Shoot the Wall (A.K.A. The Rant Thread)

[Artemis]

Oh I know, I was just relaying what the studies claimed.  A lot of people are of the opinion that TV is mindless compared to *everything*, but that's not necessarily true, according to those studies.  It could actually require more brain activity than some other activities that people believe to be less mindless.

It's probably like eggs.  For a few decades all the studies say it's bad for you, and then the next few decades of studies say "Well, maybe it's not as bad as we thought."  Although, I don't think anyone would say "Watch more TV" like some say "Eat more eggs," lol.  I guess I just mean, I think people (in general, not you) are too quick to jump on the anti-TV bandwagon because of what they've heard, without really knowing all that much about its true effects.  Personally I don't fall into the anti-internet, anti-video game, or anti-smartphone crowds either (although I actually kind of hate phones).  Some people are just anti-screen technology or anti-technology in general, but such has always been the case.  There are historical records of articles and debate about what terrible effects radio would have on the younger generation when it came out, for one example, lol.

 

Edit: I should add, I'm not *entirely* pro-technology.  I am anti-sex robot. 

 

[Artemis]

Speaking of eggs and our ever-changing understanding of health, this video. 

 

 

 

[Pseudonym]

Yea, that's about that right. I just roll my eyes when I see some new ridiculous study telling me how lethal something supposedly is. 

[Artemis]

The latest culprit is coconut oil, which has been a health fad for a few years.  "Pure poison" now, according to the study.

 

[Pseudonym]

Yea, I saw that. And apparently low carb means early death. 

[Arcadia]

4 hours ago, Van Buren Supernova said:

Good god! I thought you were talking about kids! Because we don't build sandcastles as adult, but we bury each other. That's what people DO!

Anyway I suppose it's because you have big age gap with your siblings or my suspicion that you are 100 years old is right...

True, we progressed from sand castles awhile back. One nephew's an engineer, the other's an artist, so now we build these....

They have to lift the rocks for me, of course, at my age I'm much too feeble to do it myself.....

[Carol the Dabbler]

One thing all those dietary studies seem to ignore is that everyone is different.

Like a lot of people avoid starch because it turns into fat on them.  But if I don't eat starch, I simply can't keep any weight on.  I even lose muscle mass.

[Arcadia]

I have the same issue with medicines … first you should take aspirin for a headache. Whoops, no, that's dangerous, take acetamenophin instead. Hold on, the standard now is ibuprofen. Wait, nope, don't take ibuprofen unless you absolutely have to, acetaminophen is safer. By the way, you should take a baby aspirin every day. Ooops, now they've discovered it doesn't make any difference....

[Arcadia]

Not a rant! But when I went to fetch my emotie I ran across this. Took a moment, but when I figured it out I almost hurt myself laughing.....

https://imgur.com/gallery/DVgBQjI

[Pseudonym]

I got an email this morning from my uni bigging up Freshers week, alas as a distance uni the Freshers is a bit, er, rubbish since it's mostly logging onto forums and chats. At least it doesn't involve the terror of a real Freshers week when you're thrown in with a load of strangers and mainly involves getting plastered. 

[Arcadia]

Freshers? What be these "freshers"? Not freshmen, surely. "Refreshing" acquaintances?

My university has reunions. I avoid them like the plague.

[Pseudonym]

No. It's the first few weeks of uni, usually for the new starters, where there are various fairs, activities, parties etc. Lots of freebies. It's to welcome you to the uni, make getting to know everyone easier, help you to know the area. In reality it's two weeks of p*ss-ups interspersed with a few induction talks and admin type stuff. 

The more social types in older years also tend to turn up early to take advantage of the partying. 

[Van Buren Supernova]

On 9/7/2018 at 8:43 PM, Arcadia said:

They have to lift the rocks for me, of course, at my age I'm much too feeble to do it myself.....

So you guys are building rock tower together and then you'd just stand there probably contributed nothing or just gave direction? Mmmm mmmmmm.... and you call yourself a cool aunt?

 

@healthfood/technology

For me, I believe that everything have to be in moderation. But I'm not a health conscious person anyway, and keep wondering how stressful it must be for kids nowadays that they are publishing their lives daily and have online personas to keep up with and as a base for everyone else to judge you. But I suppose it's not a problem for them when they don't know life before internet. I always think I'm lucky to know both worlds.

I can't live without internet now, I love the knowledge at hand, the ease of communicating (which is a nightmare in a way as well) and the unlimited things we could learn from online world, and of course, finding nuts like you guys, but before it existed, life was simpler, prettier, calmer, relationships and personalities are more genuine, things like stuff and nature are much more appreciated. Both have charm on their own.

[Van Buren Supernova]

Holy smoke,

I just typed a long rant and as usual the forum logged me out.

Usually when I logged back in the content would still be there in my reply box but this time it deleted 80% of it.    Screw it I'm not going to retype. Sigh... nothing in there but usual rant. 

Long story short. There are a lot of idiots in my world,  and as always, I think Sherlock has the best way to handle life. Insensitive? Screw it if sensitive means wasting time for useless thing and ungrateful people with pathetic whim and easily bruised ego that doesn't come in linear with brain competency.

Phew, this feels better than my long rant.

[Pseudonym]

Perhaps writing the rant was enough to get it off your chest a bit even though you didn't get to post it. 

I write responses sometimes, or complaints, and then lose the motivation to post them half way through and don't bother. 

[Van Buren Supernova]

18 minutes ago, Pseudonym said:

Perhaps writing the rant was enough to get it off your chest a bit even though you didn't get to post it. 

I write responses sometimes, or complaints, and then lose the motivation to post them half way through and don't bother. 

Yes it happened to me too, sometimes I stopped half way. And this one definitely not worth repeating.

Conclusion is clear; it's about why people think I'm rude and I can't help it because I think they are right. It's just my defense that I think being rude is necessary when dealing with some people.

[Van Buren Supernova]

18 hours ago, Pseudonym said:

No. It's the first few weeks of uni, usually for the new starters, where there are various fairs, activities, parties etc. Lots of freebies. It's to welcome you to the uni, make getting to know everyone easier, help you to know the area. In reality it's two weeks of p*ss-ups interspersed with a few induction talks and admin type stuff. 

Sounds like my uni could learn from yours.

My Fresher involved a lot of tortures. We trained to sing (SING!!!) for graduates (it becomes a culture actually and quite a nice one, a gigantic choir from new students to send off the graduates. I did enjoy that surprisingly. I'm an Alto, those frigging Sopranos were noisy   

We also needed to spend a week hanging out with students from various other major to learn something boring (fundamental of country etc etc those boring thingy), something similar with hazing with our own faculty that also last a week or two (but with purposes and not as nasty), yah, there were fun activities and parties at the end (but we had to find the funding ourselves). You are right, it's socialization nightmare. 

[Carol the Dabbler]

I don't recall anything other than one big freshman meeting in the arena.  Not even any refreshments! 

 

[Pseudonym]

It's really unfair we never get to see Sherlock with crazy hair (aside from in Serbia, but I don't count that).

I got up this morning, had a shower, washed my hair, then decided I felt too ill to go to work so didn't bother doing any of the vital steps needed in order to make curly hair look decent. I just went back to bed. A courier just knocked on my door, and I had to open it looking like I'd been electrocuted. Crazy doesn't even cover it. So how is it Sherly, who gets into all the scrapes he does, never looks crazy-haired? Even after he was drugged by Irene, carted across London by persons unknown, and tossed into bed he still wakes up looking pretty well coiffed. They should have thrown in a scene of him first thing in the morning with genuine curly-haired-person-morning-hair. Definitely would have been worth a cheap laugh. 

[Carol the Dabbler]

Probably the same reason we never see John without a shirt, or at least an undershirt.  Creating his scar or redoing Sherlock's hair for just one scene would require a ridiculous amount of extra time in the hair and makeup department.  Darn it!

 

[Pseudonym]

They should have done a scene before they did his hair in the morning. Sherlock without being twisted and diffused. Sherlock, in a sheet, au naturel. *leer*

[J.P.]

Well maybe Sherlock was graced with a hair like that. No matter if in a sheet in the morning, out of the pool, on the pavement or on the slab. Maybe he's supposed to be a living action figure, they never have hair problems.

[J.P.]

Or maybe it's the same strange effect that causes women wake up with their make-up on.

[Pseudonym]

I've actually woken up with perfect make-up... perfect hair only if I've straightened it. 

[Carol the Dabbler]

1 hour ago, J.P. said:

Well maybe Sherlock was graced with a hair like that. No matter if in a sheet in the morning, out of the pool, on the pavement or on the slab. Maybe he's supposed to be a living action figure, they never have hair problems.

... or maybe (ssshhhh, don't tell!) just maybe it's a wig?  He actually has a buzz cut because it's comfortable, but when he gets up, he just automatically grabs the sheet and the wig?  In case, you know, a client might show up?

Actually, though, *short* curly hair may just need a minor bit of fluffing to look pretty good in the morning.  When mine was long, I braided it at bedtime (if it wasn't already) just to keep it from wandering off somewhere overnight.  Now that it's short, I just fluff it a bit with my fingertips.  Mine never looks anywhere near as good as Sherlock's though.  I guess I'll go with the action-figure theory.