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Advantages That Can Be Disadvantagious

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    KochikensKochikens Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Raneados wrote: »
    chikens, you're like

    what, 5'9? maybe?

    5'10 on a bad day, 5'11 on a good day, I have the worst posture so my spine tends to shrink down unless I make an effort to uncrink it

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    RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Kochikens wrote: »
    Raneados wrote: »
    chikens, you're like

    what, 5'9? maybe?

    5'10 on a bad day, 5'11 on a good day, I have the worst posture so my spine tends to shrink down unless I make an effort to uncrink it

    chikens, 5'10 isn't really all that tall

    I mean, for a lady it's a few inches over the norm, but the reason why you don't have much trouble on planes is because you're simply not terribly tall

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    LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Is this a height thread? 5ft1" here.

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    RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    liiya I was extremely confused for a second

    i was like

    but in her avatar and when people draw her she always looks so tall
    and i was just confused

    that's right
    for the merest fraction of a second, I believed with all my heart and soul that you were your persona

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    LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Aw Rane, I'm sorry! I'll wear a big dress if you like, but I'm drawing the line at dying my hair green for you!

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    RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    it can be a wig!

    now sip the tea

    slowly

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    LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Wigs itch though grumble grumble

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    PoorochondriacPoorochondriac Ah, man Ah, jeezRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I feel like a merkin is the best possible compromise

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    LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    D:!

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    PoorochondriacPoorochondriac Ah, man Ah, jeezRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Just thinking outside the box

    And, like, slightly above/around it.

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    LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Boo get off the stage!

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    PoorochondriacPoorochondriac Ah, man Ah, jeezRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    This bit killed in Biloxi

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    MonkeyfeetMonkeyfeet Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I'm too easy going. Which makes decision making a hellish experience.

    "What do you want to do tonight." "Doesn't matter to me." "Doesn't matter to me either."

    And then crippling indecision

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    PoorochondriacPoorochondriac Ah, man Ah, jeezRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Monkeyfeet wrote: »
    I'm too easy going. Which makes decision making a hellish experience.

    "What do you want to do tonight." "Doesn't matter to me." "Doesn't matter to me either."

    And then crippling indecision

    Two words that will forever end these terrible quandaries:

    "Laser tag."

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    MonkeyfeetMonkeyfeet Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Monkeyfeet wrote: »
    I'm too easy going. Which makes decision making a hellish experience.

    "What do you want to do tonight." "Doesn't matter to me." "Doesn't matter to me either."

    And then crippling indecision

    Two words that will forever end these terrible quandaries:

    "Laser tag."

    All the laser tag places where I lived closed down. This says a lot about the fun having ability in my hometown

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    PoorochondriacPoorochondriac Ah, man Ah, jeezRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Who needs a place?

    Get some lasers. Tag some people.

    DONE AND DONE.

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    TefTef Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I commit to my job too much, i'm payed well but I missed fucking AusPax because of it

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    Burning OrganBurning Organ Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    How about a disadvantage with an advantage?

    I can't sleep and I'm clumsy as all fuck.

    On the plus side I got released from the army for insomnia and falling down and fucking up my knee.

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    taliosfalcontaliosfalcon Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    How about a disadvantage with an advantage?

    I can't sleep and I'm clumsy as all fuck.

    On the plus side I got released from the army for insomnia and falling down and fucking up my knee.

    Man, insomnia totally fits, I have so much more time to get things done, but on the disadvantage side sleeping 1-2 hours a night leaves you feeling a bit..under the weather.

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    Burning OrganBurning Organ Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I used to "manage" my insomnia by only sleeping every other day, but nowadays I try to get at least 2-3 hours sleep a night as I have to drive to work.

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    L|amaL|ama Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I can't even go one day without sleep, if I try it I end up just falling asleep whenever I sit down around lunchtime if not earlier

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    TefTef Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I used to "manage" my insomnia by only sleeping every other day, but nowadays I try to get at least 2-3 hours sleep a night as I have to drive to work.

    Is insomnia something they can medicate? It really sounds like a fairly inconvenient affliction, to put it mildly. Is it something you can 'grow out' of?

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    Burning OrganBurning Organ Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Tef wrote: »
    I used to "manage" my insomnia by only sleeping every other day, but nowadays I try to get at least 2-3 hours sleep a night as I have to drive to work.

    Is insomnia something they can medicate? It really sounds like a fairly inconvenient affliction, to put it mildly. Is it something you can 'grow out' of?

    It depends really. I have the Doug Stanhope insomnia, if I'm not drunk or tired (I've been awake 30 some hours tired) I can't stop thinking when lying down in bed.

    It sucks. I also keep waking up all the goddamned time leading to crazy half-woken dreams that I sometimes remember and sometimes don't.

    I did try some medication, but fuck, the weaker ones didn't work at all and with the stronger ones, the side-effects are so bad I might as well not sleep at all anyway.

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    SolarSolar Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I am reasonably clever, which is an advantage

    However there are expectations placed upon me as a result and I am not so clever that I can reach them without doing lots of hard work. No free rides for me, no, Sir.

    So I guess that is a disadvantage/advantage.

    Well it isn't really but it's the only one I can think of.

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    TefTef Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    That does not sound like my idea of fun at all, no sir not at all.

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    PoorochondriacPoorochondriac Ah, man Ah, jeezRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Solar wrote: »
    I am reasonably clever, which is an advantage

    However there are expectations placed upon me as a result and I am not so clever that I can reach them without doing lots of hard work. No free rides for me, no, Sir.

    So I guess that is a disadvantage/advantage.

    Well it isn't really but it's the only one I can think of.

    Is this just copy and pasted from Rushmore's IMDB summary or

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    Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    This isn't an advantage, but I have a 54 inch round shoulders. If I am not careful I bump into people and things all the time. The doorways in my apartment only give me a couple inches of room on both shoulders to pass through.

    I wear a 34 in pants and I have to keep them up with a belt. If I wanted to be cheeky I could fit into size 32 pants easily.

    It may be a problem with my ass or rather the lack of an ass.

    edit:

    Meant to say shoulders. I ain't no Arnold in his prime.

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    SolarSolar Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Solar wrote: »
    I am reasonably clever, which is an advantage

    However there are expectations placed upon me as a result and I am not so clever that I can reach them without doing lots of hard work. No free rides for me, no, Sir.

    So I guess that is a disadvantage/advantage.

    Well it isn't really but it's the only one I can think of.

    Is this just copy and pasted from Rushmore's IMDB summary or

    I had not heard of that film until now

    So no

    But as I said it's a bit of a shitty example

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    L|amaL|ama Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I've always had expectations from the family about schoolwork, but have never felt pressured about it

    I guess because if I did badly and they tried to accost me for it I would tell them to go fuck themselves and not say anything until they learn how to solve the Schroedinger equation

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    AdusAdus Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Sheri wrote: »
    Disadvantage that is actually advantageous:

    I have ridiculously bad eyesight. Like, absurdly bad. However, this means I get to wear rad glasses that, I feel, improve the way I look. I get complimented on my glasses frames on a weekly basis, by total strangers!

    (I don't actually have any advantages :( )

    You could still wear glasses even with good eyesight.

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    TankHammerTankHammer Atlanta Ghostbuster Atlanta, GARegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I'm a tall dude 6' 3"-4"ish.

    Flying doesn't get to me because with a little foresight I can score an emergency row or aisle seat.

    My other advantage is that I'm far too attractive or something so crazy women used to fall in love with me at the drop of a hat and tried to make my life a living hell. I'm a magnet for crazy. I must send out some kind of signal. I know I'm not the only one with this problem though and at least I've got VisionofClarity to keep them away now.

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    Dread Pirate ArbuthnotDread Pirate Arbuthnot OMG WRIGGLY T O X O P L A S M O S I SRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Advantage: I love too much
    Disadvantage: The only thing I love is murder

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    Calamity JaneCalamity Jane That Wrong Love Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    crooked teeth

    inability to speak spanish

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    SheriSheri Resident Fluffer My Living RoomRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Adus wrote: »
    Sheri wrote: »
    Disadvantage that is actually advantageous:

    I have ridiculously bad eyesight. Like, absurdly bad. However, this means I get to wear rad glasses that, I feel, improve the way I look. I get complimented on my glasses frames on a weekly basis, by total strangers!

    (I don't actually have any advantages :( )

    You could still wear glasses even with good eyesight.

    I am aware

    But it seems silly to spend the thousands of dollars on something like Lasik, just to put glasses on again.

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    SheriSheri Resident Fluffer My Living RoomRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    TankHammer wrote: »
    I'm a tall dude 6' 3"-4"ish.

    Flying doesn't get to me because with a little foresight I can score an emergency row or aisle seat.

    My other advantage is that I'm far too attractive or something so crazy women used to fall in love with me at the drop of a hat and tried to make my life a living hell. I'm a magnet for crazy. I must send out some kind of signal. I know I'm not the only one with this problem though and at least I've got VisionofClarity to keep them away now.

    She's remarkably sane for someone who attracts the wackos

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    HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Sleeping is hydabeds is a chore when you're tall. The one I was on last night was uncomfortable and short. I could feel every damn spring and the sheets were too thin. Fuck hydabeds.

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    HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Also drunk people in the hallway at 3 AM: no one wants to hear about the things you want to shove up each other's asses; we want to fucking sleep.

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    WeaverWeaver Who are you? What do you want?Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    hahahahahahah

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    SassoriSassori Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Hacksaw wrote: »
    Also drunk people in the hallway at 3 AM: no one wants to hear about the things you want to shove up each other's asses; we want to fucking sleep.

    Yeah that always sucks. I live right in front of the elevator so when all the girls are going out together it gets really obnoxious and loud.

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    DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2011
    Hacksaw wrote: »
    Sleeping is hydabeds is a chore when you're tall. The one I was on last night was uncomfortable and short. I could feel every damn spring and the sheets were too thin. Fuck hydabeds.

    who the fuck spells it like that? it a fucking HIDE-A-BED because you can fold it up into a sofa and hide the bed
    duh

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