Random thought thread!

John_Many_Jars · 2011-10-17T14:05:15.000Z

Yesterday morning I digitized the vinyl-only album G.T.F. by the Dead Vaynes, having bought a mint copy from a guy in Israel. The title stands for “Get Totally Fucked.” I cleaned up the recording using kool new software called ClickRepair.

I have been living under ROCK all this time.

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNGNGNGNGNGNNGNGNGNNGG

kerzain · 2011-10-17T20:44:05.000Z

Just realized I only have 4 more months until my car is paid off. Now I have to figure out how to be a true American and spend all the excess cash I’ll have every month, instead of saving it.

RichVR · 2011-10-17T20:45:25.000Z

Drugs.

Sarkus · 2011-10-18T00:40:13.000Z

I work in retail and as such have a lot of late shifts. As a result of those late nights my body’s natural tendency has been to adjust to going to bed later, which for a time put me into a pattern where 2AM was common. But over the last six months I’ve been making an effort to change that by going to bed earlier, and it has been working, so that I now go to bed between midnight and 1 AM. That has only worked, though, because my work shifts were not all late night ones.

For the next two weeks every shift I have ends at either 11PM or midnight. There is no way I will be able to maintain my improved sleep habits.

kerzain · 2011-10-18T00:44:59.000Z

I’ve been doinking around with my sleep schedule for years, partly because of the shifts I used to work a few years ago, and partly because of the shifts my wife works. The best advice I can give is to stop trying to go to bed at the same time every night, but instead try to get up at the same pre-determined time every morning – regardless of whether you’re sleeping 5 or 8 hours. If you’re forcing yourself to wake up at 8am every day, your body’s natural tendency should hopefully be to get tired around midnight (if you’re the sort of person that needs 8 hours of sleep every night).

Unless you absolutely must stay up a couple hours after work in order to unwind, eat, or you have a long commute home or something, there shouldn’t be much of a reason you can’t leave work at 11 and feel tired enough to fall asleep around 12. Also, remember it can take a couple weeks for your body to acclimate to a new sleep schedule.

Sarkus · 2011-10-18T00:52:08.000Z

I can’t wind down that fast, I need about two hours before I feel sleepy. And trying to enforce a specified wake-up time hasn’t worked for me in the past because I’m one of those people that needs a full 8 hours of sleep. I can try that again, though, and just hope to make it through the transition phase.

kerzain · 2011-10-18T00:56:10.000Z

I hear you. I worked retail for many years, and as such my sleep (hell, my entire life) schedule was always out of whack. With the impending holiday season upon us, I expect your life will only get worse.

AaronSofaer · 2011-10-18T14:57:52.000Z

Does there exist a website which will take the parameters “Looking for a hotel” and “Within <X> distance of <Y> location” and return factually-correct information? At the moment, it’s like the answer is “no”.

Ex-S_Woo · 2011-10-18T15:42:15.000Z

Just came back from my business economics final - final section was a series of game theory questions based on the console wars : Wii vs 360 vs PS3.

It felt really weird calculating the payoff table and the Nash Equilibrium on if Sony & Microsoft should drop their console prices from 399 to 299 if the Wii drops…

Cormac · 2011-10-19T01:18:26.000Z

AaronSofaer:

Does there exist a website which will take the parameters “Looking for a hotel” and “Within <X> distance of <Y> location” and return factually-correct information? At the moment, it’s like the answer is “no”.

That would be useful! I generally resort to keeping google maps open and searching for a hotel in a second tab and keep going back to the map. Though more and more accomodations are showing up on gmaps themselves…

RichVR · 2011-10-19T15:05:26.000Z

Hulu Plus has commercials. Fuck.

Ed_Solomon · 2011-10-19T16:36:57.000Z

I got stoned off my ass and a minotaur told me it was Finnegan, but I doubt the validity of his argument.

RichVR · 2011-10-19T17:02:28.000Z

You must be high if you’re gonna argue with a minotaur.

Houngan · 2011-10-19T17:31:09.000Z

If a bliind couple breaks up and then meets awkwardly for coffee a few months later, do they still say, “So, uh, you seeing anyone?”

H.

JoshV · 2011-10-19T17:49:20.000Z

Houngan:

If a bliind couple breaks up and then meets awkwardly for coffee a few months later, do they still say, “So, uh, you seeing anyone?”

H.

No, they say, “So, uh, you brailing anyone?” =)

Mr_PeaCH · 2011-10-20T07:36:54.000Z

When it comes to shaving my (masculine) face, women’s disposable razors are superior to everything else - plus last about 10x longer. Who knew?

Mightynute · 2011-10-20T07:41:35.000Z

Mr_PeaCH:

When it comes to shaving my (masculine) face, women’s disposable razors are superior to everything else - plus last about 10x longer. Who knew?

Nixxter · 2011-10-20T08:37:22.000Z

Mr_PeaCH:

When it comes to shaving my (masculine) face, women’s disposable razors are superior to everything else - plus last about 10x longer. Who knew?

So, you use Secret too, don’t you, Peach? MAN UP!

Nixxter · 2011-10-20T08:38:54.000Z

Ed Solomon:

I got stoned off my ass and a minotaur told me it was Finnegan, but I doubt the validity of his argument.

I heard weed has gotten a lot stronger during my hiatus, but dude, seriously, that must have been a leprechaun if it was named Finnegan. Also, check for pots of gold in the vicinity.

Mrenda · 2011-10-21T04:54:38.000Z

I have just found a hair growing out of my ear. I must be getting old (although not compared to you guys.) This hair worries me.