__________ is/are overrated.

[jeffandnicole]

No one is calling anybody names in this thread that I'm aware of.

Abe.

Yes, Roth?

People on here call me Max all the time, it's maddening.

I figured out a while ago that's not your real name, but I'm not sure what else to call you considering I don't know your real name.

Simply call him "Max Rockatansky."  Nicknames are overrated.

Call him Quote Max Rockatansky Unquote?

[webny99]

Obviously, my name isn't Webny either (that's not even a real name)

https://www.ancestry.com.au/name-origin?surname=webny&geo_a=r&geo_s=au&geo_t=au&geo_v=2.0.0&o_iid=41020&o_lid=41020&o_sch=Web+Property

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Well, it might be a last name, but it's not a first name.

Interestingly, I actually do have known ancestors with one of the "similar surnames". There's obviously no connection to my username, but an amusing coincidence nonetheless.

[Takumi]

No one is calling anybody names in this thread that I'm aware of.

Abe.

Yes, Roth?

People on here call me Max all the time, it's maddening.

I figured out a while ago that's not your real name, but I'm not sure what else to call you considering I don't know your real name.

Obviously, my name isn't Webny either (that's not even a real name) but I'm fine with people calling me that because I haven't disclosed my name on the forum other than occasionally to sign PM's.

Next thing you know, we'll find out that Abe's name isn't actually Abe, or mine isn't actually Takumi. (I haven't even used the handle Takumi anywhere other than this forum in well over a decade. Most places, amusingly, I use interstate366.)

[abefroman329]

Next thing you know, we'll find out that Abe's name isn't actually Abe, or mine isn't actually Takumi. (I haven't even used the handle Takumi anywhere other than this forum in well over a decade. Most places, amusingly, I use interstate366.)

Anyone could find my real name with a few minutes of Googling, but I just don't feel like using it here.  Or anywhere I'm not required to use it.

[kphoger]

live TV

[Max Rockatansky]

No one is calling anybody names in this thread that I'm aware of.

Abe.

Yes, Roth?

People on here call me Max all the time, it's maddening.

I figured out a while ago that's not your real name, but I'm not sure what else to call you considering I don't know your real name.

Obviously, my name isn't Webny either (that's not even a real name) but I'm fine with people calling me that because I haven't disclosed my name on the forum other than occasionally to sign PM's.

Next thing you know, we'll find out that Abe's name isn't actually Abe, or mine isn't actually Takumi. (I haven't even used the handle Takumi anywhere other than this forum in well over a decade. Most places, amusingly, I use interstate366.)

You aren't signed at 85 MPH by chance?

Next thing you know, we'll find out that Abe's name isn't actually Abe, or mine isn't actually Takumi. (I haven't even used the handle Takumi anywhere other than this forum in well over a decade. Most places, amusingly, I use interstate366.)

Anyone could find my real name with a few minutes of Googling, but I just don't feel like using it here.  Or anywhere I'm not required to use it.

Here I was this whole time thinking you were the Sausage King of Chicago.

[CtrlAltDel]

Anyone could find my real name with a few minutes of Googling, but I just don't feel like using it here.  Or anywhere I'm not required to use it.

Speaking of which, I also saw this today.

[CoreySamson]

Weather broadcasting on TV or by any weather website with articles for anything other than your daily forecast (looking at you, Weather Channel) are absurdly overrated.

Instead watch independent Youtuber livestreams, follow meteorologists on social media, and learn a basic understanding of weather radar. You'll be much more informed and better off.

[Scott5114]

It kind of depends on where you are. The Oklahoma City area TV stations all have better Doppler than the NWS does and some fancy software analysis tools that the layperson doesn't have.

As of right now (5:20 PM CDT May 2) there's a severe weather event going on in Oklahoma, so you may want to check out the stream on https://news9.com to see what weather coverage here is like.

[kenarmy]

US 30 bye.

[Takumi]

Next thing you know, we'll find out that Abe's name isn't actually Abe, or mine isn't actually Takumi. (I haven't even used the handle Takumi anywhere other than this forum in well over a decade. Most places, amusingly, I use interstate366.)

Anyone could find my real name with a few minutes of Googling, but I just don't feel like using it here.  Or anywhere I'm not required to use it.

Yeah, mine's fairly easy to find as well, and I think has been mentioned on the forum once or twice in years past. Even on what little social media I have, I use my middle name instead of my last name.

No one is calling anybody names in this thread that I'm aware of.

Abe.

Yes, Roth?

People on here call me Max all the time, it's maddening.

I figured out a while ago that's not your real name, but I'm not sure what else to call you considering I don't know your real name.

Obviously, my name isn't Webny either (that's not even a real name) but I'm fine with people calling me that because I haven't disclosed my name on the forum other than occasionally to sign PM's.

Next thing you know, we'll find out that Abe's name isn't actually Abe, or mine isn't actually Takumi. (I haven't even used the handle Takumi anywhere other than this forum in well over a decade. Most places, amusingly, I use interstate366.)

You aren't signed at 85 MPH by chance?

Contrary to popular belief, it's 65.

[kkt]

No one is calling anybody names in this thread that I'm aware of.

Abe.

Yes, Roth?

People on here call me Max all the time, it's maddening.

I figured out a while ago that's not your real name, but I'm not sure what else to call you considering I don't know your real name.

Obviously, my name isn't Webny either (that's not even a real name) but I'm fine with people calling me that because I haven't disclosed my name on the forum other than occasionally to sign PM's.

Next thing you know, we'll find out that Abe's name isn't actually Abe, or mine isn't actually Takumi. (I haven't even used the handle Takumi anywhere other than this forum in well over a decade. Most places, amusingly, I use interstate366.)

You aren't signed at 85 MPH by chance?

Next thing you know, we'll find out that Abe's name isn't actually Abe, or mine isn't actually Takumi. (I haven't even used the handle Takumi anywhere other than this forum in well over a decade. Most places, amusingly, I use interstate366.)

Anyone could find my real name with a few minutes of Googling, but I just don't feel like using it here.  Or anywhere I'm not required to use it.

Here I was this whole time thinking you were the Sausage King of Chicago.

"Devastatingly handsome."

[gonealookin]

Just in case anyone is late to the game...  His name isn't Max Rockatansky.

I kind of find of amusing that there has been a lot of people over the years who thought my name is Max Rockatansky. 

The funny part from my side of it:  The poster from Fresno made some comment about his wedding and I referred to "Mr. and Mrs. Rockatansky" in my reply.  And somebody here (not him) thought I was serious in using that surname and jumped all over me for it.

[Max Rockatansky]

Just in case anyone is late to the game...  His name isn't Max Rockatansky.

I kind of find of amusing that there has been a lot of people over the years who thought my name is Max Rockatansky. 

The funny part from my side of it:  The poster from Fresno made some comment about his wedding and I referred to "Mr. and Mrs. Rockatansky" in my reply.  And somebody here (not him) thought I was serious in using that surname and jumped all over me for it.

There is a bit of irony that my real life wife has same first name (at the time legally Jessie) as Max's wife in the original Mad Max.  I don't think we would be naming a hypothetical child "Sprog"  though.  I should tell her to watch out for the Toecutter gang so I don't have to chase them down in my Challenger (which has a MFP logo on it like the 1973 Falcon XB GT) and almost immediately get shot.  I did want to name the puppy I adopted last year "Dog"  but I got vetoed. 

[kphoger]

I don't think we would be naming a hypothetical child "Sprog"  though.

It could be, however, a perfectly acceptable nickname for one's child.

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/143624/whence-does-sprog-come

[abefroman329]

"Devastatingly handsome."

Yes, that's the one major difference between Mr. Froman and me.

[Max Rockatansky]

I don't think we would be naming a hypothetical child "Sprog"  though.

It could be, however, a perfectly acceptable nickname for one's child.

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/143624/whence-does-sprog-come

Very in line with the Mad Max movies to name a character something like that.  There a bunch of characters that are literally named as what they are in Mad Max and George Miller movies.  Feral Kid in the Road Warrior also comes to mind.

[abefroman329]

Christianity

[kphoger]

Doritos

[abefroman329]

Doritos

They're not my first choice at Subway (that would be Sun Chips), but Doritos Locos Tacos are surprisingly tasty.

[Max Rockatansky]

Doritos

They're not my first choice at Subway (that would be Sun Chips), but Doritos Locos Tacos are surprisingly tasty.

Doritos would be so much more tolerable without the flavorless dust.

[kphoger]

Here's one that might be unpopular.  I don't know.

Having separate men's and women's restrooms is overrated.

For a number of years now (since before most Americans had probably even heard the term transgender), I've been of the opinion that most all public restrooms should just be unisex.  I'm actually rather surprised that the current 'separate but equal' status quo has persisted, basically unchallenged, for so long.

I have a distinct memory (from the ninth grade or so) of using a large public unisex restroom facility in or near Venice (Italy), where each toilet had its own cubicle but the sinks were all out in the common open.  I still remember it, because it struck me at the time how much that approach just made sense.

And I've also been in two situations here in the States where a woman entered the men's room while I was using it, and neither one bothered me.  The first was when my wife and I were having dinner at a Kansas City restaurant and, to use the restroom, one had to go out back, down the stairs, and into a hallway that was shared with other businesses.  While I was doing my business at the urinal there, a lady came in looking for something or someone (I don't remember exactly);  she apologized for the intrusion, I told her it didn't bother me at all, she said she wondered why men's and women's were separated in the first place anyway, and I agreed.  The second time was when I was sitting in a stall at a northern Iowa rest area along I-35.  At one point, I looked down under the cubicle wall and saw high-heeled shoes in the stall next to mine;  it turned out that a gentleman had had double hip replacement and was on his way home, but he had to do a #2 along the way, so his son and daughter-in-law both had to help him out in the process.  I can't remember if my sons were still in the bathroom or not by the time the family went in, but I do know they asked my wife–who was waiting outside–if it would be OK if they all went in together, and she said of course.

https://theconversation.com/how-did-public-bathrooms-get-to-be-separated-by-sex-in-the-first-place-59575

[7/8]

What's even more ridiculous is when there are two single-occupant washrooms and they're still separated by gender. What difference does it make if only one person is in the washroom at a time?

[kphoger]

What's even more ridiculous is when there are two single-occupant washrooms and they're still separated by gender. What difference does it make if only one person is in the washroom at a time?

Precisely.  Imagine my surprise when I first researched why that is, only to find out that it's a legal requirement.

[jakeroot]

What's even more ridiculous is when there are two single-occupant washrooms and they're still separated by gender. What difference does it make if only one person is in the washroom at a time?

I was once waiting to use the restroom at a very nice gas station, but the man in the men's room was taking forever. So I just used the woman's instead. Two separate rooms, who really cares right? Well, turns out the man behind the counter cared a lot, he came running over and slamming on the door and telling me to get out. Only thing he said was, over and over again, "women's room!!" I just ignored him, he yelled at me again after I got out, still no real explanation besides repeating what the sign said. I just said "who gives a fuck?" I think I threw him the tosser gesture or something rather childish, and walked out.

Still to this day, I do not understand the concern, as I see way more unisex standalone rooms these days than the other way around. But I guess some people are still fixated on the "men are messy" way of thinking that is likely the reason we have gendered standalone rooms.

I have a distinct memory (from the ninth grade or so) of using a large public unisex restroom facility in or near Venice (Italy), where each toilet had its own cubicle but the sinks were all out in the common open.  I still remember it, because it struck me at the time how much that approach just made sense.

I recall the Keflavik Airport in Iceland having a large restroom area with individual stalls (basically rooms, no gaps in the doors!) and a large hand washing area. So much better.