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Author Topic: Amazingly Stupid Things You Believed/Did  (Read 5966 times)

Zrk2

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Re: Amazingly Stupid Things You Believed/Did
« Reply #30 on: December 04, 2012, 10:00:35 pm »

Spoiler: Stupidity #1 (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Stupidity #2 (click to show/hide)

There's also the time I almost sunk a boat, but it can wait for now.
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Re: Amazingly Stupid Things You Believed/Did
« Reply #31 on: December 04, 2012, 10:14:52 pm »

I once wanted to find out what aactually happens when you stick a fork in a electrical socket. Thinking that "Rubber does not conduct electricity" = "Rubber is electricity-proof.", I donned a pair and grabbed the nearest metal skewer (I though it would be easier then a fork. It had no sharp edges.), and jammed it right in socket. Took longer then I thought it would to connect. The Obvious occured, and I immediately pulled it out and washed my poor hand.
 
Also, when i was really young, we were on vactation on a Carribean Island whose name I do not remember, and I managed to walk off and somehow hacked into the Alarm system enough to turn on every alarm. Seriously, fire, Earthquake, Hurricane, all that wonderful stuff. Calling the Fire department. I even managed to wander off before they found me. I was a little saboteur when I was young.
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Re: Amazingly Stupid Things You Believed/Did
« Reply #32 on: December 04, 2012, 10:43:26 pm »

A long time ago I said that small pox isn't dangerous if properly cleaned because they tended to kill you through infection.

Yeah... I was really wrong. Only one type of Small pox can be that but the others.

As for stupid things I did...

One time someone told me not to flush the toilet, I heard them, I said ok, I told my sister not to use the bathroom... And then I used the bathroom and flushed the toilet.

Honestly it is the kind of level of dumb, you cannot defend.
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Re: Amazingly Stupid Things You Believed/Did
« Reply #33 on: December 04, 2012, 10:53:29 pm »

fire
That reminds me, I used to like to play with fire in my room. Mostly lighting candles and putting stuff nearby to burn. But one time I had a fire just absolutely erupt, and it probably would have at least set something else on fire if I hadn't had it going in a tin and quickly put the cover on to smother it. That tin got absolutely caked in soot. I think I might have caused the smoke detector in the hall to go off, too.

Another time, I believe inspired by some Donkey Kong cartoon going on at the time, I decided to hollow out the globe in my room so I could have a secret place to store things. I managed to cut the thing in half, but at that point I found out that the thing was made of cardboard and wouldn't hold up very well in such a condition, so I was left with an empty globe stand and some useless bits of cardboard.

Also, before my parents got cable (which was relatively recently) and I was maybe like 12 or 14, there was talk of running a line from the tv antenna in our attic to the tv in my room. For some reason, I got it into my head that I should start making a hole. With a pocket knife. My parents weren't too pleased with that.

And back to taking thing apart, I used to take all kinds of things apart as a kid. Toys, handheld games, hot glue guns (when I took one of these apart I decided to plug the thing in and press the two heater elements together, causing a shower of sparks), batteries. Usually I managed to put things back together, or they were so useless it didn't matter that I couldn't (or they contained mechanical clock parts; damn springs are a bitch to put back in), but there was this one time that I disassembled a computer and printer. And couldn't figure out how to put it back together. Luckily it wasn't our main computer, just an old computer that was put in my room and given to me to use, but my parents were still none too pleased.
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Re: Amazingly Stupid Things You Believed/Did
« Reply #34 on: December 04, 2012, 11:01:35 pm »

POST NOTE:
I don't condone drunk driving, or driving under the influence of any drugs. I took the time to practice this skill, and (i) know how to operate well enough to get myself back safely. I don't do this often, but in case I need to, I have the skill.

oh boy. something tells me you'll be quoting this post in this same thread sometime in the future

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Re: Amazingly Stupid Things You Believed/Did
« Reply #35 on: December 04, 2012, 11:04:34 pm »

Nah. I once believed that bitching about cynicism in a thread like this'd be a good idea, but then I realized that doing it passive aggressively would be much more fun.



Although, the assumption that doing it passive aggressively wouldn't be dickish too, seems to have been lost upon me.

And let's be honest, the meta-shit really isn't all that impressive either. Guess I'm still an idiot, all things considered.
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Zrk2

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Re: Amazingly Stupid Things You Believed/Did
« Reply #36 on: December 04, 2012, 11:19:12 pm »

Nah. I once believed that bitching about cynicism in a thread like this'd be a good idea, but then I realized that doing it passive aggressively would be much more fun.



Although, the assumption that doing it passive aggressively wouldn't be dickish too, seems to have been lost upon me.

And let's be honest, the meta-shit really isn't all that impressive either. Guess I'm still an idiot, all things considered.


Well, you are the one that volunteered to be shot at, I just got shitfaced.
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Re: Amazingly Stupid Things You Believed/Did
« Reply #37 on: December 04, 2012, 11:22:34 pm »

Yours was. Holy crap xD

I actually still believe some of these things, or a part of me does. It's a fun way to live.

I used to believe that spicy noodle soup, canned potatoes, and canned carrots made a good meal. This is not exactly true.
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Re: Amazingly Stupid Things You Believed/Did
« Reply #38 on: December 04, 2012, 11:40:18 pm »

Heh, the only exceedingly stupid thing I have done is pyro related. I lit one of those bottles of hand sanatizer on fire (that stuff burns like liquid fire) and proceeded to spill it onto the porch where I was standing. It turns out liquid fire goes through cracks quite well, and within a few seconds a large amount of flames where coming up from under the porch where a large amount of leaves had caught fire. It one of those low porches, maybe 12 inches up off the ground, and the entire bottom was filled with leaves. After a few frantic minutes, it was extinguished with several large pitchers of water. Albeit with a bit of blackening.
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