WTF?!! I guess I've been playing too much aram lately cause this is the first time I've heard that. What are they thinking? You wouldn't call Graves a marksman, he uses a shotgun! Plus it's a lot easier to type AD into chat than marksman.
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E-books being a thing is not surprising at all. Everyone wants everything in one place. They want their entire movie library on their harddrive/or just watch netflix or whatever. They want their entire music library on their hard drive, pictures, etc etc.DugMachine said:
A few things:
Google+ - From what I've heard, not counting all the services it's tacked onto, there's something like only 10 million people that regularly use Google+. With all the services it's tacked onto, that number goes up to 500 million. It's not gonna work Google. You're not going to be the next Facebook, so please stop embarrassing yourself.
Kinect - Besides most X-Box owners not having the space for it to work and/or not caring for it, Microsoft really seems to think that this is what everyone's been looking for in gaming. (they haven't)
Most (if not all) of Doug Walker's Side/Other Works - Movies in 5 Seconds were great, and Nostalgia Critic was fine, but this guy *really* got full of himself. He's got something like ten other things he does, and they're all pretty much crap. Some don't even make sense (why is he reviewing Adventure Time episode by episode [other than for the ad revenue]?). Also, those two leftovers he has from Demo Reel. They're not funny, they never were funny, stop including them in things.
Google+ - From what I've heard, not counting all the services it's tacked onto, there's something like only 10 million people that regularly use Google+. With all the services it's tacked onto, that number goes up to 500 million. It's not gonna work Google. You're not going to be the next Facebook, so please stop embarrassing yourself.
Kinect - Besides most X-Box owners not having the space for it to work and/or not caring for it, Microsoft really seems to think that this is what everyone's been looking for in gaming. (they haven't)
Most (if not all) of Doug Walker's Side/Other Works - Movies in 5 Seconds were great, and Nostalgia Critic was fine, but this guy *really* got full of himself. He's got something like ten other things he does, and they're all pretty much crap. Some don't even make sense (why is he reviewing Adventure Time episode by episode [other than for the ad revenue]?). Also, those two leftovers he has from Demo Reel. They're not funny, they never were funny, stop including them in things.
Frankly, alot of things need to go, for lack of value. Let's just start with Facebook and anything like Facebook. Waste of time.
I feel as if the concept has been heavily perverted and skewed to the point where I don't see much resemblance to the original definition that was used when I was in middle school & high school.SilkySkyKitten said:
The related concept of "unrequited love" is provably irrefutable. It makes an appearance in nearly all forms of art and documented history. And if you've never even had a "crush" or "fancied someone", then good for you. You've avoided that particularly gut-wrenching experience.
The concept of the "friendzone", as I understood it, was a guy (almost always, it's a male) that likes a gal who is either a friend or acquaintance, and either makes a move verbally, but is told the proverbial "I'd rather just be friends" or doesn't make a move and tries to cue the dove with body language and/or behavior, which is usually ignored by the recipient (no matter how blatantly obvious the message is).
Obviously it's a sign of immaturity and self-doubt, but I've seen it happen. Multiple times. It is a thing. Now, from what I've seen, the "blaming" part is usually due to the manipulation of the guy by the lady. She "uses" him as a friend/snot rag/venting vestibule and he will see this as a sign of mutual compatibility. Depending on his method of approach (verbally or behaviorally, as mentioned above), he'll either get told down sympathetically by the gal in a way that tries to maintain the "friendship" for her benefit, or he'll get strung along until he realizes he's wasting his time/grows up/kills himself/whatever. I honestly believe that's where the anger, frustration and vitriol come from: the idea that one has wasted their finite time with someone who appears to not care enough to give them a clear message, and therefore appears selfish and cruel.
That whole concept described above clearly affects a certain group of people. Those who aren't acclimatized toward social interaction, those who have a neurological/psychological tendency to being in a state of heightened anxiety, whiteknight fucktards, etc.
Please don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to defend the behavior, especially its present/mutated form. Simply trying to provide a perspective based on what I've observed & experienced.
OT: This actually took me a while to think about. I've been out of the many loops for a while. But I have two.
1) "Sick" as an expression - i.e. "OMG that tackle/swerve/anal fissure was so sick, bro!" It doesn't make sense and sounds stupid, like the person couldn't figure out an adequate descriptor to convey their perception, so they chose a word at random. When I was in school, a similar thing happened with the word "tight". Initially, I thought that was dumb as shit, but it made sense after I gave it a bit of thought (even if those jackasses who frequently used it couldn't've cared less). "Tight" implies something secure, solid, consistent, perhaps maintaining a force to hold two practically opposing things together, either physically or conceptually. Using it to describe something as clever or likable is still a bit of a stretch, but it makes more sense than "sick" does.
2) "Nerds/geeks are cool/sexy/appealing" - This concept needs to leave. It was clearly something started by the hipster-eque "I'm so not mainstream, I'm mainstream" mindset where some asshole was playing Scrabble for the first time since he was 10 and declared "OMG, I'm such a nerd!" and the equally shallow and timid sycophants he surrounded himself with nodded and laughed in approval. But instead of it being a cheap quip during a night of stoned boredom, it was exaggerated, unnaturally and forcibly grown, being shoved ass-first into society. This is true with a lot of current trends, but this one is more apparent where I am and therefore irritates me the most. Nearly the entire generation is pretentious, hyperbolic, phony, delusional and severely in need of a dictionary & humility. It's hard to find and meet real people behind these shallow, dull, boring masks.
Communication is communication.FalloutJack said:
I don't know how the typical johnny uses Facebook but I don't have any local friends. It's how I keep track of local music shows going on as well. I love how people who don't use it seem to assume that nobody uses social networking in a rational manner. And my time isn't so valuable that I need to cut out all the things that are a 'waste' of it.
It's improved my life, think of me what you will.
Pinky, I don't use facebook. I don't LIKE facebook. And unless I miss my guess, some of the trouble in Stein's Gate was facebook. Why not just end the bugger?Pink Gregory said:
I refute any analogy that attempts to compare facebook to food. You don't need facebook to live.Pink Gregory said:
There are many things that we have that we don't need to live.FalloutJack said:
All I'm trying to assert is that it's allowed me to communicate regularly with people I otherwise wouldn't have been able to, and I appreciate that. Then again I don't view it as separate from the internet in that regard.
If you think I'm a lesser person for it, then that's your decision.
This conversation is depressing. Can't we talk about mittens instead?
I don't blame the people, Mittens. I just don't like the system. Beyond token annoyance with it and not using it, I don't really put the hate on. Sorry if that bothered you.Pink Gregory said:
I prefer gloves, though. Nice leather ones with a soft interior and zipper-tighteners. THAT'S a thing.
I find that fingerless gloves give me more tactile control and keep my hands just as warm. Wish I could explain that. Then again we rarely go under -5C in southern England.FalloutJack said:
I can't believe someone ninja'd me on this.Casper Andersen said:
Also, planking. Fuck, that was annoying. My facebook feed was filled with morons planking on desks in class, completely missing the point.
Dear young whippersnappers.
Adding the word "Hashtag" in front of a statement or phrase is not the formula for instant humor.
#knockthatshitoff
On a slightly more relevant note. I'd really appreciate it if the various restaurants I go to would stop forcing their employees to trick me into thinking that working there is just one big party.
I live in Utah, we're a desert, we don't have "good" seafood. What we have is a Joe's Crabshack. (Which for some god forsaken reason is about the only place I can get a boilermaker around here.)
Every damn time I go there, the lights dim, a klaxon blares, and the entire staff shambles out onto the floor to perform a dead eyed shuffle to some horrible SFW "party jam." It's like watching Silent Hill mixed with the Hokey Pokey.
Seriously, stop that. Being a waiter is a soul crushing experience as it is, you don't need to speed the process along.
Adding the word "Hashtag" in front of a statement or phrase is not the formula for instant humor.
#knockthatshitoff
On a slightly more relevant note. I'd really appreciate it if the various restaurants I go to would stop forcing their employees to trick me into thinking that working there is just one big party.
I live in Utah, we're a desert, we don't have "good" seafood. What we have is a Joe's Crabshack. (Which for some god forsaken reason is about the only place I can get a boilermaker around here.)
Every damn time I go there, the lights dim, a klaxon blares, and the entire staff shambles out onto the floor to perform a dead eyed shuffle to some horrible SFW "party jam." It's like watching Silent Hill mixed with the Hokey Pokey.
Seriously, stop that. Being a waiter is a soul crushing experience as it is, you don't need to speed the process along.
I agree about the control at your fingertips, but I always wondered...how do the exposed fingers actually keep warm?Pink Gregory said:
Not saying you're wrong, just saying that Facebook doesn't really qualify as something that just isn't going to catch on.FalloutJack said:
Oh, details, details... It's not the timing that's important, just the message.Queen Michael said: