Random Thought Thread

Pàdruig said:
"Rubs ginger on piece of wood, sells for $1200".

That's hilarious. I don't have a lot of faith in humanity these days, I would be surprised if some hipster knucklehead hasn't thought about how to go about offering "artisanal firewood".
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Yeah, it's a pitch-perfect satire of the whole "artisanal hipster" silliness. Then again, that's material the pretty much writes itself, if you've ever spent any time in hipster epicenters.
 
Richard338 said:
At my sister's university, she had to tell some parents that they can't sleep in their kid's dorm room (to make sure they get up on time and go to class).
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My sister-in-law is 37 and she's like that. Her and my wife were going on a trip to Florida together. She asked if she could sleep over at our house because she was worried she wouldn't be able to wake up to her alarm on time.
Hell no! Grow up and be a responsible adult. I can't stand that crap.
 
ferider said:
What can you expect ?

"Out of the 800 people surveyed, a startling one in five (19%) said a recent college graduate brought a parent with them to their job interview."

https://nypost.com/2024/01/08/lifes...rents-to-interviews-employers-say-unprepared/
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When I bought my last new car (2019) There was what looked like a husband/wife couple.... I'd say late thirties in age? Definitely not young adults.
It appeared that the wife had brought her dad with them for helping negotiate/buy/etc the vehicle they chose..... I thought that was really odd/silly, because the couple looked so old.

I made a joking comment to the salesman that I was working with.
He said That was actually very common now.

That poor husband looked like such a sap, being "out manned" by her father.... haha! :/
 
Crag the Brewer said:
When I bought my last new car (2019) There was what looked like a husband/wife couple.... I'd say late thirties in age? Definitely not young adults.
It appeared that the wife had brought her dad with them for helping negotiate/buy/etc the vehicle they chose..... I thought that was really odd/silly, because the couple looked so old.

I made a joking comment to the salesman that I was working with.
He said That was actually very common now.

That poor husband looked like such a sap, being "out manned" by her father.... haha! :/
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Can't really complain about that one .... my last motorcycle was purchased by my wife, after she negotiated it down another $2k (a new but last year BMW, purchased in Feb). She's just the tougher negotiator :)
 
Pàdruig said:
"Rubs ginger on piece of wood, sells for $1200".

That's hilarious. I don't have a lot of faith in humanity these days, I would be surprised if some hipster knucklehead hasn't thought about how to go about offering "artisanal firewood".
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My hometown has become a tourist destination, flooded with "antique" shops. I've gone into a few and chortled at seeing a rickety old ladder being sold for $500, a rusted hammer for $75, ad nauseum. I told my cousin we could corner the market by selling old junk out of our barns for half the price of stuff already in town and make a killing. He corrected me, saying that "people don't want to buy cheap junk, they want to buy exclusive, expensive, decorative junk with a patina. List it for 10× what you'd actually pay for it and someone will surely buy it."

All the "antique" stores in town are still open, in fact a new one just opened up. I think my cousin is on to something.
 
carnifex knifeworks said:
My sister-in-law is 37 and she's like that. Her and my wife were going on a trip to Florida together. She asked if she could sleep over at our house because she was worried she wouldn't be able to wake up to her alarm on time.
Hell no! Grow up and be a responsible adult. I can't stand that crap.
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That's how a few documentaries I've seen started. It always ends up with the sister in law stuck under a desk or washing machine waiting for a good Samaritan to "help" her out.
 
Pàdruig said:
"Rubs ginger on piece of wood, sells for $1200".

That's hilarious. I don't have a lot of faith in humanity these days, I would be surprised if some hipster knucklehead hasn't thought about how to go about offering "artisanal firewood".
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Wish I'd thought of it first. You know how many knives I can buy when the cost of goods sold is a few dollars for bundles of gas station firewood and some ginger root from Wal-Mart?
 
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