General Discussion Thread

[OrigamiOwl]

Well, my day didn't consist of nearly coincidental death... but the first 9 hours were looooong.  I'm taking tomorrow as a vacation day, so I was going to leave work and travel back home today.   Work just dragged on forever.  But, now I'm home, and my other sister flew in from the middle of the country to see our newest family member, so all of us siblings are back together again, and that's really nice.    3 day weekend!

Also, did anyone ever fight with their siblings?  Apparently, none of us ever fought, growing up...

Wait up, is tomorrow Friday for you? Or do you normally...work on Saturdays....? O___O time zones!

My sisters and I generally got along really well as children, and still do. But when we were very very young there were a few acts of random child violence- usually because someone didn't want to share a toy (after that my parents always bought 3 of everything, all the same. Even clothes. Even for birthdays and Christmas) once 4-year old me threw a little plastic teapot at my sisters head O__O I don't even know why! And years later I was nearly blinded by a thrown coat hanger that hit me in the face. My little sisters still have to share a room, so there are inevitable quarrels over make up and parties and whose side of the room is a bigger eyesore ;P
I luckily have my own room, but there's usually one of them occupying it to do homework or internet stuffs which means I get to do my homework in their room in the sun! (My room only gets sun when it rises o__o)

But other than that, we get along really well, and a lot of visiting people always feel the need to mention it in a shocked voice O__O my 'friend'*s family and siblings don't get along at all and backstab and steal from each other and it really weirds me out! (To the point that I actually dread visiting) Like, HOW?

* they're starting to treat me the same way, so I'm trying to subtly exit the 'friendship'

I- I think I was born in the 90s? I'm not really sure.
My day was great. We were driving home earlier and it was so cool. There was the most vibrant double rainbow I've ever seen against a backdrop of dark, gray clouds. Then in the other direction the sky was almost completely clear with only a few whispy white clouds and the sun was shining brightly but there was driving rain falling at a sharp angle due to the wind. All this was accompanied by flashes of lightning and though I find lightning terrifying it was all so beautiful and surreal and I felt as if the entire world was composed of happiness.

Now I'm about to eat dinner and I think I'm catching a cold.
My siblings and I unfortunately fight quite a lot. It's to the point where we might be genuinely joking around and enjoying each other's company but our parents will think we're fighting and make us stop.

You're....not sure? XD
That drive sounds soooo awesome and dreamy! Thunderstorms are cool! Until they break things.....
Heh, your poor misunderstanding parents yesterday I made a Harry Potter reference to my mum and she looked at me like I'd just sacrificed a chicken and worshipped satan O___O which, in her mind, I probably had ;____;

[Eich]

Those moments when you see the wall of rain moving toward you are cool.  I've only had it happen like once, but it was really strange and awesome.  Also, on the way to work, I pass by lots of fields.  Since it's starting to cool down, there's lots of really thick fog that collects in the valleys and troughs, and it looks neat.

Yep, tomorrow's Friday.  I'm guessing you're already on Friday?
I shared a room with my brother growing up, but he's not really disagreeable, most of the times.  He snored like no one else, though...  My sisters were both old enough that by the time I had stopped being a nightmarish hell-child, they were already starting college.  Before that, I was mostly in my own world doing other things, and they were both moody teenagers who were too cool for the dorky youngest child, so I didn't really see them much.

[Sparky Dragon]

Well, my day didn't consist of nearly coincidental death...

That's very good, Eich, keep up the good work.

Ah...I was born in the 90's. Since apparently that's what's also being discussed, too?

[OrigamiOwl]

That's very good, Eich, keep up the good work.

Ah...I was born in the 90's. Since apparently that's what's also being discussed, too?

*weird Minions Anonymous voice* "Claps for Eich everyone, now onto our next speaker..."

Whooo! Weird 90's-born kids unite! Maybe.

[StellersJayC]

You're....not sure? XD

I get really confused about random things sometimes. What exactly do you mean by the 90s?

[Eich]

I get really confused about random things sometimes. What exactly do you mean by the 90s?

Were you born in the 90s?

[OrigamiOwl]

I get really confused about random things sometimes. What exactly do you mean by the 90s?

Were you born between 1990 and 1999?

[StellersJayC]

Were you born between 1990 and 1999?

Ohhh... In that case I was born in the 90s. For some reason I thought you meant either that or all of the 1900s... Which is what made me confused because that's most of the forum. Why would they be making a list of who was born in the 1900s when it would be easier to just figure out who wasn't? I repeatedly asked myself. I have a tendency to get myself unnecessarily confused even when the answer is the same either way.

[OrigamiOwl]

Ohhh... In that case I was born in the 90s. For some reason I thought you meant either that or all of the 1900s... Which is what made me confused because that's most of the forum. Why would they be making a list of who was born in the 1900s when it would be easier to just figure out who wasn't? I repeatedly asked myself. I have a tendency to get myself unnecessarily confused even when the answer is the same either way.

*weird laugh/choke* hahaha! That's the best thing I've heard today! (It's currently bed time, so you win for Friday!)
The second best thing was slightly weird, but that was why it was good. I was sitting in a waiting room while my little sister was getting her teeth x-rayed this afternoon, and so I read the new ssss page to pass the time, when she came out of the X-ray room, she sits down next to me, looks me straight in the eyes, and says in a very serious and concerned way: "You're an internet worm, [name]. Soon you'll be an internet moth." And I'm still laughing over it, but the 'kids of the 1900's' mix up is also greatly mood-lifting! X'D

....Internet moth pfffffffffftttttt...

Has anyone else's siblings, friends, parents, relatives ever said something really bizarre, but in a serious way?? I'd love to hear XD if anyone's awake...

[kjeks]

*weird laugh/choke* hahaha! That's the best thing I've heard today! (It's currently bed time, so you win for Friday!)
The second best thing was slightly weird, but that was why it was good. I was sitting in a waiting room while my little sister was getting her teeth x-rayed this afternoon, and so I read the new ssss page to pass the time, when she came out of the X-ray room, she sits down next to me, looks me straight in the eyes, and says in a very serious and concerned way: "You're an internet worm, [name]. Soon you'll be an internet moth." And I'm still laughing over it, but the 'kids of the 1900's' mix up is also greatly mood-lifting! X'D

....Internet moth pfffffffffftttttt...

Has anyone else's siblings, friends, parents, relatives ever said something really bizarre, but in a serious way?? I'd love to hear XD if anyone's awake...

What do you have in mind? My dead is always making some weird statements in a serious way, but mostly these statements refer to his black sense of humor. I've no adequate example at hand by now. Most weird thinks happen at school though that's because the kids always use words they don't know about. One kid yesterday told me, it won't do it's homework anymore: "I'm no nazi about writing". I think he caught the phrase to be a nazi at something somewhere. In Germany people use it for saying that somebody only listens to a certain type of music and won't accept anything else. I don't know whether whis phrase is used in other countries or languages as well. It turned out, that he didn't have a clue about nationalsocialism at all (so that was todays lesson as well as it will be on monday still 'cause with one tiny bit of information they want to know everything else at once).

It's not custom to talk about nationalsocialism in every year of school, but with the kids I'm teaching this topic pops up once to twice per year but the situations or phrases causing this are always changing and mostly strange.

[OrigamiOwl]

Hee, I hope you meant "Dad" kex and not "dead" O___O
Black humor is fine, your dad sounds pretty cool (as far as dads and their jokes go; my dad thinks humour is being very very very un PC ;___; I can't take him anywhere)

The little kid's statement is pretty whacky! XD wow!

From what I understand:
It's a humourous but slightly mean thing to call someone a "something-nazi" means that they're very particular in how they want things done; it's "their way or the highway" any other way of doing the task is wrong and inferior (even- and usually- if their way is wrong) For example: my grandmas cooking methods :/ hehe
It can be exaggeratingly used to refer to someone who has lots of crazy old-time values like racism, sexism, homophobia, draconian justice, etc etc or someone could just be referring to a really mean teacher

But it also means that they're sort of purist about something- they think something is superior for some weird outdated reason. For example: our local priest. We call him a Christmas-nazi because he's a bit of a kill-joy...he confiscated a child's new Star Wars toy in church once, renamed it a Leviathan, and told the family that God would be displeased O____O we don't go to church anymore....he's a bit....weird...and cold-hearted...(and we're not really church/religious people anyway, none of the farming families here are, there's a saying that goes "I don't need to go to church to get in touch with God, *points at the sky* I go direct.")

Coincidentally, we saw the priest at the supermarket today, buying heeeeeaaaps of junk food because his wife is going away to visit a friend. He was being very exited about all the fast food he was putting in his trolley, and as we were running away leaving, I said "Don't let that turn into gluttony, Father!" And his face was like: ÒwwwwÓ it was pretty funny...

[kjeks]

Hee, I hope you meant "Dad" kex and not "dead" O___O

Uhm... yeah. My dad is alive and well

The little kid's statement is pretty whacky! XD wow!

From what I understand:
It's a humourous but slightly mean thing to call someone a "something-nazi" means that they're very particular in how they want things done; it's "their way or the highway" any other way of doing the task is wrong and inferior (even- and usually- if their way is wrong) For example: my grandmas cooking methods :/ hehe
It can be exaggeratingly used to refer to someone who has lots of crazy old-time values like racism, sexism, homophobia, draconian justice, etc etc or someone could just be referring to a really mean teacher

But it also means that they're sort of purist about something- they think something is superior for some weird outdated reason. For example: our local priest. We call him a Christmas-nazi because he's a bit of a kill-joy...he confiscated a child's new Star Wars toy in church once, renamed it a Leviathan, and told the family that God would be displeased O____O we don't go to church anymore....he's a bit....weird...and cold-hearted...(and we're not really church/religious people anyway, none of the farming families here are, there's a saying that goes "I don't need to go to church to get in touch with God, *points at the sky* I go direct.")

Coincidentally, we saw the priest at the supermarket today, buying heeeeeaaaps of junk food because his wife is going away to visit a friend. He was being very exited about all the fast food he was putting in his trolley, and as we were running away leaving, I said "Don't let that turn into gluttony, Father!" And his face was like: ÒwwwwÓ it was pretty funny...

Yes, that's exactly how it is meant. hehe, I like your priest. He's acting like my boyfriend, when I'm away. Then our tiny little freezer gets filled up with pizza and readymade tortellini.

I guess I#m too late for wishing you a good nights' sleep, but I do so anyway .

[ThisCat]

Has anyone else's siblings, friends, parents, relatives ever said something really bizarre, but in a serious way?? I'd love to hear XD if anyone's awake...

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My little sister is made of bizarre and silly statements. I'm afraid I don't actually remember a lot of it now, because it sort of flows into a unified mess of nonsensical silliness, but it's included such things as "My phone is in love with Martin" and "you are a greek salad-dog", which was better than the time she called me a "prune-loser". Then I called her a cheese-crumb and it was all alright.
This is also practcally the closest we get to fighting.

[kjeks]

It can be exaggeratingly used to refer to someone who has lots of crazy old-time values like racism, sexism, homophobia, draconian justice, etc etc or someone could just be referring to a really mean teacher

No, for this kind of thinking I would use harsher phrases depending on if this kind of thinking is caused by a lack of knowledge/contact or whether it's depending on a never scrutinized way of thinking or even caused by intentional ignorance. It's not used in every generation as well, certainly not by the Generations in their 40s and above (there are always exceptions). But calling the priest a "Christmas-nazi" (depending on his kind of humor and manner of superiority not directly as well) would be definitly in.

[Nimphy]

*weird laugh/choke* hahaha! That's the best thing I've heard today! (It's currently bed time, so you win for Friday!)
The second best thing was slightly weird, but that was why it was good. I was sitting in a waiting room while my little sister was getting her teeth x-rayed this afternoon, and so I read the new ssss page to pass the time, when she came out of the X-ray room, she sits down next to me, looks me straight in the eyes, and says in a very serious and concerned way: "You're an internet worm, [name]. Soon you'll be an internet moth." And I'm still laughing over it, but the 'kids of the 1900's' mix up is also greatly mood-lifting! X'D

....Internet moth pfffffffffftttttt...

Has anyone else's siblings, friends, parents, relatives ever said something really bizarre, but in a serious way?? I'd love to hear XD if anyone's awake...

Internet moth!!! XD I'll become an internet moth, oh nooooo!

Nah, in the family it's mostly me saying bizarre things. Sometimes I'm serious, others I'm joking but no one gets it.

What do you have in mind? My dead is always making some weird statements in a serious way, but mostly these statements refer to his black sense of humor. I've no adequate example at hand by now. Most weird thinks happen at school though that's because the kids always use words they don't know about. One kid yesterday told me, it won't do it's homework anymore: "I'm no nazi about writing". I think he caught the phrase to be a nazi at something somewhere. In Germany people use it for saying that somebody only listens to a certain type of music and won't accept anything else. I don't know whether whis phrase is used in other countries or languages as well. It turned out, that he didn't have a clue about nationalsocialism at all (so that was todays lesson as well as it will be on monday still 'cause with one tiny bit of information they want to know everything else at once).

I only know about the English phrase "to be a grammar nazi", aka someone who's picky about grammar. I don't really think such phrases exist in Italian, I've never come across one myself.

It's not custom to talk about nationalsocialism in every year of school, but with the kids I'm teaching this topic pops up once to twice per year but the situations or phrases causing this are always changing and mostly strange.

Over here at least a short lesson about nationalsocialism WILL pop up every year (usually on memory day, followed by a movie and/or documentary), if not more. But the first "real" lesson I ever received on it (and not just "this and that's what nazis did, end of the story", but a real analysis of all the events leading up to the movement) was actually last year. Mind if I ask about the  strangest situations and/or phrases you've heard?

We call him a Christmas-nazi because he's a bit of a kill-joy...he confiscated a child's new Star Wars toy in church once, renamed it a Leviathan, and told the family that God would be displeased O____O we don't go to church anymore....he's a bit....weird...and cold-hearted...(and we're not really church/religious people anyway, none of the farming families here are, there's a saying that goes "I don't need to go to church to get in touch with God, *points at the sky* I go direct.")

Coincidentally, we saw the priest at the supermarket today, buying heeeeeaaaps of junk food because his wife is going away to visit a friend. He was being very exited about all the fast food he was putting in his trolley, and as we were running away leaving, I said "Don't let that turn into gluttony, Father!" And his face was like: ÒwwwwÓ it was pretty funny...

Poor child ;_; Leviathan Star Wars, I wonder what kind of crossover that would be... Probably one I wouldn't watch. And go OrigamiOwl! That's probably the best revenge-line I've ever heard!

My dad thinks humour is being very very very un PC

Very very very un what?

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My little sister is made of bizarre and silly statements. I'm afraid I don't actually remember a lot of it now, because it sort of flows into a unified mess of nonsensical silliness, but it's included such things as "My phone is in love with Martin" and "you are a greek salad-dog", which was better than the time she called me a "prune-loser". Then I called her a cheese-crumb and it was all alright.
This is also practcally the closest we get to fighting.

I want to meet your sister XD Greek salad dog, prune loser, cheese crumb... You could write a bestseller out of these insults!