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[hector13]

A rare bog, a rattlin’ bog, way down in the valley o’?

[ArchimedesWojak]

(Fairly tame compared to some other stuff on this thread but i'm still pissed)

Runescape and Jagex is making my asshole completely raw, it keeps telling me "Your Password Is Invalid" now i have to recover my account. (It is impossible to figure out how) My Runescape account has great sentimental value to me and this has ruined my day

[hector13]

I watched Rollerball, the remake, and it was quite horrible.

That entire night-vision sequence is summed up with the cartoon “BOING” when the van (or the bike maybe at that point) goes through the wire fence, like holy shit who okayed that as a thing that should be in the final cut?

[Rockeater]

The beanbag chairs area in my university library was removed in the redesign, I don't know how useful it was to the general students, but I think I used it more then the rest of the library so I am bummed.

[ArchimedesWojak]

(sorry for the spelling my glasses are gone)

Dumbass cousin threw a basketball at my face and now my glasses are kill and i can barely see now

[methylatedspirit]

It seems that my bike's (rear? right?) gear shifter's broken. I'm willing to (optimistically) bet it's just the shifter cable that failed, but that's still way out of my depth to replace. Damn it.

[Rolan7]

Replacing that shifter cable is relatively involved.  It means using an allen key (10? 12?) to release the cable from the rear derailleur.  Then you release the other end from the shifter (a process that depends on the shifter).  Then you have to feed the replacement cable into the shifter, down the front tube, under the [crank], and back up.  Through those "housing" tubes - they're necessary.

It's not insurmountable though.  The complicated part is the shifter at the handlebars.  If you figure out how to remove the cable from it, you'll know how to feed the new cable into the mechanism and then the attached housing.  Then the path is clear, all the way back to the rear derailleur.

However, then you have to cinch that cable at the right general area.  It's trial and error, there's no penalty for guessing wrong.  You generally want to let the cable "out" a lot at the shifter, cinch it at the rear derailleur, then twist the knobs as necessary to fine-tune the correct range of shifting.

And then you can cut the excess cable, or wrap it around your seat-tube like a baus.

sorry this is probably completely unhelpful, unless you want to DIY.  bit of a nostalgia trip on my part.

[Vector]

I've been crying all day for no reason. Sucks.

[Rolan7]

Mother said there'd be days like this. 

(And I feel like the allen key for the shifter was probably 8, I'm not sure but I have to point that out.  Not that it matters once you have a decimal allen key set.)

[None]

Sorry to hear it, Vec, but y'know, it's okay that it happens. We may not always get a say about what our emotions are, but that doesn't mean they define us or dictate how we live!

It's like allergies for the soul, or something. A case of the emotional sniffles, a dumb immune response from a system that works effectively.

Speaking of- fucken' pollen count is crazy today, or at least now with the pandemic I pay enough attention to my nasal passageway to tell what's going on with my allergies. I felt really dumb turning on the heater instead of opening the window when I got chilly, but then I'd have to suffer the existential terror of 'Having the Rona' for a few hours while the pollen turns to dust on the floor.

Unrelated- Rolan, I'm totally tickled that you're now the resident bike repair expert and that you can just sort of reach across the internet in a community and you'll have 'the bike guy' or 'the databending guy' or 'the guy with the scoop on healthcare.' Shine on, you crazy diamond.

[EuchreJack]

It's like allergies

Or just that.  If you're going around with your eyes all teary all day, your brain is gonna start making shit up to justify it, even if it really is just allergies.  Get that antihistamines on!

[King Zultan]

Went to do a u turn one side road and didn't pay attention when I went to get back on the main road and hit a dump truck, luckily they swerved and we only lost the plastic bumper thing, bent the metal bumper, and broke the left head light, and we were able to leave with out any injuries on either side and the car still runs so we were able to drive it back home.

Also later when I looked at the licensing plate I noticed that some of the rubber from the tucks tire had rubbed off onto it,and after looking at it for a minute I realized that it had transferred the safety warning from the trucks tire onto it.

[EuchreJack]

Went to do a u turn one side road and didn't pay attention when I went to get back on the main road and hit a dump truck, luckily they swerved and we only lost the plastic bumper thing, bent the metal bumper, and broke the left head light, and we were able to leave with out any injuries on either side and the car still runs so we were able to drive it back home.

Also later when I looked at the licensing plate I noticed that some of the rubber from the tucks tire had rubbed off onto it,and after looking at it for a minute I realized that it had transferred the safety warning from the trucks tire onto it.

So I guess your ride is now safer.  Like you stole some safety from the dump truck.  Sounds like you need it more anyways. 
But yeah, sorry to hear about that.

[Great Order]

Covid tests are a real bloody struggle for me. The tonsil swab makes me gag to the point of almost puking, and the nose swab makes me drool because I've got no ability to focus on that when I'm desperately paying attention to not sneezing the swab out of my nostril.

My only solace is that it wasn't a naso-pharyngeal swab.

[martinuzz]

Slightly worried about LordBaal. Read an article in my newspaper today the the Venezoalean goverment has been murdering and torturing innocent civilians in a 'war against terrorism', many thousands have fled to the jungle or to Colombia.

Havent seen a post from him in over a week or somesuch.

https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/venezolaanse-burgers-op-de-vlucht-uit-angst-voor-geweld-veiligheidstroepen~bb26d215/