Wednesday, February 21, 2018

461 - Super Powers We'd Totally Use For Good, Too Many (Cl)icks Working At Apple, Drink It Mate, and But You Can Grow Out Of Slumber Party Movies

[11:31 AM] Mr. McGreen:
I saw a skit about 2 guys who save $100k each for any superpower they want so they picked healing factor and claws.  Then they find out that they have to pick one.  Cut to a bedroom of them screaming. They cant get them back in, covered in blood, and crying
[11:35 AM]
Well...the one got healing factor anyway.
[11:35 AM] Mr. McGreen:
Oh ok, you saw it?
[11:35 AM]
No
I'm a teleport guy, myself.
[11:36 AM] Mr. McGreen:
I'd like the power of the X-Man Forget Me Not.
His power is to be forgotten.
And basically he never gets credit for his work.
[11:37 AM]
I possessed that power for years.
"This is brilliant work!  Someone else is in the area, I'll congratulate him!"
[11:38 AM] Mr. McGreen:
What of you, Mr. Blue?
[11:44 AM] Mr. Blue:
Invisibility I guess, so long as it actually works.
[11:44 AM] Mr. McGreen:
But you'd have to be naked.
[11:44 AM] Mr. Blue:
Fine.
[11:44 AM] Mr. McGreen:
LOL
[11:44 AM] Mr. Blue:
So long as the contents of my stomach are also invisible.
[11:44 AM] Mr. McGreen:
I'd say yes.
[11:45 AM]
Yes...granted.
It's superhero invisibility, not chemistry.
[11:46 AM] Mr. Blue:
It would probably be easier if it was clothing that did it, like a suit.
[11:47 AM] Mr. McGreen:
Or an aura around you, like an inch around your body
[11:47 AM] Mr. Blue:
Yeah
[11:47 AM]
How about an ancient necromantic gold ring of power.  What could go wrong?
[11:47 AM] Mr. McGreen:
I want a Guyver suit
[11:49 AM] Mr. Blue:
Predator's invisibility tech is a little clunky
[11:50 AM]
Bit.
[11:50 AM] Mr. McGreen:
Yeah
[11:50 AM]
But better than none, and nice in a busy environment.
I'd do too many immoral things when invisible.
And I get cold too easily if it required nudity.
Fortunately, I want teleportation instead, and teleportation wouldn't let me do anything immoral or abusive.
[12:03 PM] Mr. McGreen:
You could kick the crap out of someone.
[12:03 PM]
Can do that without the teleportation power anyway.
[12:03 PM] Mr. McGreen:
Ohhhh
I couldn't
I'm a delicate snowflake
I'd street race Mr. Blue for pinks though.
[12:05 PM]
I'd just teep to the finish
"Did the quarter mile in 0.0000!"
[12:06 PM] Mr. McGreen:
Could you teleport things?
By holding on to them?
[12:07 PM]
Like carrying?  Or conjuring?
[12:07 PM] Mr. McGreen:
If you hold on to them.
[12:07 PM]
(conjuring would be awesome too...probably my #2 choice)
I'd want to be able to carry yes. 
It would be hard to retrieve the property that is my divine right from a bank or some-such without being able to carry it away.
[12:09 PM] Mr. McGreen:
But if you don't know what the inside of a place looks like you could teleport into something.
You're playing with fire. Line of sight only? Do photographs work?
[12:09 PM]
Well I'd want it flawless.
[12:09 PM] Mr. McGreen:
That's not even fair
[12:09 PM]
A flawed teleport power is basically instant death.
Even in space.
Thus conjuration is actually a better idea.
But I'd prefer a nice flawless teleport given the option.
[12:12 PM] Mr. McGreen:
Then I would start an international teleportation crimes division.
[12:13 PM]
I'd be there to enforce any violations for you; you can count on me!  ;-)



[2:31 PM]
WTF is wrong with Apple anyway?
This agent's stinking iPhone is supposedly the latest and greatest.
They added YET ANOTHER level of redundancy to get to the damned mail settings...followed by YET ANOTHER...
And the last one doesn't work.
I had to have this victim open Mail and get an error so we could tap Settings and go where we needed to be.
Ok Todd... So it's Settings... Mail... Accounts... Pick the Katzenjammer mail... Then Mail... Then choose Mail or Notes - neither one works."
But that's OK because they'll do something stupider in the next version.”
(They did – Mr. Silver)
"Tell you what - Just open the Mail program.  You got an error?  Tap Settings.  Ok we're in."
[2:38 PM] Mr. Blue:
It's insane how deep you have to dig to check SMTP settings.
Its gotta be like 9 or 10 clicks
[2:38 PM]
I think it's actually two more than that to get in.
That password crap they do in the desktop client is worth a lawsuit too.
I can't even fathom how it's not intentionally done to generate support calls to make money.
[2:45 PM] Mr. McGreen:
They need sued.
[2:52 PM]
(sings) "Toooo many clicks on the iPhone!"
"Toooo many clicks on the iPhone!"
"Too many clicks!"
"Toooo many clicks on the iPhone!"
"Too many clicks!"
"Too many cliiiiiicks on the iii-Phooooone!"
"TOO MANY CLICKS!"
[2:53 PM] Mr. McGreen:
Too many clicks, too hard to set this!”
[2:55 PM]
Too many dead ends, too many tricks!”
[3:00 PM] Mr. McGreen:
Pretty pissed off at those Apple pricks!”
Not satisfied with this iPhone 6!”
[3:03 PM] Mr. Blue:
lol
[3:04 PM]
The man can even slide in on Flight of the Conchords improv. We should have had him in here years ago.



[1:11 PM] Mr. McGreen:
You ever have the drink "mate"?
[1:13 PM]
What drink, "buddy"?
[1:14 PM] Mr. McGreen:
Yerba mate
It's an antioxidant tea.
Out of a gourd with a filtered straw.
I need a new gourd, though.
[1:15 PM]
(looks)
"Even the Pope (pictured, spitting) loves it!"
[1:18 PM] Mr. McGreen:
It lasts for a while before you have to add new leaves, so people in South America will carry thermoses of hot water around.
[1:19 PM]
That's a serious tea commitment.
[1:19 PM] Mr. McGreen:
Add hot water, drink, add more hot water etc. til the flavor is gone.
I'll let you try some when I get my new gourd if you'd like.
[1:20 PM]
"Just drink the drink!"



[9:29 AM] Mr. McGreen:
Either of you fellas see “Slumber Party Massacre”?
Looks like a gem
[9:32 AM]
Nope
(movie trailer voice)
"8 unsuspecting babes...
8 square feet of clothing...
8 IQs...
8 years too old for slumber parties...
Gathered together at 8PM...
"For 8 hours... 
"OF TERROR!"
[9:36 AM] Mr. McGreen:
Hey, you can never grow out of slumber parties.
You guys wanna come over for a slumber party?
We can talk about girls.
[9:48 AM]
"Slumber Party Massacre 2: Guys Night In"
[9:48 AM] Mr. McGreen:
No, we would be on 4.
The 2nd apparently had a man with a guitar with a drill on it.
The 3rd appeared to have a guy with a jackhammer.
[9:49 AM]
"OMG!  Jackie, Mandy, and Suzie are dead!  We should just leave!"
"But its raining."
"Oh!  My hair...  Well...  We'll just have to stay."