YSaC, Vol. 956: Let me ax you something …
Pioneer Elite VSX-21 Receiver-Like New – $25
Up for sale is a Pioneer Elite model VSX-21. Faceplate and back panel are in great condition. Worked great last time I used it. Unfortunately, an ax fell on it by mistake. I wanted to make sure that it still worked, so I plugged it in and there was a slight hum, then the power switch broke because it just went off and a little smoke came out of it. It is probably an easy fix, but I do not have the time to do it. It is a Pioneer Elite as it shows in the picture so it must be a really good receiver.
Yep, I’m sure that the problem is that the power switch broke. That should be an easy fix. I’ll need some 3-in-1 oil and some gauze pads, and I’m going to need about ten quarts of anti-freeze, preferably Prestone. No, no … make that Quaker State.
Thanks, SD! Hey, you’ve submitted a lot of things for us … how about your own tag? Would you like it with, or without an ax?
I present to you an alternate theory of why this fine piece of sh… electronics no longer functions: someone released the smoke out of it. Everyone knows that once you let the smoke out of electronics, they stop working. Really all you need to do to get this bad boy working properly again is to install new smoke.
And if you’re holding the electronics when you release the mystical blue smoke, everything tastes like aluminum.
Welp, time to wipe off the monitor.
We actually had something along these lines happen this week. A chip in one of our systems went nova and released all kinds of smoke into the room. The first thing my co-worker said when we walked into the room was:
“Well there’s your problem. All the smoke has escaped. We’ll just need to cram it back in there and you’ll be good as gold.”
It’s awesome that I’ve now heard this twice in one week.
Your co-worker deserves some Snark Points for that.
Gonna need some ball bearings, too.
It’s all ball bearings these days guys.
But, but, I thought Mr Robinson said the future is plastics?
Well, Capn, according to Gordon Liddy of Ajax Aviation it’s ALL ball bearings nowadays.
I have to wonder, in what possible scenario an ax was in such close proximity to a receiver?
Was Sparky practicing his Medieval warrior skills in front of his awesome video/audio system..and oops..it slipped?
Or, and listen up freaky-puppy, was there an inter-dimensional battle going on in his living room and someone’s magic ax got left behind?
I have two thoughts on this:
1) Sparky is an ax murderer
2) Sparky has a very angry ex-girlfriend who discovered him cheating
After the party at Sparky’s place, he had this receiver and a white car with 22 bullet holes. Air conditioning for the car, and a power -saving standby mode for the electronics.
Hy GOD! How horrible.
Why would sparky kill axes, why?!
*Runs off to weep*
Well, it’s not a real party until something breaks with an axe . . .
And the cheese head is wearing a lamp shade.
And you hear those famous last words; “Hey, Ya’ll – Watch this!”
Those words are usually said right after, “Hold my beer/wine/spiked monster.”
And followed by “… oh SH*T! Owowowowow!!!!”
Or by the utter silence of something gone seriously wrong while everyone waits to find out just how bad it is.
You people make this sound so complicated. All it needs is duct tape. All anything ever needs is duct tape.
By the way, at that price, do I get the ax, too? I could use another one.
And epoxy. There are few things that can’t be fixed with duck tape and a little epoxy.
All you need is duct tape and WD-40. If it moves and it shouldn’t – use the duct tape. If it doesn’t move and it should – WD-40.
(Source: I don’t know where, but I didn’t make it up.)
Duck tape holds the world together, WD-40 makes it spin ’round.
Duct tape is like the Force – it has a dark side and a light side, and it holds the universe together.
My dad always said it, and attributed it to “the military.” :-p
WD-40 and a lump hammer. Looks like Sparky got the second one covered, anyway.
I am reminded of laughing hysterically when Gimli offers his ax for protection in the Lord of the Rings. I have no idea why that was so funny but I still laugh at it. Perhaps Sparky was trying to be Gimli. In which case I recommend facial hair to the MAX
Owned by a little old lumberjack, who only took it to the maul on Sundays.
We need to sell this quick!
Chop! Chop!
Pioneer Elite is just like a Timex watch.
Takes a licking and keeps on…. oh, wait.
It takes a poking and keeps on smoking?
Only if you don’t lube first..
What?
I’ll be in the corner…
Wow, what an axe hole!
Consult Owner’s Manual page 47 “Trouble Shooting”.
It says to check for errant axes in the top.
Simply unplug the receiver, and plug it in again. All fixed!
If that doesn’t work, just try wiggling the ax handle.
“Hello, this is Pioneer technical support, can I interest you in our new BV28T receiver, now with hyper-threading crowbar?”
Um, no. That’s OK. I’ve got a question about an Elite VSX-21 Receiver. It doesn’t seem to work, when I tried turning it on all I get it a little smoke and a crackling noise.
“OK, do you have the Ultra Elite, or just the regular Elite version?”
I’m not sure how to tell the difference, it just says Elite on the receiver.
“Is there a medium sized axe embedded in the top?”
Uh, let me check. Yes, there appears to be one.
“OK, you have the Ultra Elite. Can you do me a quick favor and unplug the device.”
You know, I don’t need you to read the script off to me here. I’ve done that along with most of the usual troubleshooting stuff.
“I know sir, bear with me here. Please just unplug it.”
Fine. *unplugs the receiver* It’s unplugged.
“OK, I need you to remove the axe. Let me know when you get it out.
*Pulls the axe free* OK, I’ve got it.
“OK, can you carefully use your thumb and check the edge of the axe for nicks or dullness?”
*Checks the axe* Hmm, it does seem pretty dull, and there’s a pretty big nnick in the blade, probably from when it was put in the system.
“That’s very common sir. Now here’s what I need you to do, go out to your bench grinder and sharpen the axe. Once you’ve got that done, call me back at my direct line ###-####.
OK, I’ll be right back.
*An axe sharpening later*
OK, I’ve got the axe sharpened.
“Great, now I need you to re-insert the axe. It’s a pretty tight fit, so you may have to use some force”
That’s what she-
“SIR! Just put the axe in.”
Sorry. *Re-inserts the axe with an overhand chop* It’s in!
“OK, plug it back in and let’s see if it’s working.”
Nope, same thing. A puff of smoke and some buzzing. I think there was also a slight popping sound this time.
“All right, I think I know the problem. Your power switch is malfunctioning. I’ve got your contact information here, so I’ll just send you another one under warranty. When you get it, go ahead and give me a call back and I’ll help you install it.”
You know what, this is getting to be too much trouble. I’ll just sell it on Craigslist. Thanks anyway.
Taco — could you do that again in a Indian (from India) voice and at the end ask if my husband is available to help out*?
*Actually happened when I bought a new HP printer and when I powered it up I got a start up error code. I had to call tech support to get a return authorization. By the end of the call I was ready to put an axe through someones head. My son was laying on the couch laughing through the whole call.
Yeah, it’s companies like HP that cause me no end of grief.
Not because I have to deal with them, but because everyone who knows me and has called them now views me as their Tech Support Hotline. Probably since I can usually fix their problems and don’t regurgitate a script in broken English.
I’m thinking Lyle’s husband has a similar gripe.
Artsy, MrEB had the same thing happen with a printer we just bought. At least they believed him when he said it was broken, because he works for them :-p (Do you have the printer you can email files and images to, and it prints out? If so, MrEB runs the mail server :-p)
Hear hear!!
“Thank you, Come again!”
Don’t worry, Taco, I’ll never call you. We don’t own any HP products, because my husband worked there, and certainly won’t be buying any after they laid him off 2 years ago.
edited to add: But we’re sure Mr. EB is perfectly nice and it wasn’t his fault.
[matte]
I have some suspicions that this post may either be a troll, or somebody who was fishing to get on YSaC.
It’s still sucking at Criagslist, but perhaps in a more subtle way.
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Really Hispanic-Food Magician? Methinks you overestimate Sparky’s intelligence.
Can I axe you about that receiver?
I’m really busy right now. You know what, just go ahead and come over and we’ll hammer out the details then.
As long as we can nail down the source of the problem.
Oh, you know what? I saw this on YouTube the other day. Have to admit, the solution is pretty plane. You just have to reciprocate that big old lug.
“Unfortunately, an ax fell on it by mistake.”
Snake: “Um, I must have like, fallen on a bullet? And it like, drove itself into my gut?” [/SimpsonsQuoteForEverything]
Ah, the rare sledgeaxe. I understand AxeCo designed these some years back under the theory that what an axe really needed in order to be able to chop things faster was the tantric concept of more weight for deeper penetration. In a rare instance of providence*, it turns out that what lumberjacks frequently had need of was a sledgehammer for those times when a tree was being particularly stubborn about not falling down and needed a good beating to persuade it to do otherwise.
Thus from the synergy of wants meeting needs was born the sledgeaxe: A sharp axe on the frosted side and a sturdy sledge on the whole wheat side. On paper — and indeed on store shelves — it seemed like such a good idea. A wicked edge with which to cut and a blunt hunk of metal with which to bludgeon.
Unfortunately, while the sledgeaxe did, as promised, bite into wood deeper than a conventional axe, it was so heavy and unwieldy that even the burliest of lumberjacks — even the ones who put on women’s clothing and hung around in bars — could only manage a dozen or so swings with it before their arms started coming up with strike slogans. The hope had apparently been that it wouldn’t take much more than that to fell a tree. The reality was that AxeCo engineers thought trees were those spindly things the city planted along residential-area sidewalks at evenly-spaced intervals to provide shade and something to rake in the fall. The sledgeaxe was quickly discontinued and the engineers taken on a field trip to a forest for a demonstration of why their creation wasn’t as effective as they thought it would be, and also what a non-suburban tree looks like.
* Not.Rhode.Island
Mindee, you intercepted my only comment this morning. It’s Not.An.Axe. Sparky has untapped depths of Dumb going on here, and we are privileged to snark at it.
So glad someone else mentioned this – I thought I was seeing things. But then, on reading some of the comments lower down, it may be axe-like too, I guess, so I’ll go away again.
It’s one of them new-fangled hybrid ax-thingies.
Ahhh….the dreaded enffhat, eh? I thought they were still in the developmental stage.
Not being particularly familiar with the machinations of lumbery*, I will concede that it’s a splitting maul. I’d like to know if that’s anything like a shopping maul or Darth Maul though.
[wood splitting corey]
When one requires firewood, the steps are simple.
A. Call guy in phone book and have him deliver it; then pay him.
or
B1. Fell a tree.
B2. Limb & top the felled bole.
B3. Cut bole into transportable length and carry closer to home.
B4. Baulk the timber into fireplace or stove-sized lengths.
B5. Split the baulks into usable firewood (note, the splitting also exposes fibers, and nooks and crannies which allow the wood to better “catch” fire.
Now, a person can fell a tree with an axe or crosscut saw. The crosscut saw is better for B2, B3, & B4. Axes have to be sharp as they are used to cut across the grain of the wood fibers. The design of an axe is such to make scalloped chips from the timber.
For B5, you are working with the grain of the lumber. Which is best done with a wedge. Which need not be very sharp, the triangular shape giving two inclined planes doing most of the work. When using a wedge, you take the wedge in one hand, and a maul or hammer or mallet in the other, and drive the wedge into the endgrain of the baulk. Struck smartly, the wood splits along its grain along the most-susceptible plane.
Now, kneeling down and starting a wedge and smacking with a hammer is very sure, but, it’s a lot of bending. So, some clever person was looking at a wedge and considering an axe handle when they got chocolate in the peanut butter. If you make the hammer the wedge, you can stand up for much of the splitting. Thus, the splitting maul. Since it is a maul, you can also hammer wedges if need be (but, really, it’s so if the wedge gets stuck you can wale upon it with another hammer safely).
Now, since very few people actually have to grow up splitting lumber for the winter’s firewood from March to October any more, they sometimes do not know a splitting maul from a Darth one. Whereupon they will sharpen the wedge as if it were an axe. Which mostly ruins the temper of the striking edge, and generally makes a tool only useful for cleaving stereo tuners.
Now, a body can split firewood with an axe. But, that’s best done with a less-sharp axe. The angle of the grind on the bit ought be “fat” too, rather than “fine” as would be wanted in a felling axe.
Honestly, B5 can be replaced with a machine with a star-shaped splitting head, and render an entire baulk into firewood in one stroke. Which allows a putative “mountain person” to engage in cardio by the fireplace, indoors, out of the weather, and generally uninterrupted by large predators or biting insects.
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And then you have to let the green wood season and dry for years and years. I have a small stack of wood I “obtained” when neighbors cut down a tree and stacked all the wood for the greens can pick up. It has sat in the back yard for a goodly number of years now, and makes a nice fire. It also sprouted very odd fungus this last rainy season. Very enjoyable.
Sulfur shelf mushrooms? I understand they taste like lemony chicken.
I thought they tasted like burning, Mindfield
[corey] It is a splitting maul. Sometimes called a splitting wedge. The sledgehammer like end is to drive the maul (or a separate wedge) further into the baulk being riven.
[/corey]
I dunno ’bout you, Capn, but the day a maul gets driven further into my baulk…
….oooh, looky, there’s cake in the corner….of course I do so love me some pie…
I listened to your jams yesterday bud. Pretty intense. If you can think of a way to, I’ll share my piece with you.
Of the many things that puzzle me, here’s one; why didn’t Sparky remove the ax before taking the picture? Does he think no one would believe him when he said an ax “fell” on it?
It also appears that the photos were taken outside, so he would have had to carry the thing around with the ax still embedded in it, or take them outside seperately and put the ax back in to take the pictures.
Axes in the receiver are kinda like nails in tires, just better to leave well enough alone. I mean, the only things wrong with it are a slight hum, a power switch gone rogue, and…uh…I don’t know…A fucking axe through the middle of it? After all, it’s probably an easy fix. No reason given for why it should be easy and he revealed himself to be lacking the technical prowess to make such an evaluation. This is just an abortion on every level. Meant for some light snark to get warmed up, but this is just abysmal in every way. REALLY? This is what you’re selling for twenty five dollars? An old as hell, busted up, receiver from the 90’s that your old lady put an axe through? done. for now
If the cord’s still attached it’d make a halfway decent boat anchor.
Always thinking ahead and for the bright side there SGJC? And that’s why we love you.
Sparky Moron took an ax
And gave his Pioneer Elite forty whacks;
And when he saw it was “like new”
He gave his receiver forty-two.
At first, I didn’t understand why this made it to YSAC – then it came to me: Sparky made a mistake. That isn’t an axe, it’s actually a splitting maul!. Silly Sparky.
There is a simple way top fix this. It wasn’t smoke that came out, it was dust. It just needs to be washed out. Sparky should fill his bathtub, climb in with the Pioneer receiver (be sure it is plugged in), and sit down in the water, submerging it completely. The power will work just fine then.
Sparky will sparkle.
YAY! It’s Gramps!
*Gets the Geritol smoothies ready*
Should I bring some chips and a bowl of Super Polydip?
/Welcome back Gramps!
Hi Gramps — missed you!!!!
Welcome back, Gramps!!
Hi CJ and TM/ChipotleDruid/SexyFingersBurrito, and everyone else. Nice to be back – Spring break from the rugrats. I’ll try to stop in more frequently, I’ve missed the group.
By the way Chipotle, I’ll be in your fair city this afternoon through most of the weekend – where’s the best place to get good Mexican food around Bayside?
Hugs to all!
When you think “Awesome Mexican Food” generally you don’t think of Wisconsin.
However, if you find yourself near “La Perla” they’re decent and have cheap margarita pitchers.
If you need somewhere to shake your cane, you can use my porch. I might even be able to supply some damn kids for the lawn.
HUGS! Good to see you again, Gramps!
Grampdaddy, I am so happy to see you, I could just spit! We’ve kept your rocker in the Snark Lounge just like you left it. Sorry about that. At least you won’t be off your rocker today!
Speaking of vanishing (glad you are back Gramps <3), I miss being on here every day for snark and coffee slices. I have been absent because I graduate with my Masters in a little over a month and I am furiously working on my thesis. After I graduate there will probably be a period of unemployment (hopefully not long) in which I will write so many snarky remarks that it will spin your head around like in the Exorcist except minus the split pea soup.
Given the dent in the front face, I’m thinking one of Spark’s friends used this to hold up some kindling to be split, and there was an uh-oh!
So, the stoners not only did not clean the kitchen but they mauled the receiver, too . . .
Welcome back, and that’s a great way to make a re-entrance!
Sparky Moron took a maul,
And on the receiver it took a fall.
And when he saw he hadn’t missed,
He tried to sell it on Craigslist.
Sparky’s definition of “like new” seems a bit different than what I would think of as “like new”, but then I’m not a big fan of jamming woodworking tools into expensive blinking black boxes.
I do have a pristine Wii available if he’s interested. Maybe we can trade!
Well, really, it is like new, other than that sledge sticking out of the top, which was a custom modification, albeit an apparently unexpected one. I mean, other than that it looks great! And Mrs. Lincoln enjoyed the play, too.
The eyeball is kinda freaking me out…
*Gives AR the evil eye*
His name is Sauron, he needs to be walked twice a day. Also, don’t get him wet. Just trust me on that.
I think that’s the eject button’s innards, or under-ards as the case may be.
I’m thinking Sparky is Jack Torrance’s lesser known brother John.
All work and no play makes John want to smash an axe through the receiver box.
Apparently this is Not.An.Ax, so Sparky is clueless on all counts.
[corey]I’m thinking it’s an axe with a sledge back on it. The size of the hole it made in the reciever tends to suggest an axe head rather than a blunt entry (you’ll notice that there is no denting around the hole).
Actually, if you look at how the hole is in the reciever, you’ll see it’s a very clean hole. This backs up my theory that this is a troll/joke/trying to get on YSAC.
The hole is way too clean: if the axe “fell” on the system it would have made a dent, not a hole, and if he had swung the axe into the system, it would have caused a lot of denting/folding of the case before breaking into it, and the hole would be ragged, not a nice little rectangle. But it’s all too clean. It really looks like somebody cut a hole in the case at some point (maybe for a case fan, or for this joke) and then just put an axe/sledge in the hole.
[/corey]
Totally. Every time I axe someone-I mean something-it makes a nice clean cut. But when I use the sledge on someone-I mean thing- it just makes a messy splatter-I mean dent.
I sit corrected. Chthulhu says it has an axe handle, and could be a splitting maul. Wish I had the poster’s information so I could axe him about it.
I agree, MagicalMysticalMargarita. Any blow strong enough to punch that kind of hole, even in the relatively weaker area where the ax-thingy is sticking out of, would tend to deform the surface. It looks just a bit too neat for an accidential placement.
Let’s buy it and sell it on eBay as art!
IT’S TIME FOR A REALLY BAD PUNS!
What did the Elite receiver say to the axe?
Don’t try to split hairs with me!
You gave me a splitting headache.
I want to split up
What did the ax-thingy say to the elite receiver?
Baby, you are smokin’!
“Is that your handle, or are you just happy to see me? Just axein’.”
I’m a lumberjack and I’m not okay
I drink all night and I sleep all day
He’s a lumberjack and he’s not okay
He drinks all night and he sleeps all day
I cut into receivers, I eat vintage cereal
With a fork with tines that number three
On Craigslist I go shopping
For mine hors hopefully for free
He cuts into receivers, he eats vintage cereal
With a fork with tines that number three
On Craigslist he goes shopping
For mine hors hopefully for free
I’m a lumberjack and I’m not okay
(He’s a lumberjack and he’s not okay)
I drink all night and I sleep all day
(He drinks all night and he sleeps all day)
I cut with my axe, I post bad ads
I like to bedazzle deer hoofs
I put bees into minty trucks
And hang out on roofs, roofs, roofs
Might’ve had more success this way round, Sparky:
“Splitting Maul – Like New – $25
Up for sale is an axe. Haft and axe head are in great condition. Worked great last time I used it. Unfortunately, it fell on a Pioneer Elite model VSX-21 by mistake. I wanted to make sure that it had cut well, so I plugged in the stereo and there was a slight hum, then I think I shocked myself, because I blacked out and a little smoke came out of my ears. It is probably easy to remove without electrocuting yourself, but I do not have the time to do it. It cut through a Pioneer Elite as it shows in the picture so it must be a really good axe.”
Meej, that is wonderful! I am surprised you aren’t a brazillianaire from selling things on CraigsList!
I second that emotion!
Has anyone else noticed we’ve been having a lot of “axe” issues this week? Very strange week.
Nothing in the entire world is stranger than Axe.
Does your statement include their commercials? Because if so, I wholeheartedly agree.
Yes, yes, and double yes! The chocolate one freaks me out the most. I don’t care if you are made of candy, crushing your nose and putting it on some chick’s dessert is wrong on so many levels.
I don’t see what the big deal is. The runny stuff is Quik.
*looks at bawks*
Hey Bianchi, we’ve been in the bawks together all day!
*raises top*
I was wondering why it was so dark in here.
*pulls tuba out*
So that’s what I’ve been sitting on. Astro?
GIGGITY.
Down, Boy. Here’s a bacon treat. And a blindfold.
I thought Astro played the Flugelhorn….
[corey a la Astro]I play the Euphonium.[/corey]
That’s ironic, I play the Euphemism.
Not in public!
Moooom! Taco’s playing with his woodwind again!
That’s not.a.tuba.
Seriously? Seriously?!?!?!?!?
I can’t decide if it’s worse if this is for real or a joke. Either way, why would anyone pay money for it?????
I think Sparky would have been better off posting this in the Art section and saying it was a statement piece for what he thought about today’s music.
[True Story] A couple of years ago, someone in my neighborhood set an old console TV out on the curb with a note across the screen “TV Lies!”. My immediate thought was “No s***. You’re just now figuring that out?”
IDK Sparky, 25 bucks for a slightly used axe is a bit sharp for my budget.
Would you take 15 OBO’s?
Are they firm?
*slinks back to corner*
I’ve got 2 tubs of vintage cereal or 3 zen tables.
Damn, I hate it when axes fall on things! Oh sure, once in a while it’s helpful, like when it falls on an onion and dices it for you, but it’s usually a big pain.
So, this would be funny if it wasn’t a complete ripoff of http://www.dontevenreply.com
Anyway.
You know, that would be true, if only it were true.
Exhibit A: As far as I know, You Suck at Craigslist got started first.
Exhibit B: We don’t engage people on CL in conversations that border on ridiculous and offensive and post the conversations online.
Exhibit C: He makes a LOT more money than we do. Oh, wait …
Exhibit D: The website
Nazisoverlords par excellance here at work block your site as “tasteless”, whereas YSaC is allowed…and that’s all I need to know, Sparky.Now, off with ye afore someone drops a house on ya!
Exhibit A: OK. Yeah. You guys started this “Let’s make fun of people on CL” thing first. Big deal. I don’t/never denied that.
Exhibit B: Never said you did. I wasn’t saying that you stole this off of DER, just that it’s been done before. A lot.
Exhibit C: This is relevant why? “More has been done on less”.
Just pointing out that this is a tired idea. I don’t hate YSAC, I actually used to read it every day and submitted comments and such. Just. Yeah.
Troll troll troll troll troll troll troll troll Trollity TROLL!
Now, now. He/She’s entitled to his/her opinion. Not liking YSaC doesn’t automatically make someone a troll.
Not to be contradicting here, Llama-nun (BBUY), but generally speaking, if you simply dislike the premise of something you stop reading/participating and simply let it go.
This is more an attack and less a declaration of sudden dislike. In fact, given the sentence structure and contradictory arguments, not only is this a troll, but I think this is a very familiar troll. One from our past whom we all know very well.
Welcome back, “he who must not be named”.*
*Dubbed this because, honestly, his actual handle was not worth remembering. Can anyone help me out here… I can honestly not remember what his handle was… only that it was a cat with an x-box controller.
I want to know who’s repeating my comments? I thought we were original, one of a kind. I just might have to have a ‘smack-down’ with my doppleganger.
I want to know who’s repeating my comments? I thought we were original, one of a kind. I just might have to have a ‘smack-down’ with my doppleganger.
:pops popcorn:
Five obos says the limey lizard can take him.
Nope, it’s not he-who-must-not-be-named … at least not as far as I can tell. Different IP address, and much more literate.
If I tried to please everyone, the site would be a lot different — and a lot dumber. People are allowed to not like the site, or to grow out of liking the site’s premise.
*shrugs*
I want to know who’s repeating my comments? I thought we were original, one of a kind. I just might have to have a ‘smack-down’ with my doppleganger.
Fair enough, LN. He was just the only disgruntled former poster that I could think of who might so avidly defend Donotreply.
Frankly I’ve been there in some of my previous internet wanderings and found it rather… meh, especially in comparison to other, more funny sites. (YSAC, Cakewrecks, Crochetville, etc).
But again, I still see this less an assertion of preference and more of a trolling, possibly even for site hits.
Also:Rawr!
Lime Sucker? Um…just don’t leave any marks, I have to go home soon.
If you tried to please everyone, the site would be called “I Can Has Craigslist.”
:hands EB a cookie and a Love Me jacket:
Deep cleansing breaths, EB. Trolls are rarely this articulate.
Haters be hatin’….
Just sayin’…
Troll. It’s what’s for dinner.
Semantically, saying “A is a complete ripoff of B” means that A stole some sort of idea, premise, or methodology from B. That’s not the case, as you’ve just acknowledged — in fact, your issues with YSaC seem to be more that you just don’t enjoy the idea anymore. So why not lead with that complaint, rather than one that isn’t even true?
I’m sorry you don’t enjoy the site anymore. You’re welcome to submit material that you think would improve it if you’re so inclined. Thank you for reading and participating during the time that you did so, though!
drmk (BBUY), this is why I love your site. Everyone’s so gosh-darn *polite*!!! I like that I can come here without worrying about being pissed off by trolls, and by other people responding to them trollishly, and escalating a cycle of angry comments that are not going to make my day any better.
In short, YSaC makes my day better. Don’t change. : D
Some people adopt a combative persona on the internet because it’s counter to their real-life personality. I’m obnoxious in real life, so I adopted a kind, compassionate persona online.*
*This may not actually be true. I may be too nice, online and off. But don’t tell anyone.
And then there is those of us that lie… oops, I mean, some people lie about everything.
May I do some tasteful*, funny editing, ma’am? Please?
*not tasteful
Stand down, Windy. Thanks for having our back, though!
*heavy sigh* As you wish. And it’s my pleasure. 8)
Taking the high road. I Like it. And I have no idea who or what you’re talking about, but I rarely do (this mostly includes what I’m talking about)so there’s that. Real quickly gonna get back to the post. Notice how at the end, dude was like it says Elite, so it must be good? It occurred to me that in yet another CL inspired, yet meth induced stupor, this guy found/stole an unwanted item-because after all, who would keep a receiver that’s fifteen years old and has an axe through it?, the guy took the picture and began his post, then noticed the brand and as if convincing himself mentioned, “oh by the way, it’s elite, so it must be good”. This isn’t supposed to be funny as much as chronicle of truth seeking. For sure a meth guy acquired an unwanted piece of electronics and set out for his next quarter. And basically struck it rich when he noted the brand as one that was sought the last time he was sober. Meth is a hell of a drug, says Lois Griffin.
You’re not Corey!! You have a sense of humor! Impostor!!
Lara, it’s the NewCorey. Much better than the other. And by the way, N.Corey, when will you join the regulars and trade in the quilt square for a real avatar? No pressure, some of the regulars like their quilts.
Thanks for the explanation Windrose. It does kind of make the meme confusing though.
We will have to try to maintain seperation of the little c (corey) and the new “big C” Corey.
The concept is called “schadenfreude.” It has no direct translation, but it means, roughly, “to take pleasure in another’s misfortune.” Whether that misfortune stems from a “hold my beer and watch this!” moment, or simply someone’s poor grammar, spelling, conceptual, photographic, or just about any skill that would have been rather helpful in the situation people are making fun of.
Schadenfreude sites have been around for ages. Long before YSaC, DER, PAN, NotAlwaysRight, most of the Cheezburger, Pop Hangover or PoW networks, etc. As humans, and in general, we like schadenfreude to one degree or another. I’d go so far as to say we love schadenfreude. Sometimes even when we’re the victim. Matter of fact, I think life is so much better when you can laugh at yourself.
What separates them — much of the time, anyway, for there are tons of clones — is the content, how it’s presented, and who participates in it. On these levels, I feel YSaC surpasses the vast majority of the others, especially where presentation and participation are concerned. It’s not the design of the site — this is a very minimalist WordPress theme, but that’s totally fine as it highlights the content — but the way drmk and Dan snark on the day’s post and the way the participants (that’s us) handle having the floor turned over to them to keep it going. That’s what makes this place special. That’s what makes it, as far as I’m concerned, better than the majority of the other schadenfreude sites.
It all really comes down to an old French saying: chacun à son goût, which means “to each
myhis taste.” Unless you like durian. Then you’re just sick. And stinky.Yeah! What the freaky puppy said.
Bravo, ESP!
I might need Cap’n to translate this for me.
; )
(How do I made actual smileys appear?)
Like this:
☺
What?
I wanted to add — and at the risk of sounding umber-ish in the proboscis department — that drmk and Dan were instrumental in attracting the calibre of regulars we have here. It is the standard they set with their intelligent and witty snark that we feel compelled to uphold, and which tends to naturally weed out the YouTube-calibre comments many other sites attract because it is the standard they have set. That’s really the crux of it right there, and what made me stick around. Like attracts like, and there’s a lot to like here. It’s just not for everybody.
TypoTacoMagicMagicMagic, cheer up! Let a smile be your unbubbler. Unbluebird. Thing you hold over you to keep the rain off. 8)
AR, I can’t tell, but you might need to leave out the space between characters…
; ) vs 😉
Blubber Windrose? I tried to explain blubber to a crowd of 90 toddlers yesterday. It was a challenge. I think they now think all penguins are obese
Ditto the freaky-puppy.
[OMV]I am reminded of Utah Philips’ (I believe it was Utah Philips) bit about Moose Turd Pie. When the big burly guy slams down his fork and yells,”HEY! THIS IS MOOSE TURD PIE!…but it’s good.”
Now having had durian, when explaining what durian is to those who don’t know, I tell them, “This stuff smells like sh**, but it’s good.” (I especially like the durian flavored wafer cookies.)[/OMV]
So yes, Mindfield, I AM sick and stinky…but I’m good.
This is random but when I heard about the giant poisonous snake that escaped from its enclosure at the Bronx zoo, I immediately thought they needed to check all couches in the vicinity.
Not Random, it falls into the category, When Life Imitates YSaC.
Lizzie Borden took an axe
Gave her speakers 40 whacks,
When she saw what she had done
She gave her receiver 41……..
I’d like to thank Caesar Chavez for all the hard work he put in to bringing the plight of migrant farm workers to the forefront of the American consciousness, so that in California, today has been a state holiday.
Punchity Punch, Bianchi Sound, and Punch, CJ!
G’night, Kobe!
This is why we can’t have nice things.
Too much oil on the axe handle?
Too much butter after the carpet butter burrito session…
MY GOODNESS!!!!! A few years back YSAC was so DRAMATIC and INTENSE…. It is fascinating to read what was written back then by those of you still here…and how those who seemed to have been so angry and antagonistic have moved on or mellowed out. What I’ve always liked about YSAC is that all comments (including my own often lame ones) are tolerated and even welcomed. I make no snark or stinky-poo today. Tomorrow will come soon enough…now, may I get my hand stamped so I may enter the lounge?…two beverage minimum, right?????
You realize you are now as a critical cusp.
Meaning one or both of the following are (somewhat) mete:
A. Wander over to gravatar.com and trade in quilt square for a unique image (which can be changed at whim)–just remember to set the Rating as “G.”
B. Use all this time you have free from the slings and arrows of the cat-herding which is modern education, to go engage in what used to be the first Rite of regular-hood–going back to Vol. I and reading all the way to the current Volume.
Caution, you will meet, learn of, admire many of the early regulars to discover that they went other ways, or otherwise faded from our “scene.” You also get to experience how the feedback side became so unique. And also social, too–which drove some Volumes to impossible volumes of content, 200 and 300 or more comments. Having our f/b side “blossom” a bit has also helped the original stay closer to its roots. (Or, that’s my 2¢ on it.)
Thanks for your $.02 of experiencial advice, Capn…here’s a quarter, keep the change… it’s worth at least that.
Also come find me on Facebook, Demi Hungerford. 8)
It’s a good thing he didn’t remove the ax; who knows what kind of circuit bleeding will start when the ax is removed?
Ahh the first casualty of the infamous 2011 living room reenactment of “The Battle of Svolder”.
Easy fix.
1) remove splitting maul.
2) take receiver to recycling center.
3) use splitting maul on ugly, grandma stained sofa.
4) use splitting maul on couch chewed up by dog.
5) use splitting maul on table painted by angry rabid badger.
6) use grandma stained sofa, dog chewed couch, and painted table and make a bon-fire.
7) roast weenies.
Having an axe/sledge/maul randomly fall out of nowhere onto a stereo component may at first seem improbable, but so is falling onto a vibrating thingy in such a way that it becomes lodged irretrievably up one’s bung hole, which any x-ray tech can tell you is actually quite a frequent occurrence.
Hammy, you’re a good puppy! Punchity Punch Punch!
Good Morning, Smoke Spotters!