Who puts a recycling centre in a nice green field like that?

Who puts a recycling centre in a nice green field like that?To keep it a nice green field?

YOU FAIL! Eat epilepsy! First you're making it look like Teletuby land, then you're forcing people to have to drive out in to the country to recycle their ****, meaning there is more fossil fuel consumption, more carbon dioxide emissions, the grass is destroyed, there is more traffic than normal, all this providing people can be arsed to put in the effort!

What does one do with used condoms if one cannot flush them down the toilet? Does one put it in the plastic bin, and if so, does one have to wash it out first and leave it to dry on the drainage board?

YOU FAIL! Eat epilepsy! First you're making it look like Teletuby land, then you're forcing people to have to drive out in to the country to recycle their ****, meaning there is more fossil fuel consumption, more carbon dioxide emissions, the grass is destroyed, there is more traffic than normal, all this providing people can be arsed to put in the effort!

What does one do with used condoms if one cannot flush them down the toilet? Does one put it in the plastic bin, and if so, does one have to wash it out first and leave it to dry on the drainage board?
calm down dude

What does one do with used condoms if one cannot flush them down the toilet? Does one put it in the plastic bin, and if so, does one have to wash it out first and leave it to dry on the drainage board?Latex is not a plastic.

STDs are not plastic either. I can imagine them getting stuck on there and recycled. :p

and I don't think the "refurbished" section of the condom aisle would be all that popular a place to shop :p

Here in Austria recycling is even more sophisticated.
We have bins for:

Plastics, composite materials and packaging materials
Metal (basically aluminium and steel cans)
White glass (transparent)
Colured glass (green, brown,...)
Paper, cardboard,...
Biodegradable waste

All of these are recycled.
Some communities don't collect biodegradable waste though.

Also, in some regions there is a collection system solely for milk/drink cartons (tetrapacks).
It's managed by private companies though and there were a few scandals, where it was found out that they simply dug the collected boxes somewhere instead of recycling them, but still collected the subsidy monies.
:/

Residual waste

That's the only waste that gets dumped on a landfill. In theory.
You know, sometimes I think all sci-fi that deals with the terrible future where human beings are scattered across space in hundreds of colonised worlds, forced to leave our home planet due to war or total environmental disaster won't be too far from the truth.
The problem is that our overpopulation and pollution efforts are progressing faster than the one for space travel, let alone extraterrestrial colonization.

calm down dude

I wasn't being serious.

STDs are not plastic either. I can imagine them getting stuck on there and recycled. :p

and I don't think the "refurbished" section of the condom aisle would be all that popular a place to shop :p

^ LOL

The problem is that our overpopulation and pollution efforts are progressing faster than the one for space travel, let alone extraterrestrial colonization.

There might be some secret colonisation plans. You know, hand-picking the best and brightest for the new world.

I can see how that might be confusing.

I like how the thread hit 13000 posts with absolutely no fanfare at all ;)

Only you would notice that...

Well, y'know, it is my thread.

Paul's little baby :)

It's a WELSH triumph, no doubt. Must make a song and dance about it like (English-language) Welsh TV does (I live in North East Wales, just over the border).

Mind you, I wouldn't say no to Katherine Jenkins.

Paul's little baby :)

It's a WELSH triumph, no doubt. Must make a song and dance about it like (English-language) Welsh TV does (I live in North East Wales, just over the border).

Mind you, I wouldn't say no to Katherine Jenkins.

Except I'm English :p.

(yet I consider Swansea my home town. It's a contradiction, and I freely admit it. "Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes." - Walt Whitman)

Thieves steal air: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/7154535.stm

Rihanna - Umbrella is #5 on Pitchfork's top 100 tracks of 2007

I know i shouldn't care but it kind of annoys me that notoriously snooty people think that song is better than "The Past Is A Grotesque Animal", "Fireworks", "Someone Great", "Peacebone", and anything by Klaxons, Deerhunter...

Rihanna - Umbrella is #5 on Pitchfork's top 100 tracks of 2007

I know i shouldn't care but it kind of annoys me that notoriously snooty people think that song is better than "The Past Is A Grotesque Animal", "Fireworks", "Someone Great", "Peacebone", and anything by Klaxons, Deerhunter...
ella ella ella ey ey ey

I don't know what all to make of the CPU temperature readings I've been getting

Intel Thermal Analysis Tool says
ACPI Thermal Zone Temp: 42C
CPU 0: 47C
CPU 1: 46C ( I have a core 2 Duo processor, I take it these are the temps of each core)

However, I wanted a nice readoud next to my clock, so I tried SpeedFan, which tells me the following (they both change like crazy - I just quickly wrote down all the values of both programs at once)
Temp1: 42C
Core 0: 32C
Core 1: 31C

Now, TAT"s ACPI is the same as SF's "Temp" so I'll assume these to be the same, whatever they are, but then why are CPU 0 and 1 in TAT different from SF's Core 0 and 1? I'm certain that all units are in centigrade, so there's no C vs. F confusion... Also, ACPI and Temp1 don't seem to change often if at all - both have been 42 for a really long time...

Screw Rihanna!

The cover version of Umbrella by Vanilla Sky (http://youtube.com/watch?v=TvC6VS4Np4U) is much better.
So is the one by Biffy Clyro (http://youtube.com/watch?v=OGkYpxT4f08).

Johnny Lee is the MAN.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3-eiid-Uw

holy mother of christ someone hire that man into R&D NOW!!!

edit: I reiterate that statement after finding his other 2 wiimote videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s5EvhHy7eQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0awjPUkBXOU

ella ella ella ey ey ey

ok .

Well well well, they are actually filming a Dragon Ball Z movie. Or so they say, but apparently it will feature Goku versus Picolo. Which is from Dragon Ball, not DBZ. Also, Goku is a highschool student. Which is... complete bull****! Cmon, Goku never went to school at all!
Seriously, stop messing with sacred stuff, Hollywood! :mad:

Also they are filming some of the stuff here in Mexico, in Durango.

edit: http://kotaku.com/gaming/hollywood/dragon-ball-z-movie-gets-director-star-release-date-322944.php

Well, if Stephen Chow is involved, then scrap everything I said. He has all the rights to mess with anything because he's AWESOME.

Hmmm...

They should do a live action version of the Perfect Cell Saga. That would be HAWT.

I agree entirely. It was by far the best part of the series. I just hope this one actually works out well, so as they continue making the next parts. (Freezer saga and then Cell saga. :p)

I remember the first time I watched the Perfect Cell saga. The whole time leading up to it I had been thinking "why don't they just chuck [%whoever is fighting%] a senzu bean and have done with it" and then Gohan does exactly that and kicks ****. Hawt.

Picollo is being played by Spike from Buffy.

...

I don't know if that's a good thing or not.:confused:

Spread the word.

I'm requiring more information and pictures

Life-Action DBZ that rapes the almost-non-existant story line......sounds AWESOME!!!! :rolleyes:

Hey, if Stephen Chow is involved (even though he's only the producer), it could be good.

Life-Action DBZ that rapes the almost-non-existant story line......sounds AWESOME!!!! :rolleyes:
Stephen Chow is a sign of Quality. If he's involved, no matter how much the original story is raped, it will be awesome. Withouth sarcastic rolleyes involved. :p

....my wife just asked: "what's mega man?" :eek::eek:

I am ashamed......

ok .
great super

....my wife just asked: "what's mega man?" :eek::eek:

I am ashamed......*recoils* *eye twitches*

*recoils* *eye twitches*
deep breathing man, deep easy breathing

The cover story of the latest issue of Level is about Rockman.

....my wife just asked: "what's mega man?"

I'm assuming your reply involved filing for a divorce.

If so you could go on to explain what a Mega Man Ex is.



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I'll get my coat.

...



I'll get my coat....


please do.

I was just playing ut2004 on my laptop, because I haven't played video games in a really long time. I don't really feel the heat on my legs, but then I touch the bottom of the computer and it's too hot to touch.

According to Intel Thermal Analysis Tool, my cpu was just now running at 98ºC. Centigrade, not Fahrenheit. As in nearly the boiling point of water.:eek: Can NOT have been good, but she's still running, so *shrug*. Now she's gone down to about 60ºC (I normally have my power settings set so my core 2 duo is running at 50% max - I changed that to 100% (which was the factory default BTW) to run the game, and Glod did it get hot...) Next time I'm going to try setting the cpu to 75% for playing games and see how that goes.:p

...


please do.

Admit it, you lolled a little bit.

Admit it, you lolled a little bit.no, no. just groaned.....

Admit it, you lolled a little bit.
is "lol" a verb

is "lol" a verb

Of course it is -- "laughing out loud": it's a phrasal verb. Whether one should append verb endings to it or just say "lol" for everything and assume the initial "L" changes meaning is another question. Personally, I'd append if lower case only.

is "lol" a verb

You're questioning my grammar when you omitted the initial capital letter in your sentence and the full stop at the end?

*lols*

You're questioning my grammar when you omitted the initial capital letter in your sentence and the full stop at the end?

*lols*
technically it would be a question mark, but i'm not going to get pedantic here

Oh yeah.

lolololol

Of course it is -- "laughing out loud": it's a phrasal verb. Whether one should append verb endings to it or just say "lol" for everything and assume the initial "L" changes meaning is another question. Personally, I'd append if lower case only.

More specifically it's a participle phrase. Saying "lolled" is like saying "runninged" or "eatinged." "lolling" is like "runninging" or "eatinging." Really, what you're saying is "(laughing out loud)+ed", and does that become "laughinged out loud", or does the adverb "loud" somehow gain an "ed" by some miracle of language?

I propose LOL LedOL and LingOL for the general "laugh out loud," the past participle, and the present participle thereof respectively.:rolleyes:


Interesting note: if you say "lol, I went to the store" lol is used as in interjection, but if you expand it to "laughing out loud, I went to the store" then suddenly it becomes an adverbial participle phrase implying that the speaker laughed as he went to the store, which is entirely different from the intended meaning...

More specifically it's a participle phrase. Saying "lolled" is like saying "runninged" or "eatinged." "lolling" is like "runninging" or "eatinging." Really, what you're saying is "(laughing out loud)+ed", and does that become "laughinged out loud", or does the adverb "loud" somehow gain an "ed" by some miracle of language?

I propose LOL LedOL and LingOL for the general "laugh out loud," the past participle, and the present participle thereof respectively.:rolleyes:


Interesting note: if you say "lol, I went to the store" lol is used as in interjection, but if you expand it to "laughing out loud, I went to the store" then suddenly it becomes an adverbial participle phrase implying that the speaker laughed as he went to the store, which is entirely different from the intended meaning...

I propose we define "lol" to mean "I am a ****". That way nearly all sentences with "lol" in them will be accurate, if not what the author intended.

Wow, does that make me a ****.

It's people who use it as all-purpose punctuation that are ****s. They account for nearly all sentences with "lol" in them.

I propose we use it as a new form of censoring.

dude so i was lol and then lol but then she came with the lol so i just lol all over the lol so she went right back to the lol damn straight

I propose we use it as a new form of censoring.

dude so i was lol and then lol but then she came with the lol so i just lol all over the lol so she went right back to the lol damn straight
heh man let me tell you about the lol i loled last night :cool:

I'm just about to have a lol.

Just heard that the UK coins are going to be redesigned, being released in Spring 2008. However I can't find any of the actual designs anywhere.

I propose we use it as a new form of censoring.

dude so i was lol and then lol but then she came with the lol so i just lol all over the lol so she went right back to the lol damn straight
I second that motion. Might put it forward to volc.

"lol off you lolling loller before I lol you in the lols."

rofl

Few things are more fun than a creative swear filter.

Just heard that the UK coins are going to be redesigned, being released in Spring 2008. However I can't find any of the actual designs anywhere.

that reminds me, the us is going to start circulating one dollar coins again (this time they will have presidents that nobody cares about on them)

this is the treasury's third attempt at bringing the one dollar coin into popularity but as long as they're also circulating one dollar bills, it will fail as miserably as the first two attempts

http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/$1coin/index.cfm?flash=yes

that reminds me, the us is going to start circulating one dollar coins again (this time they will have presidents that nobody cares about on them)

this is the treasury's third attempt at bringing the one dollar coin into popularity but as long as they're also circulating one dollar bills, it will fail as miserably as the first two attempts

http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/$1coin/index.cfm?flash=yes

I get those Sacajawea dollar coins from basically any vending machine that accepts a $5 or greater bill

That's really the only good place for dollar coins, too

Oh my! :rolleyes:
I'd like to see the ECB issuing 1€ and 2€ bank notes.

Those lolling coins are so damn heavy and you constantly get a lot of them as change for 10€ and 5€ notes, in addition to the equally heavy 50¢ coin.

A 2€ bill is definitely needed, I guess.

that reminds me, the us is going to start circulating one dollar coins again (this time they will have presidents that nobody cares about on them)

this is the treasury's third attempt at bringing the one dollar coin into popularity but as long as they're also circulating one dollar bills, it will fail as miserably as the first two attempts

http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/$1coin/index.cfm?flash=yes

Wait wait wait wait, you guys have $1 bills but not $1 coins? When did this happen?

Up here in the frozen arctic the lowest denomination of paper cash we have is $5 (although there are still the extremely rare $2 bills floating around from before they stopped being printed), and $1 and $2 coins are as common as nickels and dimes.

Yeah, when I went up to Vancouver the sheer mass of $1 and $2 coins shocked me. We've always had $1 coins but nobody ever uses them and you never get them as change in stores.

I don't like how all these new $1 coins are gold in color - didn't anyone ever call them "silver dollars" in ye olden days? What are we supposed to call them now?!

So... I spend all afternoon playing on my aunts PS3, she only has like 4 games, 3 of them suck. The other one is Blazing Angels, which was really fun to my surprise. We spent all afternoon doing co-op missions.
We also went to Blockbuster to see if they had Motorstorm for rent, but they only have two games for rent that are both crap.

Wait wait wait wait, you guys have $1 bills but not $1 coins? When did this happen?

Up here in the frozen arctic the lowest denomination of paper cash we have is $5 (although there are still the extremely rare $2 bills floating around from before they stopped being printed), and $1 and $2 coins are as common as nickels and dimes.
well, we've had $1 coins for a while now, dating back to the first silver dollars in 1794

in terms of real circulation, though, the mint has only tried to bring the dollar coin into common usage twice before: from 1971-1981 with the eisenhower (and later anthony) dollar, and then in 2000 with the sacajawea dollar

both failed miserably

if you're interested, you can read more on wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar_coin)

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9045861006530293045

I have a new link for any time anyone brings up pirating. :p

I love the random keyboard mashing.

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/4331/dontcopyfloppybe4.gif

WINNERS DON'T DO DRUGS

the most frightening part is they managed to make that video 9 minutes long.....

Wait! I still function!

Music of The Spheres by Mike Oldfield.

I like it.

Also.
Anybody know of any good online stores that sell Vinyl?

Also.
Anybody know of any good online stores that sell Vinyl?



Try Wickes.

Hmmm... do you think they do vinyl dye, too?

I'd like to customise one of my Guitar Hero controllers, you see.

Music of The Spheres by Mike Oldfield.

I like it.

Also.
Anybody know of any good online stores that sell Vinyl?
www.juno.co.uk

P W N is now a censored word.

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Let's see...

ftw
w00t
1337

You still have a bit of work to do, I see. :p

Happy New Year

I was suddenly inspired to make a retrolicious avatar.

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/3053/pigbustervi1.png

If anyone else wants one, I'd gladly do so.

P W N is now a censored word.

***

Let's see...

ftw
w00t
1337

You still have a bit of work to do, I see. :p

yeah add these please volcadmin

I was suddenly inspired to make a retrolicious avatar.

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/3053/pigbustervi1.png

If anyone else wants one, I'd gladly do so.

Yes please :)

Hm, I wouldn't mind one if you can figure out a good way to pull it off. :p

Me too! :D

P W N is now a censored word.

***

Let's see...

ftw
w00t
1337

You still have a bit of work to do, I see. :p
Blame Andrew for that one :p

He wanted the forum to autoban anyone who used "p w n", but volc wouldn't allow that, so he just added it to the swear filter

I knew it was Andrew since the very first time I noticed it was filtered. Had to be him.

Yes, I want a retro avatar!
<-- I'd like to have the worm carry that laser gun and wear the yellow helmet though.

Nevermind, I made my own one.
I call a new avatar fad!

I guess I'll have to say "pone" from now on. :(

i'll take a worms 1 retro avatar as well, if you'd be willing

I will quite happily jump on any avatar bandwagon that happens to be passing by.

www.juno.co.ukThank you :)

I've been gone for a bit. Read the last Harry Potter book, finally. I'd been putting it off for ages for some reason.
I also was at a cabin, and internet access was limited-ish.

I'll get right on it.

[EDIT]
Ooh, also, speak up if any of you want a specific health number.
I was thinking of giving 72 to Zero, but I don't know about the rest of y'all.
[EDIT2]
And also, text color.

Pop-a-doodle........DOO.

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/6356/zeorpr1.gif

Hopefully that looks enough like a Z-Saber and not like... not-a-Z-Saber.

Beautiful. Thanks muchly.

21, to fit my age.

In case any of you remember The Underside, which I posted about a while ago...

http://www.superfundungeonrun.com/insignificantstudios/index.php?subaction=showcomments&id=1198917620&archive=&start_from=&ucat=&&PHPSESSID=0bc4f9db4824a08eb51a43b8729bc8d9

He's releasing a level editor that'll allow mods and stuff, and it's coming before the actual game is out.
Looks snazzzzzzzy.

Help! http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?p=630728

And also, text color.
Ehrm, wasn't the text color always the same for all teams in W1/WDC?
White that is.

I'm not at home right to check that out.
But since Zero has yellow text, I think I'm gonna change mine to green now. :)

Edit:
Although, wouldn't it be funnier if all text had the same color?

Anyone mind making me a retro avatar too?

Mine has shading!

Ehrm, wasn't the text color always the same for all teams in W1/WDC?
White that is.One team had white, another had yellow, I forget what colors the others had.

Aw Sup took 69 :(

One team had white, another had yellow, I forget what colors the others had.

If my memory serves me well, then it was White, Yellow, Blue and a sort of Brown. In that order.

Ok, changed mine to green now.

After some more have their retro avatars I want to see a collage of them all with a screenshot of some random retro landscape where they are placed. :)

Avatar, please! I'd like blood-red text and 666 health, please.

Please. :)

Oh don't let's start that again.

a sort of Brown

A sort of brown that'd I'd call red. Much more red than the pink "red" in WA.

....my wife just asked: "what's mega man?" :eek::eek:

I am ashamed......ok guys, I've enacted the first stages of detox. I purchased the 15th anniversary collection of the first 8 megaman games, and since she's on a leave of absense from work (she fell off a step going into our house and banged up her foot), she has no reason not to indulge in the greatness of megaman.

hopefully I'll have this disorder of hers corrected within the week, but please send me all your prayers for a speedy recovery.

A sort of brown that'd I'd call red. Much more red than the pink "red" in WA.

Well, I thought it looked like a brown made from Red with bits of green. It wasn't a colour that I could really properly name. It certeinly made the text hard to read on the TV screen.

the 15th anniversary collection of the first 8 megaman games*slaps forehead*

*slaps forehead*what? :confused:

Woman driving at 10mph on motorway banned for 7 days: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/7171154.stm

Personally I think she should have gone down for attempted murder.

Woman driving at 10mph on motorway banned for 7 days: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/7171154.stm

Personally I think she should have gone down for attempted murder.

Don't see why. If she wasn't doing it in poor visibilty conditions with no fog lights on then anyone who hit her would have to have been driving too fast.

Well, I thought it looked like a brown made from Red with bits of green. It wasn't a colour that I could really properly name. It certeinly made the text hard to read on the TV screen.Actually it's a reddy orange.

Actually it's a reddy orange.

Dang! I knew my TV screen was crap!

what? :confused:

The thing is a wreck. 1-6 are relatively unmutilated, but 7 was horrible and 8 was just raped. Capcom let these cheap jokers called Atomic Planet put the Anniversary Collection together, but quickly learned from the mistake and did the X Collection competently themselves, thank Gord. Haven't seen Atomic Planet since. I swear they put more effort into the obnoxious chimp in their intro movies than they did the entire rest of the game. And that one of the guys got his 7-year-old son to do the Guts Man intro video thing with the... ugh and the ugh and ugh ugh

oh, so they edited the videos and such? or did they actually butcher the gameplay of those 2 games as well?

Hehe!
http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?p=631174#post631174

Don't copy that floppy!

Hehe!
http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?p=631174#post631174

Don't copy that floppy!hehe, I linked that recently as well

Pfft, nobody follows links these days. You should be posting the GIF.
http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/4331/dontcopyfloppybe4.gif

WINNERS DON'T DO DRUGS

Fallout 3 looks amazing.

http://forum.team17.co.uk/member.php?u=21434
That was fast.

http://forum.team17.co.uk/member.php?u=21434
That was fast.what was fast?

31066

Gosh, the forum mangled that image.

oh, so they edited the videos and such? or did they actually butcher the gameplay of those 2 games as well?Depending on the controller you're using, gameplay itself is unaffected. I guess the main problem is the sounds, particularly in 8, where the music is completely destroyed and the second 4 robot masters' voices are played at chipmunk pitch for some bizarre reason. It's been too long to really remember all the problems, but the memory of the BAD still remains.

what was fast?

I believe he's referring to the avatar.

Depending on the controller you're using, gameplay itself is unaffected. I guess the main problem is the sounds, particularly in 8, where the music is completely destroyed and the second 4 robot masters' voices are played at chipmunk pitch for some bizarre reason. It's been too long to really remember all the problems, but the memory of the BAD still remains.eh, I guess if that's the only problem then the advantages still remain of her being able to play megaman. at least the gameplay will be the same if not the sound

I go away for a week and everyone starts sporting Worms 1 themed avs.

And I can't find the thread through which they are organised.

And I'd like a "Paul.Power 42" av. With purple text, please.

EDIT: And I can't see the wood for the trees, or at least the fact that Aku's post started a new page :o. Never mind. Draw me please, Pigbuster :).

eh, I guess if that's the only problem then the advantages still remain of her being able to play megaman. at least the gameplay will be the same if not the sound

If you got the Gamecube version, you use A to shoot and B to jump and there's no way to change the controls.

Not necessarily a bad thing once you get used to it (the bigger button being used for most of the mashing) but if it's your introduction to Megaman it's just gonna make it confusing as all get-out if you play any of the other games afterwards.

On the other hand, I do believe the X series and Zero series generally feature remappable controls. So... yeah, maybe not such a problem after all. :p

That was fast.

And bulbous.

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d21/lardnardo/111bathroom.jpg
I totally love these comics: http://blog.myspace.com/mattfurie

And for people that almost never use myspace like myself, there's some navigation on the left side that I didn't notice the first time I saw this site.

sorry, but is the comic you posted supposed to be even remotely humorous?

sorry, but is the comic you posted supposed to be even remotely humorous?

This would hurt me if it wasn't for the fact that you like Ctrl+Alt+Del






:cool:

This would hurt me if it wasn't for the fact that you like Ctrl+Alt+Del






:cool:if THAT is what you guys consider a well-made and funny comic, then I will gladly be left out of your little "club".

seriously, was that even an ATTEMPT at a joke?!

edit: then again, you guys do seem to like pointlessly random humor...you especially, pikkul, so I guess that would account for that comic.

if THAT is what you guys consider a well-made and funny comic, then I will gladly be left out of your little "club".

seriously, was that even an ATTEMPT at a joke?!

edit: then again, you guys do seem to like pointlessly random humor...you especially, pikkul, so I guess that would account for that comic.
errrrrrrrrrrrrrr

what about this one

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d21/lardnardo/3snappopumbrella.jpg

Britons richer than Americans: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7174372.stm :)

errrrrrrrrrrrrrr

what about this one

redex.jpg

Ahahahahahahahahaha!! Genius!

Akuryoyrouyoryuoryu, I bet there are hundreds of posts you could reply to in order to explain that you didn't find something funny. That's pointless, though.

I hate it when people say that sort of thing, like "why did you say that?" "because it was funny" "yeah, but it wasn't really, was it?" "yes, it was, it's just you don't get it" blah blah blah take it outside, chump.

sorry, but is the comic you posted supposed to be even remotely humorous?Well, it looks to me like a subversion of the old "Character A is waiting desperately outside a bathroom while Character B is in there doing something unimportant" routine, with the subversion that what Character A wants to do is also unimportant.

I don't find them very funny either.... but then I'm very particular about comics. The only ones I actually find funny are xkcd and C&H.

errrrrrrrrrrrrrr

what about this one

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d21/lardnardo/3snappopumbrella.jpg I see the humor in that one, and it got a chuckle from me at least. not my cup of tea, but not bad.

Bear in mind the comics won't be as funny to someone who doesn't read them regularly or know much about the characters or what's been happening in previous storylines. Some jokes can span multiple strips.

Is this comic called 'Two Gay Frogs'?

I was away and lazy and stuff but here I am now!

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/9953/paulhy0.png
PAUL

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/1561/vaderaf4.png
VADER

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/5002/zeorvm5.gif
ZEOR, UPDATED BECAUSE I MISJUDGED WHAT THE GAME'S '2' WOULD LOOK LIKE

paul's name is a tad hard to read with such a dark color. perhaps a lighter shade would work?

The color of the blue in the avatar space is kinda hard to work with. Any lighter shade of purple just blends into it.

Photoshop insists on giving me a different color than it actually is when I use the eyedropper, though, so who knows.

i want 1

I've updated my Mii and re-sent it one more time, even though I said I wouldn't again, because I was so much shorter than everybody else. :p

*polite cough* :p

Blue text, similar to Zeor without the helmet and with a blue lightsaber instead. I would have a cloak but then it would just look like a weird brown worm instead. Oh and can I face left just to be different? :p 1 health

The color of the blue in the avatar space is kinda hard to work with. Any lighter shade of purple just blends into it.

Photoshop insists on giving me a different color than it actually is when I use the eyedropper, though, so who knows.Ah, don't worry, I can always alter it into a more pinky purple. Thanks :)

"I'm firmly against the slaughter of dumb animals," says Larry Johnson, while feeding an infant common housecat with a milk bottle. "It would be best if the animals didn't die, and hunters could still do what they love to do - how about instead of shooting them or sending vicious canines after them, the hunter runs up to his quarry and gives it a symbolic 'tap' with his hand? Now isn't that much nicer for everyone?"

This is the position your government is preparing to adopt.

Zeortopia's hunters shall play tag with the kitties.

Zeortopia's hunters shall play tag with the kitties.AHAHA!! that's awesome! :D

I'll have one if you don't mind, Piggy. I don't mind what you do.

Freakin' brilliance (http://osteele.com/archives/2005/12/aargh)

S-S-S-STAR WORMS!

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/6065/starwormsus0.gif

Lightsabers probably shouldn't be that thick, but it looked weird if it was just 1 pixel wide.

I'll have one if you don't mind, Piggy. I don't mind what you do.
You don't have a sigworm, do you?
I could just have a regular worm or something.

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/5002/zeorvm5.gifhttp://img407.imageshack.us/img407/6065/starwormsus0.gif

Not really, no. I started with a fat worm holding a sheep up but then I had a worm that looked like Voldo from Soul Calibur with a red blindfold and gag and metal claws coming from his hands. I've not really used that sig much since as it isn't really representative of me. So you could have a normal worm with the name 'ORDINARY' or something and give me 100 points. Up to you.

Where's mine. :mad:

Where's mine. :mad:
this is my third time asking :(

I don't know what number/text color you guys want.
I could guess, but you could also tell me.

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/5002/zeorvm5.gifhttp://img407.imageshack.us/img407/6065/starwormsus0.gifObligatory lewd joke about the comparative sizes of our sabers

I don't know what number/text color you guys want.
I could guess, but you could also tell me.

21 and Black.
I did say I wanted 21 Pig Buster. And I don't mind the color much. :mad:

Also thanks in advance. :mad::mad:

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/1026/mtlaaa2.png

Here you are. :mad:
I hope you like it. :mad:

I LOVE IT! :mad::mad::mad: a

Obligatory lewd joke about the comparative sizes of our sabers

Beat me too it :(

PS. Mine is bigger than yours :p

Thanks Pigbuster, I didn't think the claok would work, but it does.

Ron Gilbert (Monkey Island creator) is making a new game: DeathSpank: Episode One: Orphans of Justice.

http://grumpygamer.com/8519854

"I proceeded to crank out what can only be called the perfect melding of a Monkey Island style adventure game with the wicked RPG game play of Diablo"
And if the comics on his site are any indication, it might be a parody of big macho manly games.

There's an annual event at my uni called Porno V. I searched for it on Facebook and there were 69 events :rolleyes:

I don't know what number/text color you guys want.
I could guess, but you could also tell me.
could you do some totally fabulous horizontal rainbow stripes with the number "420"

There's an annual event at my uni called Porno V. I searched for it on Facebook and there were 69 events :rolleyes:
haha

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7180252.stm

That photo needs a caption.

Whoooooooooosssssssshhhh

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/6149/fwyt4.png

Can I have one of those old-style avatars please? Don't mind what colours (maybe the "Classic Apple" rainbow, but that will look quite similar to FutureWorm's). Not sure about the number, is "pi" allowed? ;)

Hey, remember how Spawn, of all possible characters, was in the XBox version of Soul Calibur 2? That was weird. Some sort of fling between Todd MacFarlane and Namco. He designed the SC2 character Necrid, as well, and nobody liked him except for me.

So yeah, Spawn, that was weird.

Wait, what's that? New characters in Soul Calibur 4, you say?


http://media.1up.com/media?id=3467630

http://media.1up.com/media?id=3467626

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...I... ... the. Wh... ...

MORE LIKE STARWARS 4 AMIRITE?! :cool:

Nice to see Darth Vader wearing some sweet corduroy pants. :cool:

I totally saw that coming.

I totally saw that coming.so I'm apparently in the market for a new psychic advisor.....

Remove all bread products from your diet.

I assure you, three years from now you'll thank me.

Remove all bread products from your diet.

I assure you, three years from now you'll thank me.You do realise that about 40% of my diet is bread products? :p

Well that came much faster than philby predicted.

I'm starting to wonder if my wife is a compulsive shopper. any time I'm not with her she comes home with a bunch of crap that she says she wants but will never use (such as a bucket of foaming bath balls, when she's been taking mostly showers. or a drink dispenser that looks like an old gas (petrol) pump). today, we get home and there's a box under the car port. it's something from amazon.com. turns out she decided we needed an automatic litter box for our cats. sure, that's nice to have, but it's a friggin litter box that costs $100 when I can just get a normal one for $5 (which we already have).... on top of that, we have 2 cats, one is young and has no predisposition towards anything really, so I'm not worried about her. the other is an old fart who has to have things his way or he *****es. he's also a scaredy cat. I'm thinking there's absolutely no way he's going to use this thing, and she mentioned the same thought when we looked at one of the litter boxes in wal mart. so knowing that I wouldn't agree to buying this over-priced monstrosity, she apparently went and bought it without my knowledge from a place that we can't even return it to even if we CAN'T use it...and if I say any of this when she gets home then I'm going to end up getting yelled at... [/end rant]

I'm starting to wonder if my wife is a compulsive shopper. any time I'm not with her she comes home with a bunch of crap that she says she wants but will never use (such as a bucket of foaming bath balls, when she's been taking mostly showers. or a drink dispenser that looks like an old gas (petrol) pump). today, we get home and there's a box under the car port. it's something from amazon.com. turns out she decided we needed an automatic litter box for our cats. sure, that's nice to have, but it's a friggin litter box that costs $100 when I can just get a normal one for $5 (which we already have).... on top of that, we have 2 cats, one is young and has no predisposition towards anything really, so I'm not worried about her. the other is an old fart who has to have things his way or he *****es. he's also a scaredy cat. I'm thinking there's absolutely no way he's going to use this thing, and she mentioned the same thought when we looked at one of the litter boxes in wal mart. so knowing that I wouldn't agree to buying this over-priced monstrosity, she apparently went and bought it without my knowledge from a place that we can't even return it to even if we CAN'T use it...and if I say any of this when she gets home then I'm going to end up getting yelled at... [/end rant]
Hmm...
Make this page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsive_shopper) her home page in her browser. ;)

An automatic litter box is a pretty fantastic idea though. :p

An automatic litter box is a pretty fantastic idea though. :pthis is true, but for $100 I really don't think it's worth it. mostly, though, it's the fact that the cats may or may not even use it....

So Dan introduces me to Broken Mirror, describing it as one of the most horribly wordy and convoluted webcomics out there.

To be honest, I didn't really notice anything, because I write like that anyway. Heck, I talk like that anyway.

Geographical innaccuracies, however... (http://www.the-broken-mirror.net/files/story/comic.php?id=41)

"Kenya will be very hot in July... we could go in October" IT'S ON THE EQUATOR YOU FOOL, IT'S THE SAME ALL YEAR ROUND.

It could be the character that is making the mistake..

'stay here for a minute whilst I go get some ice creams'. (http://www.the-broken-mirror.net/files/story/comic.php?id=39)

The author aparantly has an english degree.

Although the comic is not yet very far in, we estimate it will conclude in around 750 pages, divided into four parts, or volumes

It's been going for a year and a quarter. THe latest page it it's 119th. thats roughly 100 pages a year, so you'll have to wait a further six and a half years for the end. to put that in perspective, the comic is currently set in the near future, when it's done it'll be set in the near past.

This epic length wouldn't be a problem if it wasn't for the snails pace the comic is moving at. the author describes it (IIRC) as a 'sci-fi romance story'. 100 pages in and we're only just being intoduced to the virtual world (the only vaugely sici-fi element so far) in which the actual plot is going to take place. everything up untill now has been backstory.

The broken mirror is based on a 300 page novel. It should not be this long.

It's a damn shame too, as the art isn't bad and the colouring's quite nice really. The last comic the artist and author did was Between Two Worlds (http://www.between-two-worlds.net/index.html) which is actually quite good. The dialougue is less obnoxiously wordy, the story's pretty nice and it's a little over 300 pages in length (although it's been waiting for the rest of the epilouge for a long while).

I guess it'd be fine if you were reading it all-at-once rather than a couple of pages a week. That's webcomics for you, though -- and, come to that, syndicated comics in print.

Saying that, the more I read of this, the more absurd I find the dialogue. And the constant drama bombs that never let up.

The funny thing is:

even an educated mother****er like me doesn't use "furtively". It's not just being incapable of writing dialogue for different people, it's being incapable of writing dialogue entirely. People don't say **** like that, it's not how they talk. They don't even use stupid words like that if they're trying to be epic.Now I do say words like "furtively". I say them without thinking. Not trying to be epic, just casually picking out an appropriate word from my internal thesaurus.

But I still see what he's getting at. IMHO, some characters can say that. It's actually believable that Galen (lol, Galen) would say that, given what I know of him. But all of the characters speak like this, bar one or two who are supposed to be "obviously lower class".

But I still see what he's getting at. IMHO, some characters can say that. It's actually believable that Galen (lol, Galen) would say that, given what I know of him. But all of the characters speak like this, bar one or two who are supposed to be "obviously lower class".
I'm quite sure that even the characters that are meant to be lower class talk like that too.

In fact I think it's Galen's stoner neighbor that uses the word furtively.

It's also depressing that I spend more time talking about bad webcomics than I do talking about good ones.

So Dan introduces me to Broken Mirror, describing it as one of the most horribly wordy and convoluted webcomics out there. I give you convoluted from what little I read of it, but it's far from the most wordy. http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp12192001.shtml

I give you convoluted from what little I read of it, but it's far from the most wordy. http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp12192001.shtml

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What?

How was that wordy at all?

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What?

How was that wordy at all?I meant the comic in general. that was simply the first one. I'll go search for a wordy one.

here's a pretty wordy one for the minute though http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp12212001.shtml

edit: meh, I can't be bothered. my wife distracted me with movies, so go find em yourself :p

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap071106.html

Solar flares are cool. :cool:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap071106.html

Solar flares are cool. :cool:that actually WAS kinda cool

I told you.

I meant the comic in general. that was simply the first one. I'll go search for a wordy one.

here's a pretty wordy one for the minute though http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp12212001.shtml

edit: meh, I can't be bothered. my wife distracted me with movies, so go find em yourself :p

Achewood is way wordier than that :p

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap071106.html

Dang son

Can't watch videos again.

Very nifty stuff indeed (the solar flare video).

In fact I think it's Galen's stoner neighbor that uses the word furtively.Hang on, I'll go check.

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Hey, you're right. Sorry. I think several higher portions of my brain had shut off by then.

My guess would be that he's supposed to be mocking Galen's style of speech there. At least, if I'd decided to write a character like him saying that, that would be my reasoning. I can't account for Elanor Cooper.

It would also indicate that LOUD GUY was smarter than he looked, and that hidden depths would eventually be revealed. However, he appears to be a bit-part character designed to emphasise Galen's rubbish life, so yeah... actually, if you interpret it that way, Cooper has, in about four strips, inadvertently created a character more complex and likeable than the protagonist, who's been around for goodness-knows-how-many.

I'm quite sure that even the characters that are meant to be lower class talk like that too.

In fact I think it's Galen's stoner neighbor that uses the word furtively.

It's also depressing that I spend more time talking about bad webcomics than I do talking about good ones.It's odd how enjoyable it becomes. I read SA's Your Gaming Webcomic Sucks and so does CAD thread everyday to keep up on the never-ending bottomless barrel of despair.

I would just like to point out the new portals shirts valve is offering. especially this one :) http://store.valvesoftware.com/productshowcase/productshowcase_PortalShirt_WCC.html

also, I just found this, and damn it i want one!
http://store.valvesoftware.com/productshowcase/productshowcase_HL2HeadCrabPlush!.html

Heh. It seems the new p w n word filter even applies to old threads, and it's messing up links and everything.

http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=598349&postcount=140

Geographical innaccuracies, however... (http://www.the-broken-mirror.net/files/story/comic.php?id=41)

"Kenya will be very hot in July... we could go in October" IT'S ON THE EQUATOR YOU FOOL, IT'S THE SAME ALL YEAR ROUND.
Not exactly the same all year round:
http://www.worldtravelguide.net/a/main/8f350f44-1a25-476a-9457-1c431cc20c8b/563a7dd0-d7f1-4216-8070-81dd4a9981d1/17dba666-09ce-496c-ab82-e89298731dba.gif
In October it's actually hotter than July. :rolleyes:

Yes, clearly Kenya is a full 3 degrees HOTTER in October.

Yes, clearly Kenya is a full 3 degrees HOTTER in October.
Yes, on average.

But perhaps there is a windy location somewhere, where it's actually hotter in July than in October.
That guy in the comic obviously has got around on the world more than I have.

'stay here for a minute whilst I go get some ice creams'. (http://www.the-broken-mirror.net/files/story/comic.php?id=39)

The author aparantly has an english degree.

hahaha, the author posted on SA, trying to get people to praise her comic, and she is seriously one of the most annoying people ever

here's the thread (http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2624590) if you're interested

IIRC, Nairobi is in the southern hemisphere so that kinda makes sense.

Not exactly the same all year round:
http://www.worldtravelguide.net/a/main/8f350f44-1a25-476a-9457-1c431cc20c8b/563a7dd0-d7f1-4216-8070-81dd4a9981d1/17dba666-09ce-496c-ab82-e89298731dba.gif
In October it's actually hotter than July. :rolleyes:
That just proves Paul's point even more. July is the coolest month and October is the 2nd hottest.

Huge gas cloud about to hit the Milky Way: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7184521.stm
















...in 20-40million years time :p

What

What

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat (http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/KevinMcCullough/2008/01/13/the_sex-box_race_for_president?page=full&comments=true)

What

What

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat (http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/KevinMcCullough/2008/01/13/the_sex-box_race_for_president?page=full&comments=true)correct me if I'm wrong, but you customize your character and then you pick between one of 2 options for the sex scene, right?

this guy didn't even begin to do even the slightest amount of homework on that article....

edit: and god all the commentors are completely retarded as well. even the ones with good points obviously have no idea what they're talking about...

What

What

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat (http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/KevinMcCullough/2008/01/13/the_sex-box_race_for_president?page=full&comments=true)
sex is bad mmmmkay

this dude would flip his ****ing lid if he heard about second life

I came to a horrifying realization about myself fairly recently that I don'tfeel comfortable blogging about while my personal website is getting its fifteen minutes of fame, so I'll post about it here for now.

I'm fascinated with the inner workings of the mind. Had I the time and the finances I'd quite happily study Psychology and Psychiatry, not so I could pursue it as a career but more out of personal interest. I recently discovered that people who are left-handed are more susceptible to neurological disorders such as Bipolarity, Schizophrenia and the like, which is weird because I have such a bizarre fascination with neurological disorders it's scary... and I'm left-handed. This is probably largely irrelevant, but even so it intrigues me.

I've always been incredibly aware of how my mind works. I had to stop playing The Game is because my brain had actually associated the act of remembering things with The Game itself, so whenever my mind linked one thing to another I would instantly be reminded of The Game and thus would lose, rendering the entire exercise even more pointless than it already is. Why did my mind make that association, though? Why was I quite able to play The Game for over three years before my brain said, "Hang on a minute..." and decided to spoil it for me?

I'm constantly analyzing everything I do from a psychological point of view, perhaps excessively. I know why I choose to do certain things, and I have strong hypotheses for why I choose to do others. Matty made an observation a couple of months ago that my writing - fiction, editorials, forum posts, the lot - fits certain patterns as if I've pieced the sentence together like a jigsaw puzzle, and I think the reason I do this is ebcause I latch on to particualr phrases and sentences I hear/read in other people's work and assimilate them into my own method of speech. In short, everything I have ever said or will ever say can be pieced together from things other people will have already said.

One of the things I've long known about myself, though, is that I'm an emotional parasite. I need other people to be happy for me to be happy. I feed off of it, draw energy from it, and if I'm the source of that happiness then all the better. That's probably one of the reasons I write comedy. But I realized last night that this parasitic nature is the very reason why my relationship with Amy was the way it was; why I was quite happy to be Under the Thumb. The reason, simply put, is although it caused me no ends of stress and financial woe to do so, making Amy happy made me happy. That Amy was a selfish, self-obsessed control freak didn't help the matter either.

Now, that I eventually broke up with her is proof that I can break out of this cycle, or at least proof that I have a level of tolerance for that sort of thing. But what's worrying is that I may well find myself getting into exactly the same sort of relationship in the future and making the exact same mistake simply because I need other people to be happy - the person I'm with to be happy - in order to keep going.

That said, while it was a detriment in my last relationship, who's to say it won't be a positive in the next? It'd only be a real problem if I were to meet Amy's American Doppelganger, and i think I'm smart enough now not to get involved with that sort of person anymore. If I meet someone who is just happy to be with me, then I'll always be happy. Right? Possibly. Who can say?

I realize most of this probably doesn't make sense. But it's the sort of thing I think about. I have no idea why.

Makes sense to me.

Besides, nothing wrong with being fascinated by psychology and constantly analysing yourself. Richard Feynman did that a lot, and look what he accomplished.

I don't see anythnig wrong with trying to discover what makes you tick. I find it hard to know certain things about myself, and I wish I could, because it'd make my life a hell of a lot easier. Also, I too tend to latch on to sayings and phrases I've heard or read, and who doesn't? Without such a trait, the world would be without dodgy catchphrase based sketchshows and moronic internet memes, of which there are OVER NINE THOUSAND!

I need other people to be happy for me to be happy.
There's nothing wrong with this. I find it hard to be around miserable people and I'd like to think I'm always trying to make people happy.

If you want to avoid a relationship like your last one, then at least by recognising what was wrong you're already halfway there.

This is so very much awesome (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggAZBX7QxWw&feature=related)

I came to a horrifying realization about myself fairly recently that I don'tfeel comfortable blogging about while my personal website is getting its fifteen minutes of fame, so I'll post about it here for now.

I'm fascinated with the inner workings of the mind. Had I the time and the finances I'd quite happily study Psychology and Psychiatry, not so I could pursue it as a career but more out of personal interest. I recently discovered that people who are left-handed are more susceptible to neurological disorders such as Bipolarity, Schizophrenia and the like, which is weird because I have such a bizarre fascination with neurological disorders it's scary... and I'm left-handed. This is probably largely irrelevant, but even so it intrigues me.It's nice you've identified another interest. I'm interested in bowling pinsetters. How weird is that?!

I've always been incredibly aware of how my mind works. I had to stop playing The Game is because my brain had actually associated the act of remembering things with The Game itself, so whenever my mind linked one thing to another I would instantly be reminded of The Game and thus would lose, rendering the entire exercise even more pointless than it already is. Why did my mind make that association, though? Why was I quite able to play The Game for over three years before my brain said, "Hang on a minute..." and decided to spoil it for me?By 'The Game' you mean your relationship with Amy, right? One word for you: Voldemort.

I'm constantly analyzing everything I do from a psychological point of view, perhaps excessively. I know why I choose to do certain things, and I have strong hypotheses for why I choose to do others. Matty made an observation a couple of months ago that my writing - fiction, editorials, forum posts, the lot - fits certain patterns as if I've pieced the sentence together like a jigsaw puzzle, and I think the reason I do this is ebcause I latch on to particualr phrases and sentences I hear/read in other people's work and assimilate them into my own method of speech. In short, everything I have ever said or will ever say can be pieced together from things other people will have already said.You're not alone. I'm always questioning common behaviour in others and myself, asking myself why I should do it, why I'm doing it, what effect it has on other people and whether it's necessary or not. You could say it's a result of being sensitive to other people's view of you or because you want to be more efficient as a human in interacting and solving problems. At some point recently I decided it was best to go in to autopilot and let my personal standards, personality and level of confidence decide what to say, but still watch over my behaviour to stop me from getting unnecessarily worked up, by detaching myself from the situation. I see my personality and what I say as a combination of all the experiences I've had so far, and I believe it's the same for everyone else. Perhaps you do over-analyse and come out with what you do because you think people are used to it and will recognise it. Don't take my observation too seriously, though. Personally-identifiable writing and verbal styles are not unusual in any way. Do you like Derren Brown?

One of the things I've long known about myself, though, is that I'm an emotional parasite. I need other people to be happy for me to be happy. I feed off of it, draw energy from it, and if I'm the source of that happiness then all the better. That's probably one of the reasons I write comedy. But I realized last night that this parasitic nature is the very reason why my relationship with Amy was the way it was; why I was quite happy to be Under the Thumb. The reason, simply put, is although it caused me no ends of stress and financial woe to do so, making Amy happy made me happy. That Amy was a selfish, self-obsessed control freak didn't help the matter either.You'll probably still be working things out like this for a while yet, it's part of the process. It sounded to me like you described insecurity and the feeling that you'd do anything to keep the relationship going. I wouldn't describe you as an emotional parasite, I'd say you were blessed or cursed with the tendency to care a lot. Some people might see this as a weakness but what you have to remember is that us humans learn from our mistakes, so you can carry on caring about things but you'll be more wary about starting to do it in the first place, which is natural.

Now, that I eventually broke up with her is proof that I can break out of this cycle, or at least proof that I have a level of tolerance for that sort of thing. But what's worrying is that I may well find myself getting into exactly the same sort of relationship in the future and making the exact same mistake simply because I need other people to be happy - the person I'm with to be happy - in order to keep going.This is why you have honest friends and relatives who are objectionable. Just put some trust in what we tell you, take things in to consideration. If you do get in such a position again, then at least you are better prepared for it. Don't put yourself down for taking a risk in order to achieve something great.

That said, while it was a detriment in my last relationship, who's to say it won't be a positive in the next? It'd only be a real problem if I were to meet Amy's American Doppelganger, and i think I'm smart enough now not to get involved with that sort of person anymore. If I meet someone who is just happy to be with me, then I'll always be happy. Right? Possibly. Who can say?No comment is necessary. Sounds like you made this point better than I could have done.

I realize most of this probably doesn't make sense. But it's the sort of thing I think about. I have no idea why.Because you are a normal, brilliant and stupid person and we love you. You're not an uncaring yob. You're a kind and considerate person. I'm told they're hard to come by.

I remember your dad talking about keeping a balance between the 'higher' self and the 'drake' self in one of his podcasts. I've thought about this now and again in spare moments, and what I think it means, or my interpretation of it is that you shouldn't allow yourself to be all instinctual or all logical. You should find somewhere in the middle where you listen to what your heart and guts are telling you and try to make sense of it with your brain. Again, nothing unusual about that :)

Wise words, apart from what you think The Game is. You can find out more about it [here (http://www.losethegame.com/)] - I know a few ODballs play it, Pooka especially.

Sure, I'll play it. I'll be able to go months at the time!

One of the things I've long known about myself, though, is that I'm an emotional parasite. I need other people to be happy for me to be happy. I feed off of it, draw energy from it, and if I'm the source of that happiness then all the better. That's probably one of the reasons I write comedy. But I realized last night that this parasitic nature is the very reason why my relationship with Amy was the way it was; why I was quite happy to be Under the Thumb. The reason, simply put, is although it caused me no ends of stress and financial woe to do so, making Amy happy made me happy. That Amy was a selfish, self-obsessed control freak didn't help the matter either.this is a problem? there's a specific way you need to look at this, and I'm going to do my best to explain it. ok, so you're an emotional parasite. you must make other people happy in order to be happy. that means that throughout your entire life your purpose in creating friendships and varying other alliances will be to make that person or people happy to the absolute best of your abilities. you're going to strive to be the best you possibly can be and make that person the happiest they can be. if you start to become abused for this, you've proven that you will exit from that relationship.

what I'm getting from this is that you're possibly the nicest person on the friggin planet and you will continue to do so for honest reasons that are entirely selfless. you are also mature enough to realize the naivite that comes with such a mental state and therefore work around it (in this case by posting it on a forum and self-analyzing along side friends). these are 2 of the best traits, in my mind, that a person could ever ask for. don't consider them bad things.

That said, while it was a detriment in my last relationship, who's to say it won't be a positive in the next? It'd only be a real problem if I were to meet Amy's American Doppelganger, and i think I'm smart enough now not to get involved with that sort of person anymore. If I meet someone who is just happy to be with me, then I'll always be happy. Right? Possibly. Who can say?you're an emotional leech. that means that selfish people, stuck-up people, and ass hats are going to leave you with a bad taste in your mouth. you may not realize it right off, but once you do realize the type of person they are then you can seperate yourself from them, and doing so will be best for both of you. some guys like to give selfish girls the attention they desire. they get some kind of emotional high from doing what the girl wants regardless of what they want and so it all works out with them. most people aren't like this. let her find a guy like that and let you find a girl who suits your needs better. thats just how life works by my experience. all you can do is realize what was the problem before and move on, which you have, so you're well on your road to living a happy life.

I have to have this or I will DIE.
http://store.nightlightpress.com/jinxlet.shtml

I've got my eye on one of those too.

The thing is that I generally dislike plush toys. Recently I was just slightly tempted by the Companion Cube and the Headcrab from HL2 plushies, but this one is just so damn irresistible. :(

I have to have this or I will DIE.
http://store.nightlightpress.com/jinxlet.shtmlI should probably be ashamed for asking, but what is it?

I don't know if there's a dedicated thread for this, but next time you're all thinking of adding more members to OD, I think Shadowman might be a good candidate.

That's ShadowMAN, not ShadowMOON, before you all get a heart attack.

I don't know if there's a dedicated thread for this, but next time you're all thinking of adding more members to OD, I think Shadowman might be a good candidate.

That's ShadowMAN, not ShadowMOON, before you all get a heart attack.
they're both idiots

Really? I didn't think Shadowman was that bad, but whatever.

Really? I didn't think Shadowman was that bad, but whatever.

"Bats arent made of liquid, Griff. Bats don't drip!"
http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=29144
I have one of Kelster's free salt crackers!
*sucks on salt cracker*
"I was bitten by lilac once. Honest" -Zero72
"I am the pixelated orange thing! Beware my blue ball of DOOM! MUHAHAHAH!"-Agent Luke (Spell checked by me.)

Date of Birth:
January 29, 1994
Age:
13
Country:
US
Location:
Kinda Like PB's old av.
Biography:
Biography (n) a few details about oneself.
Interests:
Hanging out with my girlfriend.
Occupation:
<.< >.>

his profile alone is grounds for disqualification, i would argue

Looks like a few in-jokes there that I don't understand. That doesn't mean he's a dick.

EDIT: dick dick dick dick rofl

Looks like a few in-jokes there that I don't understand. That doesn't mean he's a dick.

EDIT: dick dick dick dick rofl
you have to bear in mind that this was also the guy who made that completely terrible "random angle competition"

I can't say I'm very fond of Shadowman myself. He's not bad, but I can't picture him fitting in in OD.

I can't say I'm very fond of Shadowman myself. He's not bad, but I can't picture him fitting in in OD.I'd have to agree there. he's a decent guy, but not OD material.

I should probably be ashamed for asking, but what is it?

The most adorable thing ever?
:p
It's from the webcomic Starslip Crisis (http://www.starslipcrisis.com/).
I'd recommend reading the whole comic to find out what it is, because this is a really good comic. :p

The most adorable thing ever?
:p
It's from the webcomic Starslip Crisis (http://www.starslipcrisis.com/).
I'd recommend reading the whole comic to find out what it is, because this is a really good comic. :pwill do so if I remember to when I'm not working on my FAoTM entry.

After a lot of dicussion, me and Paul have decided that this image is comedy gold:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y294/curtdogg/20070922-2.jpg

After a lot of dicussion, me and Paul have decided that this image is comedy gold:
good stuff, deviantart?

What's that yellow thing supposed to be?

What's that yellow thing supposed to be?That's why it's comedy gold.

We gather from context that it's supposed to be a crowd, but it looks more like some giant cheese-sponge hybrid that shoots black laser beams at womens' chests.

If it is a crowd, then at least two people in it are actually lying on the floor, and another two are kneeling.

I started fiddling around with Fruity Loops, but I noticed the sounds constantly clicks and stuff.. I think I figured it out, and it's that my headphones power on and off at the start and end of every sound. I've never really noticed it before, untill it had hundreds of short sound files to play like that. That's what I get for using USB headphones I guess. I don't want to go out and buy a new pair just so I can play around with a music program..

Use a non-USB pair, then...?

Why do USB headphones exist?

No clue. They offer no advantages. More disadvantages. Here's why:

When you plug them in, Windows will change all your settings to point to your headphones. If you have a mic set up it will automatically switch over to your headset's mic. If you leave the 'phones plugged in, you can only use those or the speakers and if you want to switch between them you have to go in to your audio properties. Not helpful for non-techies.
The sound chips in them are usually C-Media ones. If you want high quality sound it will push up the price of the USB headset, and headsets break a lot. Better to get a decent sound card and a decent headset that will last you a long time.
Software issues in different OSs. Jack plug headsets will work as long as your sound card does, and can be used in normal audio equipment also.

If you buy one because you can plug it in to the front of your computer, you need to get a decent sound card with a front bay. You might argue that they cost more than you're is willing to pay, yet you want decent quality. Sorry, it doesn't work like that! The only advantage I can think of is that the sound is not as susceptible to RFI because it is generated in the speakers rather than travels up the wire from your sound card. But IME it's not noticeable.

You can get speakers with headphones ports in. Then it's even easier than a front bay. Just unplug them and the speakers turn on again.

When you plug them in, Windows will change all your settings to point to your headphones. If you have a mic set up it will automatically switch over to your headset's mic. If you leave the 'phones plugged in, you can only use those or the speakers and if you want to switch between them you have to go in to your audio properties. Not helpful for non-techies.

Vista is actually a lot more forgiving of this than previous versions of Windows. The mic on my USB head has suddenly started getting very fizzly and poppy for no discernible reason, so I've started to use my high-quality USB recordin' mic instead. Vista asked me which one I wanted to give preference to when they are both plugged in.

If you buy one because you can plug it in to the front of your computer, you need to get a decent sound card with a front bay.My soundcard only has back ports yet I still plugged them to the front ports on the tower.

Why do USB headphones exist?
1) For people that need a second audio device for voice chat?

Gives you much less problems when you want to use a voice chat program (Teamspeak, Ventrilo) while playing games.
I use my Soundblaster for the surround sound in games and my on-board sound card for Teamspeak only.

2) For people with broken analog connectors in a laptop?

That's the case with my girlfriend's laptop.
Her headphone connector is broken, which results in a loose connection and lots of static.
In addition, the mechanical switch inside the connector, which turns off the built-in speakers, is broken too, so the speakers are permanently turned off.

Although, a USB device like the one depicted below is better than USB headphones with the cable permanently attached.
http://geizhals.at/img/pix/173436.jpg

1) For people that need a second audio device for voice chat?

Gives you much less problems when you want to use a voice chat program (Teamspeak, Ventrilo) while playing games.
I use my Soundblaster for the surround sound in games and my on-board sound card for Teamspeak only.I've never been able to get both Soundblaster and on-board sound working in parallel.

I've never been able to get both Soundblaster and on-board sound working in parallel.
My Audigy 2 ZS works perfectly fine together with the onboard RealTek AC97.

Vista only lets me pick one.

You can create som interesting effects though..

Like if you are playing music on your speakers, then turn on/plug in the USB headphones and start a game, youll game the game sounds in the headphones and music on the speakers still.

Don't use Vista then.

Vista only lets me pick one.

Really? I have two soundcards in my machine and I'm using both of them in tandem.

Windows has only ever let you pick one output soundcard. However, you can choose a Voice output, but it's up to the application to support it.

Then my Vista installation is clearly broken, then - it's quite happily letting me output on both cards at once, or assigning a specific card to a specific program, or whatever.

Then my Vista installation is clearly broken, then - it's quite happily letting me output on both cards at once, or assigning a specific card to a specific program, or whatever.instruct me as to how you did that, please. I've been looking for a way to do that for a while now so that I can get my surround sound on games, but my stupidly-high-quality stereo sound for music. got them plugged into 2 different sound cards, and switching back and forth bugs me.

I'd like to know that too. All I found is an option to set a soundcard as default which switches all sound output to it.

instruct me as to how you did that, please. I've been looking for a way to do that for a while now so that I can get my surround sound on games, but my stupidly-high-quality stereo sound for music. got them plugged into 2 different sound cards, and switching back and forth bugs me.

Explain.

This character limit is silly.

instruct me as to how you did that, please. I've been looking for a way to do that for a while now so that I can get my surround sound on games, but my stupidly-high-quality stereo sound for music. got them plugged into 2 different sound cards, and switching back and forth bugs me.

I don't know. it's just there, in the sound settings.

I don't know. it's just there, in the sound settings.k....so where is "there" then?

We demand screenshots! :p

I'unno! It just does it.

Edit: Oh, apparently it's program-specific, not Vista. GoogleTalk, for example, lets me select all available sound devices while Vista... er... doesn't. My mistake.