OT: The Avalounge (mod warning - No Politics)

[ASmileyFace]

Anybody here catch the tornado in Highlands Ranch? I just missed the whole big storm including the hail by ~20 minutes driving down.

The footage online is pretty insane. Seems like mostly downed trees and minor property damage, which is about the best you could hope for with a storm like that. How was the show? Looked like it cleared up just in time

 

[henchman21]

The footage online is pretty insane. Seems like mostly downed trees and minor property damage, which is about the best you could hope for with a storm like that. How was the show? Looked like it cleared up just in time

It was kind of a mess honestly... they delayed and kicked everyone out for a half hour (probably being extra cautious) where it barely sprinkled. Then when everyone was let back in it poured for 10 minutes. There was probably ~1.5-1.75 hours between Neil Frances and Shakey Graves with all the delays. The sound for the first two acts was poor, but they go that fixed for Shakey Graves... and his show was great at it always is. But everything around the show was not great.

 

[Hasbro]

I am getting a bit tired of all this rain

We need the moisture.

 

[sethro109]

The hail can f*** off, but I'm fine with the rain. I love how green everything is right now. Also, not watering my lawn is pretty great too.

 

[Bonzai12]

My firefighter buddy is actually terrified of this summer - it’s rained so much that the vegetation is thick and heavy. If we flip to going dry (which seems like we will next week) it’s a recipe for disaster apparently. He’s thinking the tail end of this summer is gonna be really bad forest fire wise. I thought he was gonna be a happy camper with all the rain but nope.

 

[henchman21]

We need the moisture.

Dad joke aside. We’re venturing on too much… ground is saturated and reservoirs are nearing capacity with more snow melt to come. If we don’t dry out somewhat for a few weeks, flooding could be a major issue.

 

[The Moops]

Finally found what's been scaring my cat away and eating all her food. And he's big enough that he might be the one who killed all my chickens and rabbits over the winter.

He's pretty cute when he's not hissing at me though

 

[GeoRox89]

Finally found what's been scaring my cat away and eating all her food. And he's big enough that he might be the one who killed all my chickens and rabbits over the winter.

He's pretty cute when he's not hissing at me though

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Raccoons are the most adorable evil little bastards you’ll ever see. If you have a dog/cat door in an area with Raccoons, seal that thing right off

Friends once had raccoons break into their garage through one to steal the cat food. I have no idea why but they thought just putting a heavy bag in front of the cat door instead of actually sealing it would fix the problem. It did not. 4 raccoons broke all the way into the house one night and tried to kill one of the cats. Cat pissed all over itself and played dead and thankfully that somehow worked. Raccoons are almost cat level vicious little assholes. Don’t let them into your house

 

[TruePowerSlave]

Finally found what's been scaring my cat away and eating all her food. And he's big enough that he might be the one who killed all my chickens and rabbits over the winter.

He's pretty cute when he's not hissing at me though

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Sacrifice the thing, drink it's blood and gain immortality.

 

[henchman21]

Finally found what's been scaring my cat away and eating all her food. And he's big enough that he might be the one who killed all my chickens and rabbits over the winter.

He's pretty cute when he's not hissing at me though

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[The Moops]

Welp

 

[sethro109]

Racoons are assholes. When I was a kid my dad had a really nice pond going with a bunch of koi. These guys had been going for 3 years. It was so cool to watch them swim under the ice in the winter. Then one night, the local racoons decided to slaughter them all. If they had eaten the koi, that I could have understood. But all they did was take them out of the pond to watch them die. My dad was so upset he never tried rasing pond fish again.

Turns out all those f***ers were actually living in our chimney that had been sealed off that used to go to our basement. Later that year we unsealed the fireplace during a remodel of our basement and found that all of them had died in there during a heavy rain storm.

 

[Bonzai12]

Welp

More extreme measures

 

[GeoRox89]

Racoons are assholes. When I was a kid my dad had a really nice pond going with a bunch of koi. These guys had been going for 3 years. It was so cool to watch them swim under the ice in the winter. Then one night, the local racoons decided to slaughter them all. If they had eaten the koi, that I could have understood. But all they did was take them out of the pond to watch them die. My dad was so upset he never tried rasing pond fish again.

Turns out all those f***ers were actually living in our chimney that had been sealed off that used to go to our basement. Later that year we unsealed the fireplace during a remodel of our basement and found that all of them had died in there during a heavy rain storm.

Dead raccoons in the chimney? Is your Dad Logan Roy?

 

[The Moops]

Racoons are assholes. When I was a kid my dad had a really nice pond going with a bunch of koi. These guys had been going for 3 years. It was so cool to watch them swim under the ice in the winter. Then one night, the local racoons decided to slaughter them all. If they had eaten the koi, that I could have understood. But all they did was take them out of the pond to watch them die. My dad was so upset he never tried rasing pond fish again.

Turns out all those f***ers were actually living in our chimney that had been sealed off that used to go to our basement. Later that year we unsealed the fireplace during a remodel of our basement and found that all of them had died in there during a heavy rain storm.

I didn't want to wake my neighbors by shooting it in the middle of the night, but I won't make that mistake again.

Whatever killed my chickens and rabbits last winter only ate the heads. Which pissed me off so much. Had to be a racoon or coyote

 

[henchman21]

I didn't want to wake my neighbors by shooting it in the middle of the night, but I won't make that mistake again.

Whatever killed my chickens and rabbits last winter only ate the heads. Which pissed me off so much. Had to be a racoon or coyote

The saying that only humans kill for sport definitely came from a person that never lived on a farm.

I'd throw in foxes too. Especially if they were training the kits.

 

[sethro109]

Dead raccoons in the chimney? Is your Dad Logan Roy?

We learned that the hard way when the stench started coming through the wall. The smell was overwhelming.

 

[UncleRisto]

I saw a dog the other day.

It was with a guy.

 

[Hennessy]

Blink-182 is an objectively awful band. And with recent news that the step-son heir to submersible jerk went to see them as his dad's fate was unknown, it just seals them as a douchebag band.
I'm ashamed that their song was adopted by this fanbase. No Colorado connection, a terrible song, and now forever tied into the worst sort of billionaire cluelessness.
In short, f*ck Blink-182 and any of you who like them. You're dumbing us all down.

 

[UncleRisto]

Blink-182 is an objectively awful band. And with recent news that the step-son heir to submersible jerk went to see them as his dad's fate was unknown, it just seals them as a douchebag band.
I'm ashamed that their song was adopted by this fanbase. No Colorado connection, a terrible song, and now forever tied into the worst sort of billionaire cluelessness.
In short, f*ck Blink-182 and any of you who like them. You're dumbing us all down.

Hey, f*** you!

 

[GeoRox89]

Blink-182 is an objectively awful band. And with recent news that the step-son heir to submersible jerk went to see them as his dad's fate was unknown, it just seals them as a douchebag band.
I'm ashamed that their song was adopted by this fanbase. No Colorado connection, a terrible song, and now forever tied into the worst sort of billionaire cluelessness.
In short, f*ck Blink-182 and any of you who like them. You're dumbing us all down.

This is Oilers fan ‘I had fun once and it was awful’ style energy

It’s a huge millennial bait song and the crowd likes it. Who cares if it’s not a good song. Just let them have fun. Short of being illegal/immoral, there is not a right or wrong way to have fun even if you would like there to be

 

[The Moops]

Blink-182 is an objectively awful band. And with recent news that the step-son heir to submersible jerk went to see them as his dad's fate was unknown, it just seals them as a douchebag band.
I'm ashamed that their song was adopted by this fanbase. No Colorado connection, a terrible song, and now forever tied into the worst sort of billionaire cluelessness.
In short, f*ck Blink-182 and any of you who like them. You're dumbing us all down.

 

[UncleRisto]

"...threaten to shoot up an EDM concert - which who hasn't, right?"

 

[Ceremony]

Blink-182 is an objectively awful band. And with recent news that the step-son heir to submersible jerk went to see them as his dad's fate was unknown, it just seals them as a douchebag band.
I'm ashamed that their song was adopted by this fanbase. No Colorado connection, a terrible song, and now forever tied into the worst sort of billionaire cluelessness.
In short, f*ck Blink-182 and any of you who like them. You're dumbing us all down.

I don't know if it exists on the internet for me to post it here, but I'd like it on record that my response to this post is Erik Johnson at the parade, pissed out of his mind, trying to get the crowd to start singing this.

 

[JWK]

Blink-182 is an objectively awful band. And with recent news that the step-son heir to submersible jerk went to see them as his dad's fate was unknown, it just seals them as a douchebag band.
I'm ashamed that their song was adopted by this fanbase. No Colorado connection, a terrible song, and now forever tied into the worst sort of billionaire cluelessness.
In short, f*ck Blink-182 and any of you who like them. You're dumbing us all down.

I'm all for singing at sporting events, but All the small things is a terrible song.

For Colorado connection, we should've picked the GOAT of one hit wonders