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Post by Severla on Apr 3, 2019 17:35:01 GMT
Chipped a molar in basically the same place, opposite side of the mouth from another chipped molar that I couldnt afford to fix.
Fuck me (and my bad teeth).
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Post by El Marsh on Apr 5, 2019 14:03:37 GMT
Very minor gripe relevant to scale and severity but a gripe neverheless. Confession time: I can't whistle I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE music and can "competently" play several instruments but I can't do anything but pass barely audible air when attempting to whistle. I've tried every known technique I can find to do so but it just isn't there. I've never been able to play woodwinds or blow up balloons because of severe irritation in my Eustachian tubes, even at normal pressure (i.e. NOT blowing very hard). I don't know if that's anything to do with the whistling dilemma but whatever it is, it just plain sucks not being able to do something that a 2 year old can. I haven't been able to my entire life but got some advice actually just a few weeks ago and have managed some "whistle like" sounds ever since. What methods have you tried to do? I've been moistening my lips (...uh oh 🦆 ) and putting the edge of my tongue around the ridge between the back of my bottom teeth and the gums. I find that I make better sounds when I don't blow too hard and keep my cheeks as sucked in as possible. I don't get the best sound (and not very loud) but it's MUCH better than in the past. Tried it, Gooseman. Just blowing more (hot?) air xD.
This might sound weird but there's no way around it: I've tried different tongue placements, mouth shapes, exhaling at varying strengths, physically altering all of the above with my fingers, moist lips, dry lips, holding my nose, biting my tongue, etc.
None of it works. At best I get a very low volume "wind rustling" sound.
I've often wondered if the problem lies in the shape of my teeth. Most people have some pronounced space between their front teeth (not necessarily a gap but a large enough space for air to pass through). Outside of two missing pre-molars, I actually don't have such space between any of my teeth (and yes, flossing is a monumental nightmare because of that) so instead of blowing through them like I presume most people to do, I can only blow over them, which isn't particularly effective.
Or maybe I'm just cursed. *shrug*
Appreciate the advice though. Definitely going to keep trying at it sporadically. Perhaps one day it'll click for me like it did for Nth and my epitaph will read "he whistled, eventually" xD
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Post by craziej2k on Apr 5, 2019 14:36:46 GMT
...Most people have some pronounced space between their front teeth (not necessarily a gap but a large enough space for air to pass through). Outside of two missing pre-molars, I actually don't have such space between any of my teeth (and yes, flossing is a monumental nightmare because of that) so instead of blowing through them like I presume most people to do, I can only blow over them, which isn't particularly effective. Sorry to tell ya but I got no space between my front teeth and I can whistle fine. |
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Post by OrochiGeese on Apr 6, 2019 6:00:55 GMT
I've often wondered if the problem lies in the shape of my teeth. Most people have some pronounced space between their front teeth (not necessarily a gap but a large enough space for air to pass through). Outside of two missing pre-molars, I actually don't have such space between any of my teeth (and yes, flossing is a monumental nightmare because of that) so instead of blowing through them like I presume most people to do, I can only blow over them, which isn't particularly effective. Hmm, that is an interesting theory. My two top front teeth don't have enough space between them. So even if I do get better at whistling, I wonder if my potential is capped by that. Or maybe I'm just cursed. *shrug* Fight fire with fire then! Use blood magic to possess someone else and make their mouth whistle! Appreciate the advice though. Definitely going to keep trying at it sporadically. Perhaps one day it'll click for me like it did for Nth and my epitaph will read "he whistled, eventually" xD
It could say: "The wind whistles for him and his ghost whistles for the wind. Run." 😁 |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2019 11:31:56 GMT
What is up with the compulsion for customers to tell retail staff "don't work too hard" anyway?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2019 21:48:23 GMT
Photobucket sent me an email saying my account was over the limit for free accounts (obviously, since I used it a lot before they changed their setup) and was going to restrict further uploads until I either clear some space or go on one of their pay plans.
I looked just now and I absolutely cannot find a way to delete anything, even though I have a ton of crap on there I would gladly delete. I think this is a ploy to get everyone on a pay plan.
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Post by BakFu on Apr 9, 2019 18:11:38 GMT
I watched a pile of episodes of a series called Ancient Top 10 recently, and it made me wonder when the Football Field became a standard unit of measurement? Do farmers purchase xxx football fields of land to plant turnips on? Is a selling feature of an aircraft carrier how many football fields wide and long it is? How many football fields is it to 7-11? Also, is the football field metric or imperial. Is the football field unit only used by historians and documentarians? I’m sure there’s at least a football field’s width worth of answers out there if I’d just look.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2019 19:37:37 GMT
Pretty sure a football field is imperial since most of the world doesn't care about American football and most Americans don't care about the metric system.
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Post by BakFu on Apr 9, 2019 20:38:52 GMT
More (bitching) observations:
I was checking out the ps store for deals and such and couldn’t help but notice how rediculous almost every avatar is. There is an abundance of wolf heads, skulls, grim reapers, clowns, Stars and Stripes eagles, laser eye cats, sandwiches, military vehicles, meanacing slogans, nerdy gamer slogans, doe eyed anime chicks, gray alien heads, emoji turds, voorhees masks, pandas, things in space suits, etc. To add variety, all of the above can be found on fire, in wire frame mode, in rainbow mode, in aviators, with glowing eyes, in Dred bags, with explosions, with lightning, with hipster beards/moustaches, in a flat brimmed baseball hat and a gold chain, howling at moons, and my favourite of all... “dabing”
OT: WTF is dabing? I see it everywhere. My nephew does it ad nauseum, unprovoked, and I inexplicablely want to drown him in the nearest water source every time he does it. It’s in every game (even fire pro I believe) as a taunt, and I would be grateful if someone could travel back in time and drop a piano onto the prick that started it all. Don’t know why I care, but for some reason I do. 🙂
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2019 21:41:04 GMT
Someone sneezed in a night club and everyone around thought it was a new dance move.
No, but seriously I tried looking it up and still can't say for sure how it started.
Fun Fact: It's illegal in Saudi Arabia.
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Post by OrochiGeese on Apr 9, 2019 21:52:30 GMT
Photobucket sent me an email saying my account was over the limit for free accounts (obviously, since I used it a lot before they changed their setup) and was going to restrict further uploads until I either clear some space or go on one of their pay plans. I looked just now and I absolutely cannot find a way to delete anything, even though I have a ton of crap on there I would gladly delete. I think this is a ploy to get everyone on a pay plan. Something similar happened to me last year too. I switched to the IMGUR service. It's pretty much as easy, if not easier, to use than Photobucket was. imgur.com |
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Post by BakFu on Apr 25, 2019 15:40:38 GMT
Viewer Discretion warnings.
Why do I, a grown ass adult who pays for all of the entertainment media I consume, need to be WARNED that I might see someone getting blown away or punched in the face, some tities, people boning, or someone bombing their liver with a bottle of Ol' Grandad? I generally HOPE that I will see these elements in entertainment that I consume. I don't want to see Steve Austin's fingers blurred out before he stomps mud holes in asses, I don't want to hear "oh peanut butter" instead of what is supposed to be there. And WHY does network TV continue to show films like Goodfellas, Casino, and Scarface that when after editing for TV end up being five minutes long or a totally different story than what they really are?
The network cover your ass statement that is "viewer discretion is advised" is one of the most insulting messages out there, we'll gladly take your money, but don't sue us when little Jimmy is alone in front of the TV and sees some tities or someone getting shot in a work of FICTION. You're mature and smart enough to have a job to earn money to PAY for this material, but we'll let you know that you might not be able to handle it. There are no warnings on the NEWS that your about to see an entire village of people disintegrated by barrel bombs in some country at war, or terrified people actually running for their lives at a country music concert as some lunatic opens up on them with a military weapon from a hotel room window in Vegas, or when some shitheads decide to mug a person in broad daylight. You can't handle seeing violence or sex in fiction that you pay to see or consume, but the real word is your problem.
Sorry, I should have added a warning to the start of this post. :)
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Post by El Marsh on May 2, 2019 4:37:31 GMT
You know, despite the predictability of match designs, I really LOVE that WWE has so many legitimately good athletes on its roster, from top to bottom and in every division. Unfortunately, the only way they seem to know how to show off that athleticism is by having them dive over the top rope onto opponents outside of the ring. I used to friggin LOVE planchas of all sorts but they've really lost their charm in WWE since you see them just about every match, sometimes by every participant (and no, I'm not talking about 205 Live here). I guess in fairness, it's not ONLY WWE that's guilty of this. Hell, that's part of what made the mid 00s Indy scene so great; guys jumping to the outside of the ring and the crowd feeding off of it. They're so common now that most WWE fans don't even care when they happen. I think it's awesome that so many WWE wrestlers are able and willing to do those moves but quite honestly, maybe 5 of them should do it on a somewhat regular basis with the others either never doing it at all or doing it for the biggest, biggest matches they'll have. I dunno. Just seems like a shame that oversaturation has dulled the significance of what used to be one of the greatest spectacles in a given show.
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Post by IamAres on May 2, 2019 6:39:26 GMT
i do wish more guys did dives the way Bret Hart did dives - "oh, you rolled to the floor? Well, I still wanna fight you, motherfucker RAAAAH TACKLE!"
It wasn't something you saw every match, just once in a while, when the situation was there and the intensity called for it.
That said, I've seen Ricochet hit his vuelo de aguila dive in person, and as impressive, intellectually, as something like that is on TV, it is goddamn INSANE to see a human do that right in front of you - you're GOING to react to it, whether you feel like it makes sense or not. So I get why guys do it.
But then, yeah, you have guys who'll hit three suicide dives in a row, but they're usually the guys who do more like suicide shoves - you know the kind - like, dude, just hit ONE and make it count. No one ever got a better reaction off three mediocre moves than one killer one.
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Post by Senator Phillips on May 2, 2019 21:54:11 GMT
Without going into detail, about to give my notice at the job at which I've worked for far, far too many years for far, far too little pay. The idea of it terrifies me, as I do not believe I have much of a shot at anything I want to do at this point, thanks to sinking too many years into idiocy of that job but it must be done, elsewise, I will lose my will to live.
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