Yeah, some bad stuff happened, we talked with him, and we all came to the conclusion that he needed to take a break because he was just not in a good headspace. He'd actually been considering stepping down or taking some time away from the site for a while, so ultimately it wasn't acrimonious. He needs some time for self-care and so forth.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
This controller is kinda funny to me
The plastic is translucent, which is...actually somewhat revealing
Not only can you see that it's molded for vibration motors, despite not having any, but you can look at the circuit board in detail and see that there are several solder pads with no components mounted to them...probably at least some of which would have gone with the nonexistent vibration circuitry.
I always thought translucent game peripherals were silly. Maybe seeing a circuit board is cool to some people but even as a kid I thought it felt more like... they want it to be completely see-through but it's just an unfortunate fact that the hardware in the controller is there and it's kind of ugly.
Translucent versions of things that are normally opaque are just great in general. The best LEGO bricks are the translucent ones; that's a scientific fact.
But the fault is not merely my own. All of us conveniently forget the stories of our childhood warning us against the duplicity of Ja Rule. In Rulestiltskin, a poor miller's daughter is visited by Ja Rule, who promises to help her spin straw into gold for the king if she buys tickets to his performance on Saturday Night Live. He bails at the last minute and is replaced by Sum 41, and the miller's daughter is executed, partially because the king didn't get his straw gold but mostly because of Sum 41. And of course there is the age-old Knights and Knaves logic puzzle. You come to a fork in a road, where one path leads to safety and the other to certain doom. The fork is guarded by two men, one of whom cannot tell a lie and one of whom is Ja Rule. With a single question, can you find the path to safety without eating a substantial Ticketmaster service charge?
A guy named Drew Scott @'d me on twitter, apparently he knows Sam Herring from Future Islands (aka rapper Hemlock Ernst), I wonder if I can get a connection or something. 👀
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
My doctor and my psychiatrist both wanted to run some blood tests, so the nurse tried to draw blood from my right arm. She couldn't get any blood.
So she called in a second nurse. The second nurse tried to draw blood from my right arm. She couldn't get any blood. She then tried my left arm. Still no blood.
So they just gave me a printed copy of the lab order and told me to go to one of their walk-in labs to have my blood drawn.
So I went and wandered around a new thrift store, and a Big Lots, then went to the lab.
The nurse there saw all the band-aids from the previous failed attempts on my arms...and decided she would just draw blood from my hand. Finally, it worked.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
In the past I've had trouble with nurses trying to get blood out of my left arm, but usually the right arm works.
I heal freakishly quickly. One time I was doing blood testing in Biology, and everyone needed a few drops of blood for the test. The lab technician pricked my finger, squeezed it, and only managed to get a single drop before I stopped bleeding.
Another time, during a proper blood test, the nurse put the cotton pad on the spot where she took the blood and told me to keep it there for half an hour. I stopped bleeding as soon as she took the needle out.
I do remember one time, years ago, they tried to get blood out of my finger and it just wasn't happening...I think they ended up trying multiple fingers before getting enough. Fun times
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Take as long as you need, man, we'll be here.
/shrug
which is not translucent so I don't see how it fits here. The translucent one is Atomic Purple:
Is this what y'all mean or am I missing something?
(fwiw I do own the Atomic Purple one myself I just think it looks goofy)
But the fault is not merely my own. All of us conveniently forget the stories of our childhood warning us against the duplicity of Ja Rule. In Rulestiltskin, a poor miller's daughter is visited by Ja Rule, who promises to help her spin straw into gold for the king if she buys tickets to his performance on Saturday Night Live. He bails at the last minute and is replaced by Sum 41, and the miller's daughter is executed, partially because the king didn't get his straw gold but mostly because of Sum 41. And of course there is the age-old Knights and Knaves logic puzzle. You come to a fork in a road, where one path leads to safety and the other to certain doom. The fork is guarded by two men, one of whom cannot tell a lie and one of whom is Ja Rule. With a single question, can you find the path to safety without eating a substantial Ticketmaster service charge?
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Go for a walk? Fever.
Go to the kitchen? Fever.
Sit up in bed? Fever.
I have a crappy immune system anyway, but stress helps make it even more shitty than usual.
I'm losing my mind over this
I do remember one time, years ago, they tried to get blood out of my finger and it just wasn't happening...I think they ended up trying multiple fingers before getting enough. Fun times