OT: 114th Obsequious Banter Thread: One fortnight and counting

[gertbfrobe16]

Also this AFL might be more brutal that rugby

It's really good when they play in the rain.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

https://x.com/barstoolradio/status/1693696333905789254?s=46&t=zmCU1iUqdqBxmpu1T-nhdw

Frank the Tank & Mike Francesa in the same studio.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

That thing is f***ing crooked to boot

 

[DancingPanther]

Nice shirt. What a weirdo

 

[Danko]

Nevermind, Delete this, i posted in the wrong thread...or leave it, either way hello and goodbye

anyone wanna talk me into why..i should keep netflix

Did they finally stop sending you dvds?

 

[Lord Defect]

Nevermind, Delete this, i posted in the wrong thread...or leave it, either way hello and goodbye



Did they finally stop sending you dvds?

A guy at my work was still getting dvds. I think they just stopped the service

 

[ajgoal]

They're sending up to 10 free DVDs to subscribers off their queue when they finally close down.

 

[Lord Defect]

They're sending up to 10 free DVDs to subscribers off their queue when they finally close down.

Smart way to move unwanted inventory

 

[Beef Invictus]

When I was working at Blockbuster, they were not concerned at all with Netflix. Their share of the market was tiny, and got slashed hard when Blockbuster came up with their own DVD mailing service where you could exchange mailed discs in-store. I asked my district manager if he was concerned about their looming streaming service, and he scoffed that such a thing would work; the quality would be so terrible! So no, none of the higher-ups were concerned.

I probed further and it became clear he wasn't aware that cable internet was basically everywhere. He thought everyone had 56k still. This guy wasn't even old. Easy to see how Blockbuster was so far behind the ball.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Favorite things are "dinosaurs and Godzilla"

 

[DancingPanther]

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Favorite things are "dinosaurs and Godzilla"

I mean Godzilla is a Kaiju, not a dinosaur...yes?

 

[Embiid]

When I was working at Blockbuster, they were not concerned at all with Netflix. Their share of the market was tiny, and got slashed hard when Blockbuster came up with their own DVD mailing service where you could exchange mailed discs in-store. I asked my district manager if he was concerned about their looming streaming service, and he scoffed that such a thing would work; the quality would be so terrible! So no, none of the higher-ups were concerned.

I probed further and it became clear he wasn't aware that cable internet was basically everywhere. He thought everyone had 56k still. This guy wasn't even old. Easy to see how Blockbuster was so far behind the ball.

Was it Chuck Fletcher?

 

[Danko]

Chuck Fletcher gets regular fries at Arby's instead of curly.

 

[Chicken N Raffls]

When I was working at Blockbuster, they were not concerned at all with Netflix. Their share of the market was tiny, and got slashed hard when Blockbuster came up with their own DVD mailing service where you could exchange mailed discs in-store. I asked my district manager if he was concerned about their looming streaming service, and he scoffed that such a thing would work; the quality would be so terrible! So no, none of the higher-ups were concerned.

I probed further and it became clear he wasn't aware that cable internet was basically everywhere. He thought everyone had 56k still. This guy wasn't even old. Easy to see how Blockbuster was so far behind the ball.

The top execs felt the same way apparently since they turned down an offer to buy Netflix, including the proprietary streaming software. I believe the price was 30 million. Oops!

 

[trostol]

 

[trostol]

 

[trostol]

my favorite tv character

 

[Embiid]

my favorite tv character

Reminds of yesterday's picnic on Lemon Hill with an outdoor group I hike with etc. I was manning one of the grills and people were bringing me the veggie stuff like Beyond Meat sausages etc...

This girl said to not contaminate the veggie stuff on the grill with the meat stuff. I said not to worry and that the "normal" stuff was segregated. A bunch of militant vegetarians heard me and got mad lol. I mean I didn't think anything of it when I first said it ...lol. Felt like Larry David or Seinfeld ..

 

[ajgoal]

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/22/travel/wind-powered-cargo-ship-cargill-bartech-climate-c2e-spc-intl/index.html

 

[Embiid]

Got a motley crew of roofers installing a new flat roof....I swear they are gonna crash through my roof and kill me while I am teleworking...

 

[ajgoal]

Got a motley crew of roofers installing a new flat roof....I swear they are gonna crash through my roof and kill me while I am teleworking...

Put pants on and it won't be as awkward.

 

[Embiid]

Frugals.....sounds like they were very frugal with their health standards..

3 dead after drinking milkshakes tied to a listeria outbreak in Washington state

The State Health Department determined that milkshakes sold at a Frugals location in Tacoma led to six hospitalizations and three deaths.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Beef Invictus]

I mean Godzilla is a Kaiju, not a dinosaur...yes?

Sorta

 

[DancingPanther]

Today I get the joy of being something I hate. An annoying family member of a patient.

Proud Plat Snoop Dogg the Puppy has major nail clipping anxiety (he doesn't bite people or anything, just screams and flails) and we bring him to the vet to get it done every month and a half or so.

Snoopy takes trazodone and acepromazine to help. He has seen one of the vets at this practice since he was a potbelly puppy. However, we had worrisome poops about 6 months ago (ended up resolving with some antibiotics) and had to make an emergency vet appointment. We saw another vet who, before even discussing GI treatment/worms etc, realized he was too crazy to properly assess and told me to look into the Baskerville muzzle. I said well usually we take meds before vet visits but with the nature of this one, we obviously couldn't. So then she said well you could also feed him f***ing hemp infused food. I said I'm not here for his nerves, I'm here for diarrhea. She gave me flagyl and I left satisfied but annoyed.

Fast forward to our last nail trim. It's been probably 4-5 mail appointments since we met this vet who immediately told me to muzzle one of my dogs. She decides she's going to take it upon herself to increase BOTH doses of trazodone by almost dounle and acepromazine by TRIPLE. These are medications that you titrate to effectiveness, not triple the doses of. These meds already, at the "prior" doses, make him stumble and sleepy at home (obviously vet adrenaline kicks in when we get there).

So today I get to tell the nurses I didn't follow Dr. Muzzle's instructions, and instead titrated the meds as viewed appropriately by Dr. DancingPanther, PharmD, because if this happened in the hospital I'd page about it. She added a higher-than-starting dose of acepromazine, increased his other dose, and increased both doses of trazodone. I'm not going to watch my dog go into respiratory failure because of this cavalier doctor.

I also plan on telling them I'd like to discuss this therapy plan with Snoop's usual doctor who knows him well. We see her in a week and a half for routine wellness and shots for Brutus.

 

[Embiid]

What an idiot....

Missing millionaire 'spotted living with cannibal tribe' in unearthed footage

The disappearance of wealthy New Yorker Michael Rockefeller has been the subject of speculation for decades – but a new podcast has hit on a possible happy ending, as well as a grisly one

www.dailystar.co.uk