Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@MsJubilee Today's lesson: use more smileys next time...

@HobbitGamer Yeah but they tend to smite themselves. More than once the ones in my neighborhood tried eating the power transformer things on the telephone poles. Overcooked Squirrel has a very noticeable smell.

@MsJubilee Sorry about that. I was in a bad mood from completely unrelated reasons and took it out on you.

@ThanosReXXX oh. Well, my mistake then; I knew something looked off but I was already staying late at work so I was cross eyed. Anyway I think the end result is still agree to disagree. Which was my first post anyway. Lol.

Time for new tires. If they find anything else wrong... I will scream.

@Ryu_Niiyama Meh... I'm quite the confident person (you have to be, in the business I'm in) and I know I'm (nearly) always right (not because I'm a smug you-know-what or anything, but simply because I've long since learned not to make statements on things unless I'm absolutely certain they're correct and/or checked and double checked), but I'll yield anyway, because you're part of a select group of people that I've met on here, who's views I can still respect regardless, and as previously mentioned, I can also understand that one's view on life and on people is (at the very least partially) influenced by one's own experiences, thus effectively becoming (part of) one's truth in the process.

To me though, it seems very glass half-empty towards the rest of the Earth's inhabitants, but it is what is, right? And obviously, besides the whole respecting each other's view thing, there's also the (far as I'm concerned) intrinsic right for people to have their own opinion.

And besides, my father also taught me to always treat ladies with respect, so yeah, I'll agree to disagree then.

The people can now rest safely in the knowledge that there'll be no more exchanges of text walls between you and me. Well, at least for the time being...

SPOILER TAGS please.

@ThanosReXXX nope. Just the glass has water in it. Seeing the glass and the contents doesn’t make you a pessimist it just means that you don’t naively expect others to behave a certain way just because of how you think/live. As I said one can only account for oneself. That can still be done earnestly and positively.

@Ryu_Niiyama Remember me saying not being naive?
I do like to keep this polite and respectful, but that is becoming ever so slightly more difficult...

Glass half full just means thinking in solutions instead of problems. What CAN we do instead of standing still for far too long, contemplating what we can NOT do. Seems to me like we're really not that far apart in that respect, we're just describing it differently. Don't know if that's a "men think and express themselves differently than women" thing or something else entirely, but I'll just accept that it's your way of viewing things.

@RedderRugfish NOOOOOOOO!!!!

What did the wall say to the boulder?

@Morpheel Roll away?

Nothing, they are inanimate objects can’t really express opinions.

However if it could talk, it would probably ask what’s a boulder doing there.

When’s the last time you saw a boulder anywhere near a wall?

@Morpheel Probably somewhere in the Middle Ages, when opposing factions had a tendency to hurl them at castle walls...

These wall and boulder must have an interesting story then.

@Link-Hero Nah, no worries. I can take a hit or two. And in this case, all I felt like was clarifying myself, not burning you down to the ground. I always look at myself first, seeing as if others interpret my comment in a different way than I meant it, then that's on me, and then I usually try to elaborate or clarify/simplify, so that there can be no misunderstanding.

I just looked at the clock and realized I’ve been playing Graveyard Keeper for almost 5 hours straight. And my Switch is at 5%. Time for a productivity break I think. Surely I have something I can mow or cook.

I added one cocoa bean to the grinder with the coffee.

The results were inconclusive. Will repeat the experiment tomorrow with more cocoa beans.

@HobbitGamer - Mow the cat, cook the dog, bathe the lawn... wait, never mind.

@Morpheel - Interesting. I’ve thought about this myself, both grinding cocoa beans with my coffee beans, or adding a bit of instant dark chocolate powder to the grounds. Let me know if you achieve some kind of balance.

@bimmy-lee it did have a hint of chocolate near the end of the cup.

I think two or three beans might be the right amount for a 4 cup batch.

Great, I’m just interested in a hint of cocoa flavor. Always thought grinding beans was the way to do it, so I’ll put them on the grocery list. I’ve tried melting a bit of dark chocolate in the cup, but it’s too chocolatey and changes the consistency. Thanks!

@HobbitGamer what's another 5 hours? Go on, do it....

@Heavyarms55 It's fine,it happens.