Removing the feeding tube from our aging hipster plaid pants

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by taxwonk
I like the olive oil. I buy the good stuff and use it often. Peanut oil is great when you're going for Asian or fusion flavors. But if you are just relying on salt, pepper, and oil for flavor, go for the Colavita.

I buy that fancy crap with garlic and lemon infused into it. That shit ain't bad. The lemon is really nice. But you're right on the Colvaita. Thats what I use for general cooking. Its great for making omelettes.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by taxwonk
Add some olive oil. Put tuna in pan. Wait two minutes. Flip tuna. Wait two more miinutes. Take tuna out of pan.

Where's the difficulty?

Fuck. You need a watch to cook? Foget it.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Gattigap
Agreed, but let's not be so hard on him.

Reading this stuff, I'm getting the sense that, at least the way mmmmm does it, this can be a complicated exercise. Maybe he and his new mate have timing issues to consider so that they don't get hung up in the riggings.

No more of that "riggings" talk from you. I don't want to imagine whhat kind of Bob Vila pontifications he'd get into about installing a pleasure swing.

I have a deep and very intense hatred for people who think what they do should be applauded by others or viewed as worthy of deep respect, unless its charity work. We're all just gaming a silly self-perpetuating system for cash, and it'd be a lot easier and a lot more fun if there weren't so many people in this system who actually thought - believed - what they were doing was "important."

Just take the money and play the game.

[Snidely Condescending]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
This is the part of the post where I would typically call [mmmm] a condescending prick, but I'm trying to come across as nicer for the not-so-new year, so I won't this time.

I log in after a stint taking the waters in the Alps, and this is what I am greeted with?

Please. If he were actually a Condescending, he wouldn't be bragging about cooking, because he would know that cooking is done by the help.

I mean, really. Next he'll boast about how difficult it is for the inexperienced to make a bed properly.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
If she were inviting me (and 99.9% of men) over, she wouldn't have to cook at all.

She would need a bigger place.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Being an occasional pompous blowhard myself, I figured I'd do well to go light in my criticism.

Difference is, you're a BILF.

[mmm3587]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
God, you sound like a tool now.

Nothing's complicated after you've done it once. This isn't heart surgery. Its fucking paper. People just bloviate about how fifficult it is to justify the billing rates. You're a fucking scrivener - I'm a fucking mouthpiece. We're just playing roles for cash. get over yourself.

I'm not saying I'm a fucking rocket scientist here, but there's no way that someone can do any corporate transaction after being on the fringes once. I might not always like what I do, but managing all the bullshit and dealing with new issues or potential issues IS challenging, as is trying to scrape together some more fucking clients so that I can decide that I can maybe do the kind of shit that I do at a higher level. Would I do it if I weren't getting paid what I am? No. But I also wouldn't do it if I really hated it or really got no intellectual stimulation out of it

You've talked before about how much you hate what you do. Have you really picked up no additional skills and abilities after doing what you do for however long you're done it? If so, maybe that's why you hate being a lawyer so much. I would hate being a document monkey; that's why I knew that I would never make it a week as a litigator at a big firm; I've done something where the subject matter interests me enough to go with the allure of more money than I could easily otherwise make, and it makes it worthwhile.

Could somebody replace me? Sure, but they wouldn't have built the relationships and right away have the knowledge about the stuff I do that I have. If you have so little pride in doing a good job, maybe that's why you feel like you have to bullshit clients to justify what you do for them. Fuck those people who build their lives around what they do, but if you can't have at least some interest in the substance of what you do, you're headed towards the stereotypical self-loathing 50 year old lawyer if you keep doing it a lot for a long time.

Make yourself happy; I enjoy posting here because, even with all you fuckers ripping on me and calling me all sorts of names, I like the interaction and it gives me a chance to see different personalities in play. I've got a thick skin and I think it's cute to see somebody pile on to me after a bunch of crap I've spouted off, surely in less verbose, less informed and less humble a manner than I should have.

But, honestly, and you can take this as me being a know-nothing kid or someone who doesnt' know you or jsut some annoying tool on the internet or whatever, if you don't get some enjoyment out of doing what you do, do something else. Even if the money is great and the sex with the wife is hot and stuff outside of work keeps you going, everybody deserves to find a little happiness and self-respect in what they do, even if it's being a lawyer. There are far too many people who lie to themselves and think that's not true.


A big kiss to all you guys, by the way. I kind of like that I unite this board by making everybody annoyed!

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
No more of that "riggings" talk from you. I don't want to imagine whhat kind of Bob Vila pontifications he'd get into about installing a pleasure swing.

I have a deep and very intense hatred for people who think what they do should be applauded by others or viewed as worthy of deep respect, unless its charity work. We're all just gaming a silly self-perpetuating system for cash, and it'd be a lot easier and a lot more fun if there weren't so many people in this system who actually thought - believed - what they were doing was "important."

Just take the money and play the game.

Dissent. About 20% of my time at work is spent here, and my Dogfight post IS so worthy of deep respect. Or do you put this down as pro bono?

[mmm3587]

Originally posted by taxwonk
I like the olive oil. I buy the good stuff and use it often. Peanut oil is great when you're going for Asian or fusion flavors. But if you are just relying on salt, pepper, and oil for flavor, go for the Colavita.

Actually, maybe that's my problem. I'm no food expert, certainly, and I tried (searing it!) it dry once, and it didn't turn out well. Feel free to pile on on that one, too!

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by taxwonk
Add some olive oil. Put tuna in pan. Wait two minutes. Flip tuna. Wait two more miinutes. Take tuna out of pan.

Where's the difficulty?

I have a really good cooking timer I could lend you to make it easier.

But I need it back.

[mmm3587]

I'm going to lunch. Please make sure to have posted some good insults to totally crush my will when I return!

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive

Fraught with peril for the novice.

I'm not completely sure why, but this part struck me as a really good board motto.

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
Difference is, you're a BILF.

Shoot. It's always the shoot from the hip, swinging free and easy in their Hickey cats who get the chick in the end.

(Uh, so to speak.)

[dtb]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
Come over tonight. I'll cook something for you and give you the best sex you ever had the first time, soul mate.

Why...why...I'm speechless!!!

Yet I have miraculously found the ability to type the following: You lousy, no-good, low-down, dirty, rotten two-timer!!! Harumph. I'll bet it doesn't even stop at just the two!

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by dtb
Why...why...I'm speechless!!!

Yet I have miraculously found the ability to type the following: You lousy, no-good, low-down, dirty, rotten two-timer!!! Harumph. I'll bet it doesn't even stop at just the two!

I just want to win at Scrabble for once.