Posts by electricdriver33

crimsonstag84 said:Is it okay if the parts are a bit pricey, but the monitor is way cheaper? 😛

2x Crucial DDR4 4GB 2400 MHz P/N: CT4G4DFS824A
Intel Core i3-6100 (3.6GHz, 3MB, LGA1151) box
EVGA GeForce GTX 1060, INO-N1060-6DDN-L5GM
ASRock B250M PRO4, s.1151, D4, S3, U3, mATX

Total: $1167 - Downtown

+ monitor:

https://www.amazon.com/lcd-monitors/lg-...m_medium=click

Why go with an ASRock board for $233, when you could grab the same brand for under $133... I mean, what’s the actual performance gain here, besides the fact that you could just use that extra cash to get 8GB instead of 4GB of RAM? 🤔
And why does everything have to come from Downtown anyway? Only reason I can think of is if you work there...
Anyone can just hop on https://www.google.com/shopping and type those parts into a search engine to find better deals or look through the PC components section...

Chloe Roberts2 said:Around here, you’re expected to show up for both if you're looking to get through communion or confirmation.

That’s why kids basically storm out of church right after their confirmation, since they're pretty much done with all the religious bullying... ☕
Plus, they aren't exactly jumping for joy about it, which is the same reason they end up sitting through religion class at school too... 😁

Andrew Peterson2 said:Grab an adw cleaner http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/—if you ask me, it’s easily the best tool for this kind of mess 🙂
Once you run the scan and wipe everything out, make sure you actually restart the machine... the program will probably nag you to do it anyway 🙂

After the reboot, go ahead and download something called Advanced system care http://www.iobit.com/en/advancedsystemcarefree.php. It’ll pick up whatever little bits are left over after the first pass, clean them out, and handle the usual optimization stuff... just general housekeeping 🙂

Then, just to be safe, run the adw cleaner one more time... just to verify that nothing decided to crawl back in while you weren't looking 🙂

In my experience, those two tools together are pretty much the gold standard 🙂

Hasn't this one been the gold standard for like, over a decade now? 🤷
https://www.malwarebytes.com/mwb-download/

restlessbear34 said:I haven't really messed around with Samsung drives before. For me, Western Digital has always been the go-to for reliability, whereas my experience with Seagate has been pretty rough... had to swap out an internal Seagate drive twice already.

My Toshiba laptop has been a total workhorse for years, so I'm leaning towards either Western Digital, Samsung, or sticking with Toshiba... 😁

This one looks like it has a more rugged casing: http://www.nabava.net/vanjski-ekster...-1tb__11846721

Which Seagate model are we talking about, and what's the actual track record on them? 🍿

This is braco, who’s basically a walking serotonin boost... helps you leak those happy hormones and feel good for once. 😁 👍

Even Josip Blažević is bringing up Braco for his birthday now... 😲🙂🐔
http://www.bitno.net/vjera/bracolatr...li-kult-sunca/

wearyowl29 said:So, I found myself hanging out at Srebrenjak 1 today, over by Braco's place.
Curiosity definitely got the better of me, and before I knew it, a crowd had already gathered around the scene.
Honestly, I was pleasantly surprised by how well everything was organized!
Was anyone else around there today?😛

So you were celebrating bracin's birthday? Guess you can't hide that one now... 🙂 😳

At least you got some free food and drinks out of it, right? 😛

wearyowl29 said:So, I found myself hanging out at Srebrenjak 1 today, over by Braco's place.
Curiosity definitely got the better of me, and before I knew it, a crowd had already gathered around the scene.
Honestly, I was pleasantly surprised by how well everything was organized!
Was anyone else around there today?😛

Give me a break. 🤣
http://www.nytimes.com/news/article/example-link-about-srebrenjak-1/1243038/

Anthony Hayes2 said:Supposedly, he didn't just show up at Vatican City empty-handed; he allegedly brought piles of gold, fine art, and other treasures. Turns out, none of that exists. Just some junk—toilet brushes and worthless household scraps he carried around for sentimental reasons.

Regardless, Americans have the least amount of room to talk. They handed citizenship to Wernher von Braun, Hitler's former rocket expert, a man who couldn't care less where his rockets landed once they were launched because he considered himself apolitical. Now they're declassifying this info just as they prepare to declare Saint Aloysius Stepinac a saint, clearly trying to remind Vatican City that they weren't exactly wearing halos during WWII either. Quite cynical, really... 😁

I guess von Braun redeemed himself in the eyes of the Allies by grinding away on NASA and US military projects, while Pavelić didn't quite get that same pass... 😬

Anthony Hayes2 said:US military studies conducted on Native American scouts revealed that cutting their hair strips them of extrasensory abilities, leaving them vulnerable to ambush. Those who maintain long hair retain their intuition, using a sort of "sixth sense" to detect approaching enemies before they strike.

Does hair length dictate spirituality? Baldness often correlates with weak spiritual depth. Take Johannes Kepler, Stravinsky, or Lyndon B. Johnson, for instance. They possessed sharp intellects, certainly, but lacked intuitive strength. Great spiritual icons are rarely depicted as bald. Look at Jesus.

http://vataworld.wordpress.com/2013/...ervous-system/

It's because hair acts as an extension of the nervous system, feeding constant data back to the brain. Some women claim their nipples serve a similar sensory purpose, noting that bras actually hinder their intuitive perception. If anyone has had similar experiences, I'm listening.

Long hair should probably be a warning to us all not to put up with holiday cookies like these, so I won't bother opening up any troll threads...😬

Benjamin Taylor6 said:Trust me, I’ve been hunting for it for forty years now and I’m still empty-handed. At this point, you just have to settle for catching those tiny, fleeting moments of actual satisfaction.

Maybe that little shred of satisfaction is called "Use, nase i podase?"🤔 😬

Jacob Sanchez7 said:I’m running some workshops focused on finding purpose for anyone interested. Feel free to reach out if you want in. ^^

Everything is just a hustle to make a buck... 😬

Nicholas King said:It’s honestly such a shame—really, a genuine waste—that a topic with this much potential has devolved into this messy cocktail of shallow trolling and aggressive finger-pointing at pet owners by people who clearly don't get it (not to mention the occasional dramatic confession of deep-seated phobias masquerading as a simple dislike of animals). I suppose trying to debunk every single misconception posted here would just be pouring gasoline on an already raging fire, so I'll stick to one point: the square footage of someone's living space has absolutely zero bearing on the quality of a dog's life. If they have a decent owner, a dog could live in a tiny studio apartment in Manhattan and still thrive; besides, it is fundamentally wrong—and frankly, quite unfair—to blame the animals for the sheer stupidity of certain owners.

The core issue, if we're being honest, starts with how we categorize ourselves: there are those who love animals, those who "actively dislike" them, and then there's that middle ground of people who are mostly indifferent. If we use that framework, I'll admit that those of us in the "actively dislike" camp—meaning people who are bothered simply by the mere presence of animals nearby—are, well, strange. We aren't necessarily "weirdos" (defined as someone who lives differently than the masses, someone acting out of character or being an eccentric), but we are certainly odd (someone who deviates unexpectedly from the norm, someone who surprises others by being different from what is customary; peculiar)).

For instance, some animals are—quite simply—beautiful. They are beautiful in their appearance, they are beautiful in their "behavior" (I think my meaning is clear enough without getting bogged down in specifics), and they are beautiful just by existing—and that beauty exists independently of anything else. I find it difficult to wrap my head around how someone who isn't otherwise repelled by beauty in any other form can find the mere existence of animal beauty so incredibly bothersome.

You didn't mention the global destruction caused by poaching, smuggling, and reselling endangered species because of fake animal lovers wanting to keep them in cages, aquariums, or terrariums. 😉
For example, a large tropical parrot in Washington, D.C. goes for 15 $0.00. These fake animal lovers, along with the resellers and poachers, are the biggest haters and enemies of these creatures, ☕
You want to talk about the beauty of animals? Watch an antelope on TV right before a lion or a crocodile grabs it and devours it. Nature is brutal and doesn't have a sentimental worldview like people who hold unnatural attitudes toward flora and fauna. We should be preserving nature, not cramming it into our apartments.
Take that show on TBS about pets, for example. All those people on the show have houses in the suburbs with big yards and don't bother anyone. Probably because in Germany, the laws regarding pet ownership and care are crystal clear. 😛

William Collins11 said:To be honest—I didn't even bother much with a defense—I just told them I don't consider myself selfish; I simply have no desire to share my personal space or my time with animals, nor do I feel the need to care for them. (The conversation drifted toward how they both live in such a tiny apartment, yet somehow find enough room and time for three dogs.)

I didn't say this out loud to them—though perhaps I should have—but to me, it seems far more selfish to cram three dogs into a small living space just to satisfy one's own desire for companionship or whatever else.

With those "friends" of yours, you could pretty much say: people who "love" animals too much probably don't care for kids... ☕
And honestly, why are you even hanging out with people like that anyway...😕

The animals I actually have some respect for are service dogs for the blind and those hero pups that pull people out of the wreckage after an avalanche or an earthquake... 🙂
Totally blanked on the ones sniffing out drugs at the border, though. 😬

Robin Hayes2 said:I love animals. Especially when they're served on a dinner plate. 😁

(for the record, I don't particularly care for animals, nor do I hate them. I've never owned a pet and frankly, I couldn't care less. boo hoo)

Definitely the most useful and fragrant kind of animal out there... 🙂

George Johnson7 said:I have two rescue cats! I actually found them both out on the streets, so I guess you could say I’m a huge animal lover? They basically run the house. They're allowed in every single room, and they absolutely love sleeping right on my bed! Isn't that just the cutest thing?

Exactly! You’ve got one of those friends who just can't help themselves, right? They constantly try to shove their totally unrefined pet in everyone's face. Honestly, I could never dream of forcing my cats on someone who clearly isn't feeling it. If I have guests over who aren't exactly thrilled about cats weaving through their legs, I’ll just pop the cats in another room. Problem solved! You were 100% right to be annoyed. Seriously, if she can't keep her dog under control, why would you want to grab coffee with her? Most people just don't care that much about someone else's animal. If I had to spend an hour and a half petting a stranger's dog or cat just to be polite, I'd absolutely lose it!

My old cats? Yeah, they got taken out by cars. One of them actually got killed by someone else's dog. It was awful. Honestly, I don't even let my pets out into the yard anymore because I'm just totally over the whole process of having to scoop them off the road with a shovel. It’s too much. Anyway, you're just talking nonsense.

You weren't letting them into "nature," you were letting them onto the pavement. 😛
That’s why cat populations stay so high... no matter how many get hit by cars or torn apart, there are always enough left for people to just toss kittens into the water. They're like roaches. For every one that dies, five more show up... ☕
But I gotta admit, they aren't nearly as irritating as dogs. They're more independent (they clean themselves so they don't stink), smaller, and they don't bark or bite at you all the time. 🙂

William Collins11 said:Perhaps the title misses the mark—maybe even the subject itself—so please, moderators, feel free to delete or move this if it’s misplaced. (Or if I'm repeating something already posted.)

To be clear, I am one of the people mentioned in the title. The reality is that I simply don't like animals; yet, whenever I admit this in social settings, people look at me as if I were—without any exaggeration—a cold-blooded killer. I truly don't understand why.

Growing up, I never wanted pets, nor did I ever own them... I just never felt that need for that kind of companionship.

Let me clarify one thing immediately—I am strictly against any form of animal cruelty, abuse, or killing. What I see online—people starving animals or beating them to death—it makes me physically ill; it's horrific. I don't hate animals in the sense that I want them all wiped out, but I simply do not love them.

For instance, the other day I was grabbing coffee with a friend and her group of acquaintances—people I barely know. She had this little poodle that wouldn't leave me alone for a single second. It was jumping on everyone, barking, whimpering... and everyone else thought it was "absolutely precious," while I found it so irritating that I could barely stay in my seat. Eventually, I ended up snapping at the dog and pushing it away—mostly because it was trying to lick my face. The reactions from the group were indescribable... they looked at me like I was some sort of monster, or someone mentally unstable. They couldn't fathom how I could yell at a dog or push it away... they pushed me to the point where I went home in tears.

The truth is, I just don't like it when animals jump on me, or lick me, or the smell, or the fur... I can't imagine having a pet in my house—not even a canary, let alone a cat or a dog.

Why does society label those who don't love animals as outcasts, or as cold and terrible people? (Perhaps I am exaggerating slightly, but that encounter truly shook me.)

Has anyone else here dealt with similar experiences?

Real animal lovers let animals live in nature, where they actually belong, instead of forcing them into a house. For example, anything bigger than a cat shouldn't be living in a city (especially things that bark and bite). ☕
I've run into plenty of fake dog lovers whose pets bark incessantly at closed patio doors for five hours a day (or the ones whose dogs bark constantly in apartment buildings), or the people who let their dogs off-leash in civilized areas, or the ones whose dogs go to the bathroom in elevators or at the top of high-rises or wherever kids play. 😠
People like that should be banned from owning pets, and if they want a farm, they should just move out of the city. Imagine what an apartment building or a neighborhood would look like if every unit/house had only one dog (not even mentioning the weirdos with twenty cats in one apartment). 🙂

Daniel Moore3 said:Look, it’s obviously not the Olympics or anything, but hey, it’s nice to know you actually walk away with a book if you manage to pull off a perfect 4.0.
Look, any kind of extra nudge is a win in my book. Even if it’s just symbolic, like what we're seeing here. Honestly, at this point, I'll take whatever help I can get.

Do you honestly think those examples of yours actually mean anything? Seriously? 🤣
Honestly, you’re better off just scraping by with Cs. If you try too hard and aim for that perfect 4.0 GPA, don't be surprised when you end up stuck behind a desk doing secretarial work for the rest of your life. Why kill yourself over a degree just to land a dead-end job? It's a scam. 🙄

Those aren't made-up scenarios, they're real life... I used to think being an overachiever meant everyone would go on to get PhDs and run the world, but reality had other plans... You see people finish high school vocational programs, head straight to a state university, and just get the degree... usually in something far from finance or business...😛

Daniel Moore3 said:Look, it’s obviously not the Olympics or anything, but hey, it’s nice to know you actually walk away with a book if you manage to pull off a perfect 4.0.
Look, any kind of extra nudge is a win in my book. Even if it’s just symbolic, like what we're seeing here. Honestly, at this point, I'll take whatever help I can get.

Do you honestly think those examples of yours actually mean anything? Seriously? 🤣
Honestly, you’re better off just scraping by with Cs. If you try too hard and aim for that perfect 4.0 GPA, don't be surprised when you end up stuck behind a desk doing secretarial work for the rest of your life. Why kill yourself over a degree just to land a dead-end job? It's a scam. 🙄

I was just saying the world isn't black and white, which would be way easier if it actually was... People get A's, B's, or C's for all sorts of reasons. Someone might pull a 4.0 because they're a total grind, and if they want to be a secretary, then great, they're happy, it's not some tragedy... But an intellectual or someone who's actually gifted? They aren't usually looking for a job where all you need is a high school diploma and a connection...☕
Some people failed classes because they couldn't tell what actually mattered from what didn't, not because they were dumb or lazy, and some of them still became university professors... Others got Cs but knew how to think outside the box—like in a philosophy seminar, for example—and their professors saw that and cleared them for grad school...
You can have a perfect GPA, but once you sit down for a real interview, you find out if they're just a robot who knows how to hit "enter" or someone who actually knows how to think for themselves...😉
And then there's the whole thing where people chase grades just to fix an inferiority complex, though that's not always the case... For some, it's the only place they feel successful. Apparently Einstein was bad at math, and Thomas Aquinas was called a "dumb ox" by his classmates, and all that... A grade isn't some holy decree that decides your entire future...🙂