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ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
edited May 2009 in Debate and/or Discourse
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  • yalborapyalborap Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Man, that's cold.

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  • FencingsaxFencingsax It is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understanding GNU Terry PratchettRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Wow Than, that was subtle!

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  • NocturneNocturne Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Yes. Great theme.

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  • JamesJames Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Well I think she's made it pretty clear she's not taken so the options are acceptance or flat out rejection :P

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  • ResRes __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2009
    I also love how taking the clothes off a slave actually gives them clothes.

    The slave outfit is a loincloth and a harness, but the placeholder clothes when you take a person's actual clothes (to keep people from being nekkid) is a t-shirt and boxer shorts.

    So when you take their clothes away they're wearing more than they were when they were wearing clothes.

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  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I made this post for James and by god I am posting it:
    James wrote: »
    Pony wrote: »
    James wrote: »
    Pony wrote: »
    James wrote: »
    Okay, that makes 6/9 days that I've known this girl that we've hung out. Also super fun.

    Go for it, Jim!

    That is something I am debating in my mind!

    well the only reason it's a debate and not a decision is because you have some doubts, concerns, or negative thoughts on the idea

    so, let's here them, man

    what's keeping you

    I think basically I'm afraid I could be confusing interest with friendliness. She keeps inviting me to do things, but what if I ask, she's not interested and is kind of weirded out by it, and we stop hanging out? I'm having a lot of fun so I don't want to ruin that. On the other hand we don't have a lot of history yet so any awkwardness might pass quicker?

    I wouldn't do anything cheesy or weird, I'd just ask her on a date plain and simple, which could also make it less weird if things go sour.

    my suggestion is if you've got romantic intentions for this girl, move on it really soon

    seriously

    you want to do it now rather than after you've been friends for a while.

    this isn't some kind ladder theory bullshit, i'm saying this because the longer you let it be that you're just friends, the cooler any initial romantic interest she may have for you right now is going to get, and the more attached both of you are going to get to the idea of being friends and how much you value your friendship.

    if you try to make your move then, not only it will have a higher chance of being unsuccessful, it also risks ruining your friendship just for trying

    you do it now, she could decline you early on, and you can move past it and still be friends after

    Pony on
  • yalborapyalborap Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Res wrote: »
    I also love how taking the clothes off a slave actually gives them clothes.

    The slave outfit is a loincloth and a harness, but the placeholder clothes when you take a person's actual clothes (to keep people from being nekkid) is a t-shirt and boxer shorts.

    So when you take their clothes away they're wearing more than they were when they were wearing clothes.

    What're you playing?

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  • WoodroezWoodroez Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I've heard good things about Good Old Games.

    EDIT: Which, by the way, has MegaRace and its sequel fuck yes

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  • ResRes __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2009
    yalborap wrote: »
    Res wrote: »
    I also love how taking the clothes off a slave actually gives them clothes.

    The slave outfit is a loincloth and a harness, but the placeholder clothes when you take a person's actual clothes (to keep people from being nekkid) is a t-shirt and boxer shorts.

    So when you take their clothes away they're wearing more than they were when they were wearing clothes.

    What're you playing?

    Fallout 3.

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  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Make a move, James. Don't a huge, weeping vagina.

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  • WoodroezWoodroez Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Oh god they have UT98 too...

    if it works with mods like it should, I simply cannot say no to that. It's been too long since I played Infiltration.

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  • RonTheDMRonTheDM Yes, yes Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
  • JacobkoshJacobkosh Gamble a stamp. I can show you how to be a real man!Moderator mod
    edited May 2009
    Woodroez wrote: »
    I've heard good things about Good Old Games.

    EDIT: Which, by the way, has MegaRace and its sequel fuck yes

    :shock: That's awesome. Man, I ran MegaRace back in the day on an old 386 with 2 megs of RAM and a 4x CD-ROM drive. It was...stuttery. Specifically I remember the opening movie would be jerky and go "Welcome to M-m-m-m-m-m-m-egaRace!" Which my friends thought was so hilarious that it is still a meme with us.

    @Than: Hells yes, LA Law has an awesome theme.

    EDIT: I bet no one here knew that LA Law actually had a variant theme song that they would use for especially dramatic or sad episodes, where some of the horn riffs were replaced by violins.

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  • JamesJames Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Then I guess I need to figure out how and when to do it.

    We're hanging out with friends tomorrow. If I do it then would it be best to wait until I leave?

    She'll also be going on vacation for two weeks soon, so I figure I should do it before that, which gives me about three days to work with. Also recovery time if she says no.

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  • Hi I'm Vee!Hi I'm Vee! Formerly VH; She/Her; Is an E X P E R I E N C E Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Man, Elks was right there Thanatos.

    Right there.

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  • Mojo_JojoMojo_Jojo We are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourse Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I went all over town looking for a pot of delicious yoghurt+granola. Such simple things should not cost so much.

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  • JacobkoshJacobkosh Gamble a stamp. I can show you how to be a real man!Moderator mod
    edited May 2009
    I wish I could get a job being paid to identify obscure guest actors in TV shows and movies and rattle off their resumes without the aid of IMDB. Somewhere there is a market for my encyclopedic knowledge of the careers of John Fiedler and JT Walsh.

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  • Mojo_JojoMojo_Jojo We are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourse Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    jacobkosh wrote: »
    I wish I could get a job being paid to identify obscure guest actors in TV shows and movies and rattle off their resumes without the aid of IMDB. Somewhere there is a market for my encyclopedic knowledge of the careers of John Fiedler and JT Walsh.
    Possibly some kind of live TV panel show.

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  • yalborapyalborap Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Mojo_Jojo wrote: »
    I went all over town looking for a pot of delicious yoghurt+granola. Such simple things should not cost so much.

    Yogurt is cheap. Granola is cheap. Mixing spoons are cheap.

    You see where I'm going with this.

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  • Mojo_JojoMojo_Jojo We are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourse Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    yalborap wrote: »
    Mojo_Jojo wrote: »
    I went all over town looking for a pot of delicious yoghurt+granola. Such simple things should not cost so much.

    Yogurt is cheap. Granola is cheap. Mixing spoons are cheap.

    You see where I'm going with this.
    My desk covered in food?

    I missed breakfast at home today, so I was hoping of grabbing something on the way in. Grabbing on the way in became an epic hunt.

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  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    jacobkosh wrote: »
    I wish I could get a job being paid to identify obscure guest actors in TV shows and movies and rattle off their resumes without the aid of IMDB. Somewhere there is a market for my encyclopedic knowledge of the careers of John Fiedler and JT Walsh.

    I'll pay for your meals if you hang out and watch TV with me.

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  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I'm going to see my uncle before his heart surgery. see you guys later.

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  • JacobkoshJacobkosh Gamble a stamp. I can show you how to be a real man!Moderator mod
    edited May 2009
    Good luck, Vari. And if I am ever in NY I am totally taking you up on that :)

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  • BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited May 2009
    LA Law was pretty good. Most amusingly silly death scene ever.

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  • Mojo_JojoMojo_Jojo We are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourse Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Oooh, it's Eurovision on Saturday. Excellent.

    I shall have to try and locate some kind of festivities.

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  • BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited May 2009
    jacobkosh wrote: »
    I wish I could get a job being paid to identify obscure guest actors in TV shows and movies and rattle off their resumes without the aid of IMDB. Somewhere there is a market for my encyclopedic knowledge of the careers of John Fiedler and JT Walsh.

    The competition would be stiffer than you realise.

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  • BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited May 2009
    Mojo_Jojo wrote: »
    Oooh, it's Eurovision on Saturday. Excellent.

    I shall have to try and locate some kind of festivities.

    It won't be the same without Terry's casual racism.

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  • Mojo_JojoMojo_Jojo We are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourse Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Bogart wrote: »
    Mojo_Jojo wrote: »
    Oooh, it's Eurovision on Saturday. Excellent.

    I shall have to try and locate some kind of festivities.

    It won't be the same without Terry's casual racism.
    Oh motherfuck, I'd forgotten about that.

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  • ResRes __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2009
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  • ElkiElki get busy Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited May 2009
    Snowball is probably the world’s most famous living parrot, with a Wikipedia entry to prove it. One clip of him on YouTube, a video-sharing website, has had over 2m hits. The sulphur-crested cockatoo’s claim to stardom is his ability to perform what looks decidedly like dancing (to the Backstreet Boys’ hit, “Everybody”). It is an intriguing display but an aberrant one, as parrots have never been seen to dance in the wild. Nevertheless it may, according to Aniruddh Patel of the Neurosciences Institute in San Diego, shed light on the evolutionary origins of song and dance in people, too.

    There are three main theories of the origins of singing and dancing. Two suggest they are functional—either serving to attract mates or fostering social cohesion and thus collaboration. The third, put forward recently by Dr Patel, says the whole thing is a glorious accident—the by-product of an evolved capacity for mimicking vocal cues, which humans have because that is how they learn to speak. This is a plausible explanation of singing, but how it might then lead to dancing (ie, a rhythmic movement of various parts of the body in time to the music) is obscure. Nevertheless, one possible test of Dr Patel’s hypothesis is to see if anything resembling dancing emerges in animals known to be vocal mimics, who are exposed to the rhythms of human music. (emphasis mine)

    Dr Patel and his team have thus taken a close interest in Snowball, who has been residing at the Bird Lovers Only Rescue Service in Schererville, Indiana, since he was left there by his previous owners in 2007, along with a CD of his favourite music. The results of their research have just been published in Current Biology.

    Their conclusion, after sophisticated statistical analysis to exclude the possibility of coincidence, is that Snowball really is dancing. If a song’s tempo is changed without changing its pitch, his head-bobbing and leg-lifting change time to match. And they are not alone in this conclusion. Adena Schachner of Harvard University and her colleagues have also been studying this psittacine prodigy and they, too, have just published their findings in Current Biology. (emphasis mine)

    Broadly, they endorse Dr Patel’s conclusion that Snowball is jiving to the beat. They have also found a similarly talented African grey parrot, and conducted the same experiments on that. But they went further than Dr Patel by trying to persuade cotton-top tamarins, a species of monkey, to learn to dance as well. They failed, as Dr Patel’s theory predicted they would, because tamarins—although very vocal—are not mimics.

    Further investigation on YouTube, by Dr Schachner, has turned up 33 video clips of animals with Snowball-like talents. All told, there are 14 types of parrot in these video clips, all species well-known for vocal mimicry, and one elephant. That elephants are vocal mimics is less widely known, but it has recently been established scientifically.

    Whether any of this truly endorses Dr Patel’s hypothesis is moot. Since none of the species looked at is known to dance in the wild, and all are known vocal mimics, it does suggest that vocal mimicry somehow provokes dance-like behaviour when an individual is exposed to a rhythmic sound. But, though there is no disputing Snowball’s talent, that is not proof.

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  • JacobkoshJacobkosh Gamble a stamp. I can show you how to be a real man!Moderator mod
    edited May 2009
    Bogart wrote: »
    jacobkosh wrote: »
    I wish I could get a job being paid to identify obscure guest actors in TV shows and movies and rattle off their resumes without the aid of IMDB. Somewhere there is a market for my encyclopedic knowledge of the careers of John Fiedler and JT Walsh.

    The competition would be stiffer than you realise.

    Ours will be one of the great trans-Atlantic rivalries, like in Chess the musical.

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  • JacobkoshJacobkosh Gamble a stamp. I can show you how to be a real man!Moderator mod
    edited May 2009
    Hey Elki, have you ever watched Veronica Mars?

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  • yalborapyalborap Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Quick question. What would you guys say is a healthy minimum of pages in a comic book?

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  • HakkekageHakkekage Space Whore Academy summa cum laudeRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I have been up all night long

    my exam is in two hours

    i can't remember anything

    jesus

    fuck me in the ear

    mcchrist

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  • ElkiElki get busy Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited May 2009
    jacobkosh wrote: »
    Hey Elki, have you ever watched Veronica Mars?

    Awesome show, hella awesome, it's really good.

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  • ElkiElki get busy Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited May 2009
    gog.com seems like it should've been an adult domain since the beginning of the internet.

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  • Mojo_JojoMojo_Jojo We are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourse Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    yalborap wrote: »
    Quick question. What would you guys say is a healthy minimum of pages in a comic book?
    More than was in that Supernatural Origins comic. Which I think was something pathetic like twenty pages.

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  • RonTheDMRonTheDM Yes, yes Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Hakkekage wrote: »
    I have been up all night long

    my exam is in two hours

    i can't remember anything

    jesus

    fuck me in the ear

    mcchrist

    I've been up all night, too.

    But for no raison.

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  • yalborapyalborap Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Hakkekage wrote: »
    I have been up all night long

    my exam is in two hours

    i can't remember anything

    jesus

    fuck me in the ear

    mcchrist

    The McChrist! Delicious wine-infused fish, sandwiched between two "freshly baked" communion wafers for all the religious experience you could ever need! And this week in your happy meal, we have toys of Jesus himself! Well, okay, they're actually of a mexican guy who pronounces it hey-zeus, but your bratty little shits will want it anyway!

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  • HakkekageHakkekage Space Whore Academy summa cum laudeRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    wish me luck

    i very much need it

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