Chip_Rat

joined 2 years ago
[–] Chip_Rat@lemmy.world 2 points 29 minutes ago

Someone has to think things through, that's for sure.

[–] Chip_Rat@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

We were all hoping for that last time and look where we are now. ..

[–] Chip_Rat@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Oh! Haha now I know who you are talking about. Yes he is very.... Intense on Bluesky. I must say I understand. Living in this world is like taking crazy pills and I can understand "just reciting reality out loud for as many people to see" as a coping mechanism.

[–] Chip_Rat@lemmy.world 8 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Chip_Rat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I redid the bathroom when COVID hit (was walking around home Depot the day before the shut down frantically buying 3 of everything so I had a chance to do this without being able to make the customary mid-project visits)

The toilet we got was not the one I wanted, it was 4 or 5 on our list of "toilets the Internet says are good " and boy howdy the Internet was wrong. This toilet wouldn't flush piss. I'm not kidding I didn't notice at first but a couple days into "man this toilet didn't like to flush our shits, they must be mighty" I had a pee that was dark enough that once I flushed I read like "wtf". 3 flushes for the water to be "clear" as I could tell.

This isn't a 2 button eco toilet.

I ended up finding a guy online who had extended the tube inside the tank to be just shy of the rim, thus allowing the tank to fill up more and more water to be sent down with each flush. Whatever eco feature it had in sure it's now among the worst water waster in town.

And it's still a terrible toilet. It has some sort of extra funnel port in the front that I guess some of the water flushes through to help direct the shit and water down the pipes. But it gets dirty and is unreachable with every toilet brush I've tried, and not visible even if you jam your head down as close to the water as you can and look back. This means that the flush stops working and then I have to go in with disposable chop sticks and chip away and the shit fossils blindly until the port is clear again.

Yes I tried soaking with green goblin and leaving the blue duck to soak, still need to physically mine the area clear....

[–] Chip_Rat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Ok so my father makes his own wine, at home from kits/concentrate. He makes a lot of wine and drinks a lot of wine (and gives a lot of wine away as gifts)

One day he called me, and he was so excited. Like if he wasn't a 61 year old man I would have guessed he was going to announce his pregnancy.

"You won't believe it! The wine place is selling bags now!!! So I can put my wine in bags and put those in boxes!!!! Omg why didn't I think of this?! Think of all the time saved with corks and recorking!"

It was a happy day for him, certainly.

[–] Chip_Rat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Same. Then I had to hear an endless stream of whining for over a year because my other half likes the old style for reasons. It got so bad I bought them a shit one for Christmas, and now I'm faced with the stupidity of having 2, but the sadness that I'm gonna end up putting the good one in the donation bin because reasons.

[–] Chip_Rat@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

I don't know.... I had a guy doing some landscape work for me and despite not engaging him he kept dropping comments about how great Trump was and how excited he was that he had just been reelected. Eventually he started asking directed questions and while I kept my answers honest and short, ("I think he is a terrible person by all metrics, including the 4 years he previously spent fucking things up, and anyone who voted for him is a fool at best and a psycho at worst") he kept driving home how great Trump was and how this will really save our country.

He eventually asked me where I get my news and I told him, and he said "see I don't trust any of those guys anymore, I like to get my news from various sources, I'm actually listening to a lot of Russian news these days."

I asked him if he knew Russian and he said no, and asked him who the target audience might be for those news outlet (he had asked about who my news sources were catering too), but he didn't seem to catch on.

Also fun fact we are in Canada facepalm.

He didn't like talking much about Canadian politics, I think because I had answers to most of his really dumb "questions", whereas I wasn't listening to 10 hours of Russian propaganda at the time so didn't know all the angles he was using about how smart Trump's picks were and how Harris was the literal devil.

[–] Chip_Rat@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Elyse straight, 1430. They are the first in the "plus size lineup and hard to find in store. Just mentioning in case they manufacture plus size with a different blend or something.

I hate giving my business to products that don't last, but the no-go zone between regular and plus size pants sucks. Plus size manufacturers make pants the look stupid and are thin and "fast fashion" and it's so rare for me to find a 12-18 (34-38) that fits me in a "regualr" store to try it on, because we all know how consistent woman's sizing is between brands....

I need well fitted, durable and comfortable jeans. The few manufacturers who claim they can provide this do not have an easy way for me to try on their product to check the fit without double shipping and border taxes.

So I wear disposable jeans that cost $75 on sale ...

[–] Chip_Rat@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

OH.

No that is not clear... I mean, I get the structure of the joke, now that you have explained it, but I don't think that is conveyed in the comic.

Also reality is the joke.. I guess....

[–] Chip_Rat@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I agree I don't understand what's going on in this cartoon. Theoretically the press is asking the question, why is Musk... Is he like gate keeping? "Yes you may. Donald please answer the question for the man."

???

[–] Chip_Rat@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Thanks for the correction. And the link!

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