Random thought thread!

Sarkus · 2010-10-18T18:04:15.000Z

I realize it’s the political season, but STOP CALLING MY CELLPHONE NINE TIMES A DAY AND EATING UP MY MINUTES!

Thankyou.

Mrenda · 2010-10-19T06:44:41.000Z

kerzain:

FUCK, fuck… FUCK! I hate this hippie fucking bullshit being passed off as required (college level, and exceedingly expensive) edu-fucking-cation.

DEAR HEALTH TEACHER, YOU CAN NOT FUCKING CURE CANCER WITH HAPPY FUCKING THOUGHTS, OR YOUR SIX MAGICAL GNOME PROPERTIES OF PROPER WELLNESS. Stop testing me on this fucking bullshit, and get off the Kevin fucking Trudeau bandwagon. God damnit this horse shit pisses me off.

I had an argument with a friend about this very bullshit. He was going on about some book that thought him to turn every negative into a positive. When I started going on about how is it positive that a friend in the very next room suffers from a degenerative illness that will result in us all burying him at a young age he almost shut him the fuck up. So I had to bring out another friend who had a nervous breakdown, wiped the past five years of his life, and spends his time alternating between creating a made up life on facebook and googling suicide.

Ignorant assholes with no perspecative on life spouting shit.

Although I don’t know why the whole Lourdes pilgrimmage thing doesn’t rile me up. I guess that’s just funny old people with their strange ways.

kerzain · 2010-10-19T06:52:45.000Z

Sarkus:

I realize it’s the political season, but STOP CALLING MY CELLPHONE NINE TIMES A DAY AND EATING UP MY MINUTES!

Thankyou.

You know, if I don’t recognize the number (as in, I don’t have it programmed in, or caller ID doesn’t give me any info) I ignore the number and just check my voice-mail later. What this ends up doing of course if piquing my interest so that sometimes I’m left wondering who called.

The point of my reply is this: Does anyone know of a good reverse phone number look-up website? About five years ago there were only a handful of free reverse number look-up sites that would give you public info free, like business name/address etc. Now I’m getting a googol of pages as a result, and all of them want something like $30 to tell me something that used to be free.

Raife · 2010-10-19T07:12:17.000Z

kerzain:

About five years ago there were only a handful of free reverse number look-up sites that would give you public info free, like business name/address etc. Now I’m getting a googol of pages as a result, and all of them want something like $30 to tell me something that used to be free.

Penthouse used to put their magazine online for free. Ask DennyA, he was at Omni when they did it and they apparently couldn’t understand why nobody was reading the articles.

Times change.

kerzain · 2010-10-19T07:12:17.000Z

Buceph:

I had an argument with a friend about this very bullshit.

If my physics classes end up being taught like this health class of mine, I’m expecting there to be a solid month where we do nothing but discuss the wonders of perpetual motion and other neat ways humans can break the first and second laws of thermodynamics with our superior intellectual ability to simply out-think the universe.

Omniscia · 2010-10-19T07:16:10.000Z

kerzain:

You know, if I don’t recognize the number (as in, I don’t have it programmed in, or caller ID doesn’t give me any info) I ignore the number and just check my voice-mail later. What this ends up doing of course if piquing my interest so that sometimes I’m left wondering who called.

The point of my reply is this: Does anyone know of a good reverse phone number look-up website? About five years ago there were only a handful of free reverse number look-up sites that would give you public info free, like business name/address etc. Now I’m getting a googol of pages as a result, and all of them want something like $30 to tell me something that used to be free.

WhitePages.com still has a free reverse lookup, doesn’t it? While it won’t tell you anything about cell phones except the provider, it works on land lines pretty well. I use it whenever I get a mystery call.

kerzain · 2010-10-19T07:18:38.000Z

Raife:

Penthouse used to put their magazine online for free. Ask DennyA, he was at Omni when they did it and they apparently couldn’t understand why nobody was reading the articles.

Times change.

They sure do, there’s more free porn than ever now. If only there was just as much free reverse white page information.

kerzain · 2010-10-19T07:20:28.000Z

Omniscia:

WhitePages.com still has a free reverse lookup, doesn’t it? While it won’t tell you anything about cell phones except the provider, it works on land lines pretty well. I use it whenever I get a mystery call.

This could be the problem then. Business might be showing up, and cell phones aren’t. Unless I’ve won a million dollars I don’t know about, I don’t think I’ve suffered a as result of not talking to mystery callers from cell phones.

Raife · 2010-10-19T07:23:50.000Z

kerzain:

They sure do, there’s more free porn than ever now. If only there was just as much free reverse white page information.

Well, not everyone has your burning desire to stalk people, kerzain.

Omniscia · 2010-10-19T07:25:09.000Z

I sure don’t. Though I do wonder who this guy (or gal) is who keeps getting calls from some lady in Wisconsin. I doubt they’re intended for me.

When I get a misdirected email (usually from Sweden or the Netherlands), I always send a message back politely informing them of the error, but I’m not wasting minutes on phone calls.

kerzain · 2010-10-19T07:27:24.000Z

I only stalk to procreate, who am I to deny my paternal urges?

Adam_Altmann · 2010-10-19T08:23:34.000Z

Read this article yesterday. It’s of the “so disturbing you can’t stop reading” variety, and there’s a lot to process, but there’s one thing I can’t get over… Who has eighty-seven pair of underwear?

'The New York Times Article':

He stole 87 pairs of underwear belonging to an Ottawa high school student in a single break-in.

Omniscia · 2010-10-19T08:34:02.000Z

That’s one pair for every 4.2 days!

Fugitive · 2010-10-19T08:43:11.000Z

kerzain:

The point of my reply is this: Does anyone know of a good reverse phone number look-up website? About five years ago there were only a handful of free reverse number look-up sites that would give you public info free, like business name/address etc. Now I’m getting a googol of pages as a result, and all of them want something like $30 to tell me something that used to be free.

I just google the number, and if it is a telemarketer/politician/charity/etc., it usually shows up on one of those complain-about-this-number sites. Though that does still leave some lingering doubt about that small handful that don’t show up…

Staff_Sergeant · 2010-10-19T08:55:13.000Z

kerzain:

Are you guys all stuck in a passive aggressive stalemate or something, or just typical lazy bachelors?

I guess I can understand the issue if no agreement was ever reached about splitting the costs, and when those costs would be conveniently incurred and what not, but shit, Canada isn’t a third world country any more.

Nah we’re not passive aggressive, I like my housemates. We’re just lazy. Also it’s going to cost a fuckton of money so we’re putting it off as long as possible. I’m pretty sure my thermostat is out of batteries too (I know, why the fuck does a thermostat run on batteries? It’s on my wall it’s not like I’m going to move it around just wire it into the wall).

We’re going to have to pony up soon though, the rules of the lease say we need to keep the house at at least 10 degrees celsius (50 fahrenheit).

Scrax · 2010-10-19T10:27:10.000Z

What is a good way to check my credit score without imploding my computer? Or you know, free? Free as in, I never have to put in my credit card number.

Omniscia · 2010-10-19T10:52:54.000Z

Could your financial institution run it for you?

BobJustBob · 2010-10-19T11:08:49.000Z

annualcreditreport.com but I always get there from here: http://www.ftc.gov/freereports

Jazar · 2010-10-19T11:24:26.000Z

Fugitive:

I just google the number, and if it is a telemarketer/politician/charity/etc., it usually shows up on one of those complain-about-this-number sites. Though that does still leave some lingering doubt about that small handful that don’t show up…

This.

Speak_With_Bread · 2010-10-19T12:12:06.000Z

‘Don’t go grocery shopping when you’re hungry’: sound advice. Also works if you replace ‘hungry’ with ‘incredibly stressed out.’ Overabundance of cake mix, anyone?