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  • GrennGrenn Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Happy New Year internet friends!

    I have had swine flu for the past 5 days, so I sort of missed it, but by god am I glad to be at least starting to feel better. Fuck me, this is the most ill I have ever been - at one point during my feverish delirium I believed that the H1N1 virus granted the powers of timetravel and telekenesis, but that mastering it while suffering the ill effects of the illness was very difficult...

    ...which it was. Almost impossible even.

    Still, I didn't die, which is always my yardstick for a new year.

    All the best for 2011 everyone. :^:

    Grenn on
  • farbekriegfarbekrieg Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    congratz on being alive grenn, because the walking dead have absolutely no rights what-so-ever, any schmuck can just walk up and blow their brains out.

    how did you get swine flu? booze, fat girls, xmas, mistletoe?

    (obvious to science stuff)

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  • GrennGrenn Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    It was a Christmas present.


    Basically, my brother-in-law got it, passed it onto my father-in-law when he visited b-i-l on xmas eve, and then f-i-l passed it onto me when he visited the wife and I on Boxing Day to exchange "gifts". There's a bit of a gestation period before the symptoms appear, hence how it was easily spread.

    In-laws, eh? Though I guess I appreciate the, abeit unconventional, way I've been included in that side of the family...

    Grenn on
  • Red_ArremerRed_Arremer Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Happy New Year Everyone!

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  • farbekriegfarbekrieg Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I guess the best gifts really are free grenn?

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  • PROXPROX Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    My new years resolution is to draw something for myself every day.

    edit:

    and to get in shape.

    edit edit:

    and find a girlfriend.


    edit edit edit:

    and become the world's deadliest millionaire.

    PROX on
  • m3nacem3nace Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    My new years resolution: play less minecraft - read more books

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  • IrukaIruka Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited January 2011
    Prox, You shouldnt have a relationship as a goal for a year.

    My only resolution is to get in there and stop fucking around. Applies to everything.

    Iruka on
  • Stupid Mr Whoopsie NameStupid Mr Whoopsie Name Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2011
    Iruka wrote: »
    My only resolution is to get in there and stop fucking around. Applies to everything.

    Even Clown School? D:

    Stupid Mr Whoopsie Name on
  • D-RobeD-Robe Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Especially clown school.

    D-Robe on
    Cheese.
  • IrukaIruka Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited January 2011
    Mars, you gotta take clown school by the horns. Get in there. Stop fucking around.

    Seriously.

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  • Stupid Mr Whoopsie NameStupid Mr Whoopsie Name Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2011
    Iruka wrote: »
    Mars, you gotta take clown school by the horns. Get in there. Stop fucking around.

    Seriously.

    bright-coloured-plastic-horn-for-clown-or-party-accessory-3614-p.jpg

    Well yeah.

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  • wakkawawakkawa Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Generally the people that have no problem at all getting into relationships are the ones that advocate the "Don't worry about ^_^" policy.

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  • lyriumlyrium Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Maybe they don't have trouble because they don't worry about it!
    (Nah, I know that it's hard for some people and that it can be frustrating. Maybe just try to keep getting into things that you like and are interesting to you. That way those things will make you happy, and it's not unlikely you will meet other people who are interesting to you at the same time.)

    Happy New Year, everyone!

    lyrium on
  • DirtyDirtyVagrantDirtyDirtyVagrant Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    This year, I am not going to eat food.

    It'll make it easier for me to stay on track if ALL food is bad. I might snack on some nuts or something when no one is around... But I'll totally still say I never ate anything.

    I also resolve to socialize more. And to read more books. And to play less videogames. And to draw more. And to generally try to be more accepting of people and less annoyed by dumb/petty things.

    DirtyDirtyVagrant on
  • PROXPROX Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Iruka wrote: »
    Prox, You shouldnt have a relationship as a goal for a year.

    I guess you're right. It might take like five years.

    My New Years resolution is to stop being such a depressed pessimistic goof ball.

    Resolution failed.

    PROX on
  • Stupid Mr Whoopsie NameStupid Mr Whoopsie Name Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2011
    I don't recommend starving yourself as a means to lose weight. Starvation does all sorts of damage to your body and mind.

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  • lyriumlyrium Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Yeah, if you don't get your nutrients then you won't feel better at all, but much worse. Fruits and vegetables have a lot of nutrients for few calories (when eaten raw/without a lot of added butter or sugar).

    lyrium on
  • PROXPROX Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    The best way to lose wait is to control what you eat. This doesn't mean stop eating. It means making better food choices.

    PROX on
  • DirtyDirtyVagrantDirtyDirtyVagrant Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I'm not starving myself. :rotate:

    I'll be fine.

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  • FlayFlay Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Finally got around to watching the Thing last night after a friend recommended it to me, and even 29 years later it's still one of the most visually impressive horror films I've seen. Even despite with the pretty amazing CG effects we can do nowadays, physical effects almost always win out. They may in some senses look less realistic, but they always seem infinitely creepier, at least to me. Take these for example (actual spoilers):


    The Thing (1982):


    Videodrome (1983):


    The Blob (1988):


    Now if it wasn't for the cheesy acting and music...


    EDIT: Yeah, not eating really isn't a good thing.

    Flay on
  • rtsrts Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Prox you didn't seem that depressed when I met you. Which is unusual, normally people immediately become depressed when they meet me.

    rts on
    skype: rtschutter
  • D-RobeD-Robe Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I get depressed just thinking about meeting you.

    D-Robe on
    Cheese.
  • DirtyDirtyVagrantDirtyDirtyVagrant Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I always kind of wanted to meet you and AOB and Loom and Ikage but ultimately decided that I would be far too uncool and that you all had much more important things to do.

    DirtyDirtyVagrant on
  • IrukaIruka Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited January 2011
    Cake doesnt know it, but Im probably going to meet him and try and take his huge adorable slobbery dog.

    Iruka on
  • rtsrts Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Can you do it in the next couple of hours? I am in LA and I have to drive to San Diego and back this evening, which means leaving him here by himself for a long time...again. I really hate to do it but I can't fit him in the car with the stuff I am hauling.

    I haven't posted any pictures of him in awhile, I should probably do that. I got him two years ago a week from today. Crazy.

    rts on
    skype: rtschutter
  • wakkawawakkawa Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    The key to depression is to channel it into something constructive.

    My art feeds off my depression.

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  • GodfatherGodfather Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    The key to getting me depressed is finding out how much my dad makes off of interpreting!

    Godfather on
  • IrukaIruka Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited January 2011
    cake, put the dog on a plane to raleigh, NC. I'll pick him up at the airport. He may never come back to LA though.

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  • rtsrts Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I don't think I can ever put him on a plane again. He is claustrophobic or something. When you put him in a crate he just starts drooling and drooling and drooling and drooling. It's crazy. Weird too because I put him in a crate all the time as a puppy and he was fine with it...but over time he just became more and more nervous in crates. Or cars if I am not in them. Or small rooms. I came home once to my grandmothers house in LA after putting him in his crate and both the crate and his bed were completely soaked. I thought he had peed all over it but it turned out to be drool. He doesn't get noisy or anything, but it breaks my heart to put him in because I know it scares him a lot.

    I had to find a groomer that wouldn't crate him while they aren't working on him. They are pretty cool, they just let him hangout in the grooming area and he just lays underneath a table.


    Wow, totp really? Sorry people.

    rts on
    skype: rtschutter
  • IrukaIruka Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited January 2011
    My akita also hated crates, not to that extent though. We had to put him up in a kennel a few times when we just couldnt find a sitter, but he was such a sweetheart that the dudes running the kennel would just have him follow them around.

    We never tried to fly with him.

    I would think if you put a hat on your dog, hes big enough to pass as a person with some sort of terrible hair growth and liquid production problems.

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  • Angel_of_BaconAngel_of_Bacon Moderator mod
    edited January 2011
    I always kind of wanted to meet... AOB...but ultimately decided that I would be far too uncool and that you all had much more important things to do.

    I guess if you find "being terrified of social situations" to be cool and considered "hanging out in my apartment not doing anything in particular" to be important, I guess this could be accurate?

    ...


    SO YEAH HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY

    Angel_of_Bacon on
  • earthwormadamearthwormadam ancient crust Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    WOO the year is fresh and it still has that new year smell!

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  • D-RobeD-Robe Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I liked the old one better.

    D-Robe on
    Cheese.
  • PROXPROX Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    wakkawa wrote: »
    The key to depression is to channel it into something constructive.

    My art feeds off my depression.

    And my depression is fueled by my bad art.

    PROX on
  • D-RobeD-Robe Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    A renewable resource?
    Jk, you're awesome prox.

    D-Robe on
    Cheese.
  • SiegfriedSiegfried Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    My New Year's Resolution is to be more of a bad-ass.

    Siegfried on
    Portfolio // Twitter // Behance // Tumblr
    Kochikens wrote:
    My fav is when I can get my kiss on with other dudes.
  • rtsrts Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    So I get home to San Diego and my key doesn't work. What? At least the key to the front door seems to be okay.

    rts on
    skype: rtschutter
  • PROXPROX Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    cakemikz wrote: »
    So I get home to San Diego and my key doesn't work. What? At least the key to the front door seems to be okay.

    Franklin changed the locks on ya!

    PROX on
  • NappuccinoNappuccino Surveyor of Things and Stuff Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    D-Robe wrote: »
    I liked the old one better.

    I didn't know you were a hipster.

    Nappuccino on
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    Rorus Raz wrote: »
    There's also the possibility you just can't really grow a bear like other guys.

    Not even BEAR vaginas can defeat me!
    cakemikz wrote: »
    And then I rub actual cake on myself.
    Loomdun wrote: »
    thats why you have chest helmets
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