Stuff not worthy of its own thread

Submitted by Steve Levy Sucks on
I've suggested this a few times and haven't got much response, so - I guess I'll try it. The neg-bangs or pos-bangs will tell me if it was a good idea or not. Some of the other forums I visit on a daily basis have a thread like this, it helps get rid of the 'my dog has a leaky ass' threads. Whenever someone post something that gets discussion and/or debate going, the mods can start a new thread so we can talk about it there. But typically, these threads are just a bunch of rambling (which most of the OT threads here are) that get a few responses before the subject dies. I’m not suggesting that we use this thread for good OT threads that get very interesting and get lots of replies, like the ‘movie line’ threads etc. Just for basic, off the wall random observations, bitching, non-bitching, or for thoughts that, well, aren’t worthy of their own thread. I’ll start

pz

January 22nd, 2010 at 11:42 AM ^

I switch it if it isn't. Agree with all previous rationales about wall stick and tendency to unroll, but i will propose two more. 1) I have never had TP with stuff printed on it (do they even make that anymore?), but if you shelled out for that crap for some reason, you'd want the design to show up correctly, right? I just imagined having Michigan toilet paper. Could be interesting, but i guess i'd rather wipe my ass on an OSU logo (if i could bear to have it in my place). 2) Hotels. They've got to do something decorative with the TP roll to let you know that the room has been cleaned or something. Typical option is the triangle, and that would never work coming from the bottom. In conclusion, it has to be over the top.

BlockM

January 21st, 2010 at 8:19 PM ^

My brother works for a wireless internet company. They've gone partially to e-billing, but have left an option to still have paper statements for $1 a month. Someone put the following note on the bottom of their bill:

BlockM

January 21st, 2010 at 8:33 PM ^

For videos, if it's youtube there should be a "embed code" you can copy/paste into your post. For images, if you have the link for the picture you can put the following code in your post: [angle bracket]img src=' (place the link here) ' [angle bracket] So just substitute in "" and ">" and you're good to go. Placing a width="250px" in there will also help out as far as not taking over the side-bar. Also, nice avatar. Sad to see him go so soon. Hope he lands on FOX.

AMazinBlue

January 21st, 2010 at 8:59 PM ^

my buddies at work call it soda and I call it pop. I've called it pop ever since I spent five years on the east coast. Whatyado when someone calls it soda pop? And another thing, ever noticed that the "chip clips", the 4-5" long ones barely open far enough to take a dorito bag that has been folded more than once?

AMazinBlue

January 21st, 2010 at 9:02 PM ^

You bring in the new 30 lb bag of dog food and grab the string on the end to open the bag and the string breaks and you can't open the bag? What's up with that, couldn't they use the same technology the USPS does and embedd a nylon "string" from the inside that is guaranteed to open the bag? Come On!

harmon98

January 21st, 2010 at 9:10 PM ^

holy thread batman just grew a beard getting to the bottom of it. meanwhile why do I hear every winter there's a shortage of road salt? aren't we sitting on a gimungo deposit of salt? doesn't it snow pretty consistently this time of year in michigan? every year? what gives? damn myopic government.

WildcatBlue

January 21st, 2010 at 9:12 PM ^

At the moment I'm obsessed with The Moth, RISK (by former MTV's The State actor Kevin Allison) and something called Historyzine, which provides a stirring account of the War of Spanish Succession. My enduring podcast love will always remain with WNYC's Radiolab. Also, the best pie is Pecan. End of discussion.

BlockM

January 21st, 2010 at 9:20 PM ^

I effing hate that guy! Had a kid in materials science class freshman year that insisted you could ice skate because your weight compressed the ice until it became a liquid. Took 20 minutes before the professor just agreed to look it up after class. We had an email with several links to sources proving him wrong before we got back to our dorm rooms (only a 2 minute walk for us). SHUT UP! YOU WEAR SUNGLASSES INDOORS! YOUR WEAK BEARD MAKES YOU LOOK LIKE A PEDOPHILE!