I wanted to like the game, but one game where the other players adopted the ‘backstabbing’ style ruined it for me.
I wanted to like the game, but one game where the other players adopted the ‘backstabbing’ style ruined it for me.
I was sad when AOL started sending demo CDs instead of the floppy disks :(
Yeah, that’s fair, especially in software work.
I see what you’re getting at – hinting at a sense of serenity?
The phrase still annoys me for some reason.
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Fair point, but something about the tautology of the phrase has always grated on me :\
You just reminded me of this
Those who champion “brutal honesty” are more interested in the brutality than the honest
I use this, and I struggle a little to disengage when the person I ask interprets it as “help me figure out how to solve this” when they don’t actually have the “short answer”.
life isn’t fair
It’s not as pithy, but I think “Just because you didn’t get your way, doesn’t mean it’s unfair” would be a better sentiment for adults to tell children.
Or “I don’t fucking care what happened, I just don’t want to hear you whine about it”. Hardly an acceptable way to talk to children, but I think it’s what adults in my life meant when I was a child.
“it is what it is”
If it weren’t what it is, well, it wouldn’t be anything at all, would it?
Eh, sometimes “No, thank you” is also appropriate.
clean water
I used to have a cat who did this. He would lead me to the bathroom, jump into the tub, and then wait patiently until I turned on the bath faucet – just a trickle!
I’ve loved “we’ll burn that bridge when we come to it” ever since a character in Robert Asprin’s Mythadventures series used it. Fun books.
Speak for yourself. I, for one, do not miss needing to suffer through intro animations before the real site would load, “designed for Internet Explorer 4”, or the endless ad popups of the era.
Points for nostalgia though
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Nah, I have to disagree. People in general are FAR too eager to declare walking and biking as not viable. But the cars! I’ll get run over! But the walk! It’s more than two blocks, how can I survive without driving! Etc.
Agreed on the slow leak. Replacing the gasket usually does the trick IME.
NGL, what first came to mind was the Tripods. That probably fits under “worst impression”.
I had the opposite experience. Once I started working full time after college, I felt like I had SO MUCH FREE TIME!
I did have a part-time job during college, though. That might have skewed things for me.