Things That Annoy Me, But Shouldn't

When my echo dot decides that it no longer wants to connect to WiFi so it will not work.

 

Lucky you. Wish I did. Now I'll spend the rest of my life wanting one. Most days I win. Some days I dont.

 

I'm also a physicist. Which means I'm a natural born pyromaniac...

(I recall a certain New Year's party with numerous scientists from different disciplines. The only ones doing fireworks were us physicists. Expressly NOT doing fireworks were the chemists. Go figure...)

 

Not really, but kinda. Currently, there are still some made called "Maratac Peanut Lighter" that look like mine, but I think I got one before Maratac started making them...

 

Oh, I've got one of those. Not sure if it's a Maratac, but it's a tiny little thing in brass. Gorgeous and it cost next to nothing.

 

I miss wearing glasses. My current pair are broken but the new ones are just ordered. It is not the glasses part I miss but the ability to see without much eye strain.

 

So you have a railgun with ionizable gas tips, for 'research purposes' of course.

 

I'm not a butcher but I still carry a knife.

 

I think someone just threaten me that I would not like it if I get too close to that person again. I wish I did not have to deal with that person again, but that person is hard to avoid.

 

Zombie Apocalypse Training - YouTube

 

Um... uh... Multitool, that's it. Of the Swiss Army persuasion.

German Law and Order takes a dim view on carrying many things called "knife" due to an abundance of arseholes overdoing the presenting of them to persuade others to do their bidding. Not as bad as in the UK, from what I hear, but it's happening.

 

You know society is a mess when you attend a stabbing in a primary school or retirement village.

 

Gonna need more info on this.
That is not a normal thing normal people do.

 

I blame today's music.

Spoiler

 

This is about as trivial as you get, but WHY penguins as a Christmas symbol? Why? They don't live at the North Pole. The winter at the South Pole is in July. Yet they are seen on many a snowy Christmas card cavorting with Santa, reindeer, etc. Why?

 

Think dumber. Penguins are seen with ice and snow, this they must be associated with all the other snowy critters, right?

 

I was afraid you'd say that.

 

Victorians used to love frogs on their Christmas cards. People are odd.

Spoiler: eggs ample

 

I hadn't considered that. I'm guilty of occasionally forgetting to consider that not everybody online is from the States and that there are different laws. To me, carrying a knife as a tool is just commonplace. I always have a lighter and a knife on me even though I don't smoke or regularly stab people. I always get kind of annoyed when people ask me why I carry a lighter if I don't smoke. I usually have a snarky answer along the lines of not wanting to wait on the sky gods to supply fire which usually just gets me weird looks.

 

Okay, these are totally bizarre. I especially like the one with the frog stabbing another frog with a cat-tail. Very Christmasy. Yep, okay, penguins....

Spoiler

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I'm rather fond of the hairy parsnip.

 

80 year olds with knives is sad.
8 year olds with knives is soul destroying.

And everything in between. Society is screwed.

 

The fact that I loved The Mandalorian and Impossible Burgers. I hate it when my preconceived notions are so amazingly wrong. Thankfully, it's rare enough for me to bitch about.

-SIN

 

No problem. It's not that I had trouble with police or such, mostly by not being a dick , but I found that the Swiss Army tool works for all MY purposes that I do not want to risk to get into trouble just because of a knife. I carry a tool, not a weapon – even when I carried a knife I saw it as a tool, but over here there were some comments that made me realize I give off a different vibe when people noticed I carry one.

Re. lighter: If the question is "Do you have a light?", I pull out (one of) my flashlights... Despite me carrying a lighter, I am a quite a militant non-smoker. My allergy related breathing problems that get triggered by smoke might have something to do with that.

 

I must lead the league in replying to threads that are soon closed.