, then get angry. Then go with your life into the fight.” - Bill Mollison

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darth_ender said:

Possessed said:

This is about day 15 of not drinking anything at all that isn’t alcoholic. All I’ve been drinking is screwdrivers in the morning, beer in the afternoon, bottled water that’s about 1/5 filled with vodka while at work, and whiskey and caffeine free coke at night. Other than a few sips of water here and there. I feel pretty good actually…

I’m very worried about you. This is a depressing and lethal path you are on. You truly need medical and psychiatric help. Not trying to be rude. I’m genuinely worried.

but in good news…
ENDER LIVES!!! : )

Ray’s Lounge
Biggs in ANH edit idea
ROTJ opening edit idea

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Well, it’s their own fault for not going for the reparative therapy when they had the chance.

*cue multiple BOOs over crass joke*

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I find it funny that people are defending this Ghostbusters remake as an “empowering” piece of media. They are the most stereotypical annoying, fake-tough woman characters I have ever seen. At least they are in the trailer, maybe the final product will be different but I doubt it.

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ray_afraid said:

darth_ender said:

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This is about day 15 of not drinking anything at all that isn’t alcoholic. All I’ve been drinking is screwdrivers in the morning, beer in the afternoon, bottled water that’s about 1/5 filled with vodka while at work, and whiskey and caffeine free coke at night. Other than a few sips of water here and there. I feel pretty good actually…

I’m very worried about you. This is a depressing and lethal path you are on. You truly need medical and psychiatric help. Not trying to be rude. I’m genuinely worried.

but in good news…
ENDER LIVES!!! : )

Thanks man. 😃 Hope all is well with you.

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Possessed said:

I’ve actually never felt better, lol. But I’m sure you’re right.

Alcohol has become your medication. You literally depend on it. If you were to try to quit on you’re own, you would start going into DTs, with profuse sweating, nausea, anxiety and cravings. You could have a seizure and possibly die. You need to quit but you need medical help to do so. Alcohol is a depressant and will contribute to bad moods and depression. You will always want to drink to avoid such feelings. Your liver is swelling and becoming cirrhotic. Please get help, both with the motivation to quit, like AA, and with the process.

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Eh, I never wanted to live a long time anyway. It’s not like it’s going to happen in the near time. I probably could live 5-10 more years like this without any problems, and by then I’ll have accomplished everything I wanted to do.

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Or you could get help and live a life devoted to improving others’ lives, find love, have children, and really live a life you’d be proud to look back on, with greater accomplishments than you now think possible. Please, this is important, more than your career. Get some help. I believe in what I do and I believe others in my field can help you.

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I do try to help people as much as I can. Not with substance abuse obviously. Since nobody here knows me in person it’s hard to convey. I’m known as being pretty ornery ( as you could probably guess). But my friends and coworkers also know that if somebody is upset or crying I will be the first person to run over and hug them or put my arm around them and tell them it’s going to be okay. As management I’m technically not supposed to do but it’s just my nature and I’m really well liked at work and nobody’s going to report me for trying to make a coworker that’s in tears feel better. You’d be amazed how shifty rude ass crack addicted piece of shit customers will treat a barely 18 year old cashier over things they have no control over. Maybe it’s just this town, but God people get so snaughty with them sometimes over the stupidest shit and I try not to put up with it. (Honestly I firmly believe the whole “management needs to be above and distant” to be corporate bullshit. If your employees feel like you care about them then they will work harder for you. And it shows, when I’m there everybody’s happy and everything gets done.) but it’s honestly as much for me as them, comforting others is all that makes me feel human. (Not t that I’m glad when people get upset or anything.)

We should probably not clutter this thread with this anymore, it’s supposed to be a fun thread. I accept the full blame for it though.

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I’ve had this weird sudden craving for popcorn since last night. Haven’t had any in years. (I can’t stand the smell of what they use for butter at theaters these days.) I bought a jar of popping corn, and I wasn’t even sure if I still had my old air popper, or if it still works. Clearly I’ve been subjected to subliminal ads of some sort.

Where were you in '77?

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Well don’t leave us hanging man. Did you or didn’t you have your old air popper and if so did it work? What the faq.

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I found it. It needed a good cleaning. Trying it out tomorrow.

Where were you in '77?

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Seriously? The thing spat out about half the kernels unpopped, (many missed the bowl completely) some exploded like tiny warheads all over my kitchen. One kernel was hot enough that it was stuck to a plastic bag it landed on. Took a while to clean up the mess. Definitely need to find a better model.

I did get a good laugh out of the whole disaster though.

Where were you in '77?