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Quote from: Sirus on October 26, 2012, 11:30:41 pm

Quote from: MrWillsauce on October 26, 2012, 11:29:05 pm

Quote from: Sirus on October 26, 2012, 11:26:40 pm

Quote from: bombzero on October 26, 2012, 11:21:30 pm

Quote from: MrWillsauce on October 26, 2012, 11:17:45 pm

These two girls in my history class were arguing over whether the Mayan calendar was supposed to end on the 21st or 23rd of December, this year. This was brought about by some mention of it in a poorly-made History Channel type video. Anyway, one of them said "I know the world is supposed end on the 23rd because that's what I heard, and that's my mom's birthday". Apparently this was convincing enough evidence for the other girl. They then proceeded to talk about how they were going to attend parties and stuff right before those days. I gave them the benefit of the doubt and assumed they just wanted an excuse to party; I hope they don't actually buy into any of this stupid mass-hysteria.

Next time people talk about the whole "2012 end of the world" thing, ask them one question.

"Do you panic on December 31st of every fucking year?" because that's kinda the end of the calender too...
The Mayans just liked planning ahead further with their dates, on account of not having a "fixed" system.

To be fair, they do PARTY at the end of every year. Maybe some of that is a subconscious fear of the world ending.

Maybe birthday parties are just an expression of our subconscious fear of our lives ending.

And Halloween parties are an expression of our subconscious fear of things that go bump in the night.

I thought it was an excuse to dress like sluts and act like we're creative?

Not everyone dresses up like sluts, you know
I will concede the creativity part.

Quote from: MrWillsauce on October 26, 2012, 11:17:45 pm

These two girls in my history class were arguing over whether the Mayan calendar was supposed to end on the 21st or 23rd of December, this year. This was brought about by some mention of it in a poorly-made History Channel type video. Anyway, one of them said "I know the world is supposed end on the 23rd because that's what I heard, and that's my mom's birthday". Apparently this was convincing enough evidence for the other girl. They then proceeded to talk about how they were going to attend parties and stuff right before those days. I gave them the benefit of the doubt and assumed they just wanted an excuse to party; I hope they don't actually buy into any of this stupid mass-hysteria.

Next time people talk about the whole "2012 end of the world" thing, ask them one question.

"Do you panic on December 31st of every fucking year?" because that's kinda the end of the calender too...
The Mayans just liked planning ahead further with their dates, on account of not having a "fixed" system.

To be fair, they do PARTY at the end of every year. Maybe some of that is a subconscious fear of the world ending.

Oh, who else is really, really disappointed in Meatloaf?

What'd he do?

Maybe it's because we will grow so numerous that Earth-that-will-be-that-was will no longer be able to support our numbers?

Lemme dust off my brown coat...

I've had this idea knocking around in my head for a while. May get a bit long-winded

Basically, it's a roguelike. You (and your future reincarnations) have been charged by the gods to prepare the world for a great battle for survival in the distant future. You spend several virtual lifetimes building alliances, stockpiling artifact weapons, seeking ancient ruins, training armies, and possibly even preserving the dying knowledge of magic. The world changes and advances as the centuries go by: nations rise and fall, wars and catastrophes happen, and you go from wielding primitive spears and slings to advanced laser cannons and stuff. Perma-death is still kinda a thing, as each incarnation will die for reals in any manner of ways (possibly even old age, if you're lucky), but you just respawn 30-40 years later (though with any number of things changed).

At the end of the game? Massive war for the survival of humanity. Possibly against the gods themselves.

Wandering through the Fade as a mage who lost his friends. I opened a door and found myself faced with two possessed!mages. I charged up a fireball, hoping to catch them both in the blast, when

Horror
Paralysis
Fireball
Curse of Mortality

In about two seconds. I was dead pretty much instantly.

Quote from: Sirus on October 24, 2012, 02:55:22 am

Quote from: IronyOwl on October 24, 2012, 02:54:32 am

I'm a bit late, but SMBC accidentally did a comic about dwarves. He probably didn't know it was about dwarves, but I'm pretty sure it's about dwarves.

Dwarves don't use bagpipes, though.

It's become sentient then; DF has subconciously implanted itself in SMBC's mind. It will now spread.
WE ARE THE DORF
LOWER YOUR SHIELDS AND SURRENDUR YOUR BOOZE
YOUR BIOLOGICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL UNIQUENESS WILL BE MELTED DOWN AND USED TO CREATE USELESS TRINKETS
RESISTANCE CANCELLED: FUTILE

I actually chuckled out loud at that.

I'm getting a first-hand experience of EA's legendarily bad customer service >:/