What's on your mind now?

[pianoman53]

I have that this post will be number 5000 of this thread. Woho!

[Bob]

Does anyone know what this sign actually says or a direct translation of it?

[kakeithewolf]

Does anyone know what this sign actually says or a direct translation of it?

It says　”Koko ni gomi o kudasai sutenaide", which appears to translate to something that doesn't make a whole lot of sense, "Trash in here. Please do not throw away.".

It's common for these translation errors to occur, due to poor translators. What likely happened in this case is that a translator confused "dump" and "dumb". The reason why this mistake is easy to make is more obvious when you see the katakana for "dump": ダンプ. A simple typo makes it ダンブ, which would be (somewhat) "dumb".

Hope this clarifies it a bit.

[rachmaninoff_forever]

So I just saw White House down.

By far the worst movie I've seen in a long time.

That's two hours of my life I can't unwatch!!!


And I'm starting to feel like Chopin2015, Outin, and Birba are all either the same person or closely related.

More so Birba and Chopin2015.

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[outin]

And I'm starting to feel like Chopin2015, Outin, and Birba are all either the same person or closely related.

More so Birba and Chopin2015.

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As far as I know none of my other personalities read this forum...

[chopin2015]

 

[Bob]

I feel guilty from a dream I had.  In the first part I'm taking care of some pets from other people.  I decide to take them outside for fun.  Then it gets fuzzy.  Then I'm inside three days later and they return from their trip.  Then I remember I brought all the pets outside but never bothered to bring them back in.  Or feed them.  Oops.

[Bob]

https://www.ted.com/talks/guy_hoffman_robots_with_soul.html

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Great rolled my other ankle.   

[j_menz]

Great rolled my other ankle.   

Other? That's six since I've known you! How many ankles do you have? 

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Other? That's six since I've known you! How many ankles do you have?  

Well I rolled my left one twice and this is my first time rolling my right one.  

But thankfully it's not nearly as bad as the first time I rolled my left one.  

I was still able to skate it till the end of the session.  

But I'm kinda worried about how flexible it is now.  That thing is bending in places it shouldn't be able to bend in!

[j_menz]

I was still able to skate it till the end of the session.  

But I'm kinda worried about how flexible it is now.  That thing is bending in places it shouldn't be able to bend in!

Sigh.... 

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Sigh....  

Dude as long as I don't land on it wrong again I'll be fine!

Easy as pie!

#painisallinthemind

[j_menz]

Dude as long as I don't land on it wrong again I'll be fine!

Easy as pie!

#painisallinthemind

The triumph of hope over experience?

[rachmaninoff_forever]

The triumph of hope over experience?

Experience is the reason why I've only rolled my ankle three times!

Since I slammed, that means that I did something wrong.  So that means I gotta do it differently.  And you keep slamming until you get it right.  I ended up landing it next try.

You learn from falling!

[j_menz]

You learn from falling!

True. What I learnt, though, was not to.

[rachmaninoff_forever]

True. What I learnt, though, was not to.

EXACTLY!

You learn how to land the trick by falling!

Granted some stuff you can do first try, but others will take hella slams.  

And the first time you land a new trick feels overly good!  It's worth all the slams.



Well maybe I shouldn't say slams.  FALLS are worth it.  Cause most of the time you fall, but slams are rare.  Slams are like really BAD falls.  Well anyways it's worth all the falls and slams (if you do actually slam).

[j_menz]

EXACTLY!

Noooooooo.... I meant I learnt to avoid falling, not to pursue more and more elaborate ways of doing it in pursuit of something else.   

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Noooooooo.... I meant I learnt to avoid falling, not to pursue more and more elaborate ways of doing it in pursuit of something else.  

Well actually landing the trick is avoiding falls.

I mean, look...  

If you take a slam and you give up, then you're being a whimp!  And nobody likes a whimp.

The more slams you take the more binded you are to land the trick.  If you give up, then why the heck did you take all those falls?  All that effort you put in was in vain.  So now you HAVE to do it.  


I know a guy who fractured his skull after trying to skate a pretty big 12 flat 12 (12 stairs, then there's a flat about the size of a big slab of sidewalk, then another 12 stairs) hubba (like a handrail except a ledge, and it has two kinks in the middle).  So he waited for a couple weeks to heal up, and now he HAS to do it.  He's just waiting for the ground to dry up.  

He has to land it now because it would be pretty stupid if he fractured his skull but in the end never landed it.  

And if you try something, but never land it, you like won't be able to sleep at night.  That trick will haunt you until you land it.



NOW do you catch my drift?

[j_menz]

NOW do you catch my drift?

Yes, I do.

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Yes, I do.

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WHAT THE HECK I JUST EXPLAINED EVERYTHING!!!!!!

[j_menz]

  I JUST EXPLAINED EVERYTHING!!!!!!

I know. That's what made me wonder.

[rachmaninoff_forever]

I know. That's what made me wonder.

But it makes complete sense!!!

[j_menz]

But it makes complete sense!!!

Only to skaters. The rest of us don't balance the trade off into the black (meaning the slams aren't worth the eventual success).

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Only to skaters. The rest of us don't balance the trade off into the black (meaning the slams aren't worth the eventual success).

Well even in all other things in life!

If you start something, no matter what it is, you HAVE to finish it, or else that makes you a whimp!

You starting a Beethoven sonata?  You better learn the WHOLE thing kid!  I don't care how long it takes, you better finish it!

You're gonna go skydiving?  When you get on that plane you better jump, or else I'm gonna put you on blast for whipping out!

Unless if you were forced to do it and you never liked it in the first place. 

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Yeah...

[j_menz]

or else I'm gonna put you on blast for whipping out!

I take it your English classes were the exception to your "rule".

[rachmaninoff_forever]

I take it your English classes were the exception to your "rule".

Hey that was just a spelling error!

And putting someone on blast isn't bad grammar.  It's like actually a legit thing to say.

[j_menz]

It's like actually a legit thing to say.

 

You're exceedingly lucky there's no English equivalent of the Académie française.  They'd have you in stocks as a warning to others.

[outin]

You starting a Beethoven sonata?  You better learn the WHOLE thing kid!  I don't care how long it takes, you better finish it!

Slamming in a piano piece is fine...you'll learn something from it...ruining your limbs or cracking your skull is just....well, Jmenz already told you

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Sigh...

Looks like I'm gonna have to continue doomsday plans with Valentina Lisitsa again...

[chopin2015]

Sigh...

Looks like I'm gonna have to continue doomsday plans with Valentina Lisitsa again...

what happened now?

[Bob]

Guess I'm not having any oatmeal.... 



Log January 20th, 2014 -- Ventured into the corner kitchen cabinet.  Opened a container labeled "oatmeal."  Discovered the remains of a lost colony of moth-like creatures, long since dead.  Could be centuries old by now.




Always interesting to find that stuff.  A whole little community was born, lived, and died like that.     ("Community" being about three dead moths I found.)

[kakeithewolf]

This morning, I got news that a friend of mine on Skype was to be executed last night. They haven't logged on since, and considering the reason, I'm not surprised.

Really makes you think about how life can simply end any moment, and that we should cherish what we have.

[Bob]

How does that happen?  Are you talking to prisoners?  Or was it a revolutionary in a Middle Eastern country?

[kakeithewolf]

How does that happen?  Are you talking to prisoners?  Or was it a revolutionary in a Middle Eastern country?

Person lives in the UAE, and they found out they were gay. Apparently, they managed to get a second chance, rather miraculously, but it appears they are going to waste this chance too.

[oxy60]

We are all different and we are all born into different cultures.

The secret trick to have a peaceful and successful life is to find out the culture (norms) of where you are and conform. Your desires need to be put on hold. We are going through a period where various groups are asserting themselves. If there are enough of you maybe something can be changed. In general nothing changes.

Let this tragedy in the UAE be a lesson to all of us.

[kakeithewolf]

We are all different and we are all born into different cultures.

The secret trick to have a peaceful and successful life is to find out the culture (norms) of where you are and conform. Your desires need to be put on hold. We are going through a period where various groups are asserting themselves. If there are enough of you maybe something can be changed. In general nothing changes.

Let this tragedy in the UAE be a lesson to all of us.

That lesson being that the LGBT community in the US should stop whining about gay marriage and be thankful they aren't beheaded or burned at the stake anymore.

[oxy60]

Nope, you're wrong. The existence of the LBGT community is protected under our laws in the US. If you want to live or are living where it is not, be prepared to pay the consequences.

[Bob]

Imagine what all the people who are a little different are thinking?  Left-handed? Lost a limb?  Have an idea that's different than everyone else? 

[rachmaninoff_forever]

I'm gonna be a dad!

[j_menz]

I'm gonna be a dad!

Unless you've optioned a goldfish, that seems rather careless.

[kakeithewolf]

Imagine what all the people who are a little different are thinking?  Left-handed? Lost a limb?  Have an idea that's different than everyone else? 

Left-handed people are dealt a considerably worse hand, really (Looking up the subject, I found a few accounts of people both gay and left handed that the latter is worse). As are those with a lost limb. Those necessitate physical disadvantage.

Homosexuality, on the other hand, doesn't affect you under either you start having sex or you decide you need to shout from the bloody mountaintops the nature of your sexual proclivities.

And as for ideas that are different? I'm well versed in that. Hell, I sometimes even fantasize about burning my country's flag, a proper expression of my disdain for this vile cesspool and the patriotic zealots foolish enough to take pride in its existence. Guess how popular that is? And guess how little I complain about that while you are at it.

[Bob]

Automated instruments?

https://www.darkroastedblend.com/2014/01/automated-musical-instruments.html

[kakeithewolf]

Automated instruments?

https://www.darkroastedblend.com/2014/01/automated-musical-instruments.html

Quite interesting. The effect this could have in composition is something to think about. Automated instruments would be able to do what is beyond human ability, if only by the smallest of amounts.

[oxy60]

Left-handed people are dealt a considerably worse hand, really (Looking up the subject, I found a few accounts of people both gay and left handed that the latter is worse). As are those with a lost limb. Those necessitate physical disadvantage.

Homosexuality, on the other hand, doesn't affect you under either you start having sex or you decide you need to shout from the bloody mountaintops the nature of your sexual proclivities.

And as for ideas that are different? I'm well versed in that. Hell, I sometimes even fantasize about burning my country's flag, a proper expression of my disdain for this vile cesspool and the patriotic zealots foolish enough to take pride in its existence. Guess how popular that is? And guess how little I complain about that while you are at it.

I've lived in a Pride City all of my life (where there are enough LBGT'ers to have a yearly parade). We have elected them to all levels of government and they are doing a good job.

However I don't need to be gay to get things done. We all seem to be able to work together for common good.

[kakeithewolf]

I've lived in a Pride City all of my life (where there are enough LBGT'ers to have a yearly parade). We have elected them to all levels of government and they are doing a good job.

However I don't need to be gay to get things done. We all seem to be able to work together for common good.

I keep comparing what you are saying with what you were responding to, and I fail to see a meaningful correlation.

[Bob]

*Bob is amused.*

[kakeithewolf]

*Bob is amused.*

Average day in Wisconsin.

[outin]

What the    !

One of my cats had pooped in front of my piano during the night, nearly stepped on it... They have something against it??

[hfmadopter]

Well actually landing the trick is avoiding falls.

I mean, look...  

If you take a slam and you give up, then you're being a whimp!  And nobody likes a whimp.

The more slams you take the more binded you are to land the trick.  If you give up, then why the heck did you take all those falls?  All that effort you put in was in vain.  So now you HAVE to do it.  


I know a guy who fractured his skull after trying to skate a pretty big 12 flat 12 (12 stairs, then there's a flat about the size of a big slab of sidewalk, then another 12 stairs) hubba (like a handrail except a ledge, and it has two kinks in the middle).  So he waited for a couple weeks to heal up, and now he HAS to do it.  He's just waiting for the ground to dry up.  

He has to land it now because it would be pretty stupid if he fractured his skull but in the end never landed it.  

And if you try something, but never land it, you like won't be able to sleep at night.  That trick will haunt you until you land it.



NOW do you catch my drift?

To some people a shot to the head is like a dose of Geritol. To others, well they learn that hurts. Too many shots to the head and you end up dumb for the rest of your life, unless you started out that way, then you end up even dumber than you started out.