2D8HP's extended mea culpa and Random Banter #218

[Strigon]

No matter how far away I stand, I can't hear "yanny" without a bit of tone-shifting.

That's so weird. Because, for me, there is absolutely zero question about whether or not the first vowel is "a" as in angry, or that the last one is a long "eee" sound.
And I don't know why I'm engaging this because all it does is make me angry to hear about it because I'm obviously right and anyone who hears "laurel" has a condition.

[enderlord99]

I have several "conditions" but none of them are related to that.

[NRSASD]

Camp Yanny forever! Though I'll admit that it doesn't really sound like a word

[factotum]

Wait, you actually rolled stats back in the day? Not at home? In front of people?

How did you qualify for anything?

As I recall, there used to be a rule that would allow you to lower one stat by 2 to increase another by 1, so, if you fancied being a fighter but rolled 3 for your Strength, you could bring that back up to tolerable regions by basically dumping every other stat but Constitution.

[FinnLassie]

... sigh.

My hospital and health care bills are gonna be about 300 euros for now, and it's gonna get even steeper due to my future evaluation for surgery and then the upcoming surgery itself. It's such a lie when people talk about free health care in Finland. It freaking isn't. Not anymore. For a pish poor student like me this is hitting me really hard. On top of all this, I got a 124€ fine from the car crash and I'm in dire need of new glasses. A visit to the eye doctor will be around 80-90€, plus the glasses themselves will be around 300 euros (I went around opticians today asking about their pricings, I need glasses plus sunglasses).

AARHG.

[Honest Tiefling]

Oh, geez. I like heat as much as the next Canadian (wait... I'm not sure if that's how that's supposed to go...), but that's excessive. I know my room in particular has that issue, and putting up thick posterboard in the summer really helped. (The fact that it's white still helped to let some glow in.)

Do...Do Canadians just put posterboard over their windows?

[Anymage]

On my phone, I could only hear "yanny". On my computer with better speakers, it's always "laurel". Unlike the dress, I'm pretty sure what you listen through will sway which one you hear.

[AMFV]

... sigh.

My hospital and health care bills are gonna be about 300 euros for now, and it's gonna get even steeper due to my future evaluation for surgery and then the upcoming surgery itself. It's such a lie when people talk about free health care in Finland. It freaking isn't. Not anymore. For a pish poor student like me this is hitting me really hard. On top of all this, I got a 124€ fine from the car crash and I'm in dire need of new glasses. A visit to the eye doctor will be around 80-90€, plus the glasses themselves will be around 300 euros (I went around opticians today asking about their pricings, I need glasses plus sunglasses).

AARHG.

If it makes you feel better, I have had to spend around 1k USD on my wife's pregnancy, and around 500 dollars on discovering I had sleep apnea. And both my wife and I have really good insurance.

[AuthorGirl]

Do...Do Canadians just put posterboard over their windows?

Yes, when it's extremely hot and/or bright outside.

I can hear you wondering "what about curtains?"

I wonder that too.

[Strigon]

Do...Do Canadians just put posterboard over their windows?

I live in what is probably one of the warmest places in Canada - seriously, we go North to enter the States - and I've never seen this.
Canada is a big place, though, and what's commonplace varies wildly.

[Teddy]

Oh, *I* see. This is like car insurance all over again, you dangle the incentives for the new people but just don't care about the loyal banterers who have been here for years?

I'm pretty sure there's supposed to be some kind of benefit programme for us oldtimers too, but the oldtimers of my prime era never explained it to me, so I can't pass it on. It would explain why there are so few oldtimers around as well, though...

...



...

I see you're also into the custom smilie business!

You should visit the tropics sometime.

I have a few times in the past. As I said, the problem isn't that it's hot, the problem is that it's unseasonably hot, which means wild temperature swings, and all the buildings I have to be in lack proper cooling.

I just noticed the tags included apologizing. That made me smile. Can't believe I missed that.

Oo, that's cute.

Does anyone have a consistently bad day of the week? For me, never fails, Tuesday ends up falling apart. Always. You could make a movie out of my bad day yesterday, and the ending would be me finally settling into bed, closing my eyes, murmuring thank God it's over. And then the eyes shooting open again because I got a phone call from work.

Not consistently, no. However, my long commute and kinda unfortunate ability to handle sleep deprivation really well does tend to build up some kind of hidden stress capacitor, and every now and then it will unload and I will sleep straight through the apocalypse if it so decides to happen that morning, naturally causing me to get really late for work. It's not something that gets me into trouble, but it's never fun to see 2-3 hours cut from your flex account in a single sweep.

Not as bad as your situation sounds, though.

[LaZodiac]

... sigh.

My hospital and health care bills are gonna be about 300 euros for now, and it's gonna get even steeper due to my future evaluation for surgery and then the upcoming surgery itself. It's such a lie when people talk about free health care in Finland. It freaking isn't. Not anymore. For a pish poor student like me this is hitting me really hard. On top of all this, I got a 124€ fine from the car crash and I'm in dire need of new glasses. A visit to the eye doctor will be around 80-90€, plus the glasses themselves will be around 300 euros (I went around opticians today asking about their pricings, I need glasses plus sunglasses).

AARHG.

Oh god, that's terrible. I'm sorry Finn

Do...Do Canadians just put posterboard over their windows?

Only if you're looking to save money. Up here we use blinder curtains to block out the sun.

[DataNinja]

Do...Do Canadians just put posterboard over their windows?

Probably not, no. It's just what I do, (was taught by my family,) because it's cheap and it helps.

Also, I've got no air conditioning, so...

Yes, when it's extremely hot and/or bright outside.

I can hear you wondering "what about curtains?"

I wonder that too.

...huh, or there's someone else who does it, too.

And, yeah, I have curtains, they're just not terribly effective at keeping out the heat in the warmest months of the year. Having both really helps.

I live in what is probably one of the warmest places in Canada - seriously, we go North to enter the States - and I've never seen this.
Canada is a big place, though, and what's commonplace varies wildly.

Yeah, I didn't expect it to be particularly common. Heck, I'm surprised that even one other person does it.

[Honest Tiefling]

I live in what is probably one of the warmest places in Canada - seriously, we go North to enter the States - and I've never seen this.

I live in California, but all native Californians are eternally cold. Unless you live in the Southern bit, but then there's your problem. Then again, blackout curtains should help, but they can get expensive.

[Peelee]

Just get AC and run it damn near all day, every day. Maybe a few months in the winter you don't need it.

[SodaQueen]

Just get AC and run it damn near all day, every day. Maybe a few months in the winter you don't need it.

Well, everyone has AC no matter how low it is. You definitely need it in the winter too! There are plenty of cold-themed monsters with high attack bonuses

[FinnLassie]

If it makes you feel better, I have had to spend around 1k USD on my wife's pregnancy, and around 500 dollars on discovering I had sleep apnea. And both my wife and I have really good insurance.

Well, not exactly, since it's all relative. I know how **** expensive everything is in the US. I was in a car accident there, and the hospital bill for the 3 hours I was in was around 5000-6000$. I already know "things are worse elsewhere blah blah."

[2D8HP]

Just get AC and run it damn near all day, every day. Maybe a few months in the winter you don't need it.

Well, everyone has AC no matter how low it is. You definitely need it in the winter too! There are plenty of cold-themed monsters with high attack bonuses

No AC here, which is unfortunate as less than a year ago we had the hottest day ever recorded here.

In contrast:

As a little boy I saw snow for a couple of days in 1976.

It was a very big deal, I wonder if it will happen again in my lifetime?








Normally winter means rain (or just day long fog).

We usually do have a couple of nights of freezing temperature (and I try to remember to valve off and drain the backyard hose bibs so the pipes don't burst).

But snow in town?

A fading memory.

Well, not exactly, since it's all relative. I know how **** expensive everything is in the US. I was in a car accident there, and the hospital bill for the 3 hours I was in was around 5000-6000$. I already know "things are worse elsewhere blah blah."

But the advantage of that is apparently you can actually earn a good living in pharmaceutical sales (my wife's did some research).

[factotum]

And, yeah, I have curtains, they're just not terribly effective at keeping out the heat in the warmest months of the year.

In my experience, what happens when the sun shines on closed curtains is that the curtains heat up and then start radiating that heat into the room--if anything, it gets *warmer* than if you had them open, unless you happen to be sitting in the direct sunlight.

[Peelee]

In my experience, what happens when the sun shines on closed curtains is that the curtains heat up and then start radiating that heat into the room--if anything, it gets *warmer* than if you had them open, unless you happen to be sitting in the direct sunlight.

I don't see any reason why the room would get warmer, since that same heat would be heating whatever is being the curtains.

[factotum]

I don't see any reason why the room would get warmer, since that same heat would be heating whatever is being the curtains.

Like I said, it's just my experience. The main point is, it doesn't seem to *reduce* the heat generated in any way?

[enderlord99]

Hand of Fate 2 is a great game, even if my character sometimes acts like Abridged Gohan in combat.

[Elanasaurus]

I see you're also into the custom smilie business!

I'm on mobile, so I get all the smilies from the OOTS Smilies thread.

I have a few times in the past. As I said, the problem isn't that it's hot, the problem is that it's unseasonably hot, which means wild temperature swings, and all the buildings I have to be in lack proper cooling.

Oh. Unseasonably. Misread that.

EDIT:

That's so weird. Because, for me, there is absolutely zero question about whether or not the first vowel is "a" as in angry, or that the last one is a long "eee" sound.
And I don't know why I'm engaging this because all it does is make me angry to hear about it because I'm obviously right and anyone who hears "laurel" has a condition.

I hear both at the same time! Listen for the growl in the background.

[Mith]

Regarding the posterboarded window, combining that with curtains also allows you to sleep because of how much sunlight we get in the summer.

[Honest Tiefling]

Hand of Fate 2 is a great game, even if my character sometimes acts like Abridged Gohan in combat.

Please, describe this game more to me.

[enderlord99]

Please, describe this game more to me.

It's a roguelite with Arkham Style combat and a card-based metaprogression.

[WarKitty]

Regarding the posterboarded window, combining that with curtains also allows you to sleep because of how much sunlight we get in the summer.

Yeah it's a common trick among night shift workers pretty much anywhere. Posterboard behind your curtains means it stays actually DARK.

[TheWombatOfDoom]

It's a roguelite with Arkham Style combat and a card-based metaprogression.

I will someday stream that game for you. I have it on my list, per your request.

[AuthorGirl]

I'm off to a church camp/retreat in the morning! So excited . . . hoping most of all to learn a lot and make connections with people . I'm trying not to get my hopes up unreasonably high (which is difficult).

I just really want to find some friends to share things with (and we can grow together). I have never had a friend who shares my faith and I really want one.

Whatever happens, I know there'll be good bits, and I've got so many butterflies in my stomach right now!

[Mith]

I'm off to a church camp/retreat in the morning! So excited . . . hoping most of all to learn a lot and make connections with people . I'm trying not to get my hopes up unreasonably high (which is difficult).

I just really want to find some friends to share things with (and we can grow together). I have never had a friend who shares my faith and I really want one.

Whatever happens, I know there'll be good bits, and I've got so many butterflies in my stomach right now!

Good Luck!