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@rookie54 said

imma gonna smash some stuff
a related lament

when i decide after meditation and reflection and mirror polishing to make an all-important life-saving world domination chess move
and
i indicate to the website which piece i intentionally intend to move and where i intentionally intend to move said chess piece
and
indicate my intention by the intentional "pressing" of the "submit move" virtual button
and then
experience the mind numbing pain of watching with anticipation as the website twiddles its non-existent thumbs
only to
realize i have made a critical earth ending mistake involving the move i wish to make
i begin to weep and blubber incessantly and pound futilly upon my keyboard in abject frustration indicating my desire to take back my indicated move and move elsewhere

i can hear the virtual muah ha ha of the website as i am tortured by the endless delay


well done @Russ
you have me pinned under yer crimson thumb

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@Ghost-of-a-Duke said
My own beloved dog (RIP) could detect a dropped potato after 1.3 seconds. (Even if he was in a different room).

Once he was 4 miles away with family and rang me on the phone to ask if I had dropped a lump of cheese in the study.
Oh our pets are quite fast but I bought a taser and only had to use it on each of them once…oh wait our dog needed the jolt twice. Now all I have to do is, not even do I need to produce the weapon, I just have to sound a little like it and no “issue” concerning their trying to jump on the dropped items. My daughter, the vet, was rather upset with my approach but after just one jolt to her, that ended her protest.πŸ˜²πŸ‘

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@Great-Big-Stees said
Oh our pets are quite fast but I bought a taser and only had to use it on each of them once…oh wait our dog needed the jolt twice. Now all I have to do is, not even do I need to produce the weapon, I just have to sound a little like it and no “issue” concerning their trying to jump on the dropped items. My daughter, the vet, was rather upset with my approach but after just one jolt to her, that ended her protest.πŸ˜²πŸ‘
Blimey. 😲


@Ghost-of-a-Duke said
Blimey. 😲
One does what one needs to do to “solve” an issue…look at Donald.πŸ€”πŸ˜²


@Great-Big-Stees said
One does what one needs to do to “solve” an issue…look at Donald.πŸ€”πŸ˜²
I'd prefer not to.


@Great-Big-Stees said
Oh our pets are quite fast but I bought a taser and only had to use it on each of them once…oh wait our dog needed the jolt twice. Now all I have to do is, not even do I need to produce the weapon, I just have to sound a little like it and no “issue” concerning their trying to jump on the dropped items. My daughter, the vet, was rather upset with my approach but after just one jolt to her, that ended her protest.πŸ˜²πŸ‘
Your approach seem to lead to animal cruelty, perhaps your animals should be taken from you?

-VR

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@Very-Rusty said
Your approach seem to lead to animal cruelty, perhaps your animals should be taken from you?

-VR
It’s been tried…but.😲😁

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@Great-Big-Stees said
It’s been tried…but.😲😁
You can't taser animals, people that is fine, but don't dare taser an animal!!!

-VR


some folks need longer than seven seconds to detect humor

tsk


@Great-Big-Stees said
Wrong…a dog and three cats.πŸ‘
I have the same, you just have to growl and show your teethπŸ™‚.

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@mike69 said
I have the same, you just have to growl and show your teethπŸ™‚.
That wouldn't work with my pets. (3 hippos and a crocodile).

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@Ghost-of-a-Duke said
That wouldn't work with my pets. (3 hippos and a crocodile).
I would suggest making something else to eat!

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@rookie54 said
some folks need longer than seven seconds to detect humor

tsk
Unfortunately it seems my lookahead ability extends only two or three seconds into my timecloud at best, and nowadays some of my future selves are not even talking to me, it has emerged (e.g., to advise me whether to laugh or not).