"I wanted to eat dinner with you dudes, but I am too much of a neckbeard to attend your soiree, I will now retire to the Asia Go! in the mall and get myself some orange chicken because I am filth"
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nice peacoat, though it might be a little big for you
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Allows you to have a 150 Heroic-type Sidekick who knows what you're thinking and in a pinch can throw himself into harms way to save you. Innate means he's "real" in the sense that he can't be Nullified as a power and Subtle means people don't notice when you call for him. Though he should probably be invisible or something or everyone is going to know anyway.
"I wanted to eat dinner with you dudes, but I am too much of a neckbeard to attend your soiree, I will now retire to the Asia Go! in the mall and get myself some orange chicken because I am filth"
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nice peacoat, though it might be a little big for you
That was a random google image search, heh
I don't dress anything like that guy. I actually was sad he didn't have fingerless gloves.
"I wanted to eat dinner with you dudes, but I am too much of a neckbeard to attend your soiree, I will now retire to the Asia Go! in the mall and get myself some orange chicken because I am filth"
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nice peacoat, though it might be a little big for you
Been thinking about some coat like that, my leather jacket is getting really worn.
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Allows you to have a 150 Heroic-type Sidekick who knows what you're thinking and in a pinch can throw himself into harms way to save you. Innate means he's "real" in the sense that he can't be Nullified as a power and Subtle means people don't notice when you call for him. Though he should probably be invisible or something or everyone is going to know anyway.
Haha, that is awesome.
It could be amusing to have all of your points beyond the basics sunk into a power like that. Or play Jimmy Olsen.
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i mean you can also make a case that saying "its $30/plate, you have to wear a suit" is kinda classist
like
maybe someone like me could swing the 30/plate but isn't gonna be able to shell out for a suit that they will wear for this thing
i mean i know you believe that everyone should have at least one nice suit will
but the reality is that some people just can't afford it, yet maybe they could save up the money for this con
well yeah the cost is higher then i expected because of the restaurant week thing and i feel kind of bad about that.
but let's be honest about "dressing up": it's incredibly cheap to get a passable jacket and tie at a thrift store. you can even find some really stylish retro stuff if you look around a tiny bit. people objecting to dressing up are doing so out of a philosophical objection. because, as nerds, we shouldn't have to conform or dress up or behave in the way that society expects us to.
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JacobkoshGamble a stamp.I can show you how to be a real man!Moderatormod
i mean you can also make a case that saying "its $30/plate, you have to wear a suit" is kinda classist
like
maybe someone like me could swing the 30/plate but isn't gonna be able to shell out for a suit that they will wear for this thing
i mean i know you believe that everyone should have at least one nice suit will
but the reality is that some people just can't afford it, yet maybe they could save up the money for this con
I think having the money for halfway decent clothes is way easier than having the money for a cross-country plane ticket and a convention pass and a hotel room etc etc etc.
Some people just won't already own a nice suit, Will.
If they all owned nice suits and refused to wear them, then fine: they're being slovenly. If they don't own one, they're going to be put out by the huge expense for one meal.
Compromise, Will. Book two tables, split the guests between the two based on smartness and style, and make sure one table is significantly lower than the other. Everyone can then attend, and you can look down on the slackers. Win - win.
i mean you can also make a case that saying "its $30/plate, you have to wear a suit" is kinda classist
like
maybe someone like me could swing the 30/plate but isn't gonna be able to shell out for a suit that they will wear for this thing
i mean i know you believe that everyone should have at least one nice suit will
but the reality is that some people just can't afford it, yet maybe they could save up the money for this con
I think having the money for halfway decent clothes is way easier than having the money for a cross-country plane ticket and a convention pass and a hotel room etc etc etc.
"I wanted to eat dinner with you dudes, but I am too much of a neckbeard to attend your soiree, I will now retire to the Asia Go! in the mall and get myself some orange chicken because I am filth"
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nice peacoat, though it might be a little big for you
Been thinking about some coat like that, my leather jacket is getting really worn.
if you oil it, it'll look a little less worn probably
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I had dreadlocks and wore rave pants in high school
I only started looking reasonable because I was doing crime and didn't want to get pulled over
And now I look like a grownup because I need to wear a shirt and slacks for work, so 8-)
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And if you are on that border where that suit is the exact breaking point for what you're comfortable to spend, don't go to the fancy dinner. It's really limiting to have to do something every night that can't exclude even one person by temperament or expense. Maybe somebody else could plan another D&D outing at a burger joint?
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"I wanted to eat dinner with you dudes, but I am too much of a neckbeard to attend your soiree, I will now retire to the Asia Go! in the mall and get myself some orange chicken because I am filth"
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nice peacoat, though it might be a little big for you
nothing ever needs more fedora.
at the moment i don't have any wearable suits. i've lost too much to get mine tailored/resized and would have to get a new one. with no interviews/weddings/funerals on the horizon that is not one of my priorities.
i mean you can also make a case that saying "its $30/plate, you have to wear a suit" is kinda classist
like
maybe someone like me could swing the 30/plate but isn't gonna be able to shell out for a suit that they will wear for this thing
i mean i know you believe that everyone should have at least one nice suit will
but the reality is that some people just can't afford it, yet maybe they could save up the money for this con
I think having the money for halfway decent clothes is way easier than having the money for a cross-country plane ticket and a convention pass and a hotel room etc etc etc.
some of these guys are talking about sleeping 8 to a room so...
Some people just won't already own a nice suit, Will.
If they all owned nice suits and refused to wear them, then fine: they're being slovenly. If they don't own one, they're going to be put out by the huge expense for one meal.
Compromise, Will. Book two tables, split the guests between the two based on smartness and style, and make sure one table is significantly lower than the other. Everyone can then attend, and you can look down on the slackers. Win - win.
i like the idea of asking the hostess to lead them to the arby's down the street
i mean you can also make a case that saying "its $30/plate, you have to wear a suit" is kinda classist
like
maybe someone like me could swing the 30/plate but isn't gonna be able to shell out for a suit that they will wear for this thing
i mean i know you believe that everyone should have at least one nice suit will
but the reality is that some people just can't afford it, yet maybe they could save up the money for this con
I think having the money for halfway decent clothes is way easier than having the money for a cross-country plane ticket and a convention pass and a hotel room etc etc etc.
some of these guys are talking about sleeping 8 to a room so...
man
I mean I would really like to go to PAX but not sleeping with 7 other dudes much
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i mean you can also make a case that saying "its $30/plate, you have to wear a suit" is kinda classist
like
maybe someone like me could swing the 30/plate but isn't gonna be able to shell out for a suit that they will wear for this thing
i mean i know you believe that everyone should have at least one nice suit will
but the reality is that some people just can't afford it, yet maybe they could save up the money for this con
I think having the money for halfway decent clothes is way easier than having the money for a cross-country plane ticket and a convention pass and a hotel room etc etc etc.
some of these guys are talking about sleeping 8 to a room so...
And I know you don't realize it, but people live on this side of the country too. So it could be a cheap bus ticket to get to the con instead of flying cross country.
I think it was Pony who ventured the opinion that the nerds who were often the most vocally opposed to dressing up and maybe shaving were often vehemently opposed to a lass approaching their own level of slovenliness, thus making their avowed focus on what's inside that counts kind of hollow. It rung true to me.
I could drive to PAX East. I could stay at a friends place. I could traverse the bars by night with people I kind of know and look at/play video games with people by day, and experience the magic of a convention.
But I am not, because I am a son of a bitch who doesn't have a strong enough urge to go ahead and do it.
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Irond WillWARNING: NO HURTFUL COMMENTS, PLEASE!!!!!Cambridge. MAModeratormod
edited February 2011
i am saying that a sport coat at a thrift store will run someone $5 or so
and it's something that, really. you should own anyways
if anyone really honestly is so hard up that they can't scrimp and save for a $5 sport coat then i am happy to spot you that money
Some people just won't already own a nice suit, Will.
If they all owned nice suits and refused to wear them, then fine: they're being slovenly. If they don't own one, they're going to be put out by the huge expense for one meal.
Compromise, Will. Book two tables, split the guests between the two based on smartness and style, and make sure one table is significantly lower than the other. Everyone can then attend, and you can look down on the slackers. Win - win.
i like the idea of asking the hostess to lead them to the arby's down the street
Don't kick them out of the restaurant. Just remove their cutlery and make them eat with their hands. From a communal trough.
I think it was Pony who ventured the opinion that the nerds who were often the most vocally opposed to dressing up and maybe shaving were often vehemently opposed to a lass approaching their own level of slovenliness, thus making their avowed focus on what's inside that counts kind of hollow. It rung true to me.
I could drive to PAX East. I could stay at a friends place. I could traverse the bars by night with people I kind of know and look at/play video games with people by day, and experience the magic of a convention.
But I am not, because I am a son of a bitch who doesn't have a strong enough urge to go ahead and do it.
i had a lot of fun at it last year
i guess i didn't care all that much for the convention itself, but it was a lot of fun to hang out with my forum bros
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Desc, I can do the dice roll for you if need be. But I can't reach that site either.
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YamiNoSenshiA point called ZIn the complex planeRegistered Userregular
Some people just won't already own a nice suit, Will.
If they all owned nice suits and refused to wear them, then fine: they're being slovenly. If they don't own one, they're going to be put out by the huge expense for one meal.
Compromise, Will. Book two tables, split the guests between the two based on smartness and style, and make sure one table is significantly lower than the other. Everyone can then attend, and you can look down on the slackers. Win - win.
i like the idea of asking the hostess to lead them to the arby's down the street
Don't kick them out of the restaurant. Just remove their cutlery and make them eat with their hands. From a communal trough.
brb opening theme restaurant.
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Maybe it is a bit silly for me to buy a suit just for dinner with internet people
i mean you can also make a case that saying "its $30/plate, you have to wear a suit" is kinda classist
like
maybe someone like me could swing the 30/plate but isn't gonna be able to shell out for a suit that they will wear for this thing
i mean i know you believe that everyone should have at least one nice suit will
but the reality is that some people just can't afford it, yet maybe they could save up the money for this con
well yeah the cost is higher then i expected because of the restaurant week thing and i feel kind of bad about that.
but let's be honest about "dressing up": it's incredibly cheap to get a passable jacket and tie at a thrift store. you can even find some really stylish retro stuff if you look around a tiny bit. people objecting to dressing up are doing so out of a philosophical objection. because, as nerds, we shouldn't have to conform or dress up or behave in the way that society expects us to.
For once, even I agree with Will here.
The sociopolitical underpinning of 'Business Attire' pisses me off, plus the horrible circularity of the word 'professional'. I will go 100 rounds with Will on that and not break a sweat.
But you can go buy some cool or even ridiculous jacket from a second-hand shop if you have to for a party. A party is not an interview.
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nice peacoat, though it might be a little big for you
Haha, that is awesome.
This is how I read this. I have unpleasant mental images now.
That was a random google image search, heh
I don't dress anything like that guy. I actually was sad he didn't have fingerless gloves.
Been thinking about some coat like that, my leather jacket is getting really worn.
It could be amusing to have all of your points beyond the basics sunk into a power like that. Or play Jimmy Olsen.
well yeah the cost is higher then i expected because of the restaurant week thing and i feel kind of bad about that.
but let's be honest about "dressing up": it's incredibly cheap to get a passable jacket and tie at a thrift store. you can even find some really stylish retro stuff if you look around a tiny bit. people objecting to dressing up are doing so out of a philosophical objection. because, as nerds, we shouldn't have to conform or dress up or behave in the way that society expects us to.
I think having the money for halfway decent clothes is way easier than having the money for a cross-country plane ticket and a convention pass and a hotel room etc etc etc.
Most of the jackets in my closet are still my father's hand-me-downs.
If they all owned nice suits and refused to wear them, then fine: they're being slovenly. If they don't own one, they're going to be put out by the huge expense for one meal.
Compromise, Will. Book two tables, split the guests between the two based on smartness and style, and make sure one table is significantly lower than the other. Everyone can then attend, and you can look down on the slackers. Win - win.
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Stupid poverty.
if you oil it, it'll look a little less worn probably
I only started looking reasonable because I was doing crime and didn't want to get pulled over
And now I look like a grownup because I need to wear a shirt and slacks for work, so 8-)
at the moment i don't have any wearable suits. i've lost too much to get mine tailored/resized and would have to get a new one. with no interviews/weddings/funerals on the horizon that is not one of my priorities.
As for dressing up, I don't like to do so, but if the situation calls for it, such as a wedding or the office holiday party, I'll do it.
i like the idea of asking the hostess to lead them to the arby's down the street
man
I mean I would really like to go to PAX but not sleeping with 7 other dudes much
And I know you don't realize it, but people live on this side of the country too. So it could be a cheap bus ticket to get to the con instead of flying cross country.
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But I am not, because I am a son of a bitch who doesn't have a strong enough urge to go ahead and do it.
and it's something that, really. you should own anyways
if anyone really honestly is so hard up that they can't scrimp and save for a $5 sport coat then i am happy to spot you that money
Don't kick them out of the restaurant. Just remove their cutlery and make them eat with their hands. From a communal trough.
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yes. people are silly. it is a thing.
right and what i was confused about
is business casual enough to not be "slovenly"
i mean expecting people to be able to hit business casual is one thing
expecting them in a suit is another
and calling people who either dont HAVE a suit
or don't like them
slovenly
seems uh
hyperbolic
i had a lot of fun at it last year
i guess i didn't care all that much for the convention itself, but it was a lot of fun to hang out with my forum bros
brb opening theme restaurant.
I could get away with a sharp blazer?
see
the problem is that "business casual" is what tech nerds consider to be "ill-fitting khakis and a shitty polo with sneakers"
those are not appropriate clothes for a decent restaurant in this city.
that would be fine
if you need to borrow a tie i have hundreds
For once, even I agree with Will here.
The sociopolitical underpinning of 'Business Attire' pisses me off, plus the horrible circularity of the word 'professional'. I will go 100 rounds with Will on that and not break a sweat.
But you can go buy some cool or even ridiculous jacket from a second-hand shop if you have to for a party. A party is not an interview.
So you're just talking business casual, right? Not formalwear?
...
I miss both!
well excuse me if i cant afford nice polos and there is barely a pair of pants that fit me correctly, let alone nice looking ones
this isn't said in a huff, but it IS said sarcastically
considering i am currently wearing ill fitting khakis and a shitty polo shirt
this is all of my clothes