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Title: Ask the Stegosaurus anything!
Post by: Thagomizer on July 06, 2007, 10:31:30 AM
Just thought I could use my own ask away thread. Any questions?
Title: Re: Ask the Stegosaurus anything!
Post by: Natalia Evans on July 06, 2007, 02:12:43 PM
Are you obsessed with dinosaurs?
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Post by: Scrapheap on July 06, 2007, 04:04:26 PM
Does a bear shit in the woods??
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Post by: El on July 06, 2007, 04:49:46 PM
Does this shirt make me look fat?
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Post by: richard on July 06, 2007, 05:07:00 PM
best avatar on this board. really. do you think that tail really fended off the t-rex?
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Post by: Calandale on July 07, 2007, 12:35:54 AM
Does thag like jelly?
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Post by: Thagomizer on July 07, 2007, 01:08:30 AM
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Are you obsessed with dinosaurs?
Are you not?

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Does a bear shit in the woods??
Polar bears shit in the arctic.

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Does this shirt make me look fat?
Which one?

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do you think that tail really fended off the t-rex?
No way in hell. It's 80 million years too early, which is more prehistoric to T.rex than T.rex is to you. 

It did, however, fend off Allosaurus, Torvosaurus, and Ceratosaurus. None of these were related to T.rex (or to each other, really), though they occupied similar niches.
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Does thag like jelly?
Sometimes!
Title: Re: Ask the Stegosaurus anything!
Post by: Calandale on July 07, 2007, 01:20:25 AM
How many times are you going to
edit the preceding post? Has anything
actually changed?
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Post by: Natalia Evans on July 07, 2007, 02:03:15 AM
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Are you obsessed with dinosaurs?
Are you not?





Answer the question and I will answer yours.
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Post by: McGiver on July 07, 2007, 05:37:19 AM
fully erect, how long is your cock?
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Post by: Calandale on July 07, 2007, 05:37:46 AM
fully erect, how long is your cock?

And is it spiked?
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Post by: El on July 07, 2007, 07:32:41 AM
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Does this shirt make me look fat?
Which one?

At the time, I was wearing the same shirt I'd been wearing when you last saw me.  I am absolutely not going to ask you the obvious follow-up of which of my shirts DO make me look fat; I am in greater control of my ovaries.  I AM horribly disappointed that you let that golden opportunity to crack wise drop, but I suppose I should also be more true to myself and not try to be a straigh man when I am in fack a twisted female.

Next question:

I start with the letter e, I end with the letter e. I contain only one letter, yet I am not the letter e! What am I?
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Post by: McGiver on July 07, 2007, 07:35:49 AM
eye?
ewe?
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Post by: duncvis on July 07, 2007, 08:18:18 AM
I know this one, but I won't spoil it.  :angel:
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Post by: Thagomizer on July 07, 2007, 03:13:10 PM
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How many times are you going to
edit the preceding post?
As many times as I need to. The world needs a big pause button.

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Has anything actually changed?
Yes. I removed the species names of the three listed predators, and clarified the last clause a bit.

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Answer the question and I will answer yours.
God no, I'm not obsessed with dinosaurs. I can just name at least two off the top of my head for every letter of the alphabet, walk around any natural history museum and identify almost all of the fossils before I can get close enough to read their labels, and was the only English major in the Dinosaur Paleobiology class at BSC two years ago, who seemed to know more about the subject than anyone except the professor.

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fully erect, how long is your cock?
I do not keep fowl.

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I start with the letter e, I end with the letter e. I contain only one letter, yet I am not the letter e! What am I?
You are an envelope. I liked the human female better.

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Post by: El on July 07, 2007, 03:16:08 PM
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I start with the letter e, I end with the letter e. I contain only one letter, yet I am not the letter e! What am I?
You are an envelope. I liked the human female better.



Better than envelopes?  What the hell are you in the practice of doing to your office supplies?
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Post by: McGiver on July 07, 2007, 08:22:39 PM
fully erect, how long is your penis?
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Post by: Natalia Evans on July 08, 2007, 02:03:32 AM
Sounds like you are obsessed with dinosaurs. I was obsessed with them when I was 9 and 10 because I was obsessed with Jurassic Park.


Have you ever been to Spokane?
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Post by: Thagomizer on July 08, 2007, 11:36:33 AM
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Better than envelopes?  What the hell are you in the practice of doing to your office supplies?
I plead the fifth.

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fully erect, how long is your penis?
25 feet, but I haven't measured in a while, so may be off.

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Sounds like you are obsessed with dinosaurs. I was obsessed with them when I was 9 and 10 because I was obsessed with Jurassic Park.
Too bad Jurassic Park didn't invent dinosaurs. In the eyes of the public, it may as well have, but at least JP helped engender a new renaissance in dinosaur interest that is still continuing to this day. The real creatures themselves, outside of any outdated fictional confines, are more subtle, complex, and fascinating. And they're real. For most people, it seems that an interest in dinosaurs wanes away like a childhood disease, but I enjoy dinosaurs more as an adult than I did as a kid.

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Have you ever been to Spokane?
No. Always wanted to visit the west coast states, though.
Title: Re: Ask the Stegosaurus anything!
Post by: McGiver on July 08, 2007, 11:38:10 AM
what is the distance from the tip of your index finger to the end of your palm, wrist side.
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Post by: Natalia Evans on July 08, 2007, 11:38:55 AM
Have you seen Benny & Joon?
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Post by: El on July 08, 2007, 11:45:28 AM
I enjoy shopping at Staples more as an adult than I did as a kid.

Fixed.

Or am I pushing the envelope?
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Post by: McGiver on July 08, 2007, 01:13:32 PM
how much memory does your porn collection take up on your hard drive?
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Post by: El on July 08, 2007, 01:59:57 PM
What other windows do you have open on your computer right now besides this one?
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Post by: Thagomizer on July 08, 2007, 09:23:07 PM
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what is the distance from the tip of your index finger to the end of your palm, wrist side.
A few inches.

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Have you seen Benny & Joon?
No.

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how much memory does your porn collection take up on your hard drive?
On my computer? None, since it doesn't have access to the internet. On the computer that I use to get here and talk to you guys? I don't know, and I'm scared to find out.

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What other windows do you have open on your computer right now besides this one?
Google search for "Benny & Joon", Bookmark manager, and YouTube (World of Warcraft: Funeral Ambush).
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Post by: Natalia Evans on July 09, 2007, 01:35:56 AM
What is your diagnoses?

Have you been obsessed with dinosaurs before?
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Post by: El on July 09, 2007, 06:13:04 AM
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how much memory does your porn collection take up on your hard drive?
On my computer? None, since it doesn't have access to the internet. On the computer that I use to get here and talk to you guys? I don't know, and I'm scared to find out.

Are you more scared to find out, or to have someone else you share the computer with find out?
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Post by: Thagomizer on July 09, 2007, 12:00:55 PM
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What is your diagnoses?
None has been made, though I suspect that I have some form of AS.

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Have you been obsessed with dinosaurs before?
I've been told the first words I spoke were "cat" and "ball". Supposedly, "Triceratops" followed soon afterwards.

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Are you more scared to find out, or to have someone else you share the computer with find out?
I don't think I have much in the way of actual porn saved on the hard drive; just a few pictures among many other that wouldl more accurately into the category of mildly erotic art. On the other hand, I've linked to hundreds of porn galleries in my special "favorites" section over the years, and many of these aren't even up any longer. I need to stort this stuff out some time.
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Post by: McGiver on July 09, 2007, 12:31:31 PM
how many days, weeks or months do you think it would take you to sort out the porn links in you favorites folder?
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Post by: Natalia Evans on July 09, 2007, 01:12:08 PM
Will you take this test and tell us what results you got?



http://www.pttools.co.uk/asc/asc_wp2.php
Title: Re: Ask the Stegosaurus anything!
Post by: Thagomizer on July 09, 2007, 04:21:00 PM
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how many days, weeks or months do you think it would take you to sort out the porn links in you favorites folder?
I could probably do it all in a day, but it would take too long I wouldn't want to. Plus, I'd get distracted very easily.

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Will you take this test and tell us what results you got?
Yes. Here are my results:

(http://www.pttools.co.uk/asc/asc_wp_gif2.php?rbi=7.25&si=6.25&lg=4.75&poc=6.5&ir=3&rp=5&s=3.25&m=2.5)

# Repetitive or restricted Behaviours and Interests (RBI) - Stereotyped, repetitive behaviours and interests
# Social Impairment (SI) - Social understanding
# Language problems (L) - Speech, words and sentences
# Planning, Organization and Concentration problems (POC) - Cognitive skills related to being able to plan, organise and stay focused
# Imaging and Recall problems (IR) - Visualisation, imagination and remembering past events
# Reasoning and Problem solving problems (RP) - Cognitive skills related to rational deduction and working things out
# Sensory problems (S) - Impact of senses
# Motor problems (M) - Control of own movement

RBI =7.25
SI=6.25
L=4.75
POC=6.5
IR=3
RP=5
S=3.25
M=2.5

Title: Re: Ask the Stegosaurus anything!
Post by: El on July 10, 2007, 01:45:50 PM
Do the results surprise you?
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Post by: Teejay on July 11, 2007, 01:24:47 AM
Is it true you have two brains?
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Post by: Thagomizer on July 11, 2007, 02:40:04 PM
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Do the results surprise you?

I'm not even sure how to interpret them. Some categories are high, some low. I was hoping RBI wouldn't be the highest, though.

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Is it true you have two brains?

Nope. The second "brain" in the hips is an enlarged pelvic nerve plexus, which is something all quadropeds have.
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Post by: El on July 11, 2007, 04:51:06 PM
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Do the results surprise you?

I'm not even sure how to interpret them. Some categories are high, some low. I was hoping RBI wouldn't be the highest, though.

Why?  That's the only one that isn't necessarily impairing, just by definition.
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Post by: Thagomizer on July 11, 2007, 08:16:56 PM
Oops! It looks like I mistook RBI for POC. I guess that's the one that worries me the most at the moment. Anyway, I agree, RBI isn't anything to worry about compared to the others, and it doesn't surprise me that it came up highest.
Title: Re: Ask the Stegosaurus anything!
Post by: McGiver on July 11, 2007, 08:18:34 PM
have you ever had sexual fantasies about another man?
Title: Re: Ask the Stegosaurus anything!
Post by: Thagomizer on July 11, 2007, 10:30:47 PM
No, though I'm not homophobic or intimidated by male nudity.
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Post by: Callaway on July 11, 2007, 10:40:15 PM
Have you done any more writing lately?
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Post by: McGiver on July 12, 2007, 07:05:24 AM
No, though I'm not homophobic or intimidated by male nudity.
have you ever fantacized about having sexual relations with another man?
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Post by: Natalia Evans on July 12, 2007, 12:47:09 PM
What do you think of my SG's B&J and Spokane thread? ;D
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Post by: Calandale on July 13, 2007, 05:50:33 AM
Even though you don't have two
brains, have you ever fantasized about
such?
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Post by: El on July 14, 2007, 07:45:41 PM
If you had to have sex with a man, but could have your pick of any man on the planet, who would you do?
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Post by: Thagomizer on July 14, 2007, 09:40:16 PM
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Have you done any more writing lately?
I'm going to turn this computer off soon for precisely that purpose. I hope I succeed.

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have you ever fantacized  about having sexual relations with another man?
No.

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What do you think of my SG's B&J and Spokane thread?
It's fun, but I'm afraid I don't have much to contribute to it.

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Even though you don't have two
brains, have you ever fantasized about
such?
Yes. I wrote a whole memoir about it.

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If you had to have sex with a man, but could have your pick of any man on the planet, who would you do?
Certainly not a celebrity or anyone whom I admired, because that would irrevocably sour things a bit. Instead, I'd pick a young gay man who'd actually enjoy it, so at least he'd get something out of it and not feel like he's a thief on the receiving end of Priapus' justice.
Title: Re: Ask the Stegosaurus anything!
Post by: El on July 16, 2007, 04:34:53 PM
Can you resist the temptation to respond with a picture?

http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php?topic=4658.msg211009#msg211009
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Post by: Thagomizer on July 16, 2007, 08:51:38 PM
Only if I can't find a link to the picture of the said tatoo.
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Post by: Natalia Evans on July 16, 2007, 09:29:23 PM
What's with your name and your avatar?
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Post by: Thagomizer on July 16, 2007, 09:59:36 PM
What's with your name and your avatar?

Quoted from this Wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thagomizer):

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The thagomizer, or tail spikes, is an arrangement of four to ten spikes on the tails of particular dinosaurs of the clade Stegosauria, of which Stegosaurus stenops is the most familiar. The tail arrangement is believed to have been a defensive weapon against predators.

The term "thagomizer" was coined by Gary Larson in a 1982 Far Side comic strip, in which a group of cavemen in a faux-modern lecture hall are taught by their caveman professor that the spikes were named for "the late Thag Simmons". The term was picked up initially by Ken Carpenter, a palaeontologist at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, who used the term when describing a fossil at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology in 1993.

Thagomizer has since been adopted as an informal anatomical term, appearing, for example, on the website of the Smithsonian Institution. The term has been used in displays at Dinosaur National Monument in Utah, in the book The Complete Dinosaur, and in the stegosaur display at the Smithsonian Institution. As of 2007, however, the term does not appear to have been published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal.

Stegosaurus had four thagomizers at the end of the tail, as did most of the Stegosauria (like Huayangosaurus, Tuojiangosaurus, etc.), though there is evidence that at least one (Chungkingosaurus) may have had five or more. So my avatar depicts the end of a Stegosaurus tail. However, it must be kept in mind that while most restorations show the spikes pointing vertically, a recent study has shown that they more likely pointed horizontally, which probably made them deadlier, as in the picture below:

(http://www.stevepugh.net/VTT/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/stegosaurus.jpg)




Title: Re: Ask the Stegosaurus anything!
Post by: Natalia Evans on July 16, 2007, 10:19:35 PM
So it was something random then you picked?
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Post by: Thagomizer on July 18, 2007, 11:51:48 AM
So it was something random then you picked?
My deviantart account is Coelophysis, and on other forums I have been known by Tyrannosaurus, Deinonychus, Cordillerion, and Mastodon. I don't think it's random so much as inevitable.
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Post by: Natalia Evans on July 19, 2007, 12:15:46 PM
Do you like fluorescent lights?
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Post by: Thagomizer on July 19, 2007, 11:39:44 PM
Yes, because they encourage plant growth, don't overheat, and are therefore good for newts.
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Post by: Natalia Evans on July 20, 2007, 03:01:18 AM
Do they hrt your eyes?


How often do you hear them buzzing or humming when you see them?
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Post by: Thagomizer on August 20, 2007, 01:31:15 PM
Do they hrt your eyes?
Haven't so far.

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How often do you hear them buzzing or humming when you see them?
Not much that I recall.

Anyway, sorry about the wait. :-[
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Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 15, 2017, 07:51:25 PM
  Is your head-brain really only as big as a walnut?  :orly:
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Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 15, 2017, 07:52:13 PM
  Do you know this guy?  --->  :dino:
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Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 15, 2017, 07:53:19 PM
  Are you scared of this guy? --->  :dino2:
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Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 15, 2017, 07:54:12 PM
  Might you have stayed longer if we'd had dinosaur smilies back in the day?  :tard: :autism:
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Post by: odeon on April 16, 2017, 02:38:34 AM
Bored, CBC? :P
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Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 16, 2017, 03:58:14 AM
Bored, CBC? :P

  Yes, and I'm a Jurassic World fan, and I get a kick out of the concept
   of something that massive having a brain the size of a walnut.  :P
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Post by: odeon on April 17, 2017, 01:31:50 AM
They're a bit like Donald Trump, then. I'm hoping for extinction there, too. :P
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Post by: El on April 18, 2017, 06:04:51 AM
  Might you have stayed longer if we'd had dinosaur smilies back in the day?  :tard: :autism:
He left in disgrace after I dumped him and he got caught cyber-stalking me as a second account named "Lurker."  So, probably not.
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Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 18, 2017, 07:00:50 AM
  Might you have stayed longer if we'd had dinosaur smilies back in the day?  :tard: :autism:
He left in disgrace after I dumped him and he got caught cyber-stalking me as a second account named "Lurker."  So, probably not.

  Damn.  Sorry.  Didn't know.  :-[
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Post by: El on April 18, 2017, 06:08:51 PM
  Might you have stayed longer if we'd had dinosaur smilies back in the day?  :tard: :autism:
He left in disgrace after I dumped him and he got caught cyber-stalking me as a second account named "Lurker."  So, probably not.

  Damn.  Sorry.  Didn't know.  :-[
It's fine.  I'm sure he's well moved on from me to stalk/creep on/be shitty to many subsequent unfortunate souls in the last... jesus, it's actually been a decade, I think.  Or for all I know he outgrew being a misogynistic little psychopath at some point.  Anyway, the little heart attack I felt at seeing this thread revived woke me right up this morning, so there's that, lol.
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Post by: rock hound on April 18, 2017, 06:36:23 PM
Gotta admit, this thread amuses me...it fits a pattern. 
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Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 19, 2017, 04:46:21 AM
  Might you have stayed longer if we'd had dinosaur smilies back in the day?  :tard: :autism:
He left in disgrace after I dumped him and he got caught cyber-stalking me as a second account named "Lurker."  So, probably not.

  Damn.  Sorry.  Didn't know.  :-[
It's fine.  I'm sure he's well moved on from me to stalk/creep on/be shitty to many subsequent unfortunate souls in the last... jesus, it's actually been a decade, I think.  Or for all I know he outgrew being a misogynistic little psychopath at some point.  Anyway, the little heart attack I felt at seeing this thread revived woke me right up this morning, so there's that, lol.

  Sorry about the scare.  I just wanted to talk about dinosaurs.  :-[