The Chatty Pointless Thread

[Ru1977]

Really good to know, and now that they don't ASK what it is, for when my CC gets hit by all the orders I did for those swedish suregrip suck machines.

 

[Chooch555]

@Ru1977 just volunteers that information when he picks up the phone - doesn't matter who it is.

 

[Ru1977]

"Do you get a commission off these or something?"
"Nope, just a really great product!"

 

[Damien]

My wife orders our groceries since it's easier given that she doesn't drive and I'm super busy often enough that regular grocery shopping is very difficult to navigate.

For like seven months we'd order groceries, the credit card company would flag the charge as fraudulent, and then cancel it. No call. No questions. Just putting a hard stop on my fucking -groceries-. We tried a few times to get them to explain why this is fraudulent and the answer was mostly 'just vibes.' And they also refused to put that company/transaction/whatever on some kind of safe list so it stops getting flagged.

I think they only eventually figured it out because it was affecting a lot of people and they were getting yelled at a lot. Don't know if you guys order groceries at all, but if your card declines you also lose your delivery time. Kind of sucks a lot to make a grocery order on Wednesday for Friday, only to find out that you lost the spot and now the next available date is the following Monday and all the groceries you ordered for weekend dinners isn't showing up and now you've GOT to go to the grocery store... even though you're paying people to deliver your groceries to your house. Thanks VISA. Top notch service there.

 

[TheGillMan]

My taste in country is almost always bracketed by the question, "Is the artist still alive?". Because with a few exceptions, any country music created in the last generation is jingoistic garbage.

On the topic of modern country music...
"They're just doing hip hop for people who are afraid of black people."
--Steve Earle

 

[yojoebro82]

My 5 year old girl: "Daddy, I know who Oroku Saki is."

Me: "Who?"

My 5 year old girl: "The Shredder."

So much pride.

 

[Ru1977]

I never, ever, want to harm a child. At all. But if I hear one more "six, sehhhhhven"....

 

[DarthDre758]

My youngest kids are right in that age group where it would be their thing to say...and they detest it.

 

[Ru1977]

 

[TheSameIdiot]

If I were a kid today, I'd probably say it ironically to piss off adults.

 

[Ru1977]

If I were a kid today, I'd probably say it ironically to piss off adults.

That's where my 14 year old is.

 

[DarthDre758]

My mom is a monitor at one of the city schools, and she complains about it all the time. She is, however, waiting for her time to say it to the kids and blow their minds.

 

[Ru1977]

My wife says we need to start using it frequently to strip it of its flavor.

 

[joshsquash729]

I feel like I just learned about it, and I detest it too. Especially because it has no meaning. It's just pointless fluff to look cool and show your fellow kids you're one of them.

And yet. I have moments where I catch myself because I'm sure I was similar back when I was a kid. Things we think are hilarious but are really just grating. I was never that bad, being an unpopular theater kid, but we were annoying in our own ways, rest assured.

God, I feel old and out of touch. Sometimes I love it. Sometimes I hate it.

 

[DarthDre758]

I do remember running around my high school doing my best (pretty bad) Beavis and Butt-Head impressions...so I guess it could be worse.