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  • J. GrantJ. Grant Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2007
    Defender wrote: »
    J. Grant wrote: »
    Cool idea! Have fun not doing anything with your brain, plebe.

    Man. Man. This pretty much doesn't need a context. This is awesome.

    I don't know if it could get any funnier once you've made that your signature.

    It's like you know your place and everything, little gnat.

    J. Grant on
  • SephSeph Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Wren wrote: »
    a blackjack?

    blackjack a type of plant

    Seph on
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  • DefenderDefender Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    J. Grant wrote: »
    Defender wrote: »
    J. Grant wrote: »
    Cool idea! Have fun not doing anything with your brain, plebe.

    Man. Man. This pretty much doesn't need a context. This is awesome.

    I don't know if it could get any funnier once you've made that your signature.

    It's like you know your place and everything, little gnat.

    I'm just envious that you got to say that line in such a direct manner before I did, even though I've said it in more subtle ways countless times over the years. I guess I'm not so much for blunt force trauma, but every once in a while, it feels good, I suppose.

    Although I did sledgehammer a sofabed to pieces today, so maybe that's why I am feeling that way.

    Defender on
  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Manifest, I love that mini you did. I think the bone horses need some sort of dark wash on them to bring out the detail a little bit, though. Maybe they're not as washed out IRL, but in the pic they seem like it.

    DarkPrimus on
  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited May 2007
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Manifest, I love that mini you did. I think the bone horses need some sort of dark wash on them to bring out the detail a little bit, though. Maybe they're not as washed out IRL, but in the pic they seem like it.

    I thought the same thing. Everything else has wonderful fine detail, but the horses seem so uniform, it is hard to see the detail where the bones join.

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  • BedlamBedlam Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Ubik wrote: »
    G4 is a pretty terrible channel
    Hey Now Ninja Warrior Is Halfway Decent.

    Bedlam on
  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    so tv will make me weak in the ways of the ninja?

    Kuribo's Shoe on
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  • TrexyTrexy Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Only if you buy a Naruto headband.

    Trexy on
  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Are those Naruto headbands they sell in stores actual metal, or are they just chromed plastic shit?

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  • DefenderDefender Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Are those Naruto headbands they sell in stores actual metal, or are they just chromed plastic shit?

    I'm hoping they're real metal and they have real spikes inside. Or small explosives. Or just high-voltage electrodes.

    Defender on
  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I'm just curious because it would actually be admirable for a company to put something out with actual quality manufacturing.

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  • DefenderDefender Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    I'm just curious because it would actually be admirable for a company to put something out with actual quality manufacturing.

    But if they were to do that, wouldn't it make more sense to do it with a franchise that's aimed at people who like good things instead of people who enjoy eating turds and smiling?

    Defender on
  • TrexyTrexy Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    The thought of giving people who watch naruto something sharp makes me both happy and afraid at the same time.
    They could hurt themselves, or their friends.
    Or me. :|
    What a toss up.

    Trexy on
  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Defender wrote: »
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    I'm just curious because it would actually be admirable for a company to put something out with actual quality manufacturing.

    But if they were to do that, wouldn't it make more sense to do it with a franchise that's aimed at people who like good things instead of people who enjoy eating turds and smiling?

    But you hate everything Defender.

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  • jwalkjwalk Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Being smug about how much TV you don't watch?

    I mean is that the best you can come up with? Why not be smug about other things you don't do?

    You know what, I don't eat babies! So I'm better than you!

    I don't rape retarded children and kill them! So there!

    jwalk on
  • TrexyTrexy Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Smug about the fact that people don’t avoid you at parties so they don’t have to hear about last weeks episode of Gilmore Girls.

    Trexy on
  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Trexy wrote: »
    The thought of giving people who watch naruto something sharp makes me both happy and afraid at the same time.
    They could hurt themselves, or their friends.
    Or me. :|
    What a toss up.

    The problem seems to be you being near people who watch naruto and wear those type of headbands. Maybe you should remedy that.

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  • DefenderDefender Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    jwalk wrote: »
    Being smug about how much TV you don't watch?

    I mean is that the best you can come up with? Why not be smug about other things you don't do?

    You know what, I don't eat babies! So I'm better than you!

    I don't rape retarded children and kill them! So there!

    Psst! Hey!
    It only works if the other person does the thing you're being smug about not doing! So, like, "smug about not raping babies" only works around babyfuckers.

    Defender on
  • SephSeph Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    lostwords wrote: »
    Trexy wrote: »
    The thought of giving people who watch naruto something sharp makes me both happy and afraid at the same time.
    They could hurt themselves, or their friends.
    Or me. :|
    What a toss up.

    The problem seems to be you being near people who watch naruto and wear those type of headbands. Maybe you should remedy that.

    but headbands are expensive ;[

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  • TrexyTrexy Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    lostwords wrote: »
    Trexy wrote: »
    The thought of giving people who watch naruto something sharp makes me both happy and afraid at the same time.
    They could hurt themselves, or their friends.
    Or me. :|
    What a toss up.

    The problem seems to be you being near people who watch naruto and wear those type of headbands. Maybe you should remedy that.

    Man, it is not my fault if I am at the mall trying to buy a desk lamp when 3 naruto fans pile out of an EB games and start putting sharp things in my skin.

    Trexy on
  • DefenderDefender Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Why don't you simply kill them?

    Defender on
  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Ninjas can't touch you if you're on fire.

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  • TrexyTrexy Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    My, this thread is full of viable suggestions

    Trexy on
  • BedlamBedlam Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Sauske-kun is my kawaii bishie bento box ^___^

    Bedlam on
  • jwalkjwalk Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Defender wrote: »
    It only works if the other person does the thing you're being smug about not doing! So, like, "smug about not raping babies" only works around babyfuckers.
    Hey how do I know they don't? I mean if they don't go around proudly proclaiming how much they don't do something, then they must be doing it.

    jwalk on
  • TrexyTrexy Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    See: smokers and non-smokers.

    Trexy on
  • DefenderDefender Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    jwalk wrote: »
    Defender wrote: »
    It only works if the other person does the thing you're being smug about not doing! So, like, "smug about not raping babies" only works around babyfuckers.
    Hey how do I know they don't? I mean if they don't go around proudly proclaiming how much they don't do something, then they must be doing it.

    Faulty.

    Defender on
  • gneGnegneGne Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I catch myself watching crap alot of times.

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  • DefenderDefender Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I just don't watch TV. If there's something really good that airs, I can always get the whole season on DVD after it's over, or I can watch individual episodes on the internet or whatever. And yes, getting shows on DVD costs money, but it saves a lot of time compared to watching on TV and you get all kinds of extra features and crap. On top of that, you end up watching ONLY things which are very likely to be worth your time; you don't spend 25% of your viewing time on commercials, and you don't watch shows that just blow ass anywhere near as often, because you have filters like critics, friends, and teh intarwebz whereby you can get a ton of opinions on it in a very short time, instead of spending hours watching something that turns out to be shit most of the time.

    EDIT: Oh yeah, and you also end up having more time to do things that don't suck.

    Defender on
  • jwalkjwalk Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    And you get to be smug about it.

    jwalk on
  • slurpeepoopslurpeepoop Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I never watch tv, and very occasionally buy DVDs because I hate watching a show, getting a cliffhanger ending, then having to wait 3-12 months to see how it turned out. That drives me mad. I'd MUCH rather just not watch tv, buy/rent/download the episodes, and watch them all in one marathon season run. It keeps the storyline going well since you don't have to wait to see the next episode, so everything is still fresh in your head.

    Also, commercials. Loud, obnoxious commercials that pop up right in the middle of a scene, breaking all suspension of disbelief at a volume that overpowers jet engines. I would say buying the series on DVD fixes this, but only if you reauthor every DVD you buy and reburn it (which I do :( ). Otherwise, you have to put up with 20 minutes of commercials every time you put the disc in.

    I HATE watching tv.

    As for what percentage of people are polled by Nielsen, from the start of time until less than a decade ago, it was 2,000 households. It's now sitting at 10,000 households (best census estimate says there are 100 million households in the USA, give or take). That's what, .01% of the tv watching populace? Not a good percentage.

    And this is a sample taken from a country where:

    Percentage of households that possess at least one television: 99
    Number of TV sets in the average U.S. household: 2.24
    Percentage of U.S. homes with three or more TV sets: 66
    Number of hours per day that TV is on in an average U.S. home: 6 hours, 47 minutes
    Percentage of Americans that regularly watch television while eating dinner: 66
    Number of hours of TV watched annually by Americans: 250 billion
    Value of that time assuming an average wage of S5/hour: $1.25 trillion
    Percentage of Americans who pay for cable TV: 56
    Number of videos rented daily in the U.S.: 6 million
    Number of public library items checked out daily: 3 million
    Percentage of Americans who say they watch too much TV: 49

    All numbers and statistics are taken from, yup, the Nielsen reports.

    http://www.nielsenmedia.com/nc/portal/site/Public/menuitem.55dc65b4a7d5adff3f65936147a062a0/?vgnextoid=4156527aacccd010VgnVCM100000ac0a260aRCRD
    http://www.csun.edu/science/health/docs/tv&health.html

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  • J. GrantJ. Grant Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2007
    jwalk wrote: »
    And you get to be smug about it.

    Only because people who waste their time filling their brains with garbage deserve every drop of my urine-hot derision.

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  • KnobKnob TURN THE BEAT BACK InternetModerator Mod Emeritus
    edited May 2007
    As for what percentage of people are polled by Nielsen, from the start of time until less than a decade ago, it was 2,000 households. It's now sitting at 10,000 households (best census estimate says there are 100 million households in the USA, give or take). That's what, .01% of the tv watching populace? Not a good percentage.



    That's the People Meter sample.

    Just the families with a box attached to their television.

    There are many mire families who are polled via diary.

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  • slurpeepoopslurpeepoop Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Knob wrote: »
    As for what percentage of people are polled by Nielsen, from the start of time until less than a decade ago, it was 2,000 households. It's now sitting at 10,000 households (best census estimate says there are 100 million households in the USA, give or take). That's what, .01% of the tv watching populace? Not a good percentage.



    That's the People Meter sample.

    Just the families with a box attached to their television.

    There are many mire families who are polled via diary.


    Oh, well then....

    Very good.






    Doesn't change the fact that people obviously like crap.

    And by crap, I mean everything that I don't like.

    slurpeepoop on
  • jwalkjwalk Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    J. Grant wrote: »
    jwalk wrote: »
    And you get to be smug about it.

    Only because people who waste their time filling their brains with garbage deserve every drop of my urine-hot derision.
    Do you use some kind of urine heater? Because urine is really only a bit under body temperature and can't burn shit.

    jwalk on
  • BedlamBedlam Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    jwalk wrote: »
    J. Grant wrote: »
    jwalk wrote: »
    And you get to be smug about it.

    Only because people who waste their time filling their brains with garbage deserve every drop of my urine-hot derision.
    Do you use some kind of urine heater? Because urine is really only a bit under body temperature and can't burn shit.
    Youd definetly want to heat it up then. Because just throwing cold urine on someone isnt nearly as insulting.

    Bedlam on
  • J. GrantJ. Grant Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2007
    Bedlam wrote: »
    jwalk wrote: »
    J. Grant wrote: »
    jwalk wrote: »
    And you get to be smug about it.

    Only because people who waste their time filling their brains with garbage deserve every drop of my urine-hot derision.
    Do you use some kind of urine heater? Because urine is really only a bit under body temperature and can't burn shit.
    Youd definetly want to heat it up then. Because just throwing cold urine on someone isnt nearly as insulting.

    How much you want to bet?

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  • slurpeepoopslurpeepoop Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    J. Grant wrote: »
    Bedlam wrote: »
    jwalk wrote: »
    J. Grant wrote: »
    jwalk wrote: »
    And you get to be smug about it.

    Only because people who waste their time filling their brains with garbage deserve every drop of my urine-hot derision.
    Do you use some kind of urine heater? Because urine is really only a bit under body temperature and can't burn shit.
    Youd definetly want to heat it up then. Because just throwing cold urine on someone isnt nearly as insulting.

    How much you want to bet?


    Yeah, I'd think iced urine would be the worst.

    You fling a cup of iced urine at someone, and the ice would hit them, making them open their mouth to yelp, say "ow", or make some kind of audible sound.

    And that clears the way for the sweet, sweet urine to flow down their trachea.


    That'd piss me off more, at least.

    slurpeepoop on
  • futilityfutility Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2007
    Ok so the shows I watch:
    Entourage
    Bullshit!
    Various cartoons on the cartoon network (ahh rewritten nostalgia)
    Simpsons
    Family Guy
    Lost
    The office
    Scrubs
    30 rock
    My name is earl
    BSG
    Heroes
    Supernatural

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  • bentbent Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I watch lost, adult swim, peep show, the mitchell and webb look and the venture bros
    I'm sure nobody cares

    bent on
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