MadBob

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MadBob ,

I haven't heard of any of these cunts but I assume I hate all of them.

MadBob ,

An uncle of mine used to be in the TA (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_Reserve_(United_Kingdom)) and he said he'd learnt there how to just fall asleep as and when.

MadBob ,

There are stations on Anglesey where you have to stick your arm out to hail the train, and the only two routes they lie on are served by the kind of 1970s DMU like you mentioned on its way to Chester or a Pendelino on its way to London or something.

MadBob ,

This is what one of the stations looks like:

https://feddit.nl/pictrs/image/4afd2d6a-d66a-4426-be41-31013dcabf7d.jpeg

MadBob ,

I do like an olive now and again.

MadBob ,

In a similiar vein: have you heard the one about the baker with smelly hands? He kneaded a poo.

MadBob ,

I used to know someone who learnt Dutch from age 60, and granted he's very sharp, but if he can do that, I'm sure you can do this.

MadBob ,

I had an evening job from 2014 to 2016, so my lunch would be at about 22:00, and I still get hungry around that time as if my body's expecting a meal.

MadBob ,

Bit like that Žižek interview where he says his perfect date involves putting a dildo into a plastic vagina and throwing them in the other room while the two people can sit and have a nice cup of tea together.

MadBob ,

$500 dollars

"Five-hundred-dollar dollars"

I have chronic sleeping problems therefore I love(d) taking naps but waking up afterwards is absolute hell. What should I do? **Edit: I have found a short-term solution**

I am currently struggling heavily with depression. Which impacts my quality of sleep. Sleep now has never been a talent of mine. So I generally make up for it by napping. I used to absolutely love it. Both the initial and the waking up (feeling well rested). But lately the waking up part is getting more and more difficult. It...

MadBob ,

Regarding antidepressants: I was on them for a number of years and I'd say they're a stopgap to keep you surviving until you can finally tackle the problem once and for all with something therapy. They make you feel very grey, assuming there's no side-effects, which can be anywhere between mildly amusing to headwrecking. But of course, grey is lighter than black, and on the other hand, I've known people who've been taking antidepressants for decades. I'm ridiculously self-disciplined so I often find it relatively easy to rationalise ruminations away but some aren't so lucky. So I agree with the others saying you should ask a doctor about it. I spoke to my GP about it to begin with.

MadBob ,

Yes, understood!

MadBob ,

Maybe I'm too cynical for comic strips or too tired, but this is a fairly bland joke with two objects copy-pasted as the illustration. Even Garfield moves his head between panels.

MadBob ,

Although I like the idea of a drug smuggler typing "as per my previous email..."

MadBob ,

This is the "can God create a stone so heavy" thing. It's known as a metaphysical impossibility.

What linguistic constructions do you hate that no one else seems to mind?

It bugs me when people say "the thing is is that" (if you listen for it, you'll start hearing it... or maybe that's something that people only do in my area.) ("What the thing is is that..." is fine. But "the thing is is that..." bugs me.)...

MadBob ,

Dutch has the same phenomenon, being so similar to English, but the standard way of writing it is by putting a comma after the noun phrase. So in your example, it'd change to "the cookie he had had, had had..." Typically practical solution that forfeits a charming oddity.

MadBob ,

Physical attacks, as opposed to what? Chemical warfare?

MadBob ,

This is my start menu in Windows 11, so I'm also curious about all the hubbub. I will admit I had to get rid of a load of unwanted links when I first got the computer but I've never seen adverts beyond that and that it suggests Microsoft Edge in certain contexts.

https://feddit.nl/pictrs/image/cb6eba19-8de6-4960-8f8d-839748eb3e3b.png

MadBob ,

Yes!

MadBob ,

I'm a freelance chef.

  • Fairly well paid (I can work parttime and still pay the bills).
  • I'm ridiculously self-disciplined and stress-resistant so I find it quite easy.
  • I get to see behind the curtain at a lot of restaurants.
  • I've built something of a local reputation and a circle of friends in the industry.
  • Being good at cooking, organising, and leading people is in itself very satisfying.
  • People find me more attractive because of it, haha.

I'm just sick of making money for other people and sort of sick of working evenings. Oh, and people are always asking me to cook for them. Otherwise, I'm fulfilled. It'll be time for me to look at setting up my own place soon enough.

Is Android increasingly inconsistent?

I feel like I'm encountering weird little tics and problems with my android devices, and those of family and friends. Just simple things where settings don't seem to be consistently applied, or the os switches something back repeatedly. For example, my apps are set to auto update, to use data as well as WiFi, etc, but every...

MadBob ,

I've switched off all pings for messages for a bit of peace and quiet, but for some reason there's one Whatsapp group I'm in where my phone still vibrates if someone posts.

MadBob ,

Jesus. You can't even see a solar eclipse everywhere when it does happen. Travel really does broaden the mind, I suppose.

MadBob ,

16.6r% is one sixth. 👍

MadBob ,

Raglan Road always reminds me of In Bruges.

MadBob ,

Here lies

ManniSturgis

Father, brother, husband,

go-getter thanks to Nescafé.

Start your day right with a cup of Nescafé!

MadBob ,

I strongly disagree that not wanting an actual fight is cowardice. Turning up armed to intimidate unarmed people is cowardice.

MadBob ,

Looks like he's in hard mode.

MadBob ,

It's like I've told a number of my bosses in the past: you have to treat the people making your money for you well, or they just fuck off. They never listen, and everyone always just fucks off. I'm a soothsayer!

MadBob ,

That was my first thought. I’m past 30 now so my body makes a noise when I crouch down and my throat makes a noise when I get up again.

MadBob ,

It’s from Brass Eye: piped.kavin.rocks/watch?v=a-bxVdZ95b8

MadBob ,

Oh shit, really? I find that looking at another instance resolves it for me, but it is a gamble.

MadBob ,

To be fair, Trainline started up years ago as a middle man that charge the same for tickets as train operators do (the price is regulated by National Rail) but with a surplus for a service that doesn’t convey any extra value, and they’re still quite popular.

MadBob ,

They spent a lot on advertising to begin with, specifically advertising that broke the guidelines, but was only taken down after everyone had heard the name and the idea that it was cheaper to use Trainline: www.theguardian.com/media/…/asa-trainline-ad railforums.co.uk/…/misleading-advertising-by-trai…

They eventually started getting commissions from train operating companies (TOCs) for selling tickets, which I believe the TOCs in turn used as justification for raising ticket prices above inflation. I used to work for a TOC that at the time refused to work with Trainline, because it meant having to install special ticket machines at loss only to make more loss on ticket revenue, but according to a mate of mine who still works there, they now accept the tickets because it’s such a headache for staff when people come in having spent money for an invalid ticket.

So it’s just shit for everyone except Trainline, and quite a stark example of how unsuited for public infrastructure a free market model is. Imagine if some company came along and said you could pay your gas bill through them for cheaper and it just wasn’t true but everyone believes it so gas is just dearer now. Fucking bananas.

What's a band that has one album that is just about perfect in your opinion, but rest of their discography misses the mark with you?

One of mine is Commit This to Memory by Motion City Soundtrack. I basically took the title verbatim and know the album word for word. And while I would love if it did, the rest of MCS’s stuff just doesn’t hit the same way....

MadBob ,

I’ve never met a single person with that opinion. I remember being so disappointed when that album came out.

MadBob ,

Haha, yeah fair, but that mightn’t’ve been the best example you could’ve used.

MadBob ,

Correct, but he famously says “noot noot”.

MadBob ,

Bluetooth gives me the same sensation as a stove with faulty knobs. It’s like there’s a veil between me and the machine.

MadBob ,

You have to be travelling at a particular speed, so no.

MadBob ,

So if you’d say “one hour’s travel going at 60 miles or 100 kilometres an hour on average”, wouldn’t you rather just say 60 miles or 100 kilometres?

MadBob , (edited )

Well, in the USA perhaps. You do hear things like “ten-minute walk away” elsewhere but if you just say “it’s ten minutes away”, you may as well say something like “it’ll be three o’clock when you leave”. And of course, if you only ever drive, you could be averaging 2mph or 100mph, so a ten-minute drive away isn’t even one distance. Means nothing.

Edit: just seen your other comment saying how far away things are in miles and now I have an idea, as if to illustrate what I mean. I remember being a kid and my dad telling me “xyz is one mile away” and it’s been locked in ever since.

MadBob ,

But you have a really good idea how long such a trip will take.

I don’t in fact! But I’d still guess those distances in units of distance, personally!

When asked, do you tell everyone that the grocery store is 1.2 miles/1.93Km away?

I thought I’d already told you we say things like “ten-minute walk away”? “My nearest supermarket is about 350 yards away” is what I’d say.

MadBob ,

It'll be awkward when they discover a new syndrome where your head explodes and the name's already taken.

MadBob ,

Not catchy enough! Though you can shorten it to "crap syndrome".

MadBob ,

If you decide to use Mastodon afterwards, there’s an instance where a bot reposts everything a given Twitter account posts called bird.makeup.

MadBob ,

Of all the things you could want your haircut to be, it’s precise?

MadBob ,

Ah okay, I follow now!

MadBob ,

Ha, must be free then! (dad face)

MadBob ,

But any reason to prefer wireless is sort of moot because having a 3.5mm jack doesn’t preclude a wireless headphone feature.

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