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ThanosReXXX

@Tyranexx Oh, we have those avenues of excessive light over here, but they're only on the freeways, seeing as that's a place where you'll more likely need it than in the average meandering city street...

Good joke about the MadWorld typo. I also noticed it, but seeing as @NintendoByNature was already feeling under the weather, I didn't want to make him feel even worse.

@NintendoByNature So, using chemicals to get rid of the disease, huh? I normally just use mother nature.
Take a coffee/tea mug, squeeze the juice of one lemon into it, then add boiling water, until it's half full. Sweeten with honey, or if you don't like that, plain sugar or other sweeteners. And take some aspirin or Vicodin along with it.

Usually helps me to get rid of most of any cold or flue symptoms within the space of a week. And if you're airways are completely clogged up, then simply steaming with hot water might help. Pour boiling water into a bowl, and hang your head over that, covered by a towel, so that the steam can't escape. do that for about 10 minutes every night before going to bed.

Another one of grandmother's cures, albeit one I never use but it can help, is to put half an onion on a small plate on the night stand beside your bed. The sharpness of the onion will ultimately unclog your nose and throat. Of course, your bedroom will smell like onion, and if you don't like onion, then that's another strike against it, but it's an option.

I'd say just go with the hot lemon drink and steaming, and you'll at least feel somewhat better relatively soon.

'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'

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Tyranexx

@NotTelevision Precisely. That experience taught me to still give used systems a chance as the previous owner might have taken good care of it, but not to trust refurbs (at least with Nintendo systems) unless they're directly from The Big N.

The wax buildup issue wasn't caught by me at first, so I had a couple of GBA cartridges that would occasionally stick on their own before I gave the pins a good cleaning.

Currently playing: Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires' Conspiracy (Switch)

"Love your neighbor as yourself." Mark 12:31

ThanosReXXX

@kkslider5552000 I find that's one of the most annoying things of the internet: loss of respect. There's kids talking to adults like they went to school with them, showing no respect or courtesy whatsoever, and that's mainly due to the anonymity and there being no filter, so you can just fling whatever crap you want onto the web, because you don't have to suffer any consequences, nor do you have to take into account how it affects others.

And of course, a lot of people are posing, so you'll never really know if they're preteens, teens or actual adults, so it's not all that weird that we sometimes tend to mistake people's ages, or assume they are what they actually aren't. And there's also some that have a knack for writing a bit more intelligently, which might also be causing confusion about their age.

All in all, online communication can both be confusing and wonderful at the same time. Too bad that it also comes with all crap that we see nowadays, but eh... what can you do, right?

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'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'

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bimmy-lee

@ThanosReXXX - I’ve put a lot of color into my place. It makes me happy, and the rest of my family seems to enjoy it as well. I’ve done a LOT of painting here, and still have some left to go. Probably 80% of what I’ve done has been neutral (two different greys or white), but the remaining accent walls and all the doors are pretty colorful. The accent wall in my sons room has nine colors on it. He has the most so far.

I’d say my single greatest joy of renting was the ability to call my property manager and have someone else fix and pay for things that break or wear out. I assume it’s this way for you as well? It sounds like you have the necessities covered for general maintenance, as well as some specialty tools and items for hobbies and interests.

@Tyranexx - Wow, my daughter watched that movie yesterday, and I sat down for that exact scene. I’ve never seen it beginning to end, but I think I’ve seen or heard the whole movie in bits and pieces. That’s my favorite scene for sure. My daughter’s favorite scene is when Rafiki goes full on Bruce Lee and just whips tail on a whole gang of hyenas. That’s a nice way you put it there about the night sky. I remember looking up and eventually getting dizzy as a kid when that wrap around sensation is realized.

@kkslider5552000 - It’s funny to read that because my default assumption is that I’m not only communicating with someone my own age, but that I’m also communicating with another me who understands EXactly what I mean every time I type. I have to actually remind myself that I’m not conversing with me. I’ve always assumed it’s because I’ve never had much use for social media, and NL is the only place I’ve ever read comments, created an account, and posted messages on forums. I kind of assumed this this weird thought process would straighten out over time, but it hasn’t much. Seems really vain.

limby-bee was a jerk.

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Tyranexx

@ThanosReXXX I've always equated well-lit avenues to freeways like you mentioned, or else areas that experience high foot traffic like a shopping district.

On the joke: Thanks! I try my best, though my dry sense of humor and puns (when I come up with something) aren't for everyone.

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"Love your neighbor as yourself." Mark 12:31

ThanosReXXX

@bimmy-lee Yeah, that works the same here as well. Last year, my shower tap was replaced, as well as a new flushing mechanism and water reservoir for my toilet, and also one of my sliding glass doors on my balcony. All on the bill of the rental company, even though that door was kinda my own fault...

And yes, what I've got in tools is purely for the small and necessary stuff, for the rest I've got the aid of the aforementioned family and friends.

'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'

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ThanosReXXX

@Tyranexx I actually did consider making a joke, but I couldn't decide between an Apple joke or a McDonald's one, and because of the earlier mentioned reason, I decided to just leave it. And the McDonald's joke probably wouldn't have been good anyways.

By the way, I actually do like dry humor, so feel free to put in the odd joke whenever applicable.

'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'

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ThanosReXXX

Oh, dear Lord...

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'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'

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Eel

Any of you heard of Gardenscapes?

I have it on 3DS and there it's a fairly standard hidden object search game with a side element where you buy upgrades for a garden.

But lately every ad I see for the mobile version of the game looks weird and makes very little sense with what the game I played was about (for example I saw one where the butler character was in some kind of death trap). Even the pictures of the app stores have very little in common what the game looks like on the 3ds.

It's so weird. I wonder what happened there.

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Bloop.

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NintendoByNature

@ThanosReXXX took your advice. Slugging down a big 16oz mug with 2 tea packets and 1 squeezed lemon. I usually do stuff like that. Guess it slipped me this time 😉

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NintendoByNature

Anti-Matter

@Eel
Some of 3DS PAL only games are typical mobile puzzle games. Touch and slide.

Anti-Matter

ThanosReXXX

@NintendoByNature Cheers. Hope it helps.

'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'

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Anti-Matter

Yikes !! 🤪😱
There was a CENTIPEDE under my bed just now !
I saw it was crawling on the floor when i was about to finish my drawing.
I have no choice but kill the centipede with blade tongs. 😣
The centipede was about 10 cm long.
Gosh... That was pretty big. 😫

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Anti-Matter

NintendoByNature

@Anti-Matter I usually scrape them up with a paper towel and shoe them outside. I feel bad about killing insects, Expect bees, because they're jerks (kidding, but not kidding).

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Tyranexx

@bimmy-lee The Lion King was and still is one of my favorite Disney animated features. I watched it enough as a kid to the point where I can quote many scenes. I liked the recent live adaptation as well, but it wasn't as good. Rafiki is definitely an awesome character. Especially when he goes full Bruce Lee.

Space, as a kid, made me truly realize how big our universe is. I think that's a concept I grasped before realizing Earth is a pretty decent size, too.

@ThanosReXXX Will do. I try to avoid the TRULY lame jokes unless I'm actively trying to elicit a facepalm. I get up to some crazy stuff under the articles sometimes....

Currently playing: Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires' Conspiracy (Switch)

"Love your neighbor as yourself." Mark 12:31

ThanosReXXX

@Anti-Matter "I had no choice but kill the centipede"
Absolute nonsense, there's ALWAYS a choice. If you were already able to catch it with tongs, you could have also put it in a box or some kind of container, and thrown it outside.
And centipede poison cannot kill an adult human, unless they have some kind of condition such as an allergy or when they are of weak composure. It can harm children, but in adults, it'll only cause irritation, swelling, inflammation, and other temporary discomforts. Pretty minor compared to being killed, I'd say.

And pretty much all of us have been bitten by some insect at some point. And what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger, so it's good for you. Creates experience and character, something you could definitely benefit from...

@NintendoByNature You KILL bees?
Those cute little honey providers? Tssss.... Shame on you.
A bee only harms people, or rather: beings it perceives as life-threatening (and in the case of humans, rightfully so), but otherwise, they're completely harmless. And you know what they say about what would happen if bees would go extinct...

Now, if you would have said "I kill wasps" or "I kill hornets"...

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