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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: Puddsy on Thu, 25 December 2014, 11:23:10

Title: Why are you on GH instead of celebrating?
Post by: Puddsy on Thu, 25 December 2014, 11:23:10
My family is bonkers so I'm trying to stay in bed as long as I can.

I'm out of here in 7 months, fortunately.
Title: Re: Why are you on GH instead of celebrating?
Post by: SpAmRaY on Thu, 25 December 2014, 11:25:41
After wanting nothing more than to get away from home years ago, now I'm just glad I get to visit a few times a year.

Hope you make the best of it!

And I'm always on GH :D
Title: Re: Why are you on GH instead of celebrating?
Post by: strict on Thu, 25 December 2014, 11:27:59
This pretty much sums it up for me

(http://i.imgur.com/tIiTy7y.jpg)
Title: Re: Why are you on GH instead of celebrating?
Post by: Shadovved on Thu, 25 December 2014, 11:28:24
BECAUSE GEEKHACK IS MY HOME :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: Why are you on GH instead of celebrating?
Post by: eth0s on Thu, 25 December 2014, 11:30:37
Im celebrating with GH.
Title: Re: Why are you on GH instead of celebrating?
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 25 December 2014, 11:32:22
Hrmmm..  I suppose Life is good 99.9% of the time... 

So.. I never understood what the holidays meant since it doesn't really get any better than it normally is..

(http://www.clubtuzki.com/emoticons/tuzki_001.gif)
Title: Re: Why are you on GH instead of celebrating?
Post by: billnye on Thu, 25 December 2014, 11:49:48
Because I am bored or hearing old people talk about value of land they own and other geriatric topics.
Title: Re: Why are you on GH instead of celebrating?
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 25 December 2014, 12:11:50
Because I am bored or hearing old people talk about value of land they own and other geriatric topics.

well if these are old "rich" people.. you should listen.. they're a good source of information on flipping land for when you yourself have some startup money..

but if these are just "old" "old" people, as in they own an acre and 5 chickens.. you can safely ignore everything that comes outta their mouths... (http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/onion-head/uhuhuh-onion-head-emoticon.gif?1292862523)
Title: Re: Why are you on GH instead of celebrating?
Post by: ideus on Thu, 25 December 2014, 12:57:20
I do both: I celebrate with my family, and share with my extended one here.  :thumb:
Title: Re: Why are you on GH instead of celebrating?
Post by: SavvyBird on Thu, 25 December 2014, 13:09:59
We never formally celebrate Christmas

And I'm on a road trip lurking gh
Title: Re: Why are you on GH instead of celebrating?
Post by: HoffmanMyster on Thu, 25 December 2014, 13:13:14
My sister just left and my parents and I are getting ready to go to my other sister's house, where the first sister will meet us later. So I'm on GH instead of watching my parents wrap presents, I guess.  :)
Title: Re: Why are you on GH instead of celebrating?
Post by: TLSC.wipeOut on Thu, 25 December 2014, 13:25:00
because I'm currently at work...
Title: Re: Why are you on GH instead of celebrating?
Post by: dustinhxc on Thu, 25 December 2014, 13:54:12
I do both: I celebrate with my family, and share with my extended one here.  :thumb:

Ditto!  :cool:
Title: Re: Why are you on GH instead of celebrating?
Post by: demik on Thu, 25 December 2014, 14:08:45
fam is on vacation, so nowhere to go.

LOVE IT.
Title: Re: Why are you on GH instead of celebrating?
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 25 December 2014, 15:42:13
fam is on vacation, so nowhere to go.

LOVE IT.

Lonery Driva  !!!!!!!

(http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--_3ipAfSk--/180xfnl7vgl95jpg.jpg)
Title: Re: Why are you on GH instead of celebrating?
Post by: SpAmRaY on Thu, 25 December 2014, 15:51:55
Nothing better to do while copying gigs of Christmas photos.
Title: Re: Why are you on GH instead of celebrating?
Post by: inanis on Thu, 25 December 2014, 16:49:00
Because I need some level of normalcy. I love my family and all, but I need 5 minutes of non crazy right about now.
Title: Re: Why are you on GH instead of celebrating?
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 25 December 2014, 16:50:47
Nothing better to do while copying gigs of Christmas photos.

I also don't understand why people make home videos and pictures..  what's the point.. are you even remotely remarkable to warrant the "memories?"

Title: Re: Why are you on GH instead of celebrating?
Post by: inanis on Thu, 25 December 2014, 16:56:28
Nothing better to do while copying gigs of Christmas photos.

I also don't understand why people make home videos and pictures..  what's the point.. are you even remotely remarkable to warrant the "memories?"

I'm going to assume that you don't have kids.
Title: Re: Why are you on GH instead of celebrating?
Post by: SpAmRaY on Thu, 25 December 2014, 16:57:28
Nothing better to do while copying gigs of Christmas photos.

I also don't understand why people make home videos and pictures..  what's the point.. are you even remotely remarkable to warrant the "memories?"



Well some of us have kids and have family members who never get to see those kids so we take photos then print them out and take them to them, because you know there are still people who don't know there is an internet.
Title: Re: Why are you on GH instead of celebrating?
Post by: GL1TCH3D on Thu, 25 December 2014, 17:07:10
It's the festivus for the rest of us!

My family didn't want t o celebrate christmas this year. Literally my only gift was from the GH SS (and I joined two more secret santas which didn't come through apparently)
Title: Re: Why are you on GH instead of celebrating?
Post by: Signature on Thu, 25 December 2014, 17:07:37
Because something about clackfactory
Title: Re: Why are you on GH instead of celebrating?
Post by: tbc on Thu, 25 December 2014, 17:14:47
my fam does sruff on christmas eve.  christmas day is for watching movies cause theatres are 365 in vancouver at least.
Title: Re: Why are you on GH instead of celebrating?
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 25 December 2014, 17:32:15
Nothing better to do while copying gigs of Christmas photos.

I also don't understand why people make home videos and pictures..  what's the point.. are you even remotely remarkable to warrant the "memories?"



Well some of us have kids and have family members who never get to see those kids so we take photos then print them out and take them to them, because you know there are still people who don't know there is an internet.

I question whether they're really that interested.. or is it just one of those "things" you do, a social routine..

Someone you haven't met for a long time..  Clearly they're not all that important to you, so then next their kids.. how important are those kids.. what's so interesting about kids..

Save for if one's child is some sort of savant,  are they really much novelty ?

hrrmmm...


and People without the internet..   what good does it do them to see your kids..  it just seems like..  the difference between people with internet and without internet is so great that there wouldn't be much synergistic collaborations possible.. so why even engage in social discourse in the first place..

(http://www.clubtuzki.com/avatars/tuzki_2013_avatar_20.png)
Title: Re: Why are you on GH instead of celebrating?
Post by: JPG on Thu, 25 December 2014, 17:41:38
Because I got Flu, it totally sux cause I LOVE Christmas. My family is nice and we always have fun. And the food, god what will I miss...


I am also very sad because my grandmother is getting older and I know there's not that many Christmas left with her ...  :'( :'( :'(  it really pisses me to not be able to attend it this year...
Title: Re: Why are you on GH instead of celebrating?
Post by: user 18 on Thu, 25 December 2014, 17:46:38
My immediate family's celebrations have wrapped up, and I have a few celebrations with extended family and friends in the next week or so, but there's nothing going on right now.

Regarding pictures, I feel like my family assigns more importance to the taking of pictures than the reviewing of pictures later. We do tend to hang onto them, and will occasionally archive binge our photo directory, but the majority of pictures we take don't ever get looked at. It doesn't feel right to let the day go by without taking photos, more through tradition than anything else.
Title: Re: Why are you on GH instead of celebrating?
Post by: tbc on Thu, 25 December 2014, 17:52:20
asking why tke pictures is literally the same thing as asking why people eat at the same table when everyone else has their own room with their own tables.
Title: Re: Why are you on GH instead of celebrating?
Post by: Ngt on Thu, 25 December 2014, 17:52:45
I'm just introducing my father to Boardwalk Empire and we are watching the end of the first season while I'm typing this. And I fell for the switch tester on massdrop that includes Gateron switch. I want to try those.
Title: Re: Why are you on GH instead of celebrating?
Post by: noisyturtle on Thu, 25 December 2014, 18:13:48
< Jew
Title: Re: Why are you on GH instead of celebrating?
Post by: Belfong on Thu, 25 December 2014, 18:13:56
how long does Christmas celebration last? a week until new year? or you already camping sales?
Title: Re: Why are you on GH instead of celebrating?
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 25 December 2014, 18:59:14
asking why tke pictures is literally the same thing as asking why people eat at the same table when everyone else has their own room with their own tables.

exactly... something is wrong with all ya'llz..
Title: Re: Why are you on GH instead of celebrating?
Post by: Puddsy on Thu, 25 December 2014, 23:30:34
As if Christmas couldn't get any worse I ended up eating dinner alone in the bathroom because my brother kept throwing food at me and my parents did nothing

things have been really ****ty the past few weeks

I'm only here for 7 more months.
I'm only here for 7 more months.
and repeat ad infinitum...
Title: Re: Why are you on GH instead of celebrating?
Post by: iri on Fri, 26 December 2014, 05:53:11
Last night I got severely drunk and spent 0 minutes on geekhack.
Title: Re: Why are you on GH instead of celebrating?
Post by: vivalarevolución on Fri, 26 December 2014, 07:27:06
I managed to stay off Geekhack yesterday. It wasn't easy.  But I did check my email entirely too many times.  And had to run away to jot down some notes at various times of the day.
Title: Re: Why are you on GH instead of celebrating?
Post by: dustinhxc on Fri, 26 December 2014, 11:46:49
Actually I wasnt on GH and missed the clack sale.
Title: Re: Why are you on GH instead of celebrating?
Post by: pnutster on Fri, 26 December 2014, 12:00:35
I was just trying to see if there was anyone else who gave his wife (or her husband for female GH'ers) an ergonomic split keyboard with ergonomic mouse for christmas... ergo / keyboard obsession? nahhh... GH addiction? nahhhh... ;)
Title: Re: Why are you on GH instead of celebrating?
Post by: iMav on Fri, 26 December 2014, 12:24:37
fam is on vacation, so nowhere to go.

I consider it my vacation when the wife takes the kids to ND for a visit.  Being alone for several days (sometimes a week or two), whether working or relaxing, very much helps me to recharge.
Title: Re: Why are you on GH instead of celebrating?
Post by: osi on Fri, 26 December 2014, 12:32:18
I'm working!

Merry Christmas all!!

/:D:D:D