Random non sequitur posts catch-all thread

BadKen wrote:

I'm gonna take off my pants!
— Randy Newman

Damn right.

Dealing with insomnia and for once the brain weasels are quiet while this happens. Tired enough to lie down, not tired enough to sleep. Hope I’m not up all night, but we shall see.

I was in a bathroom stall at work and suddenly I hear music from someone else’s phone from two stalls down. They were playing Baby Shark.

Tscott wrote:

I was in a bathroom stall at work and suddenly I hear music from someone else’s phone from two stalls down. They were playing Baby Shark.

do-do-do-dah-doo-dah-doo

Maybe they were having trouble going and needed a rage injection to get the fury-poop going?

I dunno seems like appropriate music for dropping kids off at the pool...

06:06 - started Windows update to Windows 10 1903
09:09 - Windows 10 1903 update completed

That's a lot of updating. This is on an SSD, mind. I hope it didn't break anything important.

I seen the videos of Las Vegas being invaded by grasshoppers.

Tried a new kind of "chicken" today. I actually had two kinds in the fridge, one had a best before of some date in Aug, however when I took the cardboard sleeve off, it had some big blue round patches on it...

The one that was vacuum sealed was fine. It was probably pretty healthy, a lot fewer processed ingredients than some of the other ones, and not all carbs. I ate a bit after I fried it, and by itself, the taste was -- not good. Made of peas, tastes like peas. On the sandwich with a bunch of other stuff, so covered in grilled onions and there was also avocado, you couldn't taste it so it was ok and the texture was pretty good. Still have the majority of the packet to go.

Mermaidpirate wrote:

Tried a new kind of "chicken" today. I actually had two kinds in the fridge, one had a best before of some date in Aug, however when I took the cardboard sleeve off, it had some big blue round patches on it...

The one that was vacuum sealed was fine. It was probably pretty healthy, a lot fewer processed ingredients than some of the other ones, and not all carbs. I ate a bit after I fried it, and by itself, the taste was -- not good. Made of peas, tastes like peas. On the sandwich with a bunch of other stuff, so covered in grilled onions and there was also avocado, you couldn't taste it so it was ok and the texture was pretty good. Still have the majority of the packet to go.

Why is "chicken" in quotes? Did... did you eat the blue chicken? I'm so confused!!!

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

Uh oh sorry there is still one devil in hell. He was hiding under the bed and I missed him. Tricky little devil.

When I was a kid all the tv shows had the parents sleeping in different beds. I remember thinking how odd it was. Do all or most married couples sleep in different beds. Then I learned that was mostly a fiction.

I don't know where to post this, but I sure as hell can't not post it.

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Is that Ozymandias by Smash Mouth?

Baron Of Hell wrote:

When I was a kid all the tv shows had the parents sleeping in different beds. I remember thinking how odd it was. Do all or most married couples sleep in different beds. Then I learned that was mostly a fiction.

There's a lot of side-effects from the Hays Code days that still linger in weird ways.

Standards and practices, baby. I remember a tale of Star Trek costumes in the sixties which were nixed because they revealed the underside of an actor's breasts. Cleavage was fine, but underboobs were pornography.

Then in TNG, Marina Sirtis wore progressively more revealing costumes until they basically had her wearing lingerie.

Baron Of Hell wrote:

When I was a kid all the tv shows had the parents sleeping in different beds. I remember thinking how odd it was. Do all or most married couples sleep in different beds. Then I learned that was mostly a fiction.

We've been watching the Dick Van Dyke show lately. I still get a chuckle when they show the bedroom.

Gremlin wrote:

There's a lot of side-effects from the Hays Code days that still linger in weird ways.

I know it's my 2019 brain talking, but I can think of nothing more absurd than a married couple in the same bed being SCANDALOUS.

The thing that made me think of this was watching the handmaid's tale. A couple is in separate beds which was odd for this show because they definitely shared a bed up until now. I think it was sign of things getting worse and more crazy rules being enforced or adopted.

BadKen wrote:

Then in TNG, Marina Sirtis wore progressively more revealing costumes until they basically had her wearing lingerie.

The English accent makes it "classy."

Prederick wrote:
Gremlin wrote:

There's a lot of side-effects from the Hays Code days that still linger in weird ways.

I know it's my 2019 brain talking, but I can think of nothing more absurd than a married couple in the same bed being SCANDALOUS.

The Beach Boys were considered subversive devil-music.

Prederick wrote:
Gremlin wrote:

There's a lot of side-effects from the Hays Code days that still linger in weird ways.

I know it's my 2019 brain talking, but I can think of nothing more absurd than a married couple in the same bed being SCANDALOUS.

I mean, that one is pretty absurd, but there are some other things like a woman raising one leg while being kissed (because they had to keep at least one foot on the floor to rule out scenes in bed, and following the rule strictly as written reinforced existing film tropes).

More subtly, the requirement that immoral acts required on-screen punishment and portrayal of sexuality in American films being easier if it was shown in a bad light is a factor in how it is still easier to show violence than sex on American television; it lead to fewer roles for non-white actors (among other reasons: love between people of different races was taboo and therefore gave them fewer roles to be cast in); gay characters getting killed off; and the continuance of the Western as a genre (since forbidden elements like revenge were easier to justify in historical and genre films).

Though for sheer absurdity, the two beds thing is probably one of the most long-running ones, right up there with the convolutions I Love Lucy had to go through to avoid saying the word "pregnant".

Mixolyde wrote:
Prederick wrote:
Gremlin wrote:

There's a lot of side-effects from the Hays Code days that still linger in weird ways.

I know it's my 2019 brain talking, but I can think of nothing more absurd than a married couple in the same bed being SCANDALOUS.

The Beach Boys were considered subversive devil-music.

We can also chart the arc of the Beatles going from dangerous outsiders corrupting the youth to Paul McCartney being the safe choice for a Super Bowl halftime show after the Janet Jackson scandal the previous year.

Mixolyde wrote:
BadKen wrote:

Then in TNG, Marina Sirtis wore progressively more revealing costumes until they basically had her wearing lingerie.

The English accent makes it "classy."

Delbin wrote:
Mixolyde wrote:
BadKen wrote:

Then in TNG, Marina Sirtis wore progressively more revealing costumes until they basically had her wearing lingerie.

The English accent makes it "classy."

Never seen her out of character before, she's hilarious!

Mermaidpirate wrote:

Tried a new kind of "chicken" today. I actually had two kinds in the fridge, one had a best before of some date in Aug, however when I took the cardboard sleeve off, it had some big blue round patches on it...

The one that was vacuum sealed was fine. It was probably pretty healthy, a lot fewer processed ingredients than some of the other ones, and not all carbs. I ate a bit after I fried it, and by itself, the taste was -- not good. Made of peas, tastes like peas. On the sandwich with a bunch of other stuff, so covered in grilled onions and there was also avocado, you couldn't taste it so it was ok and the texture was pretty good. Still have the majority of the packet to go.

If you get a chance, try the Beyond Burger. We have a local vegan cafe that serves it. I’ve forgotten what actual beef tastes like. All I know is that Beyond is very tasty and totally has that “grilled” burger taste.

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thrawn82 wrote:

I dunno seems like appropriate music for dropping kids off at the pool...

I too used to think that that expression was a euphemism for pooping. Until I used it at a friend’s house in an attempt to be funny. He was both offended and disgusted and a little angry at me as well. You see, he assumed that I had masterbated into his toilet and then openly bragged about it. My naïveté was quickly self apparent.

Your friend's the naive one. It's pooping, not masturbating.

I haven't had it yet, but the Impossible Burger is supposed to be even better than the Beyond Burger (which was.. OK, not quite at fast food quality yet, to my taste)

Hrdina wrote:
Baron Of Hell wrote:

When I was a kid all the tv shows had the parents sleeping in different beds. I remember thinking how odd it was. Do all or most married couples sleep in different beds. Then I learned that was mostly a fiction.

We've been watching the Dick Van Dyke show lately. I still get a chuckle when they show the bedroom.

I don't know, man. My wife is a bed-hog so when I see Van Dyke bedroom scenes I feel kinda jealous.

Stengah wrote:

Your friend's the naive one. It's pooping, not masturbating.

Yup, you're right and your friend is wrong. Consult Urban Dictionary: the top 5 results are all defecation.