The MEGASHOCK Saloon Thread

[Sonero]

Alright guys, when I said I found gold, I meant because of what I found that my sister sort of overlooked. She put a bunch of my mom's cooking stuff on the kitchen floor. I assume this was just clearing out cabinets and stuff to make room for my dad to take over the apartment. So I'm browsing along and lo and behold, my mom's old mortar. She had two of them: a newer one and then the one I grew watching her use. Had to do a double take because it'd been years since I saw it. Soon as I saw it, a giant smile came across my face and it made the whole ordeal of going over absolutely worth it.

 

So now I own my grandmother's mortar and the one my mom used on her daily cooking for decades:

 

 

I know my posts have been sort of sadsackish lately. But those two mortars represent decades worth of food with them. Just looking at that picture has me a bit emotional (in the good kind of way).  That's a lot of garlic mortared, sofrito made etc. It may have zero monetary value to anybody, but it may well be the most valuable two things in my kitchen.

[rukawa_kaede]

it's a molcajete made out of wood?

 

we use those in mexico with the difference they're made from volcanic rock.

 

[Sonero]

In Puerto Rico we call them either Pilon or Mortero.

 

Same concept all around. Although I'm sure there are some indepth nerd ass things about their differences that @Reticently probably read about in some book.

[Reticently]

16 minutes ago, Sonero said:

In Puerto Rico we call them either Pilon or Mortero.

 

Same concept all around. Although I'm sure there are some indepth nerd ass things about their differences that @Reticently probably read about in some book.

I'm no expert, but the basic set-up exists in pretty much every culture that cooks.  

[GreatDarkHero]

On 10/8/2020 at 2:12 PM, Deadly_Raver said:

Yo.  Heihachi!! We got another one for carry out!

 

Heihachi:  No problem!

 

Heihachi: "It's just the Mishima tradition, fellas. It's all good." 

[Chadouken]

59 minutes ago, rukawa_kaede said:

we use those in mexico with the difference they're made from volcanic rock.

I frequently find and record the prehistoric version, called a mano and metate. They're most often made from vesicular basalt.

 

Edit: actually, they're a little different. Metates are typically larger than motars, and manos can be large enough to use with two hands. I do find mortars and pestles as well, most often the mortars will be formed in bedrock and so are a permanent fixture of a site.

Edited October 11, 2020 by Chadouken
Added information.

[rukawa_kaede]

11 minutes ago, Chadouken said:

I frequently find and record the prehistoric version, called a mano and metate. They're most often made from vesicular basalt.

metate is another thing to make masa for tortillas and it isn't prehistoric it was still use in the early 90's. They are all made from vesicular basalt but isn't that from volcanic rock so i'm kind of confused.

[misterBee]

The intelligence level of this discussion has suddenly increased tenfold in the past 15 minutes. 🧠

[beesuit]

7 hours ago, DarkSakul said:

@beesuit is this Thot enough for you?

It's a two part-er Starts with https://youtu.be/X6-xf19Wr4s And then it goes to another site that not safe for work (dude created a parody of a porn site to sell the joke)
(From the Youtube video description) 
Follow the Chaos Gods: https://peepoohub.weebly.com/ Song Starts at ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

 

 

Das not kawaii

 

 

[Chadouken]

12 minutes ago, rukawa_kaede said:

it isn't prehistoric it was still use in the early 90's. They are all made from vesicular basalt but isn't that from volcanic rock so i'm kind of confused.

Yeah, basalt is a volcanic rock, but so is rhyolite and andesite. Most of the metates I find are basalt though- I was just being specific is all. 

 

Metates were being used here where I live and work since at least AD 200, at the beginning of the Formative Period. And there might be evidence they were being used in the Late Archaic when agriculture began to have a bigger influence on lifestyle.

 

That's cool they are still used in modern times- I actually didn't know that! 

Edited October 11, 2020 by Chadouken

[DarkSakul]

14 minutes ago, beesuit said:

Das not kawaii

I said nothing about Kawaii. I said thot. 
Your level of perversion makes Slaanesh blush 

[misterBee]

2 minutes ago, DarkSakul said:

I said nothing about Kawaii. I said thot. 
Your level of perversion makes Slaanesh blush 

Excuse me is there heresy on MY forum?

[rukawa_kaede]

10 minutes ago, Chadouken said:

Yeah, basalt is a volcanic rock, but so is rhyolite and andesite. Most of the metates I find are basalt though- I was just being specific is all. 

 

Metates were being used here where I live and work since at least AD 200, at the beginning of the Formative Period. And there might be evidence they were being used in the Late Archaic when agriculture began to have a bigger influence on lifestyle.

 

That's cool they are still used in modern times- I actually didn't know that! 

hmm so where are you from may i ask?

[DarkSakul]

I am a Sith Lord, of course I am a Heretic.

But just to be clear the Imperium of Man would probably see both Sith and Jedi has Heretics to be slaughtered with their heretical religion made by heretical xeno and mutant scum .

Edited October 11, 2020 by DarkSakul

[scorp]

We finally made somewhat of a dent into the mess of our basement in the new house. 
 

I managed to carve out a corner with an older TV and couch so I can play some retro games lol

 

Still feels like a house, but feeling a little more like a home. 

[Chadouken]

18 minutes ago, rukawa_kaede said:

hmm so where are you from may i ask?

I'm in southern New Mexico. The culture group I study were the Jornada Mogollon.

[DangerousJ]

47 minutes ago, misterBee said:

The intelligence level of this discussion has suddenly increased tenfold in the past 15 minutes. 🧠

An archaeologist, an anthropologist, and a research scientist walk into a bar.....

[Chadouken]

Man, Maynard got covid and is suffering from lung damage 😥

 

https://klaq.com/tool-maynard-james-keenan-covid-19-lung-damage/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral

[beesuit]

56 minutes ago, DarkSakul said:

I said nothing about Kawaii. I said thot. 
Your level of perversion makes Slaanesh blush 

You're right. Lucky there was not hand holding, that level of lewdness is not unfit for public consumption

[DangerousJ]

Chadouken in the field?

 

[Sonero]

That legit kinda looks like chad too wtf, fam?

 

[AriesWarlock]

How to metal up a happy birthday song 🤘

 

 

[scorp]

Damn dudes. 
 

I’m watching the latest blackish episode and I already know how much black folk have been held back since the 1700s for voting, but it opened my eyes how much MORE bullshit they’ve had to jump over just to vote. 
 

Just brutal. Hit reset on that country and put in a new cart. 

[Maxx]

This feels like entrapment 

 

[scorp]

5 minutes ago, Maxx said:

This feels like entrapment 

 

She mixed up the miles and age. 

[Maxx]

17 minutes ago, odin said:

She mixed up the miles and age. 

i feel like chris hansons on the other end of this shit

 

 

bill burr making snl audience super uncomfortable is a beauty. hes been running with a version of this bit for a while now...i think this is the final form.

 

 

Edited October 11, 2020 by Maxx

[Darc_Requiem]

29 minutes ago, Maxx said:

This feels like entrapment 

 

When she offers you sweet tea and isn't in the living room when you walk in you going to jail fam. 🧑🏾‍✈️

[Deadly_Raver]

11 hours ago, Reticently said:

Time to play it is.

[scorp]

20 minutes ago, Darc_Requiem said:

When she offers you sweet tea and isn't in the living room when you walk in you going to jail fam. 🧑🏾‍✈️

Yup. Start running when you hear “make yourself at home in the kitchen, I’ll be right there!”

[DarkSakul]

57 minutes ago, Maxx said:

This feels like entrapment 

That is when you swipe left 

[Deadly_Raver]

13 minutes ago, odin said:

Yup. Start running when you hear “make yourself at home in the kitchen, I’ll be right there!”

if she doesn't meet you in the parking lot, LEAVE.

[OPTIMUS124]

1 hour ago, Maxx said:

bill burr making snl audience super uncomfortable is a beauty. hes been running with a version of this bit for a while now...i think this is the final form.

 

He's one of my favorite comedians. Always delivers comedic social commentary with surgical precision. 

[Scanman]

I thought this channel was pretty funny even if it's insufferably biased.

[Darc_Requiem]

 

[Maxx]

5 hours ago, OPTIMUS124 said:

He's one of my favorite comedians. Always delivers comedic social commentary with surgical precision. 

It looks like he's still messing with his woke jokes from the last Netflix special . I think I like this version better. 

[Vhozite]

I think it might be time to invest in a mouse. Lately when I play strategy games like Civ on the mouse pad I always end up getting carpal tunnel in my hand. Its one of the reasons I put the game down. Start playing a different strategy game and on day 3 my hand is still killing me 8 hours later. 
 

Is there anything I can do to avoid my hand hurting like this? It’s not something I need to see a doctor for but it’s really uncomfortable.

[DangerousJ]

I  would use a mouse and get a mousepad with a wrist pad. That would reduce the force compressing the median nerve if it is cts.

 

Other things to keep on mind:

 

Have good posture and keep the wrists straight and parallel to the table surface.

 

Wear a wrist splint at night. It looks like a fingerless glove and can be bought over the counter at places like Walmart/walgreen/sport authority

[Sonero]

2 hours ago, Scanman said:

I thought this channel was pretty funny even if it's insufferably biased.

I have to double check one thing (PRs getting kicked out of homes thing). But other than that it all 100% accurate.

 

They didnt really explain the Jones act too well though. If a ship wants to dock in PR to deliver goods, it has to have a US Flag. So in order for us to get products from other countries, it has tk be shipped to a port in the US and then put on a second ship to Puerto Rico.

 

They left out a host of other terrible things that have happened to the island too.

 

 

[Hawkingbird]

1 hour ago, Vhozite said:

I think it might be time to invest in a mouse. Lately when I play strategy games like Civ on the mouse pad I always end up getting carpal tunnel in my hand. Its one of the reasons I put the game down. Start playing a different strategy game and on day 3 my hand is still killing me 8 hours later. 
 

Is there anything I can do to avoid my hand hurting like this? It’s not something I need to see a doctor for but it’s really uncomfortable.

If the mouse itself is the actual problem than look at vertical mice like these

 

They are design to have your wrist in a more natural and comfortable position. If this is too weird for you than you can invest on a mouse pad with a wrist rest.

Edited October 11, 2020 by Hawkingbird

[misterBee]

1 hour ago, Vhozite said:

I think it might be time to invest in a mouse. Lately when I play strategy games like Civ on the mouse pad I always end up getting carpal tunnel in my hand. Its one of the reasons I put the game down. Start playing a different strategy game and on day 3 my hand is still killing me 8 hours later. 
 

Is there anything I can do to avoid my hand hurting like this? It’s not something I need to see a doctor for but it’s really uncomfortable.

If you're not playing a lot of FPS it may be time to invest in a trackball:

 

 

https://www.logitech.com/en-us/products/mice/mx-ergo-wireless-trackball-mouse.html?crid=7

 

I own one of these and it works quite nicely.

[Sonero]

Best friend would play Counter Strike on a trackball.

 

Now that I've done some PC gaming, I have no idea how he managed that.

[RSG3]

Trackball is the only way to play Asteroids. 

[Vhozite]

12 minutes ago, misterBee said:

If you're not playing a lot of FPS it may be time to invest in a trackball:

 

 

https://www.logitech.com/en-us/products/mice/mx-ergo-wireless-trackball-mouse.html?crid=7

 

I own one of these and it works quite nicely.

Man my dad had one of these as a kid! It was always my favorite mouse to use too, but I always thought it just looked cool. Never knew it had a functional purpose.

Thanks for all the help y’all.

Edit: @Hawkingbirdi think it has something to do with how I position my hand. Using the touchpad usually has my hand making an awkward, almost scratching like position where it’s half open and half closed. I’m fine doing regular computer work or using controllers it’s just when I’m trying to move fast over a period of time using the track pad that I get uncomfortable. 

Edited October 11, 2020 by Vhozite

[misterBee]

8 minutes ago, Sonero said:

Best friend would play Counter Strike on a trackball.

 

Now that I've done some PC gaming, I have no idea how he managed that.

I've done some CS:GO with my trackball just to see if it could be done.

It's possible but obviously not ideal.  I use my trusty G604 most of the time.

[BB_Hoody]

Damn shame SRK has to go out this way. Pertho tried to keep it together but other people just be on some bullshit

 

[Sonero]

It may be unfair, but we dont recognize anybody without an animated avatar. MegaShock is about putting motion kn your soul.

[Darc_Requiem]

@BB_HoodyI got you fam.

[Sonero]

@BB_Hoody Yooo get on that AV right now.

 

That ish is pretty sick.

😮

[Reiraku]

I used to use that one on the CoH forums WAY back in the day. It's one of my favorites

[Illwill88]

After seeing all the not animated av slander I finally changed mine.  I was going to change it to some booty but finding a decent gif of it that was sfw was tough. It was either silly fb humor stuff or straight to "pawgdestroyedbybbc.gif" . Still found something for now for my profile background lol.