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    InquisitorInquisitor Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Incenjucar wrote: »
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    What are you studying?

    I have a degree in English.

    So I know these things.

    I am majoring in English. Wooo!

    Or apparently, not Wooo.

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    AegeriAegeri Tiny wee bacteriums Plateau of LengRegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Hacksaw wrote: »
    We're all suggesting faux majors!

    Hi5's all around!

    I wanted to tell my dad I was majoring in folklore, instead I said (truthfully) I was majoring in history
    which is almost as bad of course

    I told someone who I knew from highschool who I really hated that I was doing a major in kicking their ass.

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    AegeriAegeri Tiny wee bacteriums Plateau of LengRegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    English majors make me giggle.

    It's the guys with the PhDs in it who hand me my french fries that frighten me.

    The soulless, inhuman eyes.

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    InquisitorInquisitor Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    :cry:

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    GimGim a tall glass of water Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    "We produce well rounded adults. Our English majors take science classes. Our science majors take English classes. We produce real human beings."

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    MikeManMikeMan Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Gim wrote: »
    Ah, a multitrack rig of sorts. Good show, sir. I applaud your dedication to the process with what you had. I started on a lavalier mic and a minidisc recorder. Dark ages, those were. I wish I had the equipment and opportunity to do recording like that. But for the time being, I will make due with my humble two mic audience recordings. You can really get some good recordings that way, it's just a matter of taking all the dozens of different factors into account. I hope to figure it out any year now.

    Heh, thanks. Having the multitrack inputs really helps a lot. I started out using ONE mic, as you did, so you can imagine the relief when I upgraded.

    And you are right. I've heard some fantastic recordings come out of two mic setups. It's a matter of controlling all the variables you can at setup, positioning the mics correctly, and not relying too much on "I'll fix it in post," because really, with two mics you don't have a lot of leg room to fool around in post. Set it up correctly from the get go and then just worry about minor level tweaks in post.

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    FrosteeyFrosteey Elaise 1521-2945-8940Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Aegeri wrote: »
    Hacksaw wrote: »
    We're all suggesting faux majors!

    Hi5's all around!

    I wanted to tell my dad I was majoring in folklore, instead I said (truthfully) I was majoring in history
    which is almost as bad of course

    I told someone who I knew from highschool who I really hated that I was doing a major in kicking their ass.

    You really don't get any applicable skills until grad school.

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    IncenjucarIncenjucar VChatter Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Inquisitor wrote: »
    Incenjucar wrote: »
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    What are you studying?

    I have a degree in English.

    So I know these things.

    I am majoring in English. Wooo!

    Or apparently, not Wooo.

    Ahahahaha oh you poor bastard.

    Mind you, of all the "Oh god what have I done!?" majors, English is probably the least insane, especially since most people are fucking illiterate, making you the lord god to many people once they actually witness your skills.

    But you'd better be a sturdy soul.

    --

    I actually started out focusing in the sciences. But I soon realized that lab work bored me to tears, and that I was too quick to figure out ways to weaponize things.

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    Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Inquisitor wrote: »
    Incenjucar wrote: »
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    What are you studying?

    I have a degree in English.

    So I know these things.

    I am majoring in English. Wooo!

    Or apparently, not Wooo.

    I have considered this.

    And where are you employed, Jewcar?

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    MikeManMikeMan Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    And I must go to bed. A week's training in NYC awaits.

    This should be fun. I'm staying at the legendary Hotel Chelsea where (I believe) Sid Vicious died or something.

    Weeeee.

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    InquisitorInquisitor Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Incenjucar wrote: »
    Ahahahaha oh you poor bastard.

    Mind you, of all the "Oh god what have I done!?" majors, English is probably the least insane, especially since most people are fucking illiterate, making you the lord god to many people once they actually witness your skills.

    But you'd better be a sturdy soul.

    I'd say I'm rather sturdy, or at least apathetic enough towards wealth and success.

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    GimGim a tall glass of water Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    MikeMan wrote: »
    Gim wrote: »
    Ah, a multitrack rig of sorts. Good show, sir. I applaud your dedication to the process with what you had. I started on a lavalier mic and a minidisc recorder. Dark ages, those were. I wish I had the equipment and opportunity to do recording like that. But for the time being, I will make due with my humble two mic audience recordings. You can really get some good recordings that way, it's just a matter of taking all the dozens of different factors into account. I hope to figure it out any year now.

    Heh, thanks. Having the multitrack inputs really helps a lot. I started out using ONE mic, so you can imagine the relief when I upgraded.

    And you are right. I've heard some fantastic recordings come out of two mic setups. It's a matter of controlling all the variables you can at setup, positioning the mics correctly, and not relying too much on "I'll fix it in post," because really, with two mics you don't have a lot of leg room to fool around in post. Set it up correctly from the get go and then just worry about minor level tweaks in post.

    It doesn't help that I work in live sound as well, because now I know all the stupid things that can go wrong with the sound of a concert before it even gets to the speakers. I just go into a small club with a half-assed stage and sound setup and I start to weep.

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    jotatejotate Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Hmm, just flipping through the channels to get to Comedy Central...apparently channel 34 has scrambled porn. That's interesting...

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    IncenjucarIncenjucar VChatter Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    I have considered this.

    And where are you employed, Jewcar?

    I work at a construction company. :P

    I'm basically an $18/hour half-ass lawyer.

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    GimGim a tall glass of water Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    jotate wrote: »
    Hmm, just flipping through the channels to get to Comedy Central...apparently channel 34 has scrambled porn. That's interesting...

    Is it Skinemax? That seems like a rather low channel number for a pure porn channel.

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    TL DRTL DR Not at all confident in his reflexive opinions of thingsRegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    At least you can go to law school with an English degree.

    I've worked at a restaurant with a guy who had his masters in history D:

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    duallainduallain Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Incenjucar wrote: »
    The trick with a major is to find one which produces a product or service that is identifiable and searchable for jobs.

    It makes life a whole lot simpler.

    Also make sure that the jobs you could want are available in a place you want to live.

    Whereas I managed to pick a major that has no actual distinct career path attached to it and which has, as its most obvious career paths, New York as its primary end. And fuck New York.

    Hay guyz does Econ fit this description or am I totally fucked?

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    jotatejotate Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Gim wrote: »
    jotate wrote: »
    Hmm, just flipping through the channels to get to Comedy Central...apparently channel 34 has scrambled porn. That's interesting...

    Is it Skinemax? That seems like a rather low channel number for a pure porn channel.

    I have no idea. I'm surprised by it. The cable channels back home stopped showing scrambled porn like 10 years ago. Seems odd that scramble technology has receded, now that I've moved closer to Columbus.

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    ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    My career will be alcoholism

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    IncenjucarIncenjucar VChatter Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    At least you can go to law school with an English degree.

    I've worked at a restaurant with a guy who had his masters in history D:

    English is actually a really strong way to make any other degree easier.

    It's easier for an English major to get into medicine than a biology major because we do pages of essays just for quizzes.

    --

    Econ shouldn't be too bad. Money and Math are pretty viable skills. It's not like the arts where you have to be interesting on top of able.

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    AegeriAegeri Tiny wee bacteriums Plateau of LengRegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Feel dizzy now. Stupid bloodloss is stupid.

    Going to go and lie down. One should not pick fights with glass plates if you don't think you'll win.

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    jotatejotate Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    My career will be alcoholism
    That job pays a lot less once you're out of school.

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    Casual EddyCasual Eddy The Astral PlaneRegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    i have no idea what you look like tarranon

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    InquisitorInquisitor Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    You gonna be okay Aegeri? Maybe you should go see a medic...

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    GimGim a tall glass of water Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Elendil wrote: »
    My career will be alcoholism

    Ah, construction worker. Good man.

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    IncenjucarIncenjucar VChatter Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Gim wrote: »
    Elendil wrote: »
    My career will be alcoholism

    Ah, president of the united states. Good man.

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    GimGim a tall glass of water Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Glass plates? What were you doing?

    ---

    Jewcar: I thought he was more of a coke fiend.

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    Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    I knew a dude a few years ago who had a degree in... like, particle physics or something crazy like that. He was working as a barber.

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    Casual EddyCasual Eddy The Astral PlaneRegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    I kind of wanted to write a book exploring american mythology surrounding a lot of our cultural icons, ideas, and holidays.

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    IncenjucarIncenjucar VChatter Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    I knew a dude a few years ago who had a degree in... like, particle physics or something crazy like that. He was working as a barber.

    The trick with high-end science is that there is a limited demand and that demand is mostly from universities and universities are 90% about who you know.

    One of the designers for Dungeons and Dragons, at least during the 3E era, was a geneticist.

    --

    Eddy: You mean American Gods by Neil Gaiman? :P

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    DasUberEdwardDasUberEdward Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Should I have a conversation on the phone with an intelligent girl who sees through all of my facades? I am a bit tipsy and my lies may unravel or even worse i'll be truthful.

    y/n

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    jotatejotate Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    I kind of wanted to write a book exploring american mythology surrounding a lot of our cultural icons, ideas, and holidays.

    The church down the road spent its' "donated in the name of God" money on a 30' inflatable pink Easter rabbit, that they placed in front of the church three weeks before Easter. In case you need somewhere to start.

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    IncenjucarIncenjucar VChatter Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Should I have a conversation on the phone with an intelligent girl who sees through all of my facades? I am a bit tipsy and my lies may unravel or even worse i'll be truthful.

    y/n

    The last time a girl talked to me on the phone when I wasn't really set up to be able to hold my tongue I drove her into looking into convents.

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    jotatejotate Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Should I have a conversation on the phone with an intelligent girl who sees through all of my facades? I am a bit tipsy and my lies may unravel or even worse i'll be truthful.

    y/n

    Yes. Start the conversation by saying something that will catch her entirely off guard. Proposition her for anal sex, for example.

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    DasUberEdwardDasUberEdward Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    jotate wrote: »
    Should I have a conversation on the phone with an intelligent girl who sees through all of my facades? I am a bit tipsy and my lies may unravel or even worse i'll be truthful.

    y/n

    Yes. Start the conversation by saying something that will catch her entirely off guard. Proposition her for anal sex, for example.

    That's pretty far out of character for me. I go for that regal thing unless it's a casual setting with mah dudes...then i'm 4chan.

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    TL DRTL DR Not at all confident in his reflexive opinions of thingsRegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    jotate wrote: »
    Should I have a conversation on the phone with an intelligent girl who sees through all of my facades? I am a bit tipsy and my lies may unravel or even worse i'll be truthful.

    y/n

    Yes. Start the conversation by saying something that will catch her entirely off guard. Proposition her for anal sex, for example.

    Jotate has your best interests in mind.

    Go for it.

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    jotatejotate Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    jotate wrote: »
    Should I have a conversation on the phone with an intelligent girl who sees through all of my facades? I am a bit tipsy and my lies may unravel or even worse i'll be truthful.

    y/n

    Yes. Start the conversation by saying something that will catch her entirely off guard. Proposition her for anal sex, for example.

    That's pretty far out of character for me. I go for that regal thing unless it's a casual setting...then i'm 4chan.

    Right, that's the point. She'll hardly be able to hold anything you say against you if you preface the conversation with someone drunken and entirely out of character.

    On the other hand, maybe you'll get some anal out of it.

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    Casual EddyCasual Eddy The Astral PlaneRegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    I meant more of an exploration of the things that historically make america america. Like, thanksgiving didn't actually happen. The pilgrims didn't really come over for religious freedom, not in the manner that most of us would think of. Pioneers going westward weren't lone rugged men. Cowboys weren't who you think. The war of independence was started because the colonists were quite selfish and loudmouthed, and could not have been won without french intervention.

    That sort of thing.

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    AegeriAegeri Tiny wee bacteriums Plateau of LengRegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Inquisitor wrote: »
    You gonna be okay Aegeri? Maybe you should go see a medic...

    tf2medic01.jpg

    ?

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    DasUberEdwardDasUberEdward Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    I read dolphins instead of colonist in your post Eddy.

    what the hell.

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