Re: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread
Posted: Mon May 15, 2023 12:13 pm
by P.D.X.
Also if you just swipe up on a photo in your camera roll (iPhone) it gives you the option to ID the plant/animal. Seems to work pretty well but not sure how it compares to Merlin / Seek. (My father is an ecologist and loves Seek fwiw.)
Re: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread
Posted: Mon May 15, 2023 12:21 pm
by Nonlinear FC
I got super nerdy using Seek on the desert flowers I was finding in the parks in Utah. Grape Soda Lupine was probably the coolest name.
Re: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread
Posted: Mon May 15, 2023 12:25 pm
by Steve of phpBB
Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Mon May 15, 2023 12:21 pm
I got super nerdy using Seek on the desert flowers I was finding in the parks in Utah. Grape Soda Lupine was probably the coolest name.
I wanted to ask what flowers were out down there but figured it’d be too nerdy.
Re: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread
Posted: Mon May 15, 2023 12:40 pm
by Nonlinear FC
There were a TON... I guess it's been kind of rainy or something?
The Pale Evening Primrose was a close second to the Utah Beardtongue. Wholly Locoweed was pretty ubiquitous. Lots of variants of Paintbrushes, which were some variant of bright red.
Re: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread
Posted: Mon May 15, 2023 1:55 pm
by Steve of phpBB
Awesome. I finally have a little bit of a break in my schedule, so we're doing a day trip to Buckhorn Wash and the Wedge Overlook tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing what's blooming down there.
Re: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread
Posted: Mon May 15, 2023 4:53 pm
by Nonlinear FC
Ooh, just looked those up. Very cool!
Re: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread
Posted: Wed May 31, 2023 8:24 am
by rass
Just got an invite to a FB group dedicated to my 30th HS reunion and somehow hadn't done that bit of arithmetic yet this year.
Re: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 12:39 pm
by tennbengal
Re: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 1:00 pm
by Rush2112
Yes.
Re: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 1:35 pm
by Johnnie
You legitimately don't even have to be 50 to roll your eyes at that and go "What the fuck?"
Re: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 1:50 pm
by DaveInSeattle
Johnnie wrote: ↑Thu Jun 08, 2023 1:35 pm
You legitimately don't even have to be 50 to roll your eyes at that and go "What the fuck?"
Defector had a good explainer of the "Livvy Rizzs Baby Gronk" thing yesterday...
I was meaning what I said in general. But thank you.
Fortunately or unfortunately I know who Livvy Dunne is (OMG, MY VUORI JOGGERS ARE THE BEST PANTS EVER) and the term 'rizz' because my buddy is a parent to teenagers. (Plus Hasan Piker talked about it on a recent PSA episode -- coincidentally in the context of DeSantis!)
Re: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 2:25 pm
by Pruitt IV
Is "what are those?" still a thing?
Re: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 2:28 pm
by A_B
Pruitt IV wrote: ↑Thu Jun 08, 2023 2:25 pm
Is "what are those?" still a thing?
Oh yeah. You should use it daily to as many as you can.
Re: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread
I keep reading this and it gets funnier every time. I’d love to play a game of a real headline and a fake one from Damien Owens and I have to guess which one is real.
My kids use rizz, so I knew that. I’ve heard of Olivia Dunne, but didn’t connect her to Livvy. Never heard of baby Gronk. Just showed my 16yo son the headline. He didn’t understand it, but said Baby Gronk is an 8 yo football player. I feel like I should be disappointed in him for not knowing who Olivia Dunne is.
Re: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 6:21 pm
by The Sybian
Pruitt IV wrote: ↑Thu Jun 08, 2023 2:25 pm
Is "what are those?" still a thing?
Had to look that one up, completely missed that meme…
Re: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread
I keep reading this and it gets funnier every time. I’d love to play a game of a real headline and a fake one from Damien Owens and I have to guess which one is real.
My kids use rizz, so I knew that. I’ve heard of Olivia Dunne, but didn’t connect her to Livvy. Never heard of baby Gronk. Just showed my 16yo son the headline. He didn’t understand it, but said Baby Gronk is an 8 yo football player. I feel like I should be disappointed in him for not knowing who Olivia Dunne is.
Shit, I even posted about Olivia Dunne and still had no idea what a Livvy was.
Re: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 8:59 pm
by The Sybian
Showed the 14yo the headline and asked if she understood. Got a condescending look, an eyeroll, and a complete explanation, although she didn't know Baby Gronk actually met Livvy.
Re: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 10:04 pm
by sancarlos
The Sybian wrote: ↑Thu Jun 08, 2023 8:59 pm
Showed the 14yo the headline and asked if she understood. Got a condescending look, an eyeroll, and a complete explanation, although she didn't know Baby Gronk actually met Livvy.
Have fun with that. But the good news is, she’ll actually start thinking you’re a bit smarter when she gets into her 20s. (Probably).
Re: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread
The Sybian wrote: ↑Thu Jun 08, 2023 8:59 pm
Showed the 14yo the headline and asked if she understood. Got a condescending look, an eyeroll, and a complete explanation, although she didn't know Baby Gronk actually met Livvy.
Have fun with that. But the good news is, she’ll actually start thinking you’re a bit smarter when she gets into her 20s. (Probably).
In my experience, daughters mature into realizing that their mother is pretty sharp.
Dad just slides further and further into eyerolling and bemused head shaking territory.
Re: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2023 3:41 pm
by Pruitt IV
EdRomero wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 1:37 pm
These guys were born after Jordan retired. /oldman):
Yikes!
Went out for coffee with a buddy this afternoon and we were reminiscing about our time at University in Montreal and how we saw Guy Lafleur and a team of hall of famers play on a regular basis.
Guy would be 71 if he was alive.
Re: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread
Johnnie wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 3:11 pmLivvy should really rizz that kid up and beg him to go to LSU.
He’s 36 and has been arrested (maybe imprisoned?) for threats against female DJs.
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I still think of radio hosts whenever I hear or see the term "DJ"
(This is my 3rd consecutive post on this thread. Clearly I am feeling very old these days. Probably started when the cashier at the store gave me the senior's discount without asking my age.
Re: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2023 4:07 pm
by Steve of phpBB
Wait. What’s a DJ if not a radio host?
Re: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2023 9:13 pm
by Pruitt IV
Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 4:07 pm
Wait. What’s a DJ if not a radio host?
It's a thing apparently. Guys playing mixed tapes to thousands of people.
Why back in my day...
Re: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2023 9:46 pm
by A_B
The olds are out in force.
Re: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread
Giff wrote: ↑Fri Jun 23, 2023 9:18 am
DJs have been a thing since the 70s. They're not that old.
Might be a steve is from Utah thing, not a steve is old thing.
FWIW, I was aware of DJs being used for people at parties, bars, bar mitzvahs, etc. I was thinking that there was some new meaning.
Hell, I remember High Fidelity, and that movie's 23 years old.
Re: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2023 9:30 am
by Nonlinear FC
Well, now they're calling me DJ Running Things, so... I got that goin for me.
Which is nice.
Re: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2023 1:55 pm
by EdRomero
Watched the 5th grade graduation and me and the rest of the afterschool admins were shocked at how badly the 5th graders were in front of their parents. Among other things, during the diploma handout, a few students did the fake handshake then brush your hair thingsto the principal. After, we blamed a young 5th grade teacher who tencourages entitlement and ries too hard to be cool and basically encourages this behavior... and that's when it hit me that I'm now the grumpy old educator complaining about shitty new generation of young teachers.
Re: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2023 2:11 pm
by EnochRoot
EdRomero wrote: ↑Mon Jun 26, 2023 1:55 pm
Watched the 5th grade graduation and me and the rest of the afterschool admins were shocked at how badly the 5th graders were in front of their parents. Among other things, during the diploma handout, a few students did the fake handshake then brush your hair thingsto the principal. After, we blamed a young 5th grade teacher who tencourages entitlement and ries too hard to be cool and basically encourages this behavior... and that's when it hit me that I'm now the grumpy old educator complaining about shitty new generation of young teachers.
Why would we expect 10 and 11 year olds to behave with any level of decorum? They’re kids. More to the point, WTF is an elementary school graduation ceremony all about, anyway?
Re: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread
EdRomero wrote: ↑Mon Jun 26, 2023 1:55 pm
Watched the 5th grade graduation and me and the rest of the afterschool admins were shocked at how badly the 5th graders were in front of their parents. Among other things, during the diploma handout, a few students did the fake handshake then brush your hair thingsto the principal. After, we blamed a young 5th grade teacher who tencourages entitlement and ries too hard to be cool and basically encourages this behavior... and that's when it hit me that I'm now the grumpy old educator complaining about shitty new generation of young teachers.
Why would we expect 10 and 11 year olds to behave with any level of decorum? They’re kids. More to the point, WTF is an elementary school graduation ceremony all about, anyway?
Our school district does a ceremony for elementary school and a bigger ceremony for middle school that was equivalent to my high school ceremony. They do a cool thing for the elementary schools, as the ceremony is during school. At the end, the graduating 5th graders walk out the halls of the school and the younger grades line the halls and clap them out, while the parents line up by the front door and sidewalk and clap them out. Lots of tears for that one. Except the kids, they are over it.
Re: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2023 3:14 pm
by Johnny Carwash
I'm 44 and I had an elementary school graduation ceremony complete with Pomp and Circumstance playing (which was my realization that it wasn't just Macho Man's theme music.)
Re: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2023 3:50 pm
by EnochRoot
Wow. I'm 52. In Glastonbury, CT we didn't do anything for Elementary School. Nothing for Junior High, either. I moved to FL my freshman year in HS, and yeah obviously we had a graduation ceremony at the local arena.
I guess I can ask my mom if we had a graduation ceremony for Elementary School. I really don't think so though.
