toynbee

@toynbee@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨the end⁩ ⁨⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  You put “stupid” in quotes but what’s the “joke” here? “Haha, I lied to you, hilarious”? I’m glad people get joy out of this … I guess … But I’m curmudgeonly and don’t get it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨the end⁩ ⁨⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  You have not changed my feelings regarding it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨the end⁩ ⁨⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I appreciate that my client finally shows YouTube pictures but, for those whose don’t - XcQ, link stays blue.

  Never understood the appeal of that stupid “joke” anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Well I could walk them through it step by step⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like a healthy relationship.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The script is mysterious and important.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  And that car, though.

  I mean, it had nothing to do with him, but still. Goddamn sexy car.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Well I could walk them through it step by step⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Allegedly my great (maybe great great, I don’t know) grandmother tried to murder her husband by putting rat poison in his morning coffee. I don’t know if the forensics back then would have been able to identify that, but fortunately it didn’t matter because apparently rat poison floats.

  I was never told what happened to her, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Well I could walk them through it step by step⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Sleep with him in disguise, then accuse him of sleeping with someone else. Then you’ve managed both!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨One for the ignition and one for the trunk⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought the first part was so that you could give a valet the keys to park and retrieve your car, but not easily get to your belongings.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Administrative task management⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Was that employee Elvis?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did I discover a fake conspiracy theory?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I was told the same thing literally across the country from you a decade and a half back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The meaning of life?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought it was 42.

  Or “A book, the contents of which are totally belied by its cover. For instance, any book the dust jacket of which bears the words, ‘This book will change your life’.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The meaning of life?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey, I’m ~40 and this is that I do, too! Plus work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Small little shenanigans⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Small little shenanigans⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Hopefully they don’t need to do an MRI of my spine after they operate on it - apparently for their sake, not mine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Small little shenanigans⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think, as someone else said, things installed into the body are usually titanium and thus non ferrous. Fortunately they don’t generally cause issues with MRIs as a result.

  (I only know this because when I broke my ankle, during the pre-surgery interview, I asked the surgeon about going through metal scanners at an airport.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No, really, I will!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I am prepared for impending friendship.

  I don’t recall where I originally read the joke but I spent years - unsuccessfully - trying to find it again. The version I read followed it up with something like “hard as a rock, dumb as a brick.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No, really, I will!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You are the only other person I’ve encountered who knows of this joke, so I now declare us friends.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Small little shenanigans⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I soon expect to have screws implanted in my spine. I also have other infirmities. I hope like hell to never have screws ripped through my vertebrae by an MRI.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The original Gremlin⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Otto! You gotta do something! There’s a gremlin on the side of the bus!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good question⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Portal 2 Space Core

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My father the tween literary critic⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Good morning!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good question⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like you should go to space.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Two sides to every story⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not so great with advice. Can I interest you in a sarcastic comment? - Chandler Bing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elder Scrolls 6 Is Powered By New Version Of Creation Engine⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey, what’s your middle name?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon disrespects their elders⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not certain, but I suspect that I’m older than you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon disrespects their elders⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I only mentioned it because there’s a part wherein one of the protagonists mentions going outside involving a gas mask. Seemed relevant.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon disrespects their elders⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Have you ever heard of / read House of Stairs by William Sleator?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon disrespects their elders⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess I don’t go out in public, so I wouldn’t know.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon disrespects their elders⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Huh. There aren’t many teenagers in my life but the two who matter to me (my nephews) have always been pro-video-game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon disrespects their elders⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s a subreddit with that name (and a discord server with a similar one) that I bet would disagree with you.