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What are the greatest things in[chat]

FroThulhuFroThulhu Registered User regular
edited February 2011 in Debate and/or Discourse
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I submit to you that there are many wonderful things to be [chat]ed. Immigration. LoLs.

The Lamentations.

Whatever I'm doing... probably isn't one of those great things. But here you have it, and forgive a [chat]-starting Noob.

Arnold is a badass, but here are some more badasses for you:
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your mom

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  • ElldrenElldren Is a woman dammit ceterum censeoRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    oooh Conan :D

    meh, Ahnold

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  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator, Administrator admin
    edited February 2011
    Beware Warren Ellis saying "Conan! What is best in life!"

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  • FroThulhuFroThulhu Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Elldren wrote: »
    oooh Conan :D

    meh, Ahnold

    WHAT THE FUCK, Ell!

    I mean, Republican, ick. But... Arnold. He's... Arnold!

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  • japanjapan Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I was going to do Immigration [chat]:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-Ge84bGOXo

    Also, Fro, could your care qualification be described as a nursing qualification? They qualify for fast-track visas.

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    The characters in Neverwinter Nights 2 are walking all stuttery for some reason. It is really goddamn annoying.

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  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I like new Conan.

    Conan_Movie_Image_1.jpeg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1291787505912

    Looks a little grim dark, but lithe > bulky.

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  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Also I spent a shift just reading about Robert Howard on wiki and God damn that's a shame. He seemed like a pretty awesome guy overall.

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  • Captain CarrotCaptain Carrot Alexandria, VARegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Couscous wrote: »
    The characters in Neverwinter Nights 2 are walking all stuttery for some reason. It is really goddamn annoying.

    that game would have been much better if about half the companions (and thus half of act I) had been cut

    Grobnar and Casavir alone contribute pretty much nothing except for Casavir's romance which itself was mostly cut

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  • ElldrenElldren Is a woman dammit ceterum censeoRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Quid wrote: »
    I like new Conan.

    Conan_Movie_Image_1.jpeg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1291787505912

    Looks a little grim dark, but lithe > bulky.

    mmmmmmmmmmm

    <3

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  • mrflippymrflippy Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    The pizza turned out surprisingly well considering it was using biscuit dough and swiss cheese.

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  • RiemannLivesRiemannLives Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Captain Carrot wrote: »
    Couscous wrote: »
    The characters in Neverwinter Nights 2 are walking all stuttery for some reason. It is really goddamn annoying.

    that game would have been much better if about half the companions (and thus half of act I) had been cut

    Grobnar and Casavir alone contribute pretty much nothing except for Casavir's romance which itself was mostly cut

    Did you play the 2nd expansion? (Zehir) That fixed the game right up by just having you create your own damn party of 4 and cutting out the poorly written annoying tagalongs.

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  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator, Administrator admin
    edited February 2011
    Quid wrote: »
    Looks a little grim dark, but lithe > bulky.

    That's how Howard's stories have him too - strong, but lithe and agile. The bulk kind of comes with the Ahnuld territory.

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  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I would totally have a threesome with Elldren and New Conan.

    Then push Elldren off the bear rug.

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  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Echo wrote: »
    Quid wrote: »
    Looks a little grim dark, but lithe > bulky.

    That's how Howard's stories have him too - strong, but lithe and agile. The bulk kind of comes with the Ahnuld territory.

    Yeah. I never had an interest in the character until a few months ago when I looked him up on wiki.

    The 80s ruined so many things.

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  • FroThulhuFroThulhu Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I read a Conan book a while back, by Howard, that described his fists as being like 'giant anvils.' Plus, the Frazetta paintings make him look p hueg.

    @Japan: I don't think so. Plus, my certs are all pretty wicked-expired. My CPR cert might still be valid, but that'd be it.

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  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Not Howard's fault Frazetta messed up.

    Also, Howard was probably just implying that Conan's penis is also huge. Obviously.

    Quid on
  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator, Administrator admin
    edited February 2011
    Speaking of Howard, I have part one of a collection of the Conan stories that I only ever read a third of. Should finish that some time.

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  • Captain CarrotCaptain Carrot Alexandria, VARegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    RiemannLives wrote: »
    Captain Carrot wrote: »
    Couscous wrote: »
    The characters in Neverwinter Nights 2 are walking all stuttery for some reason. It is really goddamn annoying.

    that game would have been much better if about half the companions (and thus half of act I) had been cut

    Grobnar and Casavir alone contribute pretty much nothing except for Casavir's romance which itself was mostly cut

    Did you play the 2nd expansion? (Zehir) That fixed the game right up by just having you create your own damn party of 4 and cutting out the poorly written annoying tagalongs.
    I did not, because I like companions, when they're done well, which some of the OC's were. Khelgar and Neeshka were fun, Ammon and Shandra were interesting, though some more character development for Neeshka, and the restoration of her romance, would have been good. Mask has great sidekicks.

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  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I think when I get an e-book I will download some. Are they in public domain?

    Quid on
  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator, Administrator admin
    edited February 2011
    The name Conan and the names of Robert E. Howard's other principal characters are claimed as trademarked by Paradox Entertainment of Stockholm, Sweden, through its US subsidiary Paradox Entertainment Inc. Paradox copyrights stories written by other authors under license from Conan Properties Inc.

    However, since Robert E. Howard published his Conan stories at a time when the date of publication was the marker (1932 through 1963), and any new owners failed to renew them to maintain the copyrights,[26] the exact copyright status of all of Howard's Conan works are in question.[27]

    The Australian site of Project Gutenberg has many Robert E. Howard stories, including several Conan stories.[28] This indicates that, in their opinion, the stories are free from copyright and may be used by anyone, at least under Australian law, which was 50 years from author's death until 2005. Subsequent stories written by other authors are subject to the copyright laws of the relevant time.

    In the United Kingdom, 70 years after the death of an author his works fall into the public domain and as such the works of Robert E. Howard have now fallen into the public domain there.

    Heh, Paradox bought it for their Conan MMO. Which failed.

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  • FroThulhuFroThulhu Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Quid wrote: »
    I think when I get an e-book I will download some. Are they in public domain?

    The Conan books? No. And, to make matters worse, there are Conan novels and compilations done by about a billion different people, all fucking things up pretty bad.

    Turns out, a lot of the Dark Horse comics are pretty rad.

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  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator, Administrator admin
    edited February 2011
    No wait, Funcom made the MMO. Dunno where Paradox fits in.

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  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator, Administrator admin
    edited February 2011
    Republicans.
    One hundred members of Congress (so far) have cosponsored a bill introduced by far right Congressman Joe Pitts (R-PA) called the "Protect Life Act." (See if yours is one of them below.)

    They want to "protect life" so much that they have written into the bill a new amendment that would override the requirement that emergency room doctors save every patient, regardless of status or ability to pay. The law would carve out an exception for pregnant women; doctors and hospitals will be allowed to let pregnant women die if interventions to save them will kill the fetus.

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  • FroThulhuFroThulhu Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Bruce Lee was Chinese and Helen Mirren is... Helen Mirren, so they offset the Republican of Arnold. At least in here they do.

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  • NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    edited February 2011
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZHoHaAYHq8

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  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator, Administrator admin
    edited February 2011
    Sleep I am.

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  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    OP needs more Jessica Walter.

    Greatest at manipulating her fictional families.

    Quid on
  • MazzyxMazzyx Comedy Gold Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    So I am finishing my bottle of sake, and relaxing after a rather hectic day stepping in for my dad's receptionist who is in the hospital. Which is also stressful because she is like an aunt to me.

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  • FroThulhuFroThulhu Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Quid wrote: »
    OP needs more Jessica Walter.

    Greatest at manipulating her fictional families.

    I don't know who that is.

    And I'm proud of my first [chat]. Don't ruin this for me.

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  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    FroThulhu wrote: »
    Quid wrote: »
    OP needs more Jessica Walter.

    Greatest at manipulating her fictional families.

    I don't know who that is.

    And I'm proud of my first [chat]. Don't ruin this for me.

    Jessica Walter has played two different matriarchs.

    Arrested Development:

    jessica-walter_l.jpg

    Archer:

    malory.jpg

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  • Rear Admiral ChocoRear Admiral Choco I wanna be an owl, Jerry! Owl York CityRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Maybe I'm just weird, but the concept of giving up a woman's life to save her child is abhorrent to me.

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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 February 2011
    I have something in the back of my throat and it's been bugging me all day.

    (Someone is going to go HURR HURR I BET ITS SEMEN

    Your mother and I are very ashamed of you)

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  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Rear Admiral Choco wrote: »
    Maybe I'm just weird, but the concept of giving up a woman's life to save her child is abhorrent to me.

    It's fine if it's up to her. I'm even okay with it, in general, if she's incapacitated and her SO makes the decision.

    To make it the default though is horrible.

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  • RichyRichy Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    What a long day. I'm tired.

    And I see SF Debris is really getting into his B5 reviews. I'll have a lot of catching up to do at some point.

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  • Captain CarrotCaptain Carrot Alexandria, VARegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Okay, I guess this campaign is not going to happen. Pity.

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  • NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    edited February 2011
    falafel

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  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Dread Pirate Arbuthnot wrote: »
    I have something in the back of my throat and it's been bugging me all day.

    (Someone is going to go HURR HURR I BET ITS SEMEN

    Your mother and I are very ashamed of you)

    My mother had at least one child while married and abandoned her four other children. She has no shame.

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  • NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    edited February 2011
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcMeth2zDc8

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  • Rear Admiral ChocoRear Admiral Choco I wanna be an owl, Jerry! Owl York CityRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Quid wrote: »
    Rear Admiral Choco wrote: »
    Maybe I'm just weird, but the concept of giving up a woman's life to save her child is abhorrent to me.

    It's fine if it's up to her. I'm even okay with it, in general, if she's incapacitated and her SO makes the decision.

    To make it the default though is horrible.

    If it's up to her, sure. I couldn't imagine letting anyone else choose for her, though, unless they've got it signed and notarized that yes, she is indeed ready and willing to die for that baby.

    Making it the default is basically the worst thing.

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