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    matt has a problemmatt has a problem Points to 'off' Points to 'on'Registered User regular
    Vanguard wrote: »
    desc wrote: »
    Vanguard wrote: »
    $2300 hot dog
    So what dog do you get for your dough? Well, the chef starts with a foot long dog "made of richly marbled wagyu beef dry aged for 60 days by DeBragga" and lace it with black truffles. Then they put it on a brioche bun toasted with white truffle butter and slathered with organic W Ketchup that has been "seasoned with saffron to make it even more precious" as well as with Mustarde de Charroux imported from France. And that's not all! "The accoutrements continue with Vidalia onions caramelized in Dom Perignon Champagne and 100 year old balsamic vinegar" not to mention "house made organic sauerkraut braised in Louis Roederer Cristal and inflected with rare platinum oscetra caviar" and THEN, the dog is topped with house made relish from Gordy’s Pickle Jar. Oh, and some gold leaf for good measure.

    http://gothamist.com/2012/07/23/2300_hot_dog_is_absurd_real.php

    The thought of buying one, holding it up, and then just slathering it with Heinz ketchup fills me with mirth.

    I like that you have to give them 48 hours notice in order to make it.

    It's a fucking hot dog.

    That's how long it takes them to stop laughing about someone paying $2300 for a hot dog.

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    VanguardVanguard But now the dream is over. And the insect is awake.Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    Okay, so I'm reading A Storm of Swords on the subway this morning and I get to an incest scene and GRRM actually takes the time to go through the motions of what happens. Jesus Fucking Christ I don't need to read incest fantasy porn.

    Seriously, GRRM, who is The Father Christmas of Nerdery, is a really perverted dude.

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    matt has a problemmatt has a problem Points to 'off' Points to 'on'Registered User regular
    My first car cost 1 1/2 hotdogs.

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    surrealitychecksurrealitycheck lonely, but not unloved dreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered User regular
    edited July 2012
    i read lord of the rings when i was 7

    i thought it was not as good as pg wodehouse or biggles

    surrealitycheck on
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    ThomamelasThomamelas Only one man can kill this many Russians. Bring his guitar to me! Registered User regular
    Leitner wrote: »
    Vanguard wrote:
    I know it's sacrosanct to say, but there are times when the movies are better than the books. Examples:

    -Sin City
    -LOTR
    -The Shining (because I didn't read it)
    -Jackie Brown

    That's all I have for now, but I'm sure there are others.

    Also, that picture Chu posted is fucking creepy.

    The Godfather.

    By like orders of magnitude apparently.

    Sheep, that seems like a pretty substantial claim to be making?

    Yes. The movie version of The Godfather is in a completely different universe when it comes to quality.

    Stand By Me
    Jaws
    Last of the Mohicans (Cooper was rubbish)
    Gone with the Wind
    Shawshank Redemption

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    KasynKasyn I'm not saying I don't like our chances. She called me the master.Registered User regular
    My first car cost 1 1/2 hotdogs.

    Hot dogs, new currency IMO.

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    TL DRTL DR Not at all confident in his reflexive opinions of thingsRegistered User regular
    We read The Hobbit in 7th grade.

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    syndalissyndalis Getting Classy On the WallRegistered User, Loves Apple Products regular
    Vanguard wrote: »
    Okay, so I'm reading A Storm of Swords on the subway this morning and I get to an incest scene and GRRM actually takes the time to go through the motions of what happens. Jesus Fucking Christ I don't need to read incest fantasy porn.

    Seriously, GRRM, who is The Father Christmas of Nerdery, is a really perverted dude.

    Every time he writes the words dripping, drooling, running down or dribbling, I die a little inside.

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    VanguardVanguard But now the dream is over. And the insect is awake.Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    I make about 15 hot dogs a year

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    VanguardVanguard But now the dream is over. And the insect is awake.Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    syndalis wrote: »
    Vanguard wrote: »
    Okay, so I'm reading A Storm of Swords on the subway this morning and I get to an incest scene and GRRM actually takes the time to go through the motions of what happens. Jesus Fucking Christ I don't need to read incest fantasy porn.

    Seriously, GRRM, who is The Father Christmas of Nerdery, is a really perverted dude.

    Every time he writes the words dripping, drooling, running down or dribbling, I die a little inside.

    I'm sure some people fap to this shit

    but jesus christ

    we get it

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    Donkey KongDonkey Kong Putting Nintendo out of business with AI nips Registered User regular
    Vanguard wrote: »
    Okay, so I'm reading A Storm of Swords on the subway this morning and I get to an incest scene and GRRM actually takes the time to go through the motions of what happens. Jesus Fucking Christ I don't need to read incest fantasy porn.

    Seriously, GRRM, who is The Father Christmas of Nerdery, is a really perverted dude.

    There's joy in his food descriptions but none in the incest or rape that goes on. That's enough restraint, I feel.

    I don't love reading that shit, but I appreciate that he doesn't shy away. It's part of the appeal of the series.

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    ThomamelasThomamelas Only one man can kill this many Russians. Bring his guitar to me! Registered User regular
    My first car cost less then a quarter of a hot dog.

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    KasynKasyn I'm not saying I don't like our chances. She called me the master.Registered User regular
    syndalis wrote: »
    Kasyn wrote: »
    Gooey wrote: »
    the book version of the lotr movies is so insanely boring

    like

    why did they even write the books when the movies were clearly better

    We had to read almost all of those books in 5th grade. I was bored out of my tiny little mind, and basically faked my way through all the assignments.

    5th.... grade?

    I mean, I read them when I was young, but I sure as shit didn't "get" them until a few years later. Your school was weird.

    It was the gifted/talented program in one of the better public schools in town, so we got to do a lot of stuff that was weird. I was one of like...two not-rich kids there, something I didn't really realize until a decade later.

    I'm a little ashamed to admit that I didn't care for them at the time. I would hide in the computer lab and play Oregon Trail and Myst.

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    surrealitychecksurrealitycheck lonely, but not unloved dreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered User regular
    dont worry kasyn

    myst is sweet

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    TehSlothTehSloth Hit Or Miss I Guess They Never Miss, HuhRegistered User regular
    Thomamelas wrote: »
    My first car cost less then a quarter of a hot dog.

    I've been thinking of picking one up lately that's 2 hot dogs.

    When I think about it that way it seems like a much better deal.

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    NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    it's not very fair to say he's perverted just because he writes about stuff in detail

    like DK said, it's not intended to be erotic at all

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    surrealitychecksurrealitycheck lonely, but not unloved dreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered User regular
    by the way dude if any of you are interested in a completely off the wall tabletop rpg, burning wheel is pretty interesting

    a bro lent me the gold edition and the way the game is structured is v interesting

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    VanguardVanguard But now the dream is over. And the insect is awake.Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    by the way dude if any of you are interested in a completely off the wall tabletop rpg, burning wheel is pretty interesting

    a bro lent me the gold edition and the way the game is structured is v interesting

    Hi5

    It is the best game I've played for people actually interested in roleplaying. It does require a pretty solid commitment from the players though.

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    syndalissyndalis Getting Classy On the WallRegistered User, Loves Apple Products regular
    Vanguard wrote: »
    Okay, so I'm reading A Storm of Swords on the subway this morning and I get to an incest scene and GRRM actually takes the time to go through the motions of what happens. Jesus Fucking Christ I don't need to read incest fantasy porn.

    Seriously, GRRM, who is The Father Christmas of Nerdery, is a really perverted dude.

    There's joy in his food descriptions but none in the incest or rape that goes on. That's enough restraint, I feel.

    I don't love reading that shit, but I appreciate that he doesn't shy away. It's part of the appeal of the series.

    It's worse when it is read to you by Roy Dotrice (the creeper who played the pyromancer in season 2, amongst other things).

    Every time he gets to describe Greyjoy sexings, he just seems a bit too happy about the whole thing. It's horrifying.

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    SanderJKSanderJK Crocodylus Pontifex Sinterklasicus Madrid, 3000 ADRegistered User regular
    This fever / nausea is wearing me out. Yesterday I was very sick, but the worst of it died down pretty fast, but it's lingering on this level where I'm unable to do anything or concentrate but getting incredibly bored and annoyed at feeling hot/cold etcet.

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    MazzyxMazzyx Comedy Gold Registered User regular
    I didn't read LoTR till I was a Junior in high school. I was captivated by them then. I read the Hobbit a year before. I think I would of missed a lot of the books if I read them earlier.

    And no one should give the cartoon Hobbit shit. That thing was great. Now the LotR cartoon is pure shite.

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    Nova_CNova_C I have the need The need for speedRegistered User regular
    Man, The Shining film is so not better than the book. The book is amazing with a much better ending.

    Hunt For Red October is another film that's better than the book, though.

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    KasynKasyn I'm not saying I don't like our chances. She called me the master.Registered User regular
    dont worry kasyn

    myst is sweet

    I certainly enjoyed it more than listening to a room full of 10 year olds try to solve Gollum's fucking riddles.

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    spool32spool32 Contrary Library Registered User regular
    OK honest question. Is there actually an actual incest scene in ASoIAF? Or is it like, step-siblings or something? Is this the internet exaggerating or is it accurate?
    Not sure if I want to subject myself to that.

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    surrealitychecksurrealitycheck lonely, but not unloved dreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered User regular
    i used to hate superman

    then somebody showed me that page where hes nice to a suicidal goth girl and i was like awwwwwwwwwww

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    Solomaxwell6Solomaxwell6 Registered User regular
    Vanguard wrote: »
    Okay, so I'm reading A Storm of Swords on the subway this morning and I get to an incest scene and GRRM actually takes the time to go through the motions of what happens. Jesus Fucking Christ I don't need to read incest fantasy porn.

    Seriously, GRRM, who is The Father Christmas of Nerdery, is a really perverted dude.

    There's joy in his food descriptions but none in the incest or rape that goes on. That's enough restraint, I feel.

    I don't love reading that shit, but I appreciate that he doesn't shy away. It's part of the appeal of the series.

    It seems a bit unnecessary to me.

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    NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    spool32 wrote: »
    OK honest question. Is there actually an actual incest scene in ASoIAF? Or is it like, step-siblings or something? Is this the internet exaggerating or is it accurate?
    Not sure if I want to subject myself to that.

    well, you know basically everything that happened in book 1?

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    AManFromEarthAManFromEarth Let's get to twerk! The King in the SwampRegistered User regular
    Thomamelas wrote: »
    My first car cost less then a quarter of a hot dog.

    All my first car cost me was the use of my grandmother's legs.

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    VanguardVanguard But now the dream is over. And the insect is awake.Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    Nerdgasmic wrote: »
    it's not very fair to say he's perverted just because he writes about stuff in detail

    like DK said, it's not intended to be erotic at all
    "Hurry," she was whispering now, "quickly, quickly, now, do it now, do me now. Jaime Jaime Jaime." Her hands helped guide him. "Yes," Cersei said as he thrust, "my brother, sweet brother, yes, like that, yes, I have you, you're home now, you're home now, you're home." She kissed his ear and stroked his short bristly hair. Jaime lost himself in her flesh. He could feel Cersei's heart beating in time with his own, and the wetness of blood and seed where they were joined.

    This is not erotic?

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    The Crowing OneThe Crowing One Registered User regular
    Vanguard wrote: »
    syndalis wrote: »
    Vanguard wrote: »
    Okay, so I'm reading A Storm of Swords on the subway this morning and I get to an incest scene and GRRM actually takes the time to go through the motions of what happens. Jesus Fucking Christ I don't need to read incest fantasy porn.

    Seriously, GRRM, who is The Father Christmas of Nerdery, is a really perverted dude.

    Every time he writes the words dripping, drooling, running down or dribbling, I die a little inside.

    I'm sure some people fap to this shit

    but jesus christ

    we get it

    At least it isn't 50 Shades of Inner Goddess.

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    VanguardVanguard But now the dream is over. And the insect is awake.Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    spool32 wrote: »
    OK honest question. Is there actually an actual incest scene in ASoIAF? Or is it like, step-siblings or something? Is this the internet exaggerating or is it accurate?
    Not sure if I want to subject myself to that.

    Yes. In detail.

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    NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    Vanguard wrote: »
    Nerdgasmic wrote: »
    it's not very fair to say he's perverted just because he writes about stuff in detail

    like DK said, it's not intended to be erotic at all
    "Hurry," she was whispering now, "quickly, quickly, now, do it now, do me now. Jaime Jaime Jaime." Her hands helped guide him. "Yes," Cersei said as he thrust, "my brother, sweet brother, yes, like that, yes, I have you, you're home now, you're home now, you're home." She kissed his ear and stroked his short bristly hair. Jaime lost himself in her flesh. He could feel Cersei's heart beating in time with his own, and the wetness of blood and seed where they were joined.

    This is not erotic?
    not especially

    I mean, isn't it from his point of view? he's not going to be thinking "ew ew ew"

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    spool32spool32 Contrary Library Registered User regular
    Nerdgasmic wrote: »
    spool32 wrote: »
    OK honest question. Is there actually an actual incest scene in ASoIAF? Or is it like, step-siblings or something? Is this the internet exaggerating or is it accurate?
    Not sure if I want to subject myself to that.

    well, you know basically everything that happened in book 1?

    I have never read book one, nor watched the series.

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    surrealitychecksurrealitycheck lonely, but not unloved dreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered User regular
    incest hardly bothers me at all

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    AbdhyiusAbdhyius Registered User regular
    Organichu wrote: »
    Abdhyius wrote: »
    with your genes

    are we jews known as renowned mouth rapists?


    no
    but your family seems to prefer the young ones

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    spool32spool32 Contrary Library Registered User regular
    Vanguard wrote: »
    Nerdgasmic wrote: »
    it's not very fair to say he's perverted just because he writes about stuff in detail

    like DK said, it's not intended to be erotic at all
    "Hurry," she was whispering now, "quickly, quickly, now, do it now, do me now. Jaime Jaime Jaime." Her hands helped guide him. "Yes," Cersei said as he thrust, "my brother, sweet brother, yes, like that, yes, I have you, you're home now, you're home now, you're home." She kissed his ear and stroked his short bristly hair. Jaime lost himself in her flesh. He could feel Cersei's heart beating in time with his own, and the wetness of blood and seed where they were joined.

    This is not erotic?

    Not terribly...

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    syndalissyndalis Getting Classy On the WallRegistered User, Loves Apple Products regular
    spool32 wrote: »
    OK honest question. Is there actually an actual incest scene in ASoIAF? Or is it like, step-siblings or something? Is this the internet exaggerating or is it accurate?
    Not sure if I want to subject myself to that.
    I am not going to put this in spoilers because I am going to simply give the inspiration for the series.

    He bases his work heavily off of the Wars of the Roses (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wars_of_the_Roses), and as such is filled with the political intrigue, vying for the throne, noble houses at each others throats, and incest that was super prolific amongst the nobles of the time.

    He also does not shy away from describing raw and unsettling things; where others would end a scene on a suggestion, he will linger on a moment and leave you feeling a little sick to your stomach.

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    KasynKasyn I'm not saying I don't like our chances. She called me the master.Registered User regular
    Thomamelas wrote: »
    My first car cost less then a quarter of a hot dog.

    All my first car cost me was the use of my grandmother's legs.

    I'm trying to square this with the hot dog analogy.

    It's going to weird places.

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    SniperGuySniperGuy SniperGuyGaming Registered User regular
    Is a 7-800 dollar monthly student loan payment normal? That seems high. D:

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    SheepSheep Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    Sheep, that seems like a pretty substantial claim to be making?

    What? That the police ensure the rule of law?

    Well then I guess that means that with the right amount of police there would not be any crime, right?

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