A Friendly Chat

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Re: A Friendly Chat
« Reply #420 on: September 05, 2012, 06:15:50 AM »
So I went to the pool this morning. "One for swimming" I cheerily smiled at the zombie behind the desk.
"Have you got a membership card?" She mumbled.
"Indeed I do" I replied with a pleasant tone.
I proceeded to make my way into the changing room, got into my swimming gear and popped into the showers where I had a quick rinse and stretch before making my way to the pool. I then slipped into the water and the instant I did, the hot lifeguard woman that I like, blew her whistle at me and signalled angrily for me to get out of the pool.
I went back to the changing room, got dried, put on all my clothes and made my way back to reception.
I walked up to the zombie and asked her "Is there anything you should have told me when I handed you my card to go swimming about 10 minutes ago?"
"I'm so sorry , sir I..."
"No" I interrupted, "that's not it. What should you have told me?"
"Its ladies only swimming at the moment, sir. "

Stupid woman >o<

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Re: A Friendly Chat
« Reply #421 on: September 05, 2012, 07:30:15 AM »
So I went to the pool this morning. "One for swimming" I cheerily smiled at the zombie behind the desk.
"Have you got a membership card?" She mumbled.
"Indeed I do" I replied with a pleasant tone.
I proceeded to make my way into the changing room, got into my swimming gear and popped into the showers where I had a quick rinse and stretch before making my way to the pool. I then slipped into the water and the instant I did, the hot lifeguard woman that I like, blew her whistle at me and signalled angrily for me to get out of the pool.
I went back to the changing room, got dried, put on all my clothes and made my way back to reception.
I walked up to the zombie and asked her "Is there anything you should have told me when I handed you my card to go swimming about 10 minutes ago?"
"I'm so sorry , sir I..."
"No" I interrupted, "that's not it. What should you have told me?"
"Its ladies only swimming at the moment, sir. "

Stupid woman >o<

Why is your swimming pool sexist?
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Re: A Friendly Chat
« Reply #422 on: September 05, 2012, 07:43:43 AM »
Because there is a large contingent of dirty old men that like to grope the old ladies. Having tired of this several decades ago and had their vaginas heal over, they demanded a session on the timetable where dirty old men couldn't molest them. Instead they can now walk up and down the pool in pairs pretending to swim, ensuring their hair doesn't get wet whilst they exchange baking tips and talk about which of the young male life-guards they'd screw if chloroform was made an over the counter product and their vaginas were surgically reactivated.
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Re: A Friendly Chat
« Reply #423 on: September 07, 2012, 02:58:07 PM »
She said she's so sorry. :(
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Re: A Friendly Chat
« Reply #424 on: September 11, 2012, 03:55:56 AM »
Does Thork look like a bit of a girly?
My I.Q. is 85. Or was it 58?

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Re: A Friendly Chat
« Reply #425 on: September 13, 2012, 05:19:26 AM »
Going through my iPod and listening to all the songs I haven't listened to in forever to see if there are any I want to get rid of. Rediscovering a bunch of songs I have no idea why I skip over. So awesome.
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Re: A Friendly Chat
« Reply #426 on: September 13, 2012, 03:44:39 PM »
Recommend one piece of music that I would otherwise have never heard of, keeping in mind that I have old man taste in music.
"Never think you can turn over any old falsehood without a terrible squirming of the horrid little population that dwells under it." -O.W. Holmes "Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne.."

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Re: A Friendly Chat
« Reply #427 on: September 13, 2012, 06:21:20 PM »
Recommend one piece of music that I would otherwise have never heard of, keeping in mind that I have old man taste in music.

Hmm, old man taste? Does that mean you hate rock? Or you just like dadrock? I'll give it a shot, but no guarantees. And I'll try to give you something modern. :P

If you like...

The Beatles: Panic! at the Disco - Nine in the Afternoon
Country: First Aid Kit - Emmylou
Folk pop: Ingrid Michaelson - This is War
Piano/easy listening: Port Blue - Up Ship!
Light baroque pop: fun. - The Gambler (one of my personal favourite songs)
40s/50s pop: Jill Barber - Never Quit Loving You
Acoustic: Sky Sailing - Brielle
Pop: Madi Diaz - Gimme a Kiss
Soul: Rebecca Ferguson - Nothing's Real but Love
Piano ballads: Owl City - Lonely Lullaby
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Re: A Friendly Chat
« Reply #428 on: September 13, 2012, 06:54:36 PM »
Recommend one piece of music that I would otherwise have never heard of, keeping in mind that I have old man taste in music.

Hmm, old man taste? Does that mean you hate rock? Or you just like dadrock? I'll give it a shot, but no guarantees. And I'll try to give you something modern. :P
Ha! I mostly listen to classic rock, but I have fairly eclectic taste in music.


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The Beatles: Panic! at the Disco - Nine in the Afternoon
It was not bad, but it felt manufactured to me.

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Country: First Aid Kit - Emmylou
I could not finish this song. I tried.

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Folk pop: Ingrid Michaelson - I'm Through
It was a good song, but probably not something I'd put on a playlist.

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Piano/easy listening: Port Blue - Up Ship!
I really liked this. I may try to make an arrangement later.

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Light baroque pop: fun. - The Gambler (one of my personal favourite songs)
This was good. I'd probably enjoy it more if I were in a different mood.

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40s/50s pop: Jill Barber - Never Quit Loving You
This was not bad either.

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Acoustic: Sky Sailing - Brielle
Pop: Madi Diaz - Gimme a Kiss
Soul: Rebecca Ferguson - Nothing's Real but Love
Piano ballads: Owl City - Lonely Lullaby
I'll give the rest a try later when I have more time.
"Never think you can turn over any old falsehood without a terrible squirming of the horrid little population that dwells under it." -O.W. Holmes "Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne.."

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Re: A Friendly Chat
« Reply #429 on: September 13, 2012, 07:10:04 PM »
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The Beatles: Panic! at the Disco - Nine in the Afternoon
It was not bad, but it felt manufactured to me.
I can understand that. It's far from my favourite Panic! song, but it's one of the most Beatles-esque. :P


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Country: First Aid Kit - Emmylou
I could not finish this song. I tried.
Aww. I don't usually like country, but I love that song for some reason. XD


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Folk pop: Ingrid Michaelson - I'm Through
It was a good song, but probably not something I'd put on a playlist.
Yeah, I actually switched it out with "This is War" while you were posting, it's what I meant to put. I never remember her song names.


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Piano/easy listening: Port Blue - Up Ship!
I really liked this. I may try to make an arrangement later.
Yay! The Airship is probably my favourite album all-time, Port Blue is just incredible. And what do you mean by an arrangement?


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Light baroque pop: fun. - The Gambler (one of my personal favourite songs)
This was good. I'd probably enjoy it more if I were in a different mood.
I didn't like the track until months after I'd heard the album. It kind of grew on me, then I listened to it several times a day for a while. :P


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40s/50s pop: Jill Barber - Never Quit Loving You
This was not bad either.
Yay again!


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Acoustic: Sky Sailing - Brielle
Pop: Madi Diaz - Gimme a Kiss
Soul: Rebecca Ferguson - Nothing's Real but Love
Piano ballads: Owl City - Lonely Lullaby
I'll give the rest a try later when I have more time.
Alright, cool! If you've got any albums you're particularly fond of, I'm always looking for moar music. :D
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Re: A Friendly Chat
« Reply #430 on: September 13, 2012, 09:52:40 PM »

Acoustic: Sky Sailing - Brielle
Too slow? Too boring? It's too something...

Pop: Madi Diaz - Gimme a Kiss
It's pop music. Not terrible pop music, but still pop music.

Soul: Rebecca Ferguson - Nothing's Real but Love
I have to be in the right mood for something like this, so I probably shouldn't comment.

Piano ballads: Owl City - Lonely Lullaby
I probably would have enjoyed this with a different singer. I really liked the piano, but hated the vocals.

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And what do you mean by an arrangement?
A piano arrangement.

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The Beatles: Panic! at the Disco - Nine in the Afternoon
It was not bad, but it felt manufactured to me.
I can understand that. It's far from my favourite Panic! song, but it's one of the most Beatles-esque. :P
I just listened to three more. I actually liked Green Gentleman and I Write Sins Not Tragedies (which I'm pretty sure I've heard before). I liked the vocals, and those songs didn't sound forced. I don't remember which other song I listened to, but it was pretty blah to me like the first.


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Alright, cool! If you've got any albums you're particularly fond of, I'm always looking for moar music. :D
Paul Simon's Graceland is my favourite album ever. It is frequently unique in it's composition -- not a lot of 1-4-5 to be found there (I don't know if you know anything about theory). It's definitely different, so it might grow on you if you don't love it at first listen.


Less well known:
The Refreshments: (Fizzy Fuzzy Big and Buzzy)
#" class="bbc_link" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Refreshments - Down Together

Captain Tractor: (they aren't terribly talented, but they are fun -- and some sad songs like this one)
#" class="bbc_link" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Captain Tractor - 1000 Goodbyes

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Re: A Friendly Chat
« Reply #431 on: September 14, 2012, 09:39:05 AM »
The thread you're looking for is over here, guys:

http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/forum/index.php/topic,54502.0.html

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Re: A Friendly Chat
« Reply #432 on: September 14, 2012, 01:42:04 PM »
We are chatting friendlily.  :P
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Re: A Friendly Chat
« Reply #433 on: September 14, 2012, 09:31:50 PM »


So these are my textbooks for the semester (I'm still missing two). This was taken with instagram and it's very edgy.

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Re: A Friendly Chat
« Reply #434 on: September 14, 2012, 09:47:00 PM »
lol, I haven't bought a single textbook for this semester.

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Re: A Friendly Chat
« Reply #435 on: September 14, 2012, 09:51:55 PM »
lol, I haven't bought a single textbook for this semester.
Well you know us Americans, we just love to read.

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Re: A Friendly Chat
« Reply #436 on: September 14, 2012, 10:34:19 PM »
So these are my textbooks for the semester (I'm still missing two). This was taken with instagram and it's very edgy.

Are you taking any classes that actually apply to real life?  Something that is useful for situations other game shows? 

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Re: A Friendly Chat
« Reply #437 on: September 14, 2012, 10:55:40 PM »
Presumably it will be useful for her job.

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« Reply #438 on: September 14, 2012, 11:30:52 PM »
Presumably it will be useful for her job.

I guess I am just used to the applied sciences.  You know, the ones that you can actually use to produce useful things.  There is nothing wrong with knowing history, but I don't think I ever had more than one, maybe two history classes in the same semester.

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Re: A Friendly Chat
« Reply #439 on: September 14, 2012, 11:34:12 PM »
lol, I haven't bought a single textbook for this semester.
Well you know us Americans, we just love to read.

I would think that history resources are even easier to find on the internet than science resources. Maybe I'm just really ignorant, but why do you need those textbooks? Most of them seem to be covering well known topics.

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Re: A Friendly Chat
« Reply #440 on: September 15, 2012, 06:41:22 AM »
lol, I haven't bought a single textbook for this semester.
Well you know us Americans, we just love to read.

I would think that history resources are even easier to find on the internet than science resources. Maybe I'm just really ignorant, but why do you need those textbooks? Most of them seem to be covering well known topics.
Yes, even though the material may be well known the author may be narrowing in on something specific. Tests will come from these specific readings as well as papers. For example, my primary source for a paper due next week are the pictures from one of these books. What does the artwork of Rome say about the changes happening etc.

Applied sciences are useful, but do you know who government officials ask about politics, economics, and warfare? Historians. If you don't know where you came for you have no idea where you're going or how to get there.

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Re: A Friendly Chat
« Reply #441 on: September 17, 2012, 11:28:09 AM »
Couple hours ago I got a second root canal, filling and several extra shots for numbing since I could still feel it. The numbing's been wearing off so bear with me a bit if I'm extra bitchy/passive aggressive and snap at anyone. I'll try not to, though.

Took some acetaminophen PM and I'm starting to feel kind of out of it. I'm pretty sure this is the second time I've taken any sort of sleep-aid pill in my life. Only other time being for one time I couldn't sleep the night before Christmas so I took a half a pill because I was a child and rationality swq.
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Re: A Friendly Chat
« Reply #442 on: September 17, 2012, 12:20:14 PM »
Does anyone know if it's possible to install mods for Steam on Mac?

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Re: A Friendly Chat
« Reply #443 on: September 17, 2012, 12:21:08 PM »
Does anyone know if it's possible to install mods for Steam on Mac?

Yes.
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Re: A Friendly Chat
« Reply #444 on: September 18, 2012, 10:14:52 AM »
Holy shit, I have exceeded Raist in post count!

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Re: A Friendly Chat
« Reply #445 on: September 23, 2012, 07:16:41 PM »
Nephew had an extra Pokémon Black and I decided to start playing out of boredom yesterday. Ended up playing 9.5 hours straight.

Currently going at 9 right now. Looking like it's going to be 12+, if I don't sleep for a while. :D

I forgot how much I absolutely adore these games. The best part is that this is the only generation I'm out of the loop on, so this game'll pretty much get me up to speed on what Pokémon there are with the added bonus of all of them being a surprise. This will be a very enjoyable week. :)
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« Reply #446 on: September 23, 2012, 07:20:37 PM »
Nephew had an extra Pokémon Black and I decided to start playing out of boredom yesterday. Ended up playing 9.5 hours straight.

Currently going at 9 right now. Looking like it's going to be 12+, if I don't sleep for a while. :D

I forgot how much I absolutely adore these games. The best part is that this is the only generation I'm out of the loop on, so this game'll pretty much get me up to speed on what Pokémon there are with the added bonus of all of them being a surprise. This will be a very enjoyable week. :)

I stopped playing when they exceeded 251 and every Pokemon started looking the same with just as confusing names.

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« Reply #447 on: September 23, 2012, 07:24:35 PM »
I stopped playing when they exceeded 251 and every Pokemon started looking the same with just as confusing names.

I don't really see this. Everyone complains about the new generations in one way or another, but I think most of it is "stuff from my childhood was the best!" nostalgia, or just the fact that by that point they'd grown out of it so the newer ones were just like "meh". Honestly, the new ones look great to me. There are some dumb ones, but every generation had some dumb ones. I'm frankly surprised that they've managed to keep them as diverse as they are with 500+.
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« Reply #448 on: September 23, 2012, 07:43:28 PM »
I stopped playing when they exceeded 251 and every Pokemon started looking the same with just as confusing names.

I don't really see this. Everyone complains about the new generations in one way or another, but I think most of it is "stuff from my childhood was the best!" nostalgia, or just the fact that by that point they'd grown out of it so the newer ones were just like "meh". Honestly, the new ones look great to me. There are some dumb ones, but every generation had some dumb ones. I'm frankly surprised that they've managed to keep them as diverse as they are with 500+.

While they are diverse, the problem I have with them is the lack of creativity. They all seem like robots by design, now. Legendary species no longer have that legendary feel that the ones in the first 251 sets had. A lot just seem to be regurgitated versions of older ones. The only diversity is probably with attack names and stats, but you can pretty much do that with modifiers anyway. I just don't see the point anymore except MAYBE some story.

I guess in short I appreciate the older generations more than the newer because I had time to be blissful about it.
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« Reply #449 on: September 23, 2012, 07:53:03 PM »
While they are diverse, the problem I have with them is the lack of creativity. They all seem like robots by design, now. Legendary species no longer have that legendary feel that the ones in the first 251 sets had. A lot just seem to be regurgitated versions of older ones. The only diversity is probably with attack names and stats, but you can pretty much do that with modifiers anyway. I just don't see the point anymore except MAYBE some story.

I definitely agree with the legendary problem, though I think a lot of the way they screwed themselves over with that was how they had to keep making them more and more legendary. Mewtwo was a genetic experiment; Lugia and Ho-Oh were legendary birds; Kyogre, Groudon and Rayquaza were masters of water, land and sky; Palkia, Dialga, and Giratina control time, space and antimatter; then Arceus was (probably) creator of the entire universe. Where do you go from there?

So yeah, the legendaries have kind of gotten less awe-inspiring and more "well, this is the legendary, I should catch it". Personally, I think either Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald or Diamond/Pearl/Platinum were the last great legendaries, but even by D/P/P the sheen was a bit worn. R/S/E was personally the last series where I was all thrilled about the legendaries.
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