Random Thoughts Thread

[Gl❀w]

you always tell by the screams

Shrap u ok

[just Beamu]

well people can already see what I'm playing, imo it would be better if they could see what I'm listening to
Literally perfect oppurtunity for Daft Punk reference but no

[Historia]

Shrap u ok

well it's true

[Gl❀w]

well it's true

I'm p. sure that's not normal, friend

[Snow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HUO0hfnEDg
when people say today's music is bad i get a spazz

[Historia]

I'm p. sure that's not normal, friend

not sure what you're getting at sorry

[black1blade]

I moved house, not that anyone (including me honestly) really cares about that much. I also think I pulled some back muscled posing for my year group photo.

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So I guess that's good if you lke hearing about other people's suffering....

[just Beamu]

How do you pull a muscle from posing for a picture?

[Leftovers]

You flex.

[Prix with a Silent X]

How do you pull a muscle from posing for a picture?

I could probably manage it if the picture was very large or in an awkward place.

[black1blade]

Standing up really straight when I rarely do so. My posture is pretty bad and I spend most of my days in shitty chairs with no upper back support.

[Prix with a Silent X]

You really need to exercise.

[Gl❀w]

I could probably manage it if the picture was very large or in an awkward place.

Also depends on the kind of picture, y'knowwhatimean

[black1blade]

But is started hurting a lot when I was standing for the pic so that's definitely the cause.

[just Beamu]

Standing up really straight when I rarely do so. My posture is pretty bad and I spend most of my days in shitty chairs with no upper back support.
That sounds incredibly bad for your health.

[Spinach]

Standing up really straight when I rarely do so. My posture is pretty bad and I spend most of my days in shitty chairs with no upper back support.

Fix your posture young man, no man has ever impressed by slouching like Gollum.

[SeiKeo]

Also depends on the kind of picture, y'knowwhatimean
?? help

[just Beamu]

Also depends on the kind of picture, y'knowwhatimean
lewd

[black1blade]

You really need to exercise.
I go on walks sometimes if that counts.... I also have a 25 minute walk into school so maybe that also truggered it- IDK

[mAc Chaos]

i did a dio pose for a photo last night and almost broke my spine

[Gl❀w]

lewd
There is nothing lewd about sports

[black1blade]

Fix your posture young man, no man has ever impressed by slouching like Gollum.
I just want a nice chair that I can relax in without fucking up my spine...

[Kirby]

http://i.imgur.com/sFU7n9I.jpg

[black1blade]

Also it's not that bad jst not good.

[just Beamu]

i did a dio pose for a photo last night and almost broke my spine
Mere mortal men were not meant to imitate such greatness

[Skull]

i did a dio pose for a photo last night and almost broke my spine
You obviously weren't FABULOUS enough.

[black1blade]

My posture that is...

[just Beamu]

Also it's not that bad jst not good.
If all it takes is standing up straight, it's bad.

[black1blade]

http://i.imgur.com/sFU7n9I.jpg
Most fabulous JOJO protags.

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If all it takes is standing up straight, it's bad.
I think I flexed it too much the other way with my hands behind my back and all...

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Thing is whenever I try to correct my posture I look and feel awkard. It just feels like it's putting more strai on my spine and neck.

[Snow]

Tae continues to be best wife.

[Gl❀w]

I think I flexed it too much the other way with my hands behind my back

In all honesty, you probably strained it during moving and the pain didn't set in until you were in an unusual position (to you) for a period of time. Delayed pain is more frequent than you might think.

[Spinach]

What pleasant weather I'm having today.

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It's actually boring.

[black1blade]

In all honesty, you probably strained it during moving and the pain didn't set in until you were in an unusual position (to you) for a period of time. Delayed pain is more frequent than you might think.
Yeah probably.

[Gl❀w]

What pleasant weather I'm having today.


Springtime for Spinach and Tennessee

[black1blade]

Well it's a bit better now- still achy but I'm not in agony and I don't need pain killers.

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The sooner I get a nice new chair that is soft and has something for my back to rest on, the better.

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Anyway off with the wii u.

[Frostyvale]

There's a lot of comfort in making a place nice and sparkly.

[Arashi_Leonhart]

There is nothing lewd about sports


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al9Ajl4cXFM

[Gl❀w]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al9Ajl4cXFM
I stand corrected

[Kirby]

Anyone know if a Japanese phone book differs in any significant way from Western phone books?

[Leftovers]

One would guess they both feature the same type of content.

[just Beamu]

Springtime for Spinach and Tennesseewow rude implications

[Arashi_Leonhart]

Anyone know if a Japanese phone book differs in any significant way from Western phone books?

http://bankin21.sakura.ne.jp/sblo_files/bankin21/image/dc122410.JPG

They're functionally similar, called town pages usually.

[Prix with a Silent X]

Where did Shrapnel go? I need to know what materials would likely be used in cleaning up a bunch of blood to remove evidence without total destruction of a rug or something.

[just Beamu]

Burn the rug and hide in the hills

[Gl❀w]

Where did Shrapnel go? I need to know what materials would likely be used in cleaning up a bunch of blood to remove evidence without total destruction of a rug or something.

Now, now, we can't jump to conclusions...

[Prix with a Silent X]

No.

[Snow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk6WFDpC8m8

[Spinach]

http://i.imgur.com/oDdDsP9.jpg

This is my wife (and also my ideal physique)

[Snow]

Nice pantsu

Good Wife

[Spinach]

Thanks.

[Gl❀w]

Snow, your new avatar is very shiny and pretty and suits you very well.

[Spinach]

It's also second best dragon so it's good.

[Snow]

Thanksies!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DwATqi2ewM

[Gl❀w]

Finally got my new driver's license in the mail.

My picture looks like a mugshot.

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Where did Shrapnel go? I need to know what materials would likely be used in cleaning up a bunch of blood to remove evidence without total destruction of a rug or something.




Does anyone know how to get a lot of blood out of a carpet or rug without destroying the rug itself? What chemicals or processes would generally be used, etc.
I thought this was a joke but apparently you were serious.

We need to talk.

[Historia]

Where did Shrapnel go? I need to know what materials would likely be used in cleaning up a bunch of blood to remove evidence without total destruction of a rug or something.

Cold water and oxygen bleach detergent (hydrogen peroxide) solution. Work from the outside edges of the stain toward its center. Then, once it's cleaned, use paper towels to absorb any moisture left over.

[GhostDIGIT]

I am most definitely going to have Shirou beat the shit out of Shinji at least once in my soon to be never written fic.

[Historia]

Now, if you'll excuse me, lemme eat my damn cake in peace.

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and I'd rather see Shirou drawn and quartered than Shinji our lord and savior Wakame be beaten up by that random ginger kid.

[GhostDIGIT]

and I'd rather see Shirou drawn and quartered than Shinji our lord and savior Wakame be beaten up by that random ginger kid.
The world is cruel, Wakame will suffer for the sins of the world.

[Historia]

And, you know, I was given last week and this weekend to study for an exam I have tomorrow and I still haven't.

I think I'm still hoping I'll get lucky like the last one and get a high score by filling in circles at random and fuck standardized tests lemme write essays instead so I can get guaranteed high scores and ah I'm so screwed....

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This cake is good though.

[Prix with a Silent X]

Cold water and oxygen bleach detergent (hydrogen peroxide) solution. Work from the outside edges of the stain toward its center. Then, once it's cleaned, use paper towels to absorb any moisture left over.

Thanks.

[Historia]

Thanks.

Having Kirei eating mapo tofu while he does it to make it especially evil.

[Gl❀w]

Cold water and oxygen bleach detergent (hydrogen peroxide) solution. Work from the outside edges of the stain toward its center. Then, once it's cleaned, use paper towels to absorb any moisture left over.

Prix is obviously not the only one I need to talk to, here.

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And, you know, I was given last week and this weekend to study for an exam I have tomorrow and I still haven't.

I think I'm still hoping I'll get lucky like the last one and get a high score by filling in circles at random and fuck standardized tests lemme write essays instead so I can get guaranteed high scores and ah I'm so screwed....


I read somewhere there is some kind of correlation between procrastination and perfectionism. You're not lazy, you just can't fail if you never even tried : D

[Historia]

I feel like re-writing my Attack on Titan grim-derp fic into something good.

But so far all I have is half-naked Krista smashing a would-be rapist over the head with said would-be rapist's glass bottle of whiskey and then stabbing him repeatedly in the throat like a fucking psychopath. You know, intertwined with scenes of her mother's own murder and basically being told she's a worthless whore by her father and uh... Hey, at the end of the chapter she rides off into the sunset so it's not all bad. Right, guys?

[GhostDIGIT]

Work on dulling that edge.

[SeiKeo]

I feel like re-writing my Attack on Titan grim-derp fic into something good.

But so far all I have is half-naked Krista smashing a would-be rapist over the head with said would-be rapist's glass bottle of whiskey and then stabbing him repeatedly in the throat like a fucking psychopath. You know, intertwined with scenes of her mother's own murder and basically being told she's a worthless whore by her father and uh... Hey, at the end of the chapter she rides off into the sunset so it's not all bad. Right, guys?
I don't know what doing all these things helps you achieve.

[Dullahan]

man cannot live on edge alone

[GhostDIGIT]

They also need themes, right?

[Historia]

Imma call it Historia Unchained.

[Spinach]

That was a good food that I just fooded.

[Prix with a Silent X]

man cannot live on edge alone

Yeah, from what I hear salt is actually pretty important... in moderation...

[Gl❀w]

Yeah, from what I hear salt is actually pretty important... in moderation...

And a decent amount of shade.

[GhostDIGIT]

Don't forget the glucose.

[2Bad]

lol oh yeah Snyder was totally out there selling SP as a feminist film fuck this movie

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WAIT SCOTT GLENN WHAT

[Historia]

watching the mist has made me wonder what if that's what scathach does all day, fight lovecraftian horrors in the shadow realm out of boredom.

[2Bad]

god this is worse than I remember

[You]

watching the mist has made me wonder what if that's what scathach does all day, fight lovecraftian horrors in the shadow realm out of boredom.
actually she's a emo neet.
She lies in the darkness every day wishing she could just die.

[Historia]

actually she's a emo neet.
She lies in the darkness every day wishing she could just die.

nah that's too boring

well, if she does, i'd like to think she watches the events of the world like flipping channels on a tv

"next... next... oh... awww, well, that's a shame... next..."

[You]

no joke tho. It's in her interlude.

[Dullahan]

source runes?

[Historia]

source runes?

and translation of said source runes?

[You]

source runes?

＠スカサハ
私は影の国から出られなかった故、[r]使いを送るぐらいしか確かめる術がなかったか？
[k]

[charaFace E 4]
＠クー・フーリン
ああ、少しはな。下がってな[%1]。[r]この女には言葉より槍の穂先が似合ってる。
[k]

＠クー・フーリン
……ったく。何もしらねえガキを使いに送るなんざ、[r]悪趣味にも程がある。
[k]

[charaFace E 0]
＠クー・フーリン
アンタは肉体は死なないかわりに魂が死んでいた。[r]賢人だが、根賞ねは冥府の魔物と変わらん。
[k]

＠クー・フーリン
その魂がこうして生き生きと現界していやがるんだ。[r]引導を渡してやるのが弟子のつとめってもんだろう？
[k]

＠スカサハ
うむ、それでこそ光の御子。[r]今度こそ私を斃してみるがいい。
kuudere-mecha-scathach when
I wonder if that's her lol!Second Form.

[Historia]

You're body was dead souls instead not to die . [R] but sage , root Prize roots and the demon of the netherworld Kawaran

go home gt you're drunk

[You]

and translation of said source runes?
"Your spirit/soul died in exchange for your body being unable to die. You're a sage, but you're still an apparition of the realm of the dead."
As far as I can tell 根賞 is a typo. Or a pun inno.
変わらん is short for 変わらない, didn't know that.

[Gl❀w]

"Your spirit/soul died in exchange for your body being unable to die. You were a sage, but your grand prize was being turned into an apparition of the realm of the dead."
As far as I can tell 根賞 is a typo. Or a pun inno.

That's one of the most high school freshman goth things I've ever read.

[2Bad]

Halfway the Sucker Punch, and I realize there's no alcohol

Glow, kill me

[Gl❀w]

Halfway the Sucker Punch, and I realize there's no alcohol

Glow, kill me
Sorry, I'm a new immigrant. Gotta stay in good with the feds for now.

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Also I promised Five I'd lock up the rum for now, so I'm not the alcohol pal.

[SeiKeo]

Please accept satire as satire imo.

[2Bad]

Please accept satire as satire imo.
oh shut the fuck up Leo

[Gl❀w]

Please accept satire as satire imo.

Is it still satire if nobody can tell it's satire?

[2Bad]

the good point of this (and the only reason I'm doing it) is that WHM's commentary track is good

[SeiKeo]

Is it still satire if nobody can tell it's satire?
it's satire if it annoys rodyle by fact of being

[You]

edited above post after poking through japanese GO fanfiction.

[2Bad]

the dark horror of this is that somewhere out there there's a director's cut of this

[Prix with a Silent X]

the good point of this (and the only reason I'm doing it) is that WHM's commentary track is good

I've never seen Sucker Punch so I can't comment with full context, but I think that it is one of those things (from what I've gathered from discussion of it) some people think crosses so far past a bad attempt at what it is trying to do that it becomes good again or relatable to them at least. I have an extremely vague notion of what it's about, but isn't the film's title itself some kind of reference to what it's trying to do? Like when I've heard girls in particular talk about liking it, it seems to come from this place of feeling like that it has something to say to them about being seen through a lens that is inherently not feminist or something and then turning it around on those who view them in that light. Like, I'm not saying that's an easy to access view on it, and I haven't seen it to make a determination on whether or not I can relate to that reading of it. But isn't the "Sucker Punch" supposed to be to the audience? "You were enjoying this trashy female objectification porn, but it turns out you're supposed to feel like it punched you in the stomach?" If that is what it is going for (which I seem to have been suggested) I can see how that would be an extremely difficult premise to carry, though.

[Historia]

japanese GO fanfiction.

the end is nigh

[2Bad]

I've never seen Sucker Punch so I can't comment with full context, but I think that it is one of those things (from what I've gathered from discussion of it) some people think crosses so far past a bad attempt at what it is trying to do that it becomes good again or relatable to them at least. I have an extremely vague notion of what it's about, but isn't the film's title itself some kind of reference to what it's trying to do? Like when I've heard girls in particular talk about liking it, it seems to come from this place of feeling like that it has something to say to them about being seen through a lens that is inherently not feminist or something and then turning it around on those who view them in that light. Like, I'm not saying that's an easy to access view on it, and I haven't seen it to make a determination on whether or not I can relate to that reading of it. But isn't the "Sucker Punch" supposed to be to the audience? "You were enjoying this trashy female objectification porn, but it turns out you're supposed to feel like it punched you in the stomach?" If that is what it is going for (which I seem to have been suggested) I can see how that would be an extremely difficult premise to carry, though.

Yes that is what Snyder wants you to think Sucker Punch is about.

It's not, but that's what his supposed "this is a FEMINIST film" argument is about.

[SeiKeo]

imo the intent is

[GhostDIGIT]

Going to re-watch The Boondocks because I heard satire.

[2Bad]

imo the intent is
to lie for an excuse to make and market this film

[Historia]

I Spit On Your Grave is a good feminist film.

[SeiKeo]

wow, are you saying we shouldn't trust him when it's convenient

[2Bad]

you know what

I'll give I'll Spit On Your Grave credit over Sucker Punch

[Prix with a Silent X]

Yes that is what Snyder wants you to think Sucker Punch is about.

It's not, but that's what his supposed "this is a FEMINIST film" argument is about.

The weird thing is that I have heard opinions from some girls where they actually buy this reading of it. But then, the person whose commentary I'm thinking of the most also had this tendency to want to wring feminist readings out of things that were inherently not-feminist because it made her feel better, or something? It was like that she was finding this reading of something that wasn't supposed to work but which worked for her. Which, I mean, is not a wrong way to enjoy fiction in my opinion.

Like, the same person did commentary about the movie Black Swan that was similar. In that movie, the only f/f stuff is presented from a kind of "I want to sexualize you because I want to be you," point of view, but she kind of constructed this argument that the movie itself and even the horror elements of it were more palatable if you viewed the main character as a queer woman whose resistance of her sexual identity and need to conform to a heteronormative power structure of needing to sleep her way into the first ballerina position. Which... is certainly a way to read the movie? But it is very obviously not the actual intent of the film.

I just find it odd that other women would buy Snyder's argument if it's patently not true.

[Historia]

you know what

I'll give I'll Spit On Your Grave credit over Sucker Punch

wait seriously

[SeiKeo]

Please don't worry about what you think a movie wants you to think. Just relax. You can think on your own.

[Historia]

fucked up if true

[2Bad]

wait seriously
No, not really.

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Anyone that wants to play Devil's Advocate for fucking Sucker Punch had better be ready to commit to a group watch

[Gl❀w]

Please don't worry about what you think a movie wants you to think. Just relax. You can think on your own.

That's not what my Film & Politics prof said

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No, not really.

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Anyone that wants to play Devil's Advocate for fucking Sucker Punch had better be ready to commit to a group watch

I've never seen it but I'm now on unlimited internet plan so I'm in, on the understanding that I will probably find it vile and awful and get the right to complain as long and loudly as I want.

[SeiKeo]

That's not what my Film & Politics prof said
That's because having "politics" in your job title means that you've willingly committed to never liking art again.

[Dullahan]

"Your spirit/soul died in exchange for your body being unable to die. You're a sage, but you're still an apparition of the realm of the dead."
As far as I can tell 根賞 is a typo. Or a pun inno.
変わらん is short for 変わらない, didn't know that.

much obliged in any case.

I've been looking around on japanese boards and it seems like they've got no idea what 根賞ね is supposed to mean either. most compelling theory I've found is that it's a typo for 性根

yeah, shortening ない endings to ん is something I've encountered a lot in reading Mishima's Patriotism in the original. found often in brusque, masculine speech patterns

[Historia]

No, not really.

You're right.

Gone Girl is the better choice.

[2Bad]

I've never seen it but I'm not on unlimited internet plan so I'm in, on the understanding that I will probably find it vile and awful and get the right to complain as long and loudly as I want.
By all means, any 3rd viewing of this film on my part would basically require me to be blitzed out of my mind anyway

[Gl❀w]

That's because having "politics" in your job title means that you've willingly committed to never liking art again.
You know what art I am committed to liking

Steins;Gate

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By all means, any 3rd viewing of this film on my part would basically require me to be blitzed out of my mind anyway

Perfect, let me know if it ends up happening

[SeiKeo]

You know what art I am committed to liking

Steins;Gate
Anime isn't art friend

[Gl❀w]

Anime isn't art friend

Steins;Gate is art

And you'll find out why

This week.

[You]

much obliged in any case.

I've been looking around on japanese boards and it seems like they've got no idea what 根賞ね is supposed to mean either. most compelling theory I've found is that it's a typo for 性根

yeah, shortening ない endings to ん is something I've encountered a lot in reading Mishima's Patriotism in the original. found often in brusque, masculine speech patterns
yeah 性根 makes sense.

[SeiKeo]

Steins;Gate is art

And you'll find out why

This week.
Well I'm in North Carolina so I suspect I won't

[Gl❀w]

Well I'm in North Carolina so I suspect I won't

I don't recall approving this deferment

[SeiKeo]

Check out my Twitter for sweet bbq tho

[Gl❀w]

Check out my Twitter for sweet bbq tho

I'm not on twitter, remember

Besides, it's the tea that's the valuable part

[Spinach]

I love this guy down the street who just rocks out in his garage with his friends every few weeks.

[2Bad]

Spin join Glow and I on a Sucker Punch simulwatch

[Prix with a Silent X]

Please don't worry about what you think a movie wants you to think. Just relax. You can think on your own.


That's not what my Film & Politics prof said

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I've never seen it but I'm not on unlimited internet plan so I'm in, on the understanding that I will probably find it vile and awful and get the right to complain as long and loudly as I want.

I think that it is justifiable both to consider authorial/artistic intent behind a work and to have a sort of on-the-other-hand consideration of what it means to you as an individual, even if it runs counter to what you were supposed to get out of it. When an artist releases their work to the world, there is a degree to which they are releasing it to interpretation that was not something they wanted or intended. However, if what an author intended is something offensive or suspect, then I think that there is a certain need to be aware of that even if you find some way to enjoy it (for example, like women who actually enjoy Sucker Punch, I'm gathering -- or Black Swan, since I actually saw that).

As far as Glow's professor goes, I can't speak for that person, but I think it's worth remembering that any American academic or person educated by American academic opinions is likely to have at least some influence of New Criticism, either for or against it. At its worst, New Criticism encourages an approach that completely divorces a work from its authorship, that author's intent, and any kind of historical or cultural factors which might have led to its production. Reaction to New Criticism then might become entirely obsessed with insisting that it is impossible to have an alternative interpretation of something to the person who had a hand in making it. I don't think either approach is entirely true and that it is possible to enjoy something for a reason other than what the author intended and to have a subversive interpretation of something.

I can't think of a really great example, and this one might be laughable as a "serious" one, but the only example I can draw off the top of my head is Carmilla. The original novella certainly presented a lesbian vampire, but the nature of such a thing was presented as pathological, antisocial, evil, horrific, etc. Then, in the past couple of years a tampon company has funded a web series that is a very pro-LGBT interpretation of that thing which would make J. Sheridan Le Fanu roll over his his grave, probably. The fact that it began as something intended to instill shock and horror that has since come to be viewed through a lens that is extremely sympathetic to the lesbian vampire would only ever happen if it is possible to view something through a sort of upgrading lens, but that doesn't mean that one can turn around and suggest that Le Fanu was a pro-lesbian feminist in his age.

[Gl❀w]

Spin join Glow and I on a Sucker Punch simulwatch

Spinach doesn't like me anymore, he won't do it

[Spinach]

Spin join Glow and I on a Sucker Punch simulwatch

Pitch the movie to me.

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Spinach doesn't like me anymore, he won't do it

? ??

[2Bad]

Pitch the movie to me.
It's the worst movie I've ever watched in theaters and at LEAST top 5 among the worst movies I've ever seen.

[SeiKeo]

that doesn't mean that one can turn around and suggest that Le Fanu was a pro-lesbian feminist in his age.
Of course not; who gives a shit? Psychoanalyzing authors for their politics is like trying to do the same to dogs.

[Dullahan]

hold on, I think one of my sisters actually owns sucker punch on DVD

if they do, I might join in

[Spinach]

It's the worst movie I've ever watched in theaters and at LEAST top 5 among the worst movies I've ever seen.

lol no

[2Bad]

lol no
it's quite a thing to behold

[SeiKeo]

Drama queen

[Gl❀w]

Wait are you guys wanting to do this like tonight because I am exhaustion-hungover from helping run a retreat this weekend

so if that happens I will probably be slightly delirious and I'm not sure you want that

[mAc Chaos]

Of course not; who gives a shit? Psychoanalyzing authors for their politics is like trying to do the same to dogs.
corgis are sanders voters

[2Bad]

Wait are you guys wanting to do this like tonight because I am exhaustion-hungover from helping run a retreat this weekend

so if that happens I will probably be slightly delirious and I'm not sure you want that
I am not watching Sucker Punch twice in a night, certainly not while sober

[SeiKeo]

corgis are sanders voters
Sanders is the dog one of my HS friends had, Bear, who's 20 years old, shaggy as all fuck, and can't see or hear a single goddamn thing.

[Gl❀w]

I am not watching Sucker Punch twice in a night, certainly not while sober

Oh thank god

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corgis are sanders voters


Sanders is the dog one of my HS friends had, Bear, who's 20 years old, shaggy as all fuck, and can't see or hear a single goddamn thing.

I disown both of you

[SeiKeo]

I mean, I like SNL Samders, you know.

[2Bad]

Fuck it, I'll watch WHM's Revenge of the Sith commentary too, after Snyder Lucas will seem like a breath of fresh air

[SeiKeo]

You should really just watch a film and see what you think.

[Gl❀w]

I mean, commentaries can provide a good laugh, though.

[2Bad]

You should really just watch a film and see what you think.
I have seen both of these motion pictures before

this is basically the only circumstance under which I would watch either one of them, barring a large enough group for Sucker Punch

[Historia]

carmilla is good novella

[SeiKeo]

You shouldn't watch something with other nerds on YouTube in order to convince yourself that you're having a good time. Same with alcohol, frankly.

[Prix with a Silent X]

Of course not; who gives a shit? Psychoanalyzing authors for their politics is like trying to do the same to dogs.

I agree with the caveat that I do, to some extent, anthropomorphize and psychoanalyze my dogs.

I think that it is a pretty useless endeavor to condemn a work that you like because you found out you hate the author('s politics, etc.). However, I think that if people do like something produced by an author who is pretty gross in their intent for that work or who is pretty gross behind the scenes in some significant way that there are individuals who will go out of their way to sanitize the image of that creator in their minds. I think that it's a reactionary thing that people do in order to continue to feel good about themselves and their tastes -- to avoid ever considering whether or not something they like is intended to say something that is bad or comes from the pen/mouth/whatever of a person who says or does something bad. They don't want to wonder whether or not that is the case because they think that continuing to like that thing would make them bad, and it's hard to control why particular art speaks to us, regardless of where it came from.

However, I think that just being totally free of any kind of consideration when there is something of note to be considered is a kind of equally obstinate view. Sometimes, the whole culture/thought/person behind the genesis of something is bogged down with so many bad things that I think it's hard to pretend that it is an entirely innocent artform, even if there's some element of it that "speaks to you." For example, I find many elements of Beat Culture extremely distasteful, but that doesn't mean if I just read something by a beat poet that I wouldn't like it. Even if I liked it, that wouldn't change my list of issues with Beat Culture.

[SeiKeo]

Please tell me if you want a serious response tomorrow Prix, because I'll oblige you but it's late and I'm shitposting on my phone

[2Bad]

You shouldn't watch something with other nerds on YouTube in order to convince yourself that you're having a good time. Same with alcohol, frankly.
I am having a good time, a good time derived from the humor presented in the commentary.

The alcohol would be for watching with other nerds on SKYPE.

[GhostDIGIT]

You shouldn't watch something with other nerds on YouTube in order to convince yourself that you're having a good time. Same with alcohol, frankly.
But it was a good time. Slicer's groans of suffering, Casey and Kenchi's criticisms, and Zero's shyness. The Last was fucking amazing with them.

[SeiKeo]

I am having a good time, a good time derived from the humor presented in the commentary.

The alcohol would be for watching with other nerds on SKYPE.
nerd humor hahahahaha NotLikeThis

[Prix with a Silent X]

Please tell me if you want a serious response tomorrow Prix, because I'll oblige you but it's late and I'm shitposting on my phone

If your serious response is not very mean and is fair discussion, then that sounds fun.

[2Bad]

nerd humor hahahahaha NotLikeThis
comedians can enjoy media as can regular people, as it turns out

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now, you argue that rewatching Eternal Sunshine or partaking in Persepolis, both of which are also on my HD, would be a BETTER use of my time but hey

[SeiKeo]

Honestly, instead of that, I'm just going to go and reread all my posts in Frank Underwood's voice.

[Prix with a Silent X]

comedians can enjoy media as can regular people, as it turns out

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now, you argue that rewatching Eternal Sunshine or partaking in Persepolis, both of which are also on my HD, would be a BETTER use of my time but hey

I liked Eternal Sunshine, but it also feels like one of those things that is trying to be a commentary on something that it cannot escape the orbit of in the first place.

[SeiKeo]

Chiggits.

[GhostDIGIT]

Honestly, instead of that, I'm just going to go and reread all my posts in Frank Underwood's voice.
Have you watched the most recent season?

[Prix with a Silent X]

Have you watched the most recent season?

I think he did because it made me think he had a crush on Carrie Underwood on twitter.

[GhostDIGIT]

I saw that tweet.

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It was funny.

[2Bad]

the other films I watched today were Quest For Fire (weird, not really worth watching, but hilarious caveman makeup on Perlman), O Brother Where Art Thou (good Cohen), and The Illusionist (I don't like it as much as Triplets but it's neat).

[Prix with a Silent X]

I saw that tweet.

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It was funny.

I forget that ten people now voluntarily stalk me. Who would have thought.

[GhostDIGIT]

They only see what you allow everyone to see.

[SeiKeo]

the other films I watched today were Quest For Fire (weird, not really worth watching, but hilarious caveman makeup on Perlman), O Brother Where Art Thou (good Cohen), and The Illusionist (I don't like it as much as Triplets but it's neat).
You should watch Prometheus

[Prix with a Silent X]

the other films I watched today were Quest For Fire (weird, not really worth watching, but hilarious caveman makeup on Perlman), O Brother Where Art Thou (good Cohen), and The Illusionist (I don't like it as much as Triplets but it's neat).

O Brother is a Good Movie.

[2Bad]

You should watch Prometheus
I've watched that bad film already.

[Prix with a Silent X]

They only see what you allow everyone to see.

What are you insinuating?

[SeiKeo]

I've watched that bad film already.
Clearly not

[GhostDIGIT]

What are you insinuating?
You control the stocking.

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Or at least the amount you're stalked.

[2Bad]

It's quite terrible, the only good part was Michael Fassbender's performance. Don't worry about watching it Leo, it's totally skippable.

[Prix with a Silent X]

You control the stocking.

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Or at least the amount you're stalked.

It's fine. It's still basically just screaming down an empty hallway.

[SeiKeo]

I'm sorry, but I think I ought to go to bed instead of allowing you to lie to me any further. You should catch some rest too.

[Gl❀w]

I think Leo has the right idea. Bedtime everyone, night-night.

[Prix with a Silent X]

This was the best part of watching the Oscars for me, without question.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYxpX3N20qU

This is the cutest thing. The. cutest. thing.

[Spinach]

Spend hours in training mode endlessly grinding out the timing for this obscure gimmick "mixup" with j236 series.

It'll never be applicable or useful in a real match because it's a gimmick that transcends gimmicks. I know this, but I keep doing it. I repeat it over and over again. Ambiguous blockstrings full of stagger into the godbutton 6[C] IAD j.b 236a (1 frame from ground) 6ad. It's pointless Spinach. You've never managed to create the situation where it's useful. You need a long, serious set with somebody to even make it work. You have to condition. Do j.b pressure into tk 236b over and over, until they expect it, then go for the feint. And the reward? A grab. One grab. Roa's grab doesn't even do much damage. I don't even use it as a tool for damage. It's just there to damage morale and linger in the back of the other guy's mind. Why do I keep practicing this gimmick? I can't stop. That's why. I'm stubborn. This HAS to be applied to a real match before I can ever stop practicing it. It HAS to be. There's no way this isn't viable. This HAS to be useful in some way. I swear to god.

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I'm losing my mind and my fingertips hurt.

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No, it's actually genius. Nobody uses j236, so nobody knows it can do this. I'm literally pioneering gimmicks. This will be standard play in a year, mark my words. Who identifies 236 and tries to TECH a throw? Obviously you block. It's FREE damage. You just have to do it, but that's fine. It's easy to condition with good use of j.b and tk. It's not even bad, j.b tk236b takes out a lot of guard gauge. It's fucking amazing. It ends pressure, but the pushback gives you safe range to 214b/a to catch jumpouts. You just spend a match applying pressure like that. So smart, holy shit. I'm so smart.

I DID THE FUCKING MIXUP AND HE TECHED IT, I'M SO MAD

[Spinach]

Freak of nature reaction teching in Melty dude.

[Nacho the Doritosedge]

You go crazy staying in the closet for so long

It makes you capable of things beyond a normal man's understanding

[GhostDIGIT]

http://i.imgur.com/zYLqhXV.png?1
Someday I will beat the rebel flagship.

[2Bad]

The secret is to kill the entire crew except for one, preferably one of the gunners.

[Pillzman]

Wake me up inside

[GhostDIGIT]

'kay but you have to save yourself.

[Pillzman]

SAAAAAVE MEEE

[GhostDIGIT]

If I do what do I get in return?

[Pillzman]

Dont start with that shit ghost, come on, save me

[GhostDIGIT]

I don't know, there's other stuff I could be doing. Stuff like learning basic Japanese grammar, reading more of Dullahan's infuriated GO posts, and watching The Boondocks.

[Pillzman]

Ok if tyou say so ho learn japanese it's gonna ve great

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COME ON GHOST, YOU CAN

[GhostDIGIT]

Fine, I'll save you. Wait a second, what exactly am I saving you from?

[Marmadillo]

I am having a good time, a good time derived from the humor presented in the commentary.

The alcohol would be for watching with other nerds on SKYPE.
I'd join ya, if someone can come up with a good time for both sides of the ocean.

[Pillzman]

Fine, I'll save you. Wait a second, what exactly am I saving you from?

Last first day of class, I don't wsnt to finish class

[GhostDIGIT]

Whelp, you have to become a responsible member of society sooner or later.

[Desuclocker]

Whelp, you have to become a responsible member of society sooner or later.

And so the insults begin.

[GhostDIGIT]

I didn't mean that kind of whelp.

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whelp;
interjection. A remark, generally thought of as southern slang, that is derived from the word "Well" and also used in its stead in order to lead one into another sentence that may continue a paused conversation/story or be used to signify the conclusion of one. Where as pronunciation of "Well" can be drawn out, "Whelp" is strictly pronounced very quickly and with a slight rising-inflection.

[Pillzman]

I don't want to, I want to be anime

[Desuclocker]

I know, just making a joke.

[GhostDIGIT]

...Whelp, at least I got to use urban dictionary.

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I don't want to, I want to be anime
But we've all seen how that road ends...

[Desuclocker]

...Whelp, at least I got to use urban dictionary.

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But we've all seen how that road ends...

Sesto is a great guy, though.

also please stop

you're hurting my feelings

[GhostDIGIT]

also please stop

you're hurting my feelings
Is this a joke or?

[Pillzman]

Go learn jaoanese ghost, it's good for you

[Marmadillo]

I don't want to, I want to be anime
You want to be a piece of mindless entertainment designed for creepy losers to masturbate to?

[Pillzman]

You want to be a piece of mindless entertainment designed for creepy losers to masturbate to?

That would be amazing

[Marmadillo]

Please keep in mind that being a pornstar is a very hard job.

[Snow]

Please keep in mind that being a pornstar is a very hard job.

Eh he he.

[Marmadillo]

Oh, wasn't intentional

[GhostDIGIT]

Going to try one last FTL run. Who wants one of the three lucky space sailors named after them?

[Five_X]

How about me? I'm a lucky guy! :3

[GhostDIGIT]

I did name one after you just now, actually. I got tired of waiting so I named the three of them Five, Ghost, and Marmadillo.

[GhostDIGIT]

And thus the three of us were blown up by some asshole in an asteroid field.

[Marmadillo]

this is why i don't like spaceflight

[Pillzman]

And thus the three of us were blown up by some asshole in an asteroid field.

Do one with the engi ship and make me the captain pls

[Desuclocker]

Do one with the engi ship and make me the captain pls

And if it's C layout, I want onboard too.

[Sesto]

being a cat or dog of some upper middle-class family would be the ideal life

why wasn't i born a dog

[SeiKeo]

You wanna be some ugly glorified rat in Lindsey Lohan's purse?

[Sesto]

better than being a human being yes

[Snow]

I got a son! His name is

Gilgamesh!

In my friend's Sims game

[Dullahan]

castrate yourself and start licking your own vomit and you're just a fursuit away, my friend

seriously cats are better why would anyone want to be a dog

[just Beamu]

I got a son! His name isGilgamesh!In my friend's Sims gameGive him all of the bling

[Sesto]

castrate yourself and start licking your own vomit and you're just a fursuit away, my friend

seriously cats are better why would anyone want to be a dog

cats are dicks

[SeiKeo]

cats are dicks
Yeah, don't you want to chill all day and be a dick

[Snow]

Yeah, don't you want to chill all day and be a dick
Ha ha already doing ittt

[2Bad]

Welp, that's Revenge of the Sith.

Yup, the only good parts are McDiarmid, McGregor, and that one stare from Christiansen.

[Snow]

although I wouldn't say I'm a dick, I think I'm more beautiful and refined than that

so 'phallus'?

[GhostDIGIT]

What class.

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Also, nothing like waking up to the sound of distant thunder!

[Marmadillo]

Not sure you can pull off a "phallus", Snow. You can try "shaft", it sounds cool and is more down-to-earth.

[Desuclocker]

If you want more refined and beautiful, you might want to try "cock". They're pretty colorful, so that may qualify for beauty.

[Gl❀w]

Just flip through Fifty Shades of Gray. Find all sorts of creative and elegant alternatives.

[just Beamu]

Do you want her to suffer

[Desuclocker]

No, see, if she did she'd advise skimming fanfiction.net.

[Gl❀w]

I wish only the finest education in euphemisms for dear Snow

[Kirby]

http://41.media.tumblr.com/abed836476151da1cff85dffcf4eb5d2/tumblr_o3it3cPsAs1un7sb9o1_1280.jpg

[Skull]

The baby that was on the bus kept looking at me.

Eventually it devolved into a staring match that lasted for fifteen minutes.

[Snow]

Prick!

On a Tudor rose...

[Gl❀w]

The baby that was on the bus kept looking at me.

Eventually it devolved into a staring match that lasted for fifteen minutes.

Did you win, though

[Sesto]

http://i.imgur.com/fXMI4uo.jpg

[Skull]

Did you win, though
No.

I fell asleep. :(

[Gl❀w]

No.

I fell asleep. :(

Rather than saying you lost to a baby, I'm going to say that baby is going places in life. So young and already winning staring contests.

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http://i.imgur.com/fXMI4uo.jpg
same

[Snow]

RT hold me

a terrible thing has occured

[Skull]

RT hold me

a terrible thing has occured
What's happened?

[Snow]

I got sorted into the group led by the worst, most insane urban planning mentor, and so far no one from any other group wants to switch with me.

I've had this guy as a mentor before and I don't think I can bear the yelling, threats, outbursts and daily humiliations again.

[Gl❀w]

Tell us your woes, snow

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I got sorted into the group led by the worst, most insane urban planning mentor, and so far no one from any other group wants to switch with me.

I've had this guy as a mentor before and I don't think I can bear the yelling, threats, outbursts and daily humiliations again.

Oh shit. Try to keep your chin up right now and I will be hoping that someone will switch with you.

[Skull]

That sounds awful.

I know what it's like to have bad teachers. You have my sympathy, but no hugs.

[Gl❀w]

But also, in my experience dealing with insanely difficult people, my advice if you can't switch is to use this as a learning opportunity for building resistance to horrible personalities. I've had to live with really emotionally trying people for years before. I like to think it's helped my resilience and my ability to keep a smile on my face in professional situations when I'm dealing with unmanageable sorts.

[Snow]

True. But the fact that I got a literal panic attack when I saw the list means that this probably doesn't bode well for my mental health.

[just Beamu]

Hope things improve :(

[Gl❀w]

True. But the fact that I got a literal panic attack when I saw the list means that this probably doesn't bode well for my mental health.

I very much understand that. Message me on Skype if you ever need or want advice on managing anxiety and panic attacks and stuff. I'm not a professional obviously but I've developed a lot of tricks that help me deal with Life In General without people noticing.

[Sesto]

what if, suddenly, the world changed and now whenever someone claps their hands, a person nearby dies. what would happen to society. would it crumble. would the government force anti-clap measures onto everyone, like making us wear heavy mittens.

[Gl❀w]

what if, suddenly, the world changed and now whenever someone claps their hands, a person nearby dies. what would happen to society. would it crumble. would the government force anti-clap measures onto everyone, like making us wear heavy mittens.
Humans would go extinct because you can't control babies.

[Sesto]

cut off their arms

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or tie their hands behind their back

[SeiKeo]

Fucking genie

[Gl❀w]

cut off their arms

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or tie their hands behind their back

Then humans would go extinct because you would create a society of people who are in some measure deformed and are severely hindered in self-sufficiency.

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Fucking genie

Hate not the player, hate the game

[Sesto]

give them heavy mittens they can't take off

[just Beamu]

cut off their arms- - - Updated - - -or tie their hands behind their backWould it be worth humanity's continued existence

[Gl❀w]

give them heavy mittens they can't take off

Well, then you have to get into the semantics of clapping. Is it only the skin-smack noise? Is it the action? The motion?

If its the skin-smack noise, would the effects transfer if someone were to, say, smack their thigh?

And if it's the motion, then you're still fucked.

[mAc Chaos]

can they clap with one hand

[Gl❀w]

What would happen to the cha-cha slide