Oh man, he was into that

Muppet Treasure Island “torture” scene

If you’re hesitant to click, I assure you it’s legitimately from the Muppets movie

Edit: Ok, I just realized that’s a completely different scene. And I’m not sure if it’s the same movie. But if it happened twice, it seems he’s got a “thing”

I really doubt someone had this inflicted upon their body, voluntarily or otherwise, when they were >10

I see your point, but they were well into double digits when this happened

“excuse me, I wasn’t finished” and then finish the thought

I guarantee you that’s a tree farm. I’d gladly be proved wrong

The uniform height, spacing, and lush branches are a key clue. I wish I took pictures on my last trip so I could show you what I’m talking about, but I was traveling through a place undergoing logging. In the forest, like you’re thinking, the lower branches are dead because the crowns are crowding out the light. In the understory, lower light plants thrive, ones who can’t really take full sun all day

I say this to hopefully assuage your feelings about the picture. The tree did what it was meant to do, and in a spectacular way

Hey, I get it. I’ve seen and heard plenty of things that break my brain until I get some context clue

The worst is when I tune into a song that’s already playing, or hear a sentence already being spoken, and my brain places pauses or is off a beat; I hear absolute gibberish and wonder if I’m having a stroke

Cozy indeed

No farts please tho, personally

My experience with the feeling of “being shitty” is when I think of all the bad decisions that lead me to being in the dead end, no skill job I have; thinking about the bills I’m behind on, the chores I’m behind on, the friends who keep reaching out that I haven’t responded to, how I’m probably not doing enough for my kid or partner, things like that

But I really try not to be shitty to other people because for the most part, they’re not the cause of my shittiness

Went with my partner to a really cute cabin for a vacation. It was a yurt, and really nice except the partition to the bathroom was just a curtain and the wall didn’t go to the ceiling. It was at least behind a wall so there was a small modicum of privacy

So waaaaaaay too much cheese on both our parts lead to some very unpleasant bathroom trips and a resulting overload of senses. There was a window, fortunately, though it was fairly ineffective but we learned to excuse ourselves from the cabin when the other had to shit their brains out

I haven’t had too many issues lately with hotels and obnoxious lights. And I think it’s because manufacturers have changed something. But every once in a while there’s some device that has a pinprick hole with a blue led behind it that acts like a damn flashlight and sends a faint blue beam across the room, or if it’s aimed at you:

Here’s their website:
https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/movies

They’re all fairly similar; I think if you blindly pick one you’ll still get what you’re looking for

I haven’t watched one in many years, IF I’ve ever watched one

I understand what you’re saying. I lived in a place that has all 4 seasons. I understand the hassles of snow in winter and unbearable heat in summer without ac

I’ve since moved somewhere more temperate and I miss the 4 seasons. It’s wet, cold and wet, warm and wet, or hot and dry, interspersed with short periods of really nice weather. It’s not warm and pleasant all the time, but I’d be hard pressed to give up storms. Here, no thunderstorms. And if we get them they’re completely obfuscated by clouds (our clouds sit really low)

I was visiting family recently and got to experience an absolutely magnificent storm and I was so incredibly happy. The last storm I saw like that was from when I visited Disney World a while ago

From this video I caught https://files.catbox.moe/8722ra.mp4

I’m not against bros blowing bros,

But if that were to happen I’m pretty sure it would not be consensual on Mamdani’s part

Cuomo? 100% wouldn’t have given a 2nd thought and assumed it’s true

Yes, my father did. He had the same one for many years at one place (nearly a decade, until he was laid off) then another for many, many years (nearly two decades, until he retired)

I was able to visit the first job as a child and I loved it. It was incredibly cozy. It wasn’t decorated with past achievements of what he once was, but some awards and certificates he may have earned in his current life to celebrate his growth. A lot of personalization like family photos, silly pictures, memes (they had memes printed out on paper many decades ago, too!), snacks, projects he was working on, a LOT of computer parts (he worked at a major computer company), a couple nice comfy desk chairs

Other people had different tastes of course. If you’ve ever been to college where people live in dorms, it’s almost the same feeling. Some are bare and kept to the absolute essentials. Others were absolutely plastered with personal effects

The company he worked for obviously allowed that freedom and I can’t say the same for everywhere, especially if cubicles are shared spaces with an alternate shift

Those are some very good nostalgic memories for me so I wanted to share, thanks for giving me an opportunity

That got a few laughs from me, thanks for posting that

My ex introduced me to Drop Dead Gorgeous probably about 20 years ago. It’s absolutely hilarious and it gets funnier every time I watch it

I’m glad to see someone else familiar with the movie

Definitely, but they (my family member) did well for themselves and their family. They moved between big name studios but have found a comfortable career not tied to any big name studio

I haven’t kept in close contact with them but it’s pretty fun hearing about, or even playing, games they’ve worked on (every once in a while I check up on what they’ve done)

They eventually got into the sound side of things and occasionally would do recordings when family got together. One time in particular I remember, we went on a walk and they brought recording equipment. Recorded the ambient sounds while we were on the trail. Sometimes we’d be talking and other times we were walking in silence. Recording us approaching and departing; the sounds of our footsteps on different terrain: gravel, dirt, grass, pavement. Got some closeups of a small creek that ran next to the trail. Would record the sounds of a field of wild grass, or a stand of trees. I wonder if anything they recorded ended up in some game… That would be pretty dope

Tl;Dr What I can say is, they genuinely loved their job no matter which shitty big name they worked under. And they got to do some genuinely fun things in the pursuit of bettering their work

Sorry for the wall of text, idk I just haven’t really had somewhere to share that. I’ve never heard someone mention infinity ward , like literally ever. Any time I’ve said the name I’ve been met with blanks stares until I say “Call of Duty”

I experimented with a bunch of foods and food-safe strong smelling/tasting things. Even spicy was knocked out which surprised me. I would have thought that would have remained unaffected

That was one of the few times in life I’ve really been concerned about my quality of life if the effects were permanent

Like, I’ve thought about “what if I lost my sight/hearing/limbs” but taste and smell never really occurred to me. But it was truly life altering and I really considered what I’d do if I didn’t get those senses back

Oh yeah that was absolutely affected as well. I couldn’t taste anything for a few days. I don’t remember specifically how long I couldn’t taste or smell, this was 4.5 years ago. That was the first time, early 2021. Subsequent bouts have not done that to me (unfortunately I work in an environment where people come in sick and pass it along. I’ve gotten covid many times and it makes me upset every time)

But yeah, eating became an even more unpleasant task. I pretty much do it because I have to but I try to make it enjoyable; but when you only have texture to work with then that becomes very difficult

I have a family member who worked for IW on CoD but left shortly after the merger when they saw the writing on the wall. Granted they left for a company just as bad ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

I had been a bit sick and I had the realization when I went to sniff some weed and I couldn’t smell it. I’d been able to smell earlier in the day and it was a weird realization. I went around and sniffed everything I could hoping to get a whiff

It was extremely bizarre. I’ve had muted sense of smell and taste because of a sickness but never an absence of the sense