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Start here => M.O.-Introductions => Ask Away Threads => Topic started by: Pyraxis on May 27, 2006, 06:49:06 PM
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All right, I give in, I'll be an attention whore too. Some of these questions are getting too juicy to pass up.
There are a few questions I'd evade, but I don't think anyone here knows enough about me to ask them.
So - if you give a damn - ask Pyraxis anything.
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you asked for it, let me dive right in and find one of those evasive questions. now mind you, this is just based upon correlations and have had no straightforward admission from you.
are you secretly in love with nomaken?
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Actually, I'm happy to answer that one, since I figured people (including Nomaken himself) were probably wondering.
When he posted on what he wanted in an SO, my first response was holy shit, it's a damn shame I'm not looking for a partner, because if I was, this sounds pretty close to perfect. Over the next couple days I decided that even if I was in the market, it probably wouldn't work, for a few reasons.
One, I take myself too seriously for him. I don't think he would respond to symbol-stalking, and he doesn't seem to have much sense of the sacred... I would miss the opportunity to share passion if I were with someone who gets such a kick out of knocking down taboos, because they'd inevitably target ones I didn't want broken. Two, he said he was looking for someone who would have at least some time to spend with him outside of their quest. My quest takes up pretty much my entire non-resting existence, and I would have a real hard time believing someone would actually be willing to accept the degree to which I would ignore them. Three, I think he's more interested in sex than he cares to admit (else why the lucid dreaming?)... and I've got quite a lot of living to do before (or if) I ever decided to figure out sexuality. Four, I doubt I'm fun-loving enough for him, my sense of humor is kinda broken. There's also the physical factor. I highly doubt he's as repulsive as he likes to pretend, and I admit the androgyny is a cool perk, but I would still have a hard time finding the desire to cuddle with someone who rarely bathes. I don't even like minestrone.
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symbol-stalking, and he doesn't seem to have much sense of the sacred
what exactly is this?
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Hard to describe but I will try. The bulk of my interactions with Neuroman would fall under the category of symbol-stalking. My interactions with Ghosthunter on WrongPlanet also would count. The exchange of poetry, for example. It's the edging-away, leading-on dance between two people who are both internally conflicted between approach and avoid, fear and the desire for human contact. Speaking to each other through symbols and interpretations and subtlety instead of outright open honesty.
Quite alien to you, I'm sure.
Sense of the sacred basically means I would want to be able to show something highly important to me (creative work for example) and have them give it time and attention, and take it seriously, simply because they knew that it was important to me. It's a kind of respect that I would be happy to return.
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you seem quite complex. even moreso than i had thought.
do you, even know you? or are you still unwrapping yourself to yourself with each passing day?
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I do respect things which people find truely sacred. What I like to attack are the things people don't really find sacred, they just say it is, almost insulting the concept of sacred.
And when I answered about the lucid dreaming I was trying to emphasis that I really have no idea(I can't even feel a hint of an emotion that would imply something about) why when I dream I am such a horny bastard. Because when I'm awake I feel like i'm around a bunch of spider monkeys when i'm around other guys.
And the reason I don't bathe is because I have no reason to. And that I dislike the bathing system I grew up with. When I work as a teacher or a psychologist for a couple of years, i'm going to build a CUSTOM bathroom that is so convenient and comfortable it will make regular bathing fun.
As for that symbol stalking thing, it sounds fun, but it also sounds a bit stressful, because I'd always worry about my preformance.
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I'll take that as a compliment.
I like to think I've got myself totally figured out by this point. I'm through with analyzing the past for example - there's nothing left to analyze. And I've turned my focus externally because I need more stimuli and practical experience instead of just living in my head.
But certain of my friends would beg to differ. A quote from an IM conversation a few days ago (reconstructed as best as I can remember): "For someone who thinks about the human mind as much as you do, you really have no freaking clue."
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"For someone who thinks about the human mind as much as you do, you really have no freaking clue."
do you think it is even possible to understand even a small portion of the human mind?
rather, don't you think that it is quite complex and so fragile that to fully know it would be a mind fuck, all unto itself?
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before i forget to ask
4 questions:
1.) do you really enjoy the x-men?
2.) have you seen the new x-men movie?
3.) why do they call it x-men, when their are mutant women?
4.) do you consider yourself a mutant?
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I believe it's possible to understand anything. However, the human mind is one of the most complex systems out there. The only thing more complex I've found is sociology/politics... 'cause then you're not dealing with one mind, but billions, all operating simultaneously. Sociology is one of my current perseverations.
When I say I've got myself figured out, I mean that I have an operating knowledge of my motivations, desires, and goals. All that is subject to change in the future. I also probably shouldn't have said totally figured out, because yes it is a mindfuck, in a way.
However I'm a firm believer in the idea that just because a thing is understood, doesn't make it any less valuable or worthwhile. That's a common and annoying fallacy that I ran into a lot, especially at art school and among religious types - the idea that if it can be scientifically explained, if it can be "reduced" to materialism, it's no longer special. The idea that god is god because of his/her/its unknowability, because it's totally beyond human comprehension, ever. Or the idea that it's not real art, it's just craft, unless it comes straight out of someone's Freudian unconscious. The problem with that was that with many of these so-called artworks, I could explain them, I could see how to mimic them well enough to pass an art equivalent of the Turing test, and I could trace them back to mental motivations on the part of the artist that demonstrated values which deserved only scorn when brought into the open.
Claiming one cannot understand one's own unconscious is generally (not always though!) born of laziness or ignorance of psychology. However I believe it's possible to mathematically prove that a contained system can never fully understand itself. I don't know the proof offhand, but I could probably track it down if anyone gave a damn.
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How would you like your funeral conducted?
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1.) do you really enjoy the x-men?
I like them, but not obsessively. I changed my avatar temporarily to celebrate the third movie coming out, because the first two were freaking awesome. I'm sure I'll change it back pretty soon, when it's no longer interesting.
2.) have you seen the new x-men movie?
Hell yeah, I saw it last night. Both my current sig and avatar subtitle are references to it. I changed them as a precursor to the (don't click unless you don't mind spoilers!) rant I was planning on writing (http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php?topic=501.0) but unfortunately didn't have time to finish and post it till this evening.
3.) why do they call it x-men, when their are mutant women?
Damned if I know. I have no problem with referring to humankind as "men", it's just archaic language. I don't honestly think that people used it to imply that females weren't human, so I just read "men" as "people" in that context.
4.) do you consider yourself a mutant?
Nope, unless autism/asperger's turns out to be a form ofl mutation. But I'm too similar to the rest of humanity to consider myself anything other than human.
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How would you like your funeral conducted?
Hmm... you'd have to catch me in a more morbid mood for me to actually care, since I wouldn't be around to enjoy it. Though my ideal funeral would probably involve some guy standing over my cryo tank and announcing that he/she had just perfected their method of restoring a human personality from a dormant brain into a revitalized body. Because I want to live forever. ;D
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do you think it is possible to stump you with such a deep, profound question that you hadn't already considered and asked of yourself?
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do you think it is possible to stump you with such a deep, profound question that you hadn't already considered and asked of yourself?
Please try. :)
Sure it's possible. Happens more often than you might think. Just a few days ago, I asked Happeh one I hadn't figured out yet (http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php?topic=361.msg9426#msg9426). I was impressed by his answer (http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php?topic=361.msg9542#msg9542), which was actually equivalent to the best I'd come up with for that question. Still full of loopholes, and raises other questions, but a decent starting ground. I tried to raise more in my X-men 3 thread, but sadly I think I screwed up the presentation of them and it just came across as random bitching.
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Quote from: Pyraxis on May 20, 2006, 05:47:09 PM
Now I don't particularly care whether Happeh thinks I'm a parakeet or a sperm whale, but I do care about the ethical questions that situations like this raise. When exactly is it okay to give up trying to communicate with a person?
See Dunc's message. When he says "I understand I am a sheep. I am OK with it and I give you permission to not try to change me into a human being", that is when you can walk away from them.
If they rationally admit knowledge of their problem, rationally state that they are OK with their problem, and rationally tell you that it is OK for you to walk away, then you can leave them be.
but he was using dunc as an example and dunc was clearly being ironic. so he answered and used a misinformed example. the rest of it seems like a copout. he is trying to wriggle himself out from under, but his pride won't allow him to leave abruptly, he needs to leave having convinced himself he did all he could.
but he used an ironic comment as his exit strategy.
i am not impressed with his answer at all.
what did you find impressive about it?
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That if you strip away all the posturing, troll-baiting, ridiculous points of view, and bullshit, you get "The time to stop trying to help people is when they, rationally and with full knowledge of their situation, tell you they don't want your help." Which can be applied to everything from raising a teenager, to international politics (USA imposing "democracy" on nations) to dealing with suicidal people.
Edit: I don't care if Happeh was ignoring or misinterpreting Dunc's irony... from his point of view, for all intents and purposes, Dunc's irony doesn't exist, so he was answering the question as if it was real. I don't care if his answer has the side perk of allowing him to wiggle out of an argument while thinking he's salvaged his pride. That falls under the category of bullshit and doesn't change the fact that there is some value to his words behind the misguided intent.
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touche!
now i see the point.
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But certain of my friends would beg to differ. A quote from an IM conversation a few days ago (reconstructed as best as I can remember): "For someone who thinks about the human mind as much as you do, you really have no freaking clue."
What kinds of thoughts do you have of the human mind?
Do you think you know your own mind well? Do you think anyone can ever truly understand the workings of their own mind? Or will they just be caught in an endless loop of doubting and questioning their own nature and motivations?
Do you work as hard as you do because you enjoy it, you like money, or because you don't know wtf else to do with your life so you just go through the motions to preserve some sense of sanity? (not an insult if you do, most of my life has been spent living like that)
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may i say damn?
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How would you describe your sexuality?
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Have you ever actually told someone to eat shit in Watership Downish?
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What kinds of thoughts do you have of the human mind?
That's kind of a vague question. Too many to list here, can you narrow it down some?
Do you think you know your own mind well? Do you think anyone can ever truly understand the workings of their own mind?
I believe I already answered these ones. To summarize: yes and mostly yes.
Or will they just be caught in an endless loop of doubting and questioning their own nature and motivations?
That's a valid trap. You have to know when to stop, when it would defeat your point to continue, or you're quite right, you'll end up in the same place as some unfortunate lifetime psych patients whose therapists have bought into the idea that if a motivation can be named, it must not be the truth yet, and there must be something deeper.
That's why you have to monitor your own emotional reactions when you're doing self-analysis. For example, when you first start out, it's all virgin territory and quite fascinating and exciting. If you've got past trauma, pretty soon you'll start waking it up and getting all kinds of arbitrary and bizarre emotional responses - anger, fear, jealousy, etc, and also positive stuff (especially if you have depression issues) like unhesitant joy or the sense of your life having purpose. But after that, you get to a point where thoughts that had once been too potent to even admit to will lose their intensity and you'll find you're just going through the motions of analysis, with a growing sense of sickness or futility. That's the point where I think it's important to stop and ask whether your goal is really to erase all the intensity from your life, 'cause that's what'll happen if you keep going. I'm most definitely not Buddhist and I don't believe life's goal is serene emptiness.
Of course there's also one other thing to keep in mind, and that's that in some cases your brain will try to throw all kinds of defenses at you in order to prevent you from looking at certain trauma. And these can look like the desire to stop analyzing. So you also have to learn your own patterns well enough to spot and avoid these defenses. For example one I used to get is exhaustion, suddenly falling asleep when I tried to go down a certain path, regardless of having no sleep debt. So I had to demonstrate to my brain that it couldn't get away with it, by resisting it a couple times, and then it stopped happening.
Do you work as hard as you do because you enjoy it, you like money, or because you don't know wtf else to do with your life so you just go through the motions to preserve some sense of sanity? (not an insult if you do, most of my life has been spent living like that)
At the moment, I work for money and industry contacts. Money, so that I can take enough time off to make a really stunning demo reel, and contacts so that I can get the industry job I want, once I can demonstrate I have the talent to back it up. I actually don't particularly enjoy my job at the moment, it's too technical. I want something that has a combination of technical work and creativity, and so far it's been mostly code and error tracking.
Though there's also some question at the moment as to whether I'm really taking the most direct path to my goals or whether I'm holding myself back based on fear, habit, and a couple other unproductive motivations.
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may i say damn?
Be my guest ;D though I don't know what you're saying damn to...
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I get the impression that you were raised conservative christian and finally broke away to atheism more or less, correct?
At what point in your life did you say "Fuck this fucking bullshit" for good?
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Do you keep yourself in shape on a regular basis?
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during gym class, when you were in high school, did you ever find yourself aroused by the other females young naked bodies?
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How would you describe your sexuality?
Semi-repressed. Only semi, because I'm not traumatized and I doubt I'd get any kind of earth-shattering emotional release if I started being sexual.
I just used it in unusual ways when I was a kid. I don't remember ever not knowing how to masturbate, though I didn't figure out what I was doing till I was 13. I remember being 6, climbing tetherball poles at recess and humping them at the top. The other kids would be standing in a circle, waiting for their turn to climb and calling for me to get down. I guess nobody figured out what I was actually doing up there, since I never got rushed off to counselling.
When I was 11 or so, sound sensitivity started to get bad. When I was 13 I discovered that the frustration and pain of having to sit still while it felt like your head was getting ripped apart, could be converted into sexual energy. So I taught myself to masturbate to orgasm without changing expression or moving beyond crossing/uncrossing my legs a couple times. It was the most effective way I could find to drown out and numb my nervous system. So I'd do it over and over, at the dinner table or in a crowded classroom or in the car with my family.
It was worth it, but the inadvertent result was that my sexuality, which had already been a bit off kilter, got even more strongly tied to frustration/endurance. It doesn't have anything to do with people - I was 17 before I got even a little interested in dating - but I respond to (warning - explicit and potentially disturbing adult material) scenarios like this one (http://www.asstr.org/files/Authors/voltsjolts/journey.txt) that push the limits of self-control. So basically I have a lot of re-conditioning to do before I'll really be able to have a natural sexual relationship with another human being. It has its perks though - I'll be able to pick my sexual orientation, and I've always wanted to be a Kinsey 3 in order to keep my options open.
So, do you think Happeh will be able to resist having a field day with me? ::)
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Does it mean something that you skipped my question?
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Probably like the second thing I noticed about people was that when you were touching on a subject which was important to them(no matter how much they deny it) their mannerisms would change slightly. They would snap, talk a bit faster, come up with stupid answers, and get agitated. I always wonder how they can't notice that if they are doing that it probably MEANS something important. So when I analyze myself I keep a real close eye on changes in thought and mannerism which would imply that something I was thinking of was causing an apparently unexplained emotion. And there are 2 things which have got me stumped because I can't notice even a hint of emotion in any direction which would imply meaning about the 2 things. That is the Shwartz picture(a picture of a dead woman in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark), and the fact that when I dream i screw anything that moves. The picture disturbs me to the point of swerving off into oncoming traffic if you show it to me. The emotion is unlike any other, I would describe it as just a rush of adrenaline, abject horror. I can't think of anything it could be related to which might cause horror, and I was in a quiet, comfortable, peaceful setting when i first saw it.
And there are easy answers as to why when I dream i screw anything that moves, and I would be fine if that was the answer, but it doesn't feel like it is true. I'm not indignant at the suggestion which would imply denial. I'm not embarassed. I care as much about those dreams as I do a lawn chair.
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Does it mean something that you skipped my question?
Nope, I've just been answering them in order, and the last one I answered was Peter's sexuality one. Yours was next.
Have you ever actually told someone to eat shit in Watership Downish?
No, sadly. Wish I had.
And that's Lapine to you.
Edit: And yes, your cat is annoying :D ...
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I get the impression that you were raised conservative christian and finally broke away to atheism more or less, correct?
At what point in your life did you say "Fuck this fucking bullshit" for good?
I was raised Anglican, went to Catholic school for the first two years of high school. Came out as agnostic when I was 20... I was a bit of a late bloomer.
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Do you keep yourself in shape on a regular basis?
Not at the moment. I went running for an hour 3 times a week when I was in college, and I had no car so I got a lot of exercise by walking most places. I know I'd probably have more energy and less stress if I exercised now, but I haven't gotten back into the habit. It's hard to find time.
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during gym class, when you were in high school, did you ever find yourself aroused by the other females young naked bodies?
:o What kind of gym class do you think we had where we'd run around naked???
I know. You meant in the changing room. Not that I can remember. But I watched the athletic girls a lot. I would scope out their bodies and decide which would make the best models for the warriors in my fantasy stories. I would try to absorb their movements and their confidence. Does that count as arousal?
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its arousing me, just to read what you wrote, so i'd say yeah...
not really, but it did make me raise my eyebrows.
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not really, but it did make me raise my eyebrows.
What do you mean by raise your eyebrows? What were you thinking?
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there movement their confidence;
their proud breasts!
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what, to you, is the most important rule of net-iquette to observe?
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Do you have a pic and if you do can i see it?
If you don't have a pic can your describe yourself?
Note: I am NOT interested in you romantically or sexually I just like to put a face to the name.
Edit: Not a fruedian slip a typo :-[
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Note: I am interested in you romantically or sexually I just like to put a face to the name.
shome mishtake surely?? :laugh:
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Do you have a pic and if you do can i see it?
If you don't have a pic can your describe yourself?
Note: I am interested in you romantically or sexually I just like to put a face to the name.
I'm also interested in you romantically and sexually. Can you make it a nude? :-*
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Do you have a pic and if you do can i see it?
If you don't have a pic can your? describe yourself?
Note: I am interested in you romantically or sexually I just like to put a face to the name.
no administrator messed with this post. i think that jman did a freudian slip. what i think he meant was that he was not interested in you romantically but he is sexually. he likes to put a face to his fantasy.
what do you think about jman hitting on you?
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What in life truely makes you happy on a regular basis, and why exactly does it make you happy?
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Not quite a question, but I'm gonna answer it anyway. :)
there are 2 things which have got me stumped because I can't notice even a hint of emotion in any direction which would imply meaning about the 2 things. That is the Shwartz picture(a picture of a dead woman in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark), and the fact that when I dream i screw anything that moves...
And there are easy answers as to why when I dream i screw anything that moves, and I would be fine if that was the answer, but it doesn't feel like it is true..... I care as much about those dreams as I do a lawn chair.
Occasionally a complete lack of response can mean denial in the same way.... but now that I think about it, I don't you well enough to presume to guess. I know that personally when I encounter something highly disturbing I immediately try to hide the reaction. Either by staying very still and quiet, or by keeping talking or doing whatever I was doing, automatically. But I certainly can't trust my conscious mind to tell me which things I'm in denial about, cause it's not always accompanied by an instant feeling. At the moment, for example, I care about masturbating about as much as I care about a lawn chair, but I would guess that most of the people reading this thread would call that denial.
Do you have an internet link to that disturbing picture?
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how great is it that three people caught jmans freudian slip before he edited it to his concious minds intent.
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what, to you, is the most important rule of net-iquette to observe?
I'm really not that picky about netiquette. Coherence is good. Constantly changing avatars is not good. Spelling mistakes are fine. Replying to IM or chat messages with "k" is not good. Replying to each part of a person's post instead of skipping over most of it and going off on tangents is good. But all of those are negotiable.
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No, i don't. (FYI, the slight suggestion I might have to find it and look at it just caused a minor but definite sting of fear.) But it is the cover of a new reprinting of the Scary stories series(that was a fun trip to borders), you might be able to find it on amazon.com. I can't think of anything which would cause me to have a good reason to be disturbed by the picture, i am just spontaneously disturbed by it. I do know that my mental defense mechanisms are in full effect in relation to it. I do know it has something to do with the picture as a WHOLE, seeing the eye sockts and the mouth at once will do it whereas the eyes alone or the mouth alone wont. I can only remember the picture in emotion, and in pieces, i can't remember it as a whole like i can remember everything else in my life. And i've seen it dozens of times.
Something else which is psychologically nifty is that last time i saw it(on that cover outside borders) I specifically bought the book, cut out the picture, and put it into a nice and expensive frame i got from JC penny or something. Now i keep it kind of like that story the portrait of dorian grey. This has made me feel more comfortable. I've got it face down in my desk right here.
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Do you have a pic and if you do can i see it?
If you don't have a pic can your describe yourself?
Would you rather see photos or self-portraits? Not sure what kind of info you're looking for, and they convey different types.
Note: I am NOT interested in you romantically or sexually I just like to put a face to the name.
Edit: Not a fruedian slip a typo :-[
Then I'll be the one person on here who doesn't give you shit for it. 'Cause I wouldn't want you interested in me romantically or sexually.
I don't much like matching pics of myself to the name, because the presence I project in real life is at odds to the one I project online. Plus, revealing age or gender only leads to annoying stereotypes. But this is an honesty thread so I'll do it once I find out what you're looking for.
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I'm also interested in you romantically and sexually. Can you make it a nude? :-*
LOL. You do have a fetish for the fucked-up ones, don't you?
No, I won't post a nude. But I did this painting using nude pics of myself as reference material, so feel free to extrapolate. (I changed the face though.)
(http://www.studiopyraxis.com/temp/urania500.jpg)
(Urania, oil on canvas, 2003)
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what do you think about jman hitting on you?
(sarcasm alert) Fan-fucking-tastic, just what I needed. I go to pains to not make myself appear sexual in any way, and now this. I suppose that's what I get for posting my sexual history on the internet, now all people care about is showing me a good shagging.
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pyraxis,
that is an amazing painting.
what are you pointing at?
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What are you good at?
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I'm also interested in you romantically and sexually. Can you make it a nude? :-*
LOL. You do have a fetish for the fucked-up ones, don't you?
I wasn't serious. :P I was just making fun of Jman's post. ::)
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how old were you when you had your first kiss and what was it like?
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Constantly changing avatars is not good.
Do I get a special exception for that? :)
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I go to pains to not make myself appear sexual in any way, and now this.
You do realize that by making yourself appear distant and unattainable you just make yourself more appealing yes? Since all guys are wanting the honor of melting the ice queen.
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(http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/3/3_3_103.gif)
this is what happens when there is all work and no play!
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When have you felt the most vulnerable?
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how many chucks could a wood chuck, chuck, if a wood chuck could chuck, chucks?
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I wasn't serious. :P I was just making fun of Jman's post. ::)
Great. So my humor detector had a complete and total meltdown. Well, carry on then, somewhere else where I don't have to worry about catching and responding appropriately to your jokes.
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Constantly changing avatars is not good.
Do I get a special exception for that? :)
Yeah, actually, cause at least yours are all you. What bugs me is when the images have no relation or bearing on each other, so it's like it's a different user.
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I go to pains to not make myself appear sexual in any way, and now this.
You do realize that by making yourself appear distant and unattainable you just make yourself more appealing yes? Since all guys are wanting the honor of melting the ice queen.
Hypnotica's got that role covered, so I don't know why anyone would chase me when she's so much louder and more vocal about it. If guys are that much into unrequited love, they're idiots anyway and will only end up more frustrated than they started. I'll leave them to it.
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You have been given one of those lousy gifts where somebody is donating a sum of money in your name- the sum of $10,000. This money will, for some reason, be given directly to people who desperately need the money (homeless or desperately impovershed, and nobody that you know, have heard of, or are connected to), not funnelled through a charity. You do not get to pick who gets the money, but you do get to pick how many people recieve money. Now, here is your dilemma- how many people do you help? For example, do you give one person the whole sum, two people $5,000, or 10,000 people $1 each? The possibilities are endless. The main question here is what division of money you'd expect to do the greatest good.
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I go to pains to not make myself appear sexual in any way, and now this.
You do realize that by making yourself appear distant and unattainable you just make yourself more appealing yes? Since all guys are wanting the honor of melting the ice queen.
Hypnotica's got that role covered, so I don't know why anyone would chase me when she's so much louder and more vocal about it. If guys are that much into unrequited love, they're idiots anyway and will only end up more frustrated than they started. I'll leave them to it.
I concur.
Girls are just as bad, though.
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I go to pains to not make myself appear sexual in any way, and now this.
You do realize that by making yourself appear distant and unattainable you just make yourself more appealing yes? Since all guys are wanting the honor of melting the ice queen.
Hypnotica's got that role covered, so I don't know why anyone would chase me when she's so much louder and more vocal about it. If guys are that much into unrequited love, they're idiots anyway and will only end up more frustrated than they started. I'll leave them to it.
I concur.
Girls are just as bad, though.
hehehehe ;D
cleverness all around
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I go to pains to not make myself appear sexual in any way, and now this.
You do realize that by making yourself appear distant and unattainable you just make yourself more appealing yes? Since all guys are wanting the honor of melting the ice queen.
Hypnotica's got that role covered, so I don't know why anyone would chase me when she's so much louder and more vocal about it. If guys are that much into unrequited love, they're idiots anyway and will only end up more frustrated than they started. I'll leave them to it.
I concur.
Girls are just as bad, though.
hehehehe ;D
cleverness all around
Wish I had some lady who had a crush on me, so then I can show off my Ice Bastard skills. :'(
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Since you like the fantasy crap, ever played the Fire Emblem games for the GBA? The Beserker class epitomises moi.
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Since you like the fantasy crap, ever played the Fire Emblem games for the GBA? The Beserker class epitomises moi.
hmm and while we're on the subject: favorite, least favorite, most overrated fantasy series in your opinion? Be it game, book, movie or whatever
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would you like it if i were to keep the same avatar?
this avatar?
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I believe you marked yourself as having "other autism spectrum disorder" on some forum yes? What do you think separates you from Asperger's Syndrome?
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Wow, I'm getting behind in answering these things.
What in life truely makes you happy on a regular basis, and why exactly does it make you happy?
Success. Intensity. Forward motion. Improving, in some small way, the state of humanity, so that we last longer as a species. Reinforcing the idea that the universe is a benevolent place to be.
Most commonly:
A good, rousing psych session. With me on either side of it, I enjoy them both. The aftermath is better and longer lasting than a drug high, and totally free if you do it with friends instead of professionals.
Art (in whatever form, music, movies, games, painting, etc.) Creating it msyelf or experiencing others'. Especially if it's inspiring or intelligently disturbing. Shock value for its own sake bores me.
Communication. I like my human contact intense, so I usually arrange it in short sharp bursts in between long periods of aloneness.
As for why, I'll have to answer that later, since I need to leave for work.
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You have been given one of those lousy gifts where somebody is donating a sum of money in your name- the sum of $10,000..... The main question here is what division of money you'd expect to do the greatest good.
Depends on the country and exchange rate, but assuming it's here in the USA, I'd give $1000 to 10 people. In most places, that's enough to get started on a major project... first month's rent on an apartment, or food to last quite a while, etc... without being so much that the person might see it as an impossibly large number and start spending it recklessly.
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would you like it if i were to keep the same avatar?
this avatar?
Really, it's not that big a deal. But that one is kinda cool.
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Since you like the fantasy crap, ever played the Fire Emblem games for the GBA? The Beserker class epitomises moi.
Nope, sorry... but a lot of games have a Berserker class, is Fire Emblem's similar or different to the classic huge muscular barbarian with a couple massive axes?
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hmm and while we're on the subject: favorite, least favorite, most overrated fantasy series in your opinion? Be it game, book, movie or whatever
Favorite: Wolfwalker series by Tara K Harper, and Ender saga by Orson Scott Card
Least favorite: hard to say, there's a lot of crap out there. But a personal pet peeve: dystopian science fiction from the days of the cold war, where nuclear war devastates the earth and a new society rises from the ashes that believes in communism and anti-technology, and the whole damn book glorifies this patently unfeasible society like it's the answer to all of humanity's problems.
Most overrated: Star Wars. By a loooong shot.
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Since you like the fantasy crap, ever played the Fire Emblem games for the GBA? The Beserker class epitomises moi.
Nope, sorry... but a lot of games have a Berserker class, is Fire Emblem's similar or different to the classic huge muscular barbarian with a couple massive axes?
Pretty much, yeah: (http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a354/fuuinnotsurugi/basaka.gif)
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pyraxis,
that is an amazing painting.
what are you pointing at?
Thanks :). The girl's not actually pointing at something, she's reaching out to touch the fractal. Since my best mental model of the universe is an infinitely complex fractal, it's a metaphor about a person changing the world for the first time.
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What are you good at?
Art, writing, and psychology. And hiding from the world. ::)
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how old were you when you had your first kiss and what was it like?
Seventeen. My boyfriend at the time and I had been working up to it for a while... his older brother would drive me home at the end of the night because neither my boyfriend nor I had driver's licenses, and he'd ride in the back with his arm around me. So it was on my front porch. I remember him laughing on a different night, "You know, one of these days we're going to actually kiss each other goodnight."
I don't actually remember the kiss, the paragraph above is based on extrapolation and guesswork. So I guess I wasn't knocked off my feet.
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When have you felt the most vulnerable?
Hmm... the most frightened and the weakest were two different times. I'm not sure which fits vulnerable better.
Most frightened would be the day in my junior year at college when I was walking to my first therapy appointment. I knew that in order for it to work, I had to hold nothing back and let a total stranger into the most heavily guarded parts of my mind. So I tried to prep myself mentally for that. Looking back, it just never occurred to me, A, that there would usually be a warming-up period where the two people learned to trust each other, or B, that it was possible to request a new therapist if you couldn't stand the one you were assigned.
Weakest, you'll have to repeat the question, to make me certain of your intent, if you really want to know.
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how many chucks could a wood chuck, chuck, if a wood chuck could chuck, chucks?
I don't know, I'll have to ask Chuck.
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Why do You think You got banned?
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I got banned? From where?
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Don't You know You where banned for a time by peegai for a time. :laugh: :laugh:
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Nope, I was at work all day and blissfully ignorant.
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AFAIK, peegai briefly banned you as a joke when you objected to the other ban (RobertN's). Eee, I only went out for an hour....
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Peegai is an asshole and not much else.
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do you think that constant bullying in ones formative years and poor social skills could turn the most sensitive of aspie into an asshole, as a defensive mechanism?
if you answer even maybe, then shouldn't we be a little more forgiving, considering the circumstances?
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Yes, easily.
No, because we're (almost) all aspies, we've (almost) all been bullied, and most of the people here have something more to them than asshole-ness. Even PostPerson had Christianity. Somebody fill me in on what Peegai has, cause I haven't seen it.
If I were really unforgiving, I would have said dump his admin status and don't give it back. But I didn't. I said I want more information and I'm not going to make a decision about it.
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do you think that constant bullying in ones formative years and poor social skills could turn the most sensitive of aspie into an asshole, as a defensive mechanism?
if you answer even maybe, then shouldn't we be a little more forgiving, considering the circumstances?
I'm well aware of my actions, McJ, so I'm not making any excuses for what I done. I never use my autism as an excuse for being a blatant asshole, which I have been.
Let these people think what they like. (Who are they to me? Nothing.) Their past weaknesses will come back to hurt them eventually.
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we just recieved the funding to produce the first annual I? Calender, and you have been selected to model for and represent one month.
Which month would you choose, and why?
and would you pose scantily clad, or bare chested?
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Wow. Um... that's not a thought I encounter every day, me on a pin-up calendar in some sleazy room.
You know what? After having just read your thread in the Main Event, here is my middle finger. I'll even model and texture it for you in full 3D, right up close and personal, with exquisite detail of the pores and wrinkles in the skin. And the blood-red sharpened fingernail.
Make it October, because October has Halloween.
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You know what? After having just read your thread in the Main Event, here is my middle finger. I'll even model and texture it for you in full 3D, right up close and personal, with exquisite detail of the pores and wrinkles in the skin. And the blood-red sharpened fingernail.
Make it October, because October has Halloween.
Now that's intense. ;D
I'd start running if I were you McJ...
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Any particular reason you skipped this one:
I believe you marked yourself as having "other autism spectrum disorder" on some forum yes? What do you think separates you from Asperger's Syndrome?
I'd really be interested to hear an answer
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Any particular reason you skipped this one:
I believe you marked yourself as having "other autism spectrum disorder" on some forum yes? What do you think separates you from Asperger's Syndrome?
I'd really be interested to hear an answer
Sorry, I just forgot it.
I marked that because I've never had an official evaluation and never gotten the paperwork, so it seems wrong to call myself Asperger's when I don't know where on the autistic spectrum I am. I'm not a big fan of self-diagnosis (yes, you heard that right) so I'm not going to self-diagnose myself Aspie.
My dealings with professionals on the subject went something like this:
- After about a month and a half of therapy, I'm going home from college for the summer and the counsellor is trying to set me up with someone in my family's town. I'm scared to go, thinking they'll tell me there's nothing wrong with me, so he reluctantly tells me to tell them I have anxiety and social issues of some sort. The social issues part completely surprises me, because I hadn't talked about that in session at all, I hadn't considered it a problem.
- After 4 months (the next fall, I chickened out over the summer), I'm bringing Donna Williams' songs and writing to session (with much hesitation lest anyone think I identify with her) and saying "I'm not autistic, but this exposure anxiety thing seems to explain so many unanswered qestions about my life."
- After about 5 months, I'm describing being in class and having the sounds of the other students build up around me until it seems like it would be just as easy to go feral and start hitting them, or run out of the room screaming, as it would be to keep doing my work - so I sit totally still because I don't trust my actions, and keep moving the scroll bar on the computer screen so it looks like I'm just reading. The counsellor suddenly goes all silent, I ask him what he's thinking, and he says his mind is going in a hundred directions at once.
- After 6 months, I'm writing to Donna Williams, saying I'm not autistic but telling her the story of how I first met her writing. The same session as I bring him her response, the counsellor brings in an article about Dawn Prince-Hughes. I ask him why he would show it to me of all people, does he think I have Asperger's? He says that I'm "on the autistic spectrum" in that way of a person saying, "I know you're not gonna like this, but it's true." I say, "Well, if I am, I'm right up at the mild end." He gives me a look like "Don't give me that bullshit" and says, "Some things are mild and some things are not so mild." I don't have the guts to ask which things are which.
- A little while later, he's inviting me to a spectrum support group he's setting up, so I figure he must think I belong there. He's also offering me the chance to get an official evaluation, which I turn down for fear that it would hurt my career if anyone found out.
So that's the extent of the story, and the reason I kind-of-but-not-officially have an "autism spectrum disorder" diagnosis.
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Would you rather be trapped in a room for several hours with Dr. Phil playing on a television set at an unignorable (but not physically painful) volume, or just be trapped in the same room with no entertainiment whatsoever?
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Oh, I'd rather have the Dr. Phil, easily. It's so much fun to rip apart.
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What is it about the particular way you live your life that makes you most proud?
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Neuroman pegged it pretty well. (http://forum.neurolands.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=12691#12691) It's up to you to decide whether I have a right to claim those words or not though. There are plenty of people who would say I couldn't, starting with one of the ones I go to when I'm upset.
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http://www.loganberry.furtopia.org/bnb/wdcode/index.html
What is your Watership Down code?
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WD1.1 W++ T---? N-- S--? RHa G--- L+ g+? F-- A-? w- C-- D--- t+++ P? r+ a# nCDN c+++
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is there such a thing as a land building up code?
do you have one of those?
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A what?? Sorry, you've lost me on this one.
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Watership Down code?
land building up code?
water or land
ship or building
down or up
code
code
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What are You with shima as Administrator?
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Shima is no longer an administrator - I did not remove her, and Omega_Female says the same. So I can only assume that Pyraxis herself did.
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Shima could have removed herself. I noticed last night when she was no longer admin and Pyraxis was not online.
When I was AFaD, I removed myself when my time was up.
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That's also possible; I didn't think of that. :-[
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Watership Down code?
land building up code?
water or land
ship or building
down or up
code
code
*smacks head*
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What are You with shima as Administrator?
If you mean did I de-admin Shima, the answer is no. I'm pretty sure she did it herself.
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Is there anything you are allergic to?
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Oh, gods, don't get me started. /me digs for the test results...
Gluten, peas, Red 40, clam, salmon, tuna, codfish, ragweed, cockleburr, oak, grass, beech, birch, hickory, curvularia, helminthosporium (don't ask me what the fuck that is), dogs, cats, mites
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helminthosporium is a generic name for several genera of airborne fungal spores, which are common allergens and lab contaminants.
sorry - couldn't resist. :(
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You learn something new every day. :)
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indeed. and sometimes, it's even interesting or relevant. mostly, though, it's just amazingly baffling as to why anyone would want to know that, let alone retain it in their heads... :-\
;)
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Well, if it turns out to be too useless, I won't... ;)
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Could you handle two men fucking you at ounce?
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Depends on your definition of handle. Could I send them flying into outer space? Yes. Would I enjoy it? No.
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Intensity? seems to be entrenched and off to a fairly decent start, for a new board.
we have gotten through alot of drama in our sweet, short existence. and we have maintained the concept of freedom, all persons freedoms.
what do you think is the next necessary step for the site to take in order to ensure its continued growth and ability to maintain its core beliefs?
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Recruitment of new members, so that we don't have to bite each others' heads off in order to get our fill of drama. Word of mouth has gotten us a few, but we need a lot more, and that's going to take some organization and effort. (Side note: I'm irritated that people argued with Shima and trashed her for making the coup when she was one of the only ones around here who seemed to have the knowledge or willingness to organize mass recruitment.) I think Intensity was at its best when it was caught between forum wars and I would like to see that happen more often. We need more members with ties to other forums, not just OTS and Neurolands. We need people to go in and actively recruit their unwanted. We need to sell ourselves as an independent proving ground for people to resolve fights that get shut down elsewhere.
As for maintaining core beliefs, I'm not entirely sure. I don't know what would be a better government for the forum long term: democracy, Eamonn-Omega monarchy, or something else entirely. We need more political theorists.
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what about a democratic monarchy?
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Pyraxis, I apologize if this question was already asked of you, but what does your username mean, and, do you have or have you ever had an obsession with fire?
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What's the weirdest inanimate object you've ever spoken to?
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what about a democratic monarchy?
What exactly is a democratic monarchy? Ain't that an oxymoron?
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in one day, both you and vetivert used the word aint.
is that a coinky-dink?
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Pyraxis, I apologize if this question was already asked of you, but what does your username mean
The original Pyraxis was born for the first and only BESM campaign I've ever played (then I went back to real RPG's, ::) ). She was a flame vampire, who lived off heat instead of blood. But more than that, she was my archetype of the innocent killer. She fed in the same way a predator feeds, just part of the evolution cycle, but grinning like a little anime girl the whole time. It's hard to explain her spirit in words.... it's just something I did at the time, and it worked. She was evil and totally oblivious to it, and her oblivion led her to do great things that the other characters wouldn't dare. She would walk right up to the arch-villain while the other characters froze or ran, and ask "Hey, whatcha reading?" When told it was the Book of Ultimate Evil, she would ask to borrow it. And she would get away with it out of pure charisma, which is something I had never been able to pull off IRL. And months later near the end of the game, she had so adeptly turned around the plot that she was now walking right into Hell to save the soul of said arch-villain, and did it too, much to the bewilderment of the GM who never quite figured out how the mortal enemy he had planned for the game was suddenly in the role of victim.
So basically she took her evil nature and tapped it for its strengths, to do more good than the so-called "good" people could.
I also use the name to represent the union of creativity and aggressiveness.
do you have or have you ever had an obsession with fire?
Only symbolically. In the real world I'm a complete wuss when it comes to fire and don't even like setting off fireworks. Too jumpy already, last thing I need is more loud noises and potential burning embers. But I'm drawn to mental extremes, the fringes of human existence. I love intensity in all forms, even the painful ones. And I've loved fire colors since before I could talk.
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She was a flame vampire
then why don't you flame more?
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What's the weirdest inanimate object you've ever spoken to?
Probably the respective disassembled bits of my computer. "My preciousss......"
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in one day, both you and vetivert used the word aint.
is that a coinky-dink?
Curse you. You figured me out. All right, I confess, just leave me alone! Lucifer has been my sockpuppet all along.... It's all part of my sinister master plan to overwhelm the site and impose my personal PC philosophy on all the hapless members.
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She was a flame vampire
then why don't you flame more?
I think you've mistaken me for someone with a sense of humor.
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my bad.
but i haven't mistaken you with a person who is respectful of others?
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Touche.
Though this is my thread and I'll be a bitch here if I feel like it. So be warned I'm not literally PMS-ing, but I may as well be.
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take it out on me.
i have the moxie to take it.
no problems with me, being your soundingboard?
not really a question, but i do like to obey, so i put a question mark at the tail end?
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in one day, both you and vetivert used the word aint.
is that a coinky-dink?
Curse you. You figured me out. All right, I confess, just leave me alone! Lucifer has been my sockpuppet all along.... It's all part of my sinister master plan to overwhelm the site and impose my personal PC philosophy on all the hapless members.
i hasten to add that I'm the one with the Odour Eaters.
:P
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are you still friends with ghosthunter? Why isn't he interested in this place, I thought he was trying to find an uncensored environment for himself?
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Yeah, Ghosthunter and I still talk often on IM. I told him about this place but I did it true to form and explained that there wasn't any safety to be had here - that he wouldn't have to hold back at all but nor would anyone else. So he decided he wasn't psychologically healthy enough to come here.
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but beebee posts here.
and we have had a discussion about him/her.
isn't that enough?
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Okay, first, what was the discussion about? The fact that you talked to her doesn't tell me much. And second, imagine HG ripping into him the way she rips into fluorescent. It wouldn't be pretty, because he'd believe it and take it to heart. He's been on-and-off suicidal, and even though he's doing better at the moment, I'm not sure he could quite handle this place.
But invite him if you want, his email address is ghosthunterharry@yahoo.com . It's possible I'm underestimating him.
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no thank you.
i will take your personal assessment as golden.
the discussion was in the wronged, fighting examples. US BANK
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:o
My "contributions" have been only in the "safe" threads. I know when I'm out-matched....
GH told me he didn't think he was ready for this place. I agree. As Pyraxis said, he already thinks he's dog-meat and would beleive anyone who told him anything negative.
BeeBee
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Have you ever made a special meal for a special someone? If so describe the meal and the person.
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Have you ever made a special meal for a special someone? If so describe the meal and the person.
I do fancy cake decoration (bet you wouldn't have guessed that about me)... so for various people's birthdays I've made castles that actually stand up, a rainbow where every section is a different color inside, a cake shaped like an upside down bowl with a doll stuck in the middle so the cake is the skirt, etc.
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So Why do You want to be mediator Pyraxis?
kevv729 for mediator
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Did you ever fart when having sex?
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Is peaguy slowly but surely winning you over? :D
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Is peaguy slowly but surely winning you over? :D
:P
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So Why do You want to be mediator Pyraxis?
I love the challenge. I love trying to build bridges between people who would otherwise be at each others' throats. I love seeing how calm I can stay during a crisis and figuring out how the situation can be changed in order to maximise the benefit for as many people as possible. I love finding the good in the seemingly bad. I'm into psychological alchemy and rational self-interest.
I figure, why not take the supposed flaws I've got and use them in a way that will help. I get called a humorless ice bitch - so I'm trying to position myself in situations where emotionless objectivity is needed. I often reflect other people instead of being honest and upfront - but a side perk of that is that it puts me in tune with other people's seemingly contradictory points of view. My mirror neurons got thrown in a blender - so I can use reason to compensate and sometimes to see things that mirror neurons wouldn't.
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Did you ever fart when having sex?
Oh I'm sure I did, but I can't remember any specific times. Maybe, just maybe, cause I decided they were irrelevant.
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Is peaguy slowly but surely winning you over? :D
Well, you'll just have to wait and find out, won't you?
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Is peaguy slowly but surely winning you over? :D
Well, you'll just have to wait and find out, won't you?
Maybe we'll become the best of friends someday. Who knows?
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Is peaguy slowly but surely winning you over? :D
Well, you'll just have to wait and find out, won't you?
Well can we place bets on whether or not you guys hook up?
If you were a bookie, what kind of odds would you give me on that bet?
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i said this elsewhere:
i think pyraxis could be queen of narnia if she wanted to be.
its probably her choice.
since it isnt logical to be an administrator and an emergency mediator, which of the two are you going to run for?
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Well can we place bets on whether or not you guys hook up?
Feel free. :angel:
If you were a bookie, what kind of odds would you give me on that bet?
If I were a bookie, I wouldn't be an idiot, so 50 to 1.
But since I'm me, let's make it about 80 billion to 1.
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since it isnt logical to be an administrator and an emergency mediator, which of the two are you going to run for?
I'm open to whichever of them people think I'm most needed for. The thing is, I'd do the same kind of work regardless of what the official title was. If it said mediator, I'd mediate. If it said administrator, I'd attempt to resolve real conflicts before they got as far as needing mediation. Note the real ones - I'd keep out of stuff that looked like drama people were enjoying. As administrator I wouldn't mind doing small maintenance things, not that this site really needs much maintenance since we don't pull all the bullshit with locking threads and moving them around. Either way, I'd probably tweak the graphics some more.
But if I must pick one or the other, I'd go for mediator.
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Well can we place bets on whether or not you guys hook up?
Feel free. :angel:
If you were a bookie, what kind of odds would you give me on that bet?
If I were a bookie, I wouldn't be an idiot, so 50 to 1.
But since I'm me, let's make it about 80 billion to 1.
Pfft. If I was a complete bitch, I would say, "Not in this life -- such odds are impossible to make."
You suck because you're a bore.
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Do you think you have a nice ass?
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Not really. I'm not a real big fan of asses no matter who they're attached to.
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your avavtar, its a painting right?
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A Photoshop painting/photo manip. I used an actual B&W photo as reference.
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what does it mean to you?
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Purification by fire, and energy embodied...
Why do you ask?
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to me it always seemed like liberation, the sweat smell of freedom.
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That's a part of it :) ... that's the reward.
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are you at all surprised by your popularity. the overwhelming trust that people here have in you. the fact that you could be queen of narnia, if you wanted it?
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I'm popular? I thought Peter McKenzie was popular, and you were popular, and HG. I thought I exuded too much standoffishness to be popular.
Also how are you so sure that people trust me? I would have guessed that you trusted me, and maybe Shima, Dunc and Lucifer did too, but not the majority of members. Who is foolish enough to trust an ice queen with invisible candy, aside from a greedy little boy? I was surprised by the results of that first voting thread. It's kind of cool to have people saying they want me as admin, but I'm never quite sure why.
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i think i am amusing, more than popular.
did your parents spank, as punishment?
how old were you the last time you were spanked?
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No, my parents never spanked me. They were fanatically against hitting people, in any form.
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is there a cure for greedy little boys?
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which was your favorite narnia character?
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is there a cure for greedy little boys?
Turning them to stone works quite well, I've found.
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thank you medusa
or do you imply the philosophers stone
I never thought of you to be capable of stoning anyone
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look at your avater habikusha, everybody must get stoned
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which was your favorite narnia character?
Ooh, tough one, it's been too long since I saw it. The queen was pretty cool, right up until she betrayed her pact with Edmund and proved herself a total liar. (Where's the fun in doing it that way? Outright lying as a tactic makes manipulation too easy.) I loved Tumnus because he had such a clear intense character. And I liked Lucy because she hadn't forgotten what it meant to have an adventure.
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i liked ascan the best.
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I bet you liked Braveheart too.
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didn't everybody?
that movie had something for everybody.
i liked william wallaces passion for what he believed in and his deotion to those beliefs.
and when they mooned the brittish.
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thank you medusa
or do you imply the philosophers stone
I never thought of you to be capable of stoning anyone
Didn't then, but I do now. :D Regular stones, though, I prefer to break than calcify.
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Where pleased or offended by your anagram?
On the other hand, were you pleasingly offended?
Alternatively, is it none of my damn business whatsoever?
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I thought it was funny. And it inspired me to go attempt to look up xylophonic in the dictionary. No luck - I shall be forever shrouded in the mists of ignorance.
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a xylophone is like a kazoo, i think.
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LOL. I know what a xylophone is, dumbass. But I don't know what might make a thing xylophonic.
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My Bo Bo
it was an honest typo
xylophonist is defined as a prodigy
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how did you know that dumbass was my favorite term of endearment?
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it was an honest typo
Duly noted and corrected. ;D
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how did you know that dumbass was my favorite term of endearment?
Telepathy's one of my savant skills, don'tcha know.
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i did know that you were mental, like the rest of us dumbasses.
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.................no.................
not.........gonna..........doit
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:-X
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Do it! Do it!
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Do it! Do it!
OMG I love it when you rhythmically talk that way.
Sorry for the typo, but it was really an accidental responsibility of purposeful insanity.
"typo inns up failures"
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to me it always seemed like liberation, the sweat smell of freedom.
I always thought it was some kind of orange muppet :P
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How did you first find out about AS?
How old were you at the time?
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Here's the scenario where I first got introduced to the idea of AS in relation to me: http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php?topic=499.msg14006#msg14006
But I first heard about it when I was 13 or 14 and read Nobody Nowhere. It started me on a secret autism obsession, which at some point involved looking up the diagnostic criteria of AS, seeing stuff about lack of imagination, over-rigidity, lack of emotion/intuition, and an obsession with parts of objects/taking things apart, and deciding that it sounded nothing like me.
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are you getting psyched about your premier party?
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what are you reading nowadays?
Is McJ talking about a movie of yours opening? which is it?
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So what makes Pyraxis tick?
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Draggon: the past 6 months I was on the crew for The Ant Bully. You obviously missed my asking-for-cocktail-dress-advice thread.
And yes, McJ, I'm getting psyched... couldn't resist trying the dress on yesterday. Totally out of character. Next thing I know, I'll be pasting up wallpaper of hearts and flowers... :-[ :-X
As for what I'm reading... currently in the middle of Moksha by Aldous Huxley, and First, Do No Harm by Lisa Belkin (medical ethics). That last one makes a good counterbalance to reading ballastexistenz.
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pyraxis,
i love you.
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Draggon: the past 6 months I was on the crew for The Ant Bully. You obviously missed my asking-for-cocktail-dress-advice thread.
If by "missed" you mean "got bored and ignored it" then yes
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Draggon: the past 6 months I was on the crew for The Ant Bully. You obviously missed my asking-for-cocktail-dress-advice thread.
And yes, McJ, I'm getting psyched... couldn't resist trying the dress on yesterday. Totally out of character. Next thing I know, I'll be pasting up wallpaper of hearts and flowers... :-[ :-XÂ
As for what I'm reading... currently in the middle of Moksha by Aldous Huxley, and First, Do No Harm by Lisa Belkin (medical ethics). That last one makes a good counterbalance to reading ballastexistenz.
How did it look on you? What does it look like?
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How did it look on you? What does it look like?
It's got two layers of fabric, the top one being gauze so you can kind of see through. It has beaded flower patterns and a tilted skirt that's higher on one side than the other.
And it didn't look right. I don't think I move like a woman. I'm not graceful, and I'm not proportioned in a feminine way.
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Did you try it on with the shoes? Shoes can really affect how a dress looks, I've found.
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So what makes Pyraxis tick?
Um, not quite sure how to answer that, can you be more specific?
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Did you try it on with the shoes? Shoes can really affect how a dress looks, I've found.
Yeah, I did. I don't think it changed anything.
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is it wrong of me to take a dive into this love thing?
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Nah, there are a lot of things I don't mind if you dive into, and this is one of them. But it's confusing. Cause I don't know what would be more honest, saying I love you back, or telling you to fuck off for using words as vague as love.
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is it wrong of me to take a dive into this muff thing?
Nah, there are a lot of things I don't mind if you dive into, and this is one of them. But it's confusing. Cause I don't know what would be more honest, saying I muff you back, or telling you to fuck off for using words as vague as muff.
That's rather surprising, Pyraxis. I'd never have guessed you'd be ok with McJagger muff-diving you.
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is it wrong of me to take a dive into this muff thing?
Nah, there are a lot of things I don't mind if you dive into, and this is one of them. But it's confusing. Cause I don't know what would be more honest, saying I muff you back, or telling you to fuck off for using words as vague as muff.
That's rather surprising, Pyraxis. I'd never have guessed you'd be ok with McJagger muff-diving you.
Might stop him declaring his luv (ewww thanks for making me write it that way admins :P) for everyone for a while. :D
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call pet, old reliable?
leave it to me to find the loophole?
I lurve you people for all you have shown me. Â its about me, right?
you people have given me alot, and i lurve you for it.
since it is about me, right?
now, do you lurve me too?
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Religion: apathetic, agnostic, atheist, believer?
Do you believe in a higher power?
If so what made you believe in it, what form do you think it takes, what makes you believe it takes that particular form?
If not, how do you feel about the people who do believe, whats your general attitude towards them?
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That's rather surprising, Pyraxis. I'd never have guessed you'd be ok with McJagger muff-diving you.
I probably wouldn't have said that if I'd known what muff meant. ::) I just have better things to do than look up half the dodgy slang around here.
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I lurve you people for all you have shown me. its about me, right?
Attention whore.
since it is about me, right?
Arrogant prick.
now, do you lurve me too?
Nope. As much as you want me to say "Yes, McJagger, I luuurve you, have a hug". But that wouldn't be honest.
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Religion: apathetic, agnostic, atheist, believer?
Agnostic.
Do you believe in a higher power?
Not in the sense that I think you mean here. I'm sure there are things out there in the universe more powerful than humans. But I've seen no evidence of a diety, and no valid logical proof that one might exist. Nor do I idolize nothingness like Eastern religions do - I consider it equivalent to death-worship. And I don't particularly want blissful union with the source of everything, because my personality would be eradicated in the process and the tradeoff isn't worth it. I don't expect anything after death, though it would be damn cool if death turned out not to be the end of consciousness. I'd be happy to come back as a ghost or a reincarnated creature or be sent to hell.
If not, how do you feel about the people who do believe, whats your general attitude towards them?
Much to my disgust, I hesitate to interact with them. Because I'm never quite sure when I'm trampling their deeply held beliefs. It's been too long since I've been to church, I've lost my sense of what's acceptable and what's not. Especially with Christians, their sense of empathy and caring and concern for one's fellow man is at odds with my rationality. They have too many premises that I don't share. So without the possibility of engaging in meaningful philosophical or ethical communication, I don't really see the point.
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I lurve you people for all you have shown me. its about me, right?
Attention whore.
since it is about me, right?
Arrogant prick.
now, do you lurve me too?
Nope. As much as you want me to say "Yes, McJagger, I luuurve you, have a hug". But that wouldn't be honest.
OUCH?
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No - I tried to explain, lurve has such a broad definition that I don't really see how to use it meaningfully. So if I said "I lurve you", I'd just be mimicking what a person is expected to say.
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but i am trying to establish my goodbye and my gratitude.
i am a social retard, i thought this was a good thing.
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Yeah see that's the problem - I had no idea you were trying to say goodbye. (Though damnit, with you leaving and hypnotica this close to leaving, who the hell else is going to help fight for freedom?)
I love you too, McJagger.
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How do You like Intensitysquared?
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How do You like Intensitysquared?
It's my favorite forum at the moment, and I believe in it. But I'm rather disturbed by the current trend of people leaving because of the conflicts.
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i'll stay a little longer if i can get you to admit your (http://www.onthespectrum.com/board/img/smilies/heartbeat.gif)
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i'll stay a little longer if i can get you to admit your (http://www.onthespectrum.com/board/img/smilies/heartbeat.gif)
But I just did, a couple posts earlier...
I love you too, McJagger.
Or shall I say it without the word filters? I lurrrve you too, McJagger.
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you made me smile.
i feel so complete.
now, was that so difficult?
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do you think that pete is ass kissing her:
http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php?topic=439.from1151880772#new
do you think his assessment is accurate?
can you be more thorough?
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now, was that so difficult?
No, not really....
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do you think that pete is ass kissing her:
http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php?topic=439.from1151880772#new
do you think his assessment is accurate?
can you be more thorough?
I think you're one of those very rare people who has managed to get through life without losing confidence in themselves. That draws people to you, whether you like the attention or not. Ones who think they can trust you, ones who want to be like you, ones that want to drag you down for your success (your so-called "arrogance"). Peter's opinion may be ass kissing but that doesn't mean it's not accurate. I think it is accurate. But then I like you, so I'm biased. You should also ask Postperson if Peter's accurate, so you can get a full spectrum of opinion.
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where is her ask away thread?
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I don't think she ever made one, did she?
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How would you rate anal sex?
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I've never tried it and I don't really have a desire to, it seems too dirty and smelly to be fun.
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are you one of the many mystery women McJ claims to be the savior of?
i would not even think of it to be true, especially of you.
and please do not be ofended
honest question
that's all
(apology for the accusation in advance)
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coward!
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are you one of the many mystery women McJ claims to be the savior of?
Um, no. I can fight my own battles, thank you very much.
If you were deluging me with emails and I really didn't want to get them, I would just tell you so and then block your address. Or maybe not even bother to tell you, just ignore you. I've been stalked before - last time, I didn't even have to block the guy, I just pointed out the inconsistencies in his words that demonstrated he was lying to me, and he never messaged me again. >:D
I'm not offended.
McJagger - how is hiro being a coward to ask me that?
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Did you ever suffer from unrequited love?
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Nah - the one time I was in love it was quite requited.
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do you consider yourself a low maintenance gal?
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In terms of money, low-maintenance. I used to insist on always paying my half, jewelry bores me (if you're gonna spend money on me, make it computer equipment, damnit), and I'm not into fancy expensive restaurants etc.
In terms of emotional support, high maintenance. I can be quite emo.
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what about intelligence, would you date a dope?
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I don't know, I don't like to make standards for what I would or wouldn't date (you never know).
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If you dont get voted in as mediator, do you want the admin job or not? It doesnt look like it from where im standing due to your use of the vote.
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Sure, I'd take the admin job. I just didn't want to vote myself in twice.
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how did you look at your shindig? were you hawt? where are my pics?
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Right here... sorry about the blurriness, I don't have a tripod and the light in my apt sucks, so this is the best I could get.
Pyraxis looking very un-Pyraxis-like.
(http://www.studiopyraxis.com/temp/dress1.jpg) (http://www.studiopyraxis.com/temp/dress2.jpg)
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i hope you don't mind me saying that your pic did strange things to me and i stared for about five minutes. sexy.
hey, how tall are you?
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pyraxis, you are a babe!
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i hope you don't mind me saying that your pic did strange things to me and i stared for about five minutes. sexy.
Depends what kind of strange things. (And that better be honest and not ass kissing, or I'll haunt you all over the boards, because if you're going to put me on the spot, I'm sure as hell going to put you on the spot.
hey, how tall are you?
No freaking clue.
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i got a semi. seriously.
especially the pic with you onr the bed.
and no, i will not send you 500 emails now or nude pictures. i will not stalk you you are safe.
did you wear glasses to the event?
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Where is your avatar from? Do you have a larger version showing more of what's going on? Can I see it?
What's your favorite cheese?
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did you wear glasses to the event?
Yes, I always wear glasses - without them I can't read a computer screen from a foot and a half away.
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Where is your avatar from? Do you have a larger version showing more of what's going on? Can I see it?
Since you're new, I'll forgive you for that question. Anyone else would get a repeated beating with a 2x4 for not reading the whole thread. I painted it in Photoshop. There is no larger version - the best I can show you is my source pic, which is here: http://www.studiopyraxis.com/temp/joy_model.jpg . It's a promo photo of Shakira.
What's your favorite cheese?
I hate all kinds of cheese equally. I can not understand why people enjoy eating fermented plastic.
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do you hit on 16 when the dealer is showing a face card?
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No. Do you know more about blackjack than I do? (hint: the answer is undoubtably yes, since I don't remember ever playing before last night)
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did you have beginners luck?
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At the door to the party, they handed out to each person $2000 of play money, which could be exchanged for raffle tickets at the end of the night. I discovered that the most effective way to increase it was not to play a game where the odds are rigged for the house, but to find a dealer who wants to see the beginner win and will therefore cheat in my favor, and to position myself near people who were leaving early and therefore giving all their extra money to the first person who asked for it.
So I made my own beginner's luck. :angel:
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chance favors the prepared mind
did you win any raffle items?
how many raffle bucke did you end up with at the end of the evening?
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You look spectacular in that dress, Pyraxis. I'm glad you wore it to the party.
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did you win any raffle items?
Nope - cause at that point it was back to random luck again, and my luck is routinely abysmal. Which sucked. I wanted the plane tickets.
how many raffle bucke did you end up with at the end of the evening?
$5900, which I persuaded the raffle ticket woman to give me 6 tickets for (tickets were $1000).
Ooops, Eamonn, does that make me non-AS?
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did you wear a bra?
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Right here... sorry about the blurriness, I don't have a tripod and the light in my apt sucks, so this is the best I could get.
Pyraxis looking very un-Pyraxis-like.
(http://www.studiopyraxis.com/temp/dress1.jpg) (http://www.studiopyraxis.com/temp/dress2.jpg)
Your pic spells out E-M-O to me, not A-S.
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does that mean bcdefghijklmnopqr?
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Your pic spells out E-M-O to me, not A-S.
Excellent. I promised myself I'd give karma for the first person who didn't compliment it.
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but you wouldn't have posted you pic unless you were confident about how you looked.
am i right?
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but you wouldn't have posted you pic unless you were confident about how you looked.
am i right?
I'm not insecure in the "OMG I'm fat and ugly and I hate myself!" kind of way. I know I'm moderately attractive. I'm insecure in the "I have no emotions about being looked at, it's all one big fucking game" kind of way.
Which says something about Eamonn's people reading skills, 'cause he's right about the emo.
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did you wear a bra to the party?
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did you wear a bra to the party?
Oh! Missed the question. No, I didn't.
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was there one man there that gave you that funny feeling in your belly?
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Um, I wasn't paying attention to funny feelings in my belly. I thought I already answered this one from peegai... it didn't occur to me to evaluate anyone in terms of sex appeal. There were two women there that had dresses I would have liked to wear, though.
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but you wouldn't have posted you pic unless you were confident about how you looked.
am i right?
I'm not insecure in the "OMG I'm fat and ugly and I hate myself!" kind of way. I know I'm moderately attractive. I'm insecure in the "I have no emotions about being looked at, it's all one big fucking game" kind of way.
Which says something about Eamonn's people reading skills, 'cause he's right about the emo.
Dont forget my cartoon reading skills, Daria Morgendoffer.
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I take it back, McJagger - you're right.
what i believe is that eamonn has no peers here, as a regular member. he is the greatest smartarsed sniper of all time.
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There were two women there that had dresses I would have liked to wear, though.
What did the dresses you would have liked to wear look like? Would you have been underdressed in the black skirt and shirt you were thinking of wearing?
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One was black and had a feathery skirt made from several layers of gauze, cut in a triangular pattern along the bottom. Starting from the lowest point of the triangles and gradually decreasing as it moved upwards, it had copper beaded flowers.
The other one was simple, light orange and sheer, and a long skirt that didn't quite touch the ground.
I don't think that skirt and shirt would have been underdressed, but they would have been odd and slightly stodgy. Especially if I had worn the orange sash I had been thinking of. It would have seemed okay in a fantasy painting or a hippie group, but out of place at that particular party.
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Do you read comic books and if so, which ones?
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do you think that just because you read every post that everybody is obligated to do the same?
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Do you read comic books and if so, which ones?
No... I never could get into them. I don't know why.
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do you think that just because you read every post that everybody is obligated to do the same?
Yes. I mean, no. I mean, touche, I probably shouldn't jump on people for it.
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can you move mine and eamonn's little name calling thingy in the AS cure thread.
and call it something like adolescent bitch slap fest?
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Done.
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thank you.
did you think that the vote for administrators was for a permanent position, prior to the vote?
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Nope. Nothing's permanent on a forum. I have a problem with arbitrary limits, but I don't have a problem with limits in general. Even if people had said during the election that it was permanent, I wouldn't have believed it. Intensity was a "permanent" part of the Neurolands, and Alex said he wouldn't be involved in the forums anymore on WP.
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and, if my aunt had a dick she would be my uncle.
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What, you mean she doesn't?
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What do you think of my new avatar?
Myself, I loveitloveitloveitloveit ;D ;D ;D ;D
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:laugh: I've been looking for an excuse to use it at the neurolands... I know a certain dream thread where it might be perfect...
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are you geeked up?
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Quite - I'm taking apart my computer tomorrow.
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Since you're new, I'll forgive you for that question. Anyone else would get a repeated beating with a 2x4 for not reading the whole thread. I painted it in Photoshop. There is no larger version - the best I can show you is my source pic, which is here: http://www.studiopyraxis.com/temp/joy_model.jpg . It's a promo photo of Shakira.
Awesome work!!! I'm very impressed - and thanks for going easy on me. I would never ask anyone anything if I had to read the entire thread... I almost didn't ask you for fear of asking something that had been asked... but I just liked the avatar SOOO much I took the risk. *heh*
Do you have other photos you've done this too? Is it a hobby?
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'ere, pyraxis - are your breasts humble so they don't get confused with mountains too, then?
;)
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'ere, pyraxis - are your breasts humble so they don't get confused with mountains too, then?
;)
(laughing like crazy) - Sorry, no karma for copycat crimes, Eamonn got there first!
Maybe if my mother hadn't raised me on Enid Blyton and Tamora Pierce... my first thought when I saw how they were going to turn out was "good, this will make it easier to dress up as a boy"....
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but you wouldn't have posted you pic unless you were confident about how you looked.
am i right?
I'm not insecure in the "OMG I'm fat and ugly and I hate myself!" kind of way. I know I'm moderately attractive. I'm insecure in the "I have no emotions about being looked at, it's all one big fucking game" kind of way.
Which says something about Eamonn's people reading skills, 'cause he's right about the emo.
Dont forget my cartoon reading skills, Daria Morgendoffer.
If she is Daria, then you and me are Beavis and Butthead.
Guess who's Butthead right and I'll give you +1.
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Hmmmhhhahahaha, he said "Butthead".
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Hmmmhhhahahaha, he said "Butthead".
Shut up, Eamonn, you Scottish cunt. Huhuhuhuhuh.
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Hehehe, shut up Beavis. Scottish pussies are cool.
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Hehehe, shut up Beavis. Scottish pussies are cool.
Huhuhuhuhuh. Check out the pussy:
(http://www.blackandwhitepublishing.com/humour/purrfectscottishcats/purrfectscottishcats.jpg)
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Hehehe, shut up Beavis. Scottish pussies are cool.
Huhuhuhuhuh. Check out the pussy:
(http://www.blackandwhitepublishing.com/humour/purrfectscottishcats/purrfectscottishcats.jpg)
Hehehehehehe. He said pussy.
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Hehehe, shut up Beavis. Scottish pussies are cool.
Huhuhuhuhuh. Check out the pussy:
(http://www.blackandwhitepublishing.com/humour/purrfectscottishcats/purrfectscottishcats.jpg)
Hehehehehehe. He said pussy.
Cat. Huhuhuhuhuh.
Uh, Daria? Huhuhuhuh. Do you, like, have a pussy? Huhuhuhuhuh.
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Shut up butthead, she's a cool chick and im gunna torpedo her. hehehhehehehe.
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Huhuhuhuhuh. "Hello Boys." Huhuhuhuh.
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Wow. Tolerating morons seems to do more for my karma than mediating disputes.
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Wow. Tolerating morons seems to do more for my karma than mediating disputes.
Huhuhuhuhuh. Daria called us "morons".
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nah, i just figured it out. you are the greatest human alive.
how can you push yourself to be better, when you are already the best?
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You really need to expand your horizons if I'm the best you've ever met. Either that, or get your face out of my arse... I know you like shit and everything, but really, doesn't the smell get to you after a while? Besides, I know how you work. In two days someone else will do something that impresses you, and then you'll be saying they're the greatest human alive.
How can I push myself to be better? One, I'm too emo. Two, I haven't gotten off my ass and started applying my online personae IRL. Three, I haven't created as much as I want to. Four, I'm not even sure what the best way to change the world is, yet. And that's just off the top of my head, the list is probably millions long.
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but i consider myself a great person. given your age, and remembering back to when i was that young, you are miles ahead of me.
i can only make assumptions to your future. but barring any mishaps i see the key to all things good.
Is it really arse kissing or are you making a fumblers attenpt at humility.
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Wow. Tolerating morons seems to do more for my karma than mediating disputes.
Huhuhuhuhuh. Daria called us "morons".
Hehehehehehehehe. Yeah, yeah, RESPECT the morons! Hehehehhe.
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You really need to expand your horizons if I'm the best you've ever met. Either that, or get your face out of my arse... I know you like shit and everything, but really, doesn't the smell get to you after a while? Besides, I know how you work. In two days someone else will do something that impresses you, and then you'll be saying they're the greatest human alive.
+1 for being so fucking humble and for speaking the truth. I respect that.
EDIT: Huhuhuhuhuh. Daria was being clever. Huhuhuhuh.
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+1 for being so fucking humble and for speaking the truth. I respect that.
EDIT: Huhuhuhuhuh. Daria was being clever. Huhuhuhuh.
And you'll never know which one it is, will you?
Uh, Daria? Huhuhuhuh. Do you, like, have a pussy? Huhuhuhuhuh.
And I suppose I have to answer this, since I suppose technically this is a questions thread. So:
Not anymore.
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You live in a big house or little house?
What is your favorite spice besides salt and sugar?
What is your favorite season?
What is your favorite color?
Have you ever been to a mental ward?
I love to give attention. I love to post whore!
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You live in a big house or little house?
I live in an apartment for the next 15 hours, and then I'll be living in a small house, rooming with a friend and one other person.
What is your favorite spice besides salt and sugar?
Probably garam masala, but I like lots of different spices.
What is your favorite season?
Tough one. I love "real" winters, with lots of snow. But I also like fall when the trees are changing color, and snowmelt when you can smell the thaw in the air.
What is your favorite color?
Look at my avatar and guess.
Have you ever been to a mental ward?
No - though I think it would be highly interesting to go.
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Probably garam masala, but I like lots of different spices.
I open the book, now give me something to read...
What is that spice?
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It's a combination of spices often used in Indian cooking. It contains.... coriander, black pepper, cumin, cardamom, and cinnamon. At least mine does. I'm not sure how much it differs from one mix to another.
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What is your major nationality?
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but you wouldn't have posted you pic unless you were confident about how you looked.
am i right?
I'm not insecure in the "OMG I'm fat and ugly and I hate myself!" kind of way. I know I'm moderately attractive. I'm insecure in the "I have no emotions about being looked at, it's all one big fucking game" kind of way.
Which says something about Eamonn's people reading skills, 'cause he's right about the emo.
how can you be emo if you have no emotions?
Does not compute.
Or was that sarcasm?
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What is your major nationality?
I don't really consider myself as having a nationality, but I was born in Canada.
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how can you be emo if you have no emotions?
Does not compute.
Or was that sarcasm?
"I have no emotions about being looked at" - I'm emo about other things.
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What is your major nationality?
I don't really consider myself as having a nationality, but I was born in Canada.
Didnt you say you are British in the sean-'haters' versus teejay thread?
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I'm a citizen of the UK, as well as of Canada and the United States. I use whichever one suits me. At that point in time, it suited me to make my point via the UK citizenship.
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do you like to hedge your bets?
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What was the last book you read and what did you think of it?
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I'm a citizen of the UK, as well as of Canada and the United States. I use whichever one suits me. At that point in time, it suited me to make my point via the UK citizenship.
So, you are a nationality whore who has taken it up the arse from Canada, the United States, and the UK. Bravo.
Eh, it sounded funny. (Note to the dumb: Never laugh at your own jokes.)
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I'm a citizen of the UK, as well as of Canada and the United States. I use whichever one suits me. At that point in time, it suited me to make my point via the UK citizenship.
Wouldnt you agree that it's possible for you to be anti-British despite having British citizenship? I mean you werent born there and havent spent most of your life there. I was born here and raised here and my passport is British. I'm still considered anti-British by a lot of people (not true, just against colonisation and proud of my Irish roots). Please note that im not accusing you of being anti-British, just saying it's very possible for someone with British citizenship to be anti-British, like the July 7th suicide bombers in London, for instance.
Correct me if im wrong but to get American citizenship, dont you have to pledge allegiance to the USA like Anthony Hopkins? He pledged allegiance to the US didnt he? DO people take this pledge seriously? I understand the US is being more lax on this in recent times and it's still possible to have other citizenships, like some of my relatives for instance have dual Irish/US citizenship.
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do you like to hedge your bets?
Yeah - I try to always be prepared for the most likely and sometimes the most dangerous possibilities.
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How did the move to the new home go?
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What was the last book you read and what did you think of it?
Can't remember the exact title or author because it was a library book that I returned a couple of days ago, but it was a collection of profiles of the most influential spies, moles, and secret agents in the last 200 years. It was really interesting to see what techniques they used, why they did that kind of work, and to see how they all fit together into a network (because a lot of them were connected to each other, by things like recruiting, working with, or betraying each other).
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Wouldnt you agree that it's possible for you to be anti-British despite having British citizenship? I mean you werent born there and havent spent most of your life there. I was born here and raised here and my passport is British. I'm still considered anti-British by a lot of people (not true, just against colonisation and proud of my Irish roots). Please note that im not accusing you of being anti-British, just saying it's very possible for someone with British citizenship to be anti-British, like the July 7th suicide bombers in London, for instance.
Correct me if im wrong but to get American citizenship, dont you have to pledge allegiance to the USA like Anthony Hopkins? He pledged allegiance to the US didnt he? DO people take this pledge seriously? I understand the US is being more lax on this in recent times and it's still possible to have other citizenships, like some of my relatives for instance have dual Irish/US citizenship.
I'm not even sure what it would mean to be anti-British. Tell me what beliefs an anti-British person holds and I'll tell you whether I am or not. But sure, I agree, it's quite possible for someone with citizenship to be against their country.
I didn't have to pledge allegiance to the USA (not sure exactly why, since I don't remember the process of getting a US passport, it was a while ago) which I'm damn glad of because I take my sworn word seriously. I don't know how seriously people take the pledge of allegiance - the US has its share of patriotic people, but I don't know personally any immigrants who got citizenship later in their lives. I don't remember ever having to say the pledge in school and I don't know it. I remember when I was living in Canada some girls I knew (around age 13) were in the process of getting their Canadian citizenship and took it really seriously. And in Canadian schools people sung or at least listened to the national anthem every morning, which didn't happen in the US school I went to.
I'm not sure about the exact rules the US has for other citizenships. That's one of the things on my list to figure out.
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How did the move to the new home go?
It went well so far. No luggage lost on the plane. I shipped a bunch of things, including my computer, which haven't arrived yet. So I have yet to see whether that part of the plan will work out.
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How did the move to the new home go?
It went well so far. No luggage lost on the plane. I shipped a bunch of things, including my computer, which haven't arrived yet. So I have yet to see whether that part of the plan will work out.
Do you like gardens?
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Do you like gardens?
Not really. I get nervous around bees and wasps. My mother's into gardening and has a really fancy garden, so the idea of a garden isn't really anything special, so I have no reason to have interest in them.
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Do you like gardens?
Not really. I get nervous around bees and wasps. My mother's into gardening and has a really fancy garden, so the idea of a garden isn't really anything special, so I have no reason to have interest in them.
I can't get enough of them. I'm gonna run my own gardening business someday.
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I'm not sure about the exact rules the US has for other citizenships. That's one of the things on my list to figure out.
if you are anything white then its fairly easy.
Does this jog your memory
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how come if you use the look and layout board theme PYRAXIS TEST, the logo is no longer there?
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It got lost when Dunc transferred to the new host. I was going to put it back but he suggested that I wait until he could fix up the themes somehow - can't remember exactly how now. But I was waiting for word from him.
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would you rather be daria or the queen of narnia?
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Daria
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have you ever had sex with a woman
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Sorry, sworn to secrecy, can't discuss some of the details of my sex life.
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can you still achieve orgasm by simply crossing your legs?
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Yep. Why do you care?
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i find this to be the greatest talent known to mankind
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Well it would pretty much make mankind obsolete, now wouldn't it?
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yes.
you would favor that, wouldn't you?
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Nah. I like men. A lot of times I like men better than women.
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do you love anybody, right now, besides yourself or a family member?
and also has top be a human being.
describe her...
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LOL how did you know it would be a her?
There's one woman that I love even though I very rarely talk to her and haven't seen her in person for years and years. But it's the kind of thing where if she ever needed help from me she would get it without question. She helped me when I was in high school and depressed and isolated, she made friends with me, she introduced me to the friend I'm living with now.
She's actually the living embodiment of a lot of Christian ideals. She has what seems to be unconditional love for nearly every human she meets. She consistently responds to people with caring and kindness, she helps the weak and gives comfort to the sad. She has a daughter she cares for more than anything else in the world.
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see if more christians were like that, rather than the judgemental hippocritical kind, then i might be a jesus freak today.
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LOL, she's the reason I didn't leave Christianity till halfway through college.
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so you know the bible.
Wouldn't you agree that the basic teachings, including the parables, are a good foundation in which to live ones life?
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They're one way to live a good life, but I don't think they're the best way.
Plus of course I have issues with a lot of the parables and they're too open to interpretation to be that helpful.
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that is the nice thing about parables. they can be interpreted to fit your particular lifestyle.
the allegory of the cave is similar, there are other, several ways to interpret it, as well.
do you think that the belief in a higher power can be beneficial to an individual?
kinda like offering hope.
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do you think that the belief in a higher power can be beneficial to an individual?
kinda like offering hope.
Yes - it can be beneficial. It's a way of believing life has meaning. Actually it's been medically documented that belief in a higher power is one of the things that leads to people living longer.
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why did you relock my ask away thread?
i was unable to lock it before, when i had locked it, but now i cannot.
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Did I lock it? I didn't mean to. I will unlock it.
Edit: nevermind, it looks like someone already did.
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What was or is you favorite television commericial?
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What was or is you favorite television commericial?
No clue, I've never really watched TV. But I remember a couple friends once showing me an incredible-machine commercial (I think it was for a car) where they'd filmed the thing in one long continuous shot. That one was pretty cool
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what are you wearing, right this very moment.
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Black slacks, a white t-shirt with an image of a dragon fighting a griffin and the words "Dragon & Griffon Savannah" (it's a pub in Savannah). The ink on the picture changes color in sunlight. Also a bra and underwear.
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no socks?
also, draggon and griffin i find somewhat ironicle.
when was the last time you visited a pub?
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no socks?
Nope, no reason to be wearing socks. It's summer.
also, draggon and griffin i find somewhat ironicle.
Why?
when was the last time you visited a pub?
A couple weeks ago, before I left Texas, there was a goodbye party for company people that I went to.
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why did you go to canada?
i thought fate told you to move to sunny southern california.
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why did you go to canada?
i thought fate told you to move to sunny southern california.
Cheap rent. Money trumps fate. ;D Plus the chance to see the good friend I'm living with. But I'll only be in Canada until the end of the summer, then I might well end up in California after all.
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is what you do in the movie industry considered union work?
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is what you do in the movie industry considered union work?
Only in rare situations I think. I don't know much about it but I think all the animators at Disney have to be union. But most studios have nothing to do with unions and I certainly never heard anything about it at the one I worked at.
The game industry needs unions, the working conditions are crap. The film animation industry's not much better.
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sony is in woodland hills california.
i had a friend, years ago, who was on the ground floor with that (sony games). i wonder if i could look him up.
the reason i asked about unions is because whenever any of the the local unions are locked out or on strike, the longshore union gives them temporary casual cards. they make up to about a grand per weeki.
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You wanna be in my gang, my gang, my gang?
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sony is in woodland hills california.
i had a friend, years ago, who was on the ground floor with that (sony games). i wonder if i could look him up.
:) If you could, that would be awesome. Sony is definitely on my hit list.
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sony is in woodland hills california.
i had a friend, years ago, who was on the ground floor with that (sony games). i wonder if i could look him up.
:) If you could, that would be awesome. Sony is definitely on my hit list.
Do you ever tell guys that you're gay to stop them hitting on you?
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Do you get orgasms out of dangerous situations?
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You wanna be in my gang, my gang, my gang?
WTF, WTF, WTF?
But okay, sure - what does your gang do?
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Do you ever tell guys that you're gay to stop them hitting on you?
That seems a little logically flawed... then I'd get a reputation for being gay and maybe girls would start hitting on me instead. Nah, far more effective to just say I'm too screwed up to fuck anybody.
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Do you get orgasms out of dangerous situations?
Yep. Why do you ask?
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sony is in woodland hills california.
i had a friend, years ago, who was on the ground floor with that (sony games). i wonder if i could look him up.
:) If you could, that would be awesome. Sony is definitely on my hit list.
i will inquire about his whereabouts.
if i do not send you an e-mail within a week, will you remind me.
because this is how i see it.
even if he is no longer there, then he may still know some people who are.
YOU NEVER KNOW.
i would love to help, if i can.
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You wanna be in my gang, my gang, my gang?
WTF, WTF, WTF?
But okay, sure - what does your gang do?
We bang little kiddies.
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Do you get orgasms out of dangerous situations?
Yep. Why do you ask?
Because you seem the type that does.
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What do you do when you need to stimulate your creativity?
Are you pleased or disappointed with your movie's performance in theaters? Do you think its any good?
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What do you do when you need to stimulate your creativity?
Stop talking to people is a good start. Go out by myself someplace I've never been before. Watch a good movie that I haven't seen before. Get some new music. Move across the country.
Are you pleased or disappointed with your movie's performance in theaters? Do you think its any good?
The animation is good, the plot is crap. It would be cool if it was doing better, but I'm more glad that people as a whole are smart enough to notice and give a damn about the mess the director made of the subtext. Every time a bad review comes out, someone posts it to the company mailing list and people start trashing the reviewer. They're as bad as bully kids themselves - and they call this shit "team spirit". Yeah - maybe if people (including myself of course) had been more willing to give honest opinions instead of making fun of anyone who complained about the message and preachiness because "it's just a kids' movie", more could have been salvaged. Because the reviewers are right - it does play like a Red propaganda film.
All through production, people were eyeing each other and quietly asking "Another ant movie?" but what could be done? Tom Hanks wanted this movie for his kid, and Tom Hanks has the money and connections. I loved working on my first movie, and I still love Zoc despite the fact they cut his flashback scene. But I didn't write this "crude, joyless and unfunny piece of altruistic propaganda" (Box Office Mojo (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/reviews/?id=2121&p=.htm)).
At least its main competition is Monster House.
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Every time a bad review comes out, someone posts it to the company mailing list and people start trashing the reviewer. They're as bad as bully kids themselves - and they call this shit "team spirit".
Isn't it just hilarious/pathetic how often you see this sort of behavior?
What scares you more: that so many people allow themselves into this brand of idiocy, or the fact that it actually works?
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Isn't it just hilarious/pathetic how often you see this sort of behavior?
Quite.
What scares you more: that so many people allow themselves into this brand of idiocy, or the fact that it actually works?
The fact that it works. The fact that they get so caught up in it, it distracts them from what is in front of their faces. And the fact that I actually thought twice before talking about the movie on here, in case posts on this site were google-able.
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You said you are studying sociology and politics. What do you think of people in the aggregate? I refer to the tendency of people to dissolve their individual identities into the group's and often by the same token absolve themselves of personal responsibility.
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You said you are studying sociology and politics. What do you think of people in the aggregate? I refer to the tendency of people to dissolve their individual identities into the group's and often by the same token absolve themselves of personal responsibility.
What I've been looking for mainly is how the patterns of people's behavior as individuals translate into the possible prediction of their behavior in groups. I want to see for example what a fight between spouses has in common with a war between nations.
I think people in the aggregate can get pretty deluded, and lurch around on tangents that have nothing to do with their stated goals. I think you can weed out people's potential by watching who they follow. I think that you can tweak groups in specific places to be more likely to get the results you want. I haven't found that it personally matters much whether the people around me think they're taking personal responsibility or not - their actions are still the same and have the same consequences.
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bugger - there's that book about brownian motion and chaos or something, which won some award or other, and which sounds like that sort of thing.
/me racks brains...
i'll have a wander around amazon and get the title, before i explode with dementia, lol.
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hurrah! it's "critical mass...", etc., and you can find it here (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0099457865/202-4114235-4566226?v=glance&n=266239).
phew.
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Hey, thanks, Lucifer :)
I'm familiar with brownian algorithms but only in the context of shader coding for 3d animation - mapping the patterns of dirt on the ground for example, or minor variations in color on a tree trunk. Somehow I'm not surprised it applies elsewhere also.
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Has the necromancer
-ever been in a knife fight?
-ever been cut?
Does the necromancer
-have an evil laugh IRL?
-wear silver?
Is the necromancer
-a 100 pound weakling?
-an dark, brooding, evil man?
If you answered any of these questions, how would you know?
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Do you think that being selfish of oneself guarantees a better chance at finding happiness than to act selfless towards others?
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Damn. Have to answer the boring questions before I can get down to peegai's interesting one.
Has the necromancer
-ever been in a knife fight?
-ever been cut?
Yes and yes.
Does the necromancer
-have an evil laugh IRL?
-wear silver?
Only when he thinks no one's listening. And only when he wants people looking.
Is the necromancer
-a 100 pound weakling?
-an dark, brooding, evil man?
To the second one - yeah, in his dreams. To the first - maybe once upon a time.
If you answered any of these questions, how would you know?
Because I'm telepathic. Among other things.
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How has Pyraxis been doing?
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Do you think that being selfish of oneself guarantees a better chance at finding happiness than to act selfless towards others?
I think that selfishness has to come first, but too much of either one or the other will get you into trouble. If you have to choose one as dominant over the other, I say selfishness is more likely to get you happiness. There's a vicarious kick that comes out of helping others, but if you're doing things for yourself, it doesn't have to be vicarious. Heck you can even help others precisely because it makes you happy, and still call it selfishness.
Damnit, this question deserves a much longer answer than that. I might come back to it later.
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You forgot My question I hurt. :'( ;)
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You forgot My question I hurt. :'( ;)
Nope, just hadn't gotten to it yet. ;)
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How has Pyraxis been doing?
Damnit, why do people insist on asking such open-ended questions?
Narrow it down a little and I might actually give an interesting answer.
Otherwise - "Fine, thanks."
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How has Pyraxis been doing?
Damnit, why do people insist on asking such open-ended questions?
Narrow it down a little and I might actually give an interesting answer.
Otherwise - "Fine, thanks."
How are You doing right now this minute? Narrow enough? :laugh:
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how is the job hunt?
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How are You doing right now this minute? Narrow enough? :laugh:
I'm doing well, except I haven't gotten enough done today in my job search. I need to send some emails and rework my demo reel. So I'm kind of stressed out about that.
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How into cuddling are you?
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How into cuddling are you?
Depends. In the wrong mood, I'd rather stick you with something sharp and pointy. But in the right mood I'd probably be highly affectionate.
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have you ever had your breasts fondled by another human being?
if so, did you find it to be arousing?
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What do you do for a living, or are planning on doing for a living?
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Biscuits.
Which biscuit do you think is the lightest?
And you aren't allowed to check Google for the answer.
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Biscuits.
Which biscuit do you think is the lightest?
And you aren't allowed to check Google for the answer.
How are you going to know if she does though?
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It's a trick question, EVERY biscuit weighs the same!
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It's a trick question, EVERY biscuit weighs the same!
Now I just spilt bourbon down my top - PMSL
You still remind me of Vic Reeves btw- perhaps first impressions do count
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Bourbons are OK as biscuits go, but I have to admit I prefer the more upmarket Breakaway.
Not only does it say "This is a strong career minded man in control of his life" but it also says "I'm a greedy bastard for buying a pack of ten".
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Would you agree that the chocolate covered version of Tunnock's Caramel Wafers represent the ultimate in biscuity satisfaction?
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Would you agree that the chocolate covered version of Tunnock's Caramel Wafers represent the ultimate in biscuity satisfaction?
I prefer the ones with coconut on the chocolate- but the seem to be eluding me, have only ever seen them once. I'm not giving up though- I will catch me that biscuit.
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Actually no.
It is my view, and one which I am sticking with, that the Tunnocks caramel wafers with coconut on them are better. I also prefer a Blue Riband, but I save those for parties, weddings and funerals.
Blue Ribands are the biscuit for every occasion.
;)
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have you ever had your breasts fondled by another human being?
if so, did you find it to be arousing?
Yes to the first. And there have been times where it wasn't, and times where I'm pretty sure it was.
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Sorry for hijacking your thread. How are you settling in to your new home?
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What do you do for a living, or are planning on doing for a living?
Right now I don't have a job. What I was doing before that was special effects work in the animated film industry. Most of the jobs I've been applying for are in either film, animation, or games. Ideally I want to be doing texturing, modeling, or concept art for a fantasy or SF RPG videogame. I also want to eventually get into game design and virtual reality research.
Sadly BioWare, KingsIsle, Square, Midway, EA etc. have shown no interest.
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Biscuits.
Which biscuit do you think is the lightest?
And you aren't allowed to check Google for the answer.
I'm guessing one made with white chocolate. Or meringue.
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It's a trick question, EVERY biscuit weighs the same!
WTF? Even if you were talking about weight, biscuits come in plenty of shapes and sizes.
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Would you agree that the chocolate covered version of Tunnock's Caramel Wafers represent the ultimate in biscuity satisfaction?
You talking to me?
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Sorry for hijacking your thread. How are you settling in to your new home?
Pretty well. Though I'm likely not going to be here long - still waiting for that call saying "We've got a job for you, we want you out here in a week." Haven't actually unpacked a lot of my things, though I finally got the laptop and speakers set up properly on the desk today. Mostly stuff's sitting in boxes and piles on the floor.
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Would you agree that the chocolate covered version of Tunnock's Caramel Wafers represent the ultimate in biscuity satisfaction?
You talking to me?
sorry, was continuing the biscuity hijack. feel free to answer it though, if you've been lucky enough to find them over there. :laugh:
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:laugh: Nope, sadly, I've never heard of them. They sound good though. But me being me, I generally cook my own, because I'm guessing that whatever they are, they don't come in GF.
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What is your lifes general outline/plan? (I know a lot of people haven't got this thought out or at least figure it is so unknowable they dont try to think about it, i've got a tentative plan myself, and i was wondering about yours)
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What is your lifes general outline/plan? (I know a lot of people haven't got this thought out or at least figure it is so unknowable they dont try to think about it, i've got a tentative plan myself, and i was wondering about yours)
Spend the next indeterminate amount of time travelling the continent and hopefully the world, working on various CG film and game projects. Projects generally last 6 months to 2 years so I can get in a lot of places while I'm still young. Live small, don't own too much, and save the extra money for visiting close friends between projects. Do it my way - come in like a whirlwind, immerse myself in their life and colors, and then go back to long-distance IM/email communication.
With each move, each project, each new transition, be closer to my ideal state.
I expect hormones to kick in at some point so that I have the desire to settle down or even, heaven forbid, find a permanent mate and raise kids. (Though who knows, I'm open to never getting biological drives too.) At that point I'd want a more permanent job. Hopefully by then I'd have the connections to get in with one of the companies I have my eye on, or the social skills and confidence to found my own. Then I'd use some more saved money to construct my custom house (which I've already designed, though likely by the time I get that far, I'll have changed the design a lot).
No clue what I'll do in old age. If I had to guess, it would be teach, but at the moment I have zero - no, negative - desire to be a teacher. But I haven't found any personal motivation deeper than showing people how to live with passion, taking them with me into other worlds, so if that holds true, it seems likely that I'll end up wanting to teach.
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have you ever had your breasts fondled by another human being?
if so, did you find it to be arousing?
is this one of the posts that you refuse to answer?
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is this one of the posts that you refuse to answer?
Wake up and read the thread again? (http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php?topic=854.msg48514#msg48514)
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is this one of the posts that you refuse to answer?
Wake up and read the thread again? (http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php?topic=854.msg48514#msg48514)
my bad, sorry for wasting your time.
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???
That almost sounds like I offended you somehow. Did I?
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no, i am just embarrassed, i am usually more in tune.
i wonder how i missed it, i have been watching all day.
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:laugh: Is my sex life or lack thereof really that fascinating to you?
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i didn't ask about your sex life. i was merely interested in your errogenous zones. when i saw your face, i instantly thought nipple stimulation.
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And what possible use would you have for that knowledge?
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:laugh: Is my sex life or lack thereof really that fascinating to you?
Hi Pyraxis. I just wanted to say hello. I read through your thread, and you're very interesting.
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Hi Pyraxis. I just wanted to say hello. I read through your thread, and you're very interesting.
Hi Aeval! ;D Got any questions to potentially make it more interesting?
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Hi Aeval! ;D Got any questions to potentially make it more interesting?
I was interested in the line of questioning that led to Christianity, etc.
Do you have any interest in theology in general?
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Do you have any interest in theology in general?
Yes, as it relates to philosophy, ethics, and sociology. No, if it's just about the particulars of one interpretation of a religious text over another. I need a purpose - "unraveling the mysteries of God" or whatever higher power isn't an end in itself - I want to know how it applies to real life. And if I don't share enough premises with a particular theological argument, then the argument becomes uninteresting. The point becomes moot if it doesn't address my original issues.
I'm also interested in cults - but that's because of the psychology and extremes of manipulation. Interested in mythology, but that's as inspiration for storytelling and roleplaying games. Interested in traditions, sometimes, but that's as a basis for understanding cultural norms.
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Yes, as it relates to philosophy, ethics, and sociology. No, if it's just about the particulars of one interpretation of a religious text over another. I need a purpose - "unraveling the mysteries of God" or whatever higher power isn't an end in itself - I want to know how it applies to real life. And if I don't share enough premises with a particular theological argument, then the argument becomes uninteresting. The point becomes moot if it doesn't address my original issues.
I'm also interested in cults - but that's because of the psychology and extremes of manipulation. Interested in mythology, but that's as inspiration for storytelling and roleplaying games. Interested in traditions, sometimes, but that's as a basis for understanding cultural norms.
Which mythologies interest you most? Do you have any interest in the Celtic mythologies?
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Some. My knowledge of Celtic mythology is rather corrupted, because it's so second-hand. Picked up by osmosis from fantasy authors and gaming systems. I have no idea what's true to the source and what's elaborated to make it seem cooler. I do like the idea of changelings, though. Which has interesting links to autism advocacy, for the number of times distraught parents have claimed that autism has "stolen" their child.
Why did you ask about Celtic specifically?
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What, off the top of your head, are some movies you like a lot, and do you ever cry or like crying to movies?
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Why did you ask about Celtic specifically?
It's something I'm fascinated by but don't really know enough about. If you did, I was going to pick your brain as much as I could.
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What Dreams May Come.
Mononoke-Hime.
Waterworld.
Spirited Away.
The Incredibles.
LotR trilogy.
Hard Candy.
I often cry during movies. I cried like crazy through Grave of the Fireflies. Most recently I cried at one of the preview screenings of The Ant Bully, but that was cause I was sitting among the people who were making it, not because it was especially good.
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What scenes in movies tend to make you cry most?
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What scenes in movies tend to make you cry most?
Um. Now I've got to remember specific scenes I cried at.
...Crap. No clue. Now the question's going to be bugging me though, so I'll see if I can remember to take note next time I watch something.
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And what possible use would you have for that knowledge?
you never know. 8)
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Somehow I doubt your wife would approve.
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Somehow I doubt your wife would approve.
you never know! :angel:
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Somehow I doubt your wife would approve.
you never know! :angel:
:laugh:
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If you were in a relationship, what would you like or do you think it would look/work like?
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think we should all establish a time (within the next week or so), and have a drunken chat conversation, with several members of I² participating.
shots every ten minutes and a cold beer always in hand (or wine).
we can name a designated log saver, who will post the declining results of the entire session. that way, the next day, we can all use the blushing emoticon, frequently.
and, we should remember that this is Intensity². so no holds barred.
also, clothing is optional.
who would be interested in this?
perhaps next sunday between 10pm and midnight british time.
that means i would be drinking by about two in the afternoon.
next sunday sept 18. would you be interested?
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If you were in a relationship, what would you like or do you think it would look/work like?
Hard to say, when I don't have the desire for a relationship. But a few factors that would be important:
- spectrum-friendly. Don't care if the partner's spectrum, but it must be accepted if I act weird.
- alone time and privacy critical. No emotional manipulation, no "if you really loved me, you'd talk to me" bullshit.
- intense periods of contact followed by total or near-total withdrawal. The partner might not even live in the same city so long as we flew to see each other once a month or so, or for a few weeks every few months.
- room for forward motion critical. I must be learning something or improving something, or the partner and I must be working towards a common goal. "Comfortable" would be the death of my caring about the partner.
- dealbreakers: depression/laziness/apathy. Everyone's human but I would be totally turned off by those as a recurring personality trait
Perks (not all necessary, but the more the better)
- imagination
- intelligence
- androgyny
- love of pushing limits
- charisma
- weirdness
- introspection/spirituality
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next sunday sept 18. would you be interested?
I don't drink to the point of losing control. If I were around, I might drop in and watch the hilarity. But no promises.
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do you think that intensity is going through a new period of too niceness?
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do you think that intensity is going through a new period of too niceness?
Yes. I'm wary of the "real problems" forum and the fact that no one's kamikazi-bombed it yet. But we've been getting some new people, and that at least is good.
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a smile in the front, meanwhile sharpening our nails behind our backs >:D
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a smile in the front, meanwhile sharpening our nails behind our backs >:D
:laugh: Isn't that a little two-faced for you?
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it would be if i didn't announce it.
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Is there a mirror in here?
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look up...
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What are your feelings on drama? Just internet/forum drama in general, no person in specific.
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do you think that intensity is going through a new period of too niceness?
Yes. I'm wary of the "real problems" forum and the fact that no one's kamikazi-bombed it yet. But we've been getting some new people, and that at least is good.
"We", kimosabe?
Would it delight you for the real problems thread to get bombed?
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What are your feelings on drama? Just internet/forum drama in general, no person in specific.
:laugh: If only you'd been around half a year ago, I was up to my ears in forum drama and so was everyone else on here. Personally I find it fascinating. It's a place to try out political theories where I'm in my element, since I'm so much better with written communication than spoken. But the patterns figured out in online drama also apply to real-world drama. I do care what people say online, since I don't see online as that different of a place from real life. It's a fun challenge, because the worse kinds of forum drama spill onto the phone lines and even real-world meetups. Hacking and backstabbing and cliques galore. I figure it's good for practicing leadership skills, since I don't want to spend quite my whole life shut up in a room with my aspie perseverations, I want to live too.
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"We", kimosabe?
The site as a whole. It has been getting new users. I was referring to myself as a member of the group of people on Intensity.
Would it delight you for the real problems thread to get bombed?
Not necessarily, I'm not into wanton destruction for its own sake. But it would wake me up. And I'm curious at what point support stops being helpful and starts being co-dependent, like a support group gone wrong, the mutually-festering kind, not sure the correct word for it. Intensity seems like a good place to figure that out, since we're not going to have a bunch of admins coming down hard on anyone who dares say something out of line.
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"We", kimosabe?
The site as a whole. It has been getting new users. I was referring to myself as a member of the group of people on Intensity.
Would it delight you for the real problems thread to get bombed?
Not necessarily, I'm not into wanton destruction for its own sake. But it would wake me up. And I'm curious at what point support stops being helpful and starts being co-dependent, like a support group gone wrong, the mutually-festering kind, not sure the correct word for it. Intensity seems like a good place to figure that out, since we're not going to have a bunch of admins coming down hard on anyone who dares say something out of line.
i see your point in the second part of your post and i am curious to see how it works/unfolds.
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Where do You see Intensity2 in six months Pyraxis?
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Are you planning on running for re-election?
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Are you planning on running for re-election?
Haven't decided yet.
I've been taking a pretty laissez-faire approach to people's conflicts here. Figured it fit the philosophy of the site. (Though I would have gotten involved in the recent mess over changing account settings if I hadn't been out of town at the time.) By the sound of it, people want more involvement. I'm not sure I want the responsibility of doing things I wouldn't enjoy, just out of obligation to members. So I'm wondering if it might not be a better idea to stay out of this election, so I can be free to screw off and cause whatever trouble I feel like.
Though that does bring up the question - for QC and anyone else - in what ways do you think I ought to have been involved and I wasn't?
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I just haven't seen you on the site that much, and I never see you move/split threads or anything like that like the other admins do. Basically, I never noticed you doing any "adminning" like QO, Peter, and Callaway.
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Since most of us don't realise what your level of involvement is on the admin forum its hard to really know whether or not you've been doing a good job on that side of things. I would say that I prefer admins to be more involved on the site and with the members. If the admins are to serve the members effectively its good if they are in touch with what the members want. I'm not saying you have to post a lot to do this, but its hard for members to know how much you're paying attention to this if you don't post.
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PI put that better than I did. :laugh:
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Where do You see Intensity2 in six months Pyraxis?
In the middle of another election, for starters.
But somehow I doubt that's the kind of answer you're looking for. Really - I don't know. In a similar position to where it is right now, but with a few more members and a different administration team.
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do you see yourself as a victim of gang bullying?
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do you see yourself as a victim of gang bullying?
:laugh: No. Why on earth would I think that?
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no. seriously.
do you think you are being gang bullied?
or do you think that perhaps you made some bold statements and are being questioned about them?
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By any chance, do you have a somewhat unhealthy obsession with fire?
By the way, that avatar looks awfully... err, hot.
(*insert deranged giggle at crappy pun*)
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do you think you are being gang bullied?
or do you think that perhaps you made some bold statements and are being questioned about them?
Seriously. If you're talking about the debate in the voting thread (http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php?topic=1415.msg57348#msg57348), it hadn't occurred to me to think of it as bullying. Besides, you, Dunc, and PI, doesn't exactly make a whole gang. I was quite enjoying it. It's been keeping me on Intensity instead of doing the work I ought to be doing - so that's gotta count for something. I was looking at it as an experiment in being more cocky/confrontational than I usually am.
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By any chance, do you have a somewhat unhealthy obsession with fire?
As it happens, yes. >:D
By the way, that avatar looks awfully... err, hot.
(*insert deranged giggle at crappy pun*)
*groan*
Who changed your name to Fluffalizer?
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do you know fluffalizer?
is this person a fluffer?
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do you know fluffalizer?
See below.
is this person a fluffer?
*trots off to urbandictionary* Yeah, they're my fluffer, of course.
What, you didn't know I was a porn star?
Wait, I'm not supposed to be lying in my ask me anything thread, am I? Damn. There goes my truth streak.
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Who changed your name to Fluffalizer?
I did, as my username was finally deciphered after I made the challenge in my introductory thread simpler.
is this person a fluffer?
This person is not a fluffer.
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Wait, I'm not supposed to be lying in my ask me anything thread, am I? Damn. There goes my truth streak.
your streak was saved by the disclaimer.
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Pyraxis,
Have you met anyone form this forum in real life, apart from Ghost Hunter Stan?
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Yes, several.
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Will you tell us about it please? I am very interested! I have met 2 members of the site here.
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Well the first story is Sophist. Who technically is a member even though she hasn't been back in ages. I was driving across the USA and stopped at her town to meet her for breakfast (or was it lunch? It doesn't matter.) I'd seen a photo of her but she didn't know what I looked like, so I told her what I usually tell people: I'll wear hideously bright orange, you won't be able to miss me. So I perched on the railing outside her college cafeteria and waited for her to come by.
She talks. A lot. Which was made worse by the fact that I was on edge and therefore barely talking at all. So it was hard to focus on what she was saying. I'm not sure I was very good company, because I was too busy watching her to open my mouth and give any interesting opinions of my own.
We talked about WrongPlanet, at first, since we were both mods at the time. LOL, meeting in IRL for the first time and what do we do? Fill each other in on what's been happening online since we last touched the internet. And then we talked psychology and spectrum issues. She told me about a little autistic boy she had worked with, and whether it was better for autistics to help autistics because they understood the issues. She'd almost gotten fired from this job because whenever the very NT supervisor was around, she froze up and became incompetent, trying to follow the official rules of the type of therapy she was doing. But whenever the supervisor left, she broke most of the rules and as a result had the parents saying she had helped this boy more than anyone else he'd worked with.
I can't remember much about the rest of the conversation, but it was mostly psychology, which is the main interest the two of us have in common.
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When performing oral sex, do you enjoy swallowing a man's spunk?
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When performing oral sex, do you enjoy swallowing a man's spunk?
No, not particularly.
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When performing oral sex, do you enjoy swallowing a man's spunk?
No, not particularly.
If I were to lick someone's vagina, would it taste like sardines in brine?
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Is peaguy making you hornier than:
a) Ron Jeremy
b) a crazed monkey on Spanish Fly
?
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If I were to lick someone's vagina, would it taste like sardines in brine?
Why don't you try it and find out?
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Is peaguy making you hornier than:
a) Ron Jeremy
b) a crazed monkey on Spanish Fly
?
Who or what are these things? I've never heard of them.
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If I were to lick someone's vagina, would it taste like sardines in brine?
Why don't you try it and find out?
Maybe it's because I don't want to vomit on somebody's snatch afterwards.
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Is peaguy making you hornier than:
a) Ron Jeremy
b) a crazed monkey on Spanish Fly
?
Who or what are these things? I've never heard of them.
Ron Jeremy = A grotesquely fat man with a patchy beard who somehow became a famous porn star
Spanish Fly = A mythical aphrodisiac
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pyraxis, are you going to vote for me?
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pyraxis, are you going to vote for me?
Likely yes, because I'm curious how you would act in a mediator role. At the moment I don't take any of the conflicts on here seriously enough to vote only for people I think would do a good job. Though if you insist on following your rule that a mediator acts only in conflicts between admins, and not in conflicts between members, it may be boring after all. Still, less of a fiasco than if thepeaguy was mediator.
Hmmm. On second thought. It's a tough call between you and peegai. PI's got my vote, though.
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Hmmm.
i got it.
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Hmmm.
i got it.
:LOL: Okay, I'll bite. What are you thinking?
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can't.
too close.
refuse to blow it at the wrong moment...
this time.
can't
i will show restraint.
I WILL>
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:LOL:
*cheers McJ on*
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:LOL:
*cheers McJ on*
i will offer you a promise though.
how about i give you my thoughts on monday.
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You're on.
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You didn't answer my question :( :( :( :'( :'( :'( :'(
;)
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Okay, okay, okay!
c) I would rather sit at home sticking pins in my arm than allow a crude and inane flamer like peegai within a hundred mile radius of me and my (practically non-existent anyway) sex drive.
Happy? ;)
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Do you have any genuine emotional ties with any of the members here?
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Yes, no question. I have emotional ties with McJagger and Necromancer. I have at least cursory emotional ties with you, Lucifer, and Drunkard's Walk. I have the potential for emotional ties with HypnoticaGaze, Aeval, and Shima. And probably others, but I don't know it yet.
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necromancer=love
Mcjagger=hate
?
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:LOL: No. In your simplified world, maybe. But I don't believe in love and I don't hate you, so in my world you're waaaay off base.
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:LOL: No. In your simplified world, maybe. But I don't believe in love and I don't hate you, so in my world you're waaaay off base.
Why do you disagree with the notion that someone's "in love"?
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Oh I don't deny that other people may be in love. I just refuse it in terms of myself. It's just not a word I've ever understood properly. Everyone seems to have a different definition for it. And the emotional state it seems to refer to is such a tangled mess of obligation, manipulation, and general emotional miasma that I don't see any reason to desire it.
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Ok, this one's really bugging me... what do you think Samuel L. Jackson's next acting move will be?
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How the flaming fuck should I know? :LOL: I don't follow mass media except as it relates to my work, and actors' names don't. I don't even know who Samuel L. Jackson is. Though if I had to make a guess, he's in I, Robot? But I have more knowledge of your career strategy than his, and that's not saying much.
Speaking of which, I forgot you in my geinuine emotional ties list. You'd probably fall under cursory.
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Oh I don't deny that other people may be in love. I just refuse it in terms of myself. It's just not a word I've ever understood properly. Everyone seems to have a different definition for it. And the emotional state it seems to refer to is such a tangled mess of obligation, manipulation, and general emotional miasma that I don't see any reason to desire it.
Well, I have a tendency to hate it when it comes to two people breaking up their ties with their family and friends all for the sake of their selfish desire called love. They're under the impression that, as long as they're together, they don't need anyone else -- arrogant bullshit.
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How the flaming fuck should I know? :LOL: I don't follow mass media except as it relates to my work, and actors' names don't. I don't even know who Samuel L. Jackson is. Though if I had to make a guess, he's in I, Robot? But I have more knowledge of your career strategy than his, and that's not saying much.
Well, I guess I've been watching too much Chapelle Show and I started to think of Paul Mooney's Negrodamus skit - was wondering if you'd play back on that one but I guess your unfamiliar with it. Lol, you really don't know who Samuel L Jackson is? As in......SNAKESONAPLANE!!!! Starting ME!!! **SAMUEL ELLL JAAACKKSON**!!!!!! Lol, its just uncanny how he's been in 1 out of every 3 Hollywood movies for the last 10 years and it hasn't ruined his ability to get good scripts...or...Snakes on a Plane scripts for that matter....
Speaking of which, I forgot you in my geinuine emotional ties list. You'd probably fall under cursory.
Hmm, I might need to start one of those lists myself. Do they have an option for someone who says something blaringly insightful here and there but the rest of the time I wouldn't even know they're around? ;)
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Ah, but you forget I haven't spent half my life learning and perseverating on NT culture the way you have. Too busy lost in my gaming worlds and I've never owned a TV. I've heard the name Samuel L. Jackson but if you hadn't given it in context I probably wouldn't have known he was an actor. And I certainly don't know anything about those other things you named, the Chapelle Show, Paul Mooney, or Negrodamus. Or what "playing back" on a thing means. I'm not totally hopeless though - I do know about Snakes on a Plane.
Do they have an option for someone who says something blaringly insightful here and there but the rest of the time I wouldn't even know they're around?
I guess you'll just have to make one up. :P
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Ah, but you forget I haven't spent half my life learning and perseverating on NT culture the way you have.
Well, its been less perseveration and more like its all I had walled up around me to begin with. I never found that group of hardcore AD&Ders or anything like that who I could hide out with so I had to just make the most of what I could find. I won't lie though, even though I wish I'd had that when I was younger its still a major confidence lift when at the restaurant I work at I feel like I can chill and party with the servers, chill with the line cooks, and feel like you get em and vice a versa - for the discomfort I kinda like how it's payed out thus far :).
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Oh I don't deny that other people may be in love. I just refuse it in terms of myself. It's just not a word I've ever understood properly. Everyone seems to have a different definition for it. And the emotional state it seems to refer to is such a tangled mess of obligation, manipulation, and general emotional miasma that I don't see any reason to desire it.
Well, I have a tendency to hate it when it comes to two people breaking up their ties with their family and friends all for the sake of their selfish desire called love. They're under the impression that, as long as they're together, they don't need anyone else -- arrogant bullshit.
not everyone's the same, though, pea. for a start, some of us don't have ties with family/friends as strong as you have, so it's a completely different thing to break or loosen, or even abandon those ties. and i've seen people who genuinely don't need anyone else other than their partner.
different strokes for different folks.
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Oh I don't deny that other people may be in love. I just refuse it in terms of myself. It's just not a word I've ever understood properly. Everyone seems to have a different definition for it. And the emotional state it seems to refer to is such a tangled mess of obligation, manipulation, and general emotional miasma that I don't see any reason to desire it.
Well, I have a tendency to hate it when it comes to two people breaking up their ties with their family and friends all for the sake of their selfish desire called love. They're under the impression that, as long as they're together, they don't need anyone else -- arrogant bullshit.
not everyone's the same, though, pea. for a start, some of us don't have ties with family/friends as strong as you have, so it's a completely different thing to break or loosen, or even abandon those ties. and i've seen people who genuinely don't need anyone else other than their partner.
different strokes for different folks.
Hmm. Fair enough.
+1
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Been feeling rather too emotional with the internet and real-life lately?
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Hey Pyraxis, something really funny just happened at WP - one of the newer members decided to unearth a thread that it was mostly us talking on. I had laugh when I saw that, he really must have reached deep in the archives for that one.
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Hey Pyraxis, something really funny just happened at WP - one of the newer members decided to unearth a thread that it was mostly us talking on. I had laugh when I saw that, he really must have reached deep in the archives for that one.
link please.
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Been feeling rather too emotional with the internet and real-life lately?
Not sure quite what to do with this question. What made you think I'd be feeling too emotional?
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Hey Pyraxis, something really funny just happened at WP - one of the newer members decided to unearth a thread that it was mostly us talking on. I had laugh when I saw that, he really must have reached deep in the archives for that one.
link please.
Seconded!
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http://www.wrongplanet.net/asperger.html?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=9858
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Been feeling rather too emotional with the internet and real-life lately?
Not sure quite what to do with this question. What made you think I'd be feeling too emotional?
Scratch that. Peegai, I love you.
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Been feeling rather too emotional with the internet and real-life lately?
Not sure quite what to do with this question. What made you think I'd be feeling too emotional?
Scratch that. Peegai, I love you.
I wuv u 2, hunny buns.
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when are you two gonna hook up? Pyraxis already has UK citizenship, you know.
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when are you two gonna hook up? Pyraxis already has UK citizenship, you know.
we can call em, PeePee.
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Are you a little bit disturbed by the number of "guests" here today? I sure am.
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i think they're bots
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i think they're bots
ad bots.
to make sense of the adsense.
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Are you a little bit disturbed by the number of "guests" here today? I sure am.
I've been disturbed for days. I thought guests weren't even supposed to be able to read most of the forums.
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There are a lot of forums they can't read. These appear to be a swarm of Yahoo bots, fyi.
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What's your favourite sci-fi movies?
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Waterworld - no question there. And the first Matrix movie (the others were boring). I, Robot was pretty good. The Star Wars and Star Trek movies range from okay to absolute crap.
I'm really really looking forward to The Golden Compass and the rest of the His Dark Materials series. They're being produced in England, so I hope they make it over to theaters here. I almost got the chance to work on them, had an interview with Framestore that sadly didn't go well.
Do fantasy and horror count?
LotR, What Dreams May Come, The Sixth Sense, Harry Potter (all of them)
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No Blade Runner in your list. Shame.
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I haven't actually seen it. Is it worth it?
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I haven't actually seen it. Is it worth it?
I enjoyed it, so I think it's worth it.
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I haven't actually seen it. Is it worth it?
Well its one of the classic sci-fi movies of all time so yes....
Also no 2001 in your list which is a damn shame... and wtf do you like Waterworld for?
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2001 was okay... just not intensely good. Too overly-intellectual - I like my intelligent thought with a good side-order of action, otherwise it seems like it's taking itself too seriously. Probably because between my family and art school, I've spent way too much time watching people try to create elite-art just to be elite and not because of intrinsic merits.
Waterworld, I loved first because of the set design. It wasn't just a rehash of the usual fantasy/SF themes... it felt like a real world, a real place. Also I liked the survival atmosphere - a place where every little detail matters because humans are living so close to death. And the sequence where Imola (or whatever that little girl's name is) is mouthing off to the evil bad guy about how badass the hero is, while shots of the hero sliding down chains and generally kicking ass are cut into it, was just hilarious.
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2001 was okay... just not intensely good. Too overly-intellectual - I like my intelligent thought with a good side-order of action, otherwise it seems like it's taking itself too seriously. Probably because between my family and art school, I've spent way too much time watching people try to create elite-art just to be elite and not because of intrinsic merits.
Waterworld, I loved first because of the set design. It wasn't just a rehash of the usual fantasy/SF themes... it felt like a real world, a real place. Also I liked the survival atmosphere - a place where every little detail matters because humans are living so close to death. And the sequence where Imola (or whatever that little girl's name is) is mouthing off to the evil bad guy about how badass the hero is, while shots of the hero sliding down chains and generally kicking ass are cut into it, was just hilarious.
Jeez... you're like a guy :LOL:
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Since we're on the topic of movies I've gotta ask, what did you think of Dark City?
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Since we're on the topic of movies I've gotta ask, what did you think of Dark City?
I haven't seen it. It sounds interesting though - I'll put it on the list.
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Any luck with the job hunt yet, Py?
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Well, it's only been two days since we talked about it. At the moment I'm still trying to get my portfolio updated. Once I've finished that, I'll get myself on a regular schedule for sending out apps. Friend of mine's in the hospital at the moment so I've been a bit distracted.
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Well, it's only been two days since we talked about it. At the moment I'm still trying to get my portfolio updated. Once I've finished that, I'll get myself on a regular schedule for sending out apps. Friend of mine's in the hospital at the moment so I've been a bit distracted.
Sorry to hear about your friend. Hope she recovers.
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Sorry to hear about your friend. Hope she recovers.
Probably won't recover all the way; it's serious.
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Sorry to hear about your friend. Hope she recovers.
Probably won't recover all the way; it's serious.
...I see. :/
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:/
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:/
Sorry, I didn't know what else to say. I don't like to joke about these things.
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It's okay, I'm not expecting you to joke about it. The :/ smiley was meant to say "yeah, that's about how I feel about it too. It sucks."
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I see that you've quoted Amanda Baggs, Pyraxis. In what way does AB appeal to you as an advocate?
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The solidity of her writing style and her ability to describe things that most people accept without questioning, but that really need to be questioned. Her self-discipline. Her logic. And the fact that I am almost completely unable to communicate with her without coming off as a prick fascinates me.
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The solidity of her writing style and her ability to describe things that most people accept without questioning, but that really need to be questioned. Her self-discipline. Her logic. And the fact that I am almost completely unable to communicate with her without coming off as a prick fascinates me.
I really respect her egalitarian approach to life, especially when it applies to her stance on the autism spectrum. I've been reading a lot of articles from advocates like Michelle Dawson and Frank Klein from 2003/4.
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I'm not sure what I think of that. It contradicts directly with some of the ideas I hold about competition and survival of the fittest. But I like reading stuff that makes me question myself.
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I'm not sure what I think of that. It contradicts directly with some of the ideas I hold about competition and survival of the fittest.
Don't you sometimes hate the idea, even though it is plausible in some respects?
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Hate what, the idea that life is a ruthless competition?
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Life's a ruthless and meaningless competition. :(
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Nope, disagree with you there, I make my own meaning.
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Oh yeah, and what side of the world did you drop off of for the last few months? Was that port or starboard? ;)
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I think it was the arse end of reality. Never mind, though - I'm climbing up the tail.
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Do you play a lot of MMORPGS? If so, what are you currently into?
I don't play MMORPGS myself; I'm more of an old-fashioned gamer.
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Only NWN, if that counts. Mostly at the moment I'm playing pen and paper RPG's.
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Only NWN, if that counts. Mostly at the moment I'm playing pen and paper RPG's.
Does "Warlock of Firetop Mountain" ring a bell?
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As in choose your own adventure books? Hell yeah, I've been quite addicted to them, and wrote a bunch of simple ones when I was younger. I haven't read that particular one though.
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As in choose your own adventure books? Hell yeah, I've been quite addicted to them, and wrote a bunch of simple ones when I was younger. I haven't read that particular one though.
It was written by a couple of guys who founded Games Workshop, some company that deals with fantasy bollocks. I used to collect their books back in the days of my lard arse years.
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That would be Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson, who (*runs for Google*) is apparently not the same Steve Jackson who dreamed up GURPS (http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/) and Munchkin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munchkin_%28card_game%29).
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Heh, all this reminds me I've gotta get afer my roomate who was talking about setting up a game for me and my other roomate in Planescape. He's been talking about that for a while.
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Planescape is kickass if it's run right. Are you going to do it?
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No idea, I still have yet to actually *see* him. I'm working an 8 to 5 and he's not getting home from his bar & grill serving job till pretty late.
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How's living in Glasgow working out for you?
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The job sucks but I actually really like the area. It's weird talking to the locals who are so scornful of it - I think the terrain is gorgeous, all the old stone buildings make great texture reference for 3d models, the bus system is infinitely better than Texas, and the whole place feels like it has a real sense of history compared to the USA.
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The job sucks but I actually really like the area. It's weird talking to the locals who are so scornful of it - I think the terrain is gorgeous, all the old stone buildings make great texture reference for 3d models, the bus system is infinitely better than Texas, and the whole place feels like it has a real sense of history compared to the USA.
Pff, yeah but then again I doubt Texas is much to really compare to the rest of the U.S. either though - everything's probably brand new down there. I was in Norcross near Atlanta Georgia and it kinda bugged me how no one had accents anymore, it was all brand new buildings, almost everyone was from somewhere else other than Georgia. I'm actually hopping a plane tomorrow and going back there next week for more job training until next Friday.
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Well, I was in Indiana for a while, which was about as suburban-strip-mall-infested as Texas was. I did college in Savannah, Georgia, and lived in the historic district. It was really pretty, though it still doesn't hold a candle to rural Scotland. And the accents of the locals (not all the rich college brats) were strong enough that I had trouble understanding them. :P
Good luck with the job training.
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do you look like your avatar? :eyebrows:
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do you look like your avatar? :eyebrows:
I can tell you from experience that she does not -- she is charming, though.
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charming is good!
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Charming?? WTF does that mean?
Nope, I look nothing like my avatar, unless you count glorified self-concept.
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Charming?? WTF does that mean?
http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/charming?view=uk
charming
• adjective 1 delightful; attractive. 2 very polite, friendly, and likeable.
:-*
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Charming?? WTF does that mean?
It means he wants to bone you?
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:laugh:
Damn you, Callaway. You're starting to get the hang of "annoying".
Edit: you, on the other hand, Peter, had it down pat a long time ago.
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:laugh:
Damn you, Callaway. You're starting to get the hang of "annoying".
Edit: you, on the other hand, Peter, had it down pat a long time ago.
:LMAO:
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:)
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???
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everyone knew what i was talking about saying so i decided to let a little happyface express myself
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Nope, still confused. Don't worry, it happens a lot.
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maybe a good screwing would unconfuse you :laugh:
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Looking for a one night stand who will bow down and worship your mighty chunk of blood and skin, are you? No wonder it hasn't worked yet. You have horrendous taste. Of all people on this site to get easy sex out of, I'm one of your worst options. Don't even bother.
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ahahahahaha. well in that case wanna watch me jack it??????????
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What part of I have no interest in your anatomical structure and bodily functions did you not understand?
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oh ok sorry! :)
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Reminds me of the time I used to do such things to Py. :p
How's the Glaswegian cuisine?
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Have you had the pleasure of riding any of the shaky old buses?
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How's the Glaswegian cuisine?
Um - I'm not sure what counts as Glaswegian cuisine. I've had chips and curry at a pub and it was pretty good, does that count?
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Have you had the pleasure of riding any of the shaky old buses?
Yep - on the top floor, too. I still wonder every time they go around a sharp turn on a hill, why the damn things don't just tip over.
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Have you had the pleasure of riding any of the shaky old buses?
Yep - on the top floor, too. I still wonder every time they go around a sharp turn on a hill, why the damn things don't just tip over.
Did it have you on the edge of your seat? ;)
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*groan*
:laugh:
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Found any social hang-outs in Glasgow yet, Py?
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Not yet, but I haven't really looked. I hang out with people from work at the pub once every couple of weeks, but that's just obligatory networking to make myself appear normal. So far I'm pretty happy with my social life online.
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Not yet, but I haven't really looked. I hang out with people from work at the pub once every couple of weeks, but that's just obligatory networking to make myself appear normal. So far I'm pretty happy with my social life online.
Hopefully, I'll be doing some rather eventful stuff this year, like going hiking or yachting with some new people.
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Cool! I went camping last fall, when I was still in the USA, and it was absolutely awesome. Something about the wilderness brings you back to yourself...
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Cool! I went camping last fall, when I was still in the USA, and it was absolutely awesome. Something about the wilderness brings you back to yourself...
Take waterproofs if you plan on doing it in Scotland. And when I say waterproofs, I mean waterproof jacket, trousers, gaiters, boots, backpack and tent. Take lots of waterproof plastic bags too, so that your soaked gear won't soak all your other gear when you stick it in your backpack. Also, take a midge net and repellent. Something about the wilderness in Scotland makes you wish you were back home.
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Something about the wilderness in Scotland makes you wish you were back home.
:laugh: The voice of experience speaks...
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How's your day been, oh Queen of Mean?
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This day? Actually pretty cool. I got out of work early for a doctor's appointment, so I get to indulge my forum and gaming addictions for a couple more hours than usual.
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(http://www.gamethink.net/IMG/jpg/playstation_vagrant_story_dialogue.jpg)
What will you do next?
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How's your day been, oh Queen of Mean?
Why would anyone think that you're mean?
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Why would anyone think that you're mean?
Cause I am. How mean, depends on how much I like you.
Peaguy's probably referring to this thread (http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php?topic=1863.0).
As for anyone else, you'd have to find them, drag them out and ask them.
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What will you do next?
"Okay, hold up here. Why exactly do you want to kill me? Cause all I wanted to do was walk through the damn gate. Long night, huh? Bored with guard duty? Let me see the bowgun, then. Are you good with that thing?"... etc, etc, till he gets close enough that I can reach over, on the pretense of admiring the weapon, and then slip a knife to his throat.
Then he'll open the gate and do whatever the hell I want him to. >:D
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Cause I am. How mean, depends on how much I like you.
Peaguy's probably referring to this thread (http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php?topic=1863.0).
So, looking at that thread, and everything else that I've seen here, I'd assume you
must LIKE everyone. Didn't see anything particularly mean in it. Sorry.
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LOL. All depends on your definition of mean, I guess. Some people seemed to think it was.
But yeah - I do like most people on Intensity.
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How do you feel about us meeting up in real-life at some point?
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I'd be cool with it, but it does involve me getting enough money and time off work to get to London. (That's where you are, right?) Unless you're planning to be in Glasgow at some point.
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I don't think he's in London, though I'm not 100% sure.
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I'd be cool with it, but it does involve me getting enough money and time off work to get to London. (That's where you are, right?) Unless you're planning to be in Glasgow at some point.
Nah, I live in Bristol. Bristol is situated in the south-western part of England (look for the Bristol Channel on some UK map to find it) whereas London is in the south-east.
I would visit Glasgow (so I can also meet HG and Peter if I get their blessings), but right now I don't earn enough income. :( I also got some family ties there.
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... but right now I don't earn enough income. :( I also got some family ties there.
Can you think of a way to utilize the family ties to offset the lack of funds. Can't you visit a relative and sleep over, while you do what you want to do during the day? Travel is expensive, but lodging is worse. You may be half-way there, already with a little help from an auntie or whate'er.
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... but right now I don't earn enough income. :( I also got some family ties there.
Can you think of a way to utilize the family ties to offset the lack of funds. Can't you visit a relative and sleep over, while you do what you want to do during the day? Travel is expensive, but lodging is worse. You may be half-way there, already with a little help from an auntie or whate'er.
I have it all sorted out. It requires me to get a proper job and to boost my street smarts.
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Good plan for any direction!
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Do you like the use of condoms?
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Me? I have no problem whatsoever with condoms. I've never needed them, though, since I've never had vaginal sex.
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Me? I have no problem whatsoever with condoms. I've never needed them, though, since I've never had vaginal sex.
Well, women wear 'em for when they get porked by the meat missile.
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LOL. Thanks for the sex ed lesson, virgin.
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LOL. Thanks for the sex ed lesson, virgin.
The sun'll come out tomorrow. Bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow...
Now you continue.
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Me? I have no problem whatsoever with condoms. I've never needed them, though, since I've never had vaginal sex.
So, you're more Lit's type then?
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Ugh. No.
I'm not opposed to the concept of vaginal sex, I just haven't had an appealing opportunity yet.
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How stoked are you for the Enders Game movie?
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Holy crap. They're actually producing it now? Links! Please! I know it's been a script for a long time, that kept getting moved from one producer to the next, and I was despairing that it would ever get made.
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I saw Orson Card on his website saying it was coming out next year, but It could have changed since then. It was on IMDB last time I looked.
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Damnitall. I looked it up. They're still working on the script and haven't even started on casting. That means it's no closer than it ever was. I don't know how many times that script's been rewritten.
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Like the first Dune movie. It's probably just not going to happen.
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and like the sandman movie. seen a movie script of that floating around somewhere.
although they are making one of the Death character from that.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death:_The_High_Cost_of_Living (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death:_The_High_Cost_of_Living)
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Can't bloody wait!
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During our possible meet-up, can we fight each other with knives?
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I imagine it being more like this
http://www.thatvideosite.com/video/43 (http://www.thatvideosite.com/video/43)
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1) Why is your Karma so low? Is it just not being online so much?
2) What are you doing as job right now? Can you tell us all about the illustration/movie work you've done in the past?
3) could you ever briefly psycho-analyze me based on what posts you have seen (because I read before that you do it)
Feel free to write as much as possible because I will be reading it at work! Thank You!
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During our possible meet-up, can we fight each other with knives?
Are you serious?
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I imagine it being more like this
http://www.thatvideosite.com/video/43 (http://www.thatvideosite.com/video/43)
Couldn't get the video to load, but assumping that's a silly LARP fight - I've been in plenty of those too. Two-normal! Two-normal! Two-normal! :P
The other one wasn't anything like that, though.
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1) Why is your Karma so low? Is it just not being online so much?
No, aside from a few months, I've been here regularly since the board was founded. My karma just doesn't rise as fast as other people's. I'm not quite sure why. Likely I'm not funny enough.
Or maybe everybody secretly hates me.
2) What are you doing as job right now? Can you tell us all about the illustration/movie work you've done in the past?
I'm working on Sir Billi the Vet (http://www.billiproductions.com/billithevet/flash/index.htm), which is, frankly, crap that is never going to be produced. They'll be lucky if they finish the first scene. So I'm looking for other work.
The previous movie I worked on was The Ant Bully, at DNA Productions (the same folks who did the Jimmy Neutron movie and TV series). Before that I did freelance illustration in fantasy, science fiction, mystery and horror. Small press publishers, nothing major, though I got the chance to work with a few big-name authors like Connie Willis and Kevin Anderson, and I did a few signings at conventions.
3) could you ever briefly psycho-analyze me based on what posts you have seen (because I read before that you do it)
LOL, where did you read that? I thought it was Serissa who had a reputation for psychoanalyzing people (http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php?topic=3339.0). I could make a stab at armchair psychology though. Gimme a bit. I'd need to read through your past posts, since I've never gotten a clear sense from them. You're UK Tom, right, not Tom who was friends with Ghosthunter?
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yes it is. with a fat guy going "lightning bolt! lightning bolt!!" x20
are you an illustrator then?
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At the moment, I'm a 3d artist. Lighting and texture. It would be cool to do illustration full time, but I'm not quite good enough to make it as a concept artist in film or game yet, and that's ideally where I'd want to work.
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I don't know if anyone has asked this before and I can't be arsed to check through 42 pages: Do you have an opinion which countries have the best gun laws; the US or the European countries? 8)
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I don't know enough about gun laws around the world to give an educated answer. But I'm in favor of the right to bear arms.
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I don't know enough about gun laws around the world to give an educated answer. But I'm in favor of the right to bear arms.
OK, then you're against most European gun laws. Where you are now handguns are totally banned.
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Do you believe that the people have an inalienable right to revolt?
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Do you believe that the people have an inalienable right to revolt?
Hm. Yes. But I'm aware there are cirumstances under which most people can be trained not to exercise that right. And I'm wary of an "inalienable right to revolt" being used as a justification for rapidly escalating violence between groups that were already hair-trigger paranoid about each other. In a situation like that, indulging every paranoia will only lead to anarchy/warfare, which is not the most efficient use of resources. And I'm all in favor of efficient uses of resources.
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Isn't revolution or war inherently an inefficient use of resources?
Shouldn't we all be good little cogs, well-controlled, for most efficient usage?
Should people really be considered as an means to an end like this?
What is the real end, behind this idea of efficiency?
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should i ask you something?
does it have to be interesting?
do you think that your approval rating has shifted towards the positive lately?
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Isn't revolution or war inherently an inefficient use of resources?
Not if the system being revolted against is inefficient enough.
Shouldn't we all be good little cogs, well-controlled, for most efficient usage?
Only to the degree that it ensures survival.... and at least the way we're currently wired, a certain degree of randomness/mutation is necessary.
Yes, I value survival.
Should people really be considered as an means to an end like this?
This from a guy who seriously considered murder to satisfy his partner's sexual cravings?
I don't see why not.
What is the real end, behind this idea of efficiency?
A vision of an ideal universe. My perfection is different than yours because I still believe it's worth seeking, even if you know you can't get all the way there. My vision of the universe is a coherent place, and in a coherent system, optimal resource use is most likely to get you the result you set out to get.
"Yeah, but what result do you want?"
Theoretically, creativity. Here's where you step into the part of my mind that's not connected, though. So I can only make logical inferences, not answer with certainty.
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should i ask you something?
Please do.
does it have to be interesting?
Nope, but I prefer the interesting questions.
do you think that your approval rating has shifted towards the positive lately?
Yes. And my karma seems to agree.
I meant it when I said I considered it a challenge too.
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Not if the system being revolted against is inefficient enough.
Any historical examples where the inefficiency was great enough in the system
to justify the cost of a violent uprising?
This from a guy who seriously considered murder to satisfy his partner's sexual cravings?
Wasn't here desire just an expression of creativity though?
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should i ask you something?
Please do.
does it have to be interesting?
Nope, but I prefer the interesting questions.
do you think that your approval rating has shifted towards the positive lately?
Yes. And my karma seems to agree.
I meant it when I said I considered it a challenge too.
about how long, in your estimation, would it be until the pendullum swings in the opposite direction?
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Any historical examples where the inefficiency was great enough in the system to justify the cost of a violent uprising?
I could only hazard guesses (you've likely got me outdone in history knowledge). I was looking at mathematics: If the rate of production in an inefficient society is 5/year, and the cost of rebellion is a flat 20, and the rate of production in an efficient society is 10/year, then it would only take 4 years to break even, and any time beyond that would be in favor of having rebelled. A 100% increase is more than reasonable if you compare the GNP's of first world to third world nations on earth today. I'm not as certain of the cost of rebellion - what percent of a society's GNP goes to the war effort, on average, during wartime?
This from a guy who seriously considered murder to satisfy his partner's sexual cravings?
Wasn't here desire just an expression of creativity though?
I don't know, was it? Somehow I suspect her motivations were far more complex.
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about how long, in your estimation, would it be until the pendullum swings in the opposite direction?
Hard to say. I'm guessing it won't happen soon, since it seems to be correlated negatively with my stress level (ie creating trouble when I'm bored) and I'm under a lot of stress at the moment.
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Did you survive against the neds on your quick shopping spree?
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:laugh: It's not much of a gauntlet, the store's only a block away.
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let me ask you here:
if i was able to give you multiple orgasms, would you remember me or the art on my walls, or both?
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let me ask you here:
if i was able to give you multiple orgasms, would you remember me or the art on my walls, or both?
If we were in a situation where I would actually allow you to attempt to give me multiple orgasms, I'm sure I'd remember it. I expect I'd remember the art equally well, though - the environment would be burned onto my brain.
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i don't have art on my wall. :laugh:
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Cultureless barbarian.
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Cultureless barbarian.
don't mind me, i crack myself up. i thought that was the funniest thing i said all week.
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Any historical examples where the inefficiency was great enough in the system to justify the cost of a violent uprising?
I could only hazard guesses (you've likely got me outdone in history knowledge).... I'm not as certain of the cost of rebellion - what percent of a society's GNP goes to the war effort, on average, during wartime?
I don't think that it's easy to express in cases of all-out war. The US hasn't been in a real struggle ever, but modern estimates for WWII are at 40% GNP; presumably Germany and the USSR were much higher. Still, that's not entirely fair, as that war had significant good effects on the economy. When you look at the countries actually involved in the war however, and the damage that is caused (which must be included in the cost), as well as the loss of lives, the economics start to look very questionable. I pretty much had concluded that war is never worthwhile on economic terms.
I'd go further than that, which is to say that the common person is almost always poorly effected by war. Even such issues as emancipation, being cited as a major 'good' of the ACW, seem to be somewhat bogus, as the condition of the black Americans seems likely to have been better, had the institution been allowed to die naturally (as it was doing). The only wars which seem possibly reasonable are those for abstract concepts, such as religion or nationalism - but the current wisdom is that war is always founded on economics.
I don't know, was it? Somehow I suspect her motivations were far more complex.
Any idea what kind of motivations could make this a sexual fantasy? I've never really
thought about it - just the fact that I'd be too likely to get caught.
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You wouldn't post a beaver shot for McJag, but what about a beaver PAINTING, created with the aid of a mirror?
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I'd rather see a 'possum.
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You wouldn't post a beaver shot for McJag, but what about a beaver PAINTING, created with the aid of a mirror?
Nope. It would have the same effects.
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You wouldn't post a beaver shot for McJag, but what about a beaver PAINTING, created with the aid of a mirror?
Nope. It would have the same effects.
what effect would it have?
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What happened to the new topic you were just starting?
(Yes I'm a slave to the who is online feature).
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I was trying to take people up on the challenge to go start an interesting debate instead of bitching that nothing's going on. Got halfway through writing it and realized it had already been debated here a bunch of times, and that I wasn't likely to get any useful information from it anyway, so I quit.
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You wouldn't post a beaver shot for McJag, but what about a beaver PAINTING, created with the aid of a mirror?
Nope. It would have the same effects.
what effect would it have?
Okay, I'm way behind on answering this shit. My apologies.
Actually, realistically, the main effect it would have is making me look like less of a sexual prude, while making me feel somewhat dirty for whoring myself out. But I still think I'd end up with McJ making more judgements about me for being female, which is something I really hate. I would rather get gender-change surgery than be limited in life because of my gender - no real emotional attachment to the idea of being female - so I consider myself damn lucky to have been born into a culture where women at least have a fighting chance.
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You wouldn't post a beaver shot for McJag, but what about a beaver PAINTING, created with the aid of a mirror?
Nope. It would have the same effects.
what effect would it have?
Okay, I'm way behind on answering this shit. My apologies.
Actually, realistically, the main effect it would have is making me look like less of a sexual prude, while making me feel somewhat dirty for whoring myself out. But I still think I'd end up with McJ making more judgements about me for being female, which is something I really hate. I would rather get gender-change surgery than be limited in life because of my gender - no real emotional attachment to the idea of being female - so I consider myself damn lucky to have been born into a culture where women at least have a fighting chance.
You missed out the effect of getting a bunch of us horny for you.
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I was trying to take people up on the challenge to go start an interesting debate instead of bitching that nothing's going on. Got halfway through writing it and realized it had already been debated here a bunch of times, and that I wasn't likely to get any useful information from it anyway, so I quit.
I was kinda hoping you were going to start a debate (I was hoping that someone would when I posted on the what are you thinking now thread), oh well. :laugh:
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I don't know, was it? Somehow I suspect her motivations were far more complex.
Any idea what kind of motivations could make this a sexual fantasy? I've never really
thought about it - just the fact that I'd be too likely to get caught.
Wow - all that time with her, and it never occurred to you to wonder? I would have been curious as hell.
It's hard to say what her motivations were. All I can do is throw guesses out there, because I don't know her well enough to have any real certainty of insight.
You said at one point that one of you and your wife was impressed that the other allowed them to draw blood from them (or something like that). It could be a similar but even more impressive demonstration of devotion.
She very deliberately provoked you into rage and then testified on your behalf. That could be a form of replaying trauma related to Stockholm Syndrome (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome), and a murder trial might be a similar thrill, a step beyond assault.
It might have been linked somehow to suicidal dreams of hers - like she might have fantasized about being killed after a rape herself. Heck, with the fact that identity loss is a common PTSD symptom, it might be some form of replaying her own perceived death.
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You missed out the effect of getting a bunch of us horny for you.
Oops, my mistake. That didn't even occur to me. Sad, huh? :P
Oh well, gives me even more reason not to do it.
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You wouldn't post a beaver shot for McJag, but what about a beaver PAINTING, created with the aid of a mirror?
Nope. It would have the same effects.
what effect would it have?
Okay, I'm way behind on answering this shit. My apologies.
Actually, realistically, the main effect it would have is making me look like less of a sexual prude, while making me feel somewhat dirty for whoring myself out. But I still think I'd end up with McJ making more judgements about me for being female, which is something I really hate. I would rather get gender-change surgery than be limited in life because of my gender - no real emotional attachment to the idea of being female - so I consider myself damn lucky to have been born into a culture where women at least have a fighting chance.
fucking hysterical women! ::)
:laugh:
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:slap: :jedi:
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i am sorry, but you begged that response.
in all honesty, i really don't care one way or another. pete was right, though. i may have gotten a chubby. or, i may have gotten sick.
i guess that, i'll never know.
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i am sorry, but you begged that response.
LOL. I know. You don't have to apologize. I was just giving my honest opinion on the matter without bothering to think of how anyone would respond to it.
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honesty is an afront.
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Huh? Do you feel affronted?
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Huh? Do you feel affronted?
by your true feelings!
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Huh? Do you feel affronted?
by your true feelings!
Emo. :P
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Wow - all that time with her, and it never occurred to you to wonder? I would have been curious as hell.
I plead being drunk and insane during most of our time together.
My emotions were always on the edge then - more than usual.
Perhaps the longest period of my life where I was living. Enough to
even pursue acting.
It's hard to say what her motivations were. All I can do is throw guesses out there, because I don't know her well enough to have any real certainty of insight.
Yeah, but you have a lot of psychological insight that I don't
seem to. I just KNOW things, without understanding the why.
You said at one point that one of you and your wife was impressed that the other allowed them to draw blood from them (or something like that). It could be a similar but even more impressive demonstration of devotion.
She very deliberately provoked you into rage and then testified on your behalf. That could be a form of replaying trauma related to Stockholm Syndrome (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome), and a murder trial might be a similar thrill, a step beyond assault.
It might have been linked somehow to suicidal dreams of hers - like she might have fantasized about being killed after a rape herself. Heck, with the fact that identity loss is a common PTSD symptom, it might be some form of replaying her own perceived death.
I think this is a pretty good guess. All of it. Might explain her fascination with
being asphyxiated as well. Almost all of her sexual pleasure was based on either
power games, or violence. She never taunted me for being too caring and loving
though, which I've found to be the case in most who seem at all like her.
I'm always so torn by the feelings that we had. She unleashed things in me
that shouldn't have been touched at all, but they are so powerful, that I miss
them constantly. Throughout my time with my wife, I often wanted that rage
and violence - there was just no way that I could subjugate her to that pain.
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Yeah, but you have a lot of psychological insight that I don't
seem to. I just KNOW things, without understanding the why.
I think the degree to which I play mind games and dabble in armchair psychology merits disclaimers nonetheless.
I think this is a pretty good guess. All of it. Might explain her fascination with
being asphyxiated as well. Almost all of her sexual pleasure was based on either
power games, or violence. She never taunted me for being too caring and loving
though, which I've found to be the case in most who seem at all like her.
For me, fascination with asphyxiation is about being pushed past the limits of endurance. For a while it was almost the only thing that worked for masturbating. Even though I safeworded out of it before I passed out, the first time I was choked by someone else, it was enough to show me that barring genuine risk of death (I didn't know if the other person had the medical training to recussitate me if anything went wrong), I had no limits when it came to being forced like that. It had nothing to do with wanting to die - actually I very much do not want to die.
I've been accused of only getting sexual pleasure from power games or violence, but I beg to differ.
I'm always so torn by the feelings that we had. She unleashed things in me
that shouldn't have been touched at all, but they are so powerful, that I miss
them constantly. Throughout my time with my wife, I often wanted that rage
and violence - there was just no way that I could subjugate her to that pain.
Did she want that pain?
I don't believe in hidden violence that should never be touched. If you've got something like that in you, it strikes me as such a waste of festering energy that should somehow be channelled for (good/use/effectiveness/whatever-your-value-code-is).
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Did she want that pain?
I don't believe in hidden violence that should never be touched. If you've got something like that in you, it strikes me as such a waste of festering energy that should somehow be channelled for (good/use/effectiveness/whatever-your-value-code-is).
My wife? I doubt it highly. She was very sensitive to anything
hurtful that I might say. When I hinted at such things, she
seemed unwilling to force me to reveal what I wanted
(but that was almost always the case). I never really told
her, until the letter which caused her to end things. There
were a lot of other things in that letter though - so I don't
know for certain that this was just absolutely unacceptable;
I suspect that there was a time in our lives, where she would
have tried - but I hated to see her troubled.
As to the hidden violence, I tapped it regularly. That's not
what I mean by leaving it untouched. Letting something that
powerful out all at once was a recipe for disaster. I let it out
now in my dancing; then in other ways. But for someone to
direct it all against themself was just foolhardy.
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So, how did YOU manage to get banned from WP?
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So, how did YOU manage to get banned from WP?
I wasn't actually banned. I took off after deciding that Alex was too much of a hindrance to my plans, and that I would have had to compromise myself too badly in order to get real, financial/developer control of the site. Without that kind of leverage, dealing with Alex was an exercise in futility.
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Hmmm. I saw you listed on the banned list.
So, I guess he just did it in a fit of pique?
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Huh. I guess you're right. No clue what his rationale was; I haven't been back there for at least a few months. Probably he's lurking here and read some questionable comment of mine. I quit being careful, politically, because I really don't give a fuck anymore.
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I know that fatty had a complaint about some PM's being examined.
Perhaps that's it?
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Not sure what you mean by "that's it" - I'm not a moron, I never sent any questionable info through PM's there because I knew Alex read them. I don't know - it's possible someone he talks to told him I'm a danger to the site or something. You'd have a much better chance of knowing than I would.
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No. I only got second hand reports about stuff through others.
And all of it was pretty ambiguous. I was pretty shocked
to see your name on the list - that's all.
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:popcorn:
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:popcorn:
What? Just too fucking hungry? Or you think something is going on?
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:popcorn:
What? Just too fucking hungry? Or you think something is going on?
i am just interested in the direction that your line of questiong has taken.
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No. I only got second hand reports about stuff through others.
And all of it was pretty ambiguous. I was pretty shocked
to see your name on the list - that's all.
Well I'd be idly curious if you could track down a reason. Or if you felt like using me as an example of Alex's arbitrary decisionmaking or something, feel free.
What do they say at WP these days about the whole mess?
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I tried to find out but got to bored trying to wade throw all that crap, boy there are a lot of people on that board starting the same threads that were started a year ago
the have 2 adult boards now though
(more boards are better) *smile and nod then back away*
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No. I only got second hand reports about stuff through others.
And all of it was pretty ambiguous. I was pretty shocked
to see your name on the list - that's all.
Well I'd be idly curious if you could track down a reason. Or if you felt like using me as an example of Alex's arbitrary decisionmaking or something, feel free.
What do they say at WP these days about the whole mess?
Nothing whatsoever. They did burn all the books.
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No. I only got second hand reports about stuff through others.
And all of it was pretty ambiguous. I was pretty shocked
to see your name on the list - that's all.
Well I'd be idly curious if you could track down a reason. Or if you felt like using me as an example of Alex's arbitrary decisionmaking or something, feel free.
What do they say at WP these days about the whole mess?
Nothing whatsoever. They did burn all the books.
:o book burning "oh no"
they really are heathens arent they
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Is burning books ok,
if it makes society more
efficient?
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Is burning books ok,
if it makes society more
efficient?
Well, considering I've just spent the past hour researching narcissism in the workplace in order to attempt to deal with my insane boss, I'm going to have to go with - it doesn't make society more efficient, so the rest of the question is just hypothetical. It may work temporarily, but long-term it stifles innovation too much and dies out.
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Well, considering I've just spent the past hour researching narcissism in the workplace in order to attempt to deal with my insane boss, I'm going to have to go with - it doesn't make society more efficient, so the rest of the question is just hypothetical. It may work temporarily, but long-term it stifles innovation too much and dies out.
Find out anything useful, that this narcissist might be able to apply?
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Well, considering I've just spent the past hour researching narcissism in the workplace in order to attempt to deal with my insane boss, I'm going to have to go with - it doesn't make society more efficient, so the rest of the question is just hypothetical. It may work temporarily, but long-term it stifles innovation too much and dies out.
Find out anything useful, that this narcissist might be able to apply?
yes.
start thinkg about others, less.
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There are others?
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There are others?
yes.
and you should be aware that they are simply to be used for your amusement.
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Find out anything useful, that this narcissist might be able to apply?
You're doomed to a lifetime of depression and fucked up relationships, therapy stands very little chance of helping you, and things will only get worse as you get older?
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Hmmm...I pretty much had figured that out already.
Guess I ought to do something to be proud of then?
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*shrug* Depends. You so love your depression.
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I doubt that I do. I love sadness,
but that's different. Depression
feels awful.
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Can you elaborate your knife fetish for me in private?
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Can you elaborate your knife fetish for me in private?
Done. (But you already know that.) :P
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Can you elaborate your knife fetish for me in private?
Done. (But you already know that.) :P
I do indeed, oh queen of mean.
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Does this voice turn you on?
http://www.mediafire.com/?8qckejxhntg
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Actually, it made me laugh out loud. It sounds like something out of a bad movie script.
Thanks to my last job, I have entirely too much experience with bad movie scripts.
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Actually, it made me laugh out loud. It sounds like something out of a bad movie script.
Thanks to my last job, I have entirely too much experience with bad movie scripts.
Well, I thought it sounded great until the West Country twang came at the end of "kers" in fuckers. ::)
Ooo arr, I be cider drinker. :glug:
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. I have at least cursory emotional ties with you, Lucifer, and Drunkard's Walk.
Drunkards walk lives in the same town as me, and i met her 2 years ago at AV meet
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Right here... sorry about the blurriness, I don't have a tripod and the light in my apt sucks, so this is the best I could get.
Pyraxis looking very un-Pyraxis-like.
(http://www.studiopyraxis.com/temp/dress1.jpg) (http://www.studiopyraxis.com/temp/dress2.jpg)
those are very sexy legs, especially for my fetish.
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A pretty thing, overall.
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Never saw those pictures before. She looks masculine, completely different from what I thought. ???
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i just love the no bra look.
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I like the cute toes.
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Okay, so you were a mod over at WP along with
larsen. Is the guy really the moron that he seems
now? Any idea how he got de-modded?
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Okay, so you were a mod over at WP along with
larsen. Is the guy really the moron that he seems
now? Any idea how he got de-modded?
Dunno if I'd call it "moron", he's just badly affected by autism. But yes.
And no clue how he got demodded. I vaguely remember talk of him being demodded when I was there, but I don't think it ever happened, because Alex wanted him as a mod.
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Ah. I was wondering if he faded in and out as
Randy seems to. As sometimes, his posts seem
to make sense, but usually they strike me as
completely inane.
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what ever happened to cockney rebel?
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At risk of answering in someone else's
thread, she's still at WP, and going strong.
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Ah. I was wondering if he faded in and out as Randy seems to. As sometimes, his posts seem to make sense, but usually they strike me as completely inane.
I haven't noticed much fading in and out on Randy's part, but I haven't really watched either of them closely. They're not the kind of incoherent that I'm good at interpreting.
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You said you've been moving countries- where are you living now?
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Back in the United States. Hoping to pick up some new CG work soon.
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Back in the United States. Hoping to pick up some new CG work soon.
Did the other job not work out or was it a short term contract? (You don't have to answer if its too personal).
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I've recently got an album of Final Fantasy VIII. Want me to send you some of my favourite tracks?
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It didn't work out, but I wasn't fired - I quit.
I would be happy to rant about the place, so it's not too personal. It was run by a former neuropsychologist who I suspect is a clinical narcissist. The only reason it still exists is his wife's father is still feeding him money. It's located in the middle of nowhere in the run-down office suite attached to his wife's father's pipe warehouse. That, I wouldn't mind, if it was producing any work with any remote fragment of vision or ingenuity. But it's not - it's all an absurd and tasteless mirror of his personal sense of humor. The most common response, when a new animator comes to work there, is to look at the playblasts and say quietly to a co-worker, "what the fuck? Is this shit for real? Are they really going to produce this?" at which point the co-worker says "yeah, I know it's awful, but what can you do?" At which point the owner walks up with the kind of fake-charisma presence of a politician, looks over their shoulders, and says "very good, keep up the good work".
He has set up his own little world where the only people to get close enough to see it for what it is are too cowed by him for one reason or another to give him the truth. Those who speak up get fired. There are plenty of naive young animation graduates desperate to get into the industry, who see "feature film" and "sean connery's voice" and are happy to take a minimum wage internship to take their places. The staff turnover rate is about 3 months - because I was there for 6, I was one of the senior members of the team. Because most of the employees aren't familiar with the industry, they don't realize just how bad the pipeline and organization is, and what it means that the project hasn't even been greenlighted yet.
I stayed because I'd signed a 6 months lease, and because I was in a foreign country and it would be a waste to leave sooner, and because the Scottish highlands are gorgeous.
This is the second time I've walked of my own free will into a situation like this. I'm really not as ignorant as I act. Somehow I need to pick up a CG job that I can actually be passionate about.
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I've recently got an album of Final Fantasy VIII. Want me to send you some of my favourite tracks?
Sure, that would be cool :) I can't get yahoo messenger to work from the wireless network I'm piggybacking on right now, so we couldn't do file transfer. But if you send them as attachments to emails, I'll be able to get to them soon enough.
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Its a shame your boss turned out to be such a twat, but its good that you can see the positive side of your time there. :)
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I've recently got an album of Final Fantasy VIII. Want me to send you some of my favourite tracks?
Sure, that would be cool :) I can't get yahoo messenger to work from the wireless network I'm piggybacking on right now, so we couldn't do file transfer. But if you send them as attachments to emails, I'll be able to get to them soon enough.
It's done.
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Did you get the tracks?
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Um.... *heads for yahoo mail* ... not yet. But Yahoo can be weird like that, sometimes messages come through instantly and sometimes they take a few hours. I'll check again later today.
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Um.... *heads for yahoo mail* ... not yet. But Yahoo can be weird like that, sometimes messages come through instantly and sometimes they take a few hours. I'll check again later today.
Just so you know that "The Legendary Beast" theme pwns. That is all.
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There are a number of smaller
game companies here, if you'd
like links for a couple of them.
And don't worry, I'll probably
be gone at the end of August. :laugh:
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pyraxis, what state did you move to?
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pyraxis, what state did you move to?
The answer to the question you didn't ask is yes.
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pyraxis, what state did you move to?
The answer to the question you didn't ask is yes.
ok.
i just thought if you moved to hollywood or something, then we could meet up.
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pyraxis, what state did you move to?
The answer to the question you didn't ask is yes.
ok.
the state of insanity. yes.
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Actually, chances are pretty good that I will get out to California at some point. It could be as early as this summer or in a few years, but there are so many studios out there that by random chance, it could easily happen.
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the state of insanity. yes.
:laugh: You don't know how true that is.
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the state of insanity. yes.
:laugh: You don't know how true that is.
i have a rough idea.
it is nice to see that you have a place to stay. and i think you may just be in the right place, today.
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Yeah, I suppose you would. :P
I damn well hope I'm in the right place. The shit's hit the fan so many times the blades are sticking.
:shitfan:
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Yeah, I suppose you would. :P
I damn well hope I'm in the right place. The shit's hit the fan so many times the blades are sticking.
:shitfan:
sometimes, you just need to take it apart and give it a good cleaning.
good luck with that.
if you ever do decide to move to so. cal. would you meet up with me?
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Yeah I would, definitely. Remind me what part of so cal you're in?
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Yeah I would, definitely. Remind me what part of so cal you're in?
half way between disneyland and los angeles.
15 minutes to either place.
also, 15 minutes from the port of LA/LB where i work.
by car. ::)
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Did you like the music?
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I never did get the emails. I don't know what happened - did they bounce because the attachments were too big?
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I never did get the emails. I don't know what happened - did they bounce because the attachments were too big?
Probably. *sigh*
I'll send you one track at a time.
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Usually MP3's work if you just attach one per email. I think Yahoo has a 10 meg limit.
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Usually MP3's work if you just attach one per email. I think Yahoo has a 10 meg limit.
Urgh, mp3 files. Speaking of which, Benoit bitched at me over my ineptitude to become a computer pro recently. :p
Who cares, man? It's only music files.
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Could you check again for me, if you please?
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Do you like fluorescent lights?
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are you finished with lucifer? will the main event thread ever see any closure?
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Could you check again for me, if you please?
They both got through and are now officially in my game playlist.
And now I've got a guilt trip for not answering this for months on end. Please don't trust me to return overtures of friendship. I'm not reliable. Not that I imagine you were too broken up, you're Pea after all.
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Do you like fluorescent lights?
Yes, they're better for painting by than incandescent lights, because the light isn't tinted yellow.
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Could you check again for me, if you please?
They both got through and are now officially in my game playlist.
And now I've got a guilt trip for not answering this for months on end. Please don't trust me to return overtures of friendship. I'm not reliable. Not that I imagine you were too broken up, you're Pea after all.
I didn't expect anything music-wise in return, Pyraxis. You helped me with other things, and for that I'm grateful.
And the late reply didn't bother me one bit; I'm aware of your busy schedule.
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Cool. Glad to hear it.
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Settled back in America now?
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Do you like fluorescent lights?
Yes, they're better for painting by than incandescent lights, because the light isn't tinted yellow.
Do you think that since much artwork is displayed
in public places, under fluorescent lighting, perhaps
this should be taken into account?
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are you finished with lucifer? will the main event thread ever see any closure?
looks like you forgot one. was this purposeful?
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are you finished with lucifer? will the main event thread ever see any closure?
I am not finished with Lucifer. Nothing was resolved. I was hoping I could get through the callout using only my own examples, but clearly that's not enough. So I'm working on it.
I shouldn't have started it till I had a more solid case. I acted in the heat of anger - bad move, and my mistake.
I didn't forget the question. I'm answering them in order, same as I always have.
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Settled back in America now?
Not exactly settled - I still don't have a new job, so I'm going to have to up and move again at some unexpected point. I've been accepted as a volunteer at the Austin Game Developer's Conference (http://www.austingdc.net/) in early September though, so hopefully that will at least get me some leads or contacts to get back into the industry.
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Do you think that since much artwork is displayed
in public places, under fluorescent lighting, perhaps
this should be taken into account?
Depends what you intend to do with your art. If your target is upscale galleries, you'll probably get to pick your own lighting, so you can customize it how you like. If you're doing individual commissions, you have to find out how the client plans to hang it. I guess if you're doing the kind of crap that's displayed in waiting rooms and doctor's offices, you should plan for fluorescent - but that stuff is rarely high quality enough for nuances in lighting to make much difference.
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Do you think that since much artwork is displayed
in public places, under fluorescent lighting, perhaps
this should be taken into account?
Depends what you intend to do with your art. If your target is upscale galleries, you'll probably get to pick your own lighting, so you can customize it how you like. If you're doing individual commissions, you have to find out how the client plans to hang it. I guess if you're doing the kind of crap that's displayed in waiting rooms and doctor's offices, you should plan for fluorescent - but that stuff is rarely high quality enough for nuances in lighting to make much difference.
I was actually considering more along the lines
of government buildings. UO has a policy where
the science departments (at the least, maybe all),
have to spend a portion of their budget on artwork.
Likewise, there is a new courthouse here, for which
some decent stuff was purchased. With the stuff
in our halls, some of it is clearly at a disadvantage,
due to the lighting. Higher class office buildings
also tend to purchase works of art. I suppose some
of these are commissioned, and in some cases, specific
lighting is provided, but where I am, 'tis definitely a
problem. I wonder if they could divert some of that
budget to displaying it properly. ???
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I'd be in favor of that, but I also think the artist should take enough pride in their work to ensure that it's presented decently. At least as best they can - I know they don't have direct control over the bureaucracies that pick the art for government buildings. But there are things that can be done to color balance and such to make it stand up to a variety of lighting types.
I guess what would really have to be done is get people who actually care about art to be in charge of hanging it. If you've got a mandatory portion of the budget allocated, you'll sometimes get indifferent people doing the minimum required.
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If you've got a mandatory portion of the budget allocated, you'll sometimes get indifferent people doing the minimum required.
Indeed. The faculty in the department who are
in charge of it care, but they don't seem to take
the lighting into consideration. Which makes sense.
You go to a gallery, and something looks like it would
be nice, but then you can't find anywhere that it
really goes.
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are you finished with lucifer? will the main event thread ever see any closure?
I am not finished with Lucifer. Nothing was resolved. I was hoping I could get through the callout using only my own examples, but clearly that's not enough. So I'm working on it.
I shouldn't have started it till I had a more solid case. I acted in the heat of anger - bad move, and my mistake.
I didn't forget the question. I'm answering them in order, same as I always have.
give me a teaser. is there some truth to my speculation in the peanut gallery thread?
i did notice that DW didn't PM me for more information and i haven't seen her since.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwxQFXpc2VM&mode=related&search=
Could you analyze this guy?
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Have you seen Benny and Joon?
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What do you know of the mystical properties of urine?
Own feelings only, not canned stuff I can pull off wiki.
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give me a teaser. is there some truth to my speculation in the peanut gallery thread?
i did notice that DW didn't PM me for more information and i haven't seen her since.
Yes. And Walkie's still around, she just has to ration her internet for $ reasons - she's on pay-as-you-go dialup.
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give me a teaser. is there some truth to my speculation in the peanut gallery thread?
i did notice that DW didn't PM me for more information and i haven't seen her since.
Yes. And Walkie's still around, she just has to ration her internet for $ reasons - she's on pay-as-you-go dialup.
if i paid for her to have unlimited for one month, would she promise to make 1000 posts here?
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Copied from my callout with Lucifer, 'cause it's more relevant to me than the callout.
you're projecting like fuck. have a good look at whatever it is you're up to, and think about it.
Been there, done that - what do you take me for? One of the reasons this pisses me off so much is that when it comes to manipulation, you cross a line that I am very careful not to cross. I genuinely wish people well; my mindgames are an attempt to satisfy a craving in an environment where it might actually do some good, and at the very least will cause minimal harm. I'm out to do more than avoid the law of threefold return; I'm out to net a positive result.
And if all the admissions of manipulation weren't a kind of forum political suicide, then this surely is, because no one's going to trust me for a moment by the time this is all over. But I'm not a politician, I'm an artist, writer and storyteller (http://www.studiopyraxis.com). I turned politician in order to learn the ways of the world I was stuck living in. If I hadn't, I'd still be rocking in a corner somewhere in a fortress of fantasy novels, with no idea how to hold a conversation, make friends or get a job.
So I've messed up my credibility. I don't give a fuck; in my own confused way I'm looking for truth. And it's worth it.
that's your problem. deal with it.
*smile* What do you think I'm doing? All my life I've been accused of caring too much. I'd rather get swept up in emotional drama sometimes than live in apathy. Maybe forum drama isn't the proper thing to be sentimental about (http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php?topic=5168.0). But harm to my friends is something I'm going to fight.
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You're running for office?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwxQFXpc2VM&mode=related&search=
Could you analyze this guy?
Okay, I only had patience to watch the first few minutes of it, until he started on the list of thanking his 18 (18! he's the media sensation of the millenium!) subscribers.
Attention whore compenating for how utterly boring he is by pretending he doesn't care if he doesn't get a lot of attention.
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Have you seen Benny and Joon?
Nope, and from the little I know about it, it doesn't interest me.
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What do you know of the mystical properties of urine?
Own feelings only, not canned stuff I can pull off wiki.
If you're looking for formal methods, I know jack shit. I follow intuition in these things, and mold techniques to fit the situation, so other people's uses are just a matter of curiosity.
If I were to use it right now, it would most likely be as a way of marking territory.
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Walkie's still around, she just has to ration her internet for $ reasons - she's on pay-as-you-go dialup.
if i paid for her to have unlimited for one month, would she promise to make 1000 posts here?
LOL, you'd have to ask her. You know where she is.
Considering words-to-post ratio, not to mention content-to-post, I'd say one of her posts is equivalent to ten of yours. So she should really only have to post 100.
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You're running for office?
LOL. No. I probably shouldn't have said "politician", but couldn't think of a better word for someone who holds a crafted facade online in order to keep authority positions on forums.
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If I were to use it right now, it would most likely be as a way of marking territory.
Wow. Thanks. I didn't even consider the obvious.
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Walkie's still around, she just has to ration her internet for $ reasons - she's on pay-as-you-go dialup.
if i paid for her to have unlimited for one month, would she promise to make 1000 posts here?
LOL, you'd have to ask her. You know where she is.
Considering words-to-post ratio, not to mention content-to-post, I'd say one of her posts is equivalent to ten of yours. So she should really only have to post 100.
perhaps. but in all my posts i have made several classics. i am a part time genius, you know.
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If I were to use it right now, it would most likely be as a way of marking territory.
Wow. Thanks. I didn't even consider the obvious.
Uhm ...???
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Walkie's still around, she just has to ration her internet for $ reasons - she's on pay-as-you-go dialup.
if i paid for her to have unlimited for one month, would she promise to make 1000 posts here?
LOL, you'd have to ask her. You know where she is.
Considering words-to-post ratio, not to mention content-to-post, I'd say one of her posts is equivalent to ten of yours. So she should really only have to post 100.
perhaps. but in all my posts i have made several classics. i am a part time genius, you know.
True, but you are a union member. Your pay scale depends upon your skill level, length of service and achievements. Are you satisfied with your dispensation, as we all represent the whole of your wage. Has your recompense met your expectations or shall we re-negotiate?
(Did I just start another long thread?)
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Walkie's still around, she just has to ration her internet for $ reasons - she's on pay-as-you-go dialup.
if i paid for her to have unlimited for one month, would she promise to make 1000 posts here?
LOL, you'd have to ask her. You know where she is.
Considering words-to-post ratio, not to mention content-to-post, I'd say one of her posts is equivalent to ten of yours. So she should really only have to post 100.
perhaps. but in all my posts i have made several classics. i am a part time genius, you know.
True, but you are a union member. Your pay scale depends upon your skill level, length of service and achievements. Are you satisfied with your dispensation, as we all represent the whole of your wage. Has your recompense met your expectations or shall we re-negotiate?
(Did I just start another long thread?)
we are not craft unionism. we negotiate as a whole, with an entire industry for all waterfront jobs.
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If I were to use it right now, it would most likely be as a way of marking territory.
Wow. Thanks. I didn't even consider the obvious.
Uhm ...???
You didn't mention it, I'm confused by this.
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Have any book recommendations for me? I might take another trip down at the library at some point.
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Hm. Well you might already have seen in the "What are you reading" thread that I'm on Eternal Champion by Michael Moorcock and it's pretty damn good. There's also C.J.Cherryh's Rider at the Gate and Cloud's Rider.
What authors do you already like?
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What authors do you already like?
Je ne lis pas beaucoup des romans, si je ne sais pas.
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Well in that case, you may just have to experiment. I know a fair number of fantasy and SF authors, but I don't know what kind of fantasy or SF you would like best.
Here are some of my favorites though:
Orson Scott Card
C.J.Cherryh
Holly Lisle
Tara K. Harper
Andre Norton
Phillip Pullman
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ever read David Gemmell?
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Oops, missed this one, sorry.
No, I haven't. What's his stuff like?
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Gritty, violent, and brutal. :green: hero in the shadows, drenai series, riganti series, hawk queen series, stones of power, etc.
how was the sex today? :P
(I'm gonna post this in everyones ask away thread! hehehehe!!!)
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Fairly crappy; it's the first day of my period.
:laugh:
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Do you find sex relieves cramps?
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eww
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Well, a couple of women I've been with
wanted it just for that.
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eww
QFT
:agreed:
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Do you find cramps relieve sex?
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Has the message I sent to you in private bothered you in some way? You never replied.
Just concerned, that's all.
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Do you find sex relieves cramps?
A little, I guess. Only to the degree that it's a distraction.
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Do you find cramps relieve sex?
:laugh:
Yeah, actually, they seem to mildly increase my desire for it.
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Has the message I sent to you in private bothered you in some way? You never replied.
Just concerned, that's all.
Answered via PM. :)
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So what's your bf like and how did you first meet him? ;D
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Pyraxis do you have much junk in the trunk?
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So what's your bf like and how did you first meet him? ;D
Oh geez, I never know how to answer a question like that. Ask anyone around here or stalk his old posts - a lot of people here know him from Neurolands (http://forum.neurolands.com/phpBB2/index.php). He's Necromancer on here and Neuroman and Tinkerjack over there.
We first met on WrongPlanet. As I recall, my first real contact with him was when he was posting in support of a user called DeepThought, who had broken some site rule or other and didn't know how to defend himself. I'd been supporting this guy Ghosthunter at the time, who was going through a lot of shit IRL, and I PM'ed Neuroman to say thanks for mentoring DeepThought, and how I wished the site could be used to pair up more lower-functioning people with higher-functioning people for friendship/support.
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That's really cool. it gives me a little bit of hope to think I might be able to find someone on the net. aren't there personals for low-functioning auties out there?
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To my knowledge, the closest thing to spectrum-friendly personals out there is www.auties.org. It's mostly a job site but it looks like there's a section for activities clubs and dinner clubs now.
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kthanx. :laugh:
so
.....
how long've you two been together?
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To my knowledge, the closest thing to spectrum-friendly personals out there is www.auties.org. It's mostly a job site but it looks like there's a section for activities clubs and dinner clubs now.
Lessin' you wanna deal with Alex's site.
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:O_o: :puke:
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We first met on WrongPlanet. As I recall, my first real contact with him was when he was posting in support of a user called DeepThought, who had broken some site rule or other and didn't know how to defend himself. I'd been supporting this guy Ghosthunter at the time, who was going through a lot of shit IRL, and I PM'ed Neuroman to say thanks for mentoring DeepThought, and how I wished the site could be used to pair up more lower-functioning people with higher-functioning people for friendship/support.
DeepThought was one of my favourite posters on WP and I was very sorry when he left.
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kthanx. :laugh:
Hey, don't ask if you don't want to know. I can be as bad as Callaway if you catch me in the right mood.
so
.....
how long've you two been together?
There wasn't exactly an official start, thanks to my utter refusal to consider anything remotely connected to "love". But we met IRL for the first time in summer 2006, when I went to a con near where he lived. I went to visit again that September, and we got an apt together a couple months ago.
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I can be as bad as Callaway if you catch me in the right mood.
I doubt that highly.
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You didn't know me as a little kid. ;D
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Ah, I meant less with intention,
as I do with effect.
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so if you rcurrent bf and your most recent ex were in a fight, who do you think would win? :clap:
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so if you rcurrent bf and your most recent ex were in a fight, who do you think would win? :clap:
A physical fight? It would never start, because neither would strike the first blow - their psychological blocks against violence are too powerful.
If they were put under enough duress, then the ex would win, because the current bf is ill.
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Dunno where else to put this, but - I GOT THE JOB! (http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php?topic=1232.msg321935#msg321935)
I accepted their offer today. Gonna be moving again. And I'm back in the CG industry!
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Dunno where else to put this, but - I GOT THE JOB! (http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php?topic=1232.msg321935#msg321935)
I accepted their offer today. Gonna be moving again. And I'm back in the CG industry!
;D That's awesome! Do you have to move far?
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:clap:
Great news!
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Dunno where else to put this, but - I GOT THE JOB! (http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php?topic=1232.msg321935#msg321935)
I accepted their offer today. Gonna be moving again. And I'm back in the CG industry!
That's great news, Pyraxis. I guess that you did not do as badly in the interview as you thought.
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;D That's awesome! Do you have to move far?
Nope, just across the country, and it's a city I've lived in before.
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I guess that you did not do as badly in the interview as you thought.
Yeah, or they're more forgiving than I thought. Either way, I'm happy.
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:woohoo: wooyay.
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;D That's awesome! Do you have to move far?
Nope, just across the country, and it's a city I've lived in before.
This is great news! Congrats!
(So much for the emotional basketcase, unable to express oneself in real time, eh?)
I'm glad things seem to have turned to your favor.
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This is great news! Congrats!
Thanks!
(So much for the emotional basketcase, unable to express oneself in real time, eh?)
:laugh: I'm not bitchin'.
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This is great news! Congrats!
Thanks!
(So much for the emotional basketcase, unable to express oneself in real time, eh?)
:laugh: I'm not bitchin'.
Hell, NO! Go get 'em, Tiger!
:D
Show 'em how it's done!
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What's the most erotic thing you've done,
with a member of your own gender?
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What's the most erotic thing you've done,
with a member of your own gender?
Secretly mooned over her.
Sorry to disappoint.... Check back with me in a decade or so, and the answer may be a lot more interesting. I've still got plenty of time to play.
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No disappointment.
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And why is that?
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Hey congrats with the job. I hate being new and trying to find work......well change in general. You've done well.
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Hey congrats with the job. I hate being new and trying to find work......well change in general. You've done well.
Thanks. It's a major relief to get the job.
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Congrats on getting a job, Py, you scheming, two-timing bitch!
Kidding. :P
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Dunno where else to put this, but - I GOT THE JOB! (http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php?topic=1232.msg321935#msg321935)
I accepted their offer today. Gonna be moving again. And I'm back in the CG industry!
:woohoo: :clap:
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Congratulations on getting a new job and moving. Change like that is always interesting.
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Thanks, guys.
I'm highly excited.
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Is the new job near the Northeast, Pyraxis?
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No, it's in Texas. It's a 5 month project doing lighting and compositing for a film.
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Congrats - sounds wonderful! :clap:
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Sorry that this is late, but congrats nonetheless. :-[
Hope the Texas job is going well. I'm happy for you.
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What foods have you put inside your vagina?
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None, yet. I don't find the idea particularly appealing. Mixing sex tastes with eating tastes makes my brain hurt.
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makes sense. No objections to ice cubes then? :zoinks:
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Nope, no problems with ice cubes.
What, you'd rather I were frigid?
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good job pyraxis.
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Oh, thanks, McJ! And Pea, and Raskolnikovna.
:)
And welcome back. Are you here to wreak some havoc?
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Oh, thanks, McJ! And Pea, and Raskolnikovna.
:)
And welcome back. Are you here to wreak some havoc?
doubt it. i just cannot get into the swing of things.
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You gotta re-addict yourself (if you really want to). Takes a little while to remember why the hell you're here.
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You gotta re-addict yourself (if you really want to). Takes a little while to remember why the hell you're here.
so, are you moving back to texas?
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I'm already back in Texas. This is my second week on the job.
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i didn't read much after you said you are moving back to a city you once lived.
or did you say we?
did someone move with you?
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Nope, just me. At the rate I pick up and move to new places, I couldn't really ask anyone to follow me.
Only have one other friend who travels that much, and she tends to go to third world places where there's no way in hell I could get a CG job. Though I suppose in my remote fantasies we could do India together.
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is there much demand for those types of jobs with the writers strike going on?
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Nope, no problems with ice cubes.
What, you'd rather I were frigid?
Can be an interesting feeling, actually.
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is there much demand for those types of jobs with the writers strike going on?
Took me a while to get this one, but it's taken me a while to get every job I've had. So I haven't noticed a difference in the demand.
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what gender are you?
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Female. In theory. I prefer androgyny.
Who are you?
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aaron
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Now that it is estalished that you are female. I must ask the obligatory: WAREZ MAH π ???
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I have no idea what you're talking about.
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I have no idea what you're talking about.
:shol'va:
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Kegalo, ha'shak!
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Kegalo, ha'shak!
uh-oh, I ran into the stargate equivalent of a trekie
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No, you ran into a person who knows how to spend five minutes on Wikipedia. :P
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No, you ran into a person who knows how to spend five minutes on Wikipedia. :P
pa-tak
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WAREZ MAH π ???
answer acceptably or I'll find ways to be even MORE annoying
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:LMAO:
Maybe the profile club should ALL BE ONE PERSON
sometime. :zoinks:
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Are you going to call yourself out? :toporly:
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Are you going to call yourself out? :toporly:
Yes.
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If I keep responding to myself (http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php?topic=7480.msg343651#msg343651), I think I will have to.
:kevv:
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Oh no, I already have!
:hahaha: :headexplode:
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give me a teaser. is there some truth to my speculation in the peanut gallery thread?
i did notice that DW didn't PM me for more information and i haven't seen her since.
Yes. And Walkie's still around, she just has to ration her internet for $ reasons - she's on pay-as-you-go dialup.
if i paid for her to have unlimited for one month, would she promise to make 1000 posts here?
That would be nice, I miss Walkie!! :'(
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Now that you've won the callout thread, aren't you going to claim your prize and get some sex?
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You really have to work on your courtship skills.
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You really have to work on your courtship skills.
I invite you to tutor me.
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You haven't passed the entrance exam.
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You haven't passed the entrance exam.
:LMAO:
you can imagine the image that conjured up in my head!
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:laugh: No, actually, I have no idea the depths of your depravity. I'm pure, remember?
Care to enlighten us?
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You haven't passed the entrance exam.
Well, you haven't done any examining of my "entry technique".
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You can't even find a hole.
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I can find more than the correct hole. ;) :eyebrows:
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:laugh: No, actually, I have no idea the depths of your depravity. I'm pure, remember?
Care to enlighten us?
You haven't passed the entrance exam.
Well, you haven't done any examining of my "entry technique".
says it all.
:laugh:
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It's too small for the hole :laugh:
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/trying not to choke on chocolate.
:laugh:
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I can find more than the correct hole. ;) :eyebrows:
Then be my guest, demonstrate.
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I can find more than the correct hole. ;) :eyebrows:
Then be my guest, demonstrate.
So you'll let me take the entrance exam?
Let's go for it.
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Help me, people. He's not getting it.
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Help me, people. He's not getting it.
i think he needs to know how much he really isn't getting it, going to get it, or stands a chance of ever getting it.
:laugh:
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Help me, people. He's not getting it.
I'm the sort of apie you have to be direct with.
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Help me, people. He's not getting it.
I'm the sort of apie you have to be direct with.
read my post above, rabbit. and i mean it with reference to pyraxis - i'm not saying the same thing for everyone, okay?
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Help me, people. He's not getting it.
I'm the sort of apie you have to be direct with.
read my post above, rabbit. and i mean it with reference to pyraxis - i'm not saying the same thing for everyone, okay?
Like I said, there comes a point where you have to be direct with me.
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Help me, people. He's not getting it.
I'm the sort of apie you have to be direct with.
read my post above, rabbit. and i mean it with reference to pyraxis - i'm not saying the same thing for everyone, okay?
Like I said, there comes a point where you have to be direct with me.
okay, you did ask:
you haven't a chance in hell, hon. not even in the flirting stakes.
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Help me, people. He's not getting it.
I'm the sort of apie you have to be direct with.
read my post above, rabbit. and i mean it with reference to pyraxis - i'm not saying the same thing for everyone, okay?
Like I said, there comes a point where you have to be direct with me.
okay, you did ask:
you haven't a chance in hell, hon. not even in the flirting stakes.
that's just going to make me try harder, if I gave up when faced with an impossible situation I'd be dead already
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:popcorn:
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:popcorn:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX42S4OO6aA
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:laugh:
He's gonna go the Peaguy route.
Okay, ahayes, a lot of masochism will get you a little attention. But it won't get you sex from me. Ever. If you really want a girl, I'm poison. Get the hell away from me and go chase one of your own kind. But if you like being treated like shit, who am I to stand in your way?
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:popcorn:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX42S4OO6aA
would never do that, but I was reminded of that video
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:laugh:
He's gonna go the Peaguy route.
Okay, ahayes, a lot of masochism will get you a little attention. But it won't get you sex from me. Ever. If you really want a girl, I'm poison. Get the hell away from me and go chase one of your own kind. But if you like being treated like shit, who am I to stand in your way?
tell me more
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How do you feel about big letters?
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I prefer denser and more complex information. Big letters are inefficient.
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How did you come up with your name Pyraxis?
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tell me more
Phrase it as a specific question and I might. I don't know what to do with this open-ended crap.
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How did you come up with your name Pyraxis?
Wow, haven't I explained it on here yet?
Whence came the name Pyraxis?
"That's what I do. I walk into hell and I call people."
The original Pyraxis was born in the first and only BESM (Big Eyes Small Mouth) campaign I've ever played. In the first scene, the party discovered, to their horror, a beautiful winged blond girl lying on a grassy field reading a book. Now as any good gamer knows, that's nearly as dangerous as a 5-year-old elven child wandering alone in the deep forest. They were poised to run; Pyraxis walked right up to the girl and uttered "Whatcha reading?"
It was the Book of Ultimate Evil, of course. What else would a massively powerful demon pick for a light summer's reading? She was amused enough to let Pyraxis live. So Pyraxis asked to borrow it. Such began the insanely lucky career of the multiverse's only flame vampire. 200-odd years old but a wild thing with the naivete of a child, Pyraxis survived by sucking heat from her victims, leaving them icy shells. She killed them with the same instinctive bliss as a tiger snapping the neck of a gazelle.
She once walked into a church, cheerfully asked the priests to teach her how to pray, knelt for five minutes mimicking the ritual, and then looked up at the sky and demanded they explain why God hadn't answered yet. "This is a gyp," she said and walked out.
Throughout the campaign, she kept pulling stunts like that, until the poor bewildered gamemaster couldn't figure out how his evil archvillain demoness had morphed into the campaign's greatest victim. At the end, Pyraxis gathered powers from the temples of good and the temples of evil, waltzed right into hell, and pulled the demoness out.
I decided she'd make an excellent avatar.
August 5, 2006
(http://www.studiopyraxis.com/firesongs/pyraxis_and_nishi.jpg)
When I first came up with it, there was only one other on the internet, some jackass in an MMORPG. Now they're everywhere.... sigh.
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Sad, eh?
So many others who know not what makes a true one!
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How would you describe your sexuality?
Semi-repressed. Only semi, because I'm not traumatized and I doubt I'd get any kind of earth-shattering emotional release if I started being sexual.
I just used it in unusual ways when I was a kid. I don't remember ever not knowing how to masturbate, though I didn't figure out what I was doing till I was 13. I remember being 6, climbing tetherball poles at recess and humping them at the top. The other kids would be standing in a circle, waiting for their turn to climb and calling for me to get down. I guess nobody figured out what I was actually doing up there, since I never got rushed off to counselling.
When I was 11 or so, sound sensitivity started to get bad. When I was 13 I discovered that the frustration and pain of having to sit still while it felt like your head was getting ripped apart, could be converted into sexual energy. So I taught myself to masturbate to orgasm without changing expression or moving beyond crossing/uncrossing my legs a couple times. It was the most effective way I could find to drown out and numb my nervous system. So I'd do it over and over, at the dinner table or in a crowded classroom or in the car with my family.
It was worth it, but the inadvertent result was that my sexuality, which had already been a bit off kilter, got even more strongly tied to frustration/endurance. It doesn't have anything to do with people - I was 17 before I got even a little interested in dating - but I respond to (warning - explicit and potentially disturbing adult material) scenarios like this one (http://www.asstr.org/files/Authors/voltsjolts/journey.txt) that push the limits of self-control. So basically I have a lot of re-conditioning to do before I'll really be able to have a natural sexual relationship with another human being. It has its perks though - I'll be able to pick my sexual orientation, and I've always wanted to be a Kinsey 3 in order to keep my options open.
So, do you think Happeh will be able to resist having a field day with me? ::)
How's the reconditioning going? Do you have a 'natural' sexual relationship now? And what was the story about? The link is dead.
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What if a duck...............?
I know not a very good question. I will think harder before posting next time. My apologies.
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How's the reconditioning going? Do you have a 'natural' sexual relationship now? And what was the story about? The link is dead.
It's actually going quite well. I've only recently gotten serious about it; it took a while to build up the motivation. It turns out I'm good at some things that are apparently valued skills, like strong pelvic muscle control.
It kind of depends on your definition of natural. I doubt I'll ever be into the traditional man-on-top missionary thing, at least not exclusively, and I'm not interested in creating that. But I like what I'm doing enough to actively seek it out on occasion, and consider that fact a blazing success.
The story was a real-life self-disclosure of man who in his early teens got into electricity. His thing was to put a dildo in his ass with contacts on either side and chain himself to the bed in the dark on a timer that would turn on the lights and allow him to undo the lock after an hour or two. He rigged up a system of batteries that would run a gradually increasing course of electricity through the dildo, past the point of sexual arousal and into pain. His goal was to create a universe that consisted entirely of pain, but he was never able to get it high enough to pass out from it. After a few years he went cold turkey on it because he was too concerned about the way it was rewiring his mind. The story might still be around somewhere. The userid was voltsjolts.
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How's the reconditioning going? Do you have a 'natural' sexual relationship now? And what was the story about? The link is dead.
It's actually going quite well. I've only recently gotten serious about it; it took a while to build up the motivation. It turns out I'm good at some things that are apparently valued skills, like strong pelvic muscle control.
It kind of depends on your definition of natural. I doubt I'll ever be into the traditional man-on-top missionary thing, at least not exclusively, and I'm not interested in creating that. But I like what I'm doing enough to actively seek it out on occasion, and consider that fact a blazing success.
The story was a real-life self-disclosure of man who in his early teens got into electricity. His thing was to put a dildo in his ass with contacts on either side and chain himself to the bed in the dark on a timer that would turn on the lights and allow him to undo the lock after an hour or two. He rigged up a system of batteries that would run a gradually increasing course of electricity through the dildo, past the point of sexual arousal and into pain. His goal was to create a universe that consisted entirely of pain, but he was never able to get it high enough to pass out from it. After a few years he went cold turkey on it because he was too concerned about the way it was rewiring his mind. The story might still be around somewhere. The userid was voltsjolts.
I remember it now; can't say that rectal electrocution is really my cup of tea though. Congratulations on the strong pelvic muscles and lusting for the cock, or however it's working out for you.
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What if a duck...............?
I know not a very good question. I will think harder before posting next time. My apologies.
:laugh:
Yep, 'fraid I haven't the foggiest what you're talking about or how to answer. And I'm not particularly in the mood to sit here for fifteen minutes and craft an appropriate facsimile of a funny response.
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I remember it now; can't say that rectal electrocution is really my cup of tea though. Congratulations on the strong pelvic muscles and lusting for the cock, or however it's working out for you.
I actually am indifferent to the fact it's in the rectum; I'm not particularly interested in anal. I hope my message gave you some form of interesting information.
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Copied from PMS Elle's "Advise- damage control?" thread. (http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php?topic=7975.msg361768#msg361768)
To go to the college I had wanted to go to, and had a good scholarship to go to, and not the one my boyfriend was encouraging me to go to in order to be closer to him.
That was excellent advice. Good thing that you listened to them.
How did taking their advice fuck you up, though? If you lost that boyfriend over it, was he really worth keeping?
8)
It fucked me up because the way my father did it was to threaten me with my own suicide. When he sat me down and laid it out as, "If you go to XXXX college, you will burn out trying to work enough to afford it, have to drop out, lose your boyfriend, become depressed because you've ruined your chances of getting a job in your field, and commit suicide," I believed him. He was my father - I looked up to him - and I was naive and easily influenced enough that it would have likely come true through self-fulfilling prophecy. At the time I prided myself hugely on independent thought, and to realize that I couldn't stand up for myself even to defend my desire to live broke through any ideals I'd held.
I didn't lose the boyfriend, though he had a very hard time because right before I left (which he was already dreading) his house burned down and his parents started in on the divorce crap I mentioned in the other thread.
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Copied from PMS Elle's "Advise- damage control?" thread. (http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php?topic=7975.msg361768#msg361768)
To go to the college I had wanted to go to, and had a good scholarship to go to, and not the one my boyfriend was encouraging me to go to in order to be closer to him.
That was excellent advice. Good thing that you listened to them.
How did taking their advice fuck you up, though? If you lost that boyfriend over it, was he really worth keeping?
8)
It fucked me up because the way my father did it was to threaten me with my own suicide. When he sat me down and laid it out as, "If you go to XXXX college, you will burn out trying to work enough to afford it, have to drop out, lose your boyfriend, become depressed because you've ruined your chances of getting a job in your field, and commit suicide," I believed him. He was my father - I looked up to him - and I was naive and easily influenced enough that it would have likely come true through self-fulfilling prophecy. At the time I prided myself hugely on independent thought, and to realize that I couldn't stand up for myself even to defend my desire to live broke through any ideals I'd held.
I didn't lose the boyfriend, though he had a very hard time because right before I left (which he was already dreading) his house burned down and his parents started in on the divorce crap I mentioned in the other thread.
Your dad does sound weird, saying that you would commit suicide like that if you did not follow his advice.
It's like he actually planted the idea in your head.
Of course it made sense to go where you wanted to go and where you already had a good scholarship to attend.
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Your dad does sound weird, saying that you would commit suicide like that if you did not follow his advice.
It's like he actually planted the idea in your head.
Yes - do you have any idea why a person would approach parental advice that way? My best theory is that he became suicidal around the same age for a similar problem and was afraid that the same thing would happen to me. He's very closed-mouthed about such things and would never tell me if that was the reason for his concern.
Of course it made sense to go where you wanted to go and where you already had a good scholarship to attend.
Agreed, though the part of me that believes in the concept of a trial by fire still has lingering doubt. I was naive and overprotected enough already and wonder whether, if I had been allowed to make my own mistakes then, I would ended up less of a masochist today.
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Your dad does sound weird, saying that you would commit suicide like that if you did not follow his advice.
It's like he actually planted the idea in your head.
Yes - do you have any idea why a person would approach parental advice that way? My best theory is that he became suicidal around the same age for a similar problem and was afraid that the same thing would happen to me. He's very closed-mouthed about such things and would never tell me if that was the reason for his concern.
Your theory sounds reasonable, but he may be the only person who could really tell you that. Maybe now that you are grown, you could get him to talk about it to you, if you call or go home for a visit. My parents told me a lot of stuff after I was grown that they never told me while I was a child. Maybe they thought I couldn't handle it then.
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Yeah, eventually I'll probably talk to him, but first I have to get the angst out of my system. I cannot be emotionally demonstrative about it at all to him or he'll decide I'm still too immature and we'll end up fighting instead of talking.
Though at the moment I'm not convinced it's worth putting in all the effort.
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You haven't passed the entrance exam.
:LMAO:
you can imagine the image that conjured up in my head!
:laugh: No, actually, I have no idea the depths of your depravity. I'm pure, remember?
Care to enlighten us?
:LMAO:
:plus: to both.
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I prefer denser and more complex information. Big letters are inefficient.
But, small ones, no matter how much is said with them,
can be terribly annoying. Frankly, my largest objection to large letters
is NOT a matter of the information, but rather, like small ones, that they
don't really afford one an easy assimilation of information. Indeed, even when
used merely to highlight issues, they seem like merely a cheap advertising trick.
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I prefer denser and more complex information. Big letters are inefficient.
But, small ones, no matter how much is said with them,
can be terribly annoying. Frankly, my largest objection to large letters
is NOT a matter of the information, but rather, like small ones, that they
don't really afford one an easy assimilation of information. Indeed, even when
used merely to highlight issues, they seem like merely a cheap advertising trick.
yah.
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Right.
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Right.
Fixed.
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Back, I see, and as annoying as ever.
:laugh:
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In smaller doses.
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I'll be so proud if you can hold to it.
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I'll be so proud if you can hold to it.
:laugh:
:plus:
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I figure it this way: IF I keep my job, I'm pretty much forced to - that's
40 hours a week I can't spam in. It's more what I'm doing now, that
I'm worried about; I should be going shopping. But, I got internet for
a reason, so I should be on some.
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Yeah, give yerself a break, you've got some catching up to do.
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Hmmph...if I try and catch up to all that, I'll end up spamming
mightily.
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Okay, then just know that the more things change, the more they stay the same.
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Bah. At least I can dance.
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Bah. At least I can dance.
vids, or it didn't happen.
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Bah. At least I can dance.
vids, or it didn't happen.
Haven't yet. But, even a bit of shuffling I did in
a corner last night, attracted some attention.
My worries are fading.
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How well do you know English grammar?
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Passingly well. I abhor the theory and haven't studied it beyond what I had to do in school (diagramming sentences and the like) but I've picked up a lot by osmosis just because I've done a lot of reading.
I can write correctly but often pick popular usage over what's formally correct 'cause I don't want to look like a knowitall.
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If you were a kitchen appliance, what kitchen appliance would you be, and why?
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If we were to get into a knife fight,
what move would you use to get the
jump on me?
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If you were a kitchen appliance, what kitchen appliance would you be, and why?
Oh geez. Um, considering the next question, how about a knife sharpener. Cause it's more fun the more with it the other guy is.
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If we were to get into a knife fight,
what move would you use to get the
jump on me?
I'd gauge your mind first, to see how likely you were to do actual damage, how dirty you fought, and what your purpose was. Then I'd defend myself according to what I sensed.
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nah - just do an Indiana Jones move and shoot the fucker.
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Aw, guns are boring. Too fast.
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If you were a kitchen appliance, what kitchen appliance would you be, and why?
Oh geez. Um, considering the next question, how about a knife sharpener. Cause it's more fun the more with it the other guy is.
:LMAO:
:plus:
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If we were to get into a knife fight,
what move would you use to get the
jump on me?
I'd gauge your mind first, to see how likely you were to do actual damage, how dirty you fought, and what your purpose was. Then I'd defend myself according to what I sensed.
You'd defend? Neither of us would ever strike then. :zoinks:
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Oh, there are times I'd attack. But I thought you were asking what I'd do if I saw you coming at me.
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You wouldn't need a move to get the drop on him, just proper timing and stealth. Hide somewhere, preferably dark and around the corner from where he is walking. When he walks by, you pull him into the dark alley and slit his throat. While pulling him into the dark corridor, it is suggested to use chloroform in a rag if you aren't going to kill him on the spot. It wouldn't be a knife fight in that case, more of a murder. Why else would you bother getting the drop on someone? If you have the drop, kill them immediately without giving them the chance to defend.
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Oh, there are times I'd attack. But I thought you were asking what I'd do if I saw you coming at me.
I asked which move you'd use to get the jump on me.
I seriously would not attack. I don't think I've ever done
so first, without a hell of a lot of circling, and coming to
the conclusion that my enemy wouldn't do so.
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You wouldn't need a move to get the drop on him, just proper timing and stealth. Hide somewhere, preferably dark and around the corner from where he is walking. When he walks by, you pull him into the dark alley and slit his throat. While pulling him into the dark corridor, it is suggested to use chloroform in a rag if you aren't going to kill him on the spot. It wouldn't be a knife fight in that case, more of a murder. Why else would you bother getting the drop on someone? If you have the drop, kill them immediately without giving them the chance to defend.
:laugh: You're assuming my goal would be to kill him. Considering he's willing to put wards on the people he likes, I doubt he would be out to murder me, so I wouldn't necessarily have to strike to kill.
He'd be more likely to want to humiliate me or force sex on me. That might be worth going for his balls, see what kind of defensive instincts he's got there. Or any disabling injury - if I were defending against rape, I'd be ok legally. But I'd be more likely to watch for when he let his guard down, and then be ready with rope or cuffs or the like. Chloroform's actually not a half bad idea. The whole thing's moot though, because I'm not going to get that close.
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He'd be more likely to want to humiliate me or force sex on me. .
You have a low opinion of me.
I'd merely want to play.
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I thought you liked humiliation through sex.
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I thought you liked humiliation through sex.
Damned if I know what I like.
The appearance, yes.
But, no way in hell I'd take a
game there, unless I knew it was
acceptable.
At first, at least - hopefully evermore now.
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What do you know, the irrepressible Cal has boundaries! :laugh:
Seriously, though, I agree. Humiliation ain't my thing. Though I could see myself playing with it in order to get over the associations that make it so unpleasant, it's not exactly top of my priority list.
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What do you know, the irrepressible Cal has boundaries! :laugh:
More than you'd think, given that attitude.
This is the guy who will NOT approach a
woman, because it might be seen as weakness.
Seriously, though, I agree. Humiliation ain't my thing. Though I could see myself playing with it in order to get over the associations that make it so unpleasant, it's not exactly top of my priority list.
I'm not even sure humiliation is really it for me.
I try and explain it as that, because it SEEMS
that way. Fear, much more so.
Might all be a matter of moods.
All this talk is getting me hot,
I'm gonna do laundry.
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As in getting off on making the other person afraid?
That, I have no problem with, from either side. I love playing with fear.
But for me, fear and humiliation really have little to do with each other. Humiliation's much closer tied to disgust and contempt. Of all the things I'm afraid of, humiliation isn't one of them - in fact, allowing myself to be humiliated is often an effective protective tactic. It satisfies those who get off on it, and it doesn't occur to them that there might be something else behind it.
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Fear needs a purpose though, to
be more than a game. Maybe. I don't
know.
Like I said, some of the things that I
desire would seem humiliation to others.
Or degradation. It's complex though, because
I don't think those are my motives. Indeed, fear
that I they will do just that prevented me from
even expressing them to my wife. Since then, I
was able to find that I could express them to one
person I was truly interested in - as a warning - and
her reaction to them was entirely positive. Might
have all been an act though, for all I know.
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For me, the purpose is life. I'm phobic enough that the more control I can train myself to have over it, the better off I'll be. And it keeps me pushing boundaries, which is necessary in order to keep up the life I want.
What kind of things are you talking about, and how do they relate to fear for you?
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For me, the purpose is life. I'm phobic enough that the more control I can train myself to have over it, the better off I'll be. And it keeps me pushing boundaries, which is necessary in order to keep up the life I want.
Not what I meant. If it were, you'd fear life.
I mean that there has to be a direct cause.
What kind of things are you talking about, and how do they relate to fear for you?
Hmm...getting pretty personal, outside my ask away thread. :laugh:
Ok. The biggies for me (as of now) are giving facials and talking
kinda dirty/mean. Yeah, probably seems like NOTHING to most,
but it's one hell of a barrier to me. Just having admitted that
to someone was a tremendous step (ah, not so much here,
in the open).
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What member of I2 would you most like to join me in a threesome with?
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What member of I2 would you most like to join me in a threesome with?
Shame Nomaken's not posting here anymore, I could name him and we could watch his heart stop. :laugh:
Hm. All boring considerations of reality and commitments aside, it's a tossup between PI (may her screenname rest in peace) and DD.
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Shame Nomaken's not posting here anymore, I could name him and we could watch his heart stop. :laugh:
:zoinks:
I miss him.
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Shame Nomaken's not posting here anymore, I could name him and we could watch his heart stop. :laugh:
LMFAO- yeah, I think that very well might be enough to make his brain collapse.
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OK, will you answer the questions now, Pyraxis?
I actually tried it for a while once, tying myself up at night. Not to prevent masturbation, though. And I know I'm a little nuts.
It doesn't work. Funny how you can't escape your own biology. ::) The desire will just seek another place to try and break through, till you're an emotional wreck and guilty/self-hating to top it off.
Why did you tie yourself up at night, Pyraxis?
And how did you get loose if you needed to go to the bathroom or something?
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Because I was trying to train myself not to scratch the eczema, and while I could stop during the day, I couldn't change my subconscious mind, so I was doing it in my sleep. I didn't tie myself so tightly that I couldn't untie it, 'cause I'm not that dextrous in my dreams. :P
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So what happened? Did you find a way to scratch it even though both your hands were tied?
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I was just thinking, I tried wearing cotton gloves that snapped at the wrist and it helped, so I wonder if it might help you.
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So what happened? Did you find a way to scratch it even though both your hands were tied?
No - after a few days I'd have an emotional meltdown where I stopped caring about the ideals that motivated me to honor the commitment, and start scratching it (and generally freaking out and trying to cry and writing journal stuff) while I was awake. I decided in the end that the tying myself up was a decent way of forcing the emotional expression that the eczema had been masking.
But I think forcing it is a good approach only if you can't get to it an easier way. I'm still working on the eczema problem but trying to take a gentler approach, and it would probably cause me more harm than good to tie myself up over it now.
Also, forcing it has an element of creating problems where none might otherwise exist. It was about a year and a quarter ago that I was doing it, and partway through the process, real-life circumstances intervened and I decided I'd better save my energy for where it was needed more.
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So what happened? Did you find a way to scratch it even though both your hands were tied?
No - after a few days I'd have an emotional meltdown where I stopped caring about the ideals that motivated me to honor the commitment, and start scratching it (and generally freaking out and trying to cry and writing journal stuff) while I was awake. I decided in the end that the tying myself up was a decent way of forcing the emotional expression that the eczema had been masking.
But I think forcing it is a good approach only if you can't get to it an easier way. I'm still working on the eczema problem but trying to take a gentler approach, and it would probably cause me more harm than good to tie myself up over it now.
Also, forcing it has an element of creating problems where none might otherwise exist. It was about a year and a quarter ago that I was doing it, and partway through the process, real-life circumstances intervened and I decided I'd better save my energy for where it was needed more.
http://members.lycos.nl/paulhaas/S_ASBK_a04.jpg
Bdsm -- and intellectual crazies like Pyraxis -- for the win.
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So what happened? Did you find a way to scratch it even though both your hands were tied?
No - after a few days I'd have an emotional meltdown where I stopped caring about the ideals that motivated me to honor the commitment, and start scratching it (and generally freaking out and trying to cry and writing journal stuff) while I was awake. I decided in the end that the tying myself up was a decent way of forcing the emotional expression that the eczema had been masking.
But I think forcing it is a good approach only if you can't get to it an easier way. I'm still working on the eczema problem but trying to take a gentler approach, and it would probably cause me more harm than good to tie myself up over it now.
Also, forcing it has an element of creating problems where none might otherwise exist. It was about a year and a quarter ago that I was doing it, and partway through the process, real-life circumstances intervened and I decided I'd better save my energy for where it was needed more.
It's interesting how people approach problems in different ways. When faced with eczema, you tie yourself up and cry while I slap some steroid cream on the fucker and forget about it. :P
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:laugh:
Believe me, I tried the steroid creams too, for years. This was in addition to them.
Ya know, if you weren't such a die-hard atheist, you'd probably find more female friends.
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:laugh:
Believe me, I tried the steroid creams too, for years. This was in addition to them.
Ya know, if you weren't such a die-hard atheist, you'd probably find more female friends.
<Wonders how the topic jumped from eczema to his love life.>
I think being an atheist comes pretty low on the list of things about me which limit my relationship opportunities.
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<Wonders how the topic jumped from eczema to his love life.>
My incompetence - making more intuitive leaps than my communication skills can keep up with.
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<Wonders how the topic jumped from eczema to his love life.>
My incompetence - making more intuitive leaps than my communication skills can keep up with.
Do you think my athorism drives away Scandinavian women in particular?
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Er. No.
I was taking offense at the perceived implication (intended or not) that my way of solving the eczema problem was making a lot of ado about nothing and that I should be more practical. In my case, practicality has not been enough, so I am experimenting with alternate means.
From there, I was generalizing something I find distasteful about you, your lack of emotional awareness (which might have picked up the idea that, while intellectually interesting, the comparison between our approaches would not be helpful). And then attempting to attack something I thought was a sore point of yours, based on the fact I was offended.
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I have some eczema at the moment
Not as much though
But it's a pain in the arse
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:laugh:
Believe me, I tried the steroid creams too, for years. This was in addition to them.
Ya know, if you weren't such a die-hard atheist, you'd probably find more female friends.
Mmm... a mating ritual between Pyraxis and me. Think of all the horrors I will spawn from your uterus!
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(http://www.artonyou.com/Baby%20Demon.jpg)
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i am shocked!
:jawdrop:
i expected a comment about how unlikely anything was likely to get near pyraxis' uterus, not the suggestion of a possibility of a Pea-Py-Progeny.
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I'm working on that sense of humor. 8)
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your work is working. :thumbup:
:plus:
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(http://www.artonyou.com/Baby%20Demon.jpg)
:lol:
:plus:
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All it needs is daddy's ginger hair.
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(http://www.artonyou.com/Baby%20Demon.jpg)
All it needs is daddy's ginger hair.
:D
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Er. No.
I was taking offense at the perceived implication (intended or not) that my way of solving the eczema problem was making a lot of ado about nothing and that I should be more practical. In my case, practicality has not been enough, so I am experimenting with alternate means.
From there, I was generalizing something I find distasteful about you, your lack of emotional awareness (which might have picked up the idea that, while intellectually interesting, the comparison between our approaches would not be helpful). And then attempting to attack something I thought was a sore point of yours, based on the fact I was offended.
Sorry; that was insensitive of me. I can keep my eczema under control with the regular use of small amounts of steroid cream, but if I run out or otherwise stop using them, it's only a matter of weeks until my hands start to resemble hamburgers, and even complete refrain from scratching will only slow the deterioration slightly. Once it's gotten bad, it needs large amounts of very strong steroid cream to get it back under control, and a couple of times it's needed oral and topical antibiotics to deal with secondary infections that have taken hold in the damaged skin. Also, if it goes untreated on my hands, it starts to break out in other places too and slowly spreads outwards. Strangely, those other places don't respond very well to steroid cream, but as long as my hands are ok, everything else tends to be ok too.
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Yeah, it gets to a point where it kind of spirals, and no amount of creams are going to help.
I'm trying to learn the Greek ideal - health of mind and health of body at the same time. I've focused far too much on the mind in the past.
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I have some eczema at the moment
Not as much though
But it's a pain in the arse
OUCH! I'd hate it there.
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i am shocked!
:jawdrop:
i expected a comment about how unlikely anything was likely to get near pyraxis' uterus, not the suggestion of a possibility of a Pea-Py-Progeny.
Pea's preggers? :o
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Yeah, it gets to a point where it kind of spirals, and no amount of creams are going to help.
I'm trying to learn the Greek ideal - health of mind and health of body at the same time. I've focused far too much on the mind in the past.
The greek's had a lot of silly ideas.
Eat lots of chocolate - THAT'S the answer.
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Yeah, it gets to a point where it kind of spirals, and no amount of creams are going to help.
I'm trying to learn the Greek ideal - health of mind and health of body at the same time. I've focused far too much on the mind in the past.
The greek's had a lot of silly ideas.
Eat lots of chocolate - THAT'S the answer.
Works for me.
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why is the google bot always lurking about in this thread?
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Fucked if I know. Computers consider me a turn-on?
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Lucky you :zombiefuck:
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Copied from here. (http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php/topic,8724.msg394657.html#msg394657)
I wonder what you're making at work and for fun.
At work: I just got reassigned to a new project with rush deadlines, a series of TV commercials to accompany a movie that's coming out in a few months. It's woken me up. I hadn't figured out how to interact with my old team and was trapped quiet and passive, but this new team are too pressured to care about formalities. Almost immediately I was getting along great with them, joking and letting them see that I was trying hard at the work. A few blips, but I made my first deadlines with time to spare and they're happy.
For fun: several big fiction writing projects, and a bit of worldbuilding and illustration.
The most progressed is the story of Lin, the Raba [ruler of] Ua, who's caught at the center of a dying world and has to figure out how to save it for the sake of her people. Ua is a world of djin, used to making anything they desire with magic, from which the magic and the water are slowly unstoppably draining. The quest brings people to Karn, my home, an ancient neolithic world of shapeshifters, and Tapolith, the city of portals that connects them through the dreaming - each with stories and magic of their own.
I wonder if you are finding pleasure outside of daily needs.
I don't know.
I could easily say yes, of course. But I think that would be further from the truth.
I wonder if you would laugh at the things I find funny.
Only one way to find out.
I wonder if you would enjoy the sun breaking up the clouds over the fields that I see every morning or if you would bitch about being awake at that hour.
Probably both. Depending on what wave I was riding.
When I was living in Scotland, I loved watching the sun rise over the highlands from the window of the bus to work.
... also, I wonder why I wonder about you.
...because I'm still sniffing at your spirit?
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Copied from here. (http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php/topic,8724.msg394657.html#msg394657)
I wonder what you're making at work and for fun.
At work: I just got reassigned to a new project with rush deadlines, a series of TV commercials to accompany a movie that's coming out in a few months. It's woken me up. I hadn't figured out how to interact with my old team and was trapped quiet and passive, but this new team are too pressured to care about formalities. Almost immediately I was getting along great with them, joking and letting them see that I was trying hard at the work. A few blips, but I made my first deadlines with time to spare and they're happy.
For fun: several big fiction writing projects, and a bit of worldbuilding and illustration.
The most progressed is the story of Lin, the Raba [ruler of] Ua, who's caught at the center of a dying world and has to figure out how to save it for the sake of her people. Ua is a world of djin, used to making anything they desire with magic, from which the magic and the water are slowly unstoppably draining. The quest brings people to Karn, my home, an ancient neolithic world of shapeshifters, and Tapolith, the city of portals that connects them through the dreaming - each with stories and magic of their own.
I wonder if you are finding pleasure outside of daily needs.
I don't know.
I could easily say yes, of course. But I think that would be further from the truth.
I wonder if you would laugh at the things I find funny.
Only one way to find out.
I wonder if you would enjoy the sun breaking up the clouds over the fields that I see every morning or if you would bitch about being awake at that hour.
Probably both. Depending on what wave I was riding.
When I was living in Scotland, I loved watching the sun rise over the highlands from the window of the bus to work.
... also, I wonder why I wonder about you.
...because I'm still sniffing at your spirit?
Careful Dawg, She's a shape shifting soul stealer! :o
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... also, I wonder why I wonder about you.
...because I'm still sniffing at your spirit?
It goes both ways.
Don't care to make a guess about whether I could find your balance of detachment and involvement?
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Er, more like, I didn't know what to say to the idea that there was something worth understanding about my balance of detachment and involvement.
I am sure you could find it.
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How come you haven't asked me anything in my ask away thread (http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php/topic,6936.0.html)?
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Because I hadn't thought of anything to ask?
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That's almost good enough :P
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You are a hard lady to figure. I don't know why that is. Is it intentional? Is it just me?
(Do not take offence. What I know about reading people could fit neatly onto a matchbox packet, if you wrote in big letters.)
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It's semi-intentional. I could reel off a bunch of psychobabble justifications for why it might be so, but I don't know if that's the kind of answer you're looking for. Ask specific questions and I'll answer them honestly.
No offense taken.
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I just see her as somebody who enjoys getting one over the proletariat because she cannot stand being one herself.
She aspires greater things in her existence.
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I just see her as somebody who enjoys getting one over the proletariat because she cannot stand being one herself.
She aspires greater things in her existence.
:laugh: That's pretty spot on.
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Don't be, just link me to more info, if you can.
I have not heard the word esgeni before and I associate Hikaj with a city or maybe an island in one of the Indian Ocean states.
Esgeni. (http://"http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php/topic,9607.msg409952.html#msg409952") The second-most-powerful rsakk clan, known as skilled merchants and rich caravan traders. The reason for their name has been lost to history.
Hikaj. (http://"http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php/topic,103.msg1104.html#msg1104") Literally, heartfire, or the fire that pumps blood.
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I get an error message when I follow the link.
I like the word, "hikaj" by that definition.
I still can not sense the impact of your message ...
... (a) clan of merchants fuels your heartfire?
I might find this appealing if I thought of you (and myself, possibly) as a merchant. I think of you as an explorer with little need of merchants.
please, expound
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I am making an idiot of myself, trying to explain. I may be back later with another attempt.
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I am making an idiot of myself, trying to explain. I may be back later with another attempt.
Nah if you're an idiot, then you have a miscreant for a studentt.
I just have knot seeen this beforu.
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Hey, at least miscreants have spirit. Though I guess idiots do too, somewhere under the obfuscation.
I'm pretty sure that once I actually get coherent you'll get what I was talking about.
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Did you get accidentally pregnant?
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Er.... no?
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Er.... no?
Soemhow, I can't picture you getting "accidentaly pregnant". You have far too many brain cells to rub together to be in that condition! 8)
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Yeah. I believe in redundancy of protection - and I very badly do not want to get tied down by obligations.
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Yeah. I believe in redundancy of protection - and I very badly do not want to get tied down by obligations.
More power to you! :thumbup: I'll :plus: you later!
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Er.... no?
Bet you will in future, mommy.
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You are bizarre.
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You are bizarre.
We'd make a great couple, don't you think?
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No. Not really. What is this, let's see how much bait we have to throw at Pyraxis before she gets pissed off in an entertaining way, day?
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No. Not really. What is this, let's see how much bait we have to throw at Pyraxis before she gets pissed off in an entertaining way, day?
Oh, I'm just teasing you, mon sucre.
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I want you to put a knife to my throat?
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I don't know, do you? That's only a question by the slimmest of margins.
What would you do if I were coming at you with one?
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I don't know, do you? That's only a question by the slimmest of margins.
What would you do if I were coming at you with one?
I would probably laugh at ya, you crazy I.T. nerd.
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I shall keep that in mind.
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How was Orlando? Did you just do the job interview thing, or did you have some time to go looking around the city itself?
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Oh - I don't fly out there till Wednesday night. The interviews are on Thursday. I'll let you know, when it's over, though.
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I'll let you know, when it's over, though.
Did you know that was one of my best chat up lines?
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I'll let you know, when it's over, though.
Did you know that was one of my best chat up lines?
Did it work?
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I'll let you know, when it's over, though.
Did you know that was one of my best chat up lines?
Did it work?
No. Not yet! :asthing:
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:lol:
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What's your take on the job (or its suitability to your needs/talents) after this horrid interview process.
I'm still arguing with myself about it - that's why I hadn't posted anything yet.
It is about the polar opposite of the game job I want. It's tech work on formulaic uninspiring projects under the direction of corporate overlords. But I'm asking myself if it's really any better to be doing lighting for equally formulaic uninspiring animated sequels (the current job). At least it would be games.
I'm coming up on my dreams ass-backwards. In college I met an aspie girl with the same dream. She dropped out, joined an independent shareware game project, and is now sole artist for them, while they scramble to meet basic expenses and search for funding. Me, I graduated properly and live relatively comfortably doing tech and lighting, all the while claiming what I really want is games. I guess it's something that I'm good at, going incognito and playing the corporate system, rather than forging an independent creative path. But there's got to be a better way.
My brain still short-circuits itself enough that even though I know exactly what I would need to do to move directly towards my dream job, I am disgustingly unmotivated to do it.
This job pays better than any that I've had, and that's before benefits. I keep telling myself that's not shameful, so long as I invest the money in creative projects and useful causes. But I don't entirely believe me.
The guy who recommended me to the position is a former boss. I was under cover enough when I worked for him that he still doesn't believe I'm an artist. He has many contacts and has gotten me networking and interviews at conventions, but he pushes me as strongly as he can towards technical positions.
The thought of the job makes me sick. But if they make me an offer I will take it, because I don't want to spend another 6-8 months on angst-and-torment-and-resume-posting, as I have between every other gig.
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It sounds like EA lol. At least it is in games and you are getting paid well. It would be an opportunity to get your foot in the door (so to speak) and position yourself in a large corporation. At the start you might not be doing exactly what you want, but you could get there by working at a huge corporation.
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I did ask several people about that - how easy it is to transfer between different studios. After all they own the place where I really want to be. But apparently it's not done very much - and they consider artists to be second-class citizens to techs - you're supposed to start as a modeler and aspire to be a technical artist, not the other way around. If you want to transfer, you still have to go through the whole application and interview process at the new place like anyone else.
And I'm getting paranoid now. Is this google-able?
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That is kinda lame. I can understand why you would want to work there, as they are probably one of my favorite game developers. Between those two big companies they are both going to end up buying out as many developers as possible, basically until there is no 3rd party companies that aren't employed either of the big two. I don't know why they look down on artists at that company, but their biggest cash cow is a sports game that requires no original artwork, so that might have something to do with it.
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Depends if they know you visit this site or something. Its not like you use your RL name.
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True, but my portfolio site is under the name Pyraxis.
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True, but my portfolio site is under the name Pyraxis.
Hmm, well if they searched that... I2 is not even on the first page or anything. You don't link this site on anything else related to you, do you?
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True, but my portfolio site is under the name Pyraxis.
Hmm, well if they searched that... I2 is not even on the first page or anything. You don't link this site on anything else related to you, do you?
I2 is on the first page - at the bottom.
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Bah, I didn't see it. I went back and changed the post some.
I did get a look at your "Studio" page. You are damn good.
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Are you going to close your Ask Away thread at sixty nine pages and start a new one?
:laugh:
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Bah, I didn't see it. I went back and changed the post some.
I did get a look at your "Studio" page. You are damn good.
Yeah, she IS.
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The thought of the job makes me sick. But if they make me an offer I will take it, because I don't want to spend another 6-8 months on angst-and-torment-and-resume-posting, as I have between every other gig.
I think you would be wise to take an offer if it is a decent one, especially if there is the possibility of a backdoor that could lead to your dream job. Hardly anything worse than not knowing where you will be next month and having to go through the whole resume submission ordeal.
It kind of sounds ass-backwards to put artists so far down on the totem pole, but modern corporate business practices do not always make sense to me. I hope the sickening part is over soon, either way.
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Yes, use your back door to get your dream job.
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Will you babysit me tonight? :laugh:
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Are you going to close your Ask Away thread at sixty nine pages and start a new one?
:laugh:
Aw, but aren't there far more interesting things that can be done with the human body than 69? :laugh:
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Will you babysit me tonight? :laugh:
:laugh: Why on earth would I want to do that?
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Will you babysit me tonight? :laugh:
:laugh: Why on earth would I want to do that?
It was just the most ridiculus question i could think of at the time ;)
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Will you babysit me tonight? :laugh:
:laugh: Why on earth would I want to do that?
Yes, why babysit a gay when she can baby me instead?
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Will you babysit me tonight? :laugh:
:laugh: Why on earth would I want to do that?
Would it matter if I said that you should use whatever means you have at your disposal to achieve your life dreams?? Or would I be sycophantic and a sell out for daring to suggest such a thing.??
Then again, I care and obviously I'm such a fucking sell out and, horror of horrors, moderate and pragmatic. :P :finger:
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Yes, why babysit a gay when she can baby me instead?
And how, pray tell, do I baby you? By ignoring your floundering attempts to achieve fame and fortune via your own idiocy?
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Yes, why babysit a gay when she can baby me instead?
And how, pray tell, do I baby you? By ignoring your floundering attempts to achieve fame and fortune via your own idiocy?
SG would have you put him in a diaper. Then maybe you could get him a warm bottle of baby formula and read him some children's books to put him to sleep.
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Would it matter if I said that you should use whatever means you have at your disposal to achieve your life dreams??
Yes.
I'm not quite sure you mean that literally; for example I've been offered the chance to sleep my way into a game job in the past and turned it down. Would you have had me take it?
But I respect your opinion enough to take it into consideration.
Or would I be sycophantic and a sell out for daring to suggest such a thing.??
Then again, I care and obviously I'm such a fucking sell out and, horror of horrors, moderate and pragmatic. :P :finger:
I also call myself pragmatic, which is one reason I get so confused by all these compunctions. I'm already a sellout; it's too late to worry about that. I just find it amusing that the path of least resistance, in my case, is to achieve a worthy end through pragmatic means. The values that declare the goal worthy condemn the most effective way of achieving it, and there's something rather backwards about that, which I haven't figured out yet.
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SG would have you put him in a diaper. Then maybe you could get him a warm bottle of baby formula and read him some children's books to put him to sleep.
:laugh: Would you like that, Pea? Tucked in to bed by Mummy Pyraxis?
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Would it matter if I said that you should use whatever means you have at your disposal to achieve your life dreams??
Yes.
I'm not quite sure you mean that literally; for example I've been offered the chance to sleep my way into a game job in the past and turned it down. Would you have had me take it?
But I respect your opinion enough to take it into consideration.
Or would I be sycophantic and a sell out for daring to suggest such a thing.??
Then again, I care and obviously I'm such a fucking sell out and, horror of horrors, moderate and pragmatic. :P :finger:
I also call myself pragmatic, which is one reason I get so confused by all these compunctions. I'm already a sellout; it's too late to worry about that. I just find it amusing that the path of least resistance, in my case, is to achieve a worthy end through pragmatic means. The values that declare the goal worthy condemn the most effective way of achieving it, and there's something rather backwards about that, which I haven't figured out yet.
As for sleeping into a job, FUCKING HELL NO. NO job is worth that. But, thats my opinion and if someone wants to do that and accepts the consequences and risks....well, thats not my place to say yay or nay. Free choice. And yes I was given that chance of sleeping with some sleazy, slimey faggots to have a chance at a more "comfortable" life. :happypuke:
As for compunctions and such, I figured out mine. You'll figure out yours eventually. It's all about the individual and the choices and the goals one has set for oneself!
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SG would have you put him in a diaper. Then maybe you could get him a warm bottle of baby formula and read him some children's books to put him to sleep.
:laugh: Would you like that, Pea? Tucked in to bed by Mummy Pyraxis?
As long as you were tucked in right next to him! :eyebrows:
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Yes, why babysit a gay when she can baby me instead?
And how, pray tell, do I baby you? By ignoring your floundering attempts to achieve fame and fortune via your own idiocy?
I'm achieving fame and fortune now? I thought I was havin' a laugh on the net.
God, I'm up late. :yawn:
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SG would have you put him in a diaper. Then maybe you could get him a warm bottle of baby formula and read him some children's books to put him to sleep.
:laugh: Would you like that, Pea? Tucked in to bed by Mummy Pyraxis?
Idea was amusing then but lost its novelty now. Too bad. :violin:
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Would you wrestle with me? Who would win? We're both equal in terms of girly strength, but my wits are meager compared to yours.
"Hay Pea, it's that hawt girl you always dreamed of."
"Whar?"
*thump*
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Pyraxis is going to work for EA? The only great thing about them is being the publisher of the Strike games and the James Pond series, but that's it. I'm not one for Fifa 2111 bollocks.
Have you played Robocod?
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Diddums.
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Shit... 3:08am?
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Go to bed, Pea. Your spam is getting more and more incoherent.
And I am not going to work for anywhere yet. I had an interview with one place. That's all.
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Go to bed, Pea. Your spam is getting more and more incoherent.
And I am not going to work for anywhere yet. I had an interview with one place. That's all.
Asking a wrestling question and whether you've experienced an old-school game seems pretty coherent to me, love -- straightforward questions. Although I will admit I derailed a bit with the Joanna shit.
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Would you wrestle with me? Who would win? We're both equal in terms of girly strength, but my wits are meager compared to yours.
How could you know whether we're equal in physical strength or not?
And yes, I would wrestle with you. And I would win.
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Have you played Robocod?
Never heard of Robocod.
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You got my back, or Erbach?
Do you honestly think I haven't heard that shit before?
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You got my back, or Erbach?
Do you honestly think I haven't heard that shit before?
No, actually. I thought I was the brains behind this pisstake. My delusions are shattered. :(
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:laugh:
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall....
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:laugh:
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall....
You trying to say I'm frail? :(
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I dunno, are you?
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I dunno, are you?
I cry sometimes.
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How could you know whether we're equal in physical strength or not?
And yes, I would wrestle with you. And I would win.
You haven't seen me in my true form! All internet villains have the power of metamorphosis.
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I dunno, are you?
I cry sometimes.
So do I. But I don't subscribe to the delusion that most of the world seems to hold, that crying = automatic weakness. It's a heck of a lot more efficient than wasting energy forcing yourself not to cry.
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I dunno, are you?
I cry sometimes.
So do I. But I don't subscribe to the delusion that most of the world seems to hold, that crying = automatic weakness. It's a heck of a lot more efficient than wasting energy forcing yourself not to cry.
And finally, my summary of what I think of your posts and you (starting from 0:20).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzK42SI48RQ&feature=related
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You haven't seen me in my true form! All internet villains have the power of metamorphosis.
You haven't seen me in mine either.
:bat:
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I dunno, are you?
I cry sometimes.
So do I. But I don't subscribe to the delusion that most of the world seems to hold, that crying = automatic weakness. It's a heck of a lot more efficient than wasting energy forcing yourself not to cry.
I think it's sexy when non-related women cry. Dunno why.
Probably because I'm a predator with a conscience, which may be true.
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And finally, my summary of what I think of your posts and you (starting from 0:20).
"I don't know what you're talking about, I just want to fuck you. Mwahahahaha!"?
And then you went and ruined the image with that next post. LOL.
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I think it's sexy when non-related women cry. Dunno why.
Probably because I'm a predator with a conscience, which may be true.
Or you could be like Cal, and get off on their humiliation.
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I'm a predator with a conscience
Me too.
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Oh and by the way, I would prefer if you and your conscience remove my IRL name and the company name from this thread.
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You haven't seen me in my true form! All internet villains have the power of metamorphosis.
You haven't seen me in mine either.
:bat:
So you are both shapeshifters?
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I'm a predator with a conscience
Me too.
Having a conscience makes the hunt less efficient. Do you both try to hunt things that can fight back or that are so pitiful that they need to be put out of their misery? Food is food, at least in my eyes.
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So you are both shapeshifters?
Dunno about him, but yes.
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Having a conscience makes the hunt less efficient. Do you both try to hunt things that can fight back or that are so pitiful that they need to be put out of their misery? Food is food, at least in my eyes.
Uh huh, and things that will fight back are less efficient too, if it's meat you're wanting.
For other things - hell yeah I want something that will fight back.
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Having a conscience makes the hunt less efficient. Do you both try to hunt things that can fight back or that are so pitiful that they need to be put out of their misery? Food is food, at least in my eyes.
Uh huh, and things that will fight back are less efficient too, if it's meat you're wanting.
For other things - hell yeah I want something that will fight back.
Hunting for sport, you definitely want something that will fight back.
You don't have to hunt plants, so the only things I would be predatory with are other animals. I can just pull plants out of the ground or chop them down, they don't run away or fight back. That is no fun.
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So you are both shapeshifters?
Dunno about him, but yes.
How many forms do you have? Are they all just incarnations of regular animals, or can you do any fantasy based transformations?
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How many forms do you have? Are they all just incarnations of regular animals, or can you do any fantasy based transformations?
You want to know this why?
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Hunting for sport, you definitely want something that will fight back.
You don't have to hunt plants, so the only things I would be predatory with are other animals. I can just pull plants out of the ground or chop them down, they don't run away or fight back. That is no fun.
I don't think hunting well and having a conscience are mutually exclusive.
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Hunting for sport, you definitely want something that will fight back.
You don't have to hunt plants, so the only things I would be predatory with are other animals. I can just pull plants out of the ground or chop them down, they don't run away or fight back. That is no fun.
I don't think hunting well and having a conscience are mutually exclusive.
Having a conscience would make you capable of second guessing yourself in a situation where you might have no time to do so. When that doe drinks the water out of the lake, you shoot her in the head. No time to care about leaving Bambi without a mother, its time to eat. Any time spent having a conscience about whether to kill your prey or not, and your opportunity to kill can be lost. Then you risk going home empty handed, and with an empty stomach.
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How many forms do you have? Are they all just incarnations of regular animals, or can you do any fantasy based transformations?
You want to know this why?
I figure you have a good imagination and I wanted to see what you have come up with as suitable transformations for yourself. You are probably better than the generic transform into a cat or bear crowd.
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Oh and by the way, I would prefer if you and your conscience remove my IRL name and the company name from this thread.
Done.
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Would you ever challenge Alex to a duel? He's a scary fucker.
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Oh and by the way, I would prefer if you and your conscience remove my IRL name and the company name from this thread.
Done.
Thanks. :)
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Would you ever challenge Alex to a duel? He's a scary fucker.
What makes him scary?
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Oh and by the way, I would prefer if you and your conscience remove my IRL name and the company name from this thread.
Done.
Thanks. :)
Sorry if it pissed you off.
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Would you ever challenge Alex to a duel? He's a scary fucker.
What makes him scary?
His stories of beating people up.
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Would you ever challenge Alex to a duel? He's a scary fucker.
What makes him scary?
His stories of beating people up.
Stories? I have only talked about one instance here, as far as I can remember. I am not scary.
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Sorry if it pissed you off.
It's all right; I couldn't figure out if it was intentional or not, and even if it was, I don't really care. I just started getting paranoid about legal stuff.
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Could you give me the link back to the Neurolands again!? My fucking internet provider is screwing me up the ass big time without benefit of lubrication! :grrr:
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Could you give me the link back to the Neurolands again!? My fucking internet provider is screwing me up the ass big time without benefit of lubrication! :grrr:
http://forum.neurolands.com/phpBB2/index.php
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This is the link to the portal, in case you meant that:
http://www.neurolands.com/
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How many forms do you have? Are they all just incarnations of regular animals, or can you do any fantasy based transformations?
You want to know this why?
I figure you have a good imagination and I wanted to see what you have come up with as suitable transformations for yourself. You are probably better than the generic transform into a cat or bear crowd.
You're asking a vampire to step into the sunlight.
Even on my world, my shape isn't recognized. There are four - known and revered. And sure, each one of them can kill you in delightful and creative ways. I can even do a pretty good imitation of some of the transformations.
But mine is the fifth. Toren. It's not fantasy, or glamorous. (I detest otherkin/otakukin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otherkin) and their self-righteous geek wankfest. Or worse - read up on Jenny-nova (http://www.demon-sushi.com/warning/mee.html).) Mine doesn't even look like a true shape. You just disappear.
Only you don't. You're thrown instead into a place where you can see reality, but not touch it. It shatters and slides between dream and illusion. And you're hunted there, unless you fight. They drain you and anything else they can find, the speritu. They tear each other to pieces out of starvation.
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Who killed Bambi? :rock:
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Who killed Bambi? :rock:
Huh?
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Having a conscience would make you capable of second guessing yourself in a situation where you might have no time to do so. When that doe drinks the water out of the lake, you shoot her in the head. No time to care about leaving Bambi without a mother, its time to eat. Any time spent having a conscience about whether to kill your prey or not, and your opportunity to kill can be lost. Then you risk going home empty handed, and with an empty stomach.
You assume that my conscience would tell me that all killing is wrong. What if I believe that in some circumstances, killing is okay? I may still have a conscience about other things, like say causing unnecessary pain to unwilling creatures.
But I'm not a moron, I know that most of the meat I eat as a member of a first-world nation is from creatures that have been trapped in inhumane conditions for most of their short and miserable lives. I'd say the doe has it good compared to them, regardless of whether or not I shoot her in the head. It's part of biology to respond in greater degree to suffering that happens in your presence than at some remote location. But logic can override that, without meaning you don't have a conscience.
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Would you ever challenge Alex to a duel? He's a scary fucker.
I might. But I would need a lot more practice at fencing before I could hold my own in a duel with swords.
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Having a conscience would make you capable of second guessing yourself in a situation where you might have no time to do so. When that doe drinks the water out of the lake, you shoot her in the head. No time to care about leaving Bambi without a mother, its time to eat. Any time spent having a conscience about whether to kill your prey or not, and your opportunity to kill can be lost. Then you risk going home empty handed, and with an empty stomach.
You assume that my conscience would tell me that all killing is wrong. What if I believe that in some circumstances, killing is okay? I may still have a conscience about other things, like say causing unnecessary pain to unwilling creatures.
But I'm not a moron, I know that most of the meat I eat as a member of a first-world nation is from creatures that have been trapped in inhumane conditions for most of their short and miserable lives. I'd say the doe has it good compared to them, regardless of whether or not I shoot her in the head. It's part of biology to respond in greater degree to suffering that happens in your presence than at some remote location. But logic can override that, without meaning you don't have a conscience.
The only animal that I would currently hunt for meat is deer, so everything else does not apply unless the world goes into some other kind of survival scenario. There are areas to hunt deer and a season in which they usually overpopulate the area (and are hit by cars unfortunately). That is the only time I would bother hunting deer. I do acknowledge a conscience in choosing my prey (and when to hunt), but not when I am actually hunting said prey (as far as means and methods).
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How many forms do you have? Are they all just incarnations of regular animals, or can you do any fantasy based transformations?
You want to know this why?
I figure you have a good imagination and I wanted to see what you have come up with as suitable transformations for yourself. You are probably better than the generic transform into a cat or bear crowd.
You're asking a vampire to step into the sunlight.
Even on my world, my shape isn't recognized. There are four - known and revered. And sure, each one of them can kill you in delightful and creative ways. I can even do a pretty good imitation of some of the transformations.
But mine is the fifth. Toren. It's not fantasy, or glamorous. (I detest otherkin/otakukin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otherkin) and their self-righteous geek wankfest. Or worse - read up on Jenny-nova (http://www.demon-sushi.com/warning/mee.html).) Mine doesn't even look like a true shape. You just disappear.
Only you don't. You're thrown instead into a place where you can see reality, but not touch it. It shatters and slides between dream and illusion. And you're hunted there, unless you fight. They drain you and anything else they can find, the speritu. They tear each other to pieces out of starvation.
It sounds interesting and delightfully terrifying. I am also into disappearing acts, the milk carton kind of course.
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Would you ever challenge Alex to a duel? He's a scary fucker.
What makes him scary?
His stories of beating people up.
Stories? I have only talked about one instance here, as far as I can remember. I am not scary.
You make me pee myself. :(
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Had a shower today, you smelly bitch? Make sure you keep the pussy clean. :zoinks:
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No. I haven't. What are you going to do about it?
If my pussy gets dirty enough, will you decide you don't want to fuck it after all?
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No. I haven't. What are you going to do about it?
If my pussy gets dirty enough, will you decide you don't want to fuck it after all?
I'll just have to clean it up for you then.
Just don't piss on me on purpose while we're in ze shower.
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Who killed Bambi? :rock:
Huh?
Sorry, that's not correct. But thanks for playing!
:laugh:
It's a quote from The Great Rock'n'Roll Swindle. Something Sid Vicious keeps saying over and over.
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I grew up as a complete media ignoramus. No TV, few friends, parents who were equally ignorant of pop culture. I'm afraid that pop culture references before the turn of the millennium are going to be completely lost on me.
I know who Bambi is (though I've never seen the movie), because I've had to get to know the animated film industry. But those other names mean nothing.
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It's official. I mailed the paperwork today, so I think I'm clear to say it. I've leased my soul to EA Tiburon, starting next December.
The thought still makes me sick, but at this point I hope it doesn't go away. It'll scare my ass into doing what's necessary.
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I hope that it goes well for you.
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Thanks, Callaway.
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It's official. I mailed the paperwork today, so I think I'm clear to say it. I've leased my soul to EA Tiburon, starting next December.
The thought still makes me sick, but at this point I hope it doesn't go away. It'll scare my ass into doing what's necessary.
December 2009 or 2008? I hope you enjoy your stay in Orlando if that is when you begin work. I just drove through Orlando yesterday to visit my parents at a tax seminar (Dad was doing some continuing education thing with the IRS at the Marriott) and then headed to Miami to spend some time with my brother today. Downtown Disney was insane, their damn hotel was too damn close to that mess.
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Dec 2008. I don't think they hire that far in advance.
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Do you have a naginata as part of your weapons collection?
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No. :'( That would be rather cool.
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No. :'( That would be rather cool.
I was thinking of buying one for £55, but my mother would only complain. :p
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Your mother needs a good set of balls. ::)
Gawd, I'm so glad I'm not living in my parents' house anymore. It sucks having to balance your own desires against "this is our house and we make the rules".
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It's official. I mailed the paperwork today, so I think I'm clear to say it. I've leased my soul to EA Tiburon, starting next December.
The thought still makes me sick, but at this point I hope it doesn't go away. It'll scare my ass into doing what's necessary.
Hope you get the new job.
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I've got it. It's the official offer that I signed and mailed back.
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I've got it. It's the official offer that I signed and mailed back.
Ah, oui.
Babycart fan?
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000BV20Y.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg)
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It has sword fighting....
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I've got it. It's the official offer that I signed and mailed back.
Well done :)
Whats the conditions etc like?
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What does your finger smell like after been in your pussy? :zoinks:
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What does your finger smell like after been in your pussy? :zoinks:
Does Pyraxis finger herself?
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I think the REAL question is: Does she even smell her fingers on such occasions?
I'm guessing whether she does or not, said finger would smell like wherever it has just come from...
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Babycart fan?
I haven't seen the movies, but I like what I've read so far of the manga. I forget the number of the one I have, but it's the one with the whore who throws shit on the samurai's door for wrongfully killing her brother.
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It has sword fighting....
Sword fighting is good. ;D If it's swordfighting with intelligence, I'm sold.
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I've got it. It's the official offer that I signed and mailed back.
Well done :)
Whats the conditions etc like?
I probably won't know for sure till I get there. But I doubt it's as bad as it was during the whole EA wife mess a few years ago. The TA's tell a different story than the execs, of course, but even worst case scenario, crunch is probably only 4 months or so out of the year.
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What does your finger smell like after been in your pussy? :zoinks:
Not a clue, I've never tried sticking it in.
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I've got it. It's the official offer that I signed and mailed back.
Well done :)
Whats the conditions etc like?
I probably won't know for sure till I get there. But I doubt it's as bad as it was during the whole EA wife mess a few years ago. The TA's tell a different story than the execs, of course, but even worst case scenario, crunch is probably only 4 months or so out of the year.
EA from a gamers perspective has always been rather a play it safe organisation, they never seem to take big gambles and innovate like the other companies do. I would guess that means you would have decent notice of crunch times...
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EA from a gamers perspective has always been rather a play it safe organisation, they never seem to take big gambles and innovate like the other companies do.
Er, yes, I'm aware of this. But remember EA own a lot of studios, including the one that made The Sims, which was pretty innovative and revolutionary. It runs the gamut. Tiburon, however, is one of the more traditional ones.
I would guess that means you would have decent notice of crunch times...
Yes.
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It has sword fighting....
Sword fighting is good. ;D If it's swordfighting with intelligence, I'm sold.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWQaAWkD3m8
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Dec 2008. I don't think they hire that far in advance.
That makes sense, though they are always thinking about next year with that franchise I bet. I am sure you will be doing all sorts of logos and other branding (ESPN especially) for the game. Maybe they will have you mess with the team mascots. The NCAA game has had a thing where you could play as an entire team comprised of each team's mascots, they could implement that in the NFL (but not all teams have actual mascots though).
I always get confused when someone says "next" something for some reason. I think they mean the next year/week/month and not the current. For example, someone saying they have a doctor's appointment next November (11/2008) I would think they mean 11/2009 instead, and they would just say they have a appointment in November (this year). Same with someone saying "See you next Friday" (when it is Monday and they are talking about the Friday 4 days away), I always think they are saying the next week.
Anyways, Congratulations on making the big bucks.
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who would you have sex with if it had to be me or peaguy
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Peaguy, because I don't know you.
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*blinks*
Moving right along ...
I was wondering if you were familiar with trueSpace from Caligari, if it is something you would play with, have played with or if it a waste of time to download.
I have read that it is a "half decent, beginner's 3D software set."
It is free (version 7.6) right now (but you have to set up an account and they email you a private link to get the file) and I was hoping you could tell me something about it. I am not familiar, but I plan to download it and have a look, unless you advise against it.
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*blinks*
Moving right along ...
I was wondering if you were familiar with trueSpace from Caligari, if it is something you would play with, have played with or if it a waste of time to download.
I have read that it is a "half decent, beginner's 3D software set."
It is free (version 7.6) right now (but you have to set up an account and they email you a private link to get the file) and I was hoping you could tell me something about it. I am not familiar, but I plan to download it and have a look, unless you advise against it.
Truespace is ok, but not amazing. Twas quite fun to play on and learn in school though...
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I was wondering if you were familiar with trueSpace from Caligari, if it is something you would play with, have played with or if it a waste of time to download.
I have read that it is a "half decent, beginner's 3D software set."
It is free (version 7.6) right now (but you have to set up an account and they email you a private link to get the file) and I was hoping you could tell me something about it. I am not familiar, but I plan to download it and have a look, unless you advise against it.
I'm not familiar with it, so I don't have a good sense of its strengths and weaknesses. I looked through its site though and it does seem decent.
What do you want to do with it? In the past I've recommended Gmax to people who were looking for free 3d software to play with, but that was because it was compatible with 3d Studio Max and some game engines.
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I was wondering if you were familiar with trueSpace from Caligari, if it is something you would play with, have played with or if it a waste of time to download.
I have read that it is a "half decent, beginner's 3D software set."
It is free (version 7.6) right now (but you have to set up an account and they email you a private link to get the file) and I was hoping you could tell me something about it. I am not familiar, but I plan to download it and have a look, unless you advise against it.
I'm not familiar with it, so I don't have a good sense of its strengths and weaknesses. I looked through its site though and it does seem decent.
What do you want to do with it? In the past I've recommended Gmax to people who were looking for free 3d software to play with, but that was because it was compatible with 3d Studio Max and some game engines.
OK, Thanks.
I'm probably not going to do anything, other than play. Much like my fractals, I will mostly give images to people, print a few to hang in free places and (very seldom) sell one, if I am lucky.
I am most interested in using it to create other-worldly ?-scapes. I have an early version of Bryce, which I have played around with quite a bit, putting fractal skins on terrain, oceans, clouds and other obsessive nonsense, but I find it to be not very intuitive to work with. Most of the free tutorials I've seen assume that you are comfortable with its interface, but I am not. It fights me.
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Oooh, I loved Bryce. That was where I first learned the interplay of color and light and atmospheric conditions. I agree the interface is odd though (and on that note stay far away from Zbrush, not that it would be very useful for rendering alien landscapes anyway).
I'd be curious to know if trueSpace will let you do similar things.
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What the fuck am I doing posting here? :zombiefuck:
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Oooh, I loved Bryce. That was where I first learned the interplay of color and light and atmospheric conditions. I agree the interface is odd though (and on that note stay far away from Zbrush, not that it would be very useful for rendering alien landscapes anyway).
I'd be curious to know if trueSpace will let you do similar things.
It didnt, or not in my time anyway. As a modelling package, its rather basic.
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What the fuck am I doing posting here? :zombiefuck:
Glad to hear you know where to find the ultimate authority on your motivation.
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Nah. There's just no one else left who'd
be likely to guess at a reasonable answer. :lol:
I think boredom is at fault.
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Boredom is the mind-killer.
Maybe you need a new schtick.
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I try. Things don't work, and
it's hard to keep trying them.
But, I blame Vietnam.
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I try. Things don't work, and
it's hard to keep trying them.
But, I blame Vietnam.
I know I blame my trick knee on the 'Nam. Damn Viet Cong.
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I try. Things don't work, and
it's hard to keep trying them.
But, I blame Vietnam.
I know I blame my trick knee on the 'Nam. Damn Viet Cong.
I blame my AS and ADHD on Vietnam! :finger: Oh and Richard Nixon, too. :grrr:
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I try. Things don't work, and
it's hard to keep trying them.
But, I blame Vietnam.
I know I blame my trick knee on the 'Nam. Damn Viet Cong.
I blame my AS and ADHD on Vietnam! :finger: Oh and Richard Nixon, too. :grrr:
You weren't in Vietnam, were you, Ozymandias?
I didn't think that you were old enough.
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I try. Things don't work, and
it's hard to keep trying them.
But, I blame Vietnam.
I know I blame my trick knee on the 'Nam. Damn Viet Cong.
I blame my AS and ADHD on Vietnam! :finger: Oh and Richard Nixon, too. :grrr:
You weren't in Vietnam, were you, Ozymandias?
I didn't think that you were old enough.
Shhhhhhhh, neither was Calandale, but, thats our little secret! ;)
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I'm refighting it, right now. :toporly:
Pain in the bloody ass, if you ask me.
But, I get addicted to stupid shit.
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Damn. I'm not old enough for Vietnam.
But then I don't even think we should be in Iraq.
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Damn. I'm not old enough for Vietnam.
But then I don't even think we should be in Iraq.
You and a large minority.
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do you play bingo?
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Not since grade school.
Who are you?
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I'm PIGSHIT.
You can call me Adam.
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I think I'd rather call you Pigshit.
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He is Kosmo.
He won't know I wrote this as he is Ignoring me.
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He is Kosmo.
He won't know I wrote this as he is Ignoring me.
Unless he clicks on Show so he can see your post.
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My spam= Please, give this some thought. (http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php/topic,10019.msg429814.html#msg429814)
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Sure thing.
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Why does the farmer fuck his sheep at the edge of a cliff? :redneck: :doggy:
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Um. So he has a view worth enjoying?
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Nope! It's so the sheep will push back!!! :laugh:
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Which country you live and how long you live there and how long you live on this planet?
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You want know this why?
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You want know this why?
... because he seeks life's essential truths in orange, maybe?
:D
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:laugh: I live in the country everybody loves to hate, for the last two of my 25-odd orbits around this sun.
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:laugh: I live in the country everybody loves to hate, for the last two of my 25-odd orbits around this sun.
This answer I find satisfactory.
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You I am glad to have satisfied.
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Does anyone hate the country you previously lived in? If so, who?
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I hate the weather, the people, the midges, the litter and the smell of pee here.
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Does anyone hate the country you previously lived in? If so, who?
Peter's got Scotland covered... does anyone here hate Canada?
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I LOVE Canadia!
I dare somebody to dump on Canadia. :tooledup:
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I really like Canada, too. :)
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I want to run away to a new nation after my degree. Which direction should I run? Or should I just jump?
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Depends, what are your political beliefs? How much danger are you looking for? In what kind of system do you want to establish yourself?
As for just jumping, it depends on how your instincts tend to lead you. Jumping has worked well for me in terms of growing spiritually, but not in growing in the practical world. A friend of mine who abhors jumping blind has made huge strides in money and business, but can't get a girl to save his life.
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Depends, what are your political beliefs? How much danger are you looking for? In what kind of system do you want to establish yourself?
As for just jumping, it depends on how your instincts tend to lead you. Jumping has worked well for me in terms of growing spiritually, but not in growing in the practical world. A friend of mine who abhors jumping blind has made huge strides in money and business, but can't get a girl to save his life.
Politically I believe in Meritocracy, which of course is a system that would benefit ourselves an awful lot. Dangerwise I am a tad indecisive, I both love it whilst being a coward. As for system, one I would feel happy in, not just now, but for decades to come. Am I being unrealistic?
Your friend I imagine is brilliant at big talk, but loathes small talk. Like most people who are actually intelligent.
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I think you should research the political directions of European countries and figure out which one is most ripe to head towards increased meritocracy. I don't know much about current politics myself so this is all theoretical. But you're at a perfect time to position yourself, before you've built up a network of contacts.
But I don't expect that you would be able to find a system you could be happy in for decades by jumping now, any more than people can find a happy marriage with the first person they ever date. You might have to jump to get it out of your system, or to figure out what you're capable of, or to learn what's out there. Then once you have a better sense of your strengths, you can position yourself more strategically to make a long-term impact.
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I think you should research the political directions of European countries and figure out which one is most ripe to head towards increased meritocracy. I don't know much about current politics myself so this is all theoretical. But you're at a perfect time to position yourself, before you've built up a network of contacts.
The problem is that there is a country that is nearly there, though I fear it may be undone. Politics is a very uncertain business, some would say that the west is heading towards its dusk.
But I don't expect that you would be able to find a system you could be happy in for decades by jumping now, any more than people can find a happy marriage with the first person they ever date. You might have to jump to get it out of your system, or to figure out what you're capable of, or to learn what's out there. Then once you have a better sense of your strengths, you can position yourself more strategically to make a long-term impact.
My problem is I could find (in fact have practically done) a few hundred cases where I could not have a happy marriage, practically consecutively. Though I did find a girl that would have really suited me the other night, shame she already has a boyfriend. Society is so helpful. :(
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My problem is I could find (in fact have practically done) a few hundred cases where I could not have a happy marriage, practically consecutively. Though I did find a girl that would have really suited me the other night, shame she already has a boyfriend. Society is so helpful. :(
I don't really understand what you mean. Are you still talking about picking a new country after graduation, or are you talking about wanting to find a girlfriend?
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My problem is I could find (in fact have practically done) a few hundred cases where I could not have a happy marriage, practically consecutively. Though I did find a girl that would have really suited me the other night, shame she already has a boyfriend. Society is so helpful. :(
I don't really understand what you mean. Are you still talking about picking a new country after graduation, or are you talking about wanting to find a girlfriend?
Both, but with the gf case my main weakness is my own pickyness, but society contributes by almost decreeing that you have to make a split second decision as to whether to go for it.
But my real point here is that I could easily fun through all the nations and find good reasons not to go and live there. The number of nations that vaguely work is very small, well less than 100.
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Okay, yeah, that sounds like it has more to do with seeing bad in everything than some inherent problem with politics.
Maybe you should run to whichever nation you know the least about.
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what are your thoughts on ritilin for adults?
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Used to be dead against any psych med, but I didn't really get how ADHD worked. It's been so overdiagnosed that I thought the whole thing was a crock of bull that could be fixed by a little self-discipline and effort. But at least in some cases it's not so. Add self-discipline to the mix and instead of fixing the problem, you end up with a person who's disciplined about all the wrong things, cause they can't focus long enough to figure out the right ones.
So I'm in favor of ritalin for adults, in limited circumstances.
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I took Ritalin for awhile when I was a child.
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do you believe that the human mind is something truly unique above and beyond a very complicated but usually predictable relationship between stimulus and response?
i've seen you discuss some aspects of your own psyche here on this forum and i constantly ask myself some of the same questions. admittedly, when we take charge of shaping or reshaping our own minds it is a unique demonstration of willpower not expected from the vision of humans being mere "sophisticated meat machines". however, the cynic in me wonders how few those moments are when we step out of the pattern of predictability versus the majority of time we spend on cruise control.
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do you believe that the human mind is something truly unique above and beyond a very complicated but usually predictable relationship between stimulus and response?
I think it's a complex enough machine that reductionism is a moot question. Even if we can simplify things into stimulus and response, the stimuli of life are so tangled and there's such a continuous stream of new input that we're not about to hit the bottom of the rabbit hole anytime soon. I treat the mind as something unique, to the degree that it's useful to be awakened by curiosity, and I treat it as something controllable to the degree that belief in control is necessary to reshape it.
i've seen you discuss some aspects of your own psyche here on this forum and i constantly ask myself some of the same questions.
Which ones?
admittedly, when we take charge of shaping or reshaping our own minds it is a unique demonstration of willpower not expected from the vision of humans being mere "sophisticated meat machines". however, the cynic in me wonders how few those moments are when we step out of the pattern of predictability versus the majority of time we spend on cruise control.
Hell, it depends who's doing the predicting. Self-reflection, and seeking out the things you hate, can break you out of personal patterns. Or are you thinking of social roles?
We're self-modifying machines both as individuals and as a species. While history repeats itself to a degree, I don't see us crawling back into caves and rubbing two sticks together as a way of life. As individuals I think we need to figure out how to learn from everyone else's mistakes, because one human lifespan isn't near enough time to reinvent all the patterns from scratch. To the extent that we have similar biology to the other humans (or other species for that matter) around us, we can predict our own responses to stimuli, but if you're really out to break patterns, I think you have to both respect the apparent rules of physical reality, and figure out how to squirm around them.
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I think it's a complex enough machine that reductionism is a moot question. Even if we can simplify things into stimulus and response, the stimuli of life are so tangled and there's such a continuous stream of new input that we're not about to hit the bottom of the rabbit hole anytime soon. I treat the mind as something unique, to the degree that it's useful to be awakened by curiosity, and I treat it as something controllable to the degree that belief in control is necessary to reshape it.
While the notion of reducing the theory of the human mind to stimulus/response is moot it seems like so many people realize so much less than their potential that they do become less than self aware. even for those who try hard to be different, there are usually precious few moments in any given day when we are able to or even remember to rise above monotonous thinking.
i've seen you discuss some aspects of your own psyche here on this forum and i constantly ask myself some of the same questions.
Which ones?
You were discussing sexuality some months back referred to being aware of your mental pleasure/reward structure and perhaps intentionally changing it. Not that i want to turn this into a sex thread but what caught my attention there was the casual discussion of such a bold notion as reprogramming your own mind. people do change and discuss changing but so often it is only in the most shallow way possible and even that kind of change is extremely difficult. deeper and willful alteration of your own psyche is quite daring i think.
Hell, it depends who's doing the predicting. Self-reflection, and seeking out the things you hate, can break you out of personal patterns. Or are you thinking of social roles?
i was thinking of personal patterns and not just behavior but also of thought. for example, self-labeling as politically belonging to "X" and then knee-jerk responding in denial to someone of persuasion "Y" without even thinking of their words. i read of a study showing how the portions of the brain engaged in composing verbal responses during debates with ideological opponents were the same portions active during physical combat. those neurons probably don't do such a good job at objective analysis of the other person's position.
We're self-modifying machines both as individuals and as a species. While history repeats itself to a degree, I don't see us crawling back into caves and rubbing two sticks together as a way of life. As individuals I think we need to figure out how to learn from everyone else's mistakes, because one human lifespan isn't near enough time to reinvent all the patterns from scratch. To the extent that we have similar biology to the other humans (or other species for that matter) around us, we can predict our own responses to stimuli, but if you're really out to break patterns, I think you have to both respect the apparent rules of physical reality, and figure out how to squirm around them.
that's an awesome paragraph. the trick for me personally is carefully choosing to adopt the proper collection of existing patterns that provide me with the most rich life experience. however, i'm a bit of a rebel too and refuse to build myself entirely out of stock components lest i become more of a model number and less of an individual.
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While the notion of reducing the theory of the human mind to stimulus/response is moot it seems like so many people realize so much less than their potential that they do become less than self aware. even for those who try hard to be different, there are usually precious few moments in any given day when we are able to or even remember to rise above monotonous thinking.
That's likely true - but it's hard to know what to compare to. Do you have any people in particular that you look to as good examples of rising above repetitive mundane thinking?
You were discussing sexuality some months back referred to being aware of your mental pleasure/reward structure and perhaps intentionally changing it. Not that i want to turn this into a sex thread but what caught my attention there was the casual discussion of such a bold notion as reprogramming your own mind. people do change and discuss changing but so often it is only in the most shallow way possible and even that kind of change is extremely difficult. deeper and willful alteration of your own psyche is quite daring i think.
Thanks. :) I don't mind if this gets turned into a sex thread, there's plenty to discuss there too. And I don't think it's likely to get too badly sidetracked. (There's the whole rest of the forum for that. :P )
You've done your own share of reprogramming after you quit the electro-play, if I'm remembering that story right. Has it been successful?
Agreed that deep change is difficult, but it's more possible than people sometimes think. If you've done any research on trauma responses you've probably seen plenty of the inventive ways the mind adapts to circumstances when it believes there's no alternative. If you can trick your mind into thinking the alternatives are too horrible to contemplate, then you can draw on that energy to drive a change. I think innocence is also an important factor - the younger you are, the more plastic a sense you have of the way the world works, and the easier it is to believe in the ability to change. Self-fulfilling prophecy is a big part of the equation so you want it to work in your favor.
i read of a study showing how the portions of the brain engaged in composing verbal responses during debates with ideological opponents were the same portions active during physical combat. those neurons probably don't do such a good job at objective analysis of the other person's position.
Interesting. I've seen similar studies where people were shown photos and asked to read the arguments of two people, one from their own political party and one from an opposing party. There was a strong bias towards rating the people from their own party higher on metrics that were completely unrelated to the argument, such as physical appearance. People were also more likely to accept the arguments from their own party as sound, and miss the logical flaws. Not to mention all the analysis that's been done of sales techniques and how susceptible people are to emotional appeals.
But the thing is that the generalization and stereotyping that humans naturally do is actually evolutionarily sound, because it allows for split-second decisions and intuitive leaps that are necessary in survival situations. Objective analysis alone isn't enough to solve the problem, or our current AI would be much more capable of "living" and not just solving the highly specialized problems we pose to them now.
the trick for me personally is carefully choosing to adopt the proper collection of existing patterns that provide me with the most rich life experience.
What patterns have you picked? It's easy to talk about this stuff theoretically, but harder to keep it sound in the mess of everyday life.
however, i'm a bit of a rebel too and refuse to build myself entirely out of stock components lest i become more of a model number and less of an individual.
Agreed - and if you try to take conscious control of the entire process, you lose a vital part of creativity and uniqueness. From what I've seen, it's a balancing act.
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Okay, yeah, that sounds like it has more to do with seeing bad in everything than some inherent problem with politics.
Maybe you should run to whichever nation you know the least about.
North Korea? :P
Yeah I probably do have a problem with my own pessimism - though I maintain its warranted.
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North Korea? :P
Yeah I probably do have a problem with my own pessimism - though I maintain its warranted.
:laugh: Well, that's one way, I suppose. For all I know it is warranted. Doesn't mean it's productive.
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That's likely true - but it's hard to know what to compare to. Do you have any people in particular that you look to as good examples of rising above repetitive mundane thinking?
not too many i can think of. perhaps richard feynman or lao tzu (if he existed).
You've done your own share of reprogramming after you quit the electro-play, if I'm remembering that story right. Has it been successful?
yes i've done a lot of self reprogramming but i never succeeded with that one. i've given it up for periods of time but only in a way of using will power against desire. never eliminating the desire itself.
Agreed that deep change is difficult, but it's more possible than people sometimes think. If you've done any research on trauma responses you've probably seen plenty of the inventive ways the mind adapts to ...
i do believe the brain is adaptable even into adulthood but one difference between say recovering from a trauma and say intentionally removing a desire. in one case, your natural motivation to succeed in change is a given and in the other it's an uphill battle against your own will.
But the thing is that the generalization and stereotyping that humans naturally do is actually evolutionarily sound, because it allows for split-second decisions and intuitive leaps that are necessary in survival situations. Objective analysis alone isn't enough to solve the problem, or our current AI would be much more capable of "living" and not just solving the highly specialized problems we pose to them now.
nice point. everyone assumes that evolution results in lofty products of sublime refinement when, in fact, it's just about survival. in specific, it's only about survival up to the point of reproduction and raising a viable independent child. there is no guarantee that evolution wont heavily bias towards qualities that are undesirable when judged on some scale such as morality or even pure intelligence. are you familiar with current AI research? perhaps i'm off base but i get the impression you are in a mathematical or technical field.
What patterns have you picked? It's easy to talk about this stuff theoretically, but harder to keep it sound in the mess of everyday life.
some examples for me personally, i try to force myself to seek out news sources and information that oppose my natural viewpoints in order to constantly challenge my core beliefs. the more something pisses me off the more i'm determined to get to the root of it and see if there is any substance. in the professional world, i try to identify fear or weakness and then immediately dive into a situation where i have to conquer it under sink-or-swim circumstances. it's not easy to keep making choices like this but i believe it's a worthy cause.
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North Korea? :P
Yeah I probably do have a problem with my own pessimism - though I maintain its warranted.
:laugh: Well, that's one way, I suppose. For all I know it is warranted. Doesn't mean it's productive.
Ha - well I am scared that if I become too optimistic, I might also become too productive (which might not be the best of things).
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Ha - well I am scared that if I become too optimistic, I might also become too productive (which might not be the best of things).
Why not?
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Ha - well I am scared that if I become too optimistic, I might also become too productive (which might not be the best of things).
Why not?
Lets say sometimes I like to take things a wee bit too far...
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That sounds like it might be an entertaining story....
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Are you living in Orlando now? If so, how do you like it?
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Yeah, I'm in Orlando.
I don't really have an opinion on it. It's another place.
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Have you gone to Disneyworld yet?
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Kind of. We had a company Christmas party that was in a place that I think was part of Universal Studios. Or something like that. I didn't really keep track.
Disneyworld doesn't really interest me.
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What about this ride?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAhkJjzSBKQ
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Is it embarrassing to be a Canuck? Do the Yanks ridicule you like we ridicule the Norwegians? :P
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What about this ride?
But we can't be free, until we learn to laugh at ourselves. Once you look in the mirror and see just how foolish we can be, laughter is inevitable. And from laughter comes wisdom. ~Andreas Katsulas
:zoinks:
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Is it embarrassing to be a Canuck? Do the Yanks ridicule you like we ridicule the Norwegians? :P
I once got earnestly asked, by an otherwise intelligent 12-year-old, if I really lived in an igloo. I think it's more embarrassing to the Yanks.
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Is it embarrassing to be a Canuck? Do the Yanks ridicule you like we ridicule the Norwegians? :P
I once got earnestly asked, by an otherwise intelligent 12-year-old, if I really lived in an igloo. I think it's more embarrassing to the Yanks.
living in an igloo is nothing to be embarassed about, be proud of who you are.
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Do you like it in Florida?
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Ack, didn't Alex just ask me that?
Florida is a place. I don't have a real answer to the smalltalk question "how do you like it?" except the one I would reel off about weather, for people I don't give a shit about.
It would be better if it weren't covered with scrawny buildings, or at least had a better bus system.
I want to go camping in the Everglades. Maybe after that, I'll know more how I like it.
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What about this ride?
But we can't be free, until we learn to laugh at ourselves. Once you look in the mirror and see just how foolish we can be, laughter is inevitable. And from laughter comes wisdom. ~Andreas Katsulas
:zoinks:
:laugh:
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Kind of. We had a company Christmas party that was in a place that I think was part of Universal Studios. Or something like that. I didn't really keep track.
Disneyworld doesn't really interest me.
Busch gardens = go.
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Why? What are they?
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Why? What are they?
A theme park infinitely better than Disney.
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Roller coasters = Busch Gardens and Universal Islands of Adventure. Everything else is meh roller coaster wise in FL. Plenty of interesting places to camp, not just the Everglades. Jenni Springs, Silver springs, and several other springs are fun places to camp. There are campgrounds at Zephyrhills I think too. The suburban sprawl and lack of decent public transportation in FL is troublesome. Orlando has buses, and I never enjoyed the Lynx system much near UCF. It worked when I didn't have a car though.
It got to 80 degrees today, which is something I love. I can see why as a Canadian that would bother you.
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how would you describe yourself with 3 words?
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Ack, didn't Alex just ask me that?
Florida is a place. I don't have a real answer to the smalltalk question "how do you like it?" except the one I would reel off about weather, for people I don't give a shit about.
It would be better if it weren't covered with scrawny buildings, or at least had a better bus system.
I want to go camping in the Everglades. Maybe after that, I'll know more how I like it.
Too hot for my blood down there nice to visit
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describe yourself with half a word.
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how would you describe yourself with 3 words?
Paprika. Taggart. Cordair.
(To whom?)
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Roller coasters = Busch Gardens and Universal Islands of Adventure.
Cool, good to know.
Plenty of interesting places to camp, not just the Everglades. Jenni Springs, Silver springs, and several other springs are fun places to camp. There are campgrounds at Zephyrhills I think too.
Also good to know. :)
Orlando has buses, and I never enjoyed the Lynx system much near UCF. It worked when I didn't have a car though.
The part I'm in doesn't have very good connections.
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describe yourself with half a word.
Jo.
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Roller coasters = Busch Gardens and Universal Islands of Adventure.
Cool, good to know.
Plenty of interesting places to camp, not just the Everglades. Jenni Springs, Silver springs, and several other springs are fun places to camp. There are campgrounds at Zephyrhills I think too.
Also good to know. :)
Orlando has buses, and I never enjoyed the Lynx system much near UCF. It worked when I didn't have a car though.
The part I'm in doesn't have very good connections.
Sucks to hear you don't have good connections where you live. I guess I am good for something. If you want to know more about the area, you can ask me as I have lived in FL for almost 30 years. I spent 2 of them going to school in Orlando at UCF. Also Fort Clinch (Fernadina Beach) has campgrounds and civil war re-enactments. Kinda hilarious to be camping and have serious RPers in civil war gear walk by at night.
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Kinda hilarious to be camping and have serious RPers in civil war gear walk by at night.
Oh, I've got to get me some of that. ;D
Got any tips on keeping the coons out of the trash?
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Kinda hilarious to be camping and have serious RPers in civil war gear walk by at night.
Oh, I've got to get me some of that. ;D
Got any tips on keeping the coons out of the trash?
http://www.ehow.com/how_156013_keep-raccoons-trash.html
I don't pretend to know how to keep the raccoons out of the trash myself, they are sneaky bastards. I assume a few of those work.
It has been a while since I camped at Fort Clinch, but it used to be my favorite when I was in the Boy Scouts. It is less than an hour north of Jacksonville and pretty close to the border of GA and FL. It is on the north end of Amelia Island. Nassau County if I remember correctly. We had a 14 mile or so hike we took there too.
http://www.ameliaislandvacation.com/ThingsToDo/FortClinch/
http://ameliaislandliving.com/emagazine/publish/article_544.shtml
The Ichetucknee spring/river was a favorite as well. Its water stays 72 degrees, even during the winter. We used to go tubing there all the time.
http://www.floridastateparks.org/ichetuckneesprings/default.cfm
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Kinda hilarious to be camping and have serious RPers in civil war gear walk by at night.
Oh, I've got to get me some of that. ;D
Got any tips on keeping the coons out of the trash?
Catch them in the act and kill them.
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Kinda hilarious to be camping and have serious RPers in civil war gear walk by at night.
Oh, I've got to get me some of that. ;D
Got any tips on keeping the coons out of the trash?
Catch them in the act and kill them.
then leave the mangled carcass next to the trash for a couple of days so that the rest of them see it. ive never tried this with coons but it works well with those garbage digin bums.
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Catch them in the act and kill them.
My plan thus far has been tossing my meat scraps off the back porch as a bargain. I dunno that morning inconvenience is an offense worthy of death.
then leave the mangled carcass next to the trash for a couple of days so that the rest of them see it. ive never tried this with coons but it works well with those garbage digin bums.
Been doing that with the ants though. I have yet to see if it will be effective.
Thinking maybe I should try DD's suggestion of leaving standing water outside. My partner does not believe me that it would work.
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describe yourself with half a word.
Jo.
That's means something between "yes" and "well" in Swedish. We have "ja" like in German and then we have "jo", which is exclusively Swedish. :P
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how would you describe yourself with 3 words?
Paprika. Taggart. Cordair.
(To whom?)
me
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describe yourself with half a word.
Jo.
That's means something between "yes" and "well" in Swedish. We have "ja" like in German and then we have "jo", which is exclusively Swedish. :P
it means already in finnish :P
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We have "ju" too in Swedish, which means "though" or something like that. Isn't quite possible to translate into English.
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we have juu means means yes :laugh:
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Jojo, you Finns are worst. :P
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i said means means :zombiefuck:
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Catch them in the act and kill them.
My plan thus far has been tossing my meat scraps off the back porch as a bargain. I dunno that morning inconvenience is an offense worthy of death.
Raccoons are very resourceful and clever predators. The only way you are going to keep them out of your garbage cans is to use some kind of locking containers.
Raccoons will eat a dead brother, so leaving a dead one behind would be more like baiting them.
Which, suddenly brings to mind a different form of entertainment you could pursue. Kind of like making lemonade out of lemons, so to speak. How about taking that same meat offering, a fishing pole with a stout line, a heavy gauge treble hook and setting the meat into the hook, tossing it out by the cans and waiting until one grabs the bait. Then in your best fisherman style, set the hook well and reel him in. I'll bet a raccoon on a hook would put up quite a fight.
:evillaugh:
then leave the mangled carcass next to the trash for a couple of days so that the rest of them see it. ive never tried this with coons but it works well with those garbage digin bums.
Been doing that with the ants though. I have yet to see if it will be effective.
Thinking maybe I should try DD's suggestion of leaving standing water outside. My partner does not believe me that it would work.
When I mentioned my ant problem, I was referring to the type of huge harvester ants we have here in Indiana. They strip trees, cut leaves, carry the refuse underground to make a compost mold which they use to feed a colony of aphids, whose urine they eat - kind of like keeping their own herd of dairy animals.
I don't know what kind of ants you are dealing with there, but learning about their life cycle may help you to control them.
You still may end up having to resort to some pyrethrum (which is derived from some types of chrysanthemum and totally organic, but it doesn't last long), pyrethroid (similar, still fairly safe to humans, birds and mammals, but manufactured to resist photochemical breakdown over a longer exposure time) based or boric acid based compounds (still relatively safe for humans).
Worst case scenario would be the use of manmade toxins, such as Diazinon if you can find it, or Malathion. (those last two are very stinky and dangerous. In fact, manufacture of Diazinon has been banned in the USA and it was removed from many store shelves a few years ago, but some is still sold in farming markets. It was a very effective control for fireants common to the south.)
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That's means something between "yes" and "well" in Swedish. We have "ja" like in German and then we have "jo", which is exclusively Swedish. :P
Interesting...
It's also a short stick used in Japanese martial arts, a common Korean family name, and something I can't find a translation for in Hindi.
None of those consider its other half, though.
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How about taking that same meat offering, a fishing pole with a stout line, a heavy gauge treble hook and setting the meat into the hook, tossing it out by the cans and waiting until one grabs the bait. Then in your best fisherman style, set the hook well and reel him in. I'll bet a raccoon on a hook would put up quite a fight.
Coonfishing! :laugh:
Or, I could hook the scraps over various high-up and awkward twigs on the dead branches of trees in the back yard, and do a scientific study of just how canny of climbers these guys are....
When I mentioned my ant problem...
We actually confirmed today that it was water they were coming in for. That cutting I mentioned a while ago - after it had been watered, a steady stream of ants were sneaking in from somewhere near the front door, going purposefully up the pot, down inside it, hanging around for a while, and then taking off again. So I put a tin can of water beside the front porch. Hopefully it'll help without my having to figure out the toxins.
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How about taking that same meat offering, a fishing pole with a stout line, a heavy gauge treble hook and setting the meat into the hook, tossing it out by the cans and waiting until one grabs the bait. Then in your best fisherman style, set the hook well and reel him in. I'll bet a raccoon on a hook would put up quite a fight.
Coonfishing! :laugh:
It was just a funny thought I had after using the word "baiting," which I truly believe would be the effect of leaving dead ones around.
Doubt if fishing for them would work, because, as I mentioned, they are cunning.
Or, I could hook the scraps over various high-up and awkward twigs on the dead branches of trees in the back yard, and do a scientific study of just how canny of climbers these guys are....
And document every attempt ...
:D
When I mentioned my ant problem...
We actually confirmed today that it was water they were coming in for.
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I hope it helps.
You moved the plant cutting, right?
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Kinda hilarious to be camping and have serious RPers in civil war gear walk by at night.
Oh, I've got to get me some of that. ;D
Got any tips on keeping the coons out of the trash?
Catch them in the act and kill them.
That is actually closer to what I would do. Locking trash bins would probably work best.
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Why is Canadian "whisky" so shitty? :scratchhead:
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Will the asteroid currently on its way toward Earth make contact or just take out a few satellites? Current calculations have it definitely inside the orbits of most satellites.
If it misses this time, will it hit a few years later upon its return?
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if it takes out sky i will die.
will it kill us all in a merciful way?
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(To whom?)
me
In that case - :belly: :poke: and :evilplus:
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You moved the plant cutting, right?
Yeah. When I read this. :-[
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Why is Canadian "whisky" so shitty? :scratchhead:
Wouldn't know, I've never drunk it.
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It's like your piss, but a little sweeter.
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It's like diluted vodka with sugar and caramel colour.... :thumbdn:
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It's like diluted vodka with sugar and caramel colour.... :thumbdn:
Sweet piss. :zoinks:
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Kinda hilarious to be camping and have serious RPers in civil war gear walk by at night.
Oh, I've got to get me some of that. ;D
Got any tips on keeping the coons out of the trash?
Catch them in the act and kill them.
That is actually closer to what I would do. Locking trash bins would probably work best.
A really big heavy stick works too if you hit them hard enough with it. >:D
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they're too cute. :grrr:
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they're too cute. :grrr:
They're fucking varmints. I kill them ON SIGHT. ::)
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they're too cute. :grrr:
They're fucking varmints. I kill them ON SIGHT. ::)
Have you stopped to imagine a world without a proper number of varmints populating it?
Each part of life is needed to complete the circle. (I'm not saying that it's NOT OK to kill them, but I AM saying that it is NOT OK to kill them needlessly.)
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:laugh: more varmints!
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I kill without remorse. >:D
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One kill what you will eat. Stalking the Wild Asparagus has some coon recipes
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Why won't EA release their Strike games on the Virtual Console?
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Kinda hilarious to be camping and have serious RPers in civil war gear walk by at night.
Oh, I've got to get me some of that. ;D
Got any tips on keeping the coons out of the trash?
Catch them in the act and kill them.
That is actually closer to what I would do. Locking trash bins would probably work best.
A really big heavy stick works too if you hit them hard enough with it. >:D
I personally like my machete for any pesky animal in the yard. I have a good aluminum baseball bat as well.
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Kinda hilarious to be camping and have serious RPers in civil war gear walk by at night.
Oh, I've got to get me some of that. ;D
Got any tips on keeping the coons out of the trash?
Catch them in the act and kill them.
That is actually closer to what I would do. Locking trash bins would probably work best.
A really big heavy stick works too if you hit them hard enough with it. >:D
I personally like my machete for any pesky animal in the yard. I have a good aluminum baseball bat as well.
Lol. Obligatory.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYBZrRCCrXE
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what has Pyraxis been up to this week?
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Having sex with Rage probably. :P
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Will the asteroid currently on its way toward Earth make contact or just take out a few satellites? Current calculations have it definitely inside the orbits of most satellites.
If it misses this time, will it hit a few years later upon its return?
*utterly fails to come up with something witty and entertaining with which to respond to this query*
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will it kill us all in a merciful way?
Last time I checked, asteroids were not known for their goodwill.
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Will the asteroid currently on its way toward Earth make contact or just take out a few satellites? Current calculations have it definitely inside the orbits of most satellites.
If it misses this time, will it hit a few years later upon its return?
*utterly fails to come up with something witty and entertaining with which to respond to this query*
I hope it hits the Swedish parliament or the EU council building. :grrr:
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will it kill us all in a merciful way?
Last time I checked, asteroids were not known for their goodwill.
what if we say please pretty please
i just want it to kill us evenly, whole planet.
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Will the asteroid currently on its way toward Earth make contact or just take out a few satellites? Current calculations have it definitely inside the orbits of most satellites.
If it misses this time, will it hit a few years later upon its return?
*utterly fails to come up with something witty and entertaining with which to respond to this query*
WRONG!
If you were trying to Phail by failing, then your failure failed to Phail. Deal with it!
I am entertained.
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In an honest effort, though, I sometimes wish that I could think of something to ask you.
You are somewhat like me. No one really needs to ask anything because we are open-ish, in our own ways, and if i/we/us-uns "follow" you/me/us-uns then I/we am/are probably as IN as I/we will ever be/get.
This, I see, as A strength.
I wish more did.
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will it kill us all in a merciful way?
Last time I checked, asteroids were not known for their goodwill.
what if we say please pretty please
i just want it to kill us evenly, whole planet.
:plus:
What do you think, Pyraxis, is this not eminently fair and reasonable?
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I think it is. :P
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In an honest effort, though, I sometimes wish that I could think of something to ask you.
You are somewhat like me. No one really needs to ask anything because we are open-ish, in our own ways, and if i/we/us-uns "follow" you/me/us-uns then I/we am/are probably as IN as I/we will ever be/get.
Not quite so. Sometimes I post hoping for questions. And now I'm out for a paradigm shift, seeing if there's enough in me yet to fuel the kind of creation that people would actually want to see.
This, I see, as A strength.
I wish more did.
Me too, sometimes. But then, it would be boring if too many agreed.
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what has Pyraxis been up to this week?
Sprinting headlong into other people's drama and forgetting my own goals. Some working out, some overtime shifts, some staring blankly at the wall, and now blissfully home alone on Friday night with leftover sake. Attempting to get back on target.
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sake, yum yum. actually tastes vile but gets the job done. :green:
what should i dream of?
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sake, yum yum. actually tastes vile but gets the job done. :green:
Actually, you and I are opposites on this one. I quite like the taste, but I normally abhor the effects of being drunk. (Not so keen on headaches either. :hahaha: )
It may have worked, though. To jolt me out of the power high and back into a place where - don't have a good word for it yet. We'll see.
what should i dream of?
Your shows, as they could be?
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yes i do often. but lately my dreams have been different. last night i dreamt of a hot girl, she was blonde. :)
shall i dream of her again tonight? you're my oracle :orly:
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:laugh: Uh oh, what have I gotten myself into?
Hm. Yes you shall. ;D
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what are teh winning lottery numbers? :P
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Hey, just how good do you think I am?
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sake, yum yum. actually tastes vile but gets the job done. :green:
what should i dream of?
Sake goes well with bread things. There is a specific typed of un- or very lightly - leavened bread, similar to a pretzel stick that makes the sake have soul.
BTW, do you understand the spiritual implications involving sake and its origin?
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Hey, just how good do you think I am?
hey, i ask the questions. :P
i think you're good, very good. 8)
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No, she's an emo gheying people when they give advices on relationships. :P
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What about this ride?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAhkJjzSBKQ
I always wanted to go to Disneyland, but after watching that...I fear I may get mesmerised and never want to leave!
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Sake goes well with bread things. There is a specific typed of un- or very lightly - leavened bread, similar to a pretzel stick that makes the sake have soul.
Hm. Hard to find on a GF diet, but I had soft rice cakes.
BTW, do you understand the spiritual implications involving sake and its origin?
Didn't then, but I do more now. I'm guessing you're thinking more of Shinto purification and communing with the gods than the modern social/connection ritual?
You know interesting directions to research.
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alcohol is always an interesting subject. i prefer the hands on approach.
i want sake now. :(
can you make sake yourself?
what have you learned?
what's Shinto?
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I had a lovely time last week. You were fabulous- everything I'd hoped, and more. But how come you never called me back?
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So it's become clear to me that I2 isn't the place for me any longer and I need to move on with my life.
I don't really know how to say this well. It's been my home on the internet for three years. Getting my butt out of here has been more like breaking an addiction than just walking away.
It's what the members make it, and I'm in a dwindling minority. My attempts to jolt it out of stability and consistency, and into something more dynamic and energy-building, have started to mainly do harm.
I'll be around sometimes to keep in touch with people, but I've cut off any investment I had in the community as a whole.
I've been building a small community of an entirely different type on LiveJournal: Yumeza (http://community.livejournal.com/yumeza/). If anyone wants to contact me when I'm not around here, that's where I'll be.
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So it's become clear to me that I2 isn't the place for me any longer and I need to move on with my life.
I don't really know how to say this well. It's been my home on the internet for three years. Getting my butt out of here has been more like breaking an addiction than just walking away.
It's what the members make it, and I'm in a dwindling minority. My attempts to jolt it out of stability and consistency, and into something more dynamic and energy-building, have started to mainly do harm.
I'll be around sometimes to keep in touch with people, but I've cut off any investment I had in the community as a whole.
I've been building a small community of an entirely different type on LiveJournal: Yumeza (http://community.livejournal.com/yumeza/). If anyone wants to contact me when I'm not around here, that's where I'll be.
:-\ Well, stay in touch pal. Stay true to the fire. :thumbup:
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:-\ Well, stay in touch pal. Stay true to the fire. :thumbup:
I will. I expect the same of you.
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What area of that are you posting in Pyraxis? And have fun with what you are doing there.
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So it's become clear to me that I2 isn't the place for me any longer and I need to move on with my life.
I don't really know how to say this well. It's been my home on the internet for three years. Getting my butt out of here has been more like breaking an addiction than just walking away.
It's what the members make it, and I'm in a dwindling minority. My attempts to jolt it out of stability and consistency, and into something more dynamic and energy-building, have started to mainly do harm.
I'll be around sometimes to keep in touch with people, but I've cut off any investment I had in the community as a whole.
I've been building a small community of an entirely different type on LiveJournal: Yumeza (http://community.livejournal.com/yumeza/). If anyone wants to contact me when I'm not around here, that's where I'll be.
Ah, I can see why you would want to quit this site. This forum has been going down the tubes. I will check out your blog.
How did you work go? The game is coming out soon. I assume you have seen it in advance. Are you satisfied with your part in it?
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What area of that are you posting in Pyraxis?
All of it. I'm not sure what you mean by area. The way LJ communities work, it's just one great big list of threads. You can start them or post comments. The various communities I'm part of are listed on my user info page.
And have fun with what you are doing there.
Thanks. Having fun is a big part of the point.
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How did you work go? The game is coming out soon. I assume you have seen it in advance. Are you satisfied with your part in it?
Yeah. I was only there for the last half of production, so it's not as much as others'. And I'm still hoping to get into doing something more art-related instead of just scripting and tools. But I was the main TA support for a couple of the new big features.
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So it's become clear to me that I2 isn't the place for me any longer and I need to move on with my life.
I don't really know how to say this well. It's been my home on the internet for three years. Getting my butt out of here has been more like breaking an addiction than just walking away.
It's what the members make it, and I'm in a dwindling minority. My attempts to jolt it out of stability and consistency, and into something more dynamic and energy-building, have started to mainly do harm.
I'll be around sometimes to keep in touch with people, but I've cut off any investment I had in the community as a whole.
I've been building a small community of an entirely different type on LiveJournal: Yumeza (http://community.livejournal.com/yumeza/). If anyone wants to contact me when I'm not around here, that's where I'll be.
I'm sorry to hear that you're leaving, Pyraxis. I will miss your insight and your rabble-rousing.
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How did you work go? The game is coming out soon. I assume you have seen it in advance. Are you satisfied with your part in it?
Yeah. I was only there for the last half of production, so it's not as much as others'. And I'm still hoping to get into doing something more art-related instead of just scripting and tools. But I was the main TA support for a couple of the new big features.
Ah the new features, that is at least interesting. Sometimes the new features they release are pretty good. What did you think of the ones that you tested? The Procedural Awareness might be really cool, at least from what I read.
I guess this might have gotten your foot in the door, so to speak. I know you aspire to do something different, but this is a start.
Your posts will be missed by many. I have always found your point of view and how you state it to be interesting.
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Your posts will be missed by many. I have always found your point of view and how you state it to be interesting.
:agreed:
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I'm sorry to hear that you're leaving, Pyraxis. I will miss your insight and your rabble-rousing.
Aw, somebody's gonna miss the rabble-rousing? That's cool.
You're one of the reasons to keep in touch. I'm not going to totally disappear, and I'm going to keep following your stuff. I just had to break my addiction to this place because it had me going nowhere fast.
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What did you think of the ones that you tested? The Procedural Awareness might be really cool, at least from what I read.
LOL, part of the issue is I haven't kept track of what's been announced and what hasn't, so I don't know how much detail I'm allowed to go into yet. Ask me again after the release.
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Your posts will be missed by many. I have always found your point of view and how you state it to be interesting.
:agreed:
Thanks. :)
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So it's become clear to me that I2 isn't the place for me any longer and I need to move on with my life.
I don't really know how to say this well. It's been my home on the internet for three years. Getting my butt out of here has been more like breaking an addiction than just walking away.
It's what the members make it, and I'm in a dwindling minority. My attempts to jolt it out of stability and consistency, and into something more dynamic and energy-building, have started to mainly do harm.
I'll be around sometimes to keep in touch with people, but I've cut off any investment I had in the community as a whole.
I've been building a small community of an entirely different type on LiveJournal: Yumeza (http://community.livejournal.com/yumeza/). If anyone wants to contact me when I'm not around here, that's where I'll be.
I commend you, Pyraxis, for your forthrightness. I hope that your LJ community provides the fellowship you want. It is a pitiable thing when one clings to past associations purely from nostalgia, or even worse, from inertia. I'm sorry that you won't be here; the place will be the less for your departure, and I at least would have liked to have further conversations with you. I hope you call in from time to time.
And thank you, also, for not saying that "this place isn't intense enough" for you. :)
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I'm sorry to hear that you're leaving, Pyraxis. I will miss your insight and your rabble-rousing.
Aw, somebody's gonna miss the rabble-rousing? That's cool.
You're one of the reasons to keep in touch. I'm not going to totally disappear, and I'm going to keep following your stuff. I just had to break my addiction to this place because it had me going nowhere fast.
I legitimately will. Now when there's groupthink going on, I'll think "Pyraxis is going to give us all HELLLLLLLL" and then get sad because you're gone. :P
I had a bit of a look at the Yumeza community. It's fascinating, but I don't think I'm quite the demographic you're aiming for on there.
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You can never leave the fates will draw you back >:D
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I commend you, Pyraxis, for your forthrightness. I hope that your LJ community provides the fellowship you want. It is a pitiable thing when one clings to past associations purely from nostalgia, or even worse, from inertia. I'm sorry that you won't be here; the place will be the less for your departure, and I at least would have liked to have further conversations with you. I hope you call in from time to time.
And thank you, also, for not saying that "this place isn't intense enough" for you. :)
:laugh: This place isn't intense enough for me.
But yep, I'm sick of being pitiable and stuck in inertia. We may yet get further conversations, since I never did get the chance to know you, or find your evil side. :angel:
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I legitimately will. Now when there's groupthink going on, I'll think "Pyraxis is going to give us all HELLLLLLLL" and then get sad because you're gone. :P
Ok, if they get too pathetic, PM me, and I will come back and give them all hell just for you. :-*
I had a bit of a look at the Yumeza community. It's fascinating, but I don't think I'm quite the demographic you're aiming for on there.
We'll see if it turns out to be self-sustaining. I've poked my nose into a bunch of the multiplicity communities and there seems to have been a huge wave of activity around 2005 that's mostly died down now. But I'm in the mood for laughing in the face of psychologists and prejudice and angst, and making a place autism-friendly and multiplicity-friendly, but focused first and foremost on creativity.
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You can never leave the fates will draw you back >:D
You underestimate me. :)
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I don't see the point in announcing to everything about your departure, to be honest. You're most likely going to come back, trust me. 80% of people (from personal observation) who said they're leaving inevitably come back. I've also done this before with another forum and I still came crawling back, although thankfuly it's closed down now.
Then there's pea... who left/came back so many times, and now currently begging to come back after doing the fucking stupid mistake of ASKING to be banned due to a retarded personal dispute.
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LOL, I said I'm coming back. Just not often. This was a courtesy to people I've made friends with, 'cause it would suck if I just disappeared without a word.
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What is your cup size?
Are your areola large or small?
Are your areola pink or dark?
How do you shave your muff? (clean shaven, landing strip, triangle, heart, etc)
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Do you also feel a premonition of something big on the horizon?
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What is your cup size?
Are your areola large or small?
Are your areola pink or dark?
How do you shave your muff? (clean shaven, landing strip, triangle, heart, etc)
B, small, pink, kinda randomly, and, the least you could do is come up with unique questions.
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Do you also feel a premonition of something big on the horizon?
For I2? No. For the USA? Maybe, but that's talking decades-range, not anything soon.
For you? :zoinks:
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What is your cup size?
Are your areola large or small?
Are your areola pink or dark?
How do you shave your muff? (clean shaven, landing strip, triangle, heart, etc)
B, small, pink, kinda randomly,
:needpics:
and, the least you could do is come up with unique questions.
Have you ever had a guy go down on you, and spell the alphabet with his tounge??
If not, would you like someone to do it?? :eyebrows: :checkout:
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Do you also feel a premonition of something big on the horizon?
For I2? No. For the USA? Maybe, but that's talking decades-range, not anything soon.
For you? :zoinks:
I meant on a global scale. I feel a rising tension. I think somehow i'll be personally affected for some strange reason.
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:needpics:
(http://s-ak.buzzfed.com/static/imagebuzz/terminal01/2009/10/12/15/sad-shaved-pussy-sfw-seriously-10846-1255376968-10.jpg)
Have you ever had a guy go down on you, and spell the alphabet with his tounge??
If not, would you like someone to do it?? :eyebrows: :checkout:
I'm not a big fan of oral. By the time they got to E I'd probably want to hit them.
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I meant on a global scale. I feel a rising tension. I think somehow i'll be personally affected for some strange reason.
Do you know when?
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I meant on a global scale. I feel a rising tension. I think somehow i'll be personally affected for some strange reason.
Do you know when?
Nope. Visions and epiphanies have a habit of withholding the most important details in my case.
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You can never leave the fates will draw you back >:D
You underestimate me. :)
While it has beeen established that most posters underestimate you, I am stilll wondering how there can be an effect to keep your interest tickled here.
Honestly, I misss the old , but trying to make something of the new membership is becoming a challenge that may hold some slight intrigue for me, like teaching a child to respect fire by showing it how fire can burn and get away from you so quickly or something. Unfortunately, I hate to see kids burned. I am not the one who can do thi ss for them.
Are you planning to stick around for a bit or just get your rockks off again and go?
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Things can't ever stay the same so it's better to accept the change.
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Things can't ever stay the same so it's better to accept the change.
Being part of it, is also being part of what and how it will be.
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Things can't ever stay the same so it's better to accept the change.
Being part of it, is also being part of what and how it will be.
Yes. I2 is largely what its members make it to be.
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You can never leave the fates will draw you back >:D
You underestimate me. :)
While it has beeen established that most posters underestimate you, I am stilll wondering how there can be an effect to keep your interest tickled here.
Honestly, I misss the old , but trying to make something of the new membership is becoming a challenge that may hold some slight intrigue for me, like teaching a child to respect fire by showing it how fire can burn and get away from you so quickly or something. Unfortunately, I hate to see kids burned. I am not the one who can do thi ss for them.
Are you planning to stick around for a bit or just get your rockks off again and go?
Do you mean me?
If you're nice to me, and show me respect, I can promise you, I will be very nice to you, and show you a lot of respect.
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You can never leave the fates will draw you back >:D
You underestimate me. :)
While it has beeen established that most posters underestimate you, I am stilll wondering how there can be an effect to keep your interest tickled here.
Honestly, I misss the old , but trying to make something of the new membership is becoming a challenge that may hold some slight intrigue for me, like teaching a child to respect fire by showing it how fire can burn and get away from you so quickly or something. Unfortunately, I hate to see kids burned. I am not the one who can do thi ss for them.
Are you planning to stick around for a bit or just get your rockks off again and go?
yeah, and I miss 1998 ::)
there is always a sense of elitism among old friends. The fact is this isnt 5 years ago, deal. And your analogy didnt even make sense. Basically, you are saying that you want to show the new member that if you act crazy and make a scene, it gets out of control and then comes back to bite you in the ass ? Well it's not really the newer members that are doing such things it is the established ones.
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I definitely prefer the "new" members to the old ones generally. There are individual people I miss though, like milla and cal
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Things can't ever stay the same so it's better to accept the change.
Oh, you damn physicist, you people always say that kind of stuff.
We lay-persons ignore entropy and refuse to accept or even acknowledge the possibility of any consequences (well, at least, until we are slapped in the face with our lack of faith).
Shit, while I was posting, things changed. What do I do now?
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Things can't ever stay the same so it's better to accept the change.
Oh, you damn physicist, you people always say that kind of stuff.
We lay-persons ignore entropy and refuse to accept or even acknowledge the possibility of any consequences (well, at least, until we are slapped in the face with our lack of faith).
Shit, while I was posting, things changed. What do I do now?
Adapt, or resist, but in the resistance, there is change too.
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We do still need a few more younger members though, to even it out a bit at the Autistic Retirement Home²
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We do still need a few more younger members though, to even it out a bit at the Autistic Retirement Home²
Face it Soph, your first wrinkles and grey hair may be a lot less than a decade away.
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The naturally I will do the right thing and die :santa:
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You can never leave the fates will draw you back >:D
You underestimate me. :)
While it has beeen established that most posters underestimate you, I am stilll wondering how there can be an effect to keep your interest tickled here.
Honestly, I misss the old , but trying to make something of the new membership is becoming a challenge that may hold some slight intrigue for me, like teaching a child to respect fire by showing it how fire can burn and get away from you so quickly or something. Unfortunately, I hate to see kids burned. I am not the one who can do thi ss for them.
Are you planning to stick around for a bit or just get your rockks off again and go?
yeah, and I miss 1998 ::)
there is always a sense of elitism among old friends. The fact is this isnt 5 years ago, deal. And your analogy didnt even make sense. Basically, you are saying that you want to show the new member that if you act crazy and make a scene, it gets out of control and then comes back to bite you in the ass ? Well it's not really the newer members that are doing such things it is the established ones.
I can not understand how one could get it so wrong.
It is the idiots who will be burned.
BTW, have you noticed that I do not think of you as an idiot?
While it may be difficult to come to terms with a way for us to interact, I am approaching with my "big stick" held behind my back, which means that I am hoping for a way to share.
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Things can't ever stay the same so it's better to accept the change.
Oh, you damn physicist, you people always say that kind of stuff.
We lay-persons ignore entropy and refuse to accept or even acknowledge the possibility of any consequences (well, at least, until we are slapped in the face with our lack of faith).
Shit, while I was posting, things changed. What do I do now?
Adapt, or resist, but in the resistance, there is change too.
I was actually trying to start a conversation with Odeon.
I thought that it was so stupid as to be funny.
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Things can't ever stay the same so it's better to accept the change.
Oh, you damn physicist, you people always say that kind of stuff.
We lay-persons ignore entropy and refuse to accept or even acknowledge the possibility of any consequences (well, at least, until we are slapped in the face with our lack of faith).
Shit, while I was posting, things changed. What do I do now?
Adapt, or resist, but in the resistance, there is change too.
I was actually trying to start a conversation with Odeon.
I thought that it was so stupid as to be funny.
Sorry, I took it here. :asthing:
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Things can't ever stay the same so it's better to accept the change.
Oh, you damn physicist, you people always say that kind of stuff.
We lay-persons ignore entropy and refuse to accept or even acknowledge the possibility of any consequences (well, at least, until we are slapped in the face with our lack of faith).
Shit, while I was posting, things changed. What do I do now?
Adapt, or resist, but in the resistance, there is change too.
I was actually trying to start a conversation with Odeon.
I thought that it was so stupid as to be funny.
Sorry, I took it here. :asthing:
I enjoy you, Hyke.
I know that you know that I know that you know that we both have nose hair.
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Things can't ever stay the same so it's better to accept the change.
Oh, you damn physicist, you people always say that kind of stuff.
We lay-persons ignore entropy and refuse to accept or even acknowledge the possibility of any consequences (well, at least, until we are slapped in the face with our lack of faith).
Shit, while I was posting, things changed. What do I do now?
Adapt, or resist, but in the resistance, there is change too.
I was actually trying to start a conversation with Odeon.
I thought that it was so stupid as to be funny.
Sorry, I took it here. :asthing:
I enjoy you, Hyke.
I know that you know that I know that you know that we both have nose hair.
:LMAO:
Thanks. After this laugh, I will sleep like a dream. :-*
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:-*
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I definitely prefer the "new" members to the old ones generally. There are individual people I miss though, like milla and cal
Yeah, I miss them both, too.
Milla was funny and very smart. Cal and I had much in common.
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Things can't ever stay the same so it's better to accept the change.
Being part of it, is also being part of what and how it will be.
Yes. I2 is largely what its members make it to be.
Of course and it is "abby norbal" as the tay coes on.
8)
(have I ever mentioned that I do own a copy of that book?)
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You can never leave the fates will draw you back >:D
You underestimate me. :)
While it has beeen established that most posters underestimate you, I am stilll wondering how there can be an effect to keep your interest tickled here.
Honestly, I misss the old , but trying to make something of the new membership is becoming a challenge that may hold some slight intrigue for me, like teaching a child to respect fire by showing it how fire can burn and get away from you so quickly or something. Unfortunately, I hate to see kids burned. I am not the one who can do thi ss for them.
Are you planning to stick around for a bit or just get your rockks off again and go?
yeah, and I miss 1998 ::)
there is always a sense of elitism among old friends. The fact is this isnt 5 years ago, deal. And your analogy didnt even make sense. Basically, you are saying that you want to show the new member that if you act crazy and make a scene, it gets out of control and then comes back to bite you in the ass ? Well it's not really the newer members that are doing such things it is the established ones.
I can not understand how one could get it so wrong.
It is the idiots who will be burned.
BTW, have you noticed that I do not think of you as an idiot?
While it may be difficult to come to terms with a way for us to interact, I am approaching with my "big stick" held behind my back, which means that I am hoping for a way to share.
The idiots will always get burned. It just seems like you are equating the idiots with the new people. Granted you've been here like a thousand years so maybe you are talking about someone that joined a year ago - but as far as I can see it seems the newer people aren't the ones getting butthurt or flipping out.
I don't think you are an idiot either :) and sometimes I am just an abrasive person. Sometimes cold. I dont mean it. I never had a problem with you and Im sure we will talk and debate in the future. It is just that if I see something I dont agree with Im going to mention it; it doesnt mean that I dont like someone or that I am upset. It's pretty hard to piss me off.
I used to belong to this super elite *cough* private forum ( that died a few years ago) , so I know what it is like to have inner circles, etc. Im just saying we dont have a time machine, so sink or swim.
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You can never leave the fates will draw you back >:D
You underestimate me. :)
While it has beeen established that most posters underestimate you, I am stilll wondering how there can be an effect to keep your interest tickled here.
Honestly, I misss the old , but trying to make something of the new membership is becoming a challenge that may hold some slight intrigue for me, like teaching a child to respect fire by showing it how fire can burn and get away from you so quickly or something. Unfortunately, I hate to see kids burned. I am not the one who can do thi ss for them.
Are you planning to stick around for a bit or just get your rockks off again and go?
yeah, and I miss 1998 ::)
there is always a sense of elitism among old friends. The fact is this isnt 5 years ago, deal. And your analogy didnt even make sense. Basically, you are saying that you want to show the new member that if you act crazy and make a scene, it gets out of control and then comes back to bite you in the ass ? Well it's not really the newer members that are doing such things it is the established ones.
I can not understand how one could get it so wrong.
It is the idiots who will be burned.
BTW, have you noticed that I do not think of you as an idiot?
While it may be difficult to come to terms with a way for us to interact, I am approaching with my "big stick" held behind my back, which means that I am hoping for a way to share.
The idiots will always get burned. It just seems like you are equating the idiots with the new people. Granted you've been here like a thousand years so maybe you are talking about someone that joined a year ago - but as far as I can see it seems the newer people aren't the ones getting butthurt or flipping out.
I don't think you are an idiot either :) and sometimes I am just an abrasive person. Sometimes cold. I dont mean it. I never had a problem with you and Im sure we will talk and debate in the future. It is just that if I see something I dont agree with Im going to mention it; it doesnt mean that I dont like someone or that I am upset. It's pretty hard to piss me off.
I used to belong to this super elite *cough* private forum ( that died a few years ago) , so I know what it is like to have inner circles, etc. Im just saying we dont have a time machine, so sink or swim.
I have to agree with eris. I'm sure you're a great guy DD, but in the time I've been here, you've really just been a total dick towards certain people. You might have reason to dislike me now, but I don't think you did when I first started to have an issue with you. I think it's a shame, because you could be a good guy :(
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You can never leave the fates will draw you back >:D
You underestimate me. :)
While it has beeen established that most posters underestimate you, I am stilll wondering how there can be an effect to keep your interest tickled here.
Honestly, I misss the old , but trying to make something of the new membership is becoming a challenge that may hold some slight intrigue for me, like teaching a child to respect fire by showing it how fire can burn and get away from you so quickly or something. Unfortunately, I hate to see kids burned. I am not the one who can do thi ss for them.
Are you planning to stick around for a bit or just get your rockks off again and go?
yeah, and I miss 1998 ::)
there is always a sense of elitism among old friends. The fact is this isnt 5 years ago, deal. And your analogy didnt even make sense. Basically, you are saying that you want to show the new member that if you act crazy and make a scene, it gets out of control and then comes back to bite you in the ass ? Well it's not really the newer members that are doing such things it is the established ones.
I can not understand how one could get it so wrong.
It is the idiots who will be burned.
BTW, have you noticed that I do not think of you as an idiot?
While it may be difficult to come to terms with a way for us to interact, I am approaching with my "big stick" held behind my back, which means that I am hoping for a way to share.
The idiots will always get burned. It just seems like you are equating the idiots with the new people. Granted you've been here like a thousand years so maybe you are talking about someone that joined a year ago - but as far as I can see it seems the newer people aren't the ones getting butthurt or flipping out.
I don't think you are an idiot either :) and sometimes I am just an abrasive person. Sometimes cold. I dont mean it. I never had a problem with you and Im sure we will talk and debate in the future. It is just that if I see something I dont agree with Im going to mention it; it doesnt mean that I dont like someone or that I am upset. It's pretty hard to piss me off.
I used to belong to this super elite *cough* private forum ( that died a few years ago) , so I know what it is like to have inner circles, etc. Im just saying we dont have a time machine, so sink or swim.
No matter how elite that forum was, it wasn't
... a barely-legal, completely unethical, den of iniquity that exists mainly for the amusement of a socially-able aspergic elite.
:thumbup:
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http://virtual-suicide.net/forums/index.php
I think we only had like 30 or so members that actually posted ? It was a spin off board of a spin off board of a spin off of the manson board. It was open for registration, and every once in a while someone new would show up, but no one ever talked to them :laugh:
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Things can't ever stay the same so it's better to accept the change.
Oh, you damn physicist, you people always say that kind of stuff.
We lay-persons ignore entropy and refuse to accept or even acknowledge the possibility of any consequences (well, at least, until we are slapped in the face with our lack of faith).
Shit, while I was posting, things changed. What do I do now?
:laugh:
Just do what you would do, sans the change.
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Things can't ever stay the same so it's better to accept the change.
Being part of it, is also being part of what and how it will be.
Yes. I2 is largely what its members make it to be.
Of course and it is "abby norbal" as the tay coes on.
8)
(have I ever mentioned that I do own a copy of that book?)
No, I don't think so.
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...It is the idiots who will be burned...
Everyone is an idiot, in the mind of someone else. There's a rock, paper, scissors effect to idiocy. Some are brilliant in some areas, while dense in others. Intelligence can manifest in a million different ways.
So, who gets burned? everyone or no one??
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...It is the idiots who will be burned...
Everyone is an idiot, in the mind of someone else. There's a rock, paper, scissors effect to idiocy. Some are brilliant in some areas, while dense in others. Intelligence can manifest in a million different ways.
So, who gets burned? everyone or no one??
I get burned and so I pass it along.
Why are you even talking to me these days?
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Why are you even talking to me these days?
Work related stress??
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While it has beeen established that most posters underestimate you, I am stilll wondering how there can be an effect to keep your interest tickled here.
Honestly, I misss the old , but trying to make something of the new membership is becoming a challenge that may hold some slight intrigue for me, like teaching a child to respect fire by showing it how fire can burn and get away from you so quickly or something. Unfortunately, I hate to see kids burned. I am not the one who can do thi ss for them.
Are you planning to stick around for a bit or just get your rockks off again and go?
Gonna stick around. Fuck, I'll build it back the way I like it if I can. It's what the members make it, right?
You've got some novelty too. The old crowd idolized you, surely this is a refreshing change?
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If you build it they will come. :P
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What do people* want this site to be?
*as in, anyone reading this who has an opinion
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Frankly, I have no idea. I come here to blow off steam, to relax, and it sometimes works.
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While it has beeen established that most posters underestimate you, I am stilll wondering how there can be an effect to keep your interest tickled here.
Honestly, I misss the old , but trying to make something of the new membership is becoming a challenge that may hold some slight intrigue for me, like teaching a child to respect fire by showing it how fire can burn and get away from you so quickly or something. Unfortunately, I hate to see kids burned. I am not the one who can do thi ss for them.
Are you planning to stick around for a bit or just get your rockks off again and go?
Gonna stick around. Fuck, I'll build it back the way I like it if I can. It's what the members make it, right?
You've got some novelty too. The old crowd idolized you, surely this is a refreshing change?
What do you want to improve about the site? What do you not like about the site now? And, what do you feel has changed between the older days, and now?
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Most of the old fogies left and went to dunc's site, leaving us better-lookin younguns to shoot the shit
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Looked at that site a couple of times. Seems inactive.
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When I went there it was just people talking about the weather and what song they're litsening to lol
I think a lot of it is private though? dunno
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I think Dunc's Drivel is not very active but I haven't checked in a year or so.
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Nice place though. I like it there.
It is something completely different from here.
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I think Dunc's Drivel is not very active but I haven't checked in a year or so.
It us not very active.
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Nice place though. I like it there.
It is something completely different from here.
I like it, but a few people I want to contact, who are members, are some of the most absent.
The most regular posters are P and Oz.
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Does kosmo post on there anymore?
the only people I know who post there are hyke and carla I think
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Does kosmo post on there anymore?
the only people I know who post there are hyke and carla I think
Carla ( Quirky, if we are talking about the same one) does not post there anymore.
I see Hyke almost every time I go there (uhm, she keeps me going back).
Kosmo is done with us, it seems.
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no I mean carlotta/unnamed/karamizovna, I'm dunno which name she has on Duncs's site
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She goes by carlotta. I DO like her, but she is rarely there, as well.
P made Kosmo go away.
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Ah ok, she is cool. One of the people I like most on AS sites I think, although I only really see her on facebook now
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Ah ok, she is cool. One of the people I like most on AS sites I think, although I only really see her on facebook now
Never knew her by her other names (part of the problem with using multiple names online - lol - I have only used two names in all my years online and it is only those who know me personally and maybe Odeon and Callaway, since they can access my email and shit if they want, who know my other name) and if I had, I might not have even put two and two together, but I really enjoy her insights.
She seems quite smart.
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no I mean carlotta/unnamed/karamizovna, I'm dunno which name she has on Duncs's site
I like unnamed.
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Her cat Audrey is awesome too :D
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I have an account on the Drivel, but I have forgotten my password. :-[
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I have an account on the Drivel, but I have forgotten my password. :-[
Dunc can fix it.
Follow the links for a lost password and he will see it. Dunc is very cool.
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I have an account on the Drivel, but I have forgotten my password. :-[
Dunc can fix it.
Follow the links for a lost password and he will see it. Dunc is very cool.
Thank you. I should do that, I'm just having so much fun here! :2thumbsup:
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Pyro girl, how old are you. When did you get an inkling that you may be an aspie spazz? If that has been addressed already sorry but I don't feel like delving into 91 pages of thread.
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I'm 28, and I got clued in that I might have something in common with autism when I was 13 and read Nobody Nowhere and it was way too familiar. But I got officially told when I went into counselling when I was 20.
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Does kosmo post on there anymore?
the only people I know who post there are hyke and carla I think
Carla ( Quirky, if we are talking about the same one) does not post there anymore.
I see Hyke almost every time I go there (uhm, she keeps me going back).
Kosmo is done with us, it seems.
Where are you DD? I'm missing you.
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Have you done any design work for the last couple of years? I know last time I saw you online you had worked on an animated movie.
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I've been working in video game development for the past three years, and before that I did work for a couple other animated movies and some TV ad stuff.
Where do I know you from? Were you on WP in the early days when I was there?
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That's very cool, did you go to school for art or get formal training?
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Yeah, my username on WP was tom and i used to lurk here a bit around 4 years ago.
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Oh I remember you! I think. Weren't you the guy who was friends with Ghosthunter?
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That's very cool, did you go to school for art or get formal training?
Yeah I went to school for it, got a degree in computer art.
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Yeah, I really got on with him, hope he is ok.
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That's very cool, did you go to school for art or get formal training?
Yeah I went to school for it, got a degree in computer art.
Awesome, WTG!
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Yeah, I really got on with him, hope he is ok.
I don't know, I haven't heard from him since about 2007. I was kind of hoping you would know. The last person I know who had any contact with him was BeeBee. Dunno if she's still around any of the autism forums.
Last I knew he was doing all right. BeeBee helped him get on social services and into counselling and he had a little apartment in the same town where she lived. He was doing some kind of project with keyboard music.
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Awesome, WTG!
Thanks :)
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Yeah, I really got on with him, hope he is ok.
I don't know, I haven't heard from him since about 2007. I was kind of hoping you would know. The last person I know who had any contact with him was BeeBee. Dunno if she's still around any of the autism forums.
Last I knew he was doing all right. BeeBee helped him get on social services and into counselling and he had a little apartment in the same town where she lived. He was doing some kind of project with keyboard music.
Sometime in either 07 or 08 I was mailing with him, and he sent me a distressed mail in all Caps saying "I'm not doing well, things are hard". And I sent Beebee a pm on WP and she said she would check on him. But then she disapeared and both of them stopped replying to messages. I have mailed him a few times since then with no response.
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:(
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I loved knowing him during his trip across the USA meeting all the aspies, that was really exciting. I hope hes ok.
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I loved knowing him during his trip across the USA meeting all the aspies, that was really exciting. I hope hes ok.
How many did he meet besides BeeBee?
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I loved knowing him during his trip across the USA meeting all the aspies, that was really exciting. I hope hes ok.
How many did he meet besides BeeBee?
As far as I remember, he left his home in california to travel to the other side of the usa to stay with beebee, by a long bus trip with lots of changes, and he posted his route and said that any WP members near his stops could meet him. I think he met 5 or so, and he wrote about his trip as he was on it, which I found really exciting to read. He was very evocative in decribing the rural bus stop towns.
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I don't know everyone that he met, but I was one of them, and there was a couple whom I think lived in Vegas. He went all the way out to Massachusetts before circling back to where BeeBee lived.
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I can't imagine living in such a big country
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Uh, yeah, it's huge! lol
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Do you still live in Florida?
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How old are you?
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Who's Daria? As in aka Daria, under your avatar
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Do you still live in Florida?
Yup. :puke:
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Do you really like ', as she's called now?
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How old are you?
28
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$4 million in your bank account from lotto, inheritance or whatever...what do you spend it on?
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American dollars or...?
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Do you really like ', as she's called now?
She's cool. *shrugs*
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Who's Daria? As in aka Daria, under your avatar
Me. :P
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Hopefully, 'll settle in here, do you think? I do like her, mostly! Daria your 'real' name, then? :mischief:
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Do I generally piss you off or just some times? :autism:
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Daria!!!!
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Yeeessssss???
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Do I generally piss you off or just some times? :autism:
It's been awhile. Clearly you're not trying hard enough. :hahaha:
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Do you ever think before adopting a position or do you just stick with a negative bicameral default?
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:LOL: :plus:
The negative bicameral defaults usually align with my actual positions. If I don't have a strong opinion, or if I already agree with the poster, I just don't bother to reply. If a post makes me reconsider my current position, it's not necessarily obvious, because I don't reply right away. Actually I might not reply at all, and the new position comes evident in some other context.
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Do I make you hoooohny?
(http://images.sodahead.com/polls/002082253/44877135_Austin_Powers_article_xlarge.jpeg)
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Ew.
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Yeeessssss???
Ever watched Daria the tv series?
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Ew.
:LOL:
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:smarty:
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Ever watched Daria the tv series?
Yeah, a few episodes. It was pretty good except she was a cynical, ineffective whiner. I don't actually remember it that well.
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How far'd you end up getting for nanowrimo?
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18,353. Which I'm actually kinda proud of, even though it's peanuts. I kept a steady pace and didn't stall out into angst, which has dissolved writing a lot in the past.
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18,353. Which I'm actually kinda proud of, even though it's peanuts. I kept a steady pace and didn't stall out into angst, which has dissolved writing a lot in the past.
w00t!
I didn't hit my mark either but want to continue into this month and prolly into January. Now if only I wasn't so bloody spaced out every day after work, lol.
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I know the feeling of being spaced out after work. :zombiefuck:
I want to continue too, but realistically Christmas preparations are going to take up a lot of energy over the next few weeks. I have to go to my parents' house this year. :zombiefuck: So I may have better luck picking it up again in Jan.
How far did you get?
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I know the feeling of being spaced out after work. :zombiefuck:
I want to continue too, but realistically Christmas preparations are going to take up a lot of energy over the next few weeks. I have to go to my parents' house this year. :zombiefuck: So I may have better luck picking it up again in Jan.
How far did you get?
Like 21k words. Up to about 23k now. So about the same as you.
Wanna make a completionist pact?
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Hm, what would be the terms?
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Hm, what would be the terms?
The loser posts the winner's bewbs.
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Hm, what would be the terms?
I was thinking along the lines of mutually agreeing to keep at the novels till 50k words have been written, no matter how long it takes, and periodically checking saying to one another "YOU DO MORE WRITING ON THAT NOVEL???" till 50k words have happened or till one of us taps out because we've. lost interest and no longer want to deal with it. No particularly huge carrot or stick, just using accountability as a motivator.
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I was thinking along the lines of mutually agreeing to keep at the novels till 50k words have been written, no matter how long it takes, and periodically checking saying to one another "YOU DO MORE WRITING ON THAT NOVEL???" till 50k words have happened or till one of us taps out because we've. lost interest and no longer want to deal with it. No particularly huge carrot or stick, just using accountability as a motivator.
I like this plan. You're on. You have official permission to kick my butt whenever you want about writing.
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would you read my plot outline? It isn't proofread so it may make your eyes bleed.
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I couldn't write a book if my life depended on it.
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would you read my plot outline? It isn't proofread so it may make your eyes bleed.
...No. Bleeding eyes doesn't sound like much fun.
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I was joking.
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:asthing:
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You're being mean. :(
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This is I². Not one of those social justice fanfic communities where everybody tiptoes around lest they step on somebody's precious feelings.
This :asthing: is to poke fun at myself for not knowing you were joking.
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I see. I am really depressed right now and coffee ain't working. To the elliptical I go. Also, my plot outline isn't horribly written, like My Immortal, just missing some corrections.
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I think you're jumping the gun. I haven't even asked PMS Elle what her project is about, let alone offered to read any of it. Because it's not about ego stroking, it's about getting shit done.
I'll poke you to start your draft though. :zoinks:
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:zoinks:
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I personally like being stroked on my neck and shoulder area. Feeeeels goooood.
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If you wanna write, then write. It is that easy and that hard.
Back in the day when I wrote for a living, I produced a ridiculous number of words every month. It was a job and really nothing magical, and I don't think I ever worried about it much. Granted, it wasn't fiction (unless you count dwelling over the various features of a product as such), but it was writing at a steady pace.
I believe many aspiring writers often confuse two different aspects of writing--there's the craftsmanship part where you simply produce words in approximately the right order, following a predetermined syntax, and there's the creative part where you decide what the words are about and where they lead. When the words aren't coming out the way they should, they tend to think it's the dreaded writer's block when it's actually nothing more than a problem with learning the basics.
This is not about anyone in particular, btw, just an observation.
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I was thinking along the lines of mutually agreeing to keep at the novels till 50k words have been written, no matter how long it takes, and periodically checking saying to one another "YOU DO MORE WRITING ON THAT NOVEL???" till 50k words have happened or till one of us taps out because we've. lost interest and no longer want to deal with it. No particularly huge carrot or stick, just using accountability as a motivator.
I like this plan. You're on. You have official permission to kick my butt whenever you want about writing.
Ditto. =)
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If you wanna write, then write. It is that easy and that hard.
Back in the day when I wrote for a living, I produced a ridiculous number of words every month. It was a job and really nothing magical, and I don't think I ever worried about it much. Granted, it wasn't fiction (unless you count dwelling over the various features of a product as such), but it was writing at a steady pace.
I believe many aspiring writers often confuse two different aspects of writing--there's the craftsmanship part where you simply produce words in approximately the right order, following a predetermined syntax, and there's the creative part where you decide what the words are about and where they lead. When the words aren't coming out the way they should, they tend to think it's the dreaded writer's block when it's actually nothing more than a problem with learning the basics.
This is not about anyone in particular, btw, just an observation.
*nod* It's tougher now that I'm working full time than it was when I was in school and had more free time. It does take more self-discipline now to sit down and write (especially creatively) after I'm coming home from work and have the strong urge to just sit and veg.
I do have, arguably, "writing" involved with my job, and that gets done when it needs to get done, and I do it right. Creative writing (especially for myself vs. with a real deadline) is more of a challenge, motivationally, than non-creative writing/writing I know *must* be done. May just be me though.
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I'm signing up on that Novel site. I had no idea such a project existed.
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How's it goooooiiinnnnn'? :green:
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Um.
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Are you living in Canadia or Florida at present eh?
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Um.
psssst. I meant the novel. :P
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I know that. :P It's not going. I could plead that I had to do a presentation at work yesterday and I've been freaking out about it for days, but :violin:
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I know that. :P It's not going. I could plead that I had to do a presentation at work yesterday and I've been freaking out about it for days, but :violin:
How many people was it in front of? What was the subject matter? Were you going like this? :GA:
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The presentation was of my art, about 100 people, and it was more like this: :emosad: :hide: :twitch:
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UGH. That sounds super-duper intimidating.
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How bout now? :green:
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As it happens I was just sitting in front of my computer thinking about writing some more. So I think I actually will.
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But you were logged on here, which is always a distraction. :zoinks:
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As it happens I was just sitting in front of my computer thinking about writing some more. So I think I actually will.
Did you?
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Yes. :green:
And you?
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Wee bit, yeah. :D
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There's a story about James Joyce, the Irish novelist who wasn't the most prolific of writers. A friend found him sitting and staring into space one day, devastated.
"James, what's wrong?" his friend asked.
"I've written 11 words today," Joyce replied.
"11 words? But that's a terrific number, for you."
"Yeah... but I don't know in which order they come."
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:LOL: :plus:
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There's a story about James Joyce, the Irish novelist who wasn't the most prolific of writers. A friend found him sitting and staring into space one day, devastated.
"James, what's wrong?" his friend asked.
"I've written 11 words today," Joyce replied.
"11 words? But that's a terrific number, for you."
"Yeah... but I don't know in which order they come."
I love that story. :plus:
He is probably the hardest writer to read
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Soooooooo......
:toporly:
?
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:zombiefuck:
I'm at the parents' house right now. Focus is on getting through it without smacking anybody.
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:zombiefuck:
I'm at the parents' house right now. Focus is on getting through it without smacking anybody.
:(
When are you back in your own habitat so I can bug you again? :zoinks:
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Flying back on Dec 27th.
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I haven't typed anything as of yet. I am a very bad girl. :P
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:poopy:
Are you in or not? :P
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Pictures please
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That was a picture! :M
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What does it mean when a Cat is searching for the existence of God?
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It means that cat is not normal.
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It means the cat is a traitor to Bast?
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Oh... I see...
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How goes it?
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Nothing to report. Been painting but not writing.
Not sure if it's a good time to get back into it or not. Might have some things to work out first.
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*nod* Hooray for painting! ?
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Shall I keep bugging you anyway?
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if you wish :P
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You ready to nut up and shoot some suits when they come try and take your guns? Live free or die HARD? :eyelash:
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I don't have a gun yet. Knives are much easier to come by and I've never known someone who can train me in how to shoot and how to maintain one.
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I don't have a gun yet. Knives are much easier to come by and I've never known someone who can train me in how to shoot and how to maintain one.
They have classes for that.
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Should I fully cease bugging you re: writing, or were you just on hiatus in Jan?
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I am at 21,240 and you don't have to fully cease, though it's Monday morning at the moment so I'm not sure how effective it'll be.
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howboutnow?
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I don't have a gun yet. Knives are much easier to come by and I've never known someone who can train me in how to shoot and how to maintain one.
If you lived nearer i'd show you how. All you need someone to show you is how not to acidentally shoot yourself or something that belongs to someone else. And how to clean your firearm. Pretty easy stuff. It'd take like a couple of sessions, going out to a range or something while I observed, and you'd be goldy.
However you'd still have to take the hunters saftey course to get a hunting license and tags if you wanted to go hunting.
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Pyraxis, do you think that I2 will get its one millionth post this year?
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Yes. :green:
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Do you always have the urge to take the opposing view, even outside I2?
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I indulge it more here than I do in other places. A lot of times I keep my mouth shut and just act on the opposing viewpoint rather than bothering to pick a fight about it, and by the time anyone realizes I was working to a different beat it's too late. But I love change, can't avoid that, and that requires seeing past the status quo.
Then at work I'm a good little reliable peon. They don't get the best of me.
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On second thought, though, I really need a new sig. Haven't come across anything inspiring lately.
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Do you have a problem with people who collect disability for a mental disorder or people who fake a mental disorder for disability?
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People who fake a mental disorder for disability. But it can be a really grey line. Like I know a lot of people on the spectrum get accused of faking it, and people with ADHD. But if I'm understanding it right, to get on disability, you have to be "permanently and totally disabled", and many mental disorders improve with time and therapy, so it's not a good fit.
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People who fake a mental disorder for disability. But it can be a really grey line. Like I know a lot of people on the spectrum get accused of faking it, and people with ADHD. But if I'm understanding it right, to get on disability, you have to be "permanently and totally disabled", and many mental disorders improve with time and therapy, so it's not a good fit.
Actually the way it works with SSDI is that condition must last 1 year or more and/or is expected to result in death. The condition must make unable to perform or sustain what's called SGA (substantila gainful activity) which is gross amount of money you make each month, it changes from year to year, for example this it's $1040 a month. For most mental disorders they usually do reviews every few years or so.
For reference criteria for disability for a mental disorder:
http://www.ssa.gov/disability/professionals/bluebook/12.00-MentalDisorders-Adult.htm (http://www.ssa.gov/disability/professionals/bluebook/12.00-MentalDisorders-Adult.htm)
criteria for disability:
http://www.ssa.gov/dibplan/dqualify5.htm (http://www.ssa.gov/dibplan/dqualify5.htm)
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People who fake a mental disorder for disability. But it can be a really grey line. Like I know a lot of people on the spectrum get accused of faking it, and people with ADHD. But if I'm understanding it right, to get on disability, you have to be "permanently and totally disabled", and many mental disorders improve with time and therapy, so it's not a good fit.
So how come people get disability because they've become fat? Or because they want to live as a baby? Or because they have slight breathing problems or something?
Disabled=Completely unable to work
Right? So why are thousands and thousands of people who are able to work pulling disability?
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People who fake a mental disorder for disability. But it can be a really grey line. Like I know a lot of people on the spectrum get accused of faking it, and people with ADHD. But if I'm understanding it right, to get on disability, you have to be "permanently and totally disabled", and many mental disorders improve with time and therapy, so it's not a good fit.
So how come people get disability because they've become fat? Or because they want to live as a baby? Or because they have slight breathing problems or something?
Disabled=Completely unable to work
Right? So why are thousands and thousands of people who are able to work pulling disability?
People who fake a mental disorder for disability. But it can be a really grey line. Like I know a lot of people on the spectrum get accused of faking it, and people with ADHD. But if I'm understanding it right, to get on disability, you have to be "permanently and totally disabled", and many mental disorders improve with time and therapy, so it's not a good fit.
Actually the way it works with SSDI is that condition must last 1 year or more and/or is expected to result in death. The condition must make unable to perform or sustain what's called SGA (substantila gainful activity) which is gross amount of money you make each month, it changes from year to year, for example this it's $1040 a month. For most mental disorders they usually do reviews every few years or so.
For reference criteria for disability for a mental disorder:
http://www.ssa.gov/disability/professionals/bluebook/12.00-MentalDisorders-Adult.htm (http://www.ssa.gov/disability/professionals/bluebook/12.00-MentalDisorders-Adult.htm)
criteria for disability:
http://www.ssa.gov/dibplan/dqualify5.htm (http://www.ssa.gov/dibplan/dqualify5.htm)
See my quoted post for definition of disability as defined by social security
As far as people getting disability for being fat sometimes being fat isn't always their fault such as the case with hypothyroidism. The adult baby dude supposedly has "trauma stemming from childhood abuse, combined with other mental and physical problems that he said make it impossible to maintain employment, including the security guard position he held for 1 1/2 years."
Social Security and the FBi actually investigated his disability after he went public with his baby gig:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/oct/18/man-living-as-an-adult-baby-is-cleared-of-social-s/?page=all (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/oct/18/man-living-as-an-adult-baby-is-cleared-of-social-s/?page=all)
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You're telling me that the majority of fat people are that way because of hypothyroidism? And that they qualify as not being able to produce anything for society? Reality check:
Obese people are not invalids. They can work. If they do not have any problems that causes them to be fat(insistence on overeating and lack of activity"LAZY GLUTTON", then they are not crippled. They are Lazy, and they should be put in prison for committing a felony. (reaping the benefits of living in society while not contributing anything to it. Stealing. Stealing from everyone.)
Babyman for example. They guy spends a great deal of his fucking time laying around playing with toys, shitting and pissing himself, generally avoiding movement and productive behavior. He complains that he had pain from building a fucking giant highchair.
shitting and pissing himself, generally avoiding movement and productive behavior
:apondering: Hmmm. Why is that? Ohhhh how I wonder.
shitting and pissing himself, generally avoiding movement and productive behavior
:zoinks: Oh yeah, because he's a lazy piece of shit that avoids any kind of physical or mental strain if he can help it. A CRIMINAL, sir. A criminal. Yet he's allowed to live that way, sanctioned by our awesome government. In fact they investigated this shit, as you indicated, and let him off.
(http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQCOq6KtKNB5wncJhyj9r-DTaPKTmDdpQxN2zujPxadp5dgAAzQ)
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Oh yeah, because he's a lazy piece of shit that avoids any kind of physical or mental strain if he can help it. A CRIMINAL, sir. A criminal. Yet he's allowed to live that way, sanctioned by our awesome government. In fact they investigated this shit, as you indicated, and let him off.
Well I am not going to defend your boy too much, but anyone who acts like that must have some kind of mental disorder :indeed:
BTW, did you read the part of article where he said he would kill himself if the government took away his checks? :lol1: I thought that was pathertic.
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Oh yeah, because he's a lazy piece of shit that avoids any kind of physical or mental strain if he can help it. A CRIMINAL, sir. A criminal. Yet he's allowed to live that way, sanctioned by our awesome government. In fact they investigated this shit, as you indicated, and let him off.
Well I am not going to defend your boy too much, but anyone who acts like that must have some kind of mental disorder :indeed:
BTW, did you read the part of article where he said he would kill himself if the government took away his checks? :lol1: I thought that was pathertic.
BTW, did you read the part of article where he said he would kill himself if the government took away his checks? :lol1: I thought that was pathertic.
Yes. I got a little dumber from reading what he had to say. Basically living is a baby is all that is keeping him in this world boohoo my "mommy" died boohoo if you take away my checks i'll kill myself.
Translation: The world revolved around me. Society is merely a tool to provide me with a life devoid of effort. Living as a baby is completely effortless and is the only thing I really enjoy, simply because its so incredibly easy. If you try and stop me, i'll "punish" you by killing myself. That'll show you. NYAH
Translation of translation: Lazy fuck blah blah blah blah i'm la lazy fuck lazylazy I dun wan work on anything I dun wanna cooperate i'll kill myself u can't make me *tantrum*
This is not a disability. Its a fucking asshole. A criminal. He belongs in prison.
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Yep he truly is a big baby. He should either stop being a lazy fuck, or just kill himself like he said he was going to do, as of right now he's worth more dead than alive.
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You're telling me that the majority of fat people are that way because of hypothyroidism? And that they qualify as not being able to produce anything for society? Reality check:
You make it sound as if most obese people are on disability income. Most overweight people will not be on disability income.
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You're telling me that the majority of fat people are that way because of hypothyroidism? And that they qualify as not being able to produce anything for society? Reality check:
You make it sound as if most obese people are on disability income. Most overweight people will not be on disability income.
Nono. That gives a good perspective though. Think of it like this. Only a fraction of people who are fat actually have a real problem, and are fat because of it. (they are fat because they eat too much, and do not get enough physical activity, not a disability but LAZY) I would be willing to bet that a big chunk of the ones with an actual problem, STILL try and contribute to society. The rest with serious problems don't, but can't. That leaves a shitload of fat people. Wtf are they doin? Why are they actually on disability?
GOO GOO GAH GAH NAH NAH BOO BOO
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What is there to gain for those who put them on disability?
It lowers unemployment rates. It shoves people on the pile of the discarded. How easy/hard is it in the US to get away from a disability status? I wonder about the paperwork mills and policies that decide it is easier and cheaper to discard people than to invest in their motivation and options to work.
Where I live, disability income means that there is a financial safety net, so that employers will not be that hesitant to hire people with a disability. In theory it is great. In practice, there are companies working mainly with disabled people, because they get a fee to hire them. Thus making it harder for people with some scratches without the disability income/safety net. The way they now are planning to fix it will very likely not make it any better. But, it is good that the attitude of the seventies, to dump people in a disability income situation, has stopped.
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Who did you look up to growing up?
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Robyn Miller. Catherine, who was a youth leader and camp counsellor at the camp I went to. My English teacher Mrs. Osipova. Ralph Waldo Emerson. Shiva (the book character). Millar Jade Vanderholle. Daine Sarrasri. Lisa Nelson.
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Wht Ralph Waldo Emerson?
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"Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind."
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On golden pond?
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On what?
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Isn't golden pond in Waldons woods?
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:laugh: That was Thoreau, not Emerson.
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:laugh: That was Thoreau, not Emerson.
jean-joques Thoreau?
J/k
:-*
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:blah: :facepalm:
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Are you a sadist in secret?
(And by that I mean: does it feel good in any way if you see animals suffer in any form, no matter how.)
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Do you think DFGL is an annoying little shit?
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Are you a sadist in secret?
(And by that I mean: does it feel good in any way if you see animals suffer in any form, no matter how.)
It's not very secret that I am/was into BDSM, but I'm not a sadist in the sense of wanting animals to suffer. I eat meat but I think breeding and killing should be done humanely.
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Do you think DFGL is an annoying little shit?
Mostly just when he spams me with PM's.
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But you want people to suffer? <3
Sorry for PMs, I was being emotional.
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Do you think DFGL is an annoying little shit?
Mostly just when he spams me with PM's.
Indeed. Would you like me to start dominating his threads with spiderman again?
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Sorry for PMs, I was being emotional.
Apology accepted.
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Indeed. Would you like me to start dominating his threads with spiderman again?
I think you should rather go for Batman!
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uM2jTKHDD7s/TuIecpq7YJI/AAAAAAAABXk/eM1Pxb6FXP8/s1600/Spidey%20Baby%20Spiderman%20Baby%20Suit.jpg)
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Sorry for PMs, I was being emotional.
Apology accepted.
Thank you <3 .
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Indeed. Would you like me to start dominating his threads with spiderman again?
I think you should rather go for Batman!
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uM2jTKHDD7s/TuIecpq7YJI/AAAAAAAABXk/eM1Pxb6FXP8/s1600/Spidey%20Baby%20Spiderman%20Baby%20Suit.jpg)
I didn't ask you, son. :laugh:
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I miss you. Do you hate me? :'(
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What was the point of apologizing for PM's if you're going to keep sending them? I'm pissed the fuck off. Why should I take anything you say seriously if you can't stand by your words?
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I was being emotional again :( . I am sorry. I think I need punishment or else I won't learn.
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(https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSzRGpuYnuVOwovn8bJHsHD7FgEVEs0xt8NU8ZNYI63YIHPbQGMCg)
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:LOL: Want to spank him for me, Rage?
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If it would actually teach the kid something, I would get over my disgust and do it. :lol1:
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I like where this is going, but I do not want to be punished by proxy. If Rage punished me for example, I would be emotionally inclined to do the exact opposite, because his rationale is a lot more likely to be wrong that right.
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I have another question, since I am not allowed to PM you:
Given that someone had a remote-controllable electro shocker (easy to use over the net), would you be interested in using it for sadistic purposes?
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I like where this is going, but I do not want to be punished by proxy.
You'd be punished by a MAN. A man with a hairy chest and a penis. In fact I do indeed think that spells out your future, only the man doing it won't be me, and you'll call this man "daddy" and share a cell with him.
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:laugh:
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:laugh:
I know, right? What a WANKER.
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You'd be punished by a MAN. A man with a hairy chest and a penis. In fact I do indeed think that spells out your future, only the man doing it won't be me, and you'll call this man "daddy" and share a cell with him.
I am not interested in your homosexual imagination, sorry.
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Can't you go and play on the motorway or something? :tard:
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Or just lie down. On the motorway.
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Or just lie down. On the motorway.
Until something happens.
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:agreed:
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I give up. If people won't even electroshock you, that is just sick and messed up.
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Surely you mean that the other way around? If people will electroshock you.....etc.
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Surely you mean that the other way around? If people will electroshock you.....etc.
He wants to be electroshocked for some reason. :orly:
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Surely you mean that the other way around? If people will electroshock you.....etc.
He wants to be electroshocked for some reason. :orly:
Nothing 380 Volts can't fix! :arrr:
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I once read of some guy who tasered his own private parts. I don't think he did it any more after that one time.
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I once read of some guy who tasered his own private parts. I don't think he did it any more after that one time.
Perhaps it was DFGL. :dunno:
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It was not me. You don't know how hard it is to get women to electroshock you. They are just not aggressive and violent enough. They will never even consider to punch you in the face, instead they financially ruin you for life without second thought. That's how it is :( .
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I can put a bomb up your arse.
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It was not me. You don't know how hard it is to get women to electroshock you. They are just not aggressive and violent enough. They will never even consider to punch you in the face, instead they financially ruin you for life without second thought. That's how it is :( .
I'm surprised that Pyraxis hasn't sent you all of her nudes. :toporly:
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If she truly loved me, she would have electroshocked me until I honestly cried and begged for mercy.
Now I know :( .
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:facepalm2:
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It is so cruel. She could have hurt me at least a little bit. But not this :'( .
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What about I hit you with a baseball bat? That will sure hurt.
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It is so cruel. She could have hurt me at least a little bit. But not this :'( .
(https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSaMjiaZv3_GIxMRRxEt1GIFgDfGiJsRLm4mq6-QkQW5N2li5t16Q)
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The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.
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It is?
I'd think it was the middle ground.
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Emotions don't have opposites. It is bad if you can't express them and good if you can.
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What road vehicle has four wheels and flies?
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The garbage truck on a Texas summer day? :tard:
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The garbage truck on a Texas summer day? :tard:
Yup!
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That was funny!
What...is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
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I have read a bit of this thread, not all 103 pages though. You have probably answered or explained this before - but where does the name Pyraxis come from?
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How do I deal with an unusually weird sense of humor stepsibling
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I have read a bit of this thread, not all 103 pages though. You have probably answered or explained this before - but where does the name Pyraxis come from?
It's the name of a BESM character (Big Eyes Small Mouth, an anime-based tabletop RPG system) that I played in uni. She was a fire demon, hence the icon. She managed to reverse the course of the campaign by befriending the character who was supposed to be the major villain, and ended up having to adventure into hell, along with the rest of the party, to rescue them.
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How do I deal with an unusually weird sense of humor stepsibling
Smile and nod, and act like nothing fazes you?
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How do I deal with an unusually weird sense of humor stepsibling
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Squirt gun. :zoinks:
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I have read a bit of this thread, not all 103 pages though. You have probably answered or explained this before - but where does the name Pyraxis come from?
It's the name of a BESM character (Big Eyes Small Mouth, an anime-based tabletop RPG system) that I played in uni. She was a fire demon, hence the icon. She managed to reverse the course of the campaign by befriending the character who was supposed to be the major villain, and ended up having to adventure into hell, along with the rest of the party, to rescue them.
So the character was already named or did you make the name?
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@ Pyraxis - If you had a twin brother would he be named Pyrex?
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I have read a bit of this thread, not all 103 pages though. You have probably answered or explained this before - but where does the name Pyraxis come from?
It's the name of a BESM character (Big Eyes Small Mouth, an anime-based tabletop RPG system) that I played in uni. She was a fire demon, hence the icon. She managed to reverse the course of the campaign by befriending the character who was supposed to be the major villain, and ended up having to adventure into hell, along with the rest of the party, to rescue them.
So the character was already named or did you make the name?
I made up the name. It was subconsciously a variant on one of my favorite video game developers, Firaxis. At the time, when I googled it almost nothing came up. Now I have to race to make an account at places if I want it as a username.
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@ Pyraxis - If you had a twin brother would he be named Pyrex?
:lol1:
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@ Pyraxis - If you had a twin brother would he be named Pyrex?
:lol1:
I take that as a yes.
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how is life? were you psychic or I am confused with someone else?