I do think enjoyment is a facile meaning of life. Last year was my year of rest/relaxation/enjoyment. I worked the least, I did what I wanted the most, but it left me feeling emptier than some much more difficult years
― H.P, Thursday, 4 January 2024 23:01 (nine months ago) link
In my experience, fear of death becomes more pressing the older you get
huh, in mine, the opposite!
― digital chirping and whirring (Hunt3r), Thursday, 4 January 2024 23:05 (nine months ago) link
xp Yeah, fulfillment and engagement tend to bring the deepest satisfaction, but those things are enjoyable, but maybe that's a shallow (or, to use your word) facile word for the feeling.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 4 January 2024 23:07 (nine months ago) link
i mean it's one of those things i don't know how to describe... i went from not existing to existing. apparently this is not just a thing i can actually do but a thing everybody else does and takes for granted. i don't. i didn't get this for free. it cost me a lot, and i'm fucking lucky because some people, it costs more than they have. fear of death, enjoyment, all of this stuff, i don't know, meaning for me is to just _exist_ for its own sake. whatever else i'm doing, easy, hard, i exist. i'm human. i should be a misanthrope? i should hate humans because of the awful shit a lot of us do? no, no, seriously, this is fucking amazing and i can't imagine _ever_ taking that for granted.
― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 4 January 2024 23:26 (nine months ago) link
Amen
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Friday, 5 January 2024 07:41 (nine months ago) link
Good post Kate
― H.P, Friday, 5 January 2024 07:51 (nine months ago) link
This man is so committed to his truth that it makes him frantic with frustration that even though he builds a yellow brick road to all-encompassing wisdom the world fails to follow it.
(nb: ^ not in reference to any posts itt)
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Saturday, 6 January 2024 18:58 (nine months ago) link
I was at a Taco Bell today and was parked next to one of those assholes with a "Choose Life" license plate, and worse, it was a vanity tag with custom plate number "UNBRN".
thought for a moment that UNBRN was something to do with IRN-BRU and that "Choose Life" was a reference to Trainspotting before I realised
― soref, Friday, 12 January 2024 21:28 (eight months ago) link
IRN-BRU smells to me like a barnyard
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 12 January 2024 21:29 (eight months ago) link
it's just orange sugar water ffs sito
― craning to be leather (Noodle Vague), Friday, 12 January 2024 21:30 (eight months ago) link
maybe I'm sensitive to whatever the hell this is: As of 1999, it contained 0.002% of ammonium ferric citrate
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 12 January 2024 21:48 (eight months ago) link
everyone should have a little ammonium ferric citrate, as a treat
― craning to be leather (Noodle Vague), Friday, 12 January 2024 21:49 (eight months ago) link
Now with more Retsyn
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 12 January 2024 21:49 (eight months ago) link
isn't retsyn just vegetable oil?
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 12 January 2024 21:50 (eight months ago) link
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/73/66/4e/73664e7dbc92c25454a9787aed19a340.jpg
― Bulky Pee Pants (Tom D.), Friday, 12 January 2024 21:51 (eight months ago) link
(A) trademarked name for a mixture of copper gluconate, partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil, and flavoring. It is the copper gluconate in Retsyn which gives Certs its signature green flecks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certs
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 12 January 2024 21:52 (eight months ago) link
You can imagine how disappointed I was the first time I bought two rolls of Certs and banged them together. No sparks.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 12 January 2024 21:53 (eight months ago) link
Some pretty good kissing in this ad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gtFCfGjjms
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 12 January 2024 21:56 (eight months ago) link
my disappontment at the absence of girders looks like a law suit waiting to happen
― craning to be leather (Noodle Vague), Friday, 12 January 2024 21:57 (eight months ago) link
made in scotlind from gurrdahs and the guy in the pic likely voted for the psycho pm who decimated the Scottish steel industry
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Friday, 12 January 2024 21:57 (eight months ago) link
Looks like John Oates
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 12 January 2024 21:58 (eight months ago) link
european black licorice smells like piss to me as well
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 12 January 2024 21:59 (eight months ago) link
probly the wrong thread but pastis is the only good incarnation of licorice
― craning to be leather (Noodle Vague), Friday, 12 January 2024 22:07 (eight months ago) link
pastis is no good but boy do I feel cool drinking it
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 12 January 2024 22:09 (eight months ago) link
i will not choose a sweet that tastes that way but my god it slides down when you're drinking
― craning to be leather (Noodle Vague), Friday, 12 January 2024 22:13 (eight months ago) link
pasties a) grebt and b) awful for the reasons you say drf. tastes wonderful and looks great but by gott it scrambles your kopf ja.
― Fizzles, Friday, 12 January 2024 22:13 (eight months ago) link
pastis ffs
during a recent fuckwitted adventure into miscomprehension I was recently struggling to find that "liquori pasta" from an online supermarket, but no, my eyesight is so bad it was actually an Italian brand of pasta called Ligouri. But I was convinced there was a hint of liquorish in there.
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Friday, 12 January 2024 22:15 (eight months ago) link
i've been thru a "Jaeger kills my heartburn" phase so gotta question my reliability as a witness"
god a pastis and water is the shit tho
― craning to be leather (Noodle Vague), Friday, 12 January 2024 22:17 (eight months ago) link
I used to like Good & Plentys.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 12 January 2024 22:17 (eight months ago) link
recent liquorice findings:
Walker's Nonsuch Liquorice Toffee - amazingPanda liquorice comfits - perfectly fine, a bit drabanything from the great nation of Finland - utter hell
― imago, Friday, 12 January 2024 22:17 (eight months ago) link
i've done a little trip into the mythology and tastiness of absinthe too tho and i'll comfortably confirm it's just strong Pernod that people do silly things to when we're kids
― craning to be leather (Noodle Vague), Friday, 12 January 2024 22:19 (eight months ago) link
come on lads, it's friday night, I don't want to get a side-eye from souness before bedtime
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 12 January 2024 22:20 (eight months ago) link
mate don't start nothin
― craning to be leather (Noodle Vague), Friday, 12 January 2024 22:20 (eight months ago) link
I get an allergic reaction, a rosy red flushing of the cheeks when I drink liqueurs or port. Maybe it's a blessing in disguise!
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Friday, 12 January 2024 22:23 (eight months ago) link
pasties is grebt too
― Bulky Pee Pants (Tom D.), Friday, 12 January 2024 22:29 (eight months ago) link
Pasties and a G-String
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 12 January 2024 22:30 (eight months ago) link
...I know, I know, it's serious
― CthulhuLululemon (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 12 January 2024 23:38 (eight months ago) link
If I could live on Salmiak and beer, I would
― H.P, Friday, 12 January 2024 23:41 (eight months ago) link
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux)
wait I'm pretty sure this is a thing you are supposed to do with mint Lifesavers in the dark?
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Friday, 12 January 2024 23:42 (eight months ago) link
wintergreen! https://www.thoughtco.com/why-wintergreen-lifesavers-spark-in-the-dark-602179
xp Yes, I remember that, but if you watch that old (1970) commercial I posted, the Certs rolls made a clacking or sparking sound when hit together. This was almost as big a letdown as Sea Monkeys.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 12 January 2024 23:57 (eight months ago) link
or the glasses to see through girls' dresses
― Andy the Grasshopper, Saturday, 13 January 2024 00:01 (eight months ago) link
obviously you’re not a sublime fan
― brimstead, Sunday, 14 January 2024 03:15 (eight months ago) link
Why did I say pace there, it's clearly not what I meant. Stupid brain
― The king of the demo (bernard snowy), Monday, 15 January 2024 19:03 (eight months ago) link
I'm sure you'll get over it, wouldn't want to get unnecessarily dark now would we
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 19 January 2024 23:44 (eight months ago) link
I rarely have any doubts about whether or not I'm alive. The breathing is a good clue.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Saturday, 20 January 2024 00:36 (eight months ago) link
I recommend putting garlic in your salsa, avocado, and queso. It sharpens a rusty breath detector!
― Sufjan Grafton, Saturday, 20 January 2024 00:42 (eight months ago) link
Also nearly 100% effective against vampires. I have been eating garlic for 50+ years and haven't encountered a single vampire (as far as I know).
― Wine not? (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 20 January 2024 01:12 (eight months ago) link
I've always wondered about that belief. Does it have anything to do with garlic's properties as a blood thinner?
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 20 January 2024 01:13 (eight months ago) link