It's Personal...

Red_Rob · Post by **Red_Rob** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 11:09 pm

CatharzGodfoot wrote:Just remember that too much will make you really obnoxious, and way[/i] too much will make you psychotic and/or psychopathic.

That's great, but are there any downsides?

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 11:59 pm

CatharzGodfoot wrote:Koumei:
In the US, at least, you can get diagnosed with ADD pretty easily (especially if you actually have it)

Technically, you can't get diagnosed with ADD at all anymore, as it's been called attention predominant ADHD since '94.

But your larger point still stands.

Sir Neil · Post by **Sir Neil** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 12:57 am

My wife is in the local theater's production of "It's a Wonderful Life". So they gave me a free ticket. By the time intermission rolled around, I wanted my money back. The lead actor was unconvincing, and the script was shit. I was going to walk out, but gritted my teeth and endured the second act, which wasn't as horrible. On the plus side, there were a few good-looking actresses.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:21 am

I just had to explain why I'm giving my aunt a Scrabble set and a bottle of Crown Royal for Christmas, and why they interrelate.

You use the velvet bag the Crown comes in for Scrabble tiles.

Up until I was 10 or so, I thought that's what Crown Royal bags were for.

And I was in high school before I realized not everyone ignores a Crown bag and attaches no meaning to it but "Not the Q, Not the Q, Not the Q..."

Although the aunt in question will undoubtedly enjoy the booze as well.

Daiba · Post by **Daiba** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:59 pm

Crowne bags are also great for dice, as are fancy Corsair power supply bags. I never figured out why they gave you a separate bag for something that will be installed and charged up with electricity 99.99% of the time.

RobbyPants · Post by **RobbyPants** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:47 pm

I use the small ones for dice and the large ones for coins.

tzor · Post by **tzor** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 6:36 pm

I agree with Daiba, they are for dice bags. What do you mean they are too large? YOU NEED MORE DICE!

I've misplaced by Crown Royal big bag of dice over the decades. I'm sure it's around here somewhere.

RobbyPants · Post by **RobbyPants** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 8:50 pm

Buy more Crown Royal.

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Wed Dec 14, 2011 12:15 am

Yup, they're dice bags around here, too.

Pseudo Stupidity · Post by **Pseudo Stupidity** » Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:54 pm

As an update to my Internet Rant Series:

Guy who lives with me now believes he is entitled to my fucking food after buying chicken once. Now, I know that he did spend more on the chicken than I did. He's also begun referring to the room he sleeps in as his own room rather than the temporary residence it was meant to be.

He has grown increasingly grating on my nerves and sanity. I went on a date to a Chinese buffet (classy, but that's how I roll) and he, of course, asks to borrow the car the fucking moment I get back to take his girlfriend out to, you guessed it, a Chinese buffet. The feeling that he's trying to keep up with the Jonses when the Jonses are literally paying for his survival is annoying. I go to the liquor store to pick up large amounts of vodka due to an awesome sale? He goes to the liquor store and buys vodka (never the type that's on sale, though).

The idiot told me "I had to spend my last 20 on gas" and I had to ask him, "why do you only have $20, you're supposed to be saving money to get a place." His response was a mix of complaints about spending money on gas (HOLY SHIT HE'S USING MY CAR FOR FREE AND PAYING LESS RENT THAN IT TAKES TO RENT A DAMN CAR AND HAS THE GALL TO COMPLAIN ABOUT GAS) and food. The guy has no excuse to be this fucking helpless. Maybe it's all the times he went out to eat because I was doing it? Maybe it's the bottles of absolute and captain he bought because he saw me buy things?

He should be bringing home about 400 or so a week, so what the fuck is up? Maybe it's the smoking, those cigs cost a fuckload when you smoke a pack a day. $5 a day adds up. Or maybe he's just really terrible with money.

To add insult to injury, he's been looking at apartments (and HOUSES) that will be costing him 850 or more a month just for rent. Ok, so he can barely survive on 280 a month without paying utilities, but he's looking at places that are that expensive? I can't figure out if this guy is just an idiot or if he's trying to troll me. Him and his girlfriend will sit in the kitchen, using my laptop, to look at places that they can't possibly afford. They chatter loudly about the future while sitting on my sofa, watching my TV using the cable they aren't paying for and seem blissfully unaware that they will need to pay for ALL the things once they leave.

And you know what? It's still better than when they didn't talk about leaving at all. I'd buy some Crown to forget about them and get a new dice bag, but then that [EDITED] will go out and waste whatever money they've saved on a bottle too.

Awwww man, the C word followed by loaf is edited out.

Juton · Post by **Juton** » Wed Dec 14, 2011 3:06 pm

If it's that annoying, but you still want to be a good friend, give him a deadline then kick him out. He should only need a few weeks to save up for a new place, if he is staying longer than that you're just enabling him.

Pseudo Stupidity · Post by **Pseudo Stupidity** » Wed Dec 14, 2011 3:14 pm

This guy isn't even my friend, he's a friend's friend who I happened to live near and he made a decent enough first impression that I was willing to help him out.

I gave him a deadline of Christmas, and I'm hoping that he sticks with it. I'll begin dropping subtle hints to remind him soon, such as asking "hey, when will you be out so my cousin can come up and stay in the spare bedroom?" or "Hey, If you aren't out by Christmas I'm going to end you. They'll never find the bodies."

PoliteNewb · Post by **PoliteNewb** » Wed Dec 14, 2011 5:28 pm

Pseudo Stupidity wrote:This guy isn't even my friend, he's a friend's friend who I happened to live near and he made a decent enough first impression that I was willing to help him out.

Wow, you are way nicer than me. If he wasn't even a friend, I would seriously tell him "GTFO, this isn't doing anything good for either of us".

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Wed Dec 14, 2011 5:46 pm

Edit: Posted this in the wrong tab. Dammit.

Pseudo Stupidity · Post by **Pseudo Stupidity** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:14 pm

but newb, it IS doing good for him. He gets to live as hedonistically as he can afford at my expense! I've got a pretty humble place (< 1000 sq ft), but compared to his old place that got condemned or any of his previous residences it's Buckingham palace. He seriously said he wants to live in my damn building, but he has absolutely no way of affording it or getting to his job if he lives here.

I'm holding out for Christmas, he had a ton of hours this week so hopefully he'll have enough to throw down a security deposit somewhere and then I can drink away the memories.

Count Arioch the 28th · Fri Dec 16, 2011 8:15 pm

so lets see:

was outdoors for a week. Good thing i had mobile internet, that made bumming for a dry place to sleep easier.

Worked on being positive, got the most awesome lady of my life. Said lady used me for my giant dick and now doesnt want to see me. What sucks is that she was really good in bed and now i want sex. Was easier before. Then again, i feel very weird. I didnt want to have sex, and kept telling her no but she kept forcing herself on me. So i submitted because no one has wanted me before and i really liked her. She was rough even by my tastes, i was bruised and bleeding all over. And afterwards she rejected me in away more emasculating than i am used to. I feel ashamed and weak. Like a whore. This is no joke but is this what being raped feels like? I dont know how to deal with this...

Hope to have real internet soon.

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Sun Dec 25, 2011 10:16 pm

My brother totally scored on my behalf this Christmas and bought me an iPod Touch... Which I am posting from. So fucking cool!

Pseudo Stupidity · Post by **Pseudo Stupidity** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 7:32 pm

For those who have followed my rant series:

The asshat moved out before Christmas. I rented a Uhaul for him since he could barely afford the new place, and he gave me cash in advance to pay for it.

Lo and behold, he went over the milage (they gave him FAR MORE than enough, he must have gone to visit somebody or something stupid) and ended up not filling the tank up to the right point. He did put gas in the tank, just not enough. The result is uhaul charged me an extra $57, which is annoying and terrible since he abused that last act of kindness.

I doubt he will pay me back, but I have some of his stuff in my storage area so I'm going to try and sell it. It's net worth is over $57, but it does suck to know that there are people who will outright rob you. Had he filled the tank it would have cost him about $10, instead he decided to make it cost me $57. Oh well, I'll sell his washer and drier for cheap and hopefully get $60 off of them.

Thus ends the worst two months ever.

RobbyPants · Post by **RobbyPants** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 12:05 am

Alls well that ends well (sort of).

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 12:48 am

Just consider yourself lucky he's gone, borders have a nasty habit of not going away.

In that vein, I'd be a little slow to sell his stuff, if you don't wait a reasonable amount of time, you may be vulnerable to being charged with theft or something equivalently ridiculous. Check your local laws before being rid of it; you might be obligated to let him know he left something behind.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 12:51 am

You could try to extort the money out of him "I'm not giving you the stuff you left in my storage until you reimburse me what UHaul charged me for your stupidity."

I'd try that before outright selling it, unless he's already said he doesn't care about the stuff.

Count Arioch the 28th · Wed Dec 28, 2011 1:18 am

I finally have actual internet in my house. REAL internet, not mobile internet or the kind where I leech off my neighbor's wireless signal.

It's nice to have a place to myself again.

Juton · Post by **Juton** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 8:44 am

@Pseudo Stupidity:

Honestly I'd do nothing. It sucks being on the hook for the extra money, but it's not that much, and getting the mooch out your life for good is more than worth it. Plus what Doom said about him charging you with theft.

Count Arioch the 28th · Wed Dec 28, 2011 8:58 am

Pseudo: Sounds like my last girlfriend. She managed to foot me with a $200 phone bill right before she left. When I asked her to help, she just flatly said "I'll never be able to pay you anything". Good riddance to bad rubbish.

One of the ladies I am talking to has the entire collection of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and The Real Ghostbusters on DVD. Plus, she's really pretty, and despite identifying herself as a BBW is actually much thinner than most of the women I tend to date.

We are working out a time when we can see each other, but if she doesn't try to rape me like the last one did, I might stay on my "A" game in hopes she wants to hang around me for a while.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 9:43 am

Lets see. My ex footed me with the electric and water bills (though in fairness I'd agreed to pay those, since she was taking care of rent), a bill for the apartment not being in acceptable condition when she moved out, and the bill for the Best Buy card, which mostly went to buying her a PSP. Other than that, I also have debt for two other credit cards, though one seems to have given up on me (given that they offered me a new card a few months back). The only thing that ameliorates this at all is that she was paying the rent for the most part, when I didn't have to give her whatever was left of an unemployment check or ask my parents for help with the rent.