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matt has a problem

Inquisitor wrote: »

Gim wrote: »

Inquisitor wrote: »

Geeze, yesterday at work and today when I was getting my tired rotated I was flipping through magazines to stave off boredom and holy crap, the people in these advertisements don't even look human. They are ridiculous builds wearing outlandish clothing holding absurd postures with alien facial expressions with a heaping dose of photoshop tossed on top.

Just who the hell are these things supposed to appeal to?

Young women?

One of the magazines was GQ which I think is aimed at dudes and the other was some LA life thing which seemed gender neutral.

So you're saying you don't have 8 hours a day to work out and an entire team of hairdressers and makeup artists at your disposal, along with a bank account that could purchase you the entire inventory of every Gucci, Armani, Ferrari, Bentley and Yves St. Laurent store in Beverly Hills?

Gim

Inquisitor wrote: »

Gim wrote: »

Inquisitor wrote: »

Geeze, yesterday at work and today when I was getting my tired rotated I was flipping through magazines to stave off boredom and holy crap, the people in these advertisements don't even look human. They are ridiculous builds wearing outlandish clothing holding absurd postures with alien facial expressions with a heaping dose of photoshop tossed on top.

Just who the hell are these things supposed to appeal to?

Young women?

One of the magazines was GQ which I think is aimed at dudes and the other was some LA life thing which seemed gender neutral.

Then the criminally insane.

Donkey Kong

matthasaproblem wrote: »

Corbius wrote: »

Someone explain to me why I cannot stop watching Hoarders on A&E.

Because I cannot stop.

Dunno, but if your start impulsively buying the series on DVD until you go bankrupt and your life is ruined and the city turns off your water so you start using adult diapers and you are so depressed that you just stack the used ones up in your house alongside piles of garbage until the wave of filth nearly kills you, there's a show you need to be on.

LaOs

Arivia wrote: »

LaOs wrote: »

Dinger... seems Mojo's disappeared.

He'll be back; post in his thread in CF.

I took a couple quick looks but haven't seen a thread by him in CF...

Inquisitor

matthasaproblem wrote: »

So you're saying you don't have 8 hours a day to work out and an entire team of hairdressers and makeup artists at your disposal, along with a bank account that could purchase you the entire inventory of every Gucci, Armani, Ferrari, Bentley and Yves St. Laurent store in Beverly Hills?

Well these people have these things and it hasn't made them look any more attractive really.

Also apparently men are constantly walking out of pools/lakes/waterfalls while fully clothed so they can be dripping in water.

Man, I'd catch such a cold.

Inquisitor

Bama wrote: »

Guys read GQ?

The articles seemed aimed at men, male fashion, etc.

Magazine had such a raging boner for italian men's fashion.

JebusUD

Chanus wrote: »

Preacher wrote: »

Chanus wrote: »

Corbius wrote: »

Someone explain to me why I cannot stop watching Hoarders on A&E.

Because I cannot stop.

I dunno, but if you can figure it out, talk to my girlfriend, please.

At least it isn't 16 and pregant, a show I fear because it enraptures my wife to hate these ladies.

Oh, she watches that one, too... and that Teen Mom show.

But she doesn't mind if I ignore her and play video games while she watches the shows... so i guess win-win?

If she did, you would have a problem. I often ask my girlfriend why she watches that stuff. She says she doesn't know. Somehow she is flipping through channels and it always ends up on MTV or E!

Preacher

Inquisitor wrote: »

Preacher wrote: »

I know this seems like an obvious non drama position, couldn't you just tell the one group you want to try out another group? I mean is D&D such a big deal that doing so would unravel the fabric of a social situation?

It gets similar to WoW raiding, if you've been in that situation, ie. mad guilt tripping.

"But we invested this time into your gear!" or rather "But we invested this time into our campaign and your character!"

Buncha bullshit, really.

I could see that, but it involves less lying, and just being honest. Hell maybe see if they might be interested in coming to this other game or watching it? I dunno I guess thats just me.

I think it was Lincoln who said honesty is just easier because with lies you have to remember which ones you told.

Gim

In my experience of being alive, it seems to me that most magazine fashion advertisements (with some obvious exceptions) were aimed at young women and art students because...well, they're generally the ones looking through magazines looking at advertisements.

Burtletoy

Bama wrote: »

Guys read GQ?

People don't read magazines.

BobCesca

LaOs wrote: »

Arivia wrote: »

LaOs wrote: »

Dinger... seems Mojo's disappeared.

He'll be back; post in his thread in CF.

I took a couple quick looks but haven't seen a thread by him in CF...

It's not in CF. It's here

Variable

if you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything

amateurhour

seeing Jared Leto at the VMA's made me hate Jared Leto and his music even more.

Inquisitor

Yeah, I would just tell the group that you have a schedule conflict and would rather go to the other game and wash my hands of it.

It gets more complicated when the people you are gaming with are long term established friends outside of the context of the game.

Arivia

Burtletoy wrote: »

Bama wrote: »

Guys read GQ?

People don't read magazines.

Reminds me, I need to find a fashion magazine to subscribe to. Vogue?

Arch

God I would have the most terrible collection of music on an MP3 player if I had one

Punk Rock of varying genres and eras
some indie bands
Chiptunes
Nerd-Rock bands
some garage rock
maybe iron maiden

JebusUD

Burtletoy wrote: »

Bama wrote: »

Guys read GQ?

People don't read magazines.

I read popular mechanics sometimes. but then I am always disappointed because it is so short.

Apparently, according to the ads I need to start doing chew as well. It is pretty much every few pages.

Preacher

amateurhour wrote: »

seeing Jared Leto at the VMA's made me hate Jared Leto and his music even more.

Just watch Fight Club, you'll feel better about halfway through.

MikeMan

There are between 200 to 400 billion stars in our galaxy. Our galaxy is of average size. Some are much larger. Andromeda, for instance, is estimated to have around a trillion stars alone. The visible universe contains on the order of 100 billion galaxies, each with hundreds of billions of stars. A rough estimate for the number of stars in the visible universe puts a lower limit at around 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, or 10 sextillion stars.

That's a lot of stars.

And yet each time you take a deep breath, you fill your lungs with more air molecules than there are stars in the visible universe.

This... this is a big place we live in.

amateurhour

Arch wrote: »

God I would have the most terrible collection of music on an MP3 player if I had one

Punk Rock of varying genres and eras
some indie bands
Chiptunes
Nerd-Rock bands
some garage rock
maybe iron maiden

Why don't you have an mp3 player?

they're 20 bucks at the drug store now.

Silas Brown

I don't know. I can't get over the notion that getting together for a new D&D group and then being like "actually this would be more fun, peace droogs" would be a kind of a slap in the face to my friends. If it were people I didn't know, or only knew because of the game, that might be different, but this isn't a professional relationship.

Arivia

Arch wrote: »

God I would have the most terrible collection of music on an MP3 player if I had one

Punk Rock of varying genres and eras
some indie bands
Chiptunes
Nerd-Rock bands
some garage rock
maybe iron maiden

Mine is Sarah McLachlan and death metal.

LaOs

BobCesca wrote: »

LaOs wrote: »

Arivia wrote: »

LaOs wrote: »

Dinger... seems Mojo's disappeared.

He'll be back; post in his thread in CF.

I took a couple quick looks but haven't seen a thread by him in CF...

It's not in CF. It's here

Ah, thanks Cesca.

Arch

amateurhour wrote: »

Arch wrote: »

God I would have the most terrible collection of music on an MP3 player if I had one

Punk Rock of varying genres and eras
some indie bands
Chiptunes
Nerd-Rock bands
some garage rock
maybe iron maiden

Why don't you have an mp3 player?

they're 20 bucks at the drug store now.

i dont want a 20 buck at the drug store mp3 player

also i haven't gone and bought one yet- i just steal my fiancee's and fit what I can on my phone...but my phone's battery goes to hell if i listen to music on it

Arch

Arivia wrote: »

Arch wrote: »

God I would have the most terrible collection of music on an MP3 player if I had one

Punk Rock of varying genres and eras
some indie bands
Chiptunes
Nerd-Rock bands
some garage rock
maybe iron maiden

Mine is Sarah McLachlan and death metal.

that uh

doesn't surprise me, although i also expected asian pop music (kpop or jpop) for some reason

Gim

MikeMan wrote: »

There are between 200 to 400 billion stars in our galaxy. Our galaxy is of average size. Some are much larger. Andromeda, for instance, is estimated to have around a trillion stars alone. The visible universe contains on the order of 100 billion galaxies, each with hundreds of billions of stars. A rough estimate for the number of stars in the visible universe puts a lower limit at around 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, or 10 sextillion stars.

That's a lot of stars.

And yet each time you take a deep breath, you fill your lungs with more air molecules than there are stars in the visible universe.

This... this is a big place we live in.

Bama

Arch wrote: »

God I would have the most terrible collection of music on an MP3 player if I had one

Punk Rock of varying genres and eras
some indie bands
Chiptunes
Nerd-Rock bands
some garage rock
maybe iron maiden

maybe Iron Maiden?

Burtletoy

Arch wrote: »

amateurhour wrote: »

Arch wrote: »

God I would have the most terrible collection of music on an MP3 player if I had one

Punk Rock of varying genres and eras
some indie bands
Chiptunes
Nerd-Rock bands
some garage rock
maybe iron maiden

Why don't you have an mp3 player?

they're 20 bucks at the drug store now.

i dont want a 20 buck at the drug store mp3 player

also i haven't gone and bought one yet- i just steal my fiancee's and fit what I can on my phone...but my phone's battery goes to hell if i listen to music on it

You said it was for at work, right?

Can't you bring your phone charger to work?

Donkey Kong

Silas Brown wrote: »

I don't know. I can't get over the notion that getting together for a new D&D group and then being like "actually this would be more fun, peace droogs" would be a kind of a slap in the face to my friends. If it were people I didn't know, or only knew because of the game, that might be different, but this isn't a professional relationship.

You need to watch some more Nickelodeon or Disney Channel. This is the plot of every tween drama.

Arch

Burtletoy wrote: »

Arch wrote: »

amateurhour wrote: »

Arch wrote: »

God I would have the most terrible collection of music on an MP3 player if I had one

Punk Rock of varying genres and eras
some indie bands
Chiptunes
Nerd-Rock bands
some garage rock
maybe iron maiden

Why don't you have an mp3 player?

they're 20 bucks at the drug store now.

i dont want a 20 buck at the drug store mp3 player

also i haven't gone and bought one yet- i just steal my fiancee's and fit what I can on my phone...but my phone's battery goes to hell if i listen to music on it

You said it was for at work, right?

Can't you bring your phone charger to work?

sometimes i am dumb and forget it

this is both the answer and the problem with this situation

Irond Will

whoa whoa someone needs to make a new one