Thinking about a conversation I was having with an acquaintance years ago. He was a friend of a friend and we were talking about food. I forget the exact phrasing but I brought up loving avocados. He said “what’s that?” I was a bit surprised and explained. He responded “OH thats crazy I thought that was one of those made up words”. The statement was like a flashbang I had to contemplate for a few minutes. PERSONAL STORIES ONLY, DO NOT INCLUDE A STATEMENT FROM A CELEBRITY OR POLITICIAN.
My aunt was offended that I said I have heard her spread hateful misinformation about transgender people. She sent me some unhinged messages that I spread hate and I support Disney even though it’s run by pedophiles and that transgender people are shooting up schools. And she doesn’t understand why I think she spreads hateful disinformation about transgender people. She also said McDonald’s has aborted fetuses in their burgers. She has also, in past conversations, repeated other insane myths about transgender people lopping off six-year-old’s penises and queer people conspiring to reduce the population
This woman just has no awareness of what comes out of her own mouth. I believe there is a disconnect in her brain. She simultaneously preaches acceptance and inclusivity while also somehow believing every bit of hateful misinformation you have ever heard about queer people. Just repeats whatever she’s told while accusing everyone else of being sheep.
She sounds like a wild hang
A few years ago, I’m having lunch with a friend, we’re talking about how bitcoin is all over the news. He then asked me, “Where are these mines they make those in?” We’ve both worked in high tech for many years.
lol, sounds like a “dad joke” – stealing it! :D
Next time someone tells you about their Bitcoin, ask them if they’re ethically sourced.
What’s up?
There’s always something coming out of this goddamn administration. Pick one.
Nah, did you notice the last sentence in my post in all caps? I wanted to avoid a thread near exclusively filled with that shit.
My boss, her boss, her boss’s boss, the big boss (who reports to the CEO) and I are on a meeting last week.
At the beginning of the meeting there were some pleasantries being shared. The big boss shared her kid was going to be featured in some large chess tournament
My boss replies “that’s great. What kind of chess does he play?”
I was shocked because there is only one type of chess just like there is only one type of checkers. Yes I know there is 4-d chess, Star Trek chess, and chess game variants. But typically there is only one type of chess.
The big boss answers “You know chess. He is a grand master.”
My boss replies “Grand master. Does that mean he is a performing magician?”
I sat there looking at my screen in shock. My boss had not idea what grand masters are.
The big boss had to explain the chess grand masters to her.
To be fair there’s several ‘types’ of Chess, like Bullet, Blitz, Rapid, etc…, and it’s not uncommon for high-level players to specialize in some of them. But given that they didn’t know what a GM is they probably didn’t know that either.
There’s also chess960, where the positions of the pieces are randomized (with constraints). I like it because it removes memorization of positions as a factor.
That’s interesting, one of the reasons why I don’t like chess at all is that it’s usually a memory game so you either need to memorize lots of plays or you will always lose to someone who has.
It starts out with a handful of standard movements which you have memorized, but the interesting part of the match isn’t about memory at all.
I was giving your boss the benefit of the doubt for the first statement-- you could call the different time controls “kinds of chess”. No idea what would possess someone to say that second one though.
Someone’s dear wife of many years suggested they turn an unused basement room into a sex dungeon/playroom and if it gets boring after 10 years, invite other couples over too.
Someone’s having a fun life
I don’t think “Toilet Flush Shower Scream” has a right to complain
Someone has always had excellent plumbing :)
this happened to me with siblings growing up in a trailer with 2 bathrooms sharing a wall.
I am crippled and don’t get out much these days…
… but I do remember having to actually explain to a 20ish yo woman that no, chocolate milk does not infact come from brown cows.
Most of the conversation was me assuming she was fucking with me.
Nope. She was dead serious.
Most recently? I was in a car with someone I don’t like and they pulled a douchebag move skipping a bunch of traffic to make an illegal turn, while running a red light no less. Obviously I was like wtf if your problem cause it was an asshole move but also endangered me. This bitch really said it was fine because no one tried to stop him. We are in a car remind you so I’m like wtf does that even mean, how could the other drivers have stopped you? By like, crashing into you to prevent you from doing that? And he said YES!!! What?? So unless you’re willing to physically intervene on what this dude is doing whatever he does isn’t bothering you… he’s said a lot of other crazy shit of this nature but this was the most recent.
This is why when I was learning how to drive my grandfather said “just remember, every other car on the road… is trying to kill you. Being a good driver is not putting yourself in a position to let them.”
PERSONAL STORIES ONLY, DO NOT INCLUDE A STATEMENT FROM A CELEBRITY OR POLITICIAN
Because that would be cheating. Celebs and politicians–especially politicians–say some jaw dropping bullshit pretty much every single day rn. 🤣
Talking to a relative about people in his retirement community, he told me “A lot of the people here can’t afford health insurance on their fixed incomes. If something happens to them, they just die.” And, as I was thinking how horrible that was, he switched gears to “Did you hear about how those democrats want to try and mess with healthcare again? I swear they won’t be happy until I’m broke!”
I can’t remember the context, but a coworker said “I shouldn’t have to care whether the moon gives off light or reflects it.”
I remember being stunned…
Thats pretty funny
I am going to find your coworker and make them care whether the moon gives off light or reflects it
Technically all things give off blackbody radiation, of which almost none of which is in visible light at normal temperatures.
TBF there’s a logic to this one. It’s basically a science fact, and is unlikely to ever be important to someone’s personal goals.
That’s maybe not a person most of us would have common ground with, though.
True, I was mostly stunned someone wouldn’t know that. If someone considers it possible that the moon emits light, then how would they explain phases?
The lamp that gives off the light is moving around the moon.
Moon’s haunted
Wait, is there someone out there forcing people to care about whether the moon is reflective or emissive?
the moon is actually a mini sun, that’s why gives off light.
(/j if it wasn’t obvious)
The moon is made of cheese and, like all cheeses, emits light under a low enough temperate (space is so cold it doesn’t even have a temperature - it’s just “cold”). The REAL mindbender, is why the space dust particles make the light all bright instead of dirty yellow, like how i like my cheese
My sister and I were chit chatting about our kids and their milestones, etc. Super normal type of conversation, especially for us since we don’t get along well to begin with and we try to stick to topics that aren’t inflammatory. The topic of what age we were when we started menstruating came up.
She stopped me mid-sentence in order to correct me about what age I was when I started my period. Not her age, she stopped me to correct my own retelling of my own personal history because “she remembered better”.
It was one of the only times I told her to her face that she was being rude.
I think I can see the gist of, just about every argument you’ve had with your sister, from that one explanation alone.
A colleague saying “I don’t believe in facts”
Did they mean “I don’t need to believe in facts for them to be true” or “there is no such thing as facts/truth”?
Are they sure, or is that just their opinion? /s
Sounds like a cool guy
I was helping a co-worker with their broken phone. Just saving the pictures from their phone to the computer.
Me: ‘OK, I’m just going to make a folder on the desktop for now. You can move it from there to wherever you want to keep them’
Co-worker: ‘I don’t think I have a desktop’
Maybe unrealated, but they are also the most pro-AI of my coworkers. Open to just asking chat gpt for worksheets for thier students…
“You’re an atheist because you want to rebel against God!” - My mother 😭
Was she wrong 😉
She read Dom Juan ?
I’m sorry if that was upsetting to you to hear, but that’s actually sick as fuck and a way cooler reason to be atheist than just cuz religion is implausible
Oh, no worries, I was more incredulous than upset. We had talked about religion at length over the years and even managed to nudge her away from organized religion at this point (thank god). I thought she understood where I was coming from, and then out of the blue, she tells me this on the rare occasion we argued, and I’m speechless.
New bandname unlocked: Rage against the creator
I’m traveling through Portugal at the moment, and an Australian guy struck up a conversation with me on the train yesterday. He and I start talking politics, and he starts talking about how illegal immigration is a massive problem. He’s supportive of mass deportation, and generally likes how Trump is handling things. We debate this back and forth, and then move on to other subjects.
Later in the conversation he reveals, without a hint of irony, that his visa in Portugal has expired while waiting on residence paperwork. I just stare at him for a moment, and then ask him if he realized he was an illegal immigrant. He doesn’t really see the irony. Absolutely stunned.
That’s the trouble it’s always ‘them but not me’ the best example I know of is the protest march a bunch of fellow Brits did in benidorm, against immigration to the UK!
