A dude I used to work with left his wife to deal with the newborn.

It was so bad between dayshifts that he used to leave the house at 2am and just sit in a motorway service station with a coffee for a few hours just to get some peace before coming to work.

If I tried that, my other half would stab me in the face.

I mean, very few people would report symptoms of a runny nose or a fever after licking the socket…

Your computer is possessed and needs McAffee VirusScan totes immediates

Depends on what it was thinking about really. The really rapid clicking noise was generally the mechanical hard drive heads seeking and moving quickly. You could tell if it had been thinking too hard for too long when the mechanical drive sounded like it had sneezed quietly (I’m not joking), that’s when you started to back stuff up rather quickly.

The more single-tone longer-note experience was generally reserved for the floppy disks.

The quiet mechanical spin-up noise was often an optical drive spinning the media - usually a CD - up to it’s normal reading speed, and you quickly forgot about it.

If it sounded like it was thinking like a early morning bird with a hangover, they were reminiscent of the early 90min tape drives. More industrial drives didn’t make that noise thankfully.

The aircraft engine type noise was generally one or more of the case fans giving it some VTEC love to cool a component that was running hot, or if someone smashed the Turbo button.

It certainly ended up at a house party.

I suppose it’s not clear when they decided they weren’t for each other.

Sounds fuckin’ mint to be fair.

Get me some tourism and carbs.

how the fuck are they not extinct?

As hilarious and arguably far more entertaining as this is, whatever happened to the age-old “well I’ve had a good night but maybe we’re better suited as friends, time for me to boost, speak to you tomorrow” parting?

I mean, it’s an interesting viewpoint, but I’m not sure I’m entirely on board.

The professions listed are indeed ones where to tell lies could be a direct causal factor in causing harm, so I’m with you with that.

Outwith those safety critical environs though, I’m not sure I like the idea of free speech being curtailed by that degree. As much as I hate it. It’s a big leap from where we are now to “lock them up because they’re lying”. I quite like freedom to drop such wild mistruths such as “no mate the sky is green” or " your relative died peacefully" or “Arsenal are a good football team”.

Cool discussion point though.

Fancy new Wet Ass Filter

FH1 was absolutely brilliant. Combined with a racing wheel, it genuinely felt like the Forza Motorsport series had been let loose, literally.

Each subsequent FH release has just been… cool, I guess? The next four iterations weren’t really groundbreaking and it felt like map packs than new games.

The soundtrack has consistently been absolutely banging though

I don’t disagree with you. It’s desperately sad.

edit: I’d made the erroneous assumption this was a reply to a higher level comment.

What is it that you’re suggesting here?

I think this wondering you’re doing is the root cause of your problem.

You’ve come up with an idea that I think there’s any political upsides to war based on some assumption that I haven’t quite figured out yet.

You’ve come up with an entire “rest of it” which doesn’t really follow anything presented in the original post.

Your “gotcha” moment doesn’t exist and is aimed at someone deeply saddened and angered by this pointless war.

No you illiterate fuck, I said I’d pay a little more at the pump to see one of the most narcissistic and dangerous world leaders get knocked down a peg or two on the world stage.

It’s soul destroying seeing the human cost of such a conflict, but your virtue signalling is both misplaced and ineffective.

Yeah nah probably about a day or two.

I’m in a very very privileged position to be able to say this, but I am more than happy to pay a little bit extra at the pump and on my gas bill, just for that colossal fuckwomble to be shown up on the world stage for being a weapons grade tosser.

Is it childish? Yes. Does it make me feel slightly better about the world? Also yes.

I think I’d just disappoint both, but faster

That’s outstanding! Fantastic effort!

Even if I did, I don’t think I’ve got the physical or mental ability to disappoint two women at once!!

That’s a Pearl Abyss and a half