The "whatever's on your mind" thread

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  • edited October 2011
    I was rather impossible to bully because I really didn't notice people making snide comments. Then again, I also had precisely one friend and was extremely bored in school. After first grade, I started reading a book under the desk every day instead of paying attention to the teachers. Frankly, I think I learned more from the books.
  • edited October 2011
    coolsome wrote: »
    I hated school due being bullied like every fucking day. Once I left I started building confidence and growing as an individual.

    Me too... school pretty much sucked. What got me is I didn't just have one bully, but a few. Sometimes I feel like they had a roster and took turns.
  • edited October 2011
    As a kid I was always bullied.
    I'm such a big softy.

    Easy to upset, and a kind heart made me an easy target.

    I did bully once, but it was literally for a day, and I felt really bad about it, and apologised to the kid.

    Groups of people bullied me consistently, though I've had a fair share of individual tormentors.

    Only one of them ever physically abused me, which is unsuprising since I was and will likely always be massive.

    I could easily take down 2-3 people if I ever wanted to, but I never really wanted to cause trouble, and I always had to be convinced by others to take actions.

    I'm glad they did though, since it did help me, but the scars are still there.
    My confidence is very slow in its recovery, but I have made good progress throughout uni.

    Still struggle to talk to people outside of "safe" areas or situations.
    (But when in a "safe" area I become my real, balanced self rather than my shielded introversy)
  • edited October 2011
    Then again, I also had precisely one friend
    You did better than I did, then.
  • edited October 2011
    You did better than I did, then.

    That pretty depressing, Dashing. are you sure you didn't have any friends at all?

    Then again, I did know one person who had no friends, but funnily enough it was mostly his own fault.

    You see, he was pretty short, so an easy target for bullying, but that wasn't why he didn't have any friends.

    No, many people genuinely tried to be his friend, but he just drove everyone away.

    Me and my best friend used to hang out with him for a while, as we shared similar interests, and we could sympathise.

    And we openly talked with him about everything, and it was fine for a while, but eventually we just got sick of his rudeness.

    He was a very headstrong, and opinionated person.
    Agressively closedminded.

    He had a tendancy to reject any argument that didn't match his own, which is pretty tolerable, but he was such a dick about it.

    He would say pretty nasty, detremental things to people that he didn't agree with.
    One time, he actually said something to me, that made me visibly upset, to the point that people actually commented at how harsh it was, and he didn't even care.
    No guilt at all.

    It was obvious how grating he was to everyone but him.
    (Or maybe he did know, but just didn't really care)

    Sure he was bullied, but I was bullied too, possibly even more, but you don't see me being rude and cold-minded.

    It was a shame too, since he was a very intelligent kid, and I remember me, him and my best friend having a great time on our induction day.

    Though, sometimes I wonder if it was simply jealously that made him so horrible to me.
    Maybe he didn't think I deserved to have the friends I had.
    Maybe he couldn't understand how someone not as smart as him, could have such close friends, despite being in such a similar situation.
    But then again, he wasn't just nasty to me. I got the brunt of it, but he did verbally lash out at my friends too.

    He's probably matured since then, and has more friends and is happy now.
    (At least I'd like that to be the case, everyone deserves to have good friends (well unless they are just plain evil, like murderers, rapists ect.))
  • edited October 2011
    I can't wait to get off work. I am going to the cinema with my younger bother and sister to watch Tintin. :)
  • edited October 2011
    I can't wait to get off work. I am going to the cinema with my younger bother and sister to watch Tintin. :)

    Lucky.
  • edited October 2011
    Me and my best friend used to hang out with him for a while [...]

    I remember me, him and my best friend having a great time on our induction day.

    Chyron8472 wrote: »
    coolsome wrote: »
    [...] Me and Guru are gonna [...]

    double grammar fail.

    you should always put referring to yourself after someone else.

    Also, if in a sentence you were only to refer to yourself, you should use the same form when adding someone else.

    eg.:

    I used to hang out...
    becomes
    My best friend and I used to hang out...

    also:

    I remember myself having a great time...
    becomes
    I remember him, my best friend and myself having a great time...

    It's important to not sound uneducated.

    [/nitpick]
  • edited October 2011
    XD

    Well I normally do have good spelling and grammar.

    But hey, we are casually posting on a forum here.
    Its not like its an essay or something.

    ;p
  • edited October 2011
    skeeter wrote: »
    Me too... school pretty much sucked. What got me is I didn't just have one bully, but a few. Sometimes I feel like they had a roster and took turns.

    Yh it felt like me vs the world in school and the world was winning! Although I got out alive and relatively sane. So I won. ^^
  • edited October 2011
    coolsome wrote: »
    Although I got out alive and relatively sane. So I won. ^^

    Lucky.
  • edited October 2011
    I want the next update of Poker Night at the inventroy for fix this bug! 2qmkxac.png
  • edited October 2011
    While, I whole heartedly promote martial arts education for everyone, doing it because you're angry is a bad idea. See, when you get angry, you tense up and that is an excellent way to hurt yourself. Also, any sparring partners you have will profoundly dislike you after a single bout.

    Personally, I would suggest getting a drum set. Then you can annoy your neighbors AND relieve stress.

    Right now, my rage level is approaching HULK status. I need to do something that involves destruction before I go and murder the first person that pisses me off.
  • edited October 2011
    Zeek wrote: »
    Right now, my rage level is approaching HULK status. I need to do something that involves destruction before I go and murder the first person that pisses me off.

    Destroy the thing in your immediate vicinity that is most precious to you.
    Alternatively you can try meditation excercises. That is much less violent and less prone to regrets.
  • edited October 2011
    Martial arts really isn't about raw violence. You'd be better off with american football or rugby. :D
  • edited October 2011
    To do list
    Call Commissioner Gordon and ask for Sarah then hang up. Repeat.
  • edited October 2011
    Cracked.com is apparently willing to accept my articles.
  • edited October 2011
    So, what's new since I went on my extended sulk? Oh. Still no more Monkey Island. Back to sulking then.
  • edited October 2011
    Whelp, Kubuntu seems to be unable to play games well.

    Next Flavor!
  • edited October 2011
    I have a business meeting tonight over drinks to bring on a background artist for my game.
  • edited October 2011
    And the flavor is... Xubuntu! I figure at least one of these current-ish flavors will fail to annoy me. If this doesn't work maybe I'll try regular Ubuntu again.
  • edited October 2011
    Zeek wrote: »
    Right now, my rage level is approaching HULK status. I need to do something that involves destruction before I go and murder the first person that pisses me off.

    Um... yeah. What Dashing said. Martial arts is very much about control and technique, not violence. Well, the violence comes when you're at a much higher rank and can be relatively sure that you will only purposefully hurt somebody, not accidentally really hurt somebody. Nobody wants to spar with the guy who keeps on kicking them full strength.

    Go for boxing or wrestling. Or water polo, that's supposed to be brutal.
  • edited October 2011
    Mind you I said anger is good motivation, I never said let it spiral out of control.
  • edited October 2011
    I think the only way to mix martial arts and anger is Tae Kwon Leap.

    Really, the best way out of anger is to realize how silly the thing you're getting angry about is in the overall scope of things, relax a while, and take steps to fix it all so it'll be better in the future. Anger can be an excellent motivator if you channel it right.
  • edited October 2011
    Having read the latest news from the nationwide protests, I must wonder when the protesters will start shooting back. I'm deathly afraid that one side will open fire: either the police will slip up or the protesters will get tired of the police's fascist and abusive measures of breaking up their peaceful protests. One can only take so much tyranny. Multiply that by thousands and disaster is inevitable.
  • edited October 2011
    Having read the latest news from the nationwide protests, I must wonder when the protesters will start shooting back. I'm deathly afraid that one side will open fire: either the police will slip up or the protesters will get tired of the police's fascist and abusive measures of breaking up their peaceful protests. One can only take so much tyranny. Multiply that by thousands and disaster is inevitable.

    I suddenly understand what it feels like to live on top of an active volcano.
  • edited October 2011
    I suddenly understand what it feels like to live on top of an active volcano.

    You and I both.
  • edited October 2011
    Batista will be DLC for WWE 12 as well so now I can have Brock Lesnar vs Batista!
  • edited October 2011
    I suddenly understand what it feels like to live on top of an active volcano.

    Why is it that, when you say this, it makes me think of someone having uncontrollably "explosive" bowel movements?
  • edited October 2011
    Don't throw chesse in!
  • edited October 2011
    Alcohol!
  • edited October 2011
    coolsome wrote: »
    Don't throw chesse in!

    Don't worry, only a fool would give cheese to a lactose intolerant volcano god and I'm no fool.

    I'll give it some ice cream instead.

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    Actually, random fun fact: Lactose intolerant people can eat cheese since the bacteria that make the cheese digest all the lactose into sugar components. Puts a whole new perspective on Curse, let me tell you.
  • edited October 2011
    I now know why energy drinks make me go hyper.

    I always thought it was a mix of the sugar and the caffeine (especially since I never have caffeine), but after two days of drinking non/low-sugar energy drinks, its the sugar.

    Definately the sugar that does it for me.

    I'm sticking to low-sugar energy drinks from now on, as the last time I was hyper, I was so bad, that I thought my heart was going to explode, (and knowing my lack of fitness and good dietry practice, it may have done! XD).
  • edited October 2011
    YAY! Andre the Giant is most likely gonna be in WWE 12 due to his name and likeness
    being listed on the WWE 12 copyrights.

    oopsie.png

    The 23 titles in the game have been listed.
    1. Hardcore Championship
    2. Million Dollar Championship
    3. Unified WWE Tag Team Championship
    4. ECW Championship
    5. Attitude Era Heavyweight Championship
    6. Champion of Champions Title
    7. Classic WWE Intercontinental Championship
    8. WWE Light Heavyweight Championship
    9. WCW World Heavyweight Championship
    10. Undisputed Championship
    11. Classic ECW Championship
    12. European Championship
    13. WCW Championship
    14. WWE Championship (WCW spray-painted)
    15. WCW World Heavyweight Championship (WCW spray-painted)
    16. WWE Championship
    17. World Heavyweight Championship
    18. WWE Tag Team Championship
    19. World Tag Team Championship
    20. Cruiserweight Championship
    21. Women’s Championship
    22. United States Championship
    23. Divas Championship
  • edited October 2011
    Having read the latest news from the nationwide protests, I must wonder when the protesters will start shooting back. I'm deathly afraid that one side will open fire: either the police will slip up or the protesters will get tired of the police's fascist and abusive measures of breaking up their peaceful protests. One can only take so much tyranny. Multiply that by thousands and disaster is inevitable.

    It will take a death.

    We had a near-death case when that one protester got shot in the face by a tear gas canister, and then the flash grenade that was thrown into the crowd who was trying to help him.

    When the first death happens, that person will be elevated to martyr. And then the crap will hit the fan.
  • edited October 2011
    Do you think dinosaurs are simply animals, or do they have human-like intelligence?
  • edited October 2011
    tredlow wrote: »
    Do you think dinosaurs are simply animals, or do they have human-like intelligence?

    I think we can't possibly know that without going back and trying to talk to one.

    ...TO THE TIME MACHINE!
  • edited October 2011
    DAISHI wrote: »
    Alcohol!

    That was my last-night. I don't really remember it, but apparently I made my way to these forums.
  • edited October 2011
    I miss that one guy on here who liked wrestling.
  • edited October 2011
    I really like the new Iced Earth album, but this was an interesting choice for a first video. Wasn't one of my favourite tracks.
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