Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@ThanosReXXX I did watch the video, and now I want to make that garlic stew; I don't think anyone in my nearby surroundings would appreciate it though!

@AlohaPizzaJack I'm still clueless. Think of me as a tourist, not a fellow country man who, regardless of having lived in Europe for over 39 years, still knows everything about the States and what's going on there.

Rad Away bags only makes me think of Fallout, but that's probably not it, or is it?

@Tyranexx The ingredients of sodas aren't any more beneficial here compared to over on your side of the pond, so corn syrup or any other kind of sugary content, it's all bad regardless.

But like I said: moderation is key. Besides rich hearty foods, I'm also quite fond of candy, cookies, pastries and sodas, especially mixed ones, and I'm slightly overweight (about 10 kilos), but I also try to keep it in check, and I ride a bike everywhere, except when the weather is really harsh, and even though I live on the fourth floor and there is an elevator in my apartment, I still take the stairs.

In general, I still don't get the brushing two times a day, though. It's overkill, useless if you eat afterwards, and if you ask me, it's a marketing ploy, meant for people who don't brush at all, in hopes of them at the very least achieving brushing once out of the two "recommended" times.

I've been brushing my teeth only once, before going to bed for decades, and I'm still happily chewing and smiling away, with pearly white teeth...

Your coworker just has a fast metabolism. Don't know how old he is, but that will at some point come back and bite him...

As for Mr. Conway: that's like what, the third person connected to the Spongebob series that died?
He was already reasonably old, though. And he probably had a good life, so even though it's always sad when someone passes, at least he had a full life, and his work will live on, for quite some time to come.

@Octane Depends on who it is. Family and friends could be a thing, but coworkers and/or neighbors are irrelevant, so I'd say have at it...

@ThanosReXXX It absolutely is a Fallout reference

@AlohaPizzaJack Well, then I'm still clueless regardless of having guessed it correctly.
You saying "It’s all down to genetics in the end. All my extra rad away bags pay off" still doesn't make a heck of a lot of sense to me. Then again: that comment of yours wasn't even directed at me, so maybe I should just let go...

EDIT:
Perhaps it's also handy to tell you that I'm not exactly part of the Fallout in-crowd, so most references to that will probably fly right over my head...

@ThanosReXXX I say it's the other way around. Family and friends don't get you a better position at your work

@Octane Meh... screw work.
Live is about LIVING, not working. If you enjoy eating garlic, then why not?
And drink lots of beer or soda drinks with it, so you can burp up all the lovely aromas afterwards...

sigh, everyone else here thinks "Barnacle Boy", and I was thinking Carol Burnett....... #ThanosWorldProblems

@ThanosReXXX BTW, it's been a long time since it was "brush twice a day", now it's "brush after every meal", including people taking toothbrushes into office bathrooms to brush mid-day. Which is needless to say, pretty gross.

I like to eat slices of raw shallots and usually i sprinkle them onto my foods such as Chicken satay, Tahu Tek, Pecel rice, etc. 😉

I feel like im gone for 12 hours and miss so much in the chat 🤑. Yesterday was garlic and coca cola, two days ago was....( people going crazy about Tetris 99( or was that the other thread), what's today's topic?

@NintendoByNature
Today is about me like to eat slices of RAW Shallots. 😋

@Anti-Matter finally! I thought this topic would never be brought up! 😅

@ThanosReXXX "Live is about LIVING, not working."
Now I KNOW you're not a real American anymore! Someone once told me Europeans work to live, Americans live to work. It's true. Work is expected to be your sole and only purpose in life here. [Insert motivational poster slogan here]

Actually someone posted one of those motivational poster slogans in the NL comments section last week. If I could reach through my computer screen with a chainsaw, I'd have dealt with that problem.... What was it? "No one ever changed the world on 40 hours a week!" I despise those kinds of slogans, and despise more anyone would would cite them. A call to endless hours of labor on the promise that the truly successful and memorable did so. If endless hours of work were what was required for that kind of success, every adult male in Japan would be a legend among men. Instead most are beaten down, depressed salarymen, plus a handful of legends. But nothing shall interfere with the narrative: Work is life, toil is liberty!

And the US is worse than Japan in that regard...

@NEStalgia Brushing more than once a day is nonsense, a waste of valuable productivity, and harmful to the gums, so screw that.

Oh, and ThanosWorldProblems? I wasn't the one bringing it up, just added my two cents.
And while we're at it, why don't we add Doris Day as well? Will REALLY make us look old, compared to the other posters...

By the way: your assistance is needed in the Xbox thread. Some weird goings on, there...

@Anti-Matter Put 'em in a raw salad, and I'll join in...

@NEStalgia All a load of BS. A good friend of mine, who lives in Asia (Myanmar), works about 20 hours a week, earns thousands of dollars, owns three houses, with swimming pools, and he lives life to the fullest. He invited me to come over in July. Even offered to pay for my flight, so I took him up on his offer...

@ThanosReXXX Yeah I was more depressed about Doris than Conway. Now there's a true legend.... I wonder how many people in the average age group here have even heard of her?

How to explain her importance? Hmm, she was like the a Kardashian 60 years before there was a Kardashian, except she had boatloads of talent and endless class?

@NEStalgia - I will OBEY. I’ll throw Dorf into the memories of Tim Conway conversation.

@NEStalgia Don't insult her. She actually had class, something nearly all of the Kardashians are missing.

@ThanosReXXX If work is something you like to do, instead of something you have to do, I don't think it matters.

@Octane If work is something you like to do instead of something you have to do, you don't need motivational posters and slogans with creepy totalitarian references to encourage you to do more of it.

@ThanosReXXX I'm doing my best to try to speak Millennial. It's not my primary language, so it may be slightly inaccurate. Leave me alone. And get off my lawn!

@bimmy-lee Ahh, yeah, I forgot all about that!

@NEStalgia Yeah, I've never seen those around here