dagoofjohn

Member Since 09/25/2013

  • dagoofjohn 6 years ago on The Pros & Cons Of The 'Skip Intro' Button

    At least that intro tells you something about the upcoming episode by which parts of the map they highlight so you know which characters to expect. In contrast, Westworld might as well just be a giant fart noise after the first two times you see it.

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  • dagoofjohn 6 years ago on My Boyfriend Is Cheating On Me With His Robot Vacuum

    I have an older, refurbished model I snagged last Prime Day. I’d say it’s been pretty handy to have because it’s one less chore I have to worry about. It’s not very powerful, so you should have it run at least 5 times a week to get the best results, and it can get stuck on random things, but you eventually know what things it will have trouble with (socks on the floor, cords) and adjust your space slightly to accommodate it. And there’s something deeply satisfying the first few times you see that it’s actually cleaned and then made it back to its homebase.

    As someone who also has mostly hardwood floors, I’d say it’s decent as long as you don’t get the latest/most expensive model.

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  • dagoofjohn 6 years ago on Will You Leave Your Job In The Next 2 Years? The Answer Is Yes

    3 years isn’t so bad. As someone who stayed at their first job for over 5, it’s been helpful to have that on my resume because it helps push back on the “job hopper” stereotype that companies think of for Millennials.

    Which really just enables more job-hopping/increasing salary.

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  • dagoofjohn 6 years ago on We Need To Stop Pretending That Craft Cocktails Are Superior Beverages

    The only issue I have with a “craft cocktail” is when it’s a simple cocktail where they’ve swapped out the ingredients with higher-quality components. I assure you, unless you’re got super tastebuds, you aren’t going to notice the difference between a rail bourbon or some exotic one they just up-charged you $5 on to make a type of drink whose literal objective is to mask poorer quality liquor components.

    Otherwise, I’m absolutely going to pay a premium on drinks I can’t be assed to make myself. And a drink like the Ramos Gin Fizz that requires over 10 minutes of continuous shaking absolutely fits the bill.

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  • dagoofjohn 6 years ago on Five Observations Mid-Way Through My Trip To Europe

    He was arrested for violating the terms of his suspended sentence for contempt of court. He violated it by reporting on a trial that had not yet reached a verdict. The reason those kinds of laws and media blackouts exist is because of the (rightfully so) idea that this kind of reporting can disrupt the outcome of the verdict. So this isn’t related to free speech, it’s related to due process. And the white nationalist Tommy Robinson knows this, but he’s currently loving the media attention. If it was regarding his views (which he has the right to express, as mindboggingly stupid as they are), that’d be one thing, but he could be a dirty red-flag bearing Marxist and the result would be the same here.

    To be honest, I don’t know the details of the Count Dakula case, but I’d imagine that there’s a similar answer there.

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  • dagoofjohn 6 years ago on A Green Bubble Take on Apple’s Recent WWDC Announcements

    I mean, self-driving cars have the potential to ease traffic (no more rubber-necking, and all it takes is one jackass to start pumping their brakes to cause a jam) and drastically lower auto fatalities.

    We’re years if not decades away from realizing that potential, but I don’t think it’s a matter of “look how lazy we are” so much as “wow, we can do really cool future stuff.”

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  • dagoofjohn 6 years ago on Am I Being Overly Territorial About My Rooftop Pool?

    I kept waiting for the Shyamalan-like twist where it turns out that the over-entitled douchebag who flaunts his money and has the social skills of a feral child turned out to be you looking at your reflection, but it never came. So much for self-awareness.

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  • dagoofjohn 6 years ago on Five People That Had A Worse Weekend Than You: Pat, Mariah & The Feds

    Strongly disagree on the Caps one. Vegas put on a tacky, cheesy “Medieval Times on ice” show that’s befitting a lower tier Vegas casino rather than a Stanley Cup game. At least Pat Sajak is an actual Caps fan.

    And we’re forgetting that Sting and Shaggy performed outside… which is probably for the best…

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  • dagoofjohn 6 years ago on Getting Back In The Game: Apartment Hunting

    As long as you’ve got an emergency fund of 4-6 months (it can vary depending on if you have a car and the size of your student loans), then you should try and find a place with roommates. If you don’t, then it really can’t hurt to build that up quickly while living at home.

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  • dagoofjohn 6 years ago on Observations From Your Lyft Driver

    I try and do my best not to talk about movies that have come out in the past three weeks when I’m using a rideshare. It seems especially shitty to assume that they aren’t people who want to see The Avengers unspoiled.

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