Delphia
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- Comment on Beyond fucked up 1 day ago:
Its so prevalent that I had an idea for a movie of a bunch of recently retired dudes being bored with getting old and deciding to re-enact a bunch of their favorite pranks from old movies only to get in JUST far enough to be in deep shit and then realise they are committing felonies and their antics trying to extract themselves.
- Comment on Been putting a lot of thought into this 1 day ago:
Taking off a pair of big heavy steel toed workboots after a long day in the sun is pretty fucking good.
- Comment on Why was Rock 'n' Roll seen as the grooviest shit in the 50s when it's just averagely groovy (ie. unremarkable) today? 2 days ago:
Ive always wondered something similar about ancient artwork.
Like, sure I can tell its a horse, but thats a shitty horse. Thats a horse from the finest artistic minds of the day that looks like a 7yo did it these days. Like someone didnt look at that misshapen lump and think "I can make that look more like a horse.
- Comment on meal 3 days ago:
It also makes healthy shit taste better.
You can absolutely fuck up a bag of baby carrots and cucumber sticks and a tub of hummus too.
- Comment on Sick days 4 days ago:
Also I claim the doctors visit as a work expense because in order to get paid I need one :) its a condition of my employment.
- Comment on BASED? 4 days ago:
- Comment on Australians banned social media. Now they are worried about teenagers going outside with e-bikes 6 days ago:
In all seriousness its not exactly the most simple thing for a layman.
I speak petrolhead, so when you tell me something has a 2000W motor (Light bulbs and plug in heaters are measured in Watts. I honestly believe they do that on purpose to confuse the issue) I immediately do the conversion to 2kw, which is 2.6 hp on an e-bike that weighs 50kg. A 50cc Vespa makes 3.1hp and weighs 100kg. Now you throw a 50kg rider on there and you have a better power to weight ratio on the E-Bike, and shitloads more torque.
- Comment on Australians banned social media. Now they are worried about teenagers going outside with e-bikes 6 days ago:
The sheer ego in that statement.
Even Americans who are wholeheartedly opposed to whats happening cant stop condescending to everyone else like “If it could happen to the greatest nation on earth it could happen to you”
We know, we have always known. We’re no better than the Germans, the Italians or any other nation that slid into authoritarianism or facism. America believed it couldnt happen to them because they are just so exceptional, which is why it worked so god damn well.
- Comment on Start-up idea 6 days ago:
Especially when it comes to things like Tvs.
“Would you like the extended warranty out to 5 years for an extra $200”
No because that would have made my $600 tv an $800 tv which will be made to look like a piece of crap by a $400 tv in 5 years.
- Comment on Australians banned social media. Now they are worried about teenagers going outside with e-bikes 6 days ago:
As an Australian the problem is largely what you imagine.
An unregulated industry brought in bikes that were closer to motorbikes than pushbikes and parents didnt do their due diligence on it. The same industry also brought in a huge amount of bikes that were perfectly sane when stock but were literally childs play to turn into something closer to a motorbike. Now the vast majority of kids went out and did kid shit and they were slightly annoying, a not insignificant number of them got hurt, but there was no real outcry.
The govt as governments are want to do reacted way too fucking slowly in putting sane limitations on what could and couldnt be sold and hold manufacturers and importers accountable. In their defence partly because 90% of them are coming out of china and the govt arent idiots in that they know how easy it would be for an importer to find a new frontman and the Chinese manufacturer to rebrand and force them to play whackamole and partly because they are very popular among adults and people who arent riding them like dickheads AND they didnt want to look anti-green by discouraging people to find car alternatives.
But Here come the fuckwits like takeovers are to “legitimate” street racing on quiet backroads, kids started doing wheelies through shopping centers while filming it for the gram, deciding it would be funny to absolutely destroy the grass and surfacing on local sporting fields and swerving in and out of traffic in 80 zones.
Its not that the cops dont care, the cops know what the reality is that if they start trying to catch them, the kids will run and eventually someones “good boy who never hurt anyone and loved to laugh” is going “to be chased to his death over a modified E-bike and the police are the reason for his death” regardless of what prompted them to chase him in the first place.
All in all its a 3 layer shit sandwich.
- Comment on Australians banned social media. Now they are worried about teenagers going outside with e-bikes 6 days ago:
Does “people who live in glass houses shouldnt throw stones” translate into American? Half of the rest of the world wakes up every day wondering if your leader has started WW3 over a twitter beef.
But no, you have fun.
- Comment on Sure, Jan 6 days ago:
Nah dont be revisionist, Bawitaba was a hell of a jam when it came out, pretty much that whole album went hard.
I’ll listen to it still, but only through a medium where he doesnt get paid royalties because NOW he is a piece of shit.
- Comment on Islandium 1 week ago:
Or blue.
- Comment on Ah, customer service 1 week ago:
In their defence its also a lot easier for me because I’m not in a call center, my calls arent recorded and I dont have scripts or churn times to adhere to. Customer service in a call center must absolutely be someones definition of hell.
I’ve point blank said to customers things like “Look, I appreciate that you’re upset. Please believe me that I am upset too, because I have to go ask that idiot why he did what he did, document the conversation and I guarantee you the answer wont be a clever one” and “This is definitely our fuckup, not that I should use language like that with customers but ‘mistake’ just doesnt cut it”
- Comment on Ah, customer service 1 week ago:
Customers are always pissed the first time you speak with them. When I have to call them I do a quick first call and let them know its immediately being worked on, ask them if theres any other information that might be helpful and Ill get back to them when I know something, they are ALWAYS better to deal with on the second call.
I do this because I can always get off the first call with “Respectfully, I’m not customer service. I’m the guy who fixes the problems and the longer I’m on this call is time I’m not fixing your problem. Now I need to go and I’ll call you as soon as I have a resolution”
People just want to be taken seriously.
- Comment on How accurate is this? 1 week ago:
You have way more chances to get back at shitty customers doing food service.
Get a cunty customer and you just smile a little too large, be a little too eager to fix their issue and let your eyes glint just a little. Then fix their issue exactly what they asked for with nothing wrong with it and untampered with. When you return to the table put a little too much emphasis on “Enjoy” when you give it to them.
They will spend the entire meal trying to figure out what you did or call the manager over and make a big scene about how you did something but cant point out what. Ruin my night, I’ll ruin yours.
- Comment on Can anyone explain why? 2 weeks ago:
Now this is a half remembered anecdote so… pinch of salt.
But I do remeber something about some people having negative reactions to the tannins in red wine. So it might not so much be the alcohol.
- Comment on Anon wants to talk about video games 2 weeks ago:
What particular brand of gatekeeping are you on about?
- Comment on Anon wants to talk about video games 2 weeks ago:
Non.
I have that lovely ADHD trait of getting excited about a new hobby, spending too much money on gear and then getting bored. So when I decided to give sim racing a go I started with a cheap second hand wheel, pedals and seat from marketplace, my old ps4, GT7 and the TV i already have in the spare room. I promised my wife “No significant spending on this until my birthday or fathers day”.
- Comment on Anon wants to talk about video games 2 weeks ago:
Yeah I’m a sim racer, and I suck.
Today I’m playing GT7, tomorrow I’m probably play some GT7 and if I’m getting really frisky next week I might play some GT7.
Gotta git gud.
- Comment on Freezing soup in glass mason jars? 3 weeks ago:
Yep, also if you can do the initial freeze with the lid off thats also going to help prevent cracking.
- Comment on Why are they different shapes? 3 weeks ago:
The rectangular loaf was designed for packing efficiency. Once bakeries became a thing and moving bread over distances to supply people became more and more common bakers realised that bread isnt heavy, its bulky and packing efficiency was an easy way to reduce costs
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
Does anyone else wonder wtf is going on in the video?
- Comment on Anon plays DOOM 4 weeks ago:
Serious Sam was a wild first playthrough. Once you realised its just doom with everything up to 150% and the answer is almost always circlestrafing it lost its charm.
But the “Dude you have to try this” was real
- Comment on Do you have to deal with this during your morning commute? 4 weeks ago:
I fucking love cars.
I also want to be able to not be FORCED to drive one day in day out. I want a robust public transport network, a robust electric car network and a reasonable ownership proposal for limited ICE engines in enthusast cars.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Most of my 20s were spent being actively self destructive and I made it too.
- Comment on I can still smell them 5 weeks ago:
I absolutely guarantee you he told that story to his friends with a huge smile.
- Comment on I can taste sounds 5 weeks ago:
People at work think I love energy drinks. No, I LOVE coffee, but if its not good enough to sit there and actually enjoy my coffee I dont want it, Ill take the can of “YOU ARE NOW WIDE THE FUCK AWAKE” if I cant have good coffee.
- Comment on 5 weeks ago:
Shouldnt ave touched me chip, simple as.
- Comment on Help is needed 5 weeks ago:
The Shite Stripe would be a great name for one of those guys in the one man band contraption trying to play covers of White Stripes songs.
