107th Obsequious Banter Thread: Ugly Sweaters Edition

[Beef Invictus]

I follow a twitter account that exclusively follows damn near any plane slightly close to being deemed important. Our military, everyone else’s military, a plane that was rented in 1992 by bull Clinton for a puddle jump. He takes his shit seriously.
It reminds me of model train people. Not the ones that have a set they put up at Christmas, the ones that have 14 sets and a miniature recreation of some magical town that happens to have a mountain with a tunnel through it and three different climates and the table it’s on is homemade because it’s 22’x18’ or something ridiculous.

Do you guys want to see all the dogs, cats, and wolves I printed so far?!
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Technology is nifty ain’t it?

Auto merge is in fact not nifty

Just say they're Cronenberg designed.


Not just model train people, but the model train people who have train smut and also go out and watch trains and track them by engine number and stuff like that.

 

[Flybynite]

I follow a twitter account that exclusively follows damn near any plane slightly close to being deemed important. Our military, everyone else’s military, a plane that was rented in 1992 by bull Clinton for a puddle jump. He takes his shit seriously.
It reminds me of model train people. Not the ones that have a set they put up at Christmas, the ones that have 14 sets and a miniature recreation of some magical town that happens to have a mountain with a tunnel through it and three different climates and the table it’s on is homemade because it’s 22’x18’ or something ridiculous.

Do you guys want to see all the dogs, cats, and wolves I printed so far?!
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Technology is nifty ain’t it?

Auto merge is in fact not nifty

 

[Lord Defect]

It’s a schooner

 

[Lord Defect]

Not only is letterman a a youth football coach legend, he’s , ok he’s a youth football coach legend.

 

[Lord Defect]

 

[PALE PWNR]

Elite back to back tweets

 

[DancingPanther]

"People who hate (American oligarch) Elon Musk are weird"

 

[JojoTheWhale]

THIS IS NOT POLITICAL IN ANY WAY. IF YOU DON'T ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THIS IS GOING.

As part of these horseshit "Twitter Files," it came to light that there was correspondence between the FBI and Twitter over a few accounts.

One of them was an Undertaker parody account where the gimmick was that he was always shitting his pants and blaming it on someone named Mr. Brown.

And this.

@Striiker Get back in here. My entire face is flushed from laughing.

 

[Striiker]

THIS IS NOT POLITICAL IN ANY WAY. IF YOU DON'T ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THIS IS GOING.

As part of these horseshit "Twitter Files," it came to light that there was correspondence between the FBI and Twitter over a few accounts.

One of them was an Undertaker parody account where the gimmick was that he was always shitting his pants and blaming it on someone named Mr. Brown.

And this.

@Striiker Get back in here. My entire face is flushed from laughing.

I’m trying to imagine FBI agents sitting down in a meeting room and going over Twitter accounts that are of concern, then showing examples like that and everyone has to sit there was a straight face and act serious.

 

[Striiker]

"People who hate (American oligarch) Elon Musk are weird"

Just so we’re all on the same page, since I assume this is directed at me, you do realize that I further clarified what I was saying in the next post right?

 

[Magua]

I’m trying to imagine FBI agents sitting down in a meeting room and going over Twitter accounts that are of concern, then showing examples like that and everyone has to sit there was a straight face and act serious.

“Sir, there’s a Twitter account that we belief is a clear and present danger to national security. They know too much. We feel that we need to terminate this account holder with extreme prejudice”.

“The account name?”

“@SeanBoswellDK.”

 

[Striiker]

“Sir, there’s a Twitter account that we belief is a clear and present danger to national security. They know too much. We feel that we need to terminate this account holder with extreme prejudice”.

“The account name?”

“@SeanBoswellDK.”

“Sean Boswell, huh? Ok, tell me about him. What does ‘DK’ stand for? Donkey Kong?”

“No, sir. Drift King.”

“‘Drift’? What do you mean ‘drift’?”

 

[BiggE]

I think I can comfortably say that I am the only one on this board to serve in the military, hold an elected position in local government(accidentally), and have a lordship bestowed apon myself, the government is in fact in place to help you. If only the government could get out of its own way the majority of the time it might be helpful or at least competent.

Considering the Pentagon once spent $600 per on toilet seats, yeah, I see your point.

We live in a simulation.

Top twenty funniest things I’ve ever read.

Is the cock meat sandwich not vegan enough for him?

 

[DancingPanther]

Just so we’re all on the same page, since I assume this is directed at me, you do realize that I further clarified what I was saying in the next post right?

It's not directed at you

 

[Striiker]

It's not directed at you

 

[BiggE]

I’m still sticking with Twitter is stupid.

People need to go outside more (says the guy typing on his phone while watching pro wrestling)

Also, I have to play an afternoon show tomorrow featuring Christmas songs since the venue is bringing in Santa for the little bastards. So, I’m thinking “Father Christmas”, and “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer” is a good start.

 

[Jack Straw]

I’m still sticking with Twitter is stupid.

People need to go outside more (says the guy typing on his phone while watching pro wrestling)

Also, I have to play an afternoon show tomorrow featuring Christmas songs since the venue is bringing in Santa for the little bastards. So, I’m thinking “Father Christmas”, and “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer” is a good start.

Fairytale of New York always brings home the feeling of the season for me.

 

[Beef Invictus]

@Appleyard Australia is pulling out a little violent bowling against South Africa

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

@SeanBoswellDK is a psyop.

 

[Magua]

People need to go outside more

Says Florida Man.

 

[Striiker]

I’m still sticking with Twitter is stupid.

People need to go outside more (says the guy typing on his phone while watching pro wrestling)

Also, I have to play an afternoon show tomorrow featuring Christmas songs since the venue is bringing in Santa for the little bastards. So, I’m thinking “Father Christmas”, and “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer” is a good start.

If you’re very selective about who you follow and don’t tweet, it’s not too bad.

It’s interacting with the animals in the zoo that’ll get you into trouble.

 

[ajgoal]

I’m still sticking with Twitter is stupid.

People need to go outside more (says the guy typing on his phone while watching pro wrestling)

Also, I have to play an afternoon show tomorrow featuring Christmas songs since the venue is bringing in Santa for the little bastards. So, I’m thinking “Father Christmas”, and “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer” is a good start.

The Whalers will permit the playing of "Oi to the World."

And if this isn't you by the end of the set, I am going to be very disappointed:

@SeanBoswellDK is a psyop.

As long as he's not the sysop.

 

[Striiker]

As long as he's not the sysop.

No, I asked and he confirmed that he has two eyes.

 

[Superman33]

Finally had two appointments with different specialist this week to develop a game plan for dealing with my Acoustic Neuroma brain tumor. Good news is since the brain tumor was (accidentally) found early, it is still small enough that they won't have to do the full brain surgery as there are other options that can definitely be done before that is necessary. Bad news is that I essentially have three options and I have about 4 months to decide, which might drive me crazy... er... crazier.

I'm holding a public vote on which option to take, so any feedback is appreciated. I feel like I'm trying to solve some weird math word problem and the more perspectives the better.

1. Gammaknife radiation surgery: they attach a device directly to your head for a few hours while you have an MRI to get the tumors exact location and then they attach you to a fancy machine which shoots gamma radiation directly at the tumor. This option should essentially kill the tumor and it'll just stay where it is. Based on the size and positioning, I'll lose the hearing in my right ear over the course of about 10 years. This option shouldn't impact my facial nerve, but my balance could get a little bit messed up. Not too much info on long range success, so I'd need to get periodic MRIs to make sure it doesn't come back to life. If it does, then I'd be moving to option 2 at that time unless there is some unpredictable medical advancement that is a better option.

I'm really excited about this option because I'm fairly certain if there is an actual way to get super powers it is by having a large amount of gamma radiation shot directly into your brain.

2. Wait and get regular MRIs to keep track of it. If it starts to grow into other areas and causing more symptoms or my hearing gets to the point where it is no longer functional in my right ear, then take it out via "through the ear" surgery where they literally go through your ear to get it out. This type of surgery 100% ruins the hearing in that ear immediately, but it doesn't impact anything else. Balance and facial nerve would be fine. Very short surgery recovery. Odds that the tumor grows again is essentially none, so you just get MRIs periodically to make sure.

The downside is you never really know when you'd hit this option, the time table is unknowable, and in the mean time there is a chance other symptoms could occur other than my current slight hearing issue. So essentially until you'd do the "through the ear" surgery, my hearing will definitely progressively get worse in my right ear and if you wait too long you could end up having balance issues and/or facial paralysis. Also, definitely no super powers.

3. Have them to do the "through the ear" surgery in like April 2023. I have another MRI in mid-March to try to get a handle on the growth rate, which is why I've got four months to think this through. This option essentially sacrifices the rest of what time I have left with hearing in my right ear to get rid of the tumor before anything else could be impacted. No super powers, but also no trying to time the surgery right to ensure there are no other impacts via frequent MRIs. Only periodic MRIs to make sure it doesn't grow back.

There are a bunch of pros and cons for each of the three options, but it is pretty much set in stone that at some point I will I lose hearing in my right ear*, so given the situation, it could hardly go better.

Between the two different doctors and talking through the three options already with some people today, I think I'm looking at 3>2>1. I started looking at the three options with the mindset of "You have a brain tumor and there is a price to pay for having that brain tumor. Like a sacrifice must be made, so what is the least bad sacrifice?" and I ended up with:

1 = At most 10 more years of hearing + possible permanent balance issue + periodic MRIs to see if it is coming back to life + possible additional actions if it does come back + possible super powers

2 = Regular MRIs to determine growth + gradual loss of hearing and immediate loss of hearing in right ear at time of surgery + possible balance issues/facial paralysis + anxiety about the situation until it is done + periodic MRIs to make sure it stays gone - possible super powers

3 = Immediate loss of hearing in right ear + periodic MRIs to make sure it stays gone - possible super powers

Personally I think option 3 only exists because I definitely need to be in control of things way too much. There are a lot of "possible" impacts in 1 and 2. #3 gives me control over what happens and when, but seems like a rash decision to make when option 1 could be the tumor goes away and you have about 10 more years of functional hearing (which would put me into my mid-late 40s) and option 2 is you could get 2, 3, 4, 10, 15, etc... more years of functional hearing before losing it. Technically, none of the "bad" stuff has to happen in those scenarios, but I feel like it comes down to trading off the immediate loss of hearing in my right ear to ensure none of the "bad" stuff can happen.

*All types of hearing loss are like gone, gone. The cochlear nerve is basically going to be destroyed so a hearing aid or cochlear implant won't help as there isn't anything left to receive stimulation.

 

[Jack Straw]

1. Gammaknife radiation surgery: they attach a device directly to your head for a few hours while you have an MRI to get the tumors exact location and then they attach you to a fancy machine which shoots gamma radiation directly at the tumor. This option should essentially kill the tumor and it'll just stay where it is. Based on the size and positioning, I'll lose the hearing in my right ear over the course of about 10 years. This option shouldn't impact my facial nerve, but my balance could get a little bit messed up. Not too much info on long range success, so I'd need to get periodic MRIs to make sure it doesn't come back to life. If it does, then I'd be moving to option 2 at that time unless there is some unpredictable medical advancement that is a better option.

I'm really excited about this option because I'm fairly certain if there is an actual way to get super powers it is by having a large amount of gamma radiation shot directly into your brain.

I didn't even read options 2 and 3. I mean, is there any other choice?