GooberEar

joined 11 months ago
[–] GooberEar@lemmy.wtf 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

…why does that soap have a bite out of it?

Because people see the picture and think "What in the world why does that soap have a bit out o fit" and then go ahead and click the link. And after doing various "experiments" over the years, advertisers have found that these sort of practices substantially improve engagement/click-through metrics and ultimately result in higher traffic / sales / ad revenue / etc.

[–] GooberEar@lemmy.wtf 30 points 2 months ago (13 children)

I'm trying really hard not to comment something like "Welcome to one of many, many joys of living with an immature teenage child."

Kicking the ice under the fridge is actually one of the least aggravating of the shitty things to do in the kitchen, but so indicative of what type of person they are. Other well-known classics include leaving a microscopically small portion of milk in the carton to avoid having to rinse the thing out and place it in the recycle bin and using the last clean cup in the cabinet so that you don't have to bring one of the dozen+ dirty cups you've accumulated in your room to the kitchen to be cleaned for reuse. Oh, and let's not forget drop a spoon of peanut butter the floor and leave it for the dog to clean up even though you know she's allergic to it so it makes her throw up and then later on causes a bunch of skin issues for her.

No, I'm not the least bit bitter. Why do you ask?

[–] GooberEar@lemmy.wtf 4 points 2 months ago

Give me your spinach and whatever green leafy veggies you buy knowing you won't get around to eating it. I'm sure most people would tell me that I eat crap, but the one good thing I can say is at least I eat a lot of greens.

[–] GooberEar@lemmy.wtf 6 points 2 months ago

Please note: These are not mutually exclusive.

[–] GooberEar@lemmy.wtf 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I do not have my glasses on, but that rainbow looks like it's in the sky, not on the street.

[–] GooberEar@lemmy.wtf 18 points 2 months ago

Riding the bussy and she's got cheeks for weeks. Safety first.

[–] GooberEar@lemmy.wtf 14 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Almost 30 years ago, when I worked in retail, there was a couple whose kids were orange because of this.

The parents were pretty open about intentionally feeding large amounts of that kind of stuff to their kids and not concerned at all about the ramifications of having unnaturally orange children. They'd clear the shelves of all the carrot, sweet potato, and pumpkin baby foods when the kids were young and then later on they did the same with produce and canned stuff like canned carrots, pumpkin pie stuff, etc.

They never explained why they did it. I suspect there was a degree of mental illness in them both, though.

[–] GooberEar@lemmy.wtf 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Like those hunters in the USA that go out in the wild and get attacked by grizzly bears and almost nobody with any sense has sympathy for them because at the end of the day the hunters put themselves into the bear's habitat and then weren't savvy, educated, vigilant, or concerned enough to stay the fuck away from the apex predators with knives built into their mouths and feet.

[–] GooberEar@lemmy.wtf 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

According to my quick search, Popples first aired in 1986 in the USA, so that probably rules out 1985.

[–] GooberEar@lemmy.wtf 10 points 2 months ago (3 children)

The blight that is invasive fire ants.

I thought a nice stroll outside would be good for me. Along the way I spotted some wild turkeys (before they spotted me) so I stopped to observe them. While standing there, I leaned up next to a sign post, and moments later my ankles were lighting up with fire ant stings. They were all over my shoes. I wasn't even standing on their nest, apparently just close enough to annoy them.

So fuck all the damned fire ants, they should go back to their own damn country where they belong.

[–] GooberEar@lemmy.wtf 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Like my ole grandpappy used to say "If I cedar, I breed her."

[–] GooberEar@lemmy.wtf 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Duh. If they let you see how it's done, then you'll know how to do it yourself. And once you know how to do it yourself, you won't need to buy one of their expensive machines every time you want to wash dishes.

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