Government Recognized Holidays

Ok, I just want to say that I hate ANY employee being legally entitled to time off for holidays REGARDLESS of what religion they are.  I DON'T have ANY problem with any religious beliefs at all.  I also don't have a problem with —companies voluntarily closing down for some holidays;— (i.e. a store closing on Christmas because most people are busy opening their presents on that day.)  The problem that I have is as follows.  (I'm not biased towards Christmas; I used it as an example because it's —the most popular holiday that people take off work for.)—

When you legally require companies to not schedule certain employees on certain days, it can result in problems such as skeleton staffing and inconvenient disruptions in schedules.

A Criticism of Dr. Suess's How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Ok, now first of all, How the Grinch Stole Christmas has a wonderful moral.  I'm NOT criticizing the moral; what I am criticizing is its execution.  Please let me explain.


If you don't know what the story is about here's a recap.  There's a microscopic town on a snowflake and all of the microscopic townspeople love Christmas.  And every time they celebrate Christmas, they're cheerful and loud, which irritates this guy named, "The Grinch" who lives on a mountain nearby.  Now the story says that the Christmas festivities annoy him because The Grinch doesn't have enough goodness in his heart, but that's one of the points that I'm going to debate so for the sake of argument let's just go with that for the rest of the recap.  So on Christmas eve, while everyone's asleep, The Grinch steals all the decorations and all the Christmas presents and takes them to his house.  Then he goes to sleep and when he wakes up on Christmas day to everyone singing.  Now everyone's singing because according to the story, those people believe that 'Christmas is about love and not presents,' which is another point that I'm going to debate.  Then The Grinch has an epiphany that Christmas isn't about presents and it's about love and he brings all the presents back and everyone forgives him.


Now the story in itself is a nice sentiment of someone having a change of heart, but it has some flaws.  The first flaw is that the story claims that The Grinch is evil just because he doesn't like the Christmas cheer; I disagree, I think he just wants some peace and quiet and the noise and lights bother him, also just a reminder, the people in the town are microscopic and live on a snowflake so he might not be able to move further away from that, he also has a dog, who he's nice to that loves him so he does have kindness in his heart.  He's just antisocial, which is a bad thing to be, but —whether or not its' bad to be anti social— is not one of the main points of the story.


Now my second point is that when the people wake up and realize that their presents are gone, they're singing cheerful songs.  Now maybe they actually see Christmas as being about kindness, or maybe they're going through the first of the five stages of loss, as hypothesized by Kübler-Ross, a Swiss psychatrist.  That stage of loss happens to be denial; those towns people could be singing cheerful songs NOT because —they believe that Christmas is about kindness and not materialism and/or consumerism,— but because they're in —denial that the gifts and decorations are gone—, and they're trying to convince themselves that the gifts are still there.


So my conclusion of this is that The Grinch is NOT a bad guy; he just wants to be left alone and that through the whole story, —the towns people did in fact believe that Christmas is about commercialism and not kindness,— which is DEFINITELY NOT —what the story states has happened.  This means that The Grinch wasn't a buy guy who turned into a good guy; The Grinch was an antisocial guy who became a more social guy because he thought that the townspeople weren't materialistic.  It also means that it is debatable whether or not the townspeople deserved for their Christmas gifts and decor to be stolen.

How Many Candles Do You Need for all of the Nights of Hanukkah in Total

44 candles in total.

This irritating poster that I saw at the airport

So I saw this picture when I was at the airport and I got so angry.

Now many of you are wondering why and that's a very good question, let me explain.  This guy is the owner of a successful chain of restaurants and he's smiling NOT because he's just had a good meal; but because he owns his own successful business.  Therefore, he should smile, but not like that.

Now why shouldn't he smile like that?  Because that smile doesn't say, "welcome to my restaurant;" it says, "Haha! I have a successful business that isn't stressful to run and you don't!"  Now don't get me wrong, I feel happy for him, but I can guarantee you that eating his food will NOT, I repeat NOT give you a 100% chance of ending up with your own successful business.  It might make you inspired to to and achieve that goal, but —the chances of your success in achieving that goal— will NOT be 100% and unless his food will give you a 100% chance of achieving that in your life, he should not be looking at the camera like that.

—People in adverts— should ONLY be smiling because they have something that anyone can get if they can afford —whatever the advert, itself is advertising.—  Otherwise, the entire advert comes off as smug and annoying!

How to Figure out The Measurements of Your TV

You don't need to understand what SIN, TAN⁻¹, or COS mean, just how to put it into the calculator to use this, just plug in the variables and put it into your calculator.

d=the diagonal length of your tv

e=the first part of the aspect ratio

f=the second part of the aspect ratio (e.g. with a 16:9 (widescreen) aspect ratio e=16 and f=9)

Your TV's length across=(SIN(TAN⁻¹(e/f)))*d

Your TV's height=(COS(TAN⁻¹(e/f)))*d

If you don't know your diagonal length but you do know your length and aspect ratio, put this in the calculator:

w=Your TV's length

e=the first part of your aspect radio

f=the second part of the aspect ratio (e.g. with a 16:9 (widescreen) aspect ratio e=16 and f=9)

Your TV's diagonal length using length across=w/(SIN(TAN⁻¹(e/f)))

Your TV's diagonal length using height up and down=w/(COS(TAN⁻¹(e/f)))

The North Carolina Transgender Bathroom Laws

I actually am for the North Carolina bathroom laws because you can't say you identify as a woman just to sneak a peak at women in the women's bathroom.  However, I do think that an exception should be made so that if were born in —a state that won't let you change your birth certificate— but you would be able to change your birth certificate if you were born in North Carolina, you can still use the bathroom you want.

Many of you might not know this

Ok, most people know that this is how you activate a car horn, but what most people know is that this is NOT how you say:

• Hello
• Goodbye
• I'm home
• I'm ready to pick you up
• GET OUT OF MY WAY BECAUSE I'M IN A HURRY
• ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE THINGS IN THE FOLLOWING LIST

It IS ONLY how you say:

• Move out of the way because I can't stop in time to avoid hitting your or getting hit by someone else.
• Watch where you're going because you're about to crash into me.

 So let's review, a car horn DOES NOT NECESSARILY mean anything rude, if someone uses it, you should pay attention to it, because they might be using it because they have important information to convey.  However, when you do use a car horn, YOU SHOULD ONLY BE USING IT BECAUSE —the only way to avoid getting hit or hitting someone else— is for someone else to adjust the way they're driving and/or walking.

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Regarding the 40 cents that I asked back from Brittany Deer (I ONLY ASKED FOR IT BACK BECAUSE THERE WAS A JOHN CENA IN THE TWO SECONDS THAT WERE MISSED)

This is a response to any criticism of me regarding me asking for a 40 cent refund from Brittany Deer on 10/2/2016.  I'm sorry for not clearing things up, but let me explain.

Ok, you're not aware of this, I donate to Brittany Venti to troll her (her character only) (mostly with jumpscare videos.)  Now, yesterday (10/02/2016) I talked to Brittany Deer (on one of her streams when she was not in character) and asked her for 40 cents back from a donation.  I asked for it it back because when she was in character, she played the video manually because the automatic donation didn't work because I didn't use the stream labels properly.  However, when she played the video, she left out the last two seconds that were paid for and there was an, "and his name is John Cena!" in those last two seconds.  Otherwise, I wouldn't've asked the for the 40 cents back.

Again, the only reason why I asked for that 40 cents back is bcecause there was a John Cena in those last two seconds that were missed.  By the time I realized that if I explained that, the chat would probably understand, it had been 10 minutes and —the chat, itself— has probably already moved to a different topic of conversation.

When I asked for the refund I only explained that there were 2 seconds in the video that weren't played.  I didn't mention that there was a John Cena in the last two seconds.  I was criticized in chat but didn't defend myself by saying in chat that there was a John Cena in it.  This is for two reasons.  The first reason is that Brittany Deer (Brittany Deer is Brittany Venti when out of character) said that the missing two seconds were a good enough reason.  The second reason is because by the time I realized that —the chat would understand if I mentioned the part about John Cena,— it had been like 10 minutes and the chat conversation had probably went to a different topic.

Again, I'm sorry for not clearing things up.

FUCKING 3D PRINTERS

Ok, I love 3D printers and they are almost a great investment.  I'd like to say they are a good investment, but 3D printing technology hasn't been perfected to the point where they can go for long periods of time without maintenance.  The main problem is that they use wires to connect —the moving parts— to —the stationary parts— instead of using slipcoils.  So when the parts move around, they're always bending to different positions, which eventually causes them to break.

Online Video Tutorials Part 2

So in all seriousness, even with the aforementioned flaws removed from video tutorials, they still have a certain problem.  The problem is that you can't skim through it like with a text tutorial so you might still end up having to wait through information that you already know to avoid missing —the information you don't know.—

With text tutorials, you can skim through, however even with the use of images, there is still information that can't be easily conveyed without the use of moving pictures (wow, that sounds old-timey.)

So, might I suggest that we start using animated gifs in our text tutorials in addition to the aforementioned still images; that way we can have the movement of video tutorials and the skimming of text tutorials.

Doctors' Handwriting

OK, first of all, I do NOT take doctors for granted; it takes so much work become a doctor that you might need one just to deal with the stress of trying to become one.  But that's not the point (it's a good point though.)

My point is that if you're writing down important information to help people with serious medical problems, it's important that people are able to read the text clearly and without ambiguity.  So make sure that when you write something down, you don't flash back to —the time that you were in medical school and you had to stay up for two days and drank so much coffee that your writing was sloppier than Michael J. Fox's!—

Onlive Video Tutorials

Ok, online video tutorials are great, but I have one pet peeve about them that's driving me insane.

So, let's say you're looking at a tutorial on how to unclog a 3D printer.  For the sake of argument, let's use a hypothetical 3D printer called, a "Printeron A2."  You go to YouTube and search for, "How to unclog a Printeron A2."  Then you get a whole bunch of tutorials and you click on the first one thinking, "there are a million videos, what are the chances that —the first video I click on— is gonna be bad?"

Now here's the part that irritates me.  You click on the video and it starts off with some guy introducing himself and his channel, because that's why I came to the video, not to find out how to change my fucking printer cartridge, but to see some douchebag introducing himself.  I know you can fast forward but it's not wise because you might miss important information.

I mean it's not like I came to the video to find out how to unclog my 3D printer; it's so that I could listen to —a narcissistic douchebag— plug what you're already watching.  Here is a list of the things that I want to see or hear about when I watch a tutorial video:

• How to do —what the tutorial is supposed to tell me how to do.—

Now here's a list of things I don't want to see or hear about in a tutorial video:

• Your name
• Your channel name
• Your sponsors
• The cause of —the problem that I'm trying to fix—
• How to prevent —the problem that I'm trying to fix—
• What causes —the problem that I'm trying to fix—
• ANYTHING OTHER THAN HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM

IF YOU PUT OTHER INFORMATION, PUT IT IN THE END AND DON'T PUT YOUR FUCKING FACE ON THE THUMBNAIL.  I don't give a shit what you look like unless your face is magical and I can get my device to repair itself just by looking at a picture of it (your face.)

I watch tutorials to find out how to fix MY DEVICES.  If you're doing tutorials just to promote yourself then put a warning at the beginning or get it the fuck off the Internet.

When my device breaks and I watch a video about how to fix it, I do not care about anything in the video unless it has to do with fixing it (my device!)  Listen, if I have to look up a tutorial to do something, chances are that it's complicated and tedious enough without hearing you talk about yourself.  If you want to talk about yourself and your issues like I'm doing in a video, do a blog.

When you do a video, follow this rule: unless you're in danger and/or being held captive and the only way to get the word out is to put the information in a tutorial, or you actually want to tell me how to fix my problem in a tutorial, SHUT THE FUCK UP!

Blind Spot Mirrors

Blind spot mirrors are a great invention.  In fact, they're so great, they should've become standard at the same time that side view mirrors came out.  Also head checks should be replaced by looking at the blind spot mirrors.

You see, when you're moving forward, you should not be looking backwards.  I don't care for how short the amount of time is that you look; it's not safe.  It's different if you look at your side view mirrors because you can still see a little out the front, but when you turn —your entire head— to —the back of the car,— it's like you're trying to get into an accident.

Don't Say Excuse Me When You Fart Unless It's Audible

Ok, if you fart, that's unpleasant enough, and everybody does it, but if you do it, I don't want to be reminded about how it's about to smell real bad; that subconsciously makes it smell worse to everyone else.  You should only say, "excuse me" if it's audible, because that is awkward.

You see when you say, "excuse me" about anything, you should be saying it because of the sound, nothing else.  When if you fart, and it's silent and you say, "excuse me," you're basically saying, "hey everyone! I just farted!"  No one wants to hear that.

Something I've Been Wondering about Ratchet from Ratchet & Clank

Now, most of you are familiar with the fact that I love the Ratchet & Clank series.  Why? It's simple; because it's fun and it has stayed fun since it came out (for the most part, there were spinoff games that I didn't really for.)  But there is —something that I've wondered about ever since I've found out that female lombaxes don't have tails;— are —lombax tails— actually penises?

Now some of you might be thinking, "How the fuck could you think that makes any sense?"  Here's your answer.  —Most of the characters in the Ratchet & Clank universe— are based on human beings (i.e. they stand on two legs and have two —arms or upper body appendages that could roughly be called arms.)—  So that means that certain rules of human anatomy might carry over to lombax anatomy; more specifically, —the fact that human males have penises and human females don't.—  Also, some animals in real life have prehensile penises (such as elephants and dolphins.)  If these animals were to evolve into sapient animals (like how chimpanzees evolved into humans,) it would be genetically possible for them to retain —their penises' prehensile characteristic.—  Therefore, from an evolutionary standpoint, it's possible that —lombax tails— are actually prehensile penises.

But there's slightly more evidence.  —Many of the titles for the games, themselves— have sexual innuendoes in them starting with the second game, Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando, which was —the first game in the series whose name is a sexual innuendo.—  In this game, we are introduced to Angela Cross, the first female lombax in the series, and she has no tail.  (SPOILER WARNING) In —one of the later games, "Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time,"— an in-game radio station reveals that Angela Cross has been missing and that female lombaxes don't have tails.  This is important because it proves that A. —the storyline of Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time— is canon to —the storyline of Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando.— and B. as I already stated, female lombaxes don't have tails.  In fact, this dialogue is —the developers' explanation of why Angela Cross doesn't have a tail.—

So with that said, has Ratchet been walking around for all of these years with his dick out?

Nosey Neighbors

I hate nosey neighbors; they're basically peeping toms in denial.  I just wanna aim a skylight right in their window, something that only irritates their eyes if they try to look at my yard because they don't deserve to look at it if they're gonna spy on me.

If I wanted 24 hour surveilance and intrusion of my personal life, I would call the NSA and they would probably talk to me less.  They wouldn't bother me about how safely my kids (I don't have any kids, I'm speaking hypothetically) are playing and they wouldn't act like they're —my extended relatives and just looking out for them.—  They would only call me if something that I should actually be concerned about was happening.

Annoying Radio Hosts

(the following is also an opinion-based joke blog)

Let's talk about radio hosts now. The music is bad enough, but you turn on the radio in the morning during rush hour traffic and hear a bunch of people laughing between songs. I don't even pay attention to what they say anymore because of how uninterested I've become. But it all sounds like this: “Hahaha! You're stuck in rush hour! Hahaha! I get paid lots of money! Hahaha! You make minimum wage!”

It gets worse, some of them have wacky sound effects, which I'm glad I've never heard on the radio because it would probably cause me to break and go on a homicidal rampage and shoot up the studio while the sound effects play. Actually I'd like to hear that on the radio every morning. Just some wacky sound effects and the fucking idiots laughing their ass off until —some postal guy with an AK47— busts in and shoots everyone while the sound effects, themselves still play. That would make my fucking day.

I do NOT want to hear someone cheerful in the morning laughing at their own jokes. One Jimmy Fallon is too many, let alone 1000. I would like more variety in the morning, the station should have duplicates so between songs, you can switch between a depressed emo guy or —an angry guy who sounds like he's about to snap.—

Music Is All Hype Now

Music is all hype now. Nowadays, any fucking moron can make a recording of himself taking a shit and then use his connections to have it played enough times on the radio for people to convince themselves that they like it. Suddenly it's the billboard number 1 hit when it's actually a number 2 shit.

I only hear one song on the radio I like about every three years. This is because every song is bland and derivative because people have low standards so —a song that's equally shitty for most— equally good enough for most. And yes, most people are sheep according to diffusion of innovations.

I Fucking Hate Stupid Car Commercials

(an opinion-based/joking rant)

I live in a white trash area where everyone on TV commercials is a complete idiot. Ever seen AlanTutorial? That character (not just the creator) is a genius compared the these morons. Every single car commercial is some hyperactive redneck with this dumbass smile on his face like anyone's interested in seeing him, like his commercial is —the only reason why we watch TV.— These morons should do what they're good at and go back to fucking their mothers and then do some PCP (if they can even spell it) so that they think they can fly, and jump off of a cliff so that they can make the world a better place.

Ratchet & Clank Movie Review

Ok, now that I've gotten that paradox stuff out of the way, time to talk about the movie, itself. I'll keep it short and simple. The action is good, and —the references that only Playstation gamers will get— are very entertaining. The only drawback is its humor. It's not any better than your average Pixar movie, but those movies don't have good humor in the first place.

One of the things I like the most about the movie is how Captain Qwark actually grows as a character instead of being narcissistic the entire story. Also, through his entire character arc, he's never a coward who runs from battles while making excuses. That joke never worked in the games and I'm glad this idea hardly makes its way into the big screen. There's also a joke where Dr. Nefarious is introduced by Chairman Drek as a, “mad scientist,” to which he replies, “Mad implies cognitive impairment; I'm more of a vengeful scientist.”

Overall it's a great movie and I have no idea why anyone would want to bash it.

THERE IS NO RATCHER & CLANK MOVIE PARADOX

LISTEN UP IDIOTS BECAUSE I'M REALLY ANGRY AT THE STUPID THINGS PEOPLE ARE SAYING!  THE FOLLOWING IS A POSTER FOR THE RATCHET AND CLANK MOVIE!





















NOW HERE'S A PICTURE OF THE GAME BASED ON THE MOVIE!

NOW YOU STUPID IDIOTS THIS IS WHERE GETS COMPLICATED BECAUSE YOU'RE SO DUMB THAT I THOUGHT THERE NEVER COULD BE ANYTHING STUPIDER THAN DRESSGATE 2015!

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR THIS:

TO BE BASED ON THIS:

BECAUSE THIS:

IS BASED ON THIS:

AND THIS:

IS BASED ON THIS! (Ratchet & Clank, a PS2 game by the same name that came out in 2002:)

AND ITS SEQUELS!

AND THIS:

IS NOT A DIRECT AND/OR INDIRECT SEQUEL TO THIS:

WHICH CAME OUT IN 2002!  AND THIS!

IS ALSO NOT BASED ON EITHER OF THESE:

SO TURN YOUR BRAINS BACK ON AND KEEP THEM ON!

A glitch I found a while back while playing InFamous in 2014

This is a glitch that I found while playing InFamous for PS3; I recently found it just laying on my computer so here it is.

How to input extended ASCII characters like ¿ and ñ on a Windows PC

Ok, sometimes you might need to put —letters or punctuation marks that are not on your keyboard— onto your document.  In fact, that last sentence had one; an em dash, but you may be wondering, "how do I enter them into my documents?"  I'll tell you how to do it on a Windows PC.

First, look up the ascii code on the web, or if you're in a pinch, you can use the character map app on your PC if you have Windows.

In this example we will be entering an upside-down question mark (¿;) the ASCII code for this is 168, (you can also use 0191, but we will be using 168.)  You can find a complete list of ASCII codes at http://www.theasciicode.com.ar/ (I am not affiliated with this website.)  Once you find the ASCII code, you want to make sure that your num lock is on (unless your keyboard is like the keyboard in figure 2. below.)  If your keyboard is like Figure 2. below, then hold the Fn key until step 5.  When you enter the numbers make sure you use the number keys on the right side of the keyboard (see image below.)

Figure 1.

If your keyboard is like the below keyboard, just hold in the Fn throughout the whole process key and use the keys indicated in the below image.

Figure 2.

Then do the following:

1. Start to hold in the ALT key, do not release it until step 5.
2. Press and release the 1 key on —the set of numbers right side of your keyboard, (see pictures above.)—
3. Press and release press and release the 6 key on the aforementioned set of keys.
4. Press and release the 8 key on the aforementioned set of keys.
5. Release the ALT key (also release the Fn key if you've been holding it down) and your character will appear.

Thank you for reading this tutorial, if you enjoyed it, found it confusing, or just have anything to say about it please post a comment in —the comments section of this blog.—

The Ringmaster (mini creepypasta) (WARNING: GRAPHIC)

The killer dresses his victims as clowns and then injects them with a pain-causing, deadly, paralyzing toxin, he then uses them as marionettes as part of a circus show in front of a live audience.  Unable to scream despite their best efforts, the victims can do nothing but watch and listen to the audience laughing at them, as its members are unaware of the horror that is going on as the victims slowly, painfully, and miserably die.

—The Gun Makers— should NOT be held liable for the crimes commited with their products

Ok, gun violence is bad, I believe that just as much as the next guy, but gun makers should NOT be held liable for —what is done with their product.—  The PLCAA (Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act) enforces this principle.  It's very simple, if you sell bricks and —one of your customers— buys one and beats someone to death with it, the victim's family should NOT be able to hold you liable.  In this situation, the PLCAA would protect you against being sued by the family of the victim, except in real life, it doesn't protect brick makers, it protects gun makers.

It's very simple to understand why would should keep the PLCAA in place and blame the shooter, not the maker of the gun.  So please only vote for people who support the PLCAA if you want the government to have common sense in it.

DVR Life Hack

Ok, this is a simple life hack, if you have a DVR that lets you "pause" TV, here's what you can do to make the most of it.  If you're watching a half-hour show, you wait for when it airs, say it airs at 5:00, you "pause" the TV at 5:00 and then wait 8 minutes.  So you start watching it at 5:08, that way there's a delay that lets you skip over —all of the commercial breaks during the show.—  If it's a one-hour show, then you do the same, except you wait 16 minutes instead of 8.

I won't explain why this works unless I'm asked because I don't want to seem like a know-it-all.

an apology for a statement that I made

Recently in a video game, I made some derogatory statements against jihadists, I have nothing against jihadists; when I said the word, I thought it meant people who force islam on everyone.