Random Thought Thread v2

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

You made that thread like this year or last year.

Well, honestly, IDK WTF you're talking about and yeah, I would love there to be a bear cull; however, I've had a place in Canmore for a couple years now and I went from not walking to the garbage dumpster at my complex without my bear spray and I had my head on a swivel waiting for bears to pounce on me any second to riding my bike through the trails basically every day I'm out there without being scared of bears. If I run into one I feel prepared. So yeah, I guess I've gotten a bit better WRT bears. Sorry it wasn't a schtick to entertain you? Some people are actually afraid of man-eating killer beasts that weigh 500 pounds. Go figure.

[PepsiFree]

I hate sharks.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by MoneyGuy

That vets have banned those surgeries tells you all you need to know, but go ahead and offer a vet money under the table and risk his/her license.

Does it have to be a vet? I’m sure the guys that do black market organ transplants could take care of it.

[CroFlames]

Originally Posted by Sliver

Well, honestly, IDK WTF you're talking about and yeah, I would love there to be a bear cull; however, I've had a place in Canmore for a couple years now and I went from not walking to the garbage dumpster at my complex without my bear spray and I had my head on a swivel waiting for bears to pounce on me any second to riding my bike through the trails basically every day I'm out there without being scared of bears. If I run into one I feel prepared. So yeah, I guess I've gotten a bit better WRT bears. Sorry it wasn't a schtick to entertain you? Some people are actually afraid of man-eating killer beasts that weigh 500 pounds. Go figure.

Were you not the one who started the dogs are gross thread with very strong opinions? And now you are getting a dog.

[Weitz]

Originally Posted by you&me

What about a vibrating bark collar?

My understanding is the vibrations cause no pain or suffering to the dog and they're quite effective.

Didn’t work for my neighbours bernadoodle. She just ignored the vibrations.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

Were you not the one who started the dogs are gross thread with very strong opinions? And now you are getting a dog.

OMG I think you may need to start linking to the exact whatever-the-####-it-is you're talking about. I've had thousands of posts on here.

Do I hate dogs? Generally, yes. They smell, they piss/#### everywhere, they bark, they bite, people have too many of them, I don't like when they touch me because nine times out of ten they're dirty, etc. etc. I could go on forever.

Have I developed a bond with a dog that I let come to my work over the past year? Yes, I have.

Would I get a dog for myself? Not in a million years.

Do I want to limit my wife's life experiences to appease my eccentricities? No, not even a little.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by Sliver

OMG I think you may need to start linking to the exact whatever-the-####-it-is you're talking about. I've had thousands of posts on here.

Do I hate dogs? Generally, yes. They smell, they piss/#### everywhere, they bark, they bite, people have too many of them, I don't like when they touch me because nine times out of ten they're dirty, etc. etc. I could go on forever.

Have I developed a bond with a dog that I let come to my work over the past year? Yes, I have.

Would I get a dog for myself? Not in a million years.

Do I want to limit my wife's life experiences to appease my eccentricities? No, not even a little.

Plenty of us have lost 1-1 votes and ended up with a dog. I never had a dog growing up, and had zero interest, but mine has definitely grown on me. Like you, I'm not going to take some "my way or the highway" approach to marriage.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Slava

Plenty of us have lost 1-1 votes and ended up with a dog. I never had a dog growing up, and had zero interest, but mine has definitely grown on me. Like you, I'm not going to take some "my way or the highway" approach to marriage.

Weak! I totally won that one just by laying out how sucky 7am dog walks picking up warm turds in a plastic bag before work on -20 days would be for her. And that we are both gone all day, which isn't fair on a dog. So we got the better pet anyway, a cat.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Weak! I totally won that one just by laying out how sucky 7am dog walks picking up warm turds in a plastic bag before work on -20 days would be for her. And that we are both gone all day, which isn't fair on a dog. So we got the better pet anyway, a cat.

We tried the cat thing but ended up with a dud. I really like kittens, although our dud one shat on my pillow.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Sliver

We tried the cat thing but ended up with a dud. I really like kittens, although our dud one shat on my pillow.

In fairness, you probably had it coming.

[Slava]

Cats are all duds. You probably got a great one Sliver, and that's just all there is.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Slava

Cats are all duds. You probably got a great one Sliver, and that's just all there is.

Lucy disagrees with you, and would like to challenge you to a fight.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by Slava

Cats are all duds.

Couldn't be more wrong. Mine is everything dog owners dream of. Affectionate and cuddly when you want to spend time with it but otherwise independent. Can be let outside and will return to house at night. Poops in its box.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by Slava

Cats are all duds. You probably got a great one Sliver, and that's just all there is.

+1 for Sliver’s former cat being great.

[jayswin]

After lots of frustration from posters on this site over QAnon/conspiracy/misinfortmation posters taking over with their bull**** for too long, it seems mods have really responded this past week.

That's really good to see.

[White Out 403]

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This scene from Heat is stuck in my head and I can't stop giggling while I'm trying to sleep

[PepsiFree]

One of the weirdest ways some select people use this forum specifically is when a conversation in a thread isn't about what they want to talk about, they make some sort of variation of "So, about _____" or whatever, without putting in any actual effort to create that conversation, and with the belief that no thread can have more than one conversation going at the same time. It's never just a post that actually starts or builds on the conversation they want to have that people can then use to add to that conversation (which people do all the time, successfully), it's always "Stop talking about that subject/Start talking about this subject" without giving any actual reason to stop/start a different conversation.

See it allllll the time in the Trades thread on FOI ("So... any trades??"), and see it occasionally in Off Topic as well.

Strange every time. Fascinating. And not something I recall seeing on any other social media platform.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Lucy disagrees with you, and would like to challenge you to a fight.

Wet nose or dry nose? I love cats with a wet nose. I like when they jam their wet nose in you ear as it kinda tickles and you can hear them breath all funny and fast. So cute.

Are the insides of her ears usually cold? Those are my fav. I like turning a cat's ears inside out and then very quietly kissing or nuzzling the cold inside of the ear.

Does she ever lick your fingers and then you grab her tongue between your thumb and forefinger and she lets you just sit there holding her funny little tongue?

Those are my three main requirements for a cool cat.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

One of the weirdest ways some select people use this forum specifically is when a conversation in a thread isn't about what they want to talk about, they make some sort of variation of "So, about _____" or whatever, without putting in any actual effort to create that conversation, and with the belief that no thread can have more than one conversation going at the same time. It's never just a post that actually starts or builds on the conversation they want to have that people can then use to add to that conversation (which people do all the time, successfully), it's always "Stop talking about that subject/Start talking about this subject" without giving any actual reason to stop/start a different conversation.

See it allllll the time in the Trades thread on FOI ("So... any trades??"), and see it occasionally in Off Topic as well.

Strange every time. Fascinating. And not something I recall seeing on any other social media platform.

I suppose this post is permitted in the random thought thread, but, like, there is some irony here.

Would you like to talk about this, though? We can, man.

[PepsiFree]

It's a bit like a free ride when you've already paid.