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Posted by DJ RANN on Dec-20-2016 16:35:

It's tragic times we're currently in.

"we have idea what caused this man to carry out this attack or what's behind his actions"

I was like, did you just fucking watch your own feed?

I know it's murdoch but fuck, at least try.


Posted by Lira on Dec-20-2016 20:22:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ RANN
It's tragic times we're currently in.

Actually, in spite of days like yesterday, I still think we're living through good times (and 2016 was more of a dent than an all out catastrophe).

A hundred years ago your forefathers were fighting in WWI (Brazil didn't really do much back then). Four score minus two years ago our ancestors were heading to the trenches once again in WWII. When I was born, the thought of a nuclear apocalypse coming to reality was quite realistic. Then millennials were born during a lull in human history, in which I, for one, experienced the re-democratisation of my country, and a more stable world order after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Syria was probably the greatest single cock-up ever since, but the end of all (officials) wars in the American continent also happened this year, so it's not all doom and gloom:



The map above considers the Mexican war on drugs as an actual war, so it's not very consistent (China is also orange because of the Xinjiang uprising, by that's killed fewer people than there were months this year).

Compared to all this we've experienced ourselves, 2016 was a disaster. But, if you think about what previous generations had to go through, it could've been way worse. Although, of course, the Don can easily make it so, but the US government was founded upon checks and balances, so let's hope they actually work
quote:
Originally posted by DJ RANN
One shocking thing for me was who the media is handling it; I was sadly watching Sky news and they did a full translation of his words, specifically about the atrocities in Aleppo and what did the news anchor say as soon as it came back to him?

"we have idea what caused this man to carry out this attack or what's behind his actions"

Oh, Sky News! Sincerely, the only thing good about that televised tabloid are the adverts. Other than that, I've always took everything they said with a massive pinch of salt


Posted by DJ RANN on Dec-21-2016 16:14:

quote:
Originally posted by Lira
Actually, in spite of days like yesterday, I still think we're living through good times.

A hundred years ago your forefathers were fighting in WWI (Brazil didn't really do much back then). Four score minus two years ago our ancestors were heading to the trenches once again in WWII. When I was born, the thought of a nuclear apocalypse coming to reality was quite realistic. Then millennials were born during a lull in human history, in which I, for one, experienced the re-democratisation of my country, and a more stable world order after the fall of the Berlin Wall.



You're certainly right that even in the last 100 years, there have been far more mass brutal events; our generation can't even fathom what ww1&2 were like, but what's new, and why I say tragic is that at least in developed parts of the world that weren't engaged in these once or twice in a lifetime global wars, you had a semblance if everyday security.

Sure, there's always been fringe threats but we've never experienced what we have now; you can be anywhere, from a beach front promenade, to a Christmas market to a football match (basically any public event in nearly any country) and get mown down or vaporized by by an indiscriminate nutter who is willing to die for their cause.



quote:
Originally posted by Lira
Syria was probably the greatest single cock-up ever since,

but the end of all (officials) wars in the American continent also happened this year, so it's not all doom and gloom:



The map above considers the Mexican war on drugs as an actual war, so it's not very consistent (China is also orange because of the Xinjiang uprising, by that's killed fewer people than there were months this year).

Compared to all this we've experienced ourselves, 2016 was a disaster. But, if you think about what previous generations had to go through, it could've been way worse. Although, of course, the Don can easily make it so, but the US government was founded upon checks and balances, so let's hope they actually work


Compared to the world wars, we live in cushy times.

quote:
Originally posted by Lira
Oh, Sky News! Sincerely, the only thing good about that televised tabloid are the adverts. Other than that, I've always took everything they said with a massive pinch of salt


I know, I know but this was like a comedy sketch.


Posted by ViceroySF on Jan-02-2017 03:39:

I love how my Asian friends make illiterate fools of themselves when they come to me with this bullshit P2P FileZilla meets Napster bullshit.

Your P2P client is not a jukebox and the reason those 'allegedly downloaded' video files aren't playing is mainly because the idiot who wrote the API didn't State that unmasked bitstreams are typified,once downloaded, as brand new files (likely in some other folder, not the Queue). This is a cache which Spotify and iTunes have, not your shitty asian P2P software.

Pay for your fucking porn.


Posted by ViceroySF on Jan-02-2017 05:55:

I know he is using slow-mo, you think I'm stupid? I have never thought twice about going anywhere at anytime wheneve I wanted. He can't, because San Francisco is Nazi capital of the world...I AM DEAD SERIOUS. SAN FANCISCANS ARE THE WORST RACISTS. It was heartbreaking to hear how he had "his heart broken" so many times, "White men would both reject him" and simultaneously "infatuate" interest... Just to prop him up and crush him,BECAUSE HE SITS NEXT TO THEM AND IS ABLE TO SEND HIS KIDS TO THE SAME SCHOOL, THE ONE OR TWO IN THE WHOLE OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THAT ISN'T A MESS. JERKS. They are just envious. People are getting called shit on the street because of their skin color, but Asians have always been discriminated within the gay community. I hate it, now it's a different flavor of racism and I can't sit idle. This is why drug addiction is so prevalent amongst the under-represented; ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! I WANT MY COUNTRY BACK, I WANT THOSE POOR...I WANT THE UGLIEST, THE SHORTEST, AND THE FORGOTTEN.

So, apparently, one of my best friends who is from "MICROnesia" isn't really looking good at all; his skin! textbook addict, a recluse and a stranger. How bad is it? I AM DONE WITH THIS, we have a problem SF, and I blame ... white people. Those entitled assholes who have built this plantation country. Addiction hits the most prone to have their lives destroyed because of drugs. Three excellent friends, but those guys are probably just 'too rich' to care. I care, why are you living like shit? Why did you stand me up, prop me up, and cancel on me because you binged the days before. My cherished friends who did everything for me and saved my life when I was spiraling down, have gone rogue; no bars, no parties, no Meetup's...I know they are on that 'slow-mo'.

Education degrees and thousands of dollars down the drain because...privilege.While my friend can be bullied or hurt verbally because he is a minority, another gets away with propping up the predatory scenario that suckers in the 'ambitious', 'the good students', the 'genii'...


Posted by ViceroySF on Jan-02-2017 06:14:

I know he is using slow-mo, you think I'm stupid? I have never thought twice about going anywhere at anytime wheneve I wanted. He can't, because San Francisco is Nazi capital of the world...I AM DEAD SERIOUS. SAN FANCISCANS ARE THE WORST RACISTS. It was heartbreaking to hear how he had "his heart broken" so many times, "White men would both reject him" and simultaneously "infatuate" interest... Just to prop him up and crush him,BECAUSE HE SITS NEXT TO THEM AND IS ABLE TO SEND HIS KIDS TO THE SAME SCHOOL, THE ONE OR TWO IN THE WHOLE OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THAT ISN'T A MESS. JERKS. They are just envious. People are getting called shit on the street because of their skin color, but Asians have always been discriminated within the gay community. I hate it, now it's a different flavor of racism and I can't sit idle. This is why drug addiction is so prevalent amongst the under-represented; ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! I WANT MY COUNTRY BACK, I WANT THOSE POOR...I WANT THE UGLIEST, THE SHORTEST, AND THE FORGOTTEN.

So, apparently, one of my best friends who is from "MICROnesia" isn't really looking good at all; his skin! textbook addict, a recluse and a stranger. How bad is it? I AM DONE WITH THIS, we have a problem SF, and I blame ... white people. Those entitled assholes who have built this plantation country. Addiction hits the most prone to have their lives destroyed because of drugs. Three excellent friends, but those guys are probably just 'too rich' to care. I care, why are you living like shit? Why did you stand me up, prop me up, and cancel on me because you binged the days before. My cherished friends who did everything for me and saved my life when I was spiraling down, have gone rogue; no bars, no parties, no Meetup's...I know they are on that 'slow-mo'.

Education degrees and thousands of dollars down the drain because...privilege.While my friend can be bullied or hurt verbally because he is a minority, another gets away with propping up the predatory scenario that suckers in the 'ambitious', 'the good students', the 'genii'...

When you read "whites only" on Grindr, or when you go on double dates with Asian, black friends, X person of Y origin...whatever that means...and they are so rude to say "I am not into asians, I am not into blacks", but "I'm not racist because it's just a preference" FUCK YOU


Posted by Spacey Orange on Jan-02-2017 09:23:

So I got diabeetus.

Take care of yourselves people!!


Posted by Psyshell on Jan-03-2017 10:46:

https://www.facebook.com/mcrmychem/...hc_ref=NEWSFEED

I can't believe people like that exist


Posted by Silky Johnson on Jan-09-2017 19:42:

I've been saying for years that I want to get back out on the ski hills but never got around to actually doing it. It's pretty expensive to start up again - buying all the equipment, etc. so I had been waiting for the big ski swap in the fall. Well October came and went this year and I totally forgot about it. :/

So yeah, forward to this week and I decided I would just do it. Especially now that I'm pregnant I wanted to do it before my money starts going towards the baby. Bought myself skis, boots, bindings, poles, helmet, and goggles (I already have a ski suit at least).

So fuckin pumped to get back on the slopes! And I'm visiting my sister out West in a couple months for a Whistler trip.


Posted by Lira on Jan-09-2017 19:43:

Do want!

It's been 5 years since I last slid down a mountain... And it's ironic snowboarding is the only sport I don't suck at


Posted by Silky Johnson on Jan-09-2017 19:49:

Would have been way better if I had remembered the ski swap. Prob spent twice as much by having to get everything retail, but I did at least get a deal on skis by going for last year's model. I was up past midnight last night trying to find the bindings I wanted.


Posted by Lews on Jan-10-2017 09:24:

Apparently when/because I moved to London my family sold our place in Whistler, because I was using it more than anyone else So sad about that. I haven't gone skiing since I moved over here, but trying to arrange something in the Alps next Winter. I hate not skiing


Posted by Silky Johnson on Jan-10-2017 10:18:

Part of the reason I haven't skiied in so long is that it wasn't fun for me any more. My parents were instructors + coaches, and my dad had very high expectations. When he died I just stopped since he wasn't there to force me to go any more.

Only in the past 5-6 years, pretty much since my sister has been living out west and starting up again herself, have I had the desire to get back out there. Sick of wasting my winter and I have often found myself wishing I had skis and stuff. I live 40 minutes away from the biggest hills in the area, and there are three other resorts all between 10-20 minutes of where I live. Kind of ridiculous NOT to be of there, especially with this winter we've had. Best for skiing in years.



I'm totally nervous about not having skiied in so long and having brand new equipment. The technology is so different now, skis are much different than when I last used them. I was all freaked out initially thinking I bought too much ski, but my sis put me at ease and assured me I would have regretted buying a shorter ski. She said after a few runs for her it was like riding a bike, so, yeah.


Posted by Lews on Jan-10-2017 19:39:

How can skiing not be fun? Fresh air, trees, snow, blasting down nature and telling her to go and fuck herself? Wonderful.

The fact that you live that close to mountains and don't avail yourself of them makes me want to slap the shit out of you, fyi.

The technology has changed a lot in the past decade, though, it's true. Fucking young bucks


Posted by Silky Johnson on Jan-10-2017 21:04:

Hah, well not MOUNTAINS. The biggest hill in this area is part of the Niagara Escarpment, but it isn't an actual mountain. Still lots of options for decent skiing though.

But yeah, even just watching ski tip vids and how the style of skiing has changed (namely with legs wider apart) is so crazy. I was taught the old school way, short radius turns particularly, with legs practically glued together.

I was an aggressive skiier when I stopped, my sister and I raced for some years. But I loved bombing down the moguls and catching air of jumps, and going off trail. All stuff I know I will not be doing now, lol.


Posted by Lews on Jan-10-2017 21:30:

Heh, I learned how to ski with my cousins. I may have got the more refined genes of our noble ancestors; they certainly got the more aggressive ones. I have very fine memories of us accidentally going down double black glacier runs at the age of 13. Always good to learn the hard way! Not sure I want to repeat that these days, though, hah.


Posted by Lira on Jan-10-2017 23:22:

I lived in Piedmont when I learnt to ski... I was too young, so I don't remember the details. All I know is that a couple of months later I got a small orange sledge, and I loved it. Then one day, as I was sliding down the mountain, I lost control and slid over a couple's picnic. To this day I can close my eyes and see their surprised faces getting closer and closer, realising the blades were about to cut both the butter and the tablecloth

I learned to snowboard and ice skate in Brazil though. Not exactly standard, I s'pose


Posted by on Jan-10-2017 23:29:

I'm almost as surprised as those poor picnics that you can ski in Brazil.


Posted by Lira on Jan-10-2017 23:53:

quote:
Originally posted by Jon_Snow
I'm almost as surprised as those poor picnics that you can ski in Brazil.

Actually, I learned just the theory of snowboarding here in Brazil (a guy from Utah I worked with showed me what it is like), and he was a really good teacher, because in less than an hour with the actual board in Japan I was already steady on my feet and doing spins all the time

As for ice skating, yeah, I didn't expect to do it here either. But I did, first in Manaus, right next to the Equator line, and then here in Brasília.

(As for skiing, it was in Piedmont, I lived in Turin as a kid).


Posted by on Jan-11-2017 00:18:

I wasn't sure if the Andes caught the western tip of Brazil. I had no idea you grew up in Italy that's why I assumed Piedmont was in Brazil. You're full of surprises.


Posted by Lira on Jan-11-2017 01:32:

quote:
Originally posted by Jon_Snow
I wasn't sure if the Andes caught the western tip of Brazil. I had no idea you grew up in Italy that's why I assumed Piedmont was in Brazil. You're full of surprises.

Actually, your assumption isn't too far off, and I double checked before I wrote this post.

The Andes are exactly where Brazil ends and the Spanish speaking countries start for the most part (except for the 'guays, which are a whole different story). Apparently, that's because we went as far inland as the mountains would let us, and stopped short of climbing them because... our neighbours beat us to it or it would've been too greedy or something. We bought a huge chunk off Bolivia precisely because we settled there in larger numbers, so we saved them the trouble of dealing with insurgents every other year - and, you guessed it, it's just rainforest, no snowy goodness (or earthquakes for that matter, so yay!).

But, yeah, I was born in Brasilia, got pasta'd up in Northern Italy for a couple of years, and after a year long stint in Rio, I came back and I've stayed put ever since, with the occasional trip to Manaus


Posted by Lews on Jan-11-2017 09:38:

I can't believe I can't find any .gifs online of the Always Sunny ski-trip episode. Internet letting me down


Posted by Silky Johnson on Jan-24-2017 22:01:

Well skiing was awesome. Definitely like riding a bike! I was so elated that my skis turned after my first run, lol. Wow, the skis I bought sure are fun. Took a huge chance buying before trying, but I did my research and it paid off.

Mega stoked for Whistler now. Might even try to plan a weekend at Tremblant.


Posted by wotyzoid on Jan-25-2017 16:17:

quote:
Originally posted by Lira
Office hours from 3:00 to 6:30 Eastern time this week (assuming it's one hour behind Brasilia/Belo Horizonte time)

Is it on Soundcoud?


NOW it is


Posted by DJ RANN on Jan-25-2017 20:08:

quote:
Originally posted by wotyzoid
NOW it is



Wait...is that Mathjis? aka TA's own Storyteller?


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