[CHAT] Girl Of The 21st Century

RonTheDM

wandering

Ludious wrote: »

I too agree that fondant is non food food and is garbage and I don't care if you can't decorate as well with buttercream FUCKING MAKE IT WORK

Sounds like you’re not too fond of fondant

Havelock2.0

butts

Preacher

RonaldoTheGypsy wrote: »

You got some dirt on your face ronaldo.

nexuscrawler

wandering wrote: »

Ludious wrote: »

I too agree that fondant is non food food and is garbage and I don't care if you can't decorate as well with buttercream FUCKING MAKE IT WORK

Sounds like you’re not too fond of fondant

wandering

Havelock2.0

more like

fondon't

RonTheDM

Preacher wrote: »

RonaldoTheGypsy wrote: »

guy

You got some dirt on your face ronaldo.

I'm a dirty guy

but I voted

SniperGuy

*bangs head against deck*

humansofnewyork.com is blocked by our sonicwall filter

I have no idea why

Works fine on my windows machine, but not on the macs!

Sonicwall+Macs=An endless spiral of hate and things not working for no goddam reason

spool32

RonaldoTheGypsy wrote: »

Preacher wrote: »

RonaldoTheGypsy wrote: »

guy

You got some dirt on your face ronaldo.

I'm a dirty guy

but I Ohio voting

technically *points at sticker*

Atomika

okay so “space weener” racks up numbers like a handsy girl at a honky tonk, but my quadruple-layer parfait of references to 80s hip-hop, Bonnie Tyler, Broadway musicals, and the oeuvre of Agatha Christie goes by nearly completely unremarked upon

That’s how it’s gonna be, is it

spool32

Atomika wrote: »

okay so “space weener” racks up numbers like a handsy girl at a honky tonk, but my quadruple-layer parfait of references to 80s hip-hop, Bonnie Tyler, Broadway musicals, and the oeuvre of Agatha Christie goes by nearly completely unremarked upon

That’s how it’s gonna be, is it

It's like you don't even know us

BeNarwhal

Atomika wrote: »

okay so “space weener” racks up numbers like a handsy girl at a honky tonk, but my quadruple-layer parfait of references to 80s hip-hop, Bonnie Tyler, Broadway musicals, and the oeuvre of Agatha Christie goes by nearly completely unremarked upon

That’s how it’s gonna be, is it

I'm pretty sure I clicked an appropriate reaction button, thank you very much! :P

Ilpala

wandering wrote: »

My Hercules movie idea is it’s set in the modern day and opens with someone responding to Hercules’s Grindr profile

“LegendaryHero

Bi Muscle Daddy looking 4 twinks for fun and monster slaying. No pic no response”

"Looking for someone who can really get up on the hydra's back"

VishNub

Atomika wrote: »

okay so “space weener” racks up numbers like a handsy girl at a honky tonk, but my quadruple-layer parfait of references to 80s hip-hop, Bonnie Tyler, Broadway musicals, and the oeuvre of Agatha Christie goes by nearly completely unremarked upon

That’s how it’s gonna be, is it

you are too highbrow for chat we are sorry to disappoint

Powerpuppies

Atomika wrote: »

okay so “space weener” racks up numbers like a handsy girl at a honky tonk, but my quadruple-layer parfait of references to 80s hip-hop, Bonnie Tyler, Broadway musicals, and the oeuvre of Agatha Christie goes by nearly completely unremarked upon

That’s how it’s gonna be, is it

It was bad sorry

I'm sure if it had worked it would have been great tho

P10

i ate fries
where's my sticker

Atomika

spool32 wrote: »

Atomika wrote: »

okay so “space weener” racks up numbers like a handsy girl at a honky tonk, but my quadruple-layer parfait of references to 80s hip-hop, Bonnie Tyler, Broadway musicals, and the oeuvre of Agatha Christie goes by nearly completely unremarked upon

That’s how it’s gonna be, is it

It's like you don't even know us

*sigh*


fair enough

tyrannus

Atomika wrote: »

okay so “space weener” racks up numbers like a handsy girl at a honky tonk, but my quadruple-layer parfait of references to 80s hip-hop, Bonnie Tyler, Broadway musicals, and the oeuvre of Agatha Christie goes by nearly completely unremarked upon

That’s how it’s gonna be, is it

sorry nerd!!

Atomika

Powerpuppies wrote: »

Atomika wrote: »

okay so “space weener” racks up numbers like a handsy girl at a honky tonk, but my quadruple-layer parfait of references to 80s hip-hop, Bonnie Tyler, Broadway musicals, and the oeuvre of Agatha Christie goes by nearly completely unremarked upon

That’s how it’s gonna be, is it

It was bad sorry

I'm sure if it had worked it would have been great tho

ENJOY YOUR STAR WEENERS YOU PHILISTINE

Zampanov

weeners are funny

RonTheDM

If it makes you feel better, I don't recall reacting to either of those things.

Atomika

Zampanov wrote: »

weeners are funny

Zampanov with the hard truths

Powerpuppies

Atomika wrote: »

Powerpuppies wrote: »

Atomika wrote: »

okay so “space weener” racks up numbers like a handsy girl at a honky tonk, but my quadruple-layer parfait of references to 80s hip-hop, Bonnie Tyler, Broadway musicals, and the oeuvre of Agatha Christie goes by nearly completely unremarked upon

That’s how it’s gonna be, is it

It was bad sorry

I'm sure if it had worked it would have been great tho

ENJOY YOUR STAR WEENERS YOU PHILISTINE

That was bad and could never have been great

spool32

Atomika wrote: »

Zampanov wrote: »

weeners are funny

Zampanov with the hard truths

ayyyy

Atomika

Powerpuppies wrote: »

Atomika wrote: »

Powerpuppies wrote: »

Atomika wrote: »

okay so “space weener” racks up numbers like a handsy girl at a honky tonk, but my quadruple-layer parfait of references to 80s hip-hop, Bonnie Tyler, Broadway musicals, and the oeuvre of Agatha Christie goes by nearly completely unremarked upon

That’s how it’s gonna be, is it

It was bad sorry

I'm sure if it had worked it would have been great tho

ENJOY YOUR STAR WEENERS YOU PHILISTINE

That was bad and could never have been great

Powerpuppies with the hard truths

Zampanov

ugh I don't wanna go to work

the hr rep is gonna be in the store today

I've never met him but his existence will delay my lunch break and therefore he is my enemy

BeNarwhal

Atomika wrote: »

Zampanov wrote: »

weeners are funny

Zampanov with the hard truths

Hehe

"Hard"

Atomika

Sheesh

Weeners wins again

Donkey Kong

My plans for tonight are to make gigantic frozen margaritas, serve them in novelty palm tree glasses, and watch something that isn't the election.

Preacher

Donkey Kong wrote: »

My plans for tonight are to make gigantic frozen margaritas, serve them in novelty palm tree glasses, and watch something that isn't the election.

Yeah I'm going to play RDR 2 and collect herbs and fish, maybe uhh go looking for some weird shit to spook my wife out. Basically do everything I can to avoid the election.

SniperGuy

I'm probably gonna try a competitive Ravnica draft on MTGA tonight, so if you wanna watch me lose at cards that's certainly an option!

Hahnsoo1

My Hercules movie idea is that he becomes a feminist, and undergoes seven impossible labors, like asking for directions, not staring at Aphrodite’s boobs, and admitting that he was wrong about something.

Ilpala

I am definitely continuing my seasonal toon on Diablo 3 since the whole controversy on that made me miss it. If people really want to see me slowly work through the story mode from the death of the Skeleton King and play badly by mostly making my pets do all the work I could stream it but...really doubting people would want that.

BeNarwhal

I am going to watch the election because it determines the Next Steps In My Over-Arching Plan

Atomika

Okay, goodnight you wieners

You princes of Maine

VishNub

Donkey Kong wrote: »

My plans for tonight are to make gigantic frozen margaritas, serve them in novelty palm tree glasses, and watch something that isn't the election.

Little toothpick umbrellas?

Julius

JebusUD wrote: »

Donkey Kong wrote: »

Winky wrote: »

P10 wrote: »

the aclu sent me a text and then i was like i already voted and then they were like ok pressure your friends and family into voting
jokes on you, i got neither

Pressure random strangers?

You can always read this article and yell at the photos

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/10/12-young-people-on-why-they-probably-wont-vote.html

In my senior year in high school, I was probably borderline socialist. Though I don’t really think I understood what a socialist was. I was blatantly liberal and didn’t bother to check myself. My friend gave me The Prince, by Machiavelli. I read that, and it provided a certain nuance that I didn’t have. From there, I read more, and I realized that a lot of things I’d thought before were wrong. I got into Hellenism. I read Cicero, Livy. Later on, I got into Voltaire. Then, in college, my field is American politics and political science. I prefer constitutional law and Alexander Hamilton.

There are things that I’m aware of where I’m certain I’m right. But for most things, although I feel strongly, it’s very probable that there’s some aspect of this that I don’t understand. Somebody provides a new avenue of thought, and it changes the way I think about something. I never felt certain enough to vote. But I’m a political-science student, and the talk of voting is really big in my circle of friends. In 2016, I almost [voted]. Of course, I’m not a big fan of Trump, but I didn’t know if Trump was going to be a flash in the pan or — I just didn’t know what to do. I didn’t want to help something that might end up being wrong.

Hey I saw that the other day. It was as part of a post I shared on Facebook from my uncle.

Then I came here and complained that it got less likes than a picture of me in a funny hat.

Anyhow, I am now sharing it with you. Perhaps I'll follow up with a funny hat picture.

AN OPEN LETTER TO YOUNG PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT VOTE

I recently read this article in New York Magazine, http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/10/12-young-people-on-why-they-probably-wont-vote.html, in which twenty-somethings listed the reasons they probably won't vote in the 2018 midterms. To put it mildly, I was disappointed. I'm sure that they are not universally representative of people their age, but it concerns me enough that I feel it necessary to write this letter to those of you who may think to join them.

When I was in my twenties, I was serving in the U.S. Navy aboard ballistic missile submarines. Periodically, along with about 119 other young men, I would cram myself into a dark, dank and smelly metal coffin and go deep underwater for literally months at a time. Yes, that's literally months without sunlight, fresh air, fresh food or any contact with the outside world. No calls, no texts, no emails, no internet. No way to know anything about whether our families were okay or not. With grim regularity, we practiced launching our 16 ballistic missiles, knowing that if a real launch order ever came, we would be complicit in killing tens of millions of people. It was physically, mentally and morally grueling - and dangerous even in the best of circumstances.

Why did I do it? Maybe it sounds corny to you, but I loved this country and wanted to defend it against nuclear annihilation, so that, in the words of Abraham Lincoln, "government of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from the earth." I know it has become trendy to say "thank you for your service," and I appreciate the sentiment. But I really don't need any accolades. If you truly wanted to thank me, you would just go vote. I don’t care who you choose, just vote. It surely would help an old man feel that the sacrifice of the best years of his young adult life was worthwhile.

But even if you don't vote to indulge Abraham Lincoln and me, you should still do it for yourselves. The future belongs to those who show up and participate. If you don't vote, you are letting the people who do – like me – make all the choices for your future. I'd like to think that I'm a reasonable guy and would make wise choices for the benefit of all Americans, but we need to face the fact that I may not. You and I are likely to have very different needs and interests. I am a financially stable old white guy. I no longer need to figure out how to get a job with decent pay and benefits, pay off student loans, get a mortgage, find a loving partner, raise children, save for their college or save for retirement. The currently rotting bridges and highways will probably stand up long enough to get me to the end of my stay here. Neither will I be here when the seas rise and the land burns. If our society should devolve into a Hobbesian war of all against all, I won't have to fight in it. But you will. And if you'd like to have a say in how that all turns out, you really need to vote.

Sincerely,
Gary

This kind of response has been appearing in my feeds a lot these last couple of days, and I realize this may just be me but I find all of them bizarre and somewhat ignorant.

They're frequently in response to this NY mag piece too, even though these people list fairly understandable reasons for not voting (not represented, kafkaesque hassle to register/vote, system is terrible, am in Texas). There is this weird, almost religious insistence on voting and how important it is and how you should badger your friends and random people on the street to vote, and it feels disconnected from the reality of what voting actually does. People just ignore the reasons given and go on to explain that voting is important because it's a democracy and whatnot, as if that needs to be explained to anyone.

Atomika

VishNub wrote: »

Donkey Kong wrote: »

My plans for tonight are to make gigantic frozen margaritas, serve them in novelty palm tree glasses, and watch something that isn't the election.

Little toothpick umbrellas?

Only if you like them on the rocks

VishNub

I will be election obsessing and finishing the scotch I started in 2016

P10

no election, only cats