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That was one of the first things I tried. I appreciate the thought though.

I updated to 8.1; now my laptop changes the brightness by 25-50% every time I change windows depending on how much white space is on the screen. This is the single most infuriating thing I have ever experienced since troubleshooting EverQuest crashes after a patch. I've tried everything...

Ah yes, the classic reverse haggle. Double their asking price and hope they take pity on your retard ass. Are you sure you're really Chinese?

I wasn't living in CT. Public transportation was easy, but it's a slow, painful and expensive nightmare. If you feel otherwise you really need to travel more. Nothing like walking into a subway station that's now reversed the line / closed with no notice / changed lines just because it's the...

With the caveat that I only started drinking over the last few years, I stick to the Kirkland brand Costco bourbon and scotch. When I'm in a state that doesn't offer those heavenly steals, I prefer to stick to blends like Jameson or J&B. It's not as good as the costco kentucky bourbon, but I've...

The only thing I enjoyed about my time in New York was the totally unknown medieval museum that is somehow a part of the Met. I think it's called The Cloisters. It's part of the other museum, I think it's the met, so if you go to one you've purchased admission to both. It's a short subway...

Google flights is pretty decent but it rarely beats hipmunk. I always take southwest if they go to my destination because all the other airlines are (in my experience) pure, undiluted evil. But lately those cocksuckers at southwest have started to subcontract out to a vastly shittier company...

Yeah, I gave the guy a full month's notice, he kept two weeks rent in addition to the deposit. Before I left we set up an agreement where he would send me the deposit to my permanent address. It's not like I split in the middle of the night, he helped me pack my shit. A couple of times...

Eight mile does pass through some nice neighborhoods, this wasn't one of them. My girlfriend came to visit once and discovered that the entire neighborhood was tagged on foursquare as whitetrashville. I had a two month gig at one of the detroit medical centers and roomed with some friends...

The whole HSV1/HSV2 thing is shit they teach nurses. If you think you can get a blowjob from a chick with a cold sore and you're not going to get herpes then you're just past reasoning with. Mucous membranes are mucous membranes. In the real world you don't know, it doesn't matter and we've all...

If this thread has run its course I'm now taking suggestions on how to get my deposit back from my shady fucking white trash slumlord in Detroit. I tried to get cash in hand before leaving, but he somehow knew he had 30 days to get it back to me under the law, and surprise surprise he's now...

You have a smartphone, an ipad mini, and a work tablet?

God damn it, I really didn't need to buy any more steam games this week

Been considering getting this ASUS G75VW that was mentioned in the start of the thread. My old 300$ gateway laptop is slowly dying. It's pretty cheap now, since it's a refurbished model, but this will still be over double what I've ever spent on any electronic device. The exchange only policy...

I had a bird dog when I was a kid that would eat raw fish. She would chase perch and trout up the creek to the shallows and just go to town on 'em. Turtles, crawfish. Gave zero fucks what Phoenix's views on evolutionary adaptable diets for canines were. Dogs will eat anything, man.

Yeah I fucked up and for a brief moment mistakenly included molluscum contaginosum in the HPV family for a brief second. It was a careless mistake. On the other hand, you're still a fucking idiot who is never going to be persuaded because you haven't done any research on this topic, don't have...

You linked a fucking press release from 2004? And a busted ass society page that has "under construction" or "coming soon" on every other link? Fuck you. I mean that. I actually hunted down the PNAS paper referenced in that press release and it doesn't prove shit. In fact, they go out of...

Where the hell do you people get this shit from? Viral load where? In the blood? Are you fucking stupid? http://www.sciencedirect.com/science...90825810002908 Show me one source for this claim that doesn't have links to other websites involving flouride and lizardmen.

I think the real key to all these fad diets is the underlying truth that the modern American diet (high fat, high carb, high protein) is just so god damn awful for long-term health that changing it in any way is an improvement. You can find healthy cultures eating high proportions of any 2 of...

Also pro tip, buying condoms and shit on the internet will save you so much cash in the long run. Generally costco seems to have the best prices for birth control stuff, which is valuable since most insurance companies don't want to cover those prescriptions. Overall, everybody's different...

Anyway my personal preferences for birth control are as follows: copper IUD hormonal IUD Nuvaring pills condoms pulling out I usually use at least two of the above unless it's the week right after the red tide. Some studies show that sperm can live in the womb for up to a week. HPV...

Yeah I'm sure that had nothing to do with being overweight and probably having PCOS.

Not going to make a new thread for this, even though it's not about a smartphone. I was looking at phones for work and this came up, has anybody heard of this company Sonim, or used their ultra-ruggedized phones? If this thing is as good as the spec sheet says I think it would be a lot more...

You're a supporter of science but your proof is a personal anecdote? What? It fucking kills me to disagree with you and side with Etoille but jesus fucking christ dude, you're so wrong on this one. I see where you're coming from with your general skepticism but while there's a lot of snake...

The saddest thing about situations like this is that they become self-reinforcing. Ravvenn has been trapped in a situation where she becomes enveloped in the crazy, and the normal people in her life become forced to cut her off because they just can't deal with watching her hurt herself...

After you leave the state to escape your floridly psychotic, manipulative junkie schizo brother you need to fire your therapist for not doing a better job with your raging codependency issues. I say this with love, because I know where you're coming from. But if you're seriously...

Sorry for not being more clear. You cannot give your mother any of the shit listed above like body builder drinks, high carb foods, and protein powder because the build up of urea in her blood would cause brain damage and kill her. She is on a highly restricted diet, was tube fed, etc for a...

Your mom has liver failure with a side of kidney problems and you want to give her high protein foods? I don't think sugar and salt are your biggest problems. If she's already being tube fed then this is no longer in your hands.

Bro there comes a time in most men's lives when they no longer live alone. Although, this may not ever be an issue for you.

Reasonably excellent pillows (and far more importantly, sheets) can be bought at Marshalls, Tuesday Morning type of stores. They have easily a few dozen types that aren't ludicrously priced. I wish I could help you more but what you're describing is precisely the type of pillow I loathe. I...

I couldn't find regular laundry detergent one day and I was in a rush, so I got some of the HE shit. Big fucking mistake. It says it cleans perfectly fine in old washers on the label but as far as I can tell it doesn't work at all. Still too lazy and broke to go back to the store and buy...

I dunno wtf is going on. Walmart has the 32 gig Nexus 10 tablets now for 500$ but nothing on display, which was what I was hoping for when I went there. Somehow walmart has online stock for sale even though google play doesn't. Best Buy says they're not going to carry any nexus stuff, ever...

All good points, with one minor quibble. Skype rates suck a lot outside North America. I have the 3 dollar a month plan for unlimited USA & Canada, though. For example, calls to landlines in Mexico, outside of Mexico City & Guadalajara are like 30 cents a minute on skype vs. 7 cents with...

Google is swiftly becoming the target of retard hate on a lot of the dumber parts of the internet, but since Soriak always has the quality infoz I am a little disconcerted. I haven't seen any of this stuff you're talking about, but now I'll look for it. Google voice is quite frankly, crazy...

Also, with a little bit of work you can also make your money back either selling back to the university book store, or amazon. I steal my cardboard from costco, free shipping! I don't trust chegg because much like shady landlords, there's no guarantee they're not going to try to screw me...

Buy shit off amazon, bookburro book mole etc a semester in advance. I routinely snag $300 textbooks for 20 bucks, review books for pennies. Generally an edition or two behind the current version doesn't hurt anything. Google the shit out of the ISBN number, title, authors. Usually you can find a...

More than a little frustrated at how hard it is to get a nexus 10 right now. kinda hilarious when I decided I'd pick up a nexus 4 instead, only to see that's also out of stock. Congrats google. Now fire whoever was in charge of the play store.

Moved to a new state, found out costco sells their own brand of high end discount liquor. Grabbed a case of 20 year scotch for 45 bucks a bottle. Here's to you, Wisconsin!