Off Topic Discussion Megathread

[Padudu]

Drove to work today. Highway is under construction so there's only one lane instead of 2. Exit ramp is 30mph and the driver ahead of me decided to drive 30mph the whole ramp... the entire ramp... for over 5 minutes causing a huge slowdown. They were still like that even getting onto the main highway too. :I Michigan, why?

[Vyrerus]

Because Michigan is in competition with Ohio to have the worst roads!

[RyuDragnier]

Oh DAMMIT! The Phyrexians compleated my boy Ajani!

[Cilia]

Anyone here remember Crystal Pepsi and Pepsi Blue? I wish those were back =(

Pepsi Blue yes, it came out just after I got back from the US from Germany once. I don't think I ever had it, or if I did I wasn't impressed.

I know of Crystal Pepsi, but I never had any. I think they did a limited rerelease of it due to popular demand, but I'm a Coke guy, and I know Crystal Pepsi best from a YouTube video where a guy bought one of the original 1992 bottles and drank it (despite the fact it was yellow and, according to him, "smelled like some old guy's nutsack") only to hork up his guts shortly thereafter. (That, and some old "I Love the 90s" show or something humorously stating the failure of Crystal Pepsi means people prefer their soft drinks to be sludge colored.)

I'm a little behind on those, still need to pick up Gallantmon and Beelzemon (was hoping for Crimson Mode and Blast Mode, respectively, but nothing so far). So far Machinedramon is my favorite of the line.

I don't have Gallantmon, but I do have Beelzemon; he's cool, my only problem with that one is that it costs the same as most of the others (~$55 USD) but has significantly less mass. I'd like a Blast Mode one, but I'm not so sure how well that would turn out given the Blaster arm makes him extremely lopsided.

I want to get Machinedramon, but not enough to buy one online, and they never have it at the hobby store. Not sure if Beelzemon (very well made, but low mass for its cost) or Imperialdramon Paladin Mode (big and impressive, but has structural problems with the wings and noodly limbs) is my favorite. I'd love an Omegamon Alter-S model though.

Oh DAMMIT! The Phyrexians compleated my boy Ajani!

Uohhhh! Said unironically.

Glad I quit Magic, they keep turning my favorite characters into horrific zombie cyborgs. I do not approve of this direction.

[Vyrerus]

Is that Magic the Gathering Phyrexians?

[RyuDragnier]

Is that Magic the Gathering Phyrexians?

Yes. From what it appears though, he was a sleeper agent, and was absolutely distraught when he realized it. I don't think they'll kill him off, but they'll likely use it as fuel to bring him back for a character arc as he seeks atonement. They'll either keep his new look, or cure it. The new look, btw.



The story segment below.

"Ajani's good eye widened with horror. He shook his head in denial and mouthed no, no, no gripping his own arms as if he could restrain the Phyrexian fibers beneath his skin and prevent them from emerging. But they engorged, ripping open muscle and fur, to reveal a sleek, dense Phyrexian musculature that had been installed beneath his own.

Ajani had been compleated. He was the spy, the traitor. He'd betrayed them to Sheoldred."

[Vyrerus]

Oh no, they've gone full Battlestar Galactica on their cards, huh?

[Thaciscokidd]

I know this isn't a housing thread but this monstrosity might be the last house on balmung and about to hit 1000 entries!

[RyuDragnier]

Holy crap. Gonna be a lot of fun there...and chaos.

[Cilia]

"OK so due to chronic part shortages we're reducing your production line's quota and reducing its manpower accordingly. That means two dozen people need to sign up to go to the factory across the street, which may mean being put on graveyard shift, and the sign-up sheet for that will be up for three days starting tomorrow (today; nobody signed it). If not enough people volunteer we're going to start volunteering people based on seniority... oh, and you don't have a whole lot of that due to being a relatively new hire despite working for years as a temp, so unless we get those 24 you're virtually guaranteed to be volunteered. There are a good number of newer hires... but they're all in their probationary period so they don't count. We've been working on this plan all summer and are telling you about it little more than a week before it's being implemented. It's what's best for the business."

I've worked hard to get my anger issues at work under control, but this is really trying me. I take a lot of pride in my work, but what's best for the business... may not be what's best for the self...