Serpentine's Secretly Sapphic Salacious Sacrarium of Random Banter #180

[factotum]

Why do you need a mouthpiece for driving?

I was going to ask that too...

[Maxios]

So, weird thing just happened to me on the Sandswept forums. Yesterday, I made a post on this thread about when the next dev-vlog will be out. Anyway, a few minutes ago I was reading this other thread and this one guy made a very sterotypical and offensive joke about Italian Americans which ticked me off.
Then I check that dev vlog thread and the same guy replies to me saying this:

Maxios, if you do that again you will lose my respect.

I have absolutely no clue what this guy is talking about. Hell, I've never even heard of this guy before the the last few minutes

[AtlanteanTroll]

Italian Americans

Let me at him. Now.

[Mutant Sheep]

So, weird thing just happened to me on the Sandswept forums. Yesterday, I made a post on this thread about when the next dev-vlog will be out. Anyway, a few minutes ago I was reading this other thread and this one guy made a very sterotypical and offensive joke about Italian Americans which ticked me off.
Then I check that dev vlog thread and the same guy replies to me saying this:

I have absolutely no clue what this guy is talking about. Hell, I've never even heard of this guy before the the last few minutes

You DID just sarcastically plug your webcomic.

[Rockphed]

School starts back up on monday, and while I have a TA job lined up, I haven't managed to get in contact with the professor I will be working under. Thus I have no clue if he wants me to come introduce myself the first day of class, or who else I will be working with, or anything really. It is most sad.

And the mouthpiece to drive thing is probably because the driving school uses cars equipped with breathalyzers. I think they are normally installed at a court order because someone is too dumb to stop driving when totally hammered. Why a driving school uses them is beyond me.

[Teddy]

Why do you need a mouthpiece for driving?

I was going to ask that too...

[...]my personal mouthpiece to my driving school's alcohol locks[...]

Or some silly acronym* that you apparently use to describe the contraption that forces you to make a breath test for alcohol in order to start the car (I assume it's not all that common in English-speaking countries based on the clunky name). All driving schools are required to have these installed in all their cars since a few years back, and we have our own mouthpieces for obvious sanitary reasons.

*IID or BAIID according to Wikipedia. I'm not even going to write out what that stands for, it's just that unwieldy. We Swedes just call them "alkolås" ("alcolock" (it turns out Wikipedia accept this as a search word, but it's never mentioned anywhere in the article it redirects to)) instead.

EDIT: Ninja'd by Rockphed. I don't know if there actually has been a case of someone taking a driving lesson while drunk (although I wouldn't be surprised. Driving lessons are crazy expensive, so a student who'd been partying the whole night before would probably be reluctant to skip it), but hey, it's not like they hurt anyone.

[Rockphed]

EDIT: Ninja'd by Rockphed. I don't know if there actually has been a case of someone taking a driving lesson while drunk (although I wouldn't be surprised. Driving lessons are crazy expensive, so a student who'd been partying the whole night before would probably be reluctant to skip it), but hey, it's not like they hurt anyone.

I only know they exist because my dad was working on making a better one. He used me as his guinea pig. Ah, the joys of parental scientists.

[Devmaar]

Scandinavian driving lessons are so expensive that a Norwegian I knew said it was of his main reasons for spending a year in school here

[Maxios]

You DID just sarcastically plug your webcomic.

Either you just gave the second greatest guess ever (the first was when I showed Dear Esther to my Mother, which she never heard of before that, and jokingly guessed the ending five minutes into it) or you post on the Sandswept forums .

[Fredaintdead]

Either you just gave the second greatest guess ever (the first was when I showed Dear Esther to my Mother, which she never heard of before that, and jokingly guessed the ending five minutes into it) or you post on the Sandswept forums .

I don't post there and I found it without too much trouble. And I agree with Mutant Sheep's assessment. The guy probably just overreacted. Nothing to worry about man.

[Scorpina]

So, weird thing just happened to me on the Sandswept forums. Yesterday, I made a post on this thread about when the next dev-vlog will be out. Anyway, a few minutes ago I was reading this other thread and this one guy made a very sterotypical and offensive joke about Italian Americans which ticked me off.
Then I check that dev vlog thread and the same guy replies to me saying this:

I have absolutely no clue what this guy is talking about. Hell, I've never even heard of this guy before the the last few minutes

If you've never heard of the guy, then I wouldn't worry too much about keeping his 'respect'.

Or, y'know, get in touch with him and politely ask what he objects to. That works too.

[Logic]

Scorpina's back! Hooray!

[Maxios]

The only effect this guy had on me was that he got added to the "List of People I will S.O.S. in TDL".

[Scorpina]

Scorpina's back! Hooray!

I'm honestly surprised anyone remembers me at this point, but thanks!

[MoonCat]

Well, it's only a B. Good enough is good enough.

[LaZodiac]

Don't let em get to you Moonie, remember, he's a hippie.

I mean no offense Tragic, but you kinda are. And remember, Moonie is someone who only wants to do the absolute best.

[MoonCat]

LaLa, my entire town is hippies. I'm second generation hippie.

[Tragic_Comedian]

Tragic try in school? What.

I try exactly as hard as I need to. It doesn't matter if you win the race by an inch or a mile, you still win.

Don't let em get to you Moonie, remember, he's a hippie.

I mean no offense Tragic, but you kinda are. And remember, Moonie is someone who only wants to do the absolute best.

Eh, it's only a label. I take it as a compliment, really, but I'm generally of the opinion there are no real hippies anymore.

I'm a big believer in action by inaction.

[wadledo]

I'm honestly surprised anyone remembers me at this point, but thanks!

Hey, I remember you fine.

[Saithis Bladewing]

I'm honestly surprised anyone remembers me at this point, but thanks!

I find you quite memorable.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

I'm honestly surprised anyone remembers me at this point, but thanks!

I know you! You're awesome!

I weren't awesome back when though, so

[Devmaar]

I'm honestly surprised anyone remembers me at this point, but thanks!

I don't recognise you at all. Hi

[Logic]

I'm honestly surprised anyone remembers me at this point, but thanks!

You were one of the regulars back when I was a regular. Many of the old familiar faces have not posted in months, so it's not only nice to see a familiar face, but it's nice to have specifically you back.

[Scorpina]

Hey, I remember you fine.

I find you quite memorable.

I really hope there's at least a hint of positivity about those memories.

I know you! You're awesome!

I weren't awesome back when though, so

Thank you! Honestly I don't remember you back. So, um, sorry?

I don't recognise you at all. Hi

Hi!

[HalfTangible]

I recognize ya don't remember anything besides the avy, though

[Logic]

Thank you! Honestly I don't remember you back. So, um, sorry?

He has changed his name, but it wasn't all that different back then.

[MoonCat]

Hi Scorpina! I'm afraid I don't remember you. Have we met? I'm MoonCat.

Dude, if I have something that's bugging me, it's generally really an obnoxious thing to do to say that my problem isn't important. And for me, getting a low grade is a problem. Please respect my lifestyle and refrain from disparaging my issues.

[Cobra_Ikari]

I remember you, Scorp. You were pretty cool. *nods*


Moonie, is it a you want to always be the best thing, or your family always wants you to be the best thing? I'm asking because I still remember my family's reaction to my first B, and I'm hoping you're only personally disappointed and not having rawr-ats at the same time. *hugs tight*

[MoonCat]

My parents couldn't be prouder. I am the one who finds the B+ disapointing, and the fact that I do isn't really my problem. The fact that I have a B+, on the other hand...

[LaZodiac]

LaLa, my entire town is hippies. I'm second generation hippie.

Oooh, I did not know that. Explains the (vague though it may be) name.