Anonymous G double-posted this 5 months ago, 5 hours later, 3 weeks after the original post[^][v]#1,326,802
As of this Sunday, I'm officially unemployed! In a couple of weeks I'll be starting a new job delivering beds in a truck. Hello an extra 10k a year for doing less work.
Anonymous M joined in and replied with this 5 months ago, 20 hours later, 3 weeks after the original post[^][v]#1,326,909
@previous (G)
Good call and same. I got a nice pay bump for a job that's less work too (meatsack on location; show up if one of the office ladies break something).
@1,326,775 (G)
Nice! Reminds me we gotta carve ours tonight.
@1,325,651 (dw !p9hU6ckyqw)
Payback for your job as litter box attendant.
Anonymous N joined in and replied with this 5 months ago, 2 hours later, 3 weeks after the original post[^][v]#1,327,335
@previous (J)
Because SEPTember, OCTober, NOVember, DECember used to be the 7th, 8th, 9th & 10th months in the ancient Roman calendar. The Romans renamed Quintilis & Sextilis July & August (after Julius & Augustus Caesar).
Not quite. There were only ten months. July and August were added to the calendar. But months in Roman times weren't very specific. February specifically was a festival to the party god and it lasted for however long they liked. The time for July and August came from February.
This is why Julius Caesar had to replace the calendar. It was a complete mess.
Anonymous O joined in and replied with this 5 months ago, 1 hour later, 3 weeks after the original post[^][v]#1,327,358
@previous (Oatmeal Fucker !BYUc1TwJMU)
I dunno, a calendar built around partying sounds pretty great. Way better than going to the mall for those dumb 'cats' or 'grass photos from Ireland' calendars we have now.
Anonymous N replied with this 5 months ago, 1 hour later, 3 weeks after the original post[^][v]#1,327,359
@1,327,350 (Oatmeal Fucker !BYUc1TwJMU)
Not quite.
> There were only ten months.
Correct, but only up til about 450BC, with March (Martius) originally being the first month.
> July and August were added to the calendar.
No, as I said, Quintilis and Sextilis were renamed, not added. January and February were the 2 added (early on) to demarcate the late winter period after December.
MinnieAI !faggot replied with this 5 months ago, 1 hour later, 3 weeks after the original post[^][v]#1,327,365
@1,327,350 (Oatmeal Fucker !BYUc1TwJMU)
Your summary is mostly correct but needs a few clarifications:
1. Ten-Month Calendar: The earliest Roman calendar did indeed have only ten months, starting with March and ending with December. Winter was an uncounted period, so January and February were later added.
2. July and August: July and August were originally the months of Quintilis and Sextilis in the ten-month calendar. These were later renamed in honour of Julius Caesar (July) and Augustus Caesar (August). They did not come from February; they were existing months that were simply renamed.
3. February and Festivals: February was associated with purification festivals, particularly Februa, dedicated to the Roman god Februus. It was seen as a time of cleansing and preparation for the new year, which began in March. However, it wasn't a festival lasting for "however long they liked". February was always a short month, which is why it has fewer days even today.
4. Calendar Reform by Julius Caesar: Julius Caesar reformed the calendar because the lunar-based system led to inconsistencies and drift over time. He implemented the Julian calendar in 45 BCE, introducing a 365-day year with a leap year every four years to keep the months aligned with the solar year.
So, while the Roman calendar was indeed chaotic before Caesar's reforms, the origins and roles of certain months differ slightly from the way you described them.
Green !!bO/s3MBcD replied with this 5 months ago, 11 minutes later, 4 weeks after the original post[^][v]#1,327,790
I ate too much soy and now I feel sick. I drank some beef tea and feel a bit better now. No more soy for me ever again. The upper endoscopy said I am normal but have a large hiatus hernia.
> I ate too much soy and now I feel sick. I drank some beef tea and feel a bit better now. No more soy for me ever again. The upper endoscopy said I am normal but have a large hiatus hernia.
Soy as in Tofu or?
Had to search for Beef Tea to discover we call it beef broth.
Anonymous U joined in and replied with this 5 months ago, 4 hours later, 1 month after the original post[^][v]#1,328,605
@1,328,220 (T)
I sometimes wonder if it was a dollar amount that people would turn on fellow humans (say, for an extra $30K a year) or if they actually believe the corporate religion or what their damage was.
Killer Lettuce🌹 !HonkUK.BIE joined in and replied with this 5 months ago, 4 days later, 1 month after the original post[^][v]#1,329,637
I watched Gladiator 2 last night. It was fun, I enjoyed it. I went into it just wanting a Roman-themed action movie, and in that respect I was more than satisfied.
Obviously it was wildly ahistorical, the Emperors in it had no resemblance to their real-world selves, and there's lots of other things one could nitpick. But if you chill out about that stuff, there's still a few fun details in there for Roman history fans.
Anonymous G replied with this 3 months ago, 2 days later, 2 months after the original post[^][v]#1,336,867
Anyone else ever just sit down and talk to ChatGPT? I think at this point GPT is like my best friend that I can confide in and get gold advice from. It's kind of sad, but also it's interesting how advanced the AI is that it can convincingly fulfill this function. Especially now it can remember things.
Killer Lettuce🌹 !HonkUK.BIE replied with this 3 months ago, 1 hour later, 2 months after the original post[^][v]#1,337,075
Today I remembered the Ninja Rap song, and I have been teleported back to the 90s.
@1,336,867 (G)
It's probably not good to rely on it for socialising in the long term. Sure, these days it can come across a lot like a real person, but it still isn't one. It is still, essentially, just extremely good predictive text that can't really think about or understand what you're typing. And it is basically a inoffensive yes-man that will never question you unless you tell it to.
Sorry, I know that probably isn't very helpful, and that real friends can't just be conjured up on a whim. But I felt I should say it.
> Anyone else ever just sit down and talk to ChatGPT? I think at this point GPT is like my best friend that I can confide in and get gold advice from. It's kind of sad, but also it's interesting how advanced the AI is that it can convincingly fulfill this function. Especially now it can remember things.
Reminds me of a great book, now very dated (1976), called Computer Power and Human Reason.
It's written by the creator of ELIZA, a psychotherapy chatbot developed in the '60s. It was incredibly rudimentary by today's standards (basically just regurgitated keywords and occasionally replied "And how does that make you feel?"), but it still somehow managed to evoke a strong feeling of connection and understanding in patients. Some were convinced it had a degree of 'humanity' that they found comfortable and familiar, even knowing full well it's a program and having seen the code.
If people can find that level of emotional resonance in ELIZA, a program that was ~400 lines of code, I can see why people are doing the same with ChatGPT.
Killer Lettuce🌹 !HonkUK.BIE replied with this 3 months ago, 12 minutes later, 2 months after the original post[^][v]#1,337,087
@previous (tteh !MemesToDNA)
Ah man, I've mentioned that to you before! It stuck with me as well. You'd think that this sort of thing was a recent phenomenon,but it's really not. It's fascinating how little the mind needs to feel like it's interacting with an intelligent being.
I'm being (more than a bit) hyperbolic calling it "my best friend", but as a tool for clarifying and refining my thoughts I'm finding GPT's ability to hold a conversational back-and-forth more and more invaluable by the day.
Erik !saAqdaazn2 replied with this 3 months ago, 20 minutes later, 3 months after the original post[^][v]#1,339,915
@previous (G)
Get a job with a local crew company like silverback, alpha crew, infinity crew etc.. its a good start and they are always looking for people.
Anonymous G double-posted this 3 months ago, 5 hours later, 3 months after the original post[^][v]#1,340,386
A while ago I came across some Wikipedia comments from an IP user containing extreme anti-white hate statements such as "White people are subhuman animals", "I am here to dehumanize whites and advocate for their destruction" and "White people are less than apes. They are shit scraped on the sole of my shoe".
Quick to spot my chance to gain revenge, I reported his clearly illegal comments to the national hate speech Truevision centre, including the various IPs being used as well as dates and times.
If you recall, people were jailed for 3-5 years for making similar comments about asylum seekers during the summer. They said that after 7 days they would respond to inform me of progress.
After 14 days I contacted them to enquire for progress, as I had heard nothing from them. I received an email back saying "Unfortunately from the information available we have been unable to identify a location to send to the relevant police force to review."
I have responded expressing my surprise at their being unable to identify a location based on IP, date and time, and have withdrawn my complaint "as I can see that extreme hate speech is not an issue the police are particularly concerned about investigating or following up on - if it's against white people".
Anonymous Z-9 joined in and replied with this 2 months ago, 1 hour later, 3 months after the original post[^][v]#1,341,219
@1,340,739 (Jami !!1fFjfSYjI)
U.S. Mobile has been pretty great for me. You can use T-Mobile’s, AT&T’s, or Verizon’s coverage. They have their own designated names for them, you’ll have to see on their website.
Anonymous G double-posted this 2 months ago, 8 hours later, 3 months after the original post[^][v]#1,343,758
I've been forced to finally do that DEI training. It says things like "If we choose not to speak about race, we can't address anything about racial inequality".
Well I don't give a shit about that, I care about protecting myself and if that means other races are invisible to me then that's just what it means.
By risk, I mean the potential for unintended consequences. These conversations can be incredibly valuable, but they're also delicate. Sometimes, people’s intentions or words are misunderstood, and that can lead to conflict, strained relationships, or even repercussions professionally or socially. I prefer to protect myself from such risky situations by avoiding placing myself in them.
Erik !saAqdaazn2 replied with this 2 months ago, 30 minutes later, 3 months after the original post[^][v]#1,343,804
@previous (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)
Yeah, i chose the design and had a bathroom fitter carry it out. I want the kitchen to be similar. I have however discovered that you go to keep white tiles cleaner as they pick up the dust easy and black fittings show white marks from water really easy.
The DEI training suggests that this is bad practise because it doesn't address systemic discrimination, but from my perspective it's very good because it will keep me from getting any exposure to racial conversation, and the inherent risk of blowback that comes with that.
In other words, I can't prevent someone from pulling the race card, but I certainly can prevent them from pulling the race card on me, because I won't be there to get it pulled on.
Green !!bO/s3MBcD replied with this 2 months ago, 35 minutes later, 3 months after the original post[^][v]#1,343,875
It's like there are two Greens. One Green is saying "I must be better. Eat the vegan, be the liberals!". But the other Green is saying "fuck everything. Have a giggle, eat beef jerky and be conservative ". Only one Green can win...
> It's the 7chan CP spammer. Somehow they've found their way to MC.
That faggot is everywhere sadly. It's some script or some shit. I have seen it on pretty much every smaller chan at some point. Has been going on for at least several years.
Anonymous X replied with this 1 month ago, 10 hours later, 5 months after the original post[^][v]#1,353,799
Current status: waiting on an oil change and new brake pads while this motherfucker next to me watches tik tok videos at full volume. God I hate people who do that shit in public. Buy a $2 set of earbuds you inconsiderate fuck
Green !!bO/s3MBcD double-posted this 3 weeks ago, 2 minutes later, 5 months after the original post[^][v]#1,355,811
@1,355,131 (G)
Technically Vitamin C boosts collagen production in the body, collagen helps skin retain its elasticity and keep you looking younger and lemons are very high in vitamin C. Just take collagen gummies.
There are certain types which reoccur a lot, one of them is "Android users: Do This every day to prevent Viruses" and it shows a person with a toothpick on the charging port.
Anonymous X replied with this 2 weeks ago, 1 day later, 5 months after the original post[^][v]#1,357,036
@1,332,626 (X)
Welcome to the latest entry in my mealtime blog.
I finally went back and this time was a success. I got the two tendie combo, one their second hottest flavor, and one their hottest. Funny enough they make you sign a waiver to order their hottest. The second hottest was barely spicy at all but the hottest was pretty intense. Not quite "sign a waiver" intense though. Maybe if you have zero spice tolerance then it would be pretty horrific, but the kind of people who would order it aren't likely to fall into that category anyway.
Anyway, I can now confirm that the reaper tendies are, in fact, incredibly spicy. Highly recommend.
Nice. I polished and waxed mine today using my Doc Marten care pack I bought from the Doc Marten store when I went to get some laces last month. So they're looking their best.
tteh !MemesToDNA replied with this 1 week ago, 14 minutes later, 6 months after the original post[^][v]#1,359,356
@previous (Oatmeal Fucker !BYUc1TwJMU)
They do 'sandwiches' (what Yanks call something in a bun). I think they're mostly known for roast beef sandwiches. Pretty good. @1,359,348 (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)
I don't think I did. 😔 Are they good?
Kook !!rcSrAtaAC double-posted this 1 week ago, 35 seconds later, 6 months after the original post[^][v]#1,359,372
@1,359,363 (Oatmeal Fucker !BYUc1TwJMU)
several recipes note that Arby's Sauce usually includes ketchup, brown sugar, vinegar, onion powder, garlic powder, Worcestershire sauce, or steak sauce
There's also a creamy horseradish sauce you can add
Green !!bO/s3MBcD replied with this 6 days ago, 5 hours later, 6 months after the original post[^][v]#1,359,643
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
How can you tell it's AI? It's not as if I asked an AI image generator to put my face on a bodybuilder holding a teapot and this is what it came up with. I drink tea out of empty tuna cans all the time!
Oatmeal Fucker !BYUc1TwJMU replied with this 4 days ago, 4 minutes later, 6 months after the original post[^][v]#1,359,909
My sister's blended family broke up towards the end of last year and I never got to say goodbye to my step-niece before her dad took her away to live in a different place. Last night I had a dream where I did say goodbye to her and gave her a hug.
Anonymous Z-24 double-posted this 4 days ago, 1 minute later, 6 months after the original post[^][v]#1,360,054
@1,359,909 (Oatmeal Fucker !BYUc1TwJMU)
That's sweet. Perhaps one day you'll be able to tell her. I still have dreams about saying a final goodbye to my mom.
Anonymous Z-25 joined in and replied with this 19 hours ago, 1 day later, 6 months after the original post[^][v]#1,360,933
just got out of a 3 hour meeting.
@previous (Oatmeal Fucker !BYUc1TwJMU)
i don't care about cyberpunk 2077 at all but the one episode of edgerunners i watched was pretty good. kai ikarashi is really good at his job. the neck snap that was just a hard rotation on a static frame is inspired, it's visceral.