╟❓general-offtopic

[proven tundra]

[real aspen]

Your state of mind matters little

[fluid trout]

heard that the reason why a driving license proctor in my area got fired is because they found out he passed one student cause he got treated to a convenience store sandwich and a drink prior to the test

[wispy shore]

Anyway, gotta go to the gym

Morning exercise is a canon event and unskippable

Bye

[fluid trout]

bye

[real aspen]

Fucking 15% or so pass rate for 2nd stage here, rules are very strict

[fluid trout]

electric motorcycles are now common in my country and they don't need licenses LMAO

[real aspen]

Same

[fluid trout]

and I aint talking about a thin 2 seater, I'm talking more along the lines of a tuk-tuk

[real aspen]

They're considered bicycles here

Which is a problem

[fluid trout]

a fucker parked one in the main highway in the third lane, which almost got me fucking killed

[real aspen]

[nocturne aurora]

sounds like the A7 here

[real aspen]

Personally I don't trust Prius drivers

Every crash I've seen has had at least one Prius involved

[nocturne aurora]

BMW Mercedes + Dacia ware imo the worst of them Dacia are just beginners witch you can forgive

[real aspen]

Automatic transmissions in general

There's a reason they have separate licenses for people who pass on manual and automatic

[fluid trout]

lmao they ain't even in the vehicle, just parked it there and fucked off to somewhere

[nocturne aurora]

eh it depends for what you need your car spesific

[fluid trout]

was standing in the bus and almost bust my fucking head open in front an older lady

[real aspen]

They're convenient obviously but manual forces you to think and pay attention, at least a little

[nocturne aurora]

nothing beats in an emergency to shift down and gtfo of the situation with the full power of the engine

[real aspen]

If I see someone driving with one hand out of the window I automatically assume maximum alert towards them

[fluid trout]

generational aura debt or whatever they fucking say

[real aspen]

Also that, having full control is nice

[nocturne aurora]

what grinds my gears are the E-Bike and E-Scooter drivers dumasses witch thing they can get away while beeing noithing more than an Moped

[real aspen]

Funny enough you can get away from cars even on a bicycle here

Go up a curb and ride onto one of million alleyway

[fluid trout]

anyways, a college kid almost died since a cracked piece from the freeway above him fell onto his vehicle

[nocturne aurora]

yeah true but having Teenagers and or Grandma Heike on the Bike isnt fun when you drive an big Vehicel

[fluid trout]

can I get yall's thoughts on the new SUVs they keep coming out now?

seems too big for their purpose

[nocturne aurora]

SUV= EU version of the Lifted Trucks in the US imo

if you need an Car for Offroad by an Lada an Mercedes Wolf or an UAZ-469

[blazing jackal]

Lada Niva, precisely

[blazing jackal]

Uaz Patriot also

more modern, less uncomfortable pos inside

[nocturne aurora]

true, Lada Niva + Uaz Patriot has the dumb problem that it swallows oil and gas or Diesel like an bottomless hole when in offroad

but it gets the job done with no problems

[blazing jackal]

by design, it craves oil, but at least its not dead when funni "oil" red sign appears as on german car

[cunning reef]

Cars in general are too large rn but its literally an arms race so nothing will change until its forced to

[nocturne aurora]

[blazing jackal]

but its torture to have Niva in city, its a horrible car for that purpose

get a Ki Car, best shit in the world, japs get it

[fluid trout]

sister brought me along when buying a new car and holy shit the front visibility is trash

[cunning reef]

Literally compare a modern standard car vs a pickup truck from 30 years ago lmfao

[fluid trout]

you can put a kid in front and you'll not be able to see em

[nocturne aurora]

try an Ural 4320 while going shopping or getting some stuff from ALDI + find an parking spot with that monster

[blazing jackal]

just crush some car and you set

[cunning reef]

Part of cars getting bigger was to protect the driver (at the expense of everyone else around you)

Hence why its a literal arms race

[nocturne aurora]

since i drive an Ural 4320 sometimes i can say that other drivers are KEEPING distance while on the road and in parking spaces

[fluid trout]

lmao the new pickup trucks have a larger cabin than space

you can maybe put a 2x4 in there

[blazing jackal]

i only was in trunk of military one, while serving as conscript, fun experience offroad

https://tenor.com/view/russian-off-road-drunk-russian-spill-shake-gif-16092745

[nocturne aurora]

hmmm but nothing is going to stop you with this kind of Truck, but i love to use it in winter when you can plow snow of the road + rescue some drivers that are stuck in an ditch

[blazing jackal]

apocalypse car, together with gaz-66

[nocturne aurora]

i want one so bad but eh try to find parts here either expensive af, or 3 month wait

[carmine laurel]

[blazing jackal]

just wait, its not going to rot away that fast

do you space your marine today?

expensive af

[nocturne aurora]

true, gut GAZ-66 needs an bigger more beefy Powerplant imo

[blazing jackal]

In 2020, production began on modernized GAZ-66 vehicles (with engines and gearboxes from ISUZU trucks) for the Uzbek armed forces.

but i doubt you can fix isuzu stuff that easy

[nocturne aurora]

hmmm now the prob is are they as trustworth as the sovjet ones

[upbeat verge]

why is it that delivery by ship is called...cargo
but delivery by car or van is called...shipment

[blazing jackal]

because ship dont do shipment (to your door) i guess, same as trains/planes are cargo

[nocturne aurora]

We call passenger trains as follows: waggons loaded with self-loading dangerous goods

[severe storm]

good morning

[timber oxide]

No (that's my thought)

[real aspen]

modern suvs arent suvs

they're big cars

[timber oxide]

Bigger cars need to comply to less strict emissions regulations, it has nothing to do with safety

[real aspen]

real suv is like a 90s mitsubishi delica or similar offroad van

[pallid sapphire]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/401028508249227264/1414215035718471742/IMG_2391.jpg?ex=68bec1e3&is=68bd7063&hm=f2bca11dfd9d45285e4298136b2b7a8ae5bc4392bb352cb1fab6d45a517e8e75&

Miata

@frozen void @upbeat verge

[severe storm]

bro sending ip grabber

[timber oxide]

Also people need to feed their ego by having big cars

[real aspen]

i still dont understand that whole ego thing

especially on road

on the road you're a cog

[severe storm]

maybe they just like car man

[real aspen]

nothing more

[timber oxide]

You don't understand a lot of things

[real aspen]

do your function properly

[severe storm]

i mean some people love big car

[cunning reef]

Not entirely but yes this too, but bigger cars also have more crumple zones to absorb impacts

[pallid sapphire]

Older people usualy get bigger cars cause its easier to get in and easier to crash

[severe storm]

yeah older people alway love bigcar

[real aspen]

im not even old but i dislike sedans

i prefer sitting upright

hence why i want an offroad van

[timber oxide]

The original reason was literally that more strict regulations came out but bigger cars were affected less, so it was literally easier to make bigger cars instead of wasting effort on making small cars compliant

[cunning reef]

I know, im just saying both are factors

[severe storm]

i dont trust people who own van

[upbeat verge]

ok

[real aspen]

kill yourself

[timber oxide]

You do sit upright in a sedan

I own a sedan, I sit upright

[real aspen]

might be confusing the car names

i know some cars you sit reclined back with knees lifted a bit

dont like those

[timber oxide]

[cunning reef]

You mean any car with adjustable seats?

[real aspen]

cant adjust knees being lifted

might just be a tall person issue though

cant get comfortable in most low cars like sedans or hatchbacks

but somehow minis are comfy as hell

i guess cause they're tall

[cunning reef]

Mini coopers aint even mini anymore

Still larger than half the cars from 10 years ago

[real aspen]

minis as in mini cars

not the mini brand

have ridden in a few boxy minis

they always have tons of head and leg space

in sedans, i have to either beat cramped legs, or cramped head

or not being able to use rearview

cause i have to lift and move back so much my head obscures half the rearview

if i adjust it to not catch my head then i still lose a big chunk of view

anyway yeah i prefer vans

they're practical too

i would now post a funny gif to change the topic

but alas

im killing myself

[timber oxide]

You can
Just push the seat back

Leave no space for the rear passenger

[timber oxide]

Adjust the mirrors

Lower the seat

Push it back

[timber oxide]

Do it

[real aspen]

low and far back is uncomfortable

py i know what i find comfortable, i dont have a car but i have spent like 60 hours driving one

nothing is quite right

but when i went sat behind the wheel of a van everything just clicked in place

[fluid trout]

can't blame you, some vans are comfortable as fuck

[timber oxide]

And I have spent over 10 years driving one

As a matter of fact I'm about to add some time to my driving experience in just a moment

The only car I didn't like driving was my dad's Rav4

Reason 1 - it's a SUV

Reason 2 - it's a hybrid

Reason 3 - it's automatic

In short - too big, part electric, lazy ass no fun allowed transmission

There are two things that would make it worse and those are if it was fully electric or if it was... a tesla

Speaking of which I saw a cybertruck irl a few days ago and that thing looks even worse in real life than in the photos

[real aspen]

sure, but i dont think it takes 88k hours to realize that something is uncomfortable to use

well what do i know

im just a motorbike scrub

[timber oxide]

You are a scrub, motorbikes have nothing to do with it

[real aspen]

damn

so rude

[timber oxide]

That's me

[real aspen]

just the way i like it

[timber oxide]

[severe storm]

The car conversation is still going ?

Y’all talking about black van

I will call the cop on you

[fluid trout]

where I'm from its a white L300 van

and they'll use your blood to strengthen bridges or smth

[cunning bronze]

@marsh cargo@proven tundra my god... the main menu music..

its so peam..

[thick plover]

@timid hollow arena 12 reached

4k trophies, im 3k away from you

[raven swan]

Chat i just splashed hot cooking oil across my left hand

Pog!

[cunning reef]

I had oil spilled on my hand at hibachi like uhh

Couple weeks ago

Mark is still there

[raven swan]

Gah damn this tofu tastes like ass

NOT worth burning my hand over

[severe storm]

I never enjoy tofu

They taste like ass naturally

[raven swan]

I will personally behead anyone who gives me tofu propaganda now

This shit tastes like ass

[marsh cargo]

[marsh cargo]

Vegans

[severe storm]

There this thing from china

It called sticky tofu

Smell that shit before tasted that shit before

No way will I ever put that shit in my mouth again

[cunning bronze]

Mmm sword saint sounds dope

[marsh cargo]

[carmine laurel]

[severe storm]

Dude just woke out of bed 🤣

While I didn’t even sleeping 😂

[thick plover]

🦅 🇺🇸

[real aspen]

it'll buff out

maybe

or you'll be scarred for life

50/50

i hope you did your daily ritual to rng gods

[oblique belfry]

[real aspen]

YouTube is blocking Warframe

[oak magnet]

[oblique belfry]

home alone

tomfoolery time

im gonna move the couches

[oak magnet]

stasi style?

move everything a few inches around the house

[oblique belfry]

[oak magnet]

allegedly it can mess with people, then again idk if that whole stasi doing that is propoganda or real, need to research

[oblique belfry]

probably

[oak magnet]

cant be worse than practically any agency bugging your phones or wtv

[real aspen]

personally i notice when things are a bit out of place

but i've observed people who don't and it definitely causes mishaps

[severe storm]

Holy

[real aspen]

i will also again say that people do not look up nearly often enough

[oak magnet]

tbh when ive done it people barely notice

[severe storm]

Sound like you have some mental disorder brother

[oak magnet]

unless its over the span of weeks

[severe storm]

I remember checking something about it and the description said these type of people knew when thing are out of place and they get iterated about it

[oak magnet]

i did go a bit crazy when i found a popcorn kernel on my table, despite me never having eaten popcorn in that house in the 3 months i was there

[real aspen]

a spider left it

[oak magnet]

and no one that came into my room was eating popcorn

[oak magnet]

maybe

i got myself an IKEA stainless steel pan

cant even show it off

because some immature asshole liked being wierd on discord

[real aspen]

is it made of steel, pan-shaped, with metal loop handle, and shiny?

[oak magnet]

yes all metal

so i can reverse sear steaks with an oven

my dad (who doesnt cook) said “oh ur gonna get shit stuck to that”

as if i havent been cooking with my flatmate’s steel pan all year

i really love that stupid concept of people being extremely confident in shit they dont know or do because they know a tiny bit

[proven tundra]

Ye I love the music

[obsidian sun]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n89NFtIUWDI

what the fuck

[fluid trout]

Inferno is actually cracked dude

the sheer amount of bullshit he did in Halo is insane

[obsidian sun]

i remember his dark souls mod

i wanted to make that shit work so bad

[fluid trout]

and hes only halfway done, intends to add a lot more

[cunning bronze]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnd0MeDPwkw @marsh cargo @carmine laurel

[obsidian sun]

i will legit play this mod as my first morrowind run when it's done

[hexed stag]

How do you prepare the pan? Like maintain the oil "seasoning"

[oak magnet]

no seasoning

you need to preheat to be hot

and then add oil, while hot

only then should you reduce the heat down to medium if necessary

its not cast iron which needs seasoning

[severe storm]

I have been playing tactical shooter for a while now

And I just realize this

If you are holding an angle and your enemies has no info on you it better to hold close with ur cross hair

If you are holding an angle and your enemies know you are there it better to hold wide with your crosshair since they most likely gonna swing

Angle

My bad 😂

[oblique belfry]

????????

am i hacked or smth dafuq ?

on my youtube search history i found "contradictions in the bible" which i didn't even think about at all

i checked my devices and login history but nothing shows up

if it was main page sure

but this shit on search bar

and looks like i looked it up

which i didnt

nope

only i use my own pc

even if that were the case

they would look it up in turkish

they don't know english that well

EVEN EVEN so

why the fuck would they search that up

bitch i fucking pinged you

BASTARD

ACTUALLY IGNORING ME

@copper vapor

BASTARD

bro

the audacity

smh

[timber oxide]

Sorry M8 I forgot to log out

[oblique belfry]

[oblique belfry]

fuck u gonna do with "contradictions in the bible"

[timber oxide]

First the image perms
Now mentions

[oblique belfry]

they will go after our chatting next

[timber oxide]

4am YouTube browsing

[oblique belfry]

he is stalling

raided

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV9FRQYVbhk

@sour rivet dear god the fps

huh

they removed guardian ranks that unlocks after you finish the story

instead made a new skill tree called "specilization"

no

they removed em and replaced it with "specialization"

that is a new skill tree

that unlocks post story

and they are new skills instead of just stat increase

like Vault hunter gaining damage reduction based on their hp or shield depending which one has higher capacity

raid bosses are back

also apparently instead of repeating the story again you complete challenges to unlock harder difficulties on UVHM

[marsh cargo]

delicious sunday coffee

[timber oxide]

Mmmmm

Coffee

[oblique belfry]

thats what devs said tho so it could be a cope

[marsh cargo]

https://youtu.be/r6D8EUUV448?si=gJW6Ud6v5mlkroiP
going to repost this again for the funnis

[oblique belfry]

he said there will still be some tutorial missions but other then that you do challenges to open new difficulties

[marsh cargo]

so what the complaining topic this time ?

[oblique belfry]

nothing much

just posted the borderlands endgame vid

that devs talk about

[marsh cargo]

borderlands

[oblique belfry]

looks like they went bigger on gameplay side

[marsh cargo]

is this about nightreign ?

[oblique belfry]

also the amount of vids they release about bl4 scares me

they keep shilling bl4 everyday now

[real aspen]

the words may be different but this is how my characters talk

[oblique belfry]

which usually means bad stuff

[real aspen]

sometimes i myself

[marsh cargo]

no amount of propaganda will make me give randy money

[oblique belfry]

i would've liked to play it but my pc

september yet again being the holy grail for game releases

dl the beast this month too

silksong released on sep

bl4 soon

[frank hearth]

praying to god they fired everyone involved in 3´s writing

[oblique belfry]

good news about that one

they gave some of the creators early demos and most of em said that one of the bosses are more serious toned some even say some parts of story is more serious the bl3

[upbeat verge]

chat

today is second date with woman

god is testing me today chat

[frank hearth]

[oblique belfry]

you get 1 more chance boy. Do not fumble it

3 successful dates in a row

[upbeat verge]

2 retard

[frank hearth]

offtopic will be watching your progress with great interest

[oblique belfry]

means its time to do step 2

[frank hearth]

[upbeat verge]

this will be second

[oblique belfry]

[oblique belfry]

no i just pointed out

[upbeat verge]

she said ill put on dress and corset
Holy shit lord give me strenght

[oblique belfry]

even if you fumble this date you still have 1 more chance

[oblique belfry]

[upbeat verge]

listen

[oblique belfry]

humana humana humana

[upbeat verge]

even if we fumble its experience

it is a date though we agreed its a date

[frank hearth]

positives corsets are fucking hot

problem

they are a bastard to take off

[upbeat verge]

my goal isnt to hit

my goal is to get to know the girl and vibe

[timber oxide]

Debatable

[upbeat verge]

hasn't met and talked to the girl
im seeing the red flags

brother are you ill?

getting signals from the mothership again?

[real aspen]

you're the red flags ivan

i worry for any woman, man and anything in-between which has the misfortune of bonding with you

we love bullying ivan

almost as much as we love bullying me

my dumbass would just be completely oblivious to 2nd and 3rd points

i'll keep this in mind for the near-zero chance i ever land a date

[timid hollow]

after a successful weekend of non stop drinking im home again

mom is making goulash

life is good

[raven swan]

Museli

Mm

[raven swan]

Thank you gex's mom

[timid hollow]

i was sleeping at girls place, that is also going well

[raven swan]

[timid hollow]

something is too good to be true here

fuck it we ball

[raven swan]

The correct response

Gf reveal when

[timid hollow]

wouldnt you like a gex reveal first

[raven swan]

[fluid trout]

she's sacrificing you to Baal

[raven swan]

The oil burn has calmed down, hurt like a bitch for three hours

[timid hollow]

had worse

[raven swan]

The us army is on standby

[timid hollow]

i feel like im the only male who doesnt like goth girls

[raven swan]

Sounds like ivan is the real winner here

[timid hollow]

yeah sab you as well

[real aspen]

Im here dude

[timid hollow]

just remembered

[raven swan]

[fluid trout]

then what is yall's type?

[raven swan]

I like the landmine girl type goths, the others are meh

[timid hollow]

Hard to say

[raven swan]

[timid hollow]

but goth aint it

[fluid trout]

oh you want your life ruined huh

[timid hollow]

my type is ana de armas

[raven swan]

I like the short fiesty ones

[raven swan]

Call me an extremophile, i thrive when my life is on fire

[timid hollow]

With that girl it seems like im the depressed one. which is good because i can actually deal with it

[raven swan]

[timid hollow]

I think the depressed girl that pulls you down with it is a canon event tho

[raven swan]

[timid hollow]

exactly

True tho

[raven swan]

Bro hasn't experienced the power vac 9000

[timid hollow]

Had that one girl, sex was the best of my life, but man did she drag me down

[raven swan]

Who am I fooling, I've had sex once in my entire life

[timid hollow]

isnt worth it

[raven swan]

I can't act like I'm experienced

[timid hollow]

Im not experienced either, way too young for that

just fooled around a lot

Also if there is one redflag, girls with random ahh tattoos all over the place

[fluid trout]

man where the fuck are yall finding women

[real aspen]

Cute and refined tall lady with modest curves and long hair

[fluid trout]

almost all my relationships ended because we just fizzled out lmao

[raven swan]

Aw hell nah I'm never fucking with a girl like that

[timid hollow]

It just happens

just dont search for it, forced stuff never works

[raven swan]

Outside

[proven tundra]

Outside mostly

[timid hollow]

watch how i met your mother for an extremely detailed example of it

[real aspen]

Mostly outside but there are a few in my head

[fluid trout]

I fucked up, aint connected my one message to another

[raven swan]

The lady in my head calls me studmuffin

[timid hollow]

The lady in my head says get a job

but im pretty good at not listening to woman

[raven swan]

I say that to myself, the lady didn't need to

Yet

[timid hollow]

GOULASH IS READY

CYA AFTER MY FEAST

[real aspen]

consume

[raven swan]

[real aspen]

it all

[wild vortex]

[real aspen]

we got rizzmaster here

[fluid trout]

yall folks stop treating me like I'm 15 or something lmao

[real aspen]

damn you're ancient

[carmine laurel]

you still could

[fluid trout]

I think it's because I got decent at communicating what the fuck I want in a relationship

[carmine laurel]

thats more likely to be true

[marsh cargo]

[real aspen]

do not the spider

[proven tundra]

That's the boat I'm in rn tbh
I'm 45 might as well

My kids are grown up

I don't really feel like moving again

[real aspen]

i dont even think about romantic relationships unless someone reminds me about it

[marsh cargo]

thats the last part of spooder i needed now to check what mats im missing

[real aspen]

[fluid trout]

I'm just happy my current relationship is still ongoing lmao, shes too good for me

[marsh cargo]

FFS

[real aspen]

get fucked idiot

go spend 20 minutes getting one single resource

why do you have work on sunday

[proven tundra]

Some places are open Sundays

[real aspen]

do you get rest days on weekdays

[proven tundra]

Typically if I have to work a weekend I get those days off during the week instead yes

[real aspen]

cool

[proven tundra]

I'm only allowed to work so many hours/2 week period or I get overtime
And they do not like paying for overtime

[real aspen]

personally 4on-4off is the best schedule

10 hour days ideally

dunno

just think it's a good schedule

[proven tundra]

I've done 12 hour shifts × 3 plus two x 8 every 4 weeks to top off the hours

I did that for over a decade

Worked Tuesday Thursday Friday every week and then one weekend a month

[real aspen]

i kinda want all my rest days on weekdays

cause i can go to places that would be closed on weekends

yeah

[proven tundra]

How many vacation hours do you get per year?

[zealous depot]

[real aspen]

love going outside after people have commuted to work and have almost total silence

[proven tundra]

I'm up to five weeks now

[proven tundra]

That's not bad

We need approval for more than 2 weeks at a time

[rocky turtle]

alo

[proven tundra]

[quaint iron]

@leaden creek hehe

[green granite]

Man

There is no image perm

Its been so long

[rocky turtle]

[green granite]

Since the last time I've seen my son lost to this monster

[proven tundra]

Day 780,421 of no image perms

[rocky turtle]

[green granite]

Ugh

[leaden creek]

A fellow STALKER enjoyer I see

[quaint iron]

yes, but I'm sane enough to make my own modpack... (or rather lack of sanity), but sane enough to not play gamma 🥰

[proven tundra]

[leaden creek]

I haven't played GAMMA in a long while

😂

[proven tundra]

!topic

[solid sundial]

@leaden creek

NO STALKER, NO MEMES, NO POLITICS

General chat to talk about anything (except Stalker, we already have a whole server for that).
If you need to ask a question about GAMMA, ask in #newbies-chat.
Stalcraft is fine, the setting of the game is Stalker but the game itself is not Stalker.

inb4 "uuuh this is a stupid rule, I don't like it and moderators stinks"
Cope

(the one posting this with !topic is a certified reddit mod)

[fluid trout]

my bloods boiling

[quaint iron]

oh shut up

[solid sundial]

@quaint iron

NO STALKER, NO MEMES, NO POLITICS

General chat to talk about anything (except Stalker, we already have a whole server for that).
If you need to ask a question about GAMMA, ask in #newbies-chat.
Stalcraft is fine, the setting of the game is Stalker but the game itself is not Stalker.

inb4 "uuuh this is a stupid rule, I don't like it and moderators stinks"
Cope

(the one posting this with !topic is a certified reddit mod)

[proven tundra]

I like winter vacation so I don't have to drive through the snow

[real aspen]

i miss when there still was snow

[proven tundra]

Since I travel 70km on the highway

I mean
If I had a choice I'd just be at home everyday lol

But having to go to work on snow days is fucking painful

[blazing jackal]

i have 50 days of payed vacation i cant skip and turn into workdays and bonus

[proven tundra]

Gotta shovel out the car
Sometimes it takes twice as long if you have to drive slow
All the clinics are closed usually but everyone is short handed anyway because people can't make it
Twice as long to drive home again
Gotta shovel out again when you get home

[fluid trout]

things you do to stay warm eventually end up feeling cozy, anything you try to cool yourself down feels like fucking nothing is happening

[real aspen]

are you canadian

[proven tundra]

[quiet abyss]

Regrettably

[real aspen]

[blazing jackal]

thats why those who love everything up from 25C are fucking psychos

[proven tundra]

I'm talking like 35-40cm of snow, you have to shovel that shit out of your driveway before you can even drive

[quiet abyss]

[green granite]

Man

[proven tundra]

So you're up an hour early to shovel

You take a shower after before you go to work

[green granite]

We can even post gif whipping people posting Sdalger in #╟❓general-offtopic

[proven tundra]

And in that time a snow plow comes and fills your driveway AGAIN

[green granite]

Whats even the fun of calling them out anymore

[quiet abyss]

I dont do none of that hour early shit i just get up at my usual time and just shovel behind da car

Takes 5 min

[proven tundra]

So you have to shovel the 2 feet of packed snow again at the front of your drive before you can leave

[fluid trout]

just don't shower and end up being the outcast of your working space

[blazing jackal]

how about you wake up once or twice during night to start and heat up the car, otherwise it wont start at morning because it -35+

[proven tundra]

[green granite]

You guys take shower in the morning?

[proven tundra]

Sure that'll keep the car clean
But you can't drive through that much snow lol

[quiet abyss]

Idk i shower evening

[real aspen]

one advantage of working in hard labor is that noone cares if you're a bit stinky

[green granite]

I shower evening

[quiet abyss]

Never morning

Well theres the odd morning shower

[real aspen]

i've showered in the morning once, because electricity was out the previous evening

[proven tundra]

Shower when I first get up
I've done it that way for 25 years now

[fluid trout]

dumbass once went to site very looking like he partied all night and never went home, safe to say nobody trusts his ass anymore

[quiet abyss]

But i usually do it in the evening

[fluid trout]

shower when you wake up, cold water only, shit feels terrific

[real aspen]

it feels like nothing

[blazing jackal]

depends on work hours, if your shift starts from 8 am, you need another hour or two to get there - no way you want to shower at morning.

[quiet abyss]

Terrific and cold water dont go together

Fuck that

[real aspen]

cold shower gives a bit of initial shock then you get used to it

[green granite]

I mean I don't even shower morning

[fluid trout]

the shock when you're still kinda zonked out is sensational

[proven tundra]

Nah I'm fine with a warm shower
Doesn't need to be hot
Cold is gross

[real aspen]

i do not zonk out in the mornings

[quiet abyss]

I dont take cold shower because i live with a water heater, if i want to shower with cold water id go to the fucking cabin

[green granite]

I love warm shower

[real aspen]

if i wake up, im fully awake

[green granite]

Its the best

[fluid trout]

you aint groggy? must be nice lmao

[real aspen]

it's not nice

if i wake up in middle of the night it takes ages to fall back asleep

if i wake up when sun's up i cant fall asleep again

[quiet abyss]

Id rather that than what im like

I got worst of both worlds

Waking up feeling groggy and shit

But if i get up at 3am i cant

[fluid trout]

only thing I really need in the morning is just a cold shower, bread and water

[quiet abyss]

I fucking hate typing on mobile bro

[proven tundra]

I have one now

[fluid trout]

y'all ever get that monthly urge to consume large amounts of bread?

[proven tundra]

Shower, cup of coffee, two boiled eggs

[quiet abyss]

Your profile picture is a bottle of mayonnaise, I think its fair to call you clinically insane

[fluid trout]

hey, I put peanut butter with the bread sometimes

[real aspen]

ok changing the topic

what the fuck is a space consultant

do you

like

tell people what space they need

or something

[quiet abyss]

You consult them to tell you the secrets of the universe

[real aspen]

[fluid trout]

what the fuck, only thing popping up is like an architecture firm lmao

[green granite]

Man I hate Atroxinal so much I hope he goes love himself and have a productive day

[fluid trout]

I wish him an energizing cold shower and whatever typa day he needs

[real aspen]

climb through the window

[fluid trout]

just make an igloo outside, it is not your home anymore

[proven tundra]

Dang
Worst I had was a 45 minutes drive turned into a 3 hour one
Luckily we were car pooling back then and there were 4 of us to suffer together lol

[real aspen]

worst i've had is taking a bus from my college during rush hour

[proven tundra]

Usually they'll be specialized into something
Like an apartment consultant or renovations etc
You give them your specific needs and they can plan design and furnishings for you

[real aspen]

my college ended at 19

took the bus

got home at 22

oh man this reminds me

i so hit it off with the bus driver then

wonder how he's doing

[proven tundra]

They can only physically plow so much

Doesn't matter if the highways are closed because of too much snow, I still have to try my best to get to work

Dang hospital

Just send the patients home or whatever

I drive 70km on the Trans Canada 4 way highway from my town to the city

The province will have 2 plows side by side going up and down

[real aspen]

space consultant seems to be just a banking position?

idk

[fluid trout]

the silent drive home after hydroplaning

[real aspen]

but it says the

[vital venture]

I love it here cause everyone is bad at driving at snow and they fucking know it cause if it snows a inch we are off work

[real aspen]

You love interacting with people, taking care of them and helping them;
You are sociable and development-oriented;
You want to test yourself and develop your career in the financial sector and get the best experience in a company with a 30-year history.

yeah not happening

[proven tundra]

Usually they'll be specialized into something
Like an apartment consultant or renovations etc
You give them your specific needs and they can plan design and furnishings for you

[broken mountain]

hiking finished

[real aspen]

yeah but the description on job postings does not mention any design or such

[broken mountain]

hello everyone

[real aspen]

it's just banking

with weird title

[proven tundra]

The province has hired specialized space consultants to design new layouts for when we renovate the pharmacy departments

[vital venture]

Reminding me how I should go outside on my day off for once

[real aspen]

yeah but that's not it here

[proven tundra]

Your country just has a weird job posting them

Then*

[real aspen]

yeah

it does

are 'operators' over on your side just banking staff?

like excel and shit

[proven tundra]

Operator means nothing

[marsh cargo]

stupid ass argon
need 1
it doesnt drop for hours
dont need it ?

[proven tundra]

[real aspen]

operator job postings here are pretty much always just people who handle transactions

unless specified with 'machine operator' and such

[timid hollow]

that goulash revived me

if i fall over dead, just put some fresh goulash under my nose

[real aspen]

ghoulash

[fluid trout]

where I'm from operator essentially boils down to handling a specific machinery

[timid hollow]

insert ken kaneki gif

[real aspen]

yeah our job market is fucked

...everything is fucked here

the whole country

only good things we have is cheese, wine, and rural scenery

[fluid trout]

yeah the only thing close to your description are the operators of public transport

[real aspen]

public transport doesnt have operators

unless you mean drivers but that's a different position

[proven tundra]

Who drives the bus

Like job title

[real aspen]

yeah no drivers arent called operators here

[pallid sapphire]

Your mom is an operator

Bus driver

[proven tundra]

Banks have customer service agents, financial service agents etc

[pallid sapphire]

Vip service agents

[real aspen]

yeah operator usually refers to that here

[proven tundra]

[real aspen]

it does sometimes refer to machinery operator and stuff, but that's rare. no way to tell besides opening the posting and reading the duties list

[oak magnet]

i applied for ALDI

please wish me luck

[green granite]

Huh

Wait

What happened to Prime

He hasnt been on since forever

[oak magnet]

im willing to give my soul to german supermarkets

[oak magnet]

who,

[green granite]

Prime

The rich and a lot of guns dude

[green granite]

ALDI?

[real aspen]

he either got eaten by a bear, or is fishing

[green granite]

You sweet summer soul

There's nothing bad about ALDI

[oak magnet]

i love ALDI

[green granite]

But I kinda prefer Sprout

[oak magnet]

and LIDL

cheap german supermarkets make UK ones look bad in comparison

[green granite]

Wait ALDI is German?

[fluid trout]

oh shit yeah waht happened to Prime? was a nice dude

[pallid sapphire]

Yes so is Lidl

[green granite]

There are ALDIs in California and I thought it was US Based

[proven tundra]

Operator would only refer to someone doing work with a machine/vehicle of some kind here

[pallid sapphire]

No wtf

Cuppy ffs

[timid hollow]

thats like saying we have kfc here so its german based

smh

[green granite]

Look I never research into those supermarket because simply I do not go into them

[oak magnet]

ALDI in US can also be known as Trader Joes

Aldi Süd is that

[real aspen]

cuppy's so lovably retarded sometimes

[pallid sapphire]

You should

[oak magnet]

ALDI is two corporations

[green granite]

I drove by, saw them, bought pineapple juice for friend to mix cocktail and thats it

[oak magnet]

Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd

[green granite]

There is not even an ALDI near where I live

[oak magnet]

UK has Aldi Süd for whatever reason

[oak magnet]

what about trader joes

[pallid sapphire]

ALDI NORD is better than Süd

[oak magnet]

ye i know

[green granite]

I go to Ralph's and Stater Bros more

[oak magnet]

everyone in europe tells me that

[green granite]

Since those are 2 closest

[pallid sapphire]

Süd sucks and i hated that in GB

[oak magnet]

UK has south for some reason

like WHY

[green granite]

And I work in Walmart so I get 10% associate discount

[oak magnet]

but Aldi is still cheapest in UK

well last month they got 2nd place as cheapest (1st was LIDL)

but they won every month since 2023

so like

[proven tundra]

The only European chain we have around here is IKEA I think

[oak magnet]

i went to IKEA today

[green granite]

I wouldnt be surprised if there is a Walmart in Europe somewhere

[oak magnet]

got myself a stainless steel pan

[oak magnet]

Walmart operates in UK as ASDA

its one of the largest supermarket chains in UK

every major city has ASDA

or town

[proven tundra]

The closest IKEA is 3.5 hours away by highway

[oak magnet]

i also got myself one of those blue IKEA bags im planning on using to carry all my university shit

[proven tundra]

Only go when I visit my sister

[oak magnet]

inside will be my Vodka bottle i use for water

and my other items

[green granite]

Closest to me is 50 min away

[proven tundra]

Lucky

[green granite]

I dont even go to them

[proven tundra]

I am 45-60 minutes away from 3 different Costcos

[green granite]

Inside is a big labyrinth of wooden wizardry

And Swedish Meatballs

[proven tundra]

It's amazing

[green granite]

I mean to be fair

I have yet to go to one

Mostly because furnitures in US are overpriced when buying new

So we always buy it second hand

[proven tundra]

I hate regular ones

But they're okay when they're made of cool furniture

[green granite]

My family got a new diner set (1 big table and 4 chairs) for like less than 100 bucks

Mainly because the owner moved to different country so they sold them all

[pallid sapphire]

Walmart failed cause nobody wanted to do their weird morning rituals and a door greeter is very weird

[green granite]

Actually thats just for the table

The chairs are free

[pallid sapphire]

Its more of a cult

[green granite]

Door Greeter?

You mean the receipt checker?

[proven tundra]

I don't know if I'd want to buy furniture sets from IKEA
It's more for like neat gadgets and like side tables etc
Last thing I bought was a wheeled expandable metal holder for the desktop

You plop the case onto it and you can adjust the size

[pallid sapphire]

Person at the door saying hello

[proven tundra]

We have those here
Just say hi and move on it's not like they're groping you

[pallid sapphire]

Nah we find those weird

[proven tundra]

It is weird

But not weird enough to waste energy on

[green granite]

Huh

Dont have that in the US

[proven tundra]

They also double as the person that puts away carts when you're done shopping

So it's not like they're just standing there

[pallid sapphire]

You do,maybe not in your state

[pallid sapphire]

Whaaaaaa

Why cant you do ot yourself?

[proven tundra]

I can't remember if the Super Walmart in Maine that I went to had a greeter

[green granite]

Again the only thing that we have close to door greeter is the receipt checker

I havent heard about hiring for a door greeter in Walmart and I have been with them for the last 3 years

[proven tundra]

I do at every other store, just the Walmart greeter here also doubles as the cart person

[pallid sapphire]

We dont have those here cause the job is obsolete.

[pallid sapphire]

[proven tundra]

I don't work for Walmart lol I don't give a shit what they do with their staff

[oblique belfry]

ayo there is a blood moon going on rn

and i can see it

[proven tundra]

[oblique belfry]

its actually red

[proven tundra]

Increased zombie spawns incoming doge

[oblique belfry]

but less visible compared to normal

[green granite]

Honestly

They give great benefits

Just the way they handle work flow is horrendeous

[pallid sapphire]

Right,thats why its red outside rn i forgot

[proven tundra]

Neither of my kids have worked for Walmart so I have no idea tbh

[oblique belfry]

the mf moon is red

[proven tundra]

And it wasn't around when I was a teenager

We had Zellers

[pallid sapphire]

Like a cult

[proven tundra]

That's

Really weird to say

[green granite]

I mean

Every single job place is technically

A cult

So yes like a cult and its applied to everywhere

[proven tundra]

Promote workplace values etc
Yeah okay I can see it

[pallid sapphire]

No Walmsrt is actualy a cult

They have rituals and shit

[green granite]

Uh

Yeh

[proven tundra]

[pallid sapphire]

Thats why they failed in Germany

[green granite]

Like every other place

[pallid sapphire]

No not really

[green granite]

So you are saying

Its failed because you people are very bad at socializing

Thats what i am getting

[pallid sapphire]

No my boss doesnt want me 30 minutes earlier at work to do some gymnastics

[proven tundra]

They probably failed because they won't allow unions, pay low, and have actual shit merchandise
Not whatever stuff you're saying lol

[pallid sapphire]

Wrong.

[pallid sapphire]

Nah they were forced to do that and agreed

[proven tundra]

They can agree
And then later pull it because it's not what they want

[pallid sapphire]

They really actualy failed because nobody wanted to do their ritual shit in the morning

[proven tundra]

Doubt

[green granite]

Ritual shit

[proven tundra]

Sorry laff I think you're full of it lol

[green granite]

Door greeter?

[pallid sapphire]

That would mean their not allowed to sell

[green granite]

What ritual shit

[proven tundra]

No pull the entire franchise

[green granite]

Or just the clapping when changing shift?

[pallid sapphire]

https://www.google.com/search?q=why+did+walmart+fail+in+germany&sca_esv=518de7ca735d1bf8&ei=ih67aMOsHPyRxc8PmpLiiAU&oq=why+did+walmart&gs_lp=EhNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwIg93aHkgZGlkIHdhbG1hcnQqAggAMgUQABiABDIGEAAYFhgeMgYQABgWGB4yBhAAGBYYHjIGEAAYFhgeMgYQABgWGB4yBhAAGBYYHjIGEAAYFhgeSIQ6UN0FWMAvcAJ4AZABApgBeKABxgyqAQQxMy41uAEByAEA-AEBmAISoAKMDKgCD8ICChAAGLADGNYEGEfCAg0QABiABBiwAxhDGIoFwgIWEC4YgAQYsAMYQxjUAhjIAxiKBdgBAcICGRAuGIAEGLADGNEDGEMYxwEYyAMYigXYAQHCAgoQABiABBhDGIoFwgIQEAAYgAQYsQMYQxiDARiKBcICCxAAGIAEGLEDGIMBwgIIEAAYgAQYsQPCAgoQABgDGOoCGI8BwgIKEC4YAxjqAhiPAcICDhAAGIAEGLEDGIMBGIoFwgIFEC4YgATCAg0QABiABBixAxhDGIoFwgIIEC4YgAQYsQPCAg4QLhiABBjHARiOBRivAcICCxAuGIAEGLEDGIMBwgIIEC4YgAQY1AKYAwfxBQR3_zEhG-ioiAYBkAYOugYECAEYCJIHBDEzLjWgB8OUAbIHBDExLjW4B_cLwgcGMi04LjEwyAeWAQ&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp

[green granite]

There are some fun routine that they did but unless you considered them as ritual shit

Then by all mean you people are just very bad at socializing other than that idk what "ritual" you mean

I guess European culture is just stranger

[pallid sapphire]

Nazi rituals

[green granite]

Yeh you are full of it

Lemme see

[pallid sapphire]

Read whst i posted

[proven tundra]

So if you skip the AI overview
The first article is about their business model

Which is what I said lol

[pallid sapphire]

Read all

Especialy the nazi ritual part

🫠

[green granite]

So they failed because they

Quote n quote "promoting American Corporate Culture over German Culture of which people dislike"

[thin bobcat]

Bro it failed because of the required minimum pay and the fact that you can't just avoid unions in Germany, it's impossible to win against Metro, that was already established years prior

[green granite]

Fair enough

[pallid sapphire]

Whats Metro

[green granite]

I guess American way of operating is consider "Nazi" ritual

[proven tundra]

My eyes are rolling in the back of my head
Out of the nine points listed
One of them is workplace rituals
So to you 1/9 constitutes a majority?

[green granite]

Which itself is a terrible way to put it

[thin bobcat]

Metro is a store at which you can buy stuff in bulk in Germany but also other European countries, you do need a business to get access though

Otherwise you don't get a member card

[green granite]

I guess Door Greeting really threatens the German's societal value

[pallid sapphire]

Ah we got none here

[pallid sapphire]

Its as obsolete as you

[green granite]

Yeh I mean

Atleast I dont feel threaten just because one person trying to be courtesy

[thin bobcat]

This entire conversation is getting heated because Walmart failed to become an established business model in Germany as well?

[green granite]

While ya kno getting paid

[pallid sapphire]

Yeah lol

[green granite]

Laffe just said it failed because of ritual

So i am trying to wonder wth is "ritual"

[pallid sapphire]

One of the reasons

[proven tundra]

Laff is the only person getting heated
Because 1/9 is a majority

[pallid sapphire]

Im not heated i just called cuppy obsolete

[green granite]

@proven tundra got milk from Ralph's

Time to head home for smoothie

[pallid sapphire]

That sounds weird,out of context milk

[thin bobcat]

I just said why it failed, those were the main reasons, the ritual, as weird as it might be, had nothing to do with it

[proven tundra]

Anything you do regularly can be termed a ritual technically
Like me sitting in my easy chair for 30 minutes every morning while I look at discord is my morning ritual

[proven tundra]

[pallid sapphire]

OFFTOPIC OFFTOPIC OFFTOPIC

[green granite]

Based on that word "Ritual" can literally mean daily operational routine

[proven tundra]

Have you ever been to a union strike? We all chant and sing to build up energy and solidarity

[carmine laurel]

im so glad I was busy doing other stuff and missed this entire conversation

[green granite]

Its still being used

Just not for the German people

Cuz apparently they hate working routine

[pallid sapphire]

[proven tundra]

I would never call what I do a ritual

[pallid sapphire]

Nah we just love getting properly payed

[green granite]

You know whats the good word to use?

Insanity

[proven tundra]

It doesnt have special significance to me

It's just what happens every morning

[green granite]

Tbh having to go through same Ulearn course about workplace safety for 3rd time in the same month drives me insane

[thin bobcat]

Wait, I just realised, did you actually call a stupid team building excercise they do every morning a nazi ritual @pallid sapphire?

[green granite]

But its just a button smashing

[pallid sapphire]

Google did

[proven tundra]

[green granite]

I forgot Laffetie is one of the people having most L takes

It was his "Ritual"

[thin bobcat]

They just do a bit of clapping, dancing and chanting, that is not even remotely close to a nazi ritual

[pallid sapphire]

Thats actualy you if Perms are back

[green granite]

If Perms are back yes

Is it back now?

Nope

Long way to go

[thin bobcat]

I mean, come on, there's people that filmed the entire ordeal, it's a youtube video away to know that it's not a ritual lmao

[green granite]

I mean if he complained that Walmart worker clapping when its time for associate shift change from Mid Shift to Late Shift

[proven tundra]

Like I said, if you've ever attended a union strike we chant and sing for like 4-8 hours
It's great for building solidarity and energy
If I had to do it everyday? Just to work at Walmart? That's a different story

[green granite]

One thing is you dont have to

Its just people do it voluntarily

[thin bobcat]

I have seen some youtube video of employees that did some chant every morning or something if I remember correctly but it's not mandatory

[pallid sapphire]

Chst really getting worked up over this

[proven tundra]

No they're not gonna kick you off the line if you don't chant

[thin bobcat]

It's not like they'll kick you out of the team if you decide to not partake

lmao

[proven tundra]

I am annoyed that you portrayed that as the main reason Walmart shut down, but it's not gonna ruin my afternoon lol

[pallid sapphire]

Definetly wont and i hope it wouldnt

[proven tundra]

Misinformation is annoying

[pallid sapphire]

I never wrote main reason

Like mostly daily everywhere

[proven tundra]

#╟❓general-offtopic message

[pallid sapphire]

Language barrier

[green granite]

I need to get home for banana smoothie

[pallid sapphire]

I posted the long ass link to read

Iirc it had all the information

[proven tundra]

I will drop it in either case because I want to play satisfactory

[thin bobcat]

Yeah, probably for the best if that topic is dropped altogether lmao

[pallid sapphire]

Factorio for the grown ups

[zealous depot]

I have occurred coffee

[marsh cargo]

coffee gud
i might go for another cup

[pallid sapphire]

Me too

[green granite]

You know without conte,t

[pallid sapphire]

I want perms back

[thin bobcat]

I just got at my computer an hour ago, wanted to check what's up and the first thing I read is something with some sort of nazi ritual

[zealous depot]

I need to make some cold brew, I liked the last batch i made, I could feel colors

[thin bobcat]

Makes one question quite a few things

[proven tundra]

We need image perms
We're eating our own asses out here

[green granite]

I would think all the German people know are BMW, Sour Cabbage and Wurst

[proven tundra]

[green granite]

But same as German people think American is just Hamburger and Guns

[pallid sapphire]

You forgot Potato

[green granite]

Thats Irish

[zealous depot]

Ass eating competition and your opponent is a gamma resident

[rocky turtle]

[zealous depot]

[pallid sapphire]

Just guns

[zealous depot]

[cerulean bloom]

[marsh cargo]

local droon

[proven tundra]

[zealous depot]

The resident loot goblin droon

[pallid sapphire]

I caught a Trasla and called it Mommy

[green granite]

Man

I have to pay another 22 dollars to go see cat

But I think its worth it

[rocky turtle]

[proven tundra]

I would pay $20 bucks to see some cats

[marsh cargo]

!catbomb

[solid sundial]

http://i.imgur.com/WrLRqFO.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ua1EK05.gifv
https://i.redd.it/ih20v72vk6yx.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/9meZ76K.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/dkwIixo.gifv

[proven tundra]

[pallid sapphire]

!dogbomb

[solid sundial]

https://i.imgur.com/Uk9W9ci.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/TMYSKhy.jpg
https://i.redd.it/47qfpqsnkvny.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/gallery/VVb9u.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/qbZXaOJ.jpg

[proven tundra]

[rocky turtle]

!ratbomb

[marsh cargo]

good boyos

[rocky turtle]

[proven tundra]

[zealous depot]

[timber oxide]

Day ???
The spawn hub soup container has been declogged

[broken mountain]

!catbomb

[solid sundial]

https://i.imgur.com/zAVWGaK.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/rSRcGti.gifv
https://i.imgur.com/a/ylJJO.jpg
https://i.redd.it/ciukcacuqhvy.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/05S9VYd.gifv

[green granite]

Horse bomb

[pallid sapphire]

!horsebomb

[green granite]

Ok but

It is normal to ask for dogbomb and catbomb

[pallid sapphire]

!dogbomb

[solid sundial]

https://i.redd.it/pd7zz3y58mjy.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/pGsgl58.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/q6abaNC.jpeg
http://m.imgur.com/YKx3EkI
https://i.redd.it/lvafh697vorx.jpg

[rocky turtle]

[real aspen]

reminds me i havent had ice cream this year

like at all

guh

[pallid sapphire]

Ok flop

[broken mountain]

Time to continue PoE2

I have a whole new map to visit

[cerulean bloom]

poe 2 is fun but once I get to endgame I get bored of using the same skills again and again
but then once again the classes I'm looking for aren't even ingame yet

[pallid sapphire]

What is PoE 2 doing different aside of the new content and QOL stuff ?

[supple lotus]

its a completely new engine, everything is new/different

sure, ARPG but thats about it

[pallid sapphire]

Ok so it will suffer the same fate as the first one, repetetive galore

Then again thats with all these type of games

Diablo isnt better

[supple lotus]

same fate... multiple hundred thousands playing each league

[broken mountain]

ngl the grind is surprisingly enjoyable

I love seeing how my character develops, how strong it slowly gets and how a lot of enemies die at once

[pallid sapphire]

Is it still a grind if its fun ?

[broken mountain]

Yes

[pallid sapphire]

I think grind is a rather negative word for it

Gameplay loop sounds weird though

But ofc its good if they did a better job than before

[left mantle]

"Leveling experience"

[broken mountain]

You have to do a repetitive task, sure, but it's enjoyable due to how the gameplay goes

or atleast I feel like it's enjoyable

I ain't questioning people's tastes

[pallid sapphire]

I find it quite funny that when i play these games i try a lot

[green granite]

Is it me