Post by: Gunner-Chan on October 12, 2010, 05:14:11 pm
Some people that talk with me at length know me as a fan of Fantasy story's, literature, and overall themes. Despite the fact that as much as I like this stuff I can't bring myself to admit it to most people. Why? I'm not totally sure. It could be because it seems childish, a grown woman liking tales of dragons and knights and magic and elves and stuff. It could be simply because I see a bias against it and don't want to be lumped into it. It probably does honestly boil down to peer pressure and wanting to be accepted. Ill admit one really close friend said something at one point that made me back away from working on something fantasy themed I'd been planning , so it probably is that.
Some of you might remember me mentioning that people should have nothing that falls into this. I still agree but I can't shake the feeling. It's something I want to like and do more stuff involving but I can't make myself. So on one hand I have something I know I enjoy from the limited exposure I've allowed myself in private but it keeps having this effect on me no matter how I look at it. Which is something I hope I can kick by being open about it and putting it out so literally anyone can see it.
Someone also might ask why this isn't in life advice since it looks like it might be an attempt to fix this. But really I just want it out there. And at that I want to see how other people are dealing with their own issues hopefully. So it's not really a fit there as this is more a topic to discuss how this happens and hey, if anyone wants to help anyone out go right ahead.
And another small one most people know about me already. Elves > Dwarves all the way. I even prefer Toadys obviously made for hate Elves more than the Dwarves in DF simply because they aren't Dwarves. Yes this makes me racist to a fantasy race.
Post by: Leafsnail on October 12, 2010, 05:32:16 pm
And sometimes eavesdropping. Not really intentionally - just if some other people are talking near me, I sometimes tune in to their conversation and discard it afterwards.
Post by: Grakelin on October 12, 2010, 05:34:35 pm
My guilty pleasure is mast-
ering the art of fencing.
Post by: nenjin on October 12, 2010, 05:40:41 pm
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Some people that talk with me at length know me as a fan of Fantasy story's, literature, and overall themes. Despite the fact that as much as I like this stuff I can't bring myself to admit it to most people. Why? I'm not totally sure. It could be because it seems childish, a grown woman liking tales of dragons and knights and magic and elves and stuff. It could be simply because I see a bias against it and don't want to be lumped into it. It probably does honestly boil down to peer pressure and wanting to be accepted. Ill admit one really close friend said something at one point that made me back away from working on something fantasy themed I'd been planning , so it probably is that.
At a certain point, I just said screw it, no shame. I tell people point blank what I like, including women I'm interested in dating. If they can't handle it, meh, didn't really need to know/date them anyways. I've met tons of incredibly talented, successful, fun people who have made their lives gaming and fantasy. I decided that's the life I want to have, and fuck anyone that wants to laugh about it or think less of me because of it. Dig deep enough and you'll find the same general stuff littering most people's lives. Take sports nerds for example. Get them going about sports and they'll start yammering until it's like they're talking in tongues. What separates a sport's nerd from a gaming nerd? Perception, and the fact one claims their hobby is some how more masculine or socially acceptable. And they'll say it while on their way to join a Fantasy Football League, or plop down on the couch to yell at the TV.
So eh. Everyone's a nerd, just pick the hobby/pursuit/field and you'll find one.
My guilty pleasure would probably be....the 4th of July. I'm coming up on 30, and I still enjoy playing with fireworks in an unsafe way. I can't help it. There's something about throwing fireworks into things not meant to explode that gives me some primordial, savage pleasure. Or covering them in electrical tape or taping multiples together, or throwing fireworks into the air with only an "ok" idea of what's going to happen with them.
I'm not on the most extreme end of things like my friends and I used to be back in highschool....but the way I enjoy the 4th would horrify most parents, and has scared some people off of celebrating the 4th with our group. What can I say? Would it really be an American holiday if there wasn't the potential for injury? It's like it prevents people from getting too hammered. Anyone too messed up to react fast enough to "incoming!" probably shouldn't have drank that much at one of our outings.
Post by: Realmfighter on October 12, 2010, 05:42:26 pm
Post by: Criptfeind on October 12, 2010, 05:46:04 pm
Post by: Realmfighter on October 12, 2010, 05:46:39 pm
There is a giant blind over the only window.
Post by: Criptfeind on October 12, 2010, 05:47:41 pm
I think I need new glasses.
Post by: Aqizzar on October 12, 2010, 05:48:51 pm
My guilty pleasure is mast-
ering the art of fencing.
A guilty pleasure is something you enjoy but don't think you should be proud of. Having anything to do with fencing should be a good thing, whatever you were trying to imply with that weird typing.
Guilty pleasures eh... I think I've mentioned it before, but I am to this day a die-hard fan of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, games and more. Why? I don't even really know. Nostalgia basically. I call this a "guilty pleasure" because it's pretty damn hard to justify, especially the "and more" part, for a man over the age of twelve. But then, I guess that's the point.
Since the whole license has been rapidly petering out over the last couple years, it's gotten easier to avoid talking about it, but for a time, I made a point of checking myself before bringing up Sonic games in videogame (or otherwise) conversations, because I knew nobody on Earth gave a shit but me, except for a dwindling herd of freakballs on DeviantArt I'd rather not be associated with anyway. That's the other reason I call it a "guilty pleasure", because I don't want to be associated with anybody else's image for something I have a lingering fondness for.
I'm already imagining that I'll regret this post, because I'm making my boyish love of an old franchise sound a Hell of a lot deeper than it really is, but fuck it, I don't give a shit.
Post by: Virex on October 12, 2010, 05:49:22 pm
Huh.
I think I neednewX-ray glasses.
Post by: scriver on October 12, 2010, 05:50:18 pm
Post by: Gunner-Chan on October 12, 2010, 06:01:46 pm
Also how come I ended up with any knowledge about 40K. I picked up a few books for the tabletop game to cover me getting DnD books. Honestly despite all I know about it I really don't care for it.
Post by: Aqizzar on October 12, 2010, 06:07:03 pm
Also how come I ended up with any knowledge about 40K. I picked up a few books for the tabletop game to cover me getting DnD books. Honestly despite all I know about it I really don't care for it.
It's pretty much just the imagery. Reminds me of when I was in middle-school - I was in the band, and we got to go to the supermall after a performance before going to back to class. I stopped in at Wizards of the Coast and bought the D&D Starter Set and a box of figurines. I spent the second half of a school day walking around in a fake tuxedo with women's dress shoes and a Wizard's bag, thinking nothing of it. Looking back on it, I suspect it was right around that time my wicked bad self-consciousness asserted itself. Thinking about it, it's not hard to see why.
Post by: Grakelin on October 12, 2010, 06:09:46 pm
Ahaha.
I think you're doing it wrong.
Post by: Gunner-Chan on October 12, 2010, 06:10:51 pm
Post by: Ampersand on October 12, 2010, 06:15:54 pm
I make no bones about what books I read, because it's not about the Genre for me, it's about the voice of the author, the content and quality of the individual book.
I mean, come on, it's not like you're addicted to gay porn.
My guilty pleasures? Vacuous pop music.
Post by: Grakelin on October 12, 2010, 06:19:14 pm
Used moron. Just one for 8$.
Do you have a similar problem in your day to day life?
Post by: Gunner-Chan on October 12, 2010, 06:20:20 pm
Oddly though. I don't care about my honest porn addiction. I'm open about that.
Post by: Ampersand on October 12, 2010, 06:24:14 pm
The funny thing is I don't get mine in particular. If I had to say it probably was just peer pressure. I dunno about Scriver though.
Oddly though. I don't care about my honest porn addiction. I'm open about that.
Oh, so terribly open.
But really, get over it. Any friends you have who actually care about the genre of books you like aren't friends at all.
Post by: ToonyMan on October 12, 2010, 06:55:42 pm
Post by: darkrider2 on October 12, 2010, 07:01:54 pm
Post by: Ampersand on October 12, 2010, 07:10:08 pm
Watching anime.
As if you ever made any kind of effort to hide it from anyone ever.
Post by: ToonyMan on October 12, 2010, 07:12:10 pm
Post by: MetalSlimeHunt on October 12, 2010, 07:27:18 pm
Post by: sonerohi on October 12, 2010, 07:33:31 pm
Post by: ToonyMan on October 12, 2010, 07:39:13 pm
Post by: sonerohi on October 12, 2010, 07:48:11 pm
Post by: ToonyMan on October 12, 2010, 07:54:33 pm
I've heard of a mythical place called the Library. This is not a regular library. It is not for the public. It is for the knowledgable. It is glorious.Public computers.
:|
Post by: DeKaFu on October 12, 2010, 08:09:24 pm
Digimon. I was a HUGE Digimon fan when I was younger, especially once I discovered the Japanese side of the series. I imported a bunch of the devices and games, bought a Wonderswan just to play them. Copied out a few hundred LCD sprites from the D-terminal and D-scanner by hand for a fansite. I even created and co-ran a small online encyclopedia for a while. Not to mention the hours spent hunting down Japanese Digimon songs on WinMX to build up my collection of several hundred.
That was probably nearly a decade ago. And y'know what? I still think it's awesome, and still have all my old stuff lying around. I've been totally out of the loop with the fandom for years now, but I still listen to the music and play the games and all. And now that the D-arts figure line (http://www.hlj.com/product/BAN964583) is coming out I might be forced to start spending money on it again as well.
Nobody I know knows about this except my family and two or three close (internet) friends who were in with me from the start.
Post by: Itnetlolor on October 12, 2010, 08:34:24 pm
As for less silly (though not less of a) guilty pleasure, I would say cursing in anger or intentionally for personally-observed comedy (or basically, what I would find funny/entertaining) that makes such good use of cursing that it's a bull's-eye precision F strike. Reason cursing is a guilty pleasure for me is because I was essentially "the good kid" for a majority of my life, and the only times I cursed was by accident, or not initially knowing what the curse meant. Nowadays, I can easily hold on my own without cursing, and I'm proud of that, but letting off an F-bomb here and there at the right moments is rather relieving. Unusually though (back in the days of my social networking), I cursed near-regularly in some of my posts and updates, but it just doesn't hold the same appeal as speaking my mind uncensored. Problem with the actual vocally cursing, I am too polite to do it in front of people, but privately, I can make the most hardened person blush.
I suppose a perk for not cursing for so long in my life was that my wit gets sharper than a razor's edge and without having to resort to vulgarity in order to outwit someone. It's even more fun and funny if someone is cursing like mad at me, or there's an opportunity to snark or something like that, I just whip out a witty statement and outclass anyone that would have to resort to cursing to match my level of wits. At least that's sorta rewarding on it's own. And even so, if I were to resort to having to curse, it would just enhance my wit if used properly.
I think one other guilty pleasure I have is relaxing my mind enough to the point of turning into a total nutjob. But to put it in a way less disturbing, I let my inner-child take over for a moment. It is surprisingly relaxing, and most the time, I would resort to doing something nostalgic anyway, usually something involving old games or letting my imagination run wild. Don't worry, I do have limits to at least keep myself remotely normal to the common person. I know how I look when I do that, but it does make coming up with ideas and such much easier. Also coming up with ideas feels less like work, and more like play. I think I made what would seem like an entire universe made of my ideas, and somehow, it all worked perfectly. Total melting pot of ideas working with each other like a massive Rube Goldberg device in perpetual motion.
Sorta related to that, if my computer and TV aren't enough, I still use my environment (like using my desktop setup as a military base), toy cars and stuff that look like they would be ships and such, and if need be, my hands, to make my own little battle scenes and such, and play (or continue) a game I have running in my head. It's a shame I can't upload the kind of things I come up with and make it distributable. I mean, one little fantasy/Sci-Fi campaign I made up in the pocket-verse game, I managed to turn a mage's staff into a magic shotgun, and I use it to obliterate tanks, and fire lightning bolts as fighter jets and such. And in more RTS game-like setting I run in my head, I prove to myself time after time just how badass some of my designs are. I even used Bloodfist in a campaign, and it mopped the floor with a small army by scraping the ground with the bottom of it, clear-cutting the troops in a line, and the crossbowdwarves got the stragglers, while the ship was also sling-shooting itself around a bend taking advantage of the ballistae grappling hooks to swing around. Hearing the noises my mind comes up with these sort of things also makes me wish I could just download some of my thoughts on a machine more.
I guess to summarize all that, my true guilty pleasure is that I'm still a child at heart. I mean, I'm still the mature one when I need to be, but I still have childlike tendencies one time or another; at least when it wouldn't get in the way. It does make hanging out with my nieces and nephew a bit easier to do. Fortunately, my nephew has gotten me to play some classics one time or another again; at least with some games I wish I had a second player to join me in.
Post by: Nikov on October 12, 2010, 08:58:57 pm
Me. Enviromentalist.
Post by: Toady One on October 12, 2010, 09:00:16 pm
Post by: Criptfeind on October 12, 2010, 09:03:10 pm
Me. Enviromentalist.
Heh heh heh.
Post by: Nikov on October 12, 2010, 09:21:49 pm
Post by: MetalSlimeHunt on October 12, 2010, 09:28:08 pm
Post by: Criptfeind on October 12, 2010, 09:33:59 pm
I see you are off to the Out of Context thread. Very well.
Good idea.
Post by: FuzzyZergling on October 12, 2010, 09:54:53 pm
...Okay, I'm lying, that is not a guilty pleasure at all, as I love rubbing nerdiness into the fabric of space-time that I happen to occupy.
My real guilty pleasure is prefering subs over dubs, yet telling everyone that I am unbiased and that one is as good as the other, thus lying to them.
Post by: Yaaga on October 12, 2010, 09:57:45 pm
I'd probably start with my obsession with yuri anime/manga/fanfiction. While I'm rather open with it online no one I know IRL could even guess I have such a hobby as this - nor that I even have formulated a position on gays/lesbians. Except possibly my best friend across the street that I showed Strawberry Panic to for laughs, whole thing was comical really...
And *cough*lolis*cough* My favorite subset of anime characters, just for the "moe" value.
To round off the list, I'd have to say doujin, though of a more specific subset than just average porn.
Of course, none of these could be guilty pleasures depending on how we define it - if you hide it from pretty much everyone or just people you know in real life. Becauese if you talked to any of my good friends on Starcraft they'd be able to tell you that I enjoy all of these things, and probably some specifics besides depending on who they are.
Post by: Nikov on October 12, 2010, 10:07:57 pm
Of course, none of these could be guilty pleasures depending on how we define it - if you hide it from pretty much everyone or just people you know in real life. Becauese if you talked to any of my good friends on Starcraft they'd be able to tell you that I enjoy all of these things, and probably some specifics besides depending on who they are.
That's it. Pick up that soccer ball, go outside, and make some new friends. Saying you have friends on Battle.net is like saying you've got girlfriends at a crack house.
Guilty pleasure? Making fun of people in a way that I don't intend to be offensive, yet have learned from experience will be taken as such. Sweet, sweet nicotine of spite.
Post by: Aqizzar on October 12, 2010, 10:12:13 pm
That's it. Pick up that soccer ball, go outside, and make some new friends. Saying you have friends on Battle.net is like saying you've got girlfriends at a crack house.
Just for clarification, would you say penpals aren't real friends either? I'm actually curious where that falls with people, since it's pretty rare in the modern world.
Post by: ToonyMan on October 12, 2010, 10:14:24 pm
Post by: Duke 2.0 on October 12, 2010, 10:17:26 pm
I'm sure I would become friends with someone if they held a soccer ball in their hands.*Stares at the football in my hands*
Fuck.
But yeah, Nightwish. I don't know why i like them, I don't know why I get a feeling that this is strange or something. But that feeling is never shaked no matter how much I think about it. That and Celtic rock.
Post by: Gunner-Chan on October 12, 2010, 10:18:06 pm
Post by: Realmfighter on October 12, 2010, 10:19:27 pm
Post by: ToonyMan on October 12, 2010, 10:20:05 pm
Post by: Gunner-Chan on October 12, 2010, 10:20:29 pm
Post by: MetalSlimeHunt on October 12, 2010, 10:21:55 pm
Post by: Realmfighter on October 12, 2010, 10:22:48 pm
(No)
Post by: Criptfeind on October 12, 2010, 10:23:07 pm
Post by: Grakelin on October 12, 2010, 10:23:51 pm
That's it. Pick up that soccer ball, go outside, and make some new friends. Saying you have friends on Battle.net is like saying you've got girlfriends at a crack house.
Just for clarification, would you say penpals aren't real friends either? I'm actually curious where that falls with people, since it's pretty rare in the modern world.
Theoretically, we are all pen pals.
Post by: Realmfighter on October 12, 2010, 10:24:19 pm
Post by: Hawkfrost on October 12, 2010, 10:26:22 pm
The swordfighting is a bit embarrassing too.
You try and tell yourself you don't care what other people think, but you reach the point where you have to admit you do.
EDIT:What a rush of comments while I was typing. I must be really slow.
Post by: Gunner-Chan on October 12, 2010, 10:27:20 pm
You try and tell yourself you don't care what other people think, but you reach the point where you have to admit you do.
I'm trying to remove that part of myself. With a scalpel if necessary.
Post by: Grakelin on October 12, 2010, 10:28:52 pm
Also, watch 'Being Erica'. That show is all about this kind of thing. Soooo gooooooooood.
Post by: Realmfighter on October 12, 2010, 10:30:10 pm
Post by: Gunner-Chan on October 12, 2010, 10:30:48 pm
Post by: Yaaga on October 12, 2010, 10:32:47 pm
Pseudo-Sexual lusting after Touhou characters is my guilty pleasure.
Add this to my list of guilty pleasures, though include various anime characters in there too. Also, I too find my online friends to be important - even if they're almost my "only" friends. There are quite honestly a fair few people I miss because they've dissapeared/would miss if they did. I can think of one friend in particular I've had for about 5 years now on SC, if you can't call someone like that a friend who can you call a friend? Hell, he just bought me a birthday present, a small one yes but he spent $10 to get me Minecraft.
Post by: Nikov on October 12, 2010, 10:33:43 pm
That's it. Pick up that soccer ball, go outside, and make some new friends. Saying you have friends on Battle.net is like saying you've got girlfriends at a crack house.
Just for clarification, would you say penpals aren't real friends either? I'm actually curious where that falls with people, since it's pretty rare in the modern world.
I believe you've misunderstood me. It is not that I think you cannot have friends on the internet, but that you cannot have friends in certain corners of it anymore than you can frolic in the waves with sharks while bleeding. All the little bumps and nudges by their snouts aren't really playful.
Post by: ToonyMan on October 12, 2010, 10:34:42 pm
beep
Post by: Grakelin on October 12, 2010, 10:38:05 pm
CANADIAN SHOWS FUCK YEAH.
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Post by: ein on October 12, 2010, 10:41:26 pm
My RL friends know about the whole incest, yuri, and Touhou stuff.
Hell, I even managed to get a few of them hooked on Touhou through Hisoutensoku.
I think the entire Touhou fanbase at my school is a direct result of me spreading the plague.
Post by: Realmfighter on October 12, 2010, 10:41:51 pm
Being from Canada, FUCK YEAH.
Post by: Nikov on October 12, 2010, 10:42:22 pm
Aqizzar is at work right now, please leave any comments you have after the beep.
beep
YOU ARE THE MAN WHO ARRANGES THE BLOCKS...
*click*
Post by: MetalSlimeHunt on October 12, 2010, 10:43:11 pm
beepAqizzar...Aqizzar lis*crack*AH!Listen to me! The deal in Panama went south, if you don't send someone to help us I swear I'll call Vinny to plan some posthumous revenge for th*crack*OHGODMYHANDthiswholethingwasasetuphelpusyousonofa-*beep Message Length Reached-Next Message-*
Post by: Criptfeind on October 12, 2010, 10:43:30 pm
I really must start to protest this now. This forum is not the place to talk about your fetishes.
Post by: Realmfighter on October 12, 2010, 10:44:16 pm
Post by: Nikov on October 12, 2010, 10:44:33 pm
Post by: ein on October 12, 2010, 10:45:47 pm
I have extensive knowledge of how to tie people up.
But again, not really a guilty pleasure because my friends know this to be true.
Post by: Realmfighter on October 12, 2010, 10:47:54 pm
That tels you all you need to know about my fetishs.
Post by: Gunner-Chan on October 12, 2010, 10:48:37 pm
OR IS IT
(http://i51.tinypic.com/wjuyb.png)
Post by: Realmfighter on October 12, 2010, 10:49:56 pm
I am disappoint son.
Post by: Criptfeind on October 12, 2010, 10:50:42 pm
OR IS IT
No. That sorta stuff killed VN if I am not mistaken. (Slightly before my time so I may be.)
Post by: Gunner-Chan on October 12, 2010, 10:51:16 pm
She's hungry. Anyway yeah lets not let this get too out of hand. :P
Post by: Hawkfrost on October 12, 2010, 10:51:59 pm
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
I'm starting to think she has a reserve of images for this.
Post by: Yaaga on October 12, 2010, 10:55:10 pm
OR IS IT
No. That sorta stuff killed VN if I am not mistaken. (Slightly before my time so I may be.)
Well, my memory isn't perfect however I believe it was more the act of posting quantifiable pictures of our fetishes was more what got it nuked out of existance. Such as the yuri vs.... hell, what WAS that war about? I don't even remember now, just that I never contributed much for my yuri brethren. At any rate we shouldn't go too too far... a modicum of self control does wonders to not getting the overlords angry at us.
As for the images, it can't take that long to photoshop Hey Realmfighter~~~~ onto a Touhou picture which I'm sure Janet has a massive supply of.
Post by: ein on October 12, 2010, 10:56:38 pm
Post by: Criptfeind on October 12, 2010, 10:59:54 pm
Well, my memory isn't perfect however I believe it was more the act of posting quantifiable pictures of our fetishes was more what got it nuked out of existance. Such as the yuri vs.... hell, what WAS that war about? I don't even remember now, just that I never contributed much for my yuri brethren. At any rate we shouldn't go too too far... a modicum of self control does wonders to not getting the overlords angry at us.
Yer. When you guys start talking fetishes and posting risky pictures. (Admittedly not very) I just worry about a slippy slope.
Post by: Yaaga on October 12, 2010, 11:03:58 pm
Post by: Grakelin on October 12, 2010, 11:10:55 pm
EDIT:
(http://wekekek.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/yuri-gagarin-in-space.jpg)
Oh, okay. I see why you like this. He's a guy to look up to.
Post by: Realmfighter on October 12, 2010, 11:11:53 pm
Room must be private first.
Post by: ein on October 12, 2010, 11:17:06 pm
Post by: Cthulhu on October 12, 2010, 11:18:33 pm
What is Yuri?
EDIT:
(http://wekekek.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/yuri-gagarin-in-space.jpg)
Oh, okay. I see why you like this. He's a guy to look up to.
No.
No.
No more of this. Goodness.
Post by: Grakelin on October 12, 2010, 11:18:41 pm
Post by: Nikov on October 12, 2010, 11:25:42 pm
That's totally my wife and I. We love that show and completely forget what we were supposed to be doing with our 'babies are sleeping' time when its on.
Post by: Lofn on October 12, 2010, 11:35:25 pm
Post by: Grakelin on October 12, 2010, 11:42:29 pm
http://forum.cojawfee.com//index.php/topic,1253.0.html
Post by: Cthulhu on October 12, 2010, 11:44:38 pm
Post by: Ø on October 12, 2010, 11:50:25 pm
Post by: Grakelin on October 12, 2010, 11:50:42 pm
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/LC3X5PeGXqcgnny61xEAOAPao1_400.gif)
Post by: Cthulhu on October 13, 2010, 12:28:19 am
Post by: Nikov on October 13, 2010, 12:59:04 am
Never share images of your SO in a thread regarding kinks.
Post by: Retro on October 13, 2010, 01:02:06 am
Also holy shit that image just moved dude that is freaky
Post by: Jackrabbit on October 13, 2010, 01:27:42 am
My love of landscapes painted by German Romanticists? Maybe I just don't tell anyone because it's kinda boring to talk about and I know shit all about it except the pictures look nice.
Post by: Nikov on October 13, 2010, 01:44:32 am
Sadly, shit-on-canvas isn't so much a derogatory term as a technical description.
Post by: Jackrabbit on October 13, 2010, 01:50:27 am
I also hate Impressionism and Picasso's work. Aw yis, art snob inna house.
Post by: Jackrabbit on October 13, 2010, 02:43:53 am
e: Oh God, second double post ever!
I feel dirty.
Post by: ed boy on October 13, 2010, 03:07:10 am
Post by: Retro on October 13, 2010, 03:08:20 am
I have an addiction to cotton swabs (Q-tips to you yanks).
Actually, yeah, this applies to me too. They're fun, I don't know.
Post by: ed boy on October 13, 2010, 03:10:42 am
Post by: Medicine Man on October 13, 2010, 03:16:47 am
Do you get the thing where if you go more than a few days without any, your ear feels really gunked up?Yeah.
Post by: Duke 2.0 on October 13, 2010, 03:17:41 am
Spoiler: Hubba hubba! (click to show/hide)
Post by: Medicine Man on October 13, 2010, 03:18:40 am
Post by: Cheeetar on October 13, 2010, 03:39:53 am
Post by: Aqizzar on October 13, 2010, 04:19:47 am
Aqizzar is at work right now, please leave any comments you have after the beep.BEEP
YOU ARE THE MAN WHO ARRANGES THE BLOCKS...BEEP
Aqizzar...Aqizzar lis*crack*AH!Listen to me! The deal in Panama went south, if you don't send someone to help us I swear I'll call Vinny to plan some posthumous revenge for th*crack*OHGODMYHANDthiswholethingwasasetuphelpusyousonofa-*beep Message Length Reached-Next Message-*BEEP
NO NEW MESSAGES
Dammit, why do I never get any news I want to hear? You people are burning up my minutes.
Just for clarification, would you say penpals aren't real friends either? I'm actually curious where that falls with people, since it's pretty rare in the modern world.I believe you've misunderstood me. It is not that I think you cannot have friends on the internet, but that you cannot have friends in certain corners of it anymore than you can frolic in the waves with sharks while bleeding. All the little bumps and nudges by their snouts aren't really playful.
If I understand you and your analogy now, and I think I do, it's that "friends" on the Internet are inherently less genuine than friends in person, not because they don't exist or anything, but because they don't have your best interests in mind, to put the whole thing in stark terms. Aside from how hilarious it is to posit that people who interact with you in person are inherently more honestly friendly than people who can only write messages, I think you're forgetting that not everyone online is as spiteful and antagonistic as you admit to taking a guilty pleasure in being.
Buck up friendo, we're all on the level here.
Post by: Ampersand on October 13, 2010, 05:55:19 am
What is Yuri?
EDIT:
(http://wekekek.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/yuri-gagarin-in-space.jpg)
Oh, okay. I see why you like this. He's a guy to look up to.
HEY!
....
That was my joke...
In a thread a long time ago...
That I think Janet started...
Post by: Rose on October 13, 2010, 07:29:40 am
uh....
browsing BE stuff on deviant art.
Post by: KaguroDraven on October 13, 2010, 07:32:55 am
Post by: Duke 2.0 on October 13, 2010, 09:12:04 am
Somebody needs to build an active volcano inside a fortress inside an active volcano.I still very much intend to fulfill this one day. I shall, I just hope I'll be able to dredge this link back up when I do.
I suppose I have an odd liking to waiting for time to pass while traveling. I suppose I've had to wait for so many things for such long periods of time that I have grown used to it, so not really caring that I'm wasting time waiting has become a habit and perhaps even a pleasure.
Post by: Akura on October 13, 2010, 09:33:45 am
And, The Sims 3...
Spoiler: Because of (NSFW) screenshots like this (click to show/hide)
Also, candy.
Also, Janet. I keep forgetting how incredibly awesome she is.
Post by: Bauglir on October 13, 2010, 09:58:45 am
Post by: Nikov on October 13, 2010, 10:09:03 am
If I understand you and your analogy now, and I think I do, it's that "friends" on the Internet are inherently less genuine than friends in person, not because they don't exist or anything, but because they don't have your best interests in mind, to put the whole thing in stark terms. Aside from how hilarious it is to posit that people who interact with you in person are inherently more honestly friendly than people who can only write messages, I think you're forgetting that not everyone online is as spiteful and antagonistic as you admit to taking a guilty pleasure in being.
Buck up friendo, we're all on the level here.
You're still not getting it. Have you been on Battle.net? Not the internet. You can have friends on the internet. But on a 'hardcore' RTS matchmaking client. I'd get banned just for posting logs of the sort of "conversations" which occur there. Like every two minutes a new 14 year old snot who thinks 4chan is the coolest thing since YouTube decides to do his nazi impersonation. Then every teenager who recently learned pornographic terms experiment in new and creative ways to curse with them. Its hell. Its a boiling cauldron of feces. You do not make friends there.
Post by: Yaaga on October 13, 2010, 10:23:29 am
If I understand you and your analogy now, and I think I do, it's that "friends" on the Internet are inherently less genuine than friends in person, not because they don't exist or anything, but because they don't have your best interests in mind, to put the whole thing in stark terms. Aside from how hilarious it is to posit that people who interact with you in person are inherently more honestly friendly than people who can only write messages, I think you're forgetting that not everyone online is as spiteful and antagonistic as you admit to taking a guilty pleasure in being.
Buck up friendo, we're all on the level here.
You're still not getting it. Have you been on Battle.net? Not the internet. You can have friends on the internet. But on a 'hardcore' RTS matchmaking client. I'd get banned just for posting logs of the sort of "conversations" which occur there. Like every two minutes a new 14 year old snot who thinks 4chan is the coolest thing since YouTube decides to do his nazi impersonation. Then every teenager who recently learned pornographic terms experiment in new and creative ways to curse with them. Its hell. Its a boiling cauldron of feces. You do not make friends there.
I contest this. I will admit, a fair portion of the population of battle.net is raving morons. I try and play a nice game of Anime Trivia and oftentimes I end up with nothing but a bunch of Narutards (No offense to anyone that lkes the anime, I mean in the sense it's their only known anime), or people that don't even know what anime is, or people that join just to say "WEEABOS SUCK!!" and then leave promptly. I can't teach 99% of the people that join my Touhou Arena matches a thing because they're too stupid to read a few lines of text and learn the directions taught therein. And for the love of god don't get me started on Type Moon Arena, the day I teach anyone to play that map pigs will fly. HOWEVER. Amongst all these morons and idiots I couldn't care less about there are quite a few cool people, people that can out-argue me (Which while not a major accomplishment, it would require a normal IQ and a dash of common sense if I know what I'm talking about), people I can hold discussions on anime with, people that are genuinely fun to hang out with. Of course, it seems you're talking mostly about the melee circuit which could easily have a much higher moron concentration, I can't be sure. I prefer UMS myself.
Post by: Gunner-Chan on October 13, 2010, 11:06:12 am
Post by: Nikov on October 13, 2010, 11:58:11 am
Post by: Cthulhu on October 13, 2010, 12:04:01 pm
Post by: KaguroDraven on October 13, 2010, 12:05:45 pm
It isn't any less possible to make friends on Battle.net. You just have to wade through more retards. Play custom games, it's not quite as bad (Still bad, but not quite)It's worse if you play DOTA games >.> But other than that it isn't THAT much harder than the rest of the internet.
Post by: nenjin on October 13, 2010, 12:14:31 pm
Quote
My guilty pleasure is cracking my knuckles and various other body parts.
Oh yeah, this is a big one. Loves me some 10 digits going pop at a time, I've scared people doing it.
Post by: KaguroDraven on October 13, 2010, 12:20:10 pm
Post by: Akura on October 13, 2010, 12:35:07 pm
Post by: Leafsnail on October 13, 2010, 12:42:13 pm
You try and tell yourself you don't care what other people think, but you reach the point where you have to admit you do.This is exactly why I have a meta-personality who says "Damn, you're overthinking this, dude". Basically, most of the people who judge me badly aren't the kindof people I want to be friends with anyway.
I believe you've misunderstood me. It is not that I think you cannot have friends on the internet, but that you cannot have friends in certain corners of it anymore than you can frolic in the waves with sharks while bleeding. All the little bumps and nudges by their snouts aren't really playful.I'd say the same about certain acquiaintances of real life (especially sports "friends").
You guys creep me the fuck out.You see a thread titled "Guilty Pleasures" and are then surprised to find sexual stuff within?
I really must start to protest this now. This forum is not the place to talk about your fetishes.
As for the Yuri Gagarin joke, I'm pretty sure that was made immediately after the term was coined. Or possibly even at the same time.
Post by: nenjin on October 13, 2010, 12:44:56 pm
Post by: smigenboger on October 13, 2010, 12:58:50 pm
(Two more paychecks away!)
Post by: Euld on October 13, 2010, 04:42:10 pm
It's odd how people find cracking your knuckles, or your neck, or anything else really, disturbing.I find it odd how people think it isn't disturbing o_O I can't really explain how it's disturbing to me, it just is. Though I suspect it may have to do with Worf snapping Jem'hadar necks on a regular basis in Deep Space 9...
Post by: Itnetlolor on October 13, 2010, 05:29:01 pm
It's odd how people find cracking your knuckles, or your neck, or anything else really, disturbing.I think it gets to the tolerance threshold to certain people when I find ways to time my crackings to be annoying, or to add to the weirdness factor (or stealth if done well enough) be able to crack my neck and arms and such without having to use my hands for leverage and such. Probably the most interesting kind of joint crack has to be the heel/ankle, inner thigh, or shoulder joints. If done well enough, or taken your time for it to build up, you can get a really loud *POP* made that can be heard across a room. There's also getting all 10 fingers to crack at the same time. It's like hearing bubble-wrap pop.
And BTW, holy crap with the last few pages. What the hell was going on there?
EDIT:
I see...
Post by: Realmfighter on October 13, 2010, 05:29:53 pm
Nothing at all
Post by: FuzzyZergling on October 13, 2010, 05:36:22 pm
Styrofoam.
Post by: Itnetlolor on October 13, 2010, 05:43:42 pm
You know what creeps me out?Because you can never truly dispose of it, and it's found just about anywhere?
Styrofoam.
Post by: Realmfighter on October 13, 2010, 05:45:00 pm
And i'm okay with that
Post by: Eagleon on October 13, 2010, 07:10:01 pm
Post by: Criptfeind on October 13, 2010, 08:49:03 pm
You see a thread titled "Guilty Pleasures" and are then surprised to find sexual stuff within?
I am not surprised, I was just hopeful I would not.
Edit: Oh god, I am about ten pages back on the happy thread. What the hell are you people doing to these forums?
Post by: KaguroDraven on October 13, 2010, 09:08:02 pm
Post by: Realmfighter on October 13, 2010, 09:10:25 pm
That actually works without editing.
Post by: KaguroDraven on October 13, 2010, 09:11:12 pm
Post by: Criptfeind on October 13, 2010, 09:11:53 pm
I feel like my flirting with Realmfighter played a part in loosening some of the standards on this forum and now I am regretting it. I am going to blame myself if this turns bad, even though I know any part I had in it is inconsequential.
I am most likely being paranoid anyway.
Post by: Realmfighter on October 13, 2010, 09:12:47 pm
Wow why do I keep posting in bible verses.
Post by: KaguroDraven on October 13, 2010, 09:13:51 pm
Ashes to ashes, shit to shit.Ashes to Ashes, Bones to Paste, Wither away in your resting place. Eturnity in a wooden case, We all fall down.
Wow why do I keep posting in bible verses.
....wait thats from a song >.> nvm
Post by: Realmfighter on October 13, 2010, 09:15:59 pm
Post by: KaguroDraven on October 13, 2010, 09:17:13 pm
Post by: Realmfighter on October 13, 2010, 09:18:42 pm
No true love for you.
Post by: KaguroDraven on October 13, 2010, 09:20:48 pm
Post by: Ø on October 13, 2010, 11:52:15 pm
Post by: hexedmagica on October 14, 2010, 12:29:38 am
Post by: Vector on October 15, 2010, 03:26:28 am
Call it my personal crutch or weird hobby, but I love it. The odd similes. The differing experiences. The potential for grandiosity and paranoia.
I don't know why, but I tend to write about severely messed-up individuals as a rule. Generally, I just write away and hope no one notices the trend. Personal favorites are narcissism, guilt, obsession, and blindness.
Post by: Medicine Man on October 15, 2010, 03:27:50 am
Post by: ECrownofFire on October 15, 2010, 05:37:26 am
I love writing stories about crazy people."Why are you poets so fascinated with madmen?"
Call it my personal crutch or weird hobby, but I love it. The odd similes. The differing experiences. The potential for grandiosity and paranoia.
I don't know why, but I tend to write about severely messed-up individuals as a rule. Generally, I just write away and hope no one notices the trend. Personal favorites are narcissism, guilt, obsession, and blindness.
(If anybody gets this reference, I will be surprised. Just as a note, the writer of this was probably referring to writers in general, not just poets. Actually, the person that this quote was directed at was a playwright, not a poet.)
Post by: Grakelin on October 15, 2010, 04:54:29 pm
Post by: KaguroDraven on October 15, 2010, 05:01:14 pm
Post by: nenjin on October 15, 2010, 05:04:01 pm
Post by: KaguroDraven on October 15, 2010, 05:08:11 pm
Post by: Rooster on October 15, 2010, 06:29:12 pm
and extreme dinosaurs, and godzilla, and D&D, and anime, and KoRn (How does it mix with lady GaGa?).
I'm a hated enough person in my hometown already
Post by: subject name here on October 16, 2010, 09:31:24 am
the more bizarre the crossover the better.
Post by: Medicine Man on October 16, 2010, 09:33:50 am
That really makes me worry for my sanity.
Post by: KaguroDraven on October 16, 2010, 09:34:22 am
Post by: blackmagechill on November 04, 2010, 09:27:43 pm
I feel guilty about doing http://knowyourmeme.com/ (http://knowyourmeme.com/) that. I read and catalog these...things and I tell myself it's for psychological research, but I know I'm lying. The internet in general is something I'm ashamed of doing, like I would deny that this was my screen name, or that I joined bay12 to hell and back. But It's a hell of a lot easier to type than to actually talk (or it used to, now it's kind of equalizing out for me.), now isn't it? Oh, and there's tvtropes, RM* games, crawl, and pokemanz (ha, I will get my hands on a copy of the new game, even if I enter high-school the year it comes out [Flashkit bitches!])
Post by: Argembarger on November 05, 2010, 10:46:20 am
One of my guilty pleasures is studying martial arts, but only because I'm at a very low rank. I definitely keep my practicing private/semi-private so no one makes fun of my utter lack of skill.
Runescape, kind of. I used to be hopelessly addicted, about 8 years ago. My character's still there, I know the password, and sometimes, when I am weak and susceptible, the siren song of absolute mindless repetitive skill grinding calls out to me. I'd log on, do something repetitive for about an hour to get my fix, then log off and pretend it never happened.
I don't play any MMORPGs of a higher quality than that because I am fully aware that something like WoW could consume and ruin my life if I tried it. Although I did have a Silkroad Online stint for a while.
Fantasy is kind of a guilty pleasure, but it's less about the genre in general and more about particular works. For instance, I really enjoy The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan, but I realize in some circles I should keep that information tightly concealed.
And finally, DF is a guilty pleasure, but only because my RL friends are sick and tired of me talking about it. Haha.
Post by: KaguroDraven on November 05, 2010, 10:49:35 am
>.> <.< *coughs*asfvneaoevnqeknvqpokegirlsfnasocnkwqvonwv*coughs*
Post by: Realmfighter on November 05, 2010, 12:37:44 pm
Post by: IronyOwl on November 05, 2010, 12:50:00 pm
Post by: Errol on November 05, 2010, 12:51:48 pm
- Touhou Project, specifically an unhealthy appreciation for the character of Fujiwara no Mokou and the incredibly obscure spinoff games. And fanworks of the Project generally.
- The archetypical Children's Collectible Card Game, namely Yu-Gi-Oh!. I even sometimes buy the little packets for no reason other than to test my luck. I help my luck along a bit, so I usually get a really shiny piece of cardboard out of the deal.
- Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt. That's all. Other animes a lesser amount (I pretty much watched 140-ish episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds, so um yeah)
- Pokemon, except that everybody does.
- Being very inappropiate and random in RL. When appropiate.
- Completely average fantasy novels. I really don't know why.
Post by: Realmfighter on November 05, 2010, 12:55:48 pm
Post by: ToonyMan on November 05, 2010, 12:56:18 pm
Gelbooru.D:
At least, Ghostbusters!
Post by: The Merchant Of Menace on November 05, 2010, 03:22:41 pm
Post by: FuzzyZergling on November 05, 2010, 07:52:01 pm
Werehog still sucks though.
Post by: AntiAntiMatter on November 26, 2010, 06:42:38 pm
Post by: Itnetlolor on November 26, 2010, 11:31:28 pm
I'm obsessed with DnD, despite the fact that I don't play and never have.Try having a bunch of RPG motivational posters making references mostly to tabletop RPGs, and enjoying them to the point of wanting to play them, but due to a lack of experience (and a lack of interested people to try one out; and probably a lack of time to enjoy one as well, and all those rulebooks and all those rules...) be too intimidated to play one.
Didn't stop me from attempting to screw around with some excel documents and a GURPS Character Sheet (http://sourceforge.net/projects/gcs-java/) thing to make myself some characters.
But anyway, I've got one hell of a collection of RPG.net motivational posters, and I don't think it's a complete collection. I wish someone archived the entire gallery (all, maybe 5-7 threads of them) and made a torrent of it (They got so big, and had so many submissions, the forum got DDos'd). That insanity was way too entertaining, and it's a shame DownThemAll! wasn't around at the time (or maybe it was, and it was a bunch of downloading the posters simultaneously that crashed it).
Post by: AntiAntiMatter on November 26, 2010, 11:49:12 pm
I'm obsessed with DnD, despite the fact that I don't play and never have.Try having a bunch of RPG motivational posters making references mostly to tabletop RPGs, and enjoying them to the point of wanting to play them, but due to a lack of experience (and a lack of interested people to try one out; and probably a lack of time to enjoy one as well, and all those rulebooks and all those rules...) be too intimidated to play one.
Didn't stop me from attempting to screw around with some excel documents and a GURPS Character Sheet (http://sourceforge.net/projects/gcs-java/) thing to make myself some characters.
But anyway, I've got one hell of a collection of RPG.net motivational posters, and I don't think it's a complete collection. I wish someone archived the entire gallery (all, maybe 5-7 threads of them) and made a torrent of it (They got so big, and had so many submissions, the forum got DDos'd). That insanity was way too entertaining, and it's a shame DownThemAll! wasn't around at the time (or maybe it was, and it was a bunch of downloading the posters simultaneously that crashed it).
More or less my exact situation, except without the motivational posters. Glad to find I'm not alone in this.
Post by: Itnetlolor on November 27, 2010, 12:16:02 am
I think GURPS especially held my attention as a game I wanted to play, just due to how customizable that game can get. I already have a recurring universe riunning in my head. Think of it like TVTropes: The Universe. That, except with what I was already a fan of at the time with a few sprinkles of my imagination and etc. that I combined to make my universe more unique, and to make things even more screwed up, some rules of reality apply, but according to certain conditions. Okay, make it more like a sick blend of Garry's Mod meets TvTropes on steroids, and imagined by a child's mind, and this universe matured to adulthood, along with the child that first developed it (and of course Earth is essentially still a "punching bag" planet, and is a focus of where most-everything else happens), and modded by just about anyone. You can even say the universe I came up with is essentially this universe's alter-ego I nickname the "Second Nature", named after how everything there is taken after a few moments living (or more like survived) there. So to put it, this universe tends to operate on "Rule of Cool" alot, and has a Calvinball Rule System. Even Cthulhu's mind would break trying to comprehend it all at once, and God and the devil would shed a tear at the sheer awesomeness of it all.I'm obsessed with DnD, despite the fact that I don't play and never have.Try having a bunch of RPG motivational posters making references mostly to tabletop RPGs, and enjoying them to the point of wanting to play them, but due to a lack of experience (and a lack of interested people to try one out; and probably a lack of time to enjoy one as well, and all those rulebooks and all those rules...) be too intimidated to play one.
Didn't stop me from attempting to screw around with some excel documents and a GURPS Character Sheet (http://sourceforge.net/projects/gcs-java/) thing to make myself some characters.
But anyway, I've got one hell of a collection of RPG.net motivational posters, and I don't think it's a complete collection. I wish someone archived the entire gallery (all, maybe 5-7 threads of them) and made a torrent of it (They got so big, and had so many submissions, the forum got DDos'd). That insanity was way too entertaining, and it's a shame DownThemAll! wasn't around at the time (or maybe it was, and it was a bunch of downloading the posters simultaneously that crashed it).
More or less my exact situation, except without the motivational posters. Glad to find I'm not alone in this.
As downright insane as the entire universe (or multi-meta-verse more like) is, somehow it just works. The MST3k mantra is your friend if you want to save SAN points here. Just... don't try to figure it all out.
Tech level in this game is a standard Top-Class: Anything Goes. And "Anything Goes" is sorta standard there as well (let's say, just about anything I came up with or sketched would be able to somehow exist; The Bloodfist can actually exist there too, crewed by dwarves in Warhammer 40k armor using slingshots that fire quantum singularities (then again, maybe that's a little too over-the-top)). More or less, it makes an interesting ground for all kinds of interesting stories/quests. One quest that I remember coming up with was something along the lines of "Zodiac Slaying". Simply think of it as a combination of Shadow of the Colossus meets Evangeliion, except against colossal creatures that look like the creatures the Zodaic symbols represent (except twisted in a way to make Nintendo Hard look easy). Have fun against Scorpio, Taurus, Pisces, or the Gemini twins. Scorpio alone is at least the size of a city. And just because they're big, doesn't mean they have to be slow.
EDIT:
Another possibility crafted in this alternate 'verse.
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Post by: gamergeek on November 27, 2010, 12:26:47 am
Post by: fqllve on November 27, 2010, 12:34:30 am
I'm obsessed with DnD, despite the fact that I don't play and never have.
Have you at least played any games based on the ruleset? Like NWN?
Post by: Vector on November 27, 2010, 04:48:50 am
Post by: The Merchant Of Menace on November 27, 2010, 04:49:47 am
Post by: Vector on November 27, 2010, 04:57:53 am
I prefer for my monsters to be, monstrous.
Yup, but monsters with complex personalities tend to be more... interesting. The softer side is kind of necessary for squeeing. Otherwise, I end up going "Ooh awesome yay okay he ripped someone else's head off... yeah, this is boring. You should not be the focus of this story."
I guess that what I'm saying is that stories with monsters are always great (I like traditional Japanese spirits in particular for pure terror value), but as characters I prefer their inhumanity to be in question. It adds more tension. I am of course also speaking of human characters with monstrous personality traits.
Meh. I should really get around to working my way through Lovecraft.
Post by: lordnincompoop on November 27, 2010, 05:06:17 am
Post by: MrWiggles on November 27, 2010, 05:10:01 am
Drawn Together, would be a recent and current one. Then there is Crayon Shin Chan!
Uh... I suppose any show that popularizes a woo. I watch them for the same reason why some folks listen to political talk radio. It gives me a reason to be pissed off and superior and smart about a subject.
It used to be Ghost Hunters. That was fun. Some woo shows I can't watch for their unethical basis. Like Psychic Kids. That shows sicken and worries me greatly.
Post by: fqllve on November 27, 2010, 05:12:21 am
I read textbooks and enjoy reading them. :-\
Learning is awesome!
That really shouldn't be a guilty pleasure. But maybe I just feel like that because I'm the same way.
Post by: AntiAntiMatter on November 27, 2010, 10:48:36 am
I think GURPS especially held my attention as a game I wanted to play, just due to how customizable that game can get. I already have a recurring universe riunning in my head. Think of it like TVTropes: The Universe. That, except with what I was already a fan of at the time with a few sprinkles of my imagination and etc. that I combined to make my universe more unique, and to make things even more screwed up, some rules of reality apply, but according to certain conditions. Okay, make it more like a sick blend of Garry's Mod meets TvTropes on steroids, and imagined by a child's mind, and this universe matured to adulthood, along with the child that first developed it (and of course Earth is essentially still a "punching bag" planet, and is a focus of where most-everything else happens), and modded by just about anyone. You can even say the universe I came up with is essentially this universe's alter-ego I nickname the "Second Nature", named after how everything there is taken after a few moments living (or more like survived) there. So to put it, this universe tends to operate on "Rule of Cool" alot, and has a Calvinball Rule System. Even Cthulhu's mind would break trying to comprehend it all at once, and God and the devil would shed a tear at the sheer awesomeness of it all.I'm obsessed with DnD, despite the fact that I don't play and never have.Try having a bunch of RPG motivational posters making references mostly to tabletop RPGs, and enjoying them to the point of wanting to play them, but due to a lack of experience (and a lack of interested people to try one out; and probably a lack of time to enjoy one as well, and all those rulebooks and all those rules...) be too intimidated to play one.
Didn't stop me from attempting to screw around with some excel documents and a GURPS Character Sheet (http://sourceforge.net/projects/gcs-java/) thing to make myself some characters.
But anyway, I've got one hell of a collection of RPG.net motivational posters, and I don't think it's a complete collection. I wish someone archived the entire gallery (all, maybe 5-7 threads of them) and made a torrent of it (They got so big, and had so many submissions, the forum got DDos'd). That insanity was way too entertaining, and it's a shame DownThemAll! wasn't around at the time (or maybe it was, and it was a bunch of downloading the posters simultaneously that crashed it).
More or less my exact situation, except without the motivational posters. Glad to find I'm not alone in this.
As downright insane as the entire universe (or multi-meta-verse more like) is, somehow it just works. The MST3k mantra is your friend if you want to save SAN points here. Just... don't try to figure it all out.
Tech level in this game is a standard Top-Class: Anything Goes. And "Anything Goes" is sorta standard there as well (let's say, just about anything I came up with or sketched would be able to somehow exist; The Bloodfist can actually exist there too, crewed by dwarves in Warhammer 40k armor using slingshots that fire quantum singularities (then again, maybe that's a little too over-the-top)). More or less, it makes an interesting ground for all kinds of interesting stories/quests. One quest that I remember coming up with was something along the lines of "Zodiac Slaying". Simply think of it as a combination of Shadow of the Colossus meets Evangeliion, except against colossal creatures that look like the creatures the Zodaic symbols represent (except twisted in a way to make Nintendo Hard look easy). Have fun against Scorpio, Taurus, Pisces, or the Gemini twins. Scorpio alone is at least the size of a city. And just because they're big, doesn't mean they have to be slow.
EDIT:
Another possibility crafted in this alternate 'verse.These fellas do exist and they spit hot caramel or molten toffee at you, and a demonic Willy Wonka expy farms them in his chocolate factory from Hell (both a potential Big Bad, and That One Dungeon). Kill them by eating their cherry-flavored heart. Or make jam out of them, whatever suits your taste. They also melt in your mouth, not by your hand (bite attacks are especially effective if they're warm, far less effective if cold). The place is also guarded by ferocious chocolate rabbits. Oompa-Loompas are also a nasty bunch to deal with as well. Dog-type familiars are completely helpless/useless here (basically, this is a suicide mission for those poor mutts).Spoiler (click to show/hide)
That is incredibly awesome, you should write that down and publish it, if possible.
Post by: MirrorIrorriM on November 27, 2010, 11:04:05 am
Post by: Tellemurius on November 27, 2010, 11:25:33 am
Post by: KaguroDraven on November 27, 2010, 01:29:24 pm
. . . I only discovered this recently, but monsters with a softer side (particularly overly-serious ones) and redemption stories. I'm a total sucker for both, especially when combined.I enjoy this and it's opposite actuilly. I once had a book planned that took place in a rather cliche fantasy setting, Elves, Humans, Dwarves, being the 'good' guys, every other race being evil or something. In the story the main character, an orc, would show the world from the point of view of the 'monsters', how they only pillaged villages for food becouse the land they lived on had few animals and almost no edible plants, and any time they attempted to settle on more habitable lands the 'good' races forced them out with violance. In the story he would, eventuilly, unite all of the 'tribes' of different monster species, overthrow the 'good' races. Cut to a few centuries later, and they are treating the 'good' races exactly as they had been treated.
Post by: Zrk2 on November 27, 2010, 10:39:46 pm
And Dwarf Fortress!
Post by: Keita on November 28, 2010, 03:42:37 pm
- Scaily, like furry but with dragons. No idea why but, I see a dragon and am just "OMG SO AWESOME!" and will happily go on a 10 min rant about it.
- Anime, not guilty enough? Lolicon.
- Video games, I spend about 80% of the days I'm not in college sitting in front of the computer playing em whilst listening to some metal music, even I can tell it's getting a little bit over the top but all I really want to do is move my fridge closer so I can spend 90% of the day gaming.
Post by: Gunner-Chan on November 28, 2010, 04:08:46 pm
Post by: Keita on November 28, 2010, 04:09:18 pm
I'm proud to say I no longer am guilty of what I like. X3c
Wait-a-go! I believe that it's just one big step with coming to terms with who we are and being happy with it.
Post by: ECrownofFire on November 28, 2010, 11:23:11 pm
- Scaily, like furry but with dragons. No idea why but, I see a dragon and am just "OMG SO AWESOME!" and will happily go on a 10 min rant about it.I really like dragons too, but scaly/furry refers to anthropomorphic stuff, and I don't really care for that. Kind of wondering about you though :P
Which reminds me, I need some more dragon books. I want to get Pern books, maybe Dragonlance books, maybe Temeraire (or however you spell it), and so on. I already have some other books, like the Last Dragon Chronicles, the Heir trilogy, Dragon Rider, etc.
I like Fantasy, in case it wasn't obvious enough. Especially High Fantasy (magic and dragons :D). There's also gaming, which I probably do way too much of. The internet in general, there's just too much interesting stuff out there. A little bit of RP stuff (D&D is fun, haven't played it that much though). And these forums, why are they so addictive? I think it's the great community.
Post by: KaguroDraven on November 28, 2010, 11:40:34 pm
Post by: ECrownofFire on November 29, 2010, 12:04:53 am
Nothing wrong with anthro stuff....*cough*I know, I just don't care about it either way. I don't care for other people's interests (feel free to interpret "interests" however you want :P).
Anyway, I don't have as much room to talk as most people do, because I REALLY like dragons. Yeah, like that (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IfYouKnowWhatIMean).
Err, this is getting awkward. Yeah, I'm just going to go somewhere else now.
Post by: ToonyMan on November 29, 2010, 12:07:29 am
Spoiler: this is how you do it (click to show/hide)
Post by: Tellemurius on November 29, 2010, 12:13:51 am
your fetishes are fine its nice they are out in the open, as for me i read the eroge novels, latest one (fucking longest one i ever read) is Sekien no Inganock or What a Beautiful People (i hate translating).Nothing wrong with anthro stuff....*cough*I know, I just don't care about it either way. I don't care for other people's interests (feel free to interpret "interests" however you want :P).
Anyway, I don't have as much room to talk as most people do, because I REALLY like dragons. Yeah, like that (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TroperTales/IfYouKnowWhatIMean).
Err, this is getting awkward. Yeah, I'm just going to go somewhere else now.
Post by: Duke 2.0 on November 29, 2010, 12:21:28 am
Shirtless anime guys.It's not that it leaves a quiver in your trousers, but a sort of admiration. Like seeing something completely awesome. You somehow want to be that explosion, because that would be so fucking cool.Spoiler: this is how you do it (click to show/hide)
guilty pleasure: I want to be an explosion.
Post by: ToonyMan on November 29, 2010, 12:36:11 am
Post by: Haspen on December 01, 2010, 05:04:47 pm
Uh, um... reading gay porn. Visiting gelbooru.
Looking at shotacon.
Roleplaying it!
Post by: Nikov on December 01, 2010, 06:01:29 pm
Guilty pleasure; posting one line jokes nobody gets.
Post by: Tsarwash on December 02, 2010, 11:08:04 am
Post by: Dakk on December 02, 2010, 11:15:02 am
Alternatively, playing DF and other games feels even more enjoyable when I have to study. Sometimes I have troubles setting my priorities, thankfuly my grades never suffered from it :P
Post by: smigenboger on December 02, 2010, 02:16:49 pm
Shirtless anime guys.Oh you.Spoiler: this is how you do it (click to show/hide)
How I love the pants-but-no-shirt look on anyone, including me.
Post by: Jasper on December 02, 2010, 05:08:39 pm
Right now Iam living as a student in a house with my pott-smoking,alternative,vegetarian, left-wing,alternative-rock listening friends (all of whom play at least two instruments). Our favorite spare time activity is bashing the musical taste of our anti-drug,meat-loving, right-wing, Techno listening Neighbours below.
But recently I found out that I kinda like
I must be some kind of brainwashed sleeper agent. Spying on the enemy, waiting to be activated
Post by: MetalSlimeHunt on December 02, 2010, 05:25:51 pm
I must be some kind of brainwashed sleeper agent. Spying on the enemy, waiting to be activated"Would you like to hear somthing disturbing?"
Post by: smigenboger on December 02, 2010, 05:42:42 pm
"That *is* disturbing!"I must be some kind of brainwashed sleeper agent. Spying on the enemy, waiting to be activated"Would you like to hear somthing disturbing?"
And the meat eaters are the ones listening to techno? More hip-hoppy or techno-y?
Post by: ToonyMan on December 02, 2010, 05:43:36 pm
Post by: smigenboger on December 02, 2010, 05:44:53 pm
I like how you can just go around asking to fuck people in LCS.You can do it in real life too.
Post by: KaguroDraven on December 02, 2010, 05:46:36 pm
Post by: ToonyMan on December 02, 2010, 05:49:07 pm
Yeah but in real life its more likely to get you slapped.Yeah but in LCS you get shot.
Post by: Keita on December 02, 2010, 05:50:54 pm
Yeah but in real life its more likely to get you slapped.Yeah but in LCS you get shot.
And this kids is why we play video games...
Post by: smigenboger on December 02, 2010, 05:51:12 pm
Post by: NewsMuffin on December 02, 2010, 09:01:21 pm
Manga. I used to read it, but stopped since the one person who actually wanted me to read them got sent away to an alternative school because of a joke he made that the principal/whoever took the wrong way. He get's back early summer/late spring 2011, and I am VERY HAPPY about this.
PnP games. I've only ever played one, which was Dark Heresy, which ties into the 40k guilty pleasure, but I am very fascinated by them.
Another would be fireworks, but they're illegal where I live, besides the pop thingies, and on the 4th of July.
Dwarf Fortress. People I tell about DF are like 'LETTERS HURR HURR GO PLAY WITH YER LETTERS.' My dad thinks Toady is a terrorist, secretly putting terrorist code into Adventure Mode. Yeah, I don't really like my dad either.
1d4chan. That is all that needs to be said.
Post by: MetalSlimeHunt on December 02, 2010, 09:18:52 pm
My dad thinks Toady is a terrorist, secretly putting terrorist code into Adventure Mode.This bears repeating. Toady has officaly reached the fame level of "Accused of secretly being a spy/terrorist". Now he just needs to be accused of being the Antichrist, which should be easy enough if we show the right people our psudo-worship of him.
Post by: Eagle_eye on December 02, 2010, 09:26:02 pm
Post by: Dakk on December 02, 2010, 09:59:52 pm
Yeah but in real life its more likely to get you slapped.Yeah but in LCS you get shot.
Try it in a frat party after everyone is at least slightly drunk, see what happens.
Post by: KaguroDraven on December 03, 2010, 06:21:33 am
.....Wait, are you saying he isn't the Antichrist? Then why the hell am I worshiping him!?My dad thinks Toady is a terrorist, secretly putting terrorist code into Adventure Mode.This bears repeating. Toady has officaly reached the fame level of "Accused of secretly being a spy/terrorist". Now he just needs to be accused of being the Antichrist, which should be easy enough if we show the right people our psudo-worship of him.
Post by: AntiAntiMatter on December 03, 2010, 05:33:05 pm
.....Wait, are you saying he isn't the Antichrist? Then why the hell am I worshiping him!?My dad thinks Toady is a terrorist, secretly putting terrorist code into Adventure Mode.This bears repeating. Toady has officaly reached the fame level of "Accused of secretly being a spy/terrorist". Now he just needs to be accused of being the Antichrist, which should be easy enough if we show the right people our psudo-worship of him.
Because the Toad says that you must. All shall obey the Toad!!!
Post by: The Merchant Of Menace on December 03, 2010, 05:33:52 pm
Post by: MetalSlimeHunt on December 03, 2010, 05:34:40 pm
TOADS FOR THE TOAD GODTOES FOR THE TOE THRONE
Post by: The Merchant Of Menace on December 03, 2010, 05:40:43 pm
Post by: Itnetlolor on December 03, 2010, 05:50:39 pm
Well, we can't take "antichrist" at face value. It could just mean an unconventional form of, instead of opposite from. You know, kinda like anti-heroes......Wait, are you saying he isn't the Antichrist? Then why the hell am I worshiping him!?My dad thinks Toady is a terrorist, secretly putting terrorist code into Adventure Mode.This bears repeating. Toady has officaly reached the fame level of "Accused of secretly being a spy/terrorist". Now he just needs to be accused of being the Antichrist, which should be easy enough if we show the right people our psudo-worship of him.
Post by: AntiAntiMatter on December 03, 2010, 05:58:33 pm
Well, we can't take "antichrist" at face value. It could just mean an unconventional form of, instead of opposite from. You know, kinda like anti-heroes......Wait, are you saying he isn't the Antichrist? Then why the hell am I worshiping him!?My dad thinks Toady is a terrorist, secretly putting terrorist code into Adventure Mode.This bears repeating. Toady has officaly reached the fame level of "Accused of secretly being a spy/terrorist". Now he just needs to be accused of being the Antichrist, which should be easy enough if we show the right people our psudo-worship of him.
Antiheroes are heroes who are not perfectly pure ethically. They vary from having "questionable morals" to being PITCH BLACK TOTALLY COMPLETELY EVIL. They aren't really unconventional heroes. Of course, the antichrist could be like that.
Post by: The Transcendent Tyrant on December 03, 2010, 06:02:01 pm
Didn't anti-Christ basically mean everyone that didn't believe in Christ? We are all antiChrists on this forum.
Post by: AntiAntiMatter on December 03, 2010, 06:08:10 pm
HypnoToady?
Didn't anti-Christ basically mean everyone that didn't believe in Christ? We are all antiChrists on this forum.
No, it refers to the polar opposite of Christ who will apparently turn up around the events of the Book of Revelations. A brief summary can be found here. http://www.thebricktestament.com/revelation/alternative_to_god_proves_very_popular/rv12_17.html (http://www.thebricktestament.com/revelation/alternative_to_god_proves_very_popular/rv12_17.html)
Post by: FuzzyZergling on December 03, 2010, 06:19:19 pm
I choose to believe that the Anti-Christ is Zombie Jesus.
Post by: PenguinOverlord on December 03, 2010, 06:29:37 pm
I believe the pretty articles.
Post by: Bauglir on December 03, 2010, 06:55:12 pm
I choose to believe that the Anti-Christ is Zombie Jesus.
Wait, but Zombie Jesus is Regular Jesus. OH GODS. THEY'RE THE SAME PERSON. IT'S ALL A BRILLIANT CONSPIRACY. JESUS MUST BE A MASTERMIND OF THE HIGHEST ORDER.
Post by: Sowelu on December 04, 2010, 04:21:07 am
:<
Post by: MrWiggles on December 15, 2010, 07:03:58 am
MUCKs.
:<
Heh. I do something more nerdy.
I staff, and code for Mushes, and currently making my own.
Post by: RedKing on December 15, 2010, 08:37:49 am
I also like flagrant overuse of AutoTune, *in the right genre of music*.
Post by: malimbar04 on December 15, 2010, 11:27:00 am
I don't know why, but the vast majority of songs with a male voice just don't do it for me. You change the song to a version with a female voice, and I'm hooked. I actually have to try to thumb up male voices on Pandora, just so I can broaden my horizons. That and girly movies. Technically I like thinking movies and drama's first (Like Inception or The Butterfly Effect), but to watch a feel good romantic comedy is just a nice way to relax.
Post by: Nether on December 18, 2010, 06:14:28 am
Post by: ggamer on January 27, 2011, 07:41:01 pm
TOADS FOR THE TOAD GOD
CODE FOR THE CODE THRONE
Post by: Realmfighter on January 27, 2011, 07:42:47 pm
Post by: Angel Of Death on January 28, 2011, 01:28:38 am
NECROMANCY OF THE NECROMANCY GOD
QUOTES FOR THE QUOTE GOD!
Alright, this is going too far.
My guilty pleasure is cracking various parts of my body. Neck, knuckles and back are included.
Post by: FuzzyZergling on January 28, 2011, 01:44:10 am
A rather large number of Homestuck fanfics.
Post by: GamerKnight on January 28, 2011, 08:10:25 am
Post by: Bauglir on January 28, 2011, 11:11:36 am
Post by: MaximumZero on March 20, 2011, 09:51:07 pm
Halestorm. *ducks away from thrown stones*
Post by: fqllve on March 20, 2011, 10:07:55 pm
I can't even pay attention to the music though because this woman is singing while she is face-down in water. It's almost comedic.
Post by: MaximumZero on March 20, 2011, 10:22:05 pm
Post by: breadbocks on March 20, 2011, 10:28:18 pm
Post by: MaximumZero on March 20, 2011, 10:29:59 pm
No, see, I feel guilty about checking out a hot behind in my [insert main account store name], and finding out that the girl in question is in laptops with her parents. Because they're buying her one to start high school. *accidental lecherous old man facepalm*
Post by: Acanthus117 on March 20, 2011, 10:34:53 pm
Not to mention vidyagames.
Post by: breadbocks on March 20, 2011, 10:39:56 pm
Why be guilty about that? That's just natural.It is still rather embarrassing, especially since I'm in my early high/late Jr.High years, before that sort of thing is legal.
Post by: MaximumZero on March 20, 2011, 10:40:52 pm
Post by: breadbocks on March 20, 2011, 10:59:36 pm
It's legal to look, bro.Doesn't stop it from being embarrassing.
Post by: Urist Imiknorris on March 20, 2011, 11:11:19 pm
Post by: Acanthus117 on March 20, 2011, 11:12:36 pm
My guilty pleasure: Slacking off and procrastinating.
Oh my god, this.
I am so this.
Post by: Urist Imiknorris on March 20, 2011, 11:14:55 pm
Post by: Vector on March 20, 2011, 11:16:25 pm
I suspect that there is something wrong with me.
Post by: MetalSlimeHunt on March 20, 2011, 11:18:10 pm
Post by: ein on March 20, 2011, 11:19:30 pm
Post by: breadbocks on March 20, 2011, 11:51:15 pm
Post by: Pnx on March 21, 2011, 12:26:52 am
I buttered my toast yesterday... You know toast is a tricky subject, there's a fine balance in getting it just crisp enough and not overly burnt, and how much butter you want to put on it, and at what stage. If you stick the butter on while it's hot it will melt and soak into it, but a talented individual with the right eye for toast temperature can place his butter on there so that it coats the toast perfectly while the toast is still warm enough to be pleasant to eat. It is truly an artform to the right eye... and by honing it you can learn a lot about what people like in toast, and why.
But yes, games, and fantasy books are my guilty pleasures. Especially Terry Pratchett books. His are the best, End. Of. Discussion.
Post by: Fayrik on March 21, 2011, 12:35:54 am
If you stick the butter on while it's hot it will melt and soak into it, but a talented individual with the right eye for toast temperature can place his butter on there so that it coats the toast perfectly while the toast is still warm enough to be pleasant to eat.What.
No!
You can't wait to put butter on toast!
You have to apply the butter quickly, so that it melts in to it's maximum potential on both slices... Which is incredibly tricky to do when you're trying to get it to crisp lightly!
Of course, you can sometimes get around this by hanging the buttered toast face down over the toaster to make sure it melts in all the way, but it won't always work. It's a tricky balance!
(And yes, I realise this is just a different opinion. Having butter -on- toast is fine, but I like trying to get it to melt in.)
What was this topic about again? Oh right!
My main guilty pleasure is probably Role Playing. Though I don't really feel that guilty about it.
Who doesn't?My guilty pleasure: Slacking off and procrastinating.
Oh my god, this.
I am so this.
The worst part is that the guilt actually has a reason to be there.Spooky. I shall not enquire though.
Post by: Urist Imiknorris on March 21, 2011, 12:51:19 am
Post by: Vector on March 21, 2011, 01:04:01 am
You sound like you live a good life to me.
Solution: write a short story in Japanese about a Russian who plays Game Boy games and post it on LiveJournal.
Even better: Write a story about a short Russian who reads LiveJournals in Japanese about Game Boys.
Haha >_> Now I'm getting enough work done on all three--far more than I'd probably manage if I were doing one at a time, at least with less frustration, so I feel better about it.
Post by: Darvi on March 21, 2011, 01:05:19 am
Post by: Fayrik on March 21, 2011, 01:18:26 am
I know that putting off the work I have to do will lead to nothing but pain. The guilt comes when I put it off anyway, because I'm being a dick to my future self.That's nowhere near as bad as I thought it was.
In fact, I thought you where putting off work that would save puppies from certain death.
Now that would be a haunting and downright evil reason to procrastinate.
Post by: breadbocks on March 21, 2011, 01:35:00 am
Seriously, though. Try it. My toast experience changed forever.
Post by: MetalSlimeHunt on March 21, 2011, 01:42:12 am
Post by: KaguroDraven on March 21, 2011, 01:43:50 am
Pnx and Fayrik are both wrong. You have to spread the butter on before you toast it.I do that anyway, becouse I have a Super Fridge that makes the butter solid and I can't spred it before the toast cools, and my family insists on keeping the butter in said Super Fridge all the time.
Seriously, though. Try it. My toast experience changed forever.
Post by: Blargityblarg on March 21, 2011, 01:58:08 am
Pnx and Fayrik are both wrong. You have to spread the butter on before you toast it.I do that anyway, becouse I have a Super Fridge that makes the butter solid and I can't spred it before the toast cools, and my family insists on keeping the butter in said Super Fridge all the time.
Seriously, though. Try it. My toast experience changed forever.
Oh my god. Please never tell me your family's details; I might just accidentally maybe kill them all with a block of butter.
Post by: Jackrabbit on March 21, 2011, 02:01:38 am
Post by: GlyphGryph on March 21, 2011, 06:07:59 am
My Little Ponies.
And I blame you.
Post by: Rose on March 22, 2011, 08:58:17 am
Post by: RedKing on March 22, 2011, 09:13:58 am
And the only toast worth eating is toast with butter and cinnamon and sugar on it.
Post by: MaximumZero on March 22, 2011, 09:14:56 am
I prefer my toast with cinnamon, sugar, and peanut butter.
Post by: Tellemurius on March 22, 2011, 09:17:31 am
Post by: Burnt Pies on March 22, 2011, 09:53:46 am
Post by: lordnincompoop on March 22, 2011, 03:55:51 pm
Procrastinating, techno, teddy bears and pens to name a few.
Post by: Rose on March 22, 2011, 03:59:30 pm
Post by: Haspen on March 22, 2011, 04:11:50 pm
I spend most of my time on IRC roleplaying.
Roleplaying is nice thing, especially when it's creative and detailed one.
I do it too, a lot.
Post by: Rose on March 22, 2011, 04:12:33 pm
it's also freeform.
Post by: Acanthus117 on March 22, 2011, 07:40:40 pm
eggs on my toast
Same here.
I usually live on a diet of eggs, toast, instant noodles, junk food and whatever my sister makes for dinner. >_>
Post by: Zrk2 on March 22, 2011, 08:31:43 pm
...
Really interwebs? A discussion on how you like your toast? This is madness.
*Captain Ironblood bursts through the wall* 'Madness? THIS! IS! BAY 12!!! *Kicks me down a well*
Anyway, toasted peanut butter and banana sammichs are good for breakfast, as is toast with nutella or an omlette on toast. Lightly toasted toast with melted butter and strawberry jam?
*Shudders* Delicious.
Post by: Vector on March 23, 2011, 02:34:59 am
I pretend to be clumsier than I am, let my stutter come out, and stumble over my words intentionally so that people will laugh at me and accept me as an absent-minded buffoon instead of treating me distantly.
Post by: Max White on March 23, 2011, 02:41:22 am
I mean I don't like anything else about McDonalds, and see them as some what of an evil cooperation, and would never eat anything else there (*Raises subway fanboy flag*) but dam those muffins are sooooooooo good for small change.
Post by: MaximumZero on March 23, 2011, 07:09:09 am
Toast!
Aaaaand toast no longer looks like a word. Well done.
Post by: GamerKnight on March 23, 2011, 07:11:07 am
Post by: Rose on March 23, 2011, 08:29:48 am
Post by: Max White on March 23, 2011, 08:33:01 am
Using apple products is a dirty habit. :P
Post by: Gorjo MacGrymm on March 23, 2011, 12:09:48 pm
Post by: FuzzyZergling on March 23, 2011, 12:12:04 pm
In fact, everyone who doesn't watch anime should be ashamed of themselves. Forever.
Post by: Tellemurius on March 23, 2011, 01:02:54 pm
All right, time for a big one.Umm, thats strange to me.
I pretend to be clumsier than I am, let my stutter come out, and stumble over my words intentionally so that people will laugh at me and accept me as an absent-minded buffoon instead of treating me distantly.
Post by: Darvi on March 23, 2011, 01:05:02 pm
All right, time for a big one.I don't even have to try to achieve that. Works wonderfully.
I pretend to be clumsier than I am, let my stutter come out, and stumble over my words intentionally so that people will laugh at me and accept me as an absent-minded buffoon instead of treating me distantly.
Post by: Vector on March 23, 2011, 01:18:47 pm
All right, time for a big one.Umm, thats strange to me.
I pretend to be clumsier than I am, let my stutter come out, and stumble over my words intentionally so that people will laugh at me and accept me as an absent-minded buffoon instead of treating me distantly.
... Okay?
What I realized is that when I tried to act all self-controlled and keep myself from making stupid little errors, people didn't like me much. When I made myself seem easily excitable and absent-minded, suddenly I had a lot more friends... kind of weird, I guess.
Post by: Criptfeind on March 23, 2011, 01:27:15 pm
Perhaps that is it.
Post by: Mindmaker on March 23, 2011, 01:30:32 pm
*gasp* Witty riposte out of nowhere!
Who would have tought he was capable of such a thing?
And then they spend a long time wondering, if it just was a lucky strike and how much you are really capable of.
...
Yeah I've spent a lot of time in a hostile environment.
Post by: Tellemurius on March 23, 2011, 01:32:25 pm
So you adjusted yourself in order to make friends?All right, time for a big one.Umm, thats strange to me.
I pretend to be clumsier than I am, let my stutter come out, and stumble over my words intentionally so that people will laugh at me and accept me as an absent-minded buffoon instead of treating me distantly.
... Okay?
What I realized is that when I tried to act all self-controlled and keep myself from making stupid little errors, people didn't like me much. When I made myself seem easily excitable and absent-minded, suddenly I had a lot more friends... kind of weird, I guess.
Post by: Mindmaker on March 23, 2011, 01:37:36 pm
So you adjusted yourself in order to make friends?All right, time for a big one.Umm, thats strange to me.
I pretend to be clumsier than I am, let my stutter come out, and stumble over my words intentionally so that people will laugh at me and accept me as an absent-minded buffoon instead of treating me distantly.
... Okay?
What I realized is that when I tried to act all self-controlled and keep myself from making stupid little errors, people didn't like me much. When I made myself seem easily excitable and absent-minded, suddenly I had a lot more friends... kind of weird, I guess.
Public mask, my friend. (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BeneathTheMask)
Post by: Criptfeind on March 23, 2011, 01:39:12 pm
Just so long as you don't go to far or to much and lose your inner sense of self.
Post by: Tellemurius on March 23, 2011, 01:41:38 pm
Post by: Vector on March 23, 2011, 01:44:55 pm
Yeah. Everyone does so. It is nothing to be worried about.
Just so long as you don't go to far or to much and lose your inner sense of self.
I'm not worried about it. I just find it kind of funny that I play stupid, rather than playing nice because I'd rather seem buffoonish than declaw myself.
Post by: Darvi on March 23, 2011, 01:46:40 pm
Post by: RedKing on March 23, 2011, 01:55:45 pm
I've heard this behavior is linked to some forms of autism, because actually making and sustaining eye contact is apparently incredibly uncomfortable for many autistic people. But with me, it's purely reflexive. If I make a deliberate attempt to make eye contact (while delivering a speech, for instance), I can without too much problem. But it's still a good too to ignore dipshit coworkers who want to waste my time with small talk. Between that and my steadily declining hearing, I can pretend that I just didn't notice them there.
Post by: Vector on March 23, 2011, 02:00:53 pm
Using it to ignore people, though... hmm, that's actually an interesting idea >_> <_<
Post by: Keita on March 23, 2011, 02:03:20 pm
Post by: Criptfeind on March 23, 2011, 02:04:21 pm
We have all gone though that hah hah...
Glad we don't have to do that anymore...
...
...
Post by: Darvi on March 23, 2011, 02:05:38 pm
Post by: Keita on March 23, 2011, 02:16:40 pm
Post by: Mindmaker on March 23, 2011, 02:27:04 pm
I've heard this behavior is linked to some forms of autism, because actually making and sustaining eye contact is apparently incredibly uncomfortable for many autistic people.
Well, I had problems establishing eye-contact with women, in fear of it being percieved as creepy or uncomfortable.
I'm actually not sure if I've gotten over it yet. At least works when a socially accepted context is given (work/buying things in shops etc.).
Post by: Vector on March 23, 2011, 02:30:01 pm
... Crouching Moron, Hidden Mathematician.
Post by: Keita on March 23, 2011, 02:30:53 pm
... Crouching Moron, Hidden Mathematician.
Sigged
Post by: Darvi on March 23, 2011, 02:31:37 pm
Post by: Solifuge on March 23, 2011, 02:31:51 pm
So you adjusted yourself in order to make friends?Public mask, my friend. (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BeneathTheMask)
In a similar vein, I made a point of adding "like", "ain't", and several curse words to my vocabulary, as well as cribbing mannerisms from country accents, so I didn't sound so stodgy and intellectual all the time; my way of speaking as a kid seemed to make it hard for my peers to relate to me, and sometimes pissed people off (including my stepdad). I continued to write the same way as I used to speak, though.
These days, there's a huge divide between the way I write and talk, and I probably sound like a different person entirely. I've been trying to reconcile my writing and speaking voice more recently, but it's tough to change when it's so thoroughly ingrained in behavior!
Post by: MetalSlimeHunt on March 23, 2011, 02:39:13 pm
I actually care about your people's opinions enough to put you all into the category of people who shouldn't find out my guilty pleasures.We already know you are the human equivilant of Longcat, so that can't be it. So that might mean...your guilty pleasure is changing your IP and....being Pathos!
/me points at Japa in accusation!
Post by: Tellemurius on March 23, 2011, 03:29:36 pm
Post by: Zrk2 on March 23, 2011, 05:22:18 pm
Post by: Darvi on March 23, 2011, 05:23:12 pm
Post by: Vector on March 23, 2011, 05:24:02 pm
In the vein of our vernacular, I either engage in copious amounts of advanced diction, or fucking swear way too fucking much.
I fucking know =/ It's logorrhea central over here.
Post by: Zrk2 on March 23, 2011, 05:28:15 pm
Post by: Hawkfrost on March 23, 2011, 07:47:00 pm
Mentioning either of those tends to give you weird looks I find.
Post by: The Merchant Of Menace on March 23, 2011, 07:53:53 pm
Props if so
Post by: Tellemurius on March 23, 2011, 07:59:01 pm
I love listening to Village People, and watching Hard Gay.really? i never given a person a weird look unless they cosplay.
Mentioning either of those tends to give you weird looks I find.
Post by: Hawkfrost on March 23, 2011, 08:04:24 pm
Do you do both at the same time?
Props if so
Of course.
I love listening to Village People, and watching Hard Gay.really? i never given a person a weird look unless they cosplay.
Mentioning either of those tends to give you weird looks I find.
Closest I would do is wear a Hard Gay hat.
Post by: Tellemurius on March 23, 2011, 08:05:26 pm
hats are funny, my sister got a neko ear hat to run around in the winter.
Post by: The Merchant Of Menace on March 23, 2011, 08:06:03 pm
Post by: Hawkfrost on March 23, 2011, 08:08:23 pm
Seriously, why guilt? Both the Village People and Hard Gay are awesome :o
People are homophobic around here I find.
Or at least just the people I have met.
cool XD
hats are funny, my sister got a neko ear hat to run around in the winter.
I have a friend who wore a Cat In The Hat style hat all winter.
Post by: The Merchant Of Menace on March 23, 2011, 08:09:19 pm
Post by: Rose on March 23, 2011, 08:30:17 pm
this leads me to conclude that both MoM and her girlfriend wore fox ears and tails to school.
Post by: Tellemurius on March 23, 2011, 08:32:27 pm
I refuse to view a single forum account as being anything but a single person.MAH EYES
this leads me to conclude that both MoM and her girlfriend wore fox ears and tails to school.
*Explodes*
Post by: The Merchant Of Menace on March 23, 2011, 08:35:33 pm
Post by: Ochita on March 23, 2011, 08:36:32 pm
Post by: Zrk2 on March 23, 2011, 08:58:55 pm
Post by: Lethal Dosage on March 24, 2011, 05:56:44 pm
Post by: Zrk2 on March 24, 2011, 06:03:24 pm
Post by: Vector on March 24, 2011, 06:04:45 pm
*sigh*
Kind of embarrassing.
Post by: Bauglir on March 24, 2011, 06:07:06 pm
Post by: Lethal Dosage on March 24, 2011, 07:38:16 pm
Post by: Acanthus117 on March 24, 2011, 07:41:56 pm
I read...
fanfiction. oh gods you can kill me now
Post by: Tellemurius on March 24, 2011, 07:43:22 pm
I have another confession to make...depends, what fanfiction?
I read...
fanfiction. oh gods you can kill me now
Post by: Taricus on March 24, 2011, 07:44:00 pm
I'll have to join this lynchmob.I have another confession to make...depends, what fanfiction?
I read...
fanfiction. oh gods you can kill me now
Post by: GlyphGryph on March 24, 2011, 07:46:03 pm
Post by: Lethal Dosage on March 24, 2011, 07:46:36 pm
Post by: Acanthus117 on March 24, 2011, 07:48:21 pm
Varies, actually.I have another confession to make...depends, what fanfiction?
I read...
fanfiction. oh gods you can kill me now
If it belongs to a fandom I'm a part of (meaning I know what the christ is going on, canon-wise) and the writer's decent, I'll read it.
The problem with fanfiction is that 99% of all of it is so laughably bad that it makes me want to shit my brains out.
It's either pr0nz or wish fulfillment.
Post by: freeformschooler on March 24, 2011, 07:50:54 pm
Varies, actually.I have another confession to make...depends, what fanfiction?
I read...
fanfiction. oh gods you can kill me now
If it belongs to a fandom I'm a part of (meaning I know what the christ is going on, canon-wise) and the writer's decent, I'll read it.
The problem with fanfiction is that 99% of all of it is so laughably bad that it makes me want to shit my brains out.
It's either pr0nz or wish fulfillment.
I want fanfiction to be wish fulfillment for me so hard but I've tried, I've really tried. I've even read some of the pr0nz, written by people who are probably virgins.
I understand your trouble.
Post by: Lethal Dosage on March 24, 2011, 07:51:53 pm
Post by: The Merchant Of Menace on March 24, 2011, 07:53:37 pm
Post by: freeformschooler on March 24, 2011, 07:54:26 pm
Post by: Lethal Dosage on March 24, 2011, 07:54:37 pm
Post by: Vector on March 24, 2011, 07:56:58 pm
I have another confession to make...
I read...
fanfiction. oh gods you can kill me now
*shrug*
I write fanfiction and argue about fandom in sociological contexts. Of course, I don't write much and it's mostly getting in practice for bigger challenges later, but I wouldn't worry about it.
Wish fulfillment... hahaha
Apparently I want everyone to go crazy and be miserable
Post by: Ochita on March 24, 2011, 07:57:18 pm
Post by: The Merchant Of Menace on March 24, 2011, 07:59:51 pm
I can't stand using characters with preexisting backstories/personalities etc.
Nor can I stand writing anything in a universe not of my own creation
Post by: Acanthus117 on March 24, 2011, 08:02:35 pm
Wish fulfillment... hahaha
Apparently I want everyone to go crazy and be miserable
That's how I write, mostly.
I'm quite a sadistic bastard when it comes to writing xD
Anyways, I don't know why, but I feel so bad for reading that stuff.
Post by: Vector on March 24, 2011, 08:06:12 pm
Post by: freeformschooler on March 24, 2011, 08:09:36 pm
Post by: Acanthus117 on March 24, 2011, 08:10:05 pm
Or not.
Heheheheh.
Post by: The Merchant Of Menace on March 24, 2011, 08:11:16 pm
Post by: FuzzyZergling on March 24, 2011, 08:35:58 pm
Yes, that includes the Homesmut.
IT'S JUST SO GOOD, EVEN (most of) THE PORN!
Post by: Keita on March 25, 2011, 05:09:38 am
New guilty pleasure, plushies. Love 'em, so soft and huggable X3
Post by: Duke 2.0 on March 25, 2011, 10:09:26 am
So.. a virgin's work is inferior to a non-virgin's work?Depends on if you are going for sexiness or hilarity.
Each of those does one of those well.
Although I can't actively read fanfiction. I always stumble upon the crap that makes me hate the fandom as a whole. I'll accept it if somebody shows it to me, but I can't search for it.
Post by: Hawkfrost on March 25, 2011, 09:38:18 pm
New guilty pleasure, plushies. Love 'em, so soft and huggable X3
Ah yes, plushies.
Unfortunately a Cthulhu plushie does not make for good hugging.
Now, if only I can find one of Nyarlathotep or Shub-Niggurath somewhere...
Post by: MaximumZero on March 25, 2011, 11:37:28 pm
New guilty pleasure, plushies. Love 'em, so soft and huggable X3
Ah yes, plushies.
Unfortunately a Cthulhu plushie does not make for good hugging.
Now, if only I can find one of Nyarlathotep or Shub-Niggurath somewhere...
It doesn't? (http://www.squishable.com/pc/squish_cthulhu_15/Big_Animals/plush+cthulhu)
Post by: SalmonGod on March 25, 2011, 11:48:19 pm
I'll just say... Manowar.
Only the Gods of War album and a few other isolated songs, but still... it's Manowar... and those few songs give me a really wierd sort of giddy pleasure because I realize how indulgently adolescent it is. I often laugh at myself when I listen to it.
Post by: dragonshardz on March 25, 2011, 11:51:38 pm
..And of course I can't tell my IRL friends.
Post by: Hawkfrost on March 26, 2011, 12:58:41 am
My guilty pleasure: watching My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I din't understand why, but I think the show is fucking awesome...
..And of course I can't tell my IRL friends.
I just watched the first episode.
...This is awesome. It's like the Samurai Jack of girls cartoons.
Post by: Zrk2 on March 26, 2011, 01:09:31 am
This calls forNew guilty pleasure, plushies. Love 'em, so soft and huggable X3
Ah yes, plushies.
Unfortunately a Cthulhu plushie does not make for good hugging.
Now, if only I can find one of Nyarlathotep or Shub-Niggurath somewhere...
It doesn't? (http://www.squishable.com/pc/squish_cthulhu_15/Big_Animals/plush+cthulhu)
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Also, Phineas and Ferb (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PhineasAndFerb). Why is it so entertaining? I watched it with my 10 year old sister yesterday...
Post by: SalmonGod on March 26, 2011, 03:24:01 am
Also, Phineas and Ferb (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PhineasAndFerb). Why is it so entertaining? I watched it with my 10 year old sister yesterday...
As cartoons aimed at that age group go, it's pretty decent.
Post by: Jack_Bread on March 26, 2011, 05:48:01 am
I don't know about iCarly... I used to hate it, but then I tolerated it, then I liked it. I only watch those two, too. Anything else, I change the channel.
Post by: Tellemurius on March 26, 2011, 10:27:05 am
Wouldn't that be powerpuff girls then?My guilty pleasure: watching My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I din't understand why, but I think the show is fucking awesome...
..And of course I can't tell my IRL friends.
I just watched the first episode.
...This is awesome. It's like the Samurai Jack of girls cartoons.
Post by: MetalSlimeHunt on March 26, 2011, 10:37:47 am
"Hello my baby, hello my darling, hello my ragtime gal...."
EDIT: Typo.
Post by: Criptfeind on March 26, 2011, 10:42:27 am
Also, Phineas and Ferb (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PhineasAndFerb). Why is it so entertaining? I watched it with my 10 year old sister yesterday...
I know what you mean, I used to watch it. I got bored, but it took me months, not the .3 seconds most shows now a days take.
I think it could be improved though. Drop the sister sub plot. She adds nothing but awkward attempts at romance and a stupid reoccurring joke.
I like to watch iCarly and Spongebob on Nick. Also, My Little Ponies online.
I don't know about iCarly... I used to hate it, but then I tolerated it, then I liked it. I only watch those two, too. Anything else, I change the channel.
I also watched Spongebob for the longest time, it was so popular around here that it managed to break the barriers for a show of its kind and gain mainstream expectance in middle school. I feel like the new episodes are not nearly as good though, and I have stop watching it.
As for iCarly…. I basically had the opposite experience as you. I thought out thinking, huh this is pretty cool, and I watched for a couple weeks, but then slowly I came to think of it as a piece of crap.
It's all that guilty, but I still watch Looney Toons whenever I can, which is not often. How they cannot continue to replay such amazing work for every new generation is a mystery to me.
"Hello my baby, hello my darling, hello my ragtime gal...."
I can only assume you mean not all the guilty. That was awesome and a tragedy when they stopped it.
Post by: Tellemurius on March 26, 2011, 10:44:12 am
Post by: Willfor on March 26, 2011, 10:50:21 am
Post by: ToonyMan on March 26, 2011, 10:57:49 am
I found out that Jackie Chan doesn't even voice himself in the show though. :[
Post by: Tellemurius on March 26, 2011, 11:00:29 am
Post by: Benevolence on March 26, 2011, 11:02:39 am
Post by: Tellemurius on March 26, 2011, 11:05:19 am
Post by: KaguroDraven on March 26, 2011, 11:38:00 am
Post by: Hawkfrost on March 26, 2011, 01:08:43 pm
I liked watching Jackie Chan Adventures and still do.
I found out that Jackie Chan doesn't even voice himself in the show though. :[
Oooh, I love that show.
Last year I watched through the first and most of the second seasons, and it was still as good as when I was little.
Post by: KaguroDraven on March 26, 2011, 06:26:48 pm
Post by: Angel Of Death on March 26, 2011, 11:05:24 pm
Yes, it's weird and I look like a dick when I do it.
Post by: Max White on March 26, 2011, 11:16:35 pm
My guiltiest pleasure would have to be headbanging in front of the computer while listening to metal.
Yes, it's weird and I look like a dick when I do it.
If that counts, then do we count dancing in underwear to indie music? Because I don't really feel guilty about that one, so...
Post by: fqllve on March 28, 2011, 05:46:34 pm
I just spent the last thirty minutes looking at hits for "Homestuck sucks." What is wrong with me?
Post by: Keita on April 04, 2011, 05:25:58 am
My guiltiest pleasure would have to be headbanging in front of the computer while listening to metal.
Yes, it's weird and I look like a dick when I do it.
I do that too XD
Some musics just to heavy to sit there and listen, ACTION IS REQUIRED!
Post by: Tellemurius on April 04, 2011, 08:33:52 am
Post by: MaximumZero on April 04, 2011, 10:00:11 am
Post by: Tellemurius on April 04, 2011, 10:00:41 am
I air guitar at the steering wheel at every opportunity possible.Red Lights i hope?
Post by: MaximumZero on April 04, 2011, 10:01:38 am
Post by: Angel Of Death on April 04, 2011, 10:02:33 am
Considering that I can drive 85mph on the highway whilst headbanging and drinking from a 2-liter of mountain dew....er...no.
What music are you primarily headbanging to?
Post by: Keita on April 04, 2011, 10:03:26 am
Considering that I can drive 85mph on the highway whilst headbanging and drinking from a 2-liter of mountain dew....er...no.
I saw 2-liter and was diappointed that I didn't see something alcoholic.
I'm glad I don't drive.
Post by: Tellemurius on April 04, 2011, 10:06:46 am
Dude, mountain dew is like ambrosia to college studentsConsidering that I can drive 85mph on the highway whilst headbanging and drinking from a 2-liter of mountain dew....er...no.
I saw 2-liter and was diappointed that I didn't see something alcoholic.
I'm glad I don't drive.
Post by: MaximumZero on April 04, 2011, 10:08:15 am
Considering that I can drive 85mph on the highway whilst headbanging and drinking from a 2-liter of mountain dew....er...no.
What music are you primarily headbanging to?
Dream Theater, Symphony X, Megadeth...et al....
Considering that I can drive 85mph on the highway whilst headbanging and drinking from a 2-liter of mountain dew....er...no.
I saw 2-liter and was diappointed that I didn't see something alcoholic.
I'm glad I don't drive.
Generally speaking, the only time I can crank my music is on the way to work. 2 year old loves guitars, but not at 120db.
Edit: also...Drinkin' and drivin' is bad, and I don't condone it. Besides, I don't drink anything alcoholic from a 2 liter bottle. WTF, man?
Post by: Heliman on April 04, 2011, 10:48:59 am
uh
-Masts. I can't help but admire a properly utilized mast, especially if it's my own mast. I could admire my mast all day.
Post by: Gorjo MacGrymm on April 04, 2011, 03:59:07 pm
also - I am addicted to "all that remains" music currently.