Random Fail: First World Problems

[Brill Weave]

Whoever at Microsoft decided that you can't do a clean install of Windows 8.1 with your Windows 8 serial needs to be dragged out into an alley and shot, preferably after being raped by a blue whale.

Tell me how you really feel my man.

[Tidane]

Doc says I have a highly contagious bacterial infection and all he can give me is something for the cough.

No way in hell I can make it to work today. Going to hear about it when I do get back.

If you have a highly contagious bacterial infection, you should not be going back to work. All these sickies coughing and sneezing around me need to stay away. I was hoping the snow would keep them away, but the roads were fine today.

[BaneTheBrawler]

yeah, my compromised immune system says stay the fuck away from me, too. not that that'll be difficult.

[bluefan]

First snow in Pittsburgh, my boss wants all of the field team in to help. Start feeling like shit halfway through the shift. I end up leaving because I can tell I have a temperature. Get to the med xpress to get some tamiflu. It's not flu. Doc says I have a highly contagious bacterial infection and all he can give me is something for the cough. Spent 90 minutes there for nothing with a 104.3 temp. No way in hell I can make it to work today. Going to hear about it when I do get back.

Look at it this way.

At least it isn't the mumps.



P.S.
But get better bud, bacterial infections suck ass.

[Anoat]

I had to explain to two coworkers today that Jesus is not Charlie. They were so confused why it was all over the internet today. Sigh...

[BaneTheBrawler]

wait what

[Salodin]

I had to explain to two coworkers today that Jesus is not Charlie. They were so confused why it was all over the internet today. Sigh...

You'll have to elaborate...

[Anoat]

#JeSuisCharlie

[Cantih]

You'll have to elaborate...

[Krandor]

Tell me how you really feel my man.

Feeling groovy now. My desktop had been going into a wild tailspin the last few days (HDD controller board shorting out, couldn't write to SSDs, other random issues). Finally ironed it out to my PSU shitting the bed, which was convenient since I had an extra lying around.

The Windows 8 thing is still fucking stupid though. Encouraging me to just use a pirated version of Windows (so I can install 8.1 right off the bat instead of waiting on a million updates) over my legally owned copy is dumb shit.

[Zeb]

Feeling groovy now. My desktop had been going into a wild tailspin the last few days (HDD controller board shorting out, couldn't write to SSDs, other random issues). Finally ironed it out to my PSU shitting the bed, which was convenient since I had an extra lying around.

The Windows 8 thing is still fucking stupid though. Encouraging me to just use a pirated version of Windows (so I can install 8.1 right off the bat instead of waiting on a million updates) over my legally owned copy is dumb shit.

Man, looking to build a new PC for Taxmas and I'm debating if I should just stick with Windows 7 until 10 comes out.

[Krandor]

Imo, as long as you have a program to add the 7 style Start Menu back in, I think 8 is quite a bit better and worth the hassle. Lighter OS and all the random bells and whistles (Iso mounting, less drivers to install, Play To feature for my Juan) are all quite nice.

[NynJa]

I upgraded my pc pretty nicely (I7, GTX 970, 16gb ram with plans to get the other 16), and ffxi seemingly cant keep up, crashing all over the place. I can play all modern games fine so i doubt its the card, and nvidia said the crashes are related to the game, not the drivers. Im tempted to try win8 on my pc to see if it alleviates the crashes.

[Aksannyi]

I had that problem with a PC that was running Vista, this was several years ago, mind you, but I found out that it was anything related to Ice that would cause it to happen. Ice Spikes, Enblizzard, Ice Elementals, etc. I had to change the dats for everything relating to ice and that miraculously fixed the problem. Weird video/display problem.

[NynJa]

Its weird, I crash on ws killshots (Rudra or Fudo), and its not from a skillchain animation, since there was no SC (and I've done other things without crashing). I thought the area was a problem, but I crash elsewhere too. It's REALLY annoying Its the same problem described here, and from what it seems...theres really no user end fix.

[Obiron]

Feeling groovy now. My desktop had been going into a wild tailspin the last few days (HDD controller board shorting out, couldn't write to SSDs, other random issues). Finally ironed it out to my PSU shitting the bed, which was convenient since I had an extra lying around.

The Windows 8 thing is still fucking stupid though. Encouraging me to just use a pirated version of Windows (so I can install 8.1 right off the bat instead of waiting on a million updates) over my legally owned copy is dumb shit.

Depending on your level of tech savvy, you can get it installed without pirating anything. I did this when 8.1 first came out because I wanted a clean install, so I can verify it works. You need to be installing from a thumb drive, since you can't modify the files on a DVD, and just edit the ei.cfg file (I think I had to create the file, the iso didn't have it to begin with). This just skips asking for the key during install. Once it's up and running, you can enter your Windows 8 key and it should activate just fine.
http://www.techmesto.com/install-win...t-product-key/

[Astylla]

Being childfree by choice is beginning to make me feel alienated from people I know. I occasionally post links to articles on FB about it and give no fucks typically because I have friends who do and don't have kids/want them. Someone I consider a good friend apparently got annoyed and posted a snarky rebuttal.

Typically this doesn't annoy me but I guess I always considered her more down to earth and open minded. I'm also probably being overly sensitive today but I can't go anywhere now without seeing all this baby fever shit lol

[Salodin]

Family is important to me, and while I don't want a huge one I do want at least a couple kids. Way I see it, my ancestors all successfully had children since the beginning of time and I'll be damned if it stops with me haha. That said, I sometimes envy the people who choose not to have children; the amount of money they save is incredible, and they often make me jelly with all the adventures they can take sans children.

Be happy that you're happy though. Some one might make a snarky remark, but they're the ones wiping a little parasites butt for a couple years, having crayons over the wall, dealing with police knocking at the door at 2am, and everything else that goes along with having kids. You know what you have? Peace and fucking quiet haha.

[Astylla]

See people mistake me not wanting kids with not valuing family. I have a great extended family that means the world to me. I miss my late mother every day for the family she tried to provide regardless of how fucking dysfunctional we were.

I feel strongly that not everyone is meant to be parents : including my father. It should be a personal choice and I'm not telling people they are wrong even if I don't agree with it, yet people tend to make broad generalizations to men and women who choose not to have kids. It's not as simple as me hating kids ; much of my disdain comes from lazy parenting admittedly.

However my choice wasn't always set in stone like some believe. I actually wanted them for awhile but due to costly medical intervention that would be necessary on top of other personal concerns led us to this choice. Regardless of how someone comes to a life changing choice I try to keep am open mind even if I don't agree because I can't possibly know or understand all the intricacies involved.

[arus2001]

I'm in the not wanting kids club, but it's kind of a mix of being more worried about how other parents handle theirs while not having the utmost faith in the future and it being a place I'd like to throw someone into.

Or I just like sleep. Tough call.