Random Thoughts

[kirbykart]

So here I am looking at the local news, and I see this article here: https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-news-now/two-illinois-cities-among-2022s-best-for-singles/

Since I'm currently a lonesome loser and I love taking Internet bait, I decide to click on it. Now take a guess who's study they used on this article?

Entenmann's Bakery, due to the relationship with BIMBO?

sorry, couldn't resist

That will be Victoria's Secret.

No, no. You need to think AARoads related. I'll give you a hint: someone who loves Virginia and hates Pittsburgh.

Angelo71

[Max Rockatansky]

So here I am looking at the local news, and I see this article here: https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-news-now/two-illinois-cities-among-2022s-best-for-singles/

Since I'm currently a lonesome loser and I love taking Internet bait, I decide to click on it. Now take a guess who's study they used on this article?

Entenmann's Bakery, due to the relationship with BIMBO?

sorry, couldn't resist

That will be Victoria's Secret.

No, no. You need to think AARoads related. I'll give you a hint: someone who loves Virginia and hates Pittsburgh.

Angelo71

Of course, Chicago is full of gross vegans.

[vdeane]

So here I am looking at the local news, and I see this article here: https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-news-now/two-illinois-cities-among-2022s-best-for-singles/

Since I'm currently a lonesome loser and I love taking Internet bait, I decide to click on it. Now take a guess who's study they used on this article?

Entenmann's Bakery, due to the relationship with BIMBO?

sorry, couldn't resist

That will be Victoria's Secret.

I believe Victoria's secret is that she's made up by a dude.

[kkt]

So here I am looking at the local news, and I see this article here: https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-news-now/two-illinois-cities-among-2022s-best-for-singles/

Since I'm currently a lonesome loser and I love taking Internet bait, I decide to click on it. Now take a guess who's study they used on this article?

Entenmann's Bakery, due to the relationship with BIMBO?

sorry, couldn't resist

That will be Victoria's Secret.

I believe Victoria's secret is that she's made up by a dude.

or that she IS a dude.

[hotdogPi]

You know the Sharpie meme from a few years ago where Sharpies can rewrite reality? Well, it's true. I was in Market Basket today. The clearance section had a whole bunch of things, one of which was a package of 48 forks marked X instead of having a price because many of the forks were missing; I estimated that 1/3 were there. This item normally goes for $2.29 normally and $1.69 when it's on the clearance rack due to a damaged box. (Market Basket clearance procedure is simply to put sharpie on the barcode so it won't scan and then to write the price on the box, unlike Stop & Shop where there are yellow stickers that have to be created.) I picked up the box hoping to ask if I could buy it for 50¢ at the register, figuring it would be accepted because from the store's viewpoint, the store receiving 50¢ is better than receiving nothing. Immediately before getting into the checkout line, I saw the assistant manager, with a badge that said 27 years, so I asked him. He simply got out his sharpie and put the number 50 on it. It worked, although I had to tell the cashier that most of the forks missing because something over 75% off is normally suspicious.

The box had 22 of the 48 forks in it, more than I thought.

[Scott5114]

During the last election here there was some campaign ad saying such and such candidate's policies were making Oklahoma an awful place to live, and they cited Wallethub as a source for that. (I didn't post it here, for obvious reasons.)

[hotdogPi]

During the last election here there was some campaign ad saying such and such candidate's policies were making Oklahoma an awful place to live, and they cited Wallethub as a source for that. (I didn't post it here, for obvious reasons.)

Incumbent or not? (If it wasn't the incumbent, it would be a straight-up lie, as someone who hasn't been elected wouldn't have had their policies enacted.)

[Scott5114]

During the last election here there was some campaign ad saying such and such candidate's policies were making Oklahoma an awful place to live, and they cited Wallethub as a source for that. (I didn't post it here, for obvious reasons.)

Incumbent or not? (If it wasn't the incumbent, it would be a straight-up lie, as someone who hasn't been elected wouldn't have had their policies enacted.)

I don't remember the exact details (I tend to not get my political opinions from campaign ads) but I believe it was a PAC-funded ad against the incumbent.

[JoePCool14]

^^^

What does it say about trolling bars one state over for Wisconsinites?
...
WGN is run by non-flat Illinois cultists.

The almighty Wallethub cited Madison as the second-best city in the country for singles, only beaten by Seattle.

Maybe Crash_It secretly works at WGN...?

[Scott5114]

The almighty Wallethub cited Madison as the second-best city in the country for singles, only beaten by Seattle.

Well, I mean, what else is there do to during a long Madison winter?

[vdeane]

So here I am looking at the local news, and I see this article here: https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-news-now/two-illinois-cities-among-2022s-best-for-singles/

Since I'm currently a lonesome loser and I love taking Internet bait, I decide to click on it. Now take a guess who's study they used on this article?

Entenmann's Bakery, due to the relationship with BIMBO?

sorry, couldn't resist

That will be Victoria's Secret.

I believe Victoria's secret is that she's made up by a dude.

or that she IS a dude.

Specifically, an old man who lives in Ohio.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCw3y89VXgA

[Hunty2022]

So here I am looking at the local news, and I see this article here: https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-news-now/two-illinois-cities-among-2022s-best-for-singles/

Since I'm currently a lonesome loser and I love taking Internet bait, I decide to click on it. Now take a guess who's study they used on this article?

Entenmann's Bakery, due to the relationship with BIMBO?

sorry, couldn't resist

That will be Victoria's Secret.

I believe Victoria's secret is that she's made up by a dude.

or that she IS a dude.

Specifically, and old man who lives in Ohio.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCw3y89VXgA

He also likes making money off of girls like me.

[Scott5114]

I heard that song on the radio on the way back from Thanksgiving and it caused me to look up the provenance of Victoria's Secret. The song, interestingly enough, has it right–the old man in Ohio is probably 85-year-old Les Wexner, of Columbus, who bought the chain in 1982 from founders Roy and Gaye Raymond. Roy Raymond's original vision of the store was as a place for men to purchase lingerie for their partners, after he had negative experiences with employees when attempting to buy lingerie for his wife at a traditional department store. Wexner reorganized the store into the familiar female-targeted chain that it is today.

[roadman65]

She'll competing with Citgo.
https://goo.gl/maps/FUa7Eh8bcjtd4534A
I see this shell station copied the infamous Kenmore Square Citgo sign nearby as it's on the same river, though, upstream from the iconic sign.

[Scott5114]

It is sort of a shame that the heyday of Alanland was a good few years before surreal AI art became a thing.

[CoreySamson]

It is sort of a shame that the heyday of Alanland was a good few years before surreal AI art became a thing.

Ah yes, a beautiful depiction of the Caterpillar War:

[kphoger]

It is sort of a shame that the heyday of Alanland was a good few years before surreal AI art became a thing.

Don't forget the official portrait of Alan Ivan Torrington–which, among art enthusiasts, is colloquially called "the surreal AI" (to distinguish it from the other, more famous, ASCII art portrait).

[hotdogPi]

Discord just switched their font recently to something that's basically Clearview. Ugly, curled lowercase Ls, etc. They call it "GG Sans" after the url discord.gg; do they really want to be compared to Comic Sans?

[Halian]

Discord just switched their font recently to something that's basically Clearview. Ugly, curled lowercase Ls, etc. They call it "GG Sans" after the url discord.gg; do they really want to be compared to Comic Sans?

I don't mind it. Also, remember that "Sans"  in both cases refers to the fonts' sans-serif nature.

[Scott5114]

Discord just switched their font recently to something that's basically Clearview. Ugly, curled lowercase Ls, etc. They call it "GG Sans" after the url discord.gg; do they really want to be compared to Comic Sans?

My reaction to it upon seeing it the first time:

I'll be honest. It looks like British Transport got pushed down the stairs in a Tube station.

[kenarmy]

Greenfield Circle in Brandon, MS is a really long circle..

[kurumi]

Being a roadgeek does help in some stereotypical relationship situations.

Spouse or significant other: Honey, what are you thinking about right now?

Muggle: uh, um, er... how much I enjoy being around you?

Roadgeek: Route 67

[Max Rockatansky]

Being a roadgeek does help in some stereotypical relationship situations.

Spouse or significant other: Honey, what are you thinking about right now?

Muggle: uh, um, er... how much I enjoy being around you?

Roadgeek: Route 67

I don't know if it actually hurt either.  One of the qualities my wife said she liked about me was that I wasn't just some meat head.

[Takumi]

My fiancée thinks it's fascinating that I enjoy road stuff, but she's also a bit of a nerd herself.

[JoePCool14]

I think it's better to have an interesting hobby or two, provided it's not too weird. Then you actually stand out as an individual as opposed to a copy-paste person who just likes getting hammered at parties.