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Seshat's self-help guide:
1. Would you rather be right, or get the result you want?
2. If you're consistently getting results you don't want, change what you do.
3. Deal with the situation you have now, however it occurred.
4. Accept the consequences of your decisions.
"All I want is a pretty girl, a decent meal, and the right to shoot lightning at fools." - Anders, Dragon Age.
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Quoth Monterey Jack View PostConsidering how every establishment that sells food these days has a "Please inform server if any member of your party has a food allergy" plaque right at the register, it boggles the mind that any salesman would be colossally stupid enough to rub any sort of ointment or cream or spray onto a prospective customer's skin without their consent. Allergies don't just relate to things people eat, you idiots!PWNADE(TM) - Serve up a glass today! | PWNZER - An act of pwnage so awesome, it's like the victim got hit by a tank.
There are only Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse because I choose to walk!
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Quoth ozcatbug View Posthe still insists it's all natural so totally non-allergenicQuoth Seshat View PostSo's hemlock.
And Seshat, you reminded me about a homeopathic cough syrup we picked up for the kids just a couple weeks ago (which I got because it claimed to use honey). Hubby wanted to know what the active ingredients actually were, since they use long scientific names instead, and found out that one of them is monkshood. Yes, diluted down a whole lot because of the homeopathy thing, but still. We ended up returning it and found one that was actually honey-based (and the ingredients were all things we recognized without an encyclopedia on hand)."Enough expository banter. It's time we fight like men. And ladies. And ladies who dress like men. For Gilgamesh...IT'S MORPHING TIME!"
- Gilgamesh, Final Fantasy V
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Quoth Kogarashi View PostHubby wanted to know what the active ingredients actually were, since they use long scientific names instead, and found out that one of them is monkshood.
Okay, monkshood/aconite has a long tradition of being used medicinally as well as for poison; but there are many much safer ways of achieving the same medical goals!Seshat's self-help guide:
1. Would you rather be right, or get the result you want?
2. If you're consistently getting results you don't want, change what you do.
3. Deal with the situation you have now, however it occurred.
4. Accept the consequences of your decisions.
"All I want is a pretty girl, a decent meal, and the right to shoot lightning at fools." - Anders, Dragon Age.
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Quoth Seshat View PostThey put ACONITE in a CHILDREN'S COUGH MEDICINE?
Okay, monkshood/aconite has a long tradition of being used medicinally as well as for poison; but there are many much safer ways of achieving the same medical goals!
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Quoth Kogarashi View PostCats are natural. My mom is allergic to them.Skilled programmers aren't cheap. Cheap programmers aren't skilled.
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I'm pretty sure it's the cat dander I'm allergic to. Just being at someone's house who has a cat makes my eyes itch and my nose get stuck on the on position.I am no longer of capable of the emotion you humans call “compassion”. Though I can feign it in exchange for an hourly wage. (Gravekeeper)
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I remember my mum once told a story to someone else about a pushy-as-heck door salesman.
This was when I was a toddler and she was pregnant with my sister. Apparently we were all in the backyard having a fun time, when suddenly this random woman appeared.
Turns out that she was a door-to-door lady, who'd knocked on the front door, found it unanswered, then went all the way around to the BACK and opened up our gate.
Needless to say mum chased her off the property pretty damn quick.The best professors are mad scientists! -Zoom
Now queen of USSR-Land...
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Quoth Kanalah View PostIt's people like that that keep me out of our local malls.
One time, I guess I got a little too close to one, and I heard a woman call out to me, "Excuse me, sir?"
I turned around and saw her standing by a small kiosk, motioning me to come closer. I told her, "I don't have time for this!" and kept walking. Maybe that was a little rude of me, but the last time I let myself get sucked in, it wasn't so easy to get away.Sometimes life is altered.
Break from the ropes your hands are tied.
Uneasy with confrontation.
Won't turn out right. Can't turn out right
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Quoth Seshat View PostThey put ACONITE in a CHILDREN'S COUGH MEDICINE?
Okay, monkshood/aconite has a long tradition of being used medicinally as well as for poison; but there are many much safer ways of achieving the same medical goals!
Quoth mjr View PostInteresting tidbit about cats...did you know that people who are allergic to cats are not actually allergic to the cat's fur? They're actually allergic to the cat's saliva, or so I understand.
Funny story about cat allergies. A family friend who taught an early morning class at her home for teenagers in our church had two cats. Both were the sweetest things ever. They loved everybody, and would often be found cuddling in various teens' laps during the class. The problem was that one of the two caused an allergic reaction in everyone he rubbed up against. It didn't matter whether you were allergic to cats or not. If this cat snuggled too much with you, you'd be guaranteed itchy eyes, a runny nose, and lots of sneezing. The other cat never triggered this reaction. To this day, that one singular cat is the only cat I've ever been allergic to, and I have no idea why. But it's funny to list my allergies for people (ragweed, old dust, dandelions if I get too much of the pollen on me, marigolds if I try pruning them--guess I'm part aphid--and one single cat)."Enough expository banter. It's time we fight like men. And ladies. And ladies who dress like men. For Gilgamesh...IT'S MORPHING TIME!"
- Gilgamesh, Final Fantasy V
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Strangely, I'm glad that I'm not the only one with a bad salesperson. These people turn malls into mauls, like someone else said. No joke. Another time, I had someone else trying to sell my these heat pads, and before I knew it, there was a mob of salespeople trying to sell me them. I guess this crazy salesman/owner thought I was easy pickings when he saw that I bought some lotion from the girl, and figured he'd give it a shot. Cannon sized. :\Can't reason with the unreasonable.
The only thing worse than not getting hired is getting hired.
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My fiance and I were walking through a mall when we were on vacation and this guy from a cell phone kiosk goes "Hey, you guys wanna replace your phones?"
"Not interested," said my fiance, and we started walking faster.
"We have a great contract and blah blah-"
"I SAID no," my fiance said firmly, and we kept walking.
"You guys don't have phones?" The salesman said disdainfully.
Hell no, I am NOT going to turn around and waste another SECOND of my time to explain to you that
a.) We both have phones we're quite happy with.
b.) We live in the middle of nowhere and there is literally only one cell phone provider offering service to the area, and it's not your company. My fiance has their contract service, and I have a prepaid version that's essentially the same thing, but cheaper and without the bells and whistles.
because frankly, neither of those things are any of your damn business, and you just tried to insult a pair of total strangers because, what, you perceive they don't have a modern amenity? Ridiculous.
I was going over the stories about salespeople smearing creams or lotions on people without consent. I'm allergic to lavender, too, and I would lose my shit on someone if they tried to pull that with me."Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages." - Terry Pratchett
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