OT: 117th Obsequious Banter Thread: National Cookie Day is celebrated in December

[Danko]

If you think about it, we pretty much already are almost cyborg. Cell Phones, wearable fitness trackers, people are basically doing this already but just not surgically implanted.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

If you think about it, we pretty much already are almost cyborg. Cell Phones, wearable fitness trackers, people are basically doing this already but just not surgically implanted.

Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech

The "gripping" (New Yorker) and "eye-opening" (New Scientist) true story of the first time machines came for human jobs—and how the Luddite uprising explains the power, threat, and toll of big tech and AI today A New Yorker Best Book of 2023 • Longlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of...

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I happened to finish this up today. Fantastic read. Not uplifting, but somehow gave me a bit of hope

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

 

[PALE PWNR]

Someone asked me today if I bleach my eyebrows. I had no idea that that's apparently a recent fashion thing. I'm just really really pale with blonde hair and for whatever reason my eyebrows are even lighter than my hair on my head.

 

[trostol]

Someone asked me today if I bleach my eyebrows. I had no idea that that's apparently a recent fashion thing. I'm just really really pale with blonde hair and for whatever reason my eyebrows are even lighter than my hair on my head.

So what I get from this is..yes..yes you do lol

 

[DancingPanther]

Snoop has had GI issues for the last 3 weeks. He first had 2 days of watery poops, then we started mixing some rice into his food, which improved it to like...soft serve ice cream consistency. But he regressed back to water after that for another few days. Then it subsided for a day, back to normal. The next day, soft serve again, then watery the day after that. So we started a true bland diet- chicken and rice. Back to normal. That brings us to yesterday where we were weening his normal food back in. No poops yesterday, and just now Girl texted me...back to watery.

He's playing, wanting to play, eating, drinking, peeing, monitoring the neighbors from the couch as they're walking by...all normal. I listened to his bowel sounds and they're normal. You can squeeze and push on his abdomen and he's not in pain. We've had 2 nights where we both worked and came home to multiple spots on the floor. This is f***ing annoying. Of course we had a vet appointment scheduled yesterday but got a normal poop so we canceled. Classic. We have made no food changes and he takes monthly worm meds

Gut microbe food and a dewormer from the vet to take today. Girl works tonight so I called out to keep an eye on him in case it gets worse or he just needs to go out a time or 2. Otherwise he's alone for 12 hours. f*** em I'm playing the God of War DLC then

 

[Magua]

Someone asked me today if I bleach my eyebrows. I had no idea that that's apparently a recent fashion thing. I'm just really really pale with blonde hair and for whatever reason my eyebrows are even lighter than my hair on my head.

Ok, but do you bleach anything else?

 

[Kermit the Prog]

Someone asked me today if I bleach my eyebrows. I had no idea that that's apparently a recent fashion thing. I'm just really really pale with blonde hair and for whatever reason my eyebrows are even lighter than my hair on my

Ok, but do you bleach anything else?

(Slowly lowers newly unwrapped Hershey's Kiss into the trash)

 

[Superman33]

Someone asked me today if I bleach my eyebrows. I had no idea that that's apparently a recent fashion thing. I'm just really really pale with blonde hair and for whatever reason my eyebrows are even lighter than my hair on my head.

I get asked this often. My hair lightens up quite a bit in the sun, but my eyebrows turn blonde while the rest stays more than a few shades darker.

 

[DancingPanther]

Gut microbe food and a dewormer from the vet to take today. Girl works tonight so I called out to keep an eye on him in case it gets worse or he just needs to go out a time or 2. Otherwise he's alone for 12 hours. f*** em I'm playing the God of War DLC then

Oh and also watching the SS vid @JojoTheWhale

 

[Kermit the Prog]

I get asked this often. My hair lightens up quite a bit in the sun, but my eyebrows turn blonde while the rest stays more than a few shades darker.

I... I thought Superman had dark hair...

Childhood ruined.

 

[Embiid]

Eugene Levy has to have the darkest eyebrows...looks like a nose, eyebrow and glasses prop

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Oh and also watching the SS vid @JojoTheWhale

I have a poker game tonight and dinner tomorrow, so I won’t get to that or RLM for a day or two. My nerd cred is waning.

Hope Snoop feels better.

 

[DancingPanther]

I have a poker game tonight and dinner tomorrow, so I won’t get to that or RLM for a day or two. My nerd cred is waning.

Who do you even think you are?

My friends and I are trying to think what game it'll be. 2 hours is insane. I say Halo.

One of my buds thinks carpetless but I think he's going to let the dust settle on that first. Wait for some records to be lowered

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Who do you even think you are?

My friends and I are trying to think what game it'll be. 2 hours is insane. I say Halo.

One of my buds thinks carpetless but I think he's going to let the dust settle on that first. Wait for some records to be lowered

My guess every time is a proper remake of 120 Star. And every time I’m wrong.

 

[DancingPanther]

My guess every time is a proper remake of 120 Star. And every time I’m wrong.

That's not a bad guess especially for a 2 hr vid

 

[Superman33]

I... I thought Superman had dark hair...

Childhood ruined.

I'm a reluctant Superman.

And everyone knows the sun doesn't make Superman's hair lighter, it makes him stronger.

 

[Amorgus]

So I was getting caught up on Always Sunny and got the the 2020 Year in Review episode, which was a masterpiece. The thing that really got me was when they were asking questions of voters to make sure they were real Philadelphians. They led with "Why do we hate Chris Chelios?" and I was like "I think I know this!!! The Brian Propp hit!" That was one of my earliest hockey memories because it was the grizzliest thing I'd even seen on live TV at that point.

 

[DancingPanther]

HFboards, I have never cared about the survivor pool and never will. Why am I closing that dialogue box every 8 hours?

 

[Chinatown88]

I have a poker game tonight and dinner tomorrow, so I won’t get to that or RLM for a day or two. My nerd cred is waning.

Hope Snoop feels better.

Hold'Em?

My 2003 World Series of Poker memories are tingling. That got me addicted to watching poker.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Hold'Em?

My 2003 World Series of Poker memories are tingling. That got me addicted to watching poker.

Dealer's Choice for a full rotation -- NLHE, PLO, O8B, 7 Stud, Razz, etc

 

[Lord Defect]

Sorry, I just meant one box clearly isn’t enough. I guess I could have just gone out to the garage and taken a pic, but I think there are 4. I really should organize them somehow, damn it.

I have several bundles of neatly wrapped cords spread around the house so I don’t feel bad about saving shit that I’ll never need.

 

[Lord Defect]

I don’t remember what thread we were using for books so it’s going here.
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I’m 1/3rd if the way thru the 3rd book and I can’t put it down.

 

[Kermit the Prog]

I’m 1/3rd if the way thru the 3rd book and I can’t put it down.

Gorilla glue on the cover?

 

[Chinatown88]