General Discussion Thread of DOOM

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Ken Clarke is the best guy ever. He is a great bloke.
1. Ken Clarke not giving a damn about a high-powered microscope.
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2. Ken Clarke not giving a damn while checking out some lace curtains.
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3. Ken Clarke not giving a damn while presenting a woman with some fruit.
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4. Ken Clarke not giving a damn about the pile of jazz records on his floor.
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5. Ken Clarke not giving a damn about a badly pulled pint.
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6. Ken Clarke not giving a damn while looking for a fine cut of beef.
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7. Ken Clarke not giving a damn and drinking whisky while delivering his Budget speech.
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8. Ken Clarke not giving a damn what anyone thinks and kissing his wife in Downing Street.
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9. Ken Clarke not giving a damn about the single currency as he downs a pint of bitter on the campaign trail.
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10. Ken Clarke not giving a damn about the Bran Flakes in his shopping basket.
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11. Ken Clarke not giving a damn as he lights up a cigar in his campaign headquarters.
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12. Ken Clarke not giving a damn what anyone thinks of his painting skills.
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13. Ken Clarke not giving a damn as he lights up at the Treasury.
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14. Ken Clarke not giving a damn about looking like Peter Mannion as he takes out the recycling.
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15. Ken Clarke not giving a damn and having a cigar while on the campaign trail.
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16. Ken Clarke not giving a damn with a shoehorn.
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17. Ken Clarke not giving a damn while falling asleep at the cricket on a very comfy chair and taking off one shoe and dangling his foot between the slats over the edge of the balcony and having a proper big yawn and definitely, completely not giving a damn.
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"They cause big costs for society"

Puh-lease grandpa, you probably cost more when you get a cold and need a medical excuse off work than a kid riding a bike on a park.
 
The king of Norway actually has a great sense of humor. I "buddied" him on Twitter, and he does indeed write them himself (his dyslexia sometimes shows through), and he truly has a bizarre sense of humor that would probably be unwise even to "fake" had it been "ghost-writers", since it would make him look too silly

Today he tweeted "It's impossible to eat the last bites of a nectarine without getting sticky hands. Luckily, I have kings-guards holding them for me" :V

One day he mimicked/mocked sponsored messages, and caps-lock-advertised for an old brand of sea-food sandwich spread... :V

He once tweeted that t-shirts are arm-shorts :V
 
Walpknut said:
"They cause big costs for society"

Puh-lease grandpa, you probably cost more when you get a cold and need a medical excuse off work than a kid riding a bike on a park.
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Well I don't necessarily mean small time dudes doing BMX etc. but more like BASE-jumpers etc. who run the risk of actually getting very badly hurt or dying.

Edit. Ok so now win 10 makes it impossible to use my mobile internet. Great.
 
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Mr Fish said:
Wut? How?
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There are no drivers for Win 10 for some hardware, specially some brands of laptops. Those drivers include network adapters. So without the drivers, on Win 10 you can't access the internet. No internet access = no access to try and find any drivers to fix it (if they even exist, because some laptops really do not have Win 10 drivers for some hardware used on them).
 
Risewild said:
There are no drivers for Win 10 for some hardware, specially some brands of laptops. Those drivers include network adapters. So without the drivers, on Win 10 you can't access the internet. No internet access = no access to try and find any drivers to fix it (if they even exist, because some laptops really do not have Win 10 drivers for some hardware used on them).
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Yes. I was using one these, an older model that is not compatible with Win 10.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_broadband_modem

Fortunately I do have Internet access on my smartphone that I can share with my table top CPU, although this is not recommended because it 'wears out' the battery of the smart phone. This may or may not be true, depending on who on the Internet you believe.

Sigh. So now I have to either rely on some sketchy drivers made by third parties or buy a new mobile broadband modem either from my net service provider (they will fleece you) or from some other source. A year ago I agreed to a two year net agreement that I have a year left, so now I'll have to either get rid of Win 10 and revert back to 8.1 or buy a bunch of extra stuff to get the thing working again. I don't even...

Am I complaining too much btw? Is this a 'first world problem'? It might be, but I don't care.
 
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So who else got arachnophobia?
http://funnyjunk.com/channel/morbid-channel/Schpiders/BdBkLOq/

Risewild said:
There are no drivers for Win 10 for some hardware, specially some brands of laptops. Those drivers include network adapters. So without the drivers, on Win 10 you can't access the internet. No internet access = no access to try and find any drivers to fix it (if they even exist, because some laptops really do not have Win 10 drivers for some hardware used on them).
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Is it possible to downgrade from W10 to W9<?
 
cute spiders are the best medicine for arachnophobia
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As an animal-lover, certain invertebrates still "get me", but I always find that helping them to survive trumps any fear. I once held a wasp in my hands on the bus once, all the way to my stop, so I could release it outside
(it didn't sting me once, but I'm not sure if I would be that brave with them now. Maybe!)

R.Graves said:
I'm usually unruffled by spiders unless they a) pop outta nowhere or b) jump at me then I'm fine with them being on or near me.

That said I have a huge irrational fear of cockroaches. I hate them.
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And yeah, every now and then I'll get a big fat spidey rappelling down from the ceiling, right in front of my face. RIGHT in front!

We don't have cockroaches in Norway (with few exceptions of accidentally imported ones mainly in shitty restaurants in Oslo), but it's too cold here (so much for their reputation as all-survivors)
In Spain though, I was at my grandmas, having a nice, relaxing toilet visit, when I see one big, fat individual, just... "don't mind me!", gallopping across the bathroom floor.
Not so relaxed anymore =I
 
MercenarySnake said:
Sweet Jesus on a pogo stick that still gives me the willies. I can't explain it but spiders creep me the fuck out.
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Heh, that's why I spoilered it anyway. Some people are just irredeemable! :V

It obviously is a deep seated instinctive reaction, since - like I said - even a "dr doolittle"-type like me gets "the willies" from certain invertebrates. It's a strong defense mechanism against tiny, invasive creatures that can do all kinds of damage to us - even kill us!
We react even stronger because they are so small. A tiger or a bear, sure, I would go all jelly-knees to a roaring bear, but at least it's not something that you just stumble onto

Insects are so small, they sneak up on you in a way few other dangerous animals can. We react similarily to snakes, for example.

It is a perfectly understandable reaction of fear
 
In Australia they have those really poisonous ones, and the ones that are the most dangerous aren't that big. You don't see them coming. Also, they know how to swim and even dive so they all of a sudden bite you in the butt when you're at the toilet. :shock:
 
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