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Postby Ardrentt » Wed Jan 17, 2018 8:09 am

Luziyca wrote:
Ardrentt wrote:Pretty much.

Let's be fair, the best thing that happened was that that happened because given how developed Singapore has become, the squabbles over islands and the bridge tolls, I can't imagine what the tension between the two would be like if they were still one political entity.

Indeed.

C'est la vie.

I remember having that phrase in memory for awhile and it took me awhile, but I remembered what it was.

Seize the day, right?

Yes, I know it's "That's life" or an equivalent, don't kill me

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Postby Luziyca » Wed Jan 17, 2018 8:10 am

Ardrentt wrote:
Luziyca wrote:Indeed.

C'est la vie.

I remember having that phrase in memory for awhile and it took me awhile, but I remembered what it was.

Seize the day, right?

Yes, I know it's "That's life" or an equivalent, don't kill me

No, that's Carpe diem, aka the superior version to #YOLO.

Same.
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Postby Ardrentt » Wed Jan 17, 2018 8:13 am

Luziyca wrote:
Ardrentt wrote:I remember having that phrase in memory for awhile and it took me awhile, but I remembered what it was.

Seize the day, right?

Yes, I know it's "That's life" or an equivalent, don't kill me

No, that's Carpe diem, aka the superior version to #YOLO.

Same.

Well, the meaning is different anyways, so of course it's better.

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Postby Kannap » Wed Jan 17, 2018 8:33 am

Snow days as a kid I was excited for snow; Snow days as an adult I am excited for classes being cancelled
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Postby Pax Nerdvana » Wed Jan 17, 2018 9:05 am

Kannap wrote:Snow days as a kid I was excited for snow; Snow days as an adult I am excited for classes being cancelled

We only had a delayed opening. :(
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Postby Vassenor » Wed Jan 17, 2018 9:07 am

Kannap wrote:Snow days as a kid I was excited for snow; Snow days as an adult I am excited for classes being cancelled


Snow days as an adult I dread whether I can make it in to work or not.
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Postby Pax Nerdvana » Wed Jan 17, 2018 9:08 am

Vassenor wrote:
Kannap wrote:Snow days as a kid I was excited for snow; Snow days as an adult I am excited for classes being cancelled


Snow days as an adult I dread whether I can make it in to work or not.

I don't work.
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Postby Kannap » Wed Jan 17, 2018 9:25 am

Vassenor wrote:
Kannap wrote:Snow days as a kid I was excited for snow; Snow days as an adult I am excited for classes being cancelled


Snow days as an adult I dread whether I can make it in to work or not.


Conveniently - work was also cancelled.
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Postby Hurdergaryp » Wed Jan 17, 2018 9:43 am

Kannap wrote:
Vassenor wrote:Snow days as an adult I dread whether I can make it in to work or not.

Conveniently - work was also cancelled.

And when the snow keeps piling up for long enough, eventually civilization itself gets cancelled!


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Postby Dylar » Wed Jan 17, 2018 9:49 am

Apparently Spotify thinks that I should listen to Digster's Country playlist...even though I'm listening to Sabaton...
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Postby Dylar » Wed Jan 17, 2018 9:50 am

Hurdergaryp wrote:
Kannap wrote:Conveniently - work was also cancelled.

And when the snow keeps piling up for long enough, eventually civilization itself gets cancelled!

*Day After Tomorrow intensifies*
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Postby Gallade » Wed Jan 17, 2018 9:50 am

28 years on this planet, 28 years of not seeing enough snow to build a snowdwarf with.

Give me your snow, you clearly do not deserve it.
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Postby Pasong Tirad » Wed Jan 17, 2018 9:51 am

Gallade wrote:28 years on this planet, 28 years of not seeing enough snow to build a snowdwarf with.

Give me your snow, you clearly do not deserve it.

Happy birthday?

???

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Postby Gallade » Wed Jan 17, 2018 9:54 am

Pasong Tirad wrote:
Gallade wrote:28 years on this planet, 28 years of not seeing enough snow to build a snowdwarf with.

Give me your snow, you clearly do not deserve it.

Happy birthday?

???

Nope!

Just commenting on the snow conversation.
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Postby Pax Nerdvana » Wed Jan 17, 2018 10:18 am

Dylar wrote:Apparently Spotify thinks that I should listen to Digster's Country playlist...even though I'm listening to Sabaton...

Sometimes Spotify's recommendations are weird.
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"The universe did never make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract."
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"Affordability
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Ammunition supply-chain (6.5x55 Swede and .303 British, although available, isn't exactly everywhere)
If it's ugly, uncomfortable, and can't shoot straight, but it accomplishes the above, then it's either a Mosin or a Hi-Point."
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Postby Ameriganastan » Wed Jan 17, 2018 1:33 pm

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Postby Hurdergaryp » Wed Jan 17, 2018 2:18 pm

Gallade wrote:
Pasong Tirad wrote:Happy birthday?

???

Nope!

Just commenting on the snow conversation.

You would gladly be a passenger on the Snowpiercer, no doubt.


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Postby Dumb Ideologies » Wed Jan 17, 2018 2:22 pm

Pax Nerdvana wrote:
Dylar wrote:Apparently Spotify thinks that I should listen to Digster's Country playlist...even though I'm listening to Sabaton...

Sometimes Spotify's recommendations are weird.


Probably the sponsored kind of weird.

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Postby Abserdia » Wed Jan 17, 2018 2:39 pm

Amazon Music is better than Spotify,
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Recommend me shoegaze and ambient music.

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Postby Dumb Ideologies » Wed Jan 17, 2018 2:42 pm

Abserdia wrote:Amazon Music is better than Spotify,


My itunes library is better than all of them. Filtered out the dross, only kept the boss.

No, not you Springsteen. I meant boss as in "like a boss". Why do you always have to make this awkward?
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Postby Hurdergaryp » Wed Jan 17, 2018 2:47 pm

Dumb Ideologies wrote:
Abserdia wrote:Amazon Music is better than Spotify,

My itunes library is better than all of them. Filtered out the dross, only kept the boss.

No, not you Springsteen. I meant boss as in "like a boss". Why do you always have to make this awkward?

And I have acquired an extensive music collection over the years, a music collection that I shall still be able to enjoy when the internet dies screaming and the world wide web becomes a thing of the past.


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Postby Pax Nerdvana » Wed Jan 17, 2018 2:50 pm

Hurdergaryp wrote:
Dumb Ideologies wrote:My itunes library is better than all of them. Filtered out the dross, only kept the boss.

No, not you Springsteen. I meant boss as in "like a boss". Why do you always have to make this awkward?

And I have acquired an extensive music collection over the years, a music collection that I shall still be able to enjoy when the internet dies screaming and the world wide web becomes a thing of the past.

Unfortunately, I don't have a whole lot of music on tape. I wish I had more music on CDs or tape.
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Ammunition supply-chain (6.5x55 Swede and .303 British, although available, isn't exactly everywhere)
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Postby Ethel mermania » Wed Jan 17, 2018 2:58 pm

Hurdergaryp wrote:
Dumb Ideologies wrote:My itunes library is better than all of them. Filtered out the dross, only kept the boss.

No, not you Springsteen. I meant boss as in "like a boss". Why do you always have to make this awkward?

And I have acquired an extensive music collection over the years, a music collection that I shall still be able to enjoy when the internet dies screaming and the world wide web becomes a thing of the past.

You mean a week from thursday?
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Postby Pax Nerdvana » Wed Jan 17, 2018 3:00 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
Hurdergaryp wrote:And I have acquired an extensive music collection over the years, a music collection that I shall still be able to enjoy when the internet dies screaming and the world wide web becomes a thing of the past.

You mean a week from thursday?

Are you making doomsday predictions?
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Ammunition supply-chain (6.5x55 Swede and .303 British, although available, isn't exactly everywhere)
If it's ugly, uncomfortable, and can't shoot straight, but it accomplishes the above, then it's either a Mosin or a Hi-Point."
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Postby Dumb Ideologies » Wed Jan 17, 2018 3:01 pm

Pax Nerdvana wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:You mean a week from thursday?

Are you making doomsday predictions?


Giant nuclear doughnut destroys whole planet except for small hole in the middle.
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