Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

THE MIGHTY GALVATRON · Thu Aug 13, 2015 6:37 pm

Bottom post of the previous page:

Confidence is knowing that you're hot shit (even when you really aren't, but that's okay just trick yourself into believing it!).

Other than that show off what you're good at. Hide all the weaknesses and if they somehow come up fake it. FAKE IT HARD because no one else knows what they're doing fo' sho'.

Takeguru · Post by **Takeguru** » Thu Aug 13, 2015 9:58 pm #112180

I'd have driven through the line of people too.

Fuck them.

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Fri Aug 14, 2015 5:12 am #112246

Confidence is about calmly accepting what other people think of you, not ignoring it.

Flat-out ignoring what everyone else thinks of you just makes people detached, apathetic, and anti-social. A person who just ignores everyone else isn't confident, they're just incapable of handling other people.
To be confident you learn to accept what others think about you, even when it's shitty. You learn to worry more about the stuff you can change than the stuff you can't. You learn when it's justifiable and probably for your own good to actually ignore someone. If you can't look at yourself and see the good stuff, the reasons you'll give other people to think positively of you, then you're kind of not-there-yet when it comes to handling everyone else.

Confidence initially comes from finding the good in yourself, recognizing your own talents or positive qualities you have.
And if you look at yourself and you really honestly can't find anything at all, take another step back and culture something that you will like in yourself first.

...but really I don't think anyone should have that problem at this point. If you're having that kind of problem it's more likely that you're just being too hard on yourself or selling yourself short than you actually being totally worthless or some such. We've all made it this far somehow.

Remie Richards · Fri Aug 14, 2015 6:49 am

Was bored so I worked out *roughly* how many days I've been alive.
365 days a year, 18 years
365*18 = 6570 days.

Average life expectancy in the UK is 81.50 years
365*81.50 = 29747.5 days.

6570/29747.5 = 0.22085889570552147239263803680982, *100 = 22.085889570552147239263803680982 or 22~% of an average life.

Tiny bit morbid, but hey *boredom*

Cik · Post by **Cik** » Fri Aug 14, 2015 7:45 am #112257

>tfw there are people on the internet younger than i am

strange feels

Takeguru · Post by **Takeguru** » Fri Aug 14, 2015 7:54 am #112259

Man, there are parents that give their 7 year olds smart phones.

It's not that weird.

Maccus · Post by **Maccus** » Fri Aug 14, 2015 8:29 am #112270

You forgot leap years Remie

Remie Richards · Fri Aug 14, 2015 9:04 am

Maccus wrote:You forgot leap years Remie

It was a rough job

There's a bunch of things I've missed, like how my birthday was on July 22nd not today, so there's extra days missing, etc.
Now adding in all that... that WOULD be morbid.

EndgamerAzari · Fri Aug 14, 2015 3:03 pm

>tfw you realize you have about 35 years to make enough money to live for 15-25 years on

Remie Richards · Fri Aug 14, 2015 5:20 pm

Arrrgh Studio Ghibli films are so warm and inviting.
Totoro to~toro~

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Fri Aug 14, 2015 6:43 pm #112373

Watched AKIRA.

Shoulda read AKIRA instead, holy mindfuck, Batman.

Remie Richards · Sat Aug 15, 2015 10:04 pm

Ferris Bueller's day off was on E4.
That film is so fun.

Takeguru · Post by **Takeguru** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 3:06 am #112807

A soldier was hospitalized recently because a black widow fell from the ceiling down the back of his shirt

Clearly, the only solution is to nuke this entire godforsaken desert.

THE MIGHTY GALVATRON · Mon Aug 17, 2015 3:12 am

Takeguru wrote:A soldier was hospitalized recently because a black widow fell from the ceiling down the back of his shirt

Clearly, the only solution is to nuke this entire godforsaken desert.

Nuking the Mojave? I feel like there's a New Vegas joke in there but I'm too hot and delirious to go find it. Seriously this heat makes me wish for a nuclear winter.

Mister_Doc · Post by **Mister_Doc** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 3:43 am #112813

I feel ya. It has been fucking humid this summer where I'm at.

Ricotez · Post by **Ricotez** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 5:43 am #112823

weve had nothing but rain for the past 36 hours

like seriously I am pretty certain it has not stopped raining for even a minute, but I wouldn't know bc I sure as hell tried to stay inside

420weedscopes · Mon Aug 17, 2015 9:40 am

thingken of senpai

EndgamerAzari · Mon Aug 17, 2015 4:21 pm

Whoop whoop, the first ever piece of my neon light collection arrived today! Haven't gotten a chance to set it up and plug it in yet, so I'm not positive it works, but it looks to be in good condition (even though the box smells like the twenty-year-old cardboard it is).

Remie Richards · Mon Aug 17, 2015 5:12 pm

Managed to sit my niece down and watch Spirited Away.
She liked it.

EndgamerAzari · Mon Aug 17, 2015 7:26 pm

SHIT YES IT'S HERE

Spoiler:

Remie Richards · Mon Aug 17, 2015 7:35 pm

You are just a magpie for Neon aren't you?

EndgamerAzari · Mon Aug 17, 2015 7:40 pm

I could write a small essay on why I like neon lights so much.

THE MIGHTY GALVATRON · Mon Aug 17, 2015 7:43 pm

EndgamerAzari wrote:I could write a small essay on why I like neon lights so much.

Yeah you should do that minimum 4 pages, double spaced. Due Monday.

EndgamerAzari · Mon Aug 17, 2015 7:53 pm

THE MIGHTY GALVATRON wrote:
EndgamerAzari wrote:I could write a small essay on why I like neon lights so much.
Yeah you should do that minimum 4 pages, double spaced. Due Monday.

You think I won't fucking do it? I'll do it TODAY.

THE MIGHTY GALVATRON · Mon Aug 17, 2015 7:57 pm

EndgamerAzari wrote:
THE MIGHTY GALVATRON wrote:
EndgamerAzari wrote:I could write a small essay on why I like neon lights so much.
Yeah you should do that minimum 4 pages, double spaced. Due Monday.
You think I won't fucking do it? I'll do it TODAY.

You can turn it in early if you wish, but you won't get extra credit.

EndgamerAzari · Mon Aug 17, 2015 10:40 pm

YOU THOUGHT I WAS JOKING, DIDN'T YOU

Okay it's not 4 pages long but I had nothing to do at work. Every time I talk about this I feel like I get closer to explaining it correctly, so consider this a work in progress.

Wall o' text below.

Spoiler:

I have a bit of a… let’s call it a fascination with neon lights. The artistry that goes into these things alone is admirable, with each intricate design crafted by hand with a series of delicate bends before being brought to life with a drop of mercury, a noble gas, and an electric current. The subdued intensity of the light they provide is wonderfully paradoxical—they shine in the darkness without subtracting from it, a beacon in a sea of night that casts only the slightest of ripples. They create a bridge between the vivacity of light and the intrigue of night, forming the perfect middle ground between the two. As one who loves the dark but also appreciates light, it should come as no surprise that I have a fondness for these occupants of a strange niche of Americana.

Neon signs seem to represent a juncture of past and future: they inevitably invoke images of years past, when they flickered in the windows of all-night diners and drugstores, but they also put one in mind of the futures as imagined by the likes of William Gibson and Richard Morgan, where the downtrodden eke out a living under the flickering and buzzing. At this second junction, neon lights essentially represent the present in their own way. But it is another thing they represent, to me at least, that makes them truly special to me.

I call it the Neon Dream.

Imagine a city of endless night that never sleeps, but is lit with neon lights and the flickering signs of diners and shops that seem ratty but make you feel safe. And the clubs and bars and secret shadowy places are all around and everyone is wearing something crazy and nobody cares. A place where fashions and music and whole new lifestyles are born in an instant, where the romance and wonder of the dark streets pulses up through your feet. A place that is dark but not frightening or dangerous, but contains all the romance and mystery and excitement of back alleys and forbidden places.

This city contains anything that a person could want after hours: restaurants and food carts to suit every conceivable taste and some that are hitherto-unexplored experiments of the purveyor’s culinary creativity; art exhibits, botanical gardens, and libraries for those who are looking for something more sedate or intellectually stimulating, or even college branch campuses providing night classes; boutiques and shops selling all sorts of fashions, nick-knacks, and middle-of-the-night essentials; gyms and yoga studios for those who prefer to burn fat along with the midnight oil; arcades and game parlors and places for more subdued entertainment; coffee shops and tea houses for relaxation and quiet conversations; dark, dingy dive bars for when you just need a drink and some time alone while still being around people.

And then there’s the music.

Clubs and venues of every kind, “college bars” that host amateur and indie acts, hi-tech discotheques for DJs to experiment with senses other than sound, traditional nightclubs with glitz and bling everywhere, smoky lounges with velvet couches and soulful singers and expensive wines—a place for everyone’s tastes, places where all who wish to may let the beats course through their body like the pulse of a second, communal heart and give themselves over to the dance that flows through us all.

This is what neon lights mean to me.

This place I have described is, of course, impossible, but if we’re lucky, we may each be able to find a little portion of our own neon dream somewhere out there in the night. And until I am able to find my scrap of that hive-mind heartbeat, I will use the lights I can collect to bring it to me, if only in spirit.

THE MIGHTY GALVATRON · Mon Aug 17, 2015 11:03 pm

Beautiful, we should like, gather funding and buy a small island in turn it into a neon city.

EndgamerAzari · Tue Aug 18, 2015 1:05 am

Man, if there was a brand-new city being built from the ground up, not slowly growing from village to town, etc., I would move there in a heartbeat. Newer places just have so much more life to them.

Also thank you for not mocking my shitty prose

peoplearestrange · Tue Aug 18, 2015 11:13 am

Holy shit I finally get a holiday this year and get to leave the country... Here I come Berlin!

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Tue Aug 18, 2015 11:33 am #113009

Oh crap.
GET OUT OF MY GERMANY

peoplearestrange · Tue Aug 18, 2015 11:55 am

You're German, and a *Unmentionable F word*, are you going to EF? As thats where Im headed...

EndgamerAzari · Tue Aug 18, 2015 2:17 pm

Oof. Shouldn't've stayed up watching Snowpiercer last night. One helluva movie, though.

420weedscopes · Tue Aug 18, 2015 3:04 pm

doing a shitload of photo manips 2day
related
isn't it great

peoplearestrange · Tue Aug 18, 2015 4:25 pm

Ha! The lightings not quite right. The white balance is off on the guy walking, make it a warmer light rather than the bluer that it is and it'll fit better.

EndgamerAzari · Tue Aug 18, 2015 9:16 pm

Jesus fuck

I'm tired and sad all the Goddamn time

I've gained 20 pounds

I can't get excited or look forward to things any more

I'm telling my doctor when I see him on Thursday that I want OFF these pills. Anxiety attacks are a damn sight better than feeling like shit ALL THE TIME. I wish he'd give me something for my ADHD like I keep asking, because honestly feeling like a spastic 6-year-old is probably contributing a lot of my other issues (I understand why he's reluctant to prescribe anything for it, since most of those drugs are pretty abusable/resalable). That and how much weight I've gained, thanks to the antidepressants, after I lost so much and was so close to my goal. I feel like a failure in every aspect of my life and these pills aren't doing anything to mitigate that, so why the hell should I keep taking them and dealing with the side effects?

invisty · Post by **invisty** » Tue Aug 18, 2015 10:38 pm #113128

Sounds like you need to take up a good exercise routine, matey. It does wonders for your mood.

EndgamerAzari · Tue Aug 18, 2015 10:39 pm

invisty wrote:Sounds like you need to take up a good exercise routine, matey. It does wonders for your mood.

I go to the gym five days a week. I'm honestly not sure what else I could do.

ColonicAcid · Wed Aug 19, 2015 12:42 am

Some winny, a g of test eth and a couple mgs of tren

EndgamerAzari · Wed Aug 19, 2015 1:38 am

ColonicAcid wrote:Some winny, a g of test eth and a couple mgs of tren

Those aren't words

Remie Richards · Wed Aug 19, 2015 1:41 am

Some winny (Wine?), a g (gram?) of test (testosterone?) eth (ethanol?) and a couple mgs (miligrams) of tren (trennadol?)

yeah I don't get what he's saying either.

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 4:31 am #113169

He's a filthy abbo hopped up on a bunch of supplements. He's too far gone to speak words anymore.

Just throw a fistful of change in the opposite direction and keep walking.

EndgamerAzari · Wed Aug 19, 2015 5:42 am

Yeah, my Swolehili's a little rusty, but if he was talking about testosterone supplements, I've considered those before, but I got my blood tested and my levels were normal.

ColonicAcid · Post by **ColonicAcid** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 8:33 am #113196

Lmao winny is winstrol aka stanozolol, test eth is testorone ethanoate and tren is trenbolone.

EndgamerAzari · Wed Aug 19, 2015 3:10 pm

Stanozolol, commonly sold under the name Winstrol (oral) and Winstrol Depot (intramuscular), is a synthetic anabolic steroid derived from dihydrotestosterone.

Testosterone Enanthate - Clinical Pharmacology
Endogenous androgens are responsible for the normal growth and development of the male sex organs and for maintenance of secondary sex characteristics. These effects include growth and maturation of prostate, seminal vesicles, penis, and scrotum; development of male hair distribution, such as beard, pubic, chest, and axillary hair; laryngeal enlargement; vocal chord thickening; alterations in body musculature; and fat distribution.

Trenbolone is a steroid used on livestock to increase muscle growth and appetite.

What the fuck.

Wyzack · Post by **Wyzack** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 3:36 pm #113259

Colonic's angry forum posts confirmed caused by roid rage

420weedscopes · Wed Aug 19, 2015 3:43 pm

do any of those positively affect semen

EndgamerAzari · Wed Aug 19, 2015 3:48 pm

Adverse Reactions
Endocrine and Urogenital, Female – The most common side effects of androgen therapy are amenorrhea and other menstrual irregularities, inhibition of gonadotropin secretion, and virilization, including deepening of the voice and clitoral enlargement. The latter usually is not reversible after androgens are discontinued. When administered to a pregnant woman, androgens cause virilization of the external genitalia of the female fetus.

Male – Gynecomastia, and excessive frequency and duration of penile erections. Oligospermia may occur at high dosages (see CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY).

Skin and Appendages – Hirsutism, male pattern baldness, and acne.

Fluid and Electrolyte Disturbances – Retention of sodium, chloride, water, potassium, calcium (see WARNINGS), and inorganic phosphates.

Gastrointestinal – Nausea, cholestatic jaundice, alterations in liver function tests; rarely, hepatocellular neoplasms, peliosis hepatis (see WARNINGS).

Hematologic – Suppression of clotting factors II, V, VII, and X; bleeding in patients on concomitant anticoagulant therapy; polycythemia.

Nervous System – Increased or decreased libido, headache, anxiety, depression, and generalized paresthesia.

Metabolic – Increased serum cholesterol.

Vascular Disorders – venous thromboembolism

Miscellaneous – Rarely, anaphylactoid reactions; inflammation and pain at injection site

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 3:49 pm #113268

>implying you will ever breed

Takeguru · Post by **Takeguru** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 4:10 pm #113274

Some of those side effects are literally worse than what some illegal drugs will do

EndgamerAzari · Wed Aug 19, 2015 4:13 pm

Takeguru wrote:Some of those side effects are literally worse than what some illegal drugs will do

Well, literal steroid injections aren't exactly over-the-counter.

ColonicAcid · Post by **ColonicAcid** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 8:18 pm #113325

Lemme just clear something up before feds bust my nuts I don't condone that shit but side effects are case by case and with smart use the worse you'll get is some major behaviour change due to hormone imbalance and a really bad case of gyno and liver problems if you take oral.

Which is why you first take estrogen blockers so you don't look like your 50 year old uncle after years of alcohol abuse and milk thistle to protect your liver I'd your taking orals. And you don't take them if you can't control your temper on a normal basis.

Majority of people don't do this though and they're dumb and I don't use them... I swear I just have done my homework.

Also little trivia the most common way people get tren is from cow farms due to their use in the husbandry business.