Official Bored at Work / Off-Topic Chat Thread II

[Aksannyi]

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I'm busy today ... only just now taking my lunch break.

[Jarre]

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Weird hobbies with communities on the web....

Carpets for Airports
Carpets for Airports picture An airport carpet. That's really all there is to it

Singapore is famous for many things, but did you know its airport is also home to "one of the most psychologically terrifying carpets in the world"?

Or that Peru's Jorge Chavez International Airport, with its "muted, calming gold and white looms" gently steers your thoughts "away from possible engine failure and the looming Andes"?

Probably not, unless you are an avid follower, or perhaps even a member, of Carpets for Airports, a web community committed to finding and reviewing what greets our feet when we end up in far-flung places.

Navigated by swinging round a Google Earth-powered globe, short descriptions and a quick picture - the more boring the better - tell you all you need to know about global travel. Why bother travelling at all?

Sample user quote: "LXR's cold, hard, marble is fitting insomuch as it matches the demeanour of the airport authorities who routinely harass airport carpeteers for taking pictures of it."

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For some reason, almost 5,000 people are part of Counting, one of Reddit's many "subreddits" (that's the name given to individual sections on the site which anyone can create).

One by one, users queue up to count upwards in order.

This has been going on for well over a year, and the group is now up to 150,000. The target is, err, infinity - but they do seem to be having fun with it.

A hall of fame details which users hit specific milestones along the way.

Sample user quote: "150,998"

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"Run out of ice....OMG....never, never, never...I must have ice in the house at all times...out of food, so what...we got ice...I AM GOOD!!!!!"

That measured quote comes via a member of the Ice Chewers Bulletin Board, a gathering of people who just love to chew on ice.

And if you thought ice was simply frozen water, think again - the site's users share tips on recipes. Put a pinch of yogurt inside the tray, suggests one person, and freeze it for about three to four hours. "Trust me guys its unreal!"

The forum was a little quiet when the BBC logged on - perhaps something to do with the Winter Olympics.

Sample user quote: "I am so thrilled to know that I'm not the only one who enjoys the scent of one's freezer."

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Birds with Arms started out as an image-manipulation challenge posed way back in 2008, but now boasts a Reddit community of more than 60,000 people.

It doesn't pretend to have any greater meaning, no artistic purpose, no statement on society. It just looks funny. Birds! With arms!

"You can't help but find yourself smiling," noted one review.

Notable examples include this thought-provoking work, entitled Russell Crow.

Sample user quote: "I must say you do a wonderful job of linking the colour of the arms to the colour of the birds' feathers. Good show sir."

[Aksannyi]

Re: Official Bored at Work / Off-Topic Chat Thread II

Working at a TV station has its perks. Our daytime live segment, called Studio 10, (kind of like our local version of the Today show) had Jon Lovitz of mid-80s/early-90s SNL fame on, and I got to watch live from the studio.

I could have stayed and gotten my picture taken with him but it was just cool being in the studio. Plus, I look like crap today.

[Caspian]

Re: Official Bored at Work / Off-Topic Chat Thread II

Working at a TV station has its perks. Our daytime live segment, called Studio 10, (kind of like our local version of the Today show) had Jon Lovitz of mid-80s/early-90s SNL fame on, and I got to watch live from the studio.

I could have stayed and gotten my picture taken with him but it was just cool being in the studio. Plus, I look like crap today.

ACTING!!!

[Aksannyi]

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Yeah, that's the ticket!

[Firewind]

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[cidbahamut]

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So I have a question for those of you living outside the US.

Do you guys have all forms of media inundated with car commercials the way we do here in the states?

[Caspian]

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Follow-up: If so, are the volumes queued to be 100x louder than anything else on the station?

[Mezlo]

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So I have a question for those of you living outside the US.

Do you guys have all forms of media inundated with car commercials the way we do here in the states?

Sadly, I think there are more erectile dysfunction commercials than car commercials.

[Caspian]

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Sadly, I think there are more erectile dysfunction commercials than car commercials.

first world problems

[cidbahamut]

Re: Official Bored at Work / Off-Topic Chat Thread II

Sadly, I think there are more erectile dysfunction commercials than car commercials.

There really aren't.

[Yellow Mage]

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The numbers are comparable yes, but no, there aren't.

FFS there's more car insurance commercials than ED drug commercials by a mile. That alone should say something (although I'm not quite sure what).

[Aksannyi]

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The numbers are comparable yes, but no, there aren't.

FFS there's more car insurance commercials than ED drug commercials by a mile. That alone should say something (although I'm not quite sure what).

As a fellow Floridian, you should know this one, they're trying to get the bazillions of uninsured drivers in this state to actually break down and get car insurance so the rest of us don't have to pay for these fucks. (Also fraud, because this is the worst state.)

Car insurance rate went up another $20 a month, which isn't a lot, but when it goes up every six months, it's getting kind of fucking tiresome.

[Firewind]

Re: Official Bored at Work / Off-Topic Chat Thread II

So I have a question for those of you living outside the US.

Do you guys have all forms of media inundated with car commercials the way we do here in the states?

In the UK commercial breaks are exactly 3 minutes long, and are played at an obscenely high volume.

Why?

Because it takes 3 minutes to make 1-3 cups of tea, and it makes the commercials loud enough to be heard from the kitchen.

[Feba]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4BI7q9AHgA

Was out shopping today when I heard this.

Flat what'd.