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What have you learned today?

IL Ruffino
07-11-2007, 07:34
Blah blah blah there was a thread like this like a year ago.. blah blah Minoriteeborgz made it.. blah blah.. time for a new one..

What have you learned today, or recently? It could be a life related fact, or an educational thing. Please tell my you've learned something!

I've learned that it's never wise to trust anyone 100%, hell, 90% is even too much.

I've also learned that I'm not so apathetic after all.
The South Islands
07-11-2007, 07:35
also, cocks
IL Ruffino
07-11-2007, 07:36
also, cocks

Never trust cocks?
InGen Bioengineering
07-11-2007, 07:38
I can't think of anything at the moment.
Wilgrove
07-11-2007, 07:38
I learned that not everyone actually supports their offspring's going back to college to improve themselves and perhaps get a better job.

I'm also discovering that I still have some feelings that I thought were long gone after I became a cynical guy who distrusted humanity.
Zilam
07-11-2007, 07:38
Not to drop the soap in the locker room shower.

:(
Wilgrove
07-11-2007, 07:39
Not to drop the soap in the locker room shower.

:(

I guess you got the meat injection huh?
ColaDrinkers
07-11-2007, 07:39
To think twice before entering rm -r commands.
Anti-Social Darwinism
07-11-2007, 07:42
I've learned that Zebra Danios are mean. I mean, they're supposed to be community fish and live nice little groups of three or more, but the ones I own have systematically driven two of their species to nasty, brutish deaths, one by starvation and one by cat.
Miiros
07-11-2007, 07:46
Today I learned about the deconstruction literary theory and the New Left of the 1960s.

I also learned to hate people whom do not use turn signals.
The South Islands
07-11-2007, 07:48
Never trust cocks?

Never. They're devious little things. Zilly over there found that out rather suddenly.
Flaming Brickdom
07-11-2007, 07:49
i have learned that public speaking isnt really all that bad....
i participated in a poetry slam today, in front of my high school student body.
it was fun
The Brevious
07-11-2007, 07:50
I learned that Donal Logue is a *lot* more adaptable in appearance than i ever gave him credit for. A moustache makes a heckuva difference.


What else .... hmmm.
Hoyteca
07-11-2007, 07:56
Don't explode anti-matter in order to create an inter-dimensional portal. You'll screw up the universe.

Don't explode anti-matter in order to create an inter-dimensional portal in an attempt to travel time. It makes life really confusing.
Vetalia
07-11-2007, 08:01
Don't explode anti-matter in order to create an inter-dimensional portal. You'll screw up the universe.

Don't explode anti-matter in order to create an inter-dimensional portal in an attempt to travel time. It makes life really confusing.

"Do not touch the operational end of the device. Do not look directly at the operational end of the device. Do not submerge the device in liquid, even partially."
Flaming Brickdom
07-11-2007, 08:01
A young monk went to his teacher and said, 'Without words, show me enlightenment.' His teacher took a mirror, and smiled in it. The mirror smiled back. The old man frowned. Sure enough, the mirror frowned back. The young monk nodded. Now his teacher threw the mirror to the ground, smashing it into bits and pieces. The young monk was enlightened.

i learned that there is no mirror.

but i am not a monk, for the record....
Mythicalness
07-11-2007, 08:02
I learned two things:

Mannheim steamroller released a halloween album

and Group pantomimed combat (set to said music) is fricken awesome
The Brevious
07-11-2007, 08:03
The first movie star to appear on a postage stamp: Gene Kelly.

In 1898 all known cheerleaders were male. Now they make up around 3% (including Bush)
Damaske
07-11-2007, 08:10
That I can actually pull off wearing a baseball cap.
Barringtonia
07-11-2007, 08:12
I'm on my 32nd consecutive day of learning nothing, I'm going for a personal best of 53 consecutive days - wish me luck.
Flaming Brickdom
07-11-2007, 08:14
I'm on my 32nd consecutive day of learning nothing, I'm going for a personal best of 53 consecutive days - wish me luck.


my brother's name is kevin!!!!!
now you learned something, lol
:P
The Brevious
07-11-2007, 08:16
my brother's name is kevin!!!!!
now you learned something, lol
:P

Barringtonia logged out. They're reviewing porn. That "online" icon is a lie - they learned how to fake that a while ago.
Barringtonia
07-11-2007, 08:23
Actually - I've placed everyone on 'ignore' and both randomly quote people and post messages - I hope some are relevant.

Mostly I'm reviewing porn.
The Brevious
07-11-2007, 08:25
Actually - I've placed everyone on 'ignore' and both randomly quote people and post messages - I hope some are relevant.

Mostly I'm reviewing porn.

Okay, i've learned *another* thing today.
:)
The South Islands
07-11-2007, 08:44
"Do not touch the operational end of the device. Do not look directly at the operational end of the device. Do not submerge the device in liquid, even partially."

"Stop what you are doing, and assume the Party Escort Submission Position."
The Brevious
07-11-2007, 08:46
That my employer is breaking more laws than I thought they were

Blue laws?
CharlieCat
07-11-2007, 08:47
That my employer is breaking more laws than I thought they were
Cheese penguins
07-11-2007, 08:50
That I have a cute nose, apparently. :)
The Brevious
07-11-2007, 08:58
That I have a cute nose, apparently. :)

Pix?
Cheese penguins
07-11-2007, 09:00
Pix?
Pervert... :p

Don't have any at the moment, I don't like my nose so don't like looking at it.
The Brevious
07-11-2007, 09:02
Pervert... :p

Don't have any at the moment, I don't like my nose so don't like looking at it.

Oh c'mon, i'll show you mine :)

http://www.dr.dk/NR/rdonlyres/1AE4B278-EF4B-4AD9-945A-B5AF3604AA0D/233619/humpty_stor.jpg
Cheese penguins
07-11-2007, 09:02
Oh c'mon, i'll show you mine :)

http://www.dr.dk/NR/rdonlyres/1AE4B278-EF4B-4AD9-945A-B5AF3604AA0D/233619/humpty_stor.jpg

There you go then: Moi nose. (http://my-magic-store.com/product/images/clown_nose.gif)

Not really...
BackwoodsSquatches
07-11-2007, 09:07
I learned that several financial institutions will refuse to loan me money to purchase a car.
The Brevious
07-11-2007, 09:07
There you go then: Moi nose. (http://my-magic-store.com/product/images/clown_nose.gif)

Not really...

Winner of thread? :D
From another angle ....
http://www.divadlovceletne.cz/nahledy/n_634.jpg
Cheese penguins
07-11-2007, 09:10
Winner of thread? :D
From another angle ....
http://www.divadlovceletne.cz/nahledy/n_634.jpg
You went from black to white quicker than Michael Jackson. :p
Pure Metal
07-11-2007, 10:00
i learned not to go to sleep at 2am when you're already horribly tired and will be getting up at 8 :(
Dundee-Fienn
07-11-2007, 10:05
I learned it's not a good idea to drunkenly offer to drive 350 miles in one go when my car is a wreck. Now I need to try and get out of this
[NS]Fergi America
07-11-2007, 11:03
I learned that dinosaurs breathed like penguins (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=542597).
Ifreann
07-11-2007, 11:28
The HARDEST METAL KNOWN TO MAN is coming to Ireland.
BackwoodsSquatches
07-11-2007, 11:35
The HARDEST METAL KNOWN TO MAN is coming to Ireland.

Dethklok?
Ifreann
07-11-2007, 11:50
Dethklok?

Dragonforce, silly n00b.

At least, last.fm claims so.

Don't Miss These Gigs
Sunday 18 November 2007 at Ambassador Theatre, Baile Átha Cliath(Seriously, nobody ever calls it that, it's Dublin)
Machine Head

DragonForce, Trivium, Arch Enemy
ClodFelter
07-11-2007, 12:11
I learned that the people at my school are really nice people.

Night of the hunter is a better movie every time I watch it.
Whereyouthinkyougoing
07-11-2007, 12:53
I learned that having an appointment at my stupid knee doctor doesn't mean you won't wait for 2 hours anyway.

Actually - I've placed everyone on 'ignore' and both randomly quote people and post messages - I hope some are relevant.
That would be so awesome.
Saxnot
07-11-2007, 13:26
You need to be going seventeen and a half thousand miles an hour to get into space. Yep.
Nadkor
07-11-2007, 16:11
Waking up at 2:30pm when you have a lecture at 12 isn't a good idea.
The blessed Chris
07-11-2007, 16:28
Today? I've learnt that people are untrustworthy, my university is generally less intelligent and less well taught than my school, and love hurts. A lot.

All in all a thoroughly depressing state of affairs, not aided by the fact I have an apocalyptic hangover and another 900 words to write before 5.
Nadkor
07-11-2007, 16:34
Today? I've learnt that people are untrustworthy, my university is generally less intelligent and less well taught than my school, and love hurts. A lot.

All in all a thoroughly depressing state of affairs, not aided by the fact I have an apocalyptic hangover and another 900 words to write before 5.

Easily done. I did 1,500 in an hour the other day, including having to read a bit on it.
The blessed Chris
07-11-2007, 17:15
Easily done. I did 1,500 in an hour the other day, including having to read a bit on it.

I'm inclined to agree, this is actually quite easy.
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
07-11-2007, 17:25
I learned that I have been ingesting nearly a gram of caffeine each day for several weeks, which might explain why I have to pee every couple hours and can't sleep.
Nobel Hobos
07-11-2007, 17:32
Ladies and gentlemen*, today I learned that it is much easier to hijack someone else's thread than to make one of my own.











*and the other 95% of you, I guess.
Bolol
07-11-2007, 18:13
I re-learned how tedious and badly rendered Final Fantasy VII is.

...I mean seriously...
The Fulcrum
07-11-2007, 18:13
I learned that Scientology actually is a dangerous and murderous cult rather than the fruity little club portrayed in South Park. :(
Lunatic Goofballs
07-11-2007, 18:15
Thanks to Little Goofball, I learned that the univeral remote is too big to be flushed. :rolleyes: :p :D
Big Jim P
07-11-2007, 18:17
I have learned that scanning an entire 100 page game module takes a long and aggravating time.
Peepelonia
07-11-2007, 18:17
Thanks to Little Goofball, I learned that the univeral remote is too big to be flushed. :rolleyes: :p :D

Now that is handy knowledge. I learnt that one of my face book friends likes party rings. (thats a biscuit BTW) (Or I guess a cookie for our Statside friends?)
Wilgrove
07-11-2007, 20:13
I learned that several financial institutions will refuse to loan me money to purchase a car.

Well that sucks, do they give reasons why?
Wilgrove
07-11-2007, 20:15
Thanks to Little Goofball, I learned that the univeral remote is too big to be flushed. :rolleyes: :p :D

LOL! Ahh I can't wait till my nephew gets to be that age.
Soviestan
07-11-2007, 20:21
I learned I'm happier than most people I know. Which makes me feel good, and bad at the same time. weird.
Whereyouthinkyougoing
07-11-2007, 20:34
I learned that Scientology actually is a dangerous and murderous cult rather than the fruity little club portrayed in South Park. :(
Another soul saved. :)

Thanks to Little Goofball, I learned that the univeral remote is too big to be flushed. :rolleyes: :p :D
Did you learn yet if it's also waterproof?
IL Ruffino
07-11-2007, 21:05
I've learned that when it comes to "special" people, there is no such thing as "equality"..
Johnny B Goode
07-11-2007, 21:31
That while a bad teacher may pass, the memories never will.
Bann-ed
07-11-2007, 22:12
I have learned that compulsory education goes against the rights guaranteed to all citizens of all nations, in all universes.
Infinite Revolution
07-11-2007, 22:31
i've learned that port, while totally yummy and eminently drinkable, is utterly ineffective at inducing drunkeness.
South Lorenya
07-11-2007, 22:55
I learned that my parents' house is worth about as much as Warren Buffet's house ($700,000 or so).
Infinite Revolution
07-11-2007, 23:00
I learned that my parents' house is worth about as much as Warren Buffet's house ($700,000 or so).

*burgles*
IL Ruffino
07-11-2007, 23:05
I learned that my parents' house is worth about as much as Warren Buffet's house ($700,000 or so).

Are they dead yet?
King Arthur the Great
07-11-2007, 23:19
I've learned that when it comes to dealing with problems, it is almost always a result of the efforts of a stupid person.
Dalmatia Cisalpina
07-11-2007, 23:30
I won't live forever. I probably won't live even seventy more years. I must act on my goals and my dreams now because I may not have tomorrow.
Nobel Hobos
08-11-2007, 02:10
I won't live forever. I probably won't live even seventy more years. I must act on my goals and my dreams now because I may not have tomorrow.

Yeah, but was the herbal tea actually any good?
Similization
08-11-2007, 02:22
While I already knew turning off the waffle iron when one's done using it saves electricity, it honestly never occurred to me it could save leg burns as well.

This has further lead me to the realization that a disproportional amount of the things I've learnt in my life, are things I rather regret learning. And while I can't help but wonder why that is, I can't shake this sneaking feeling of dread that finding out might be very, very bad for me.

But of course, that kind of questions merely serve as distraction from the more immediate and important ones, such as whether or not getting frostbite in my toes is less of a nuisance than the burns from the waffle iron.

... Life is like a box of ferrets. Looks nice, but damn it bites.
Dalmatia Cisalpina
08-11-2007, 02:30
Yeah, but was the herbal tea actually any good?

No herbal tea, actually. What happened was a good friend of mine was killed in a plane crash. It opens your eyes a little bit.
Nobel Hobos
08-11-2007, 04:21
No herbal tea, actually. What happened was a good friend of mine was killed in a plane crash. It opens your eyes a little bit.

Oh. Sorry. I wouldn't have joked if I'd known that.
Nobel Hobos
08-11-2007, 04:50
While I already knew turning off the waffle iron when one's done using it saves electricity, it honestly never occurred to me it could save leg burns as well.

It wouldn't occur to me either. Perhaps your furniture is ... unconventional. Or perhaps it's your chef technique?

This has further lead me to the realization that a disproportional amount of the things I've learnt in my life, are things I rather regret learning. And while I can't help but wonder why that is, I can't shake this sneaking feeling of dread that finding out might be very, very bad for me.

Seriously, I have the same thing (first sentence.) It is actually possible to "unlearn" things ... I think that is different from just "forgetting" them.

The dread (second sentence) I think I get too. I will make a joke now because I don't want to think about it. "Finding out" might actually be Death.

But of course, those kind of questions merely serve as distraction from the more immediate and important ones, such as whether or not getting frostbite in my toes is less of a nuisance than the burns from the waffle iron.


Here's my idea. Get an electric blanket (second hand perhaps) and, being very careful not to expose or cut any of the cables, tailor yourself a nice pair of electric shepherd's boots.

You'd be mobile, too, if you could just lay hands on one of those new-fangled electric sheep.

... Life is like a box of ferrets. Looks nice, but damn it bites.

Ferrets are just wrong.
Smunkeeville
08-11-2007, 04:53
I learned that when your timing belt breaks it's bad and also that my car has an interference engine which is double bad when your timing belt breaks. I also learned that my mechanic thinks I am an idiot and was really uncomfortable when I showed him that I did know what was wrong with the car, but that I just didn't feel like taking it apart myself and borking it worse.
New Limacon
08-11-2007, 04:55
I've learned that most things are better than they seem, except for the ones I am excited about.
Bann-ed
08-11-2007, 05:02
I learned that when your timing belt breaks it's bad and also that my car has an interference engine which is double bad when your timing belt breaks. I also learned that my mechanic thinks I am an idiot and was really uncomfortable when I showed him that I did know what was wrong with the car, but that I just didn't feel like taking it apart myself and borking it worse.

He had every right.
You women should know your place, and know it well.

Anyway, I feel bad now that I have no idea what a timing belt, or interference engine is...
Nobel Hobos
08-11-2007, 05:08
He had every right.
You women should know your place, and know it well.

Anyway, I feel bad now that I have no idea what a timing belt, or interference engine is...

Yep. A woman's place is under the bonnet.

*shoos Bann-ed back to the kitchen*
Smunkeeville
08-11-2007, 05:10
He had every right.
You women should know your place, and know it well.

Anyway, I feel bad now that I have no idea what a timing belt, or interference engine is...

a timing belt does just what it sounds like, it keeps the engine timed properly, mainly it keeps the pistons timed properly, when it breaks the pistons timing gets off....and that's bad. An interference engine is one where the pistons (when firing improperly) can ram right into a valve and boink it in such a way that it bends it and then you have to replace your valves and that's expensive.

in layman's terms (as if that wasn't already) my car is broke and it won't run and I have to pay this idiot much money to fix it.
Bann-ed
08-11-2007, 05:10
Yep. A woman's place is under the bonnet.

*shoos Bann-ed back to the kitchen*

*backs up in fear, waving hands*

No...no..please..not the frilly one...
not the FRILLY ONE!!!
Bann-ed
08-11-2007, 05:12
a timing belt does just what it sounds like, it keeps the engine timed properly, mainly it keeps the pistons timed properly, when it breaks the pistons timing gets off....and that's bad. An interference engine is one where the pistons (when firing improperly) can ram right into a valve and boink it in such a way that it bends it and then you have to replace your valves and that's expensive.

in layman's terms (as if that wasn't already) my car is broke and it won't run and I have to pay this idiot much money to fix it.

Makes sense. I wonder who came up with such a damaging system...

Well, on the good side of this whole fiasco there are always...
ellipses...
Smunkeeville
08-11-2007, 05:17
Makes sense. I wonder who came up with such a damaging system...

Well, on the good side of this whole fiasco there are always...
ellipses...

apparently my car manufacturer is cheap and tawdry and uses belts instead of chains and interference engines instead of good old bulky ones that give the pistons room to misfire and not boink into the valves.

Damn Korean cars.
Dalmatia Cisalpina
08-11-2007, 05:25
Oh. Sorry. I wouldn't have joked if I'd known that.

No worries. :)
Nobel Hobos
08-11-2007, 05:27
I'd rather cook something nice and enjoy eating it than try to fix a car.
From what I've seen it's a horrible business, messy and frustrating and always needing some part or tool you don't have. With cooking, you can improvise.

A bad mechanic is a very bad thing. They might get it "working" alright, but if they just leave a washer out or something it just breaks again. Or so I've heard.
Upper Botswavia
08-11-2007, 05:30
I learned that chicken wings stuffed with crab meat and served with a sweet and sour type dipping sauce are quite tasty.

I also learned that "Happily Never After" is a very mediocre movie that could have been a lot better, as the basic idea was pretty cute.

Tomorrow I hope to learn what sort of a gun is used in skeet shooting.

I lead a weird and varied life.
Smunkeeville
08-11-2007, 05:39
I'd rather cook something nice and enjoy eating it than try to fix a car.
From what I've seen it's a horrible business, messy and frustrating and always needing some part or tool you don't have. With cooking, you can improvise.

A bad mechanic is a very bad thing. They might get it "working" alright, but if they just leave a washer out or something it just breaks again. Or so I've heard.

I rebuilt a Jeep about a year ago, it's very cathartic. It wasn't a "need to do" thing though, it was more like "I can do this and have peace and quiet" thing. This car needs to be fixed ASAP and it's going to be expensive and I just don't have the time or energy to do it myself. Replacing the timing belt is murky anyway.....way out of my comfort zone, especially since I can't scrap this car if I screw up.
Tax Rebates
08-11-2007, 05:42
I learned that discovering new online games and forums can punch a big hole in a working day.

I also learned that my work ethic seems to have taken a nose dive as I feel no remorse for said hole.

Maybe I should discover job sites and do something constructive for a change...
Bann-ed
08-11-2007, 05:44
I learned that discovering new online games and forums can punch a big hole in a working day.

I also learned that my work ethic seems to have taken a nose dive as I feel no remorse for said hole.

Maybe I should discover job sites and do something constructive for a change...

*limps towards you in tattered, bloodstained clothes*
*shakes you with grimy hands*
get out of here...while..you still....can...*falls*
3 Blocks East Of Here
08-11-2007, 05:50
Today I learned the same thing I learned in all but maybe an estimated 37 days out of the more than 11,000 that I have lived so far...



...that I SHOULD HAVE STOOD IN BED! :headbang:



Okay, maybe I mean "stayed".
Posi
08-11-2007, 05:54
I learned that integral calculus is evil.


Ok, so I had a midterm today.
New Genoa
08-11-2007, 06:20
that :

floor[log10(NUMBER)] + 1 gives you the number of digits in that number