The "whatever's on your mind" thread

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    I SAW WE BURN DOWN THE STEAM HEADQUATERS!

    Erm. I mean. I shall grumble some more under my breath and deal with it.
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    Damn... I guess that Muppet is serious. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZwzDOiYLpU
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    Having a Muppet as a president would be like having a Horse in the Senate.

    Oh wait...
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    coolsome wrote: »
    I shot sniper wolf right in the virgina and in the next cut scene she's fine what gives!

    Yeah, normally you can't kill a person by shooting a state.
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    I urge everyone to dislike and flag this ad for the vile, disgusting hate speech that it is. That people can actually publicly hold this kind of opinion while seeking office is, frankly, one of the most vile, evil things in this country today.
    Ribs wrote: »
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    I'm just wondering if Perry's message is actually an unmitigated hate speech against the gay lifestyle. When I actually take into account the second half of the sentence - "...but our kids can't openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school.", the message almost seems to be a protest against (what her perceives to be) an inequity: that one group of people who're living a divergent/aberrant lifestyle (homosexuality) are allowed to openly display this in one institution (the military), but those of another exclusive/esoteric lifestyle (Christianity) are either discouraged or forbidden from doing the same in another institution (school).

    I'm not saying that homosexual intolerance isn't present within Perry's little speech, but I don't feel that the message is directly targeted at gays and their lifestyle (which I know some people will interpret it as), but instead towards an inequality he sees within American society.
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    Zeek wrote: »
    Damn... I guess that Muppet is serious. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZwzDOiYLpU

    Did I mention that I'm voting for this Muppet? He's a better candidate than any of the other clowns currently running for office.
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    I'm currently watching all 10 seasons of King of the Hill. This show is hilarious, especially if you have ever lived in Texas for a while. Though, not in a bad way.
  • edited December 2011
    I never found the humour in the Three Stooges but I CAN'T TURN IT OFF.
  • edited December 2011
    Here's whats on my mind: Why do people like The Beatles so much? Their music is absolutely terrible. Lennon can't play or sing, Harrison is garbage, McCartney is a wimp, and Ringo is nothing.
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    Don't you already have a thread for that sort of thing?
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    Don't you already have a thread for that sort of thing?

    Yeah, but someone blocked it. Now here we are again!
  • edited December 2011
    bobber56 wrote: »
    here's whats on my mind: Why do people like the beatles so much? Their music is absolutely terrible. Lennon can't play or sing, harrison is garbage, mccartney is a wimp, and ringo is nothing.

    Begone foul beast!
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    I am not really fond of the Beatles myself, but I won't go strait out and say it's terrible.

    Now take death metal as an example that is terrible, no melody, no lyrics, nothing.
    Just a bunch of long haired hippies keeping 1 and different note through out the entire thing and roaring in the microphone with no words.

    Beatles have lyrics that mean something and a tune, and that is what makes music.
    So it is music, and that in it self is not terrible, I would only say what you can't identify as what it's meant to be is terrible.

    Man listen to me, trying to pretend I am someone I am not... :p
  • edited December 2011
    First that transmission gear thing breaks in the washing machine. Then the agitator dogs break in the washing machine. Then the heating element in the dryer goes out. Now the compressor in the refrigerator is making a very loud rattling sound. I think my house must be infested with appliance gremlins.
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    What ever you do, don't feed them after midnight!

    But with the sound from the refrigerator I think it might already be too late.

    Well in that case, keep them out of water!

    ... Ohh wait the washing machine is what broke first, I guess you are doomed then. :p
  • edited December 2011
    bobber56 wrote: »
    Here's whats on my mind: Why do people like The Beatles so much? Their music is absolutely terrible. Lennon can't play or sing, Harrison is garbage, McCartney is a wimp, and Ringo is nothing.

    Once again, you haven't really expressed your opinion very well. Here, you haven't explained why The Beatles suck any more clearly than you did a few weeks ago, in that thread that was locked immediately for that very reason. You've merely presented the same opinion, but it's been cut into pieces this time, by you attacking the individual members of the Beatles (rather than the band as a collective), without providing any more substantiation for your argument than you did last time. Except for maybe "Lennon can't play or sing," which is completely subjective anyway.

    Seriously, I don't know how a grown adult can actually have such poor argumentative skills.
  • edited December 2011
    I'm no fan of the Beatles.

    But you can't deny that there is something good in their music, else they wouldn't be adored by millions of people.

    Its kind of like Elvis, but I like Elvis.
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    I'm no fan of the Beatles.

    But you can't deny that there is something good in their music, else they wouldn't be adored by millions of people.

    Its kind of like Elvis, but I like Elvis.

    I like the Beatles(some...they did have some terrible stuff that charted way too high though)...yet, I did not like Elvis(except one song and I'm not telling). It's not a US vs UK thing either. I just never liked his voice(and I'm not saying it's bad, it just doesn't click with my cochleas).
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    I am not really fond of the Beatles myself, but I won't go strait out and say it's terrible.

    Now take death metal as an example that is terrible, no melody, no lyrics, nothing.
    Just a bunch of long haired hippies keeping 1 and different note through out the entire thing and roaring in the microphone with no words.

    Beatles have lyrics that mean something and a tune, and that is what makes music.
    So it is music, and that in it self is not terrible, I would only say what you can't identify as what it's meant to be is terrible.

    Man listen to me, trying to pretend I am someone I am not... :p

    I'm not a huge fan of Death Metal either, but I can understand why some people like it. It's still music, and it's possible for some music-listeners to appreciate it.

    I mean, there's still a tune in the music. It might be played with a really heavy tone, and accompanied by (what some consider to be) an overuse of percussion, but there's still a tune there; there's still notes, chords, etc.

    Besides, what a lot of Death Metal listeners appreciate is the technicality of the music - the virtuosity of the players. And Death Metal is a genre that allows those musicians to exercise their ability with a certain intensity to it. Fans of the music often enjoy the complexity of the riffs (rather than their catchiness) and the extremity of the rhythm sections.

    But, also, a lot of them simply like the sound of the music. To us it's harsh and abrasive-sounding, but some people can enjoy the screamed/growled vocals, sort of in the same way that I enjoy the sound of a good snare drum. The vocals don't have any real melody to them, but neither does a snare drum, and it still adds something to the music and is aesthetically pleasing.

    Once again, the genre itself isn't necessarily a bad genre of music, and it's not impossible to enjoy; it's just sort of esoteric, I guess.
    I'm no fan of the Beatles.

    But you can't deny that there is something good in their music, else they wouldn't be adored by millions of people.

    Its kind of like Elvis, but I like Elvis.

    I respect The Beatles much more than Elvis, though, since The Beatles actually wrote their own music.
  • edited December 2011
    bobber56 wrote: »
    Harrison is garbage

    Yes. The guy who wrote While My Guitar Gently Weeps is garbage. Okay. It's 2 AM and I'm not in the mood to debate...but really? Do I even need to? It's not the greatest song in the world, but I think it's fairly safe to call it a well written and performed one.
  • edited December 2011
    Johro wrote: »
    It's 2 AM and I'm not in the mood to debate...

    You'd have a hard time debating with him anyway. I banned him an hour and a half ago.
  • edited December 2011
    Well then who wants tacos?
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    Hayden wrote: »
    I'm not a huge fan of Death Metal either, but I can understand why some people like it. It's still music, and it's possible for some music-listeners to appreciate it.

    I mean, there's still a tune in the music. It might be played with a really heavy tone, and accompanied by (what some consider to be) an overuse of percussion, but there's still a tune there; there's still notes, chords, etc.

    Besides, what a lot of Death Metal listeners appreciate is the technicality of the music - the virtuosity of the players. And Death Metal is a genre that allows those musicians to exercise their ability with a certain intensity to it. Fans of the music often enjoy the complexity of the riffs (rather than their catchiness) and the extremity of the rhythm sections.

    But, also, a lot of them simply like the sound of the music. To us it's harsh and abrasive-sounding, but some people can enjoy the screamed/growled vocals, sort of in the same way that I enjoy the sound of a good snare drum. The vocals don't have any real melody to them, but neither does a snare drum, and it still adds something to the music and is aesthetically pleasing.

    Once again, the genre itself isn't necessarily a bad genre of music, and it's not impossible to enjoy; it's just sort of esoteric, I guess.

    And again you just put it in so much better words than I could ever hope to. :D
    There is just many Death Metal bands where I just couldn't hear any tune, it just sounded like drums and base and a man roaring down a microphone, no words or anything.
    I know it's music for some, for me it's just noise. :p
    You'd have a hard time debating with him anyway. I banned him an hour and a half ago.

    Thank you.
  • edited December 2011
    If one was looking for a good handheld console, is the 3DS the way to go?
  • edited December 2011
    TomPravetz wrote: »
    If one was looking for a good handheld console, is the 3DS the way to go?

    I would imagine so. They seem to be pretty popular. Unless this PS Vita thing surprises everyone, I would probably vote 3DS.
  • edited December 2011
    Death Metal
    by RetroVortex

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    CRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHH!!!
    BROOOOOOOAAAAAAWWWWRRRRR!!
    RUBELUBELUUUBE!
    RUBELUBELUUUBE!
    RUBELUBELUUUBE!
    DOOOOOOOOOORRRREEE!
    RUBELUBELUUUBE!
    RUBELUBELUUUBE!
    RUBELUBELUUUBE!
    BLOOOOORRRREEE!
    BROOOOOOOOOAAAAAAWWWRRR!!
    CHUG-A!CHUG-A!CHUG-A!CHUG-A!
    BROOOOOOOOOAAAAAAWWWRRR!!
    CHUG-A!CHUG-A!CHUG-A!CHUG-A!
    HATE! BLAGAGA
    HATE! BLAGABLAGABLAH
    FEAR! RAGATA!
    LOVE?
    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRR!!!

    HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE!
    HATEHATEHATEHATEHATEHATEHATEHATE!

    BLOOOOOOOAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGHHHH!!!

    KILL DEATH HATE DEATH
    KILL LOVE DEATH HATE
    HATE HATE HATE HATE

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaAAAAAAARRRHHH!!!

    *Random guitaring cut short by...*

    BLLLAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHh!!!!!
    OOOOOWWWAAAARRRRRGGHHH!!!

    THANK YOU! THANK YOU! :D

    Nu Metal is also terrible.
    (And Black. Basically you get the idea of what the crap stuff is by now...)

    Everyone is advised to stick to regular, Thrash, and Prog metal for their own safety.

    EDIT: Funny
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    You know what needs to stop RIGHT NOW? Putting a "while not for all audiences..." disclaimer in EVERY review of ANYTHING even REMOTELY niche. NOTHING IS FOR ALL AUDIENCES. I did not see this disclaimer on reviews for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, or Toy Story 3, or Back to the Future: The Game even though THEY WERE NOT FOR ME, and thus NOT FOR ALL AUDIENCES.

    Different things appeal to different people? NO SHIT, SHERLOCK. Don't use this to apply ONLY to things which have a slightly more limited wide appeal than whatever $200 million megashit is being pushed into every avenue of marketing 24/7. Don't go and pretend that smaller productions are somehow SPECIAL in the fact that there are people who may not enjoy them.
    TomPravetz wrote: »
    If one was looking for a good handheld console, is the 3DS the way to go?
    Game consoles can't really be rated like other pieces of hardware. Buying a console is really buying into a library. Does the 3DS have a library that makes it worth owning right now, to you? Are you willing to buy it now despite the possibility of future models? Would you use it? These are really the only questions to go over when buying any piece of gaming hardware, unless it has a roughly equivalent library to its contemporaries(for example, if one's interest was mainly in multiplatform titles, a comparison between the experiences on the 360 vs the PS3 are warranted).
  • edited December 2011
    Pull Blox/Pushmo on the 3DS eShop is awesome by the by.

    It comes with 250 odd puzzles and an editor to create your own and share them with others. You share them through QR codes which is quick and that little bit more fun than just downloading a level.
  • edited December 2011
    I had to stop listening to this because it was FREakINg mE ouT!
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    Guess who got two advance tickets to an advance screening of the Dark Knight Rises six minute prologue. THIS GUY!
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    coolsome wrote: »
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    Yes, things made by the same person share a passing resemblance.
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    Yes, things made by the same person share a passing resemblance.

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  • edited December 2011
    Got into a car accident today. Somewhat jittery.
  • edited December 2011
    Hayden wrote: »
    I'm just wondering if Perry's message is actually an unmitigated hate speech against the gay lifestyle. When I actually take into account the second half of the sentence - "...but our kids can't openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school.", the message almost seems to be a protest against (what her perceives to be) an inequity: that one group of people who're living a divergent/aberrant lifestyle (homosexuality) are allowed to openly display this in one institution (the military), but those of another exclusive/esoteric lifestyle (Christianity) are either discouraged or forbidden from doing the same in another institution (school).

    I'm not saying that homosexual intolerance isn't present within Perry's little speech, but I don't feel that the message is directly targeted at gays and their lifestyle (which I know some people will interpret it as), but instead towards an inequality he sees within American society.

    The second half of the sentence is also wrong. I can pray in school if I want, I can't be forced to, but I can. A person in my choir class always went into another room at the beginning of class to pray. Children can openly celebrate Christmas if they want. There is nothing saying that they can't, because that would be breaking the first amendment. Schools themselves can not force anyone to do either.

    The inequality that he sees isn't there.
  • edited December 2011
    DAISHI wrote: »
    Got into a car accident today. Somewhat jittery.

    everything okay?



    edited as not to DP(I swear this stands for double post):

    How things have changed... It may have been different with me living in Canada than my international friends, but I felt more pride in my VHS & Betamax collection than DVD & Blu-Ray. As a child/teenager there was no online ordering, there was no Best Buy, Futureshop was strictly in computers(Canada's Best Buy, now we have both, long story), there was no Wal-mart. We did have Columbia House mailorder, but that was mostly brand new movies and they had a small selection.

    Most of my movies came from rental places selling off old movies, K-mart, corner stores etc. If you wanted to own an older movie, you had to get lucky. I remember searching and searching for horror movies. I think I ended up with 4 of the 8(at the time) friday the 13th movies(I did rent them all though). I currently have them all on DVD, but seeing the set and buying it was less satisfying than seeing one movie I didn't have on a corner store rack and buying it. The thrill of the chase is extinct for the most part.

    Remembering an old movie and looking it up online to see if it's even available anymore just ends the mystery right there rather than not knowing and checking every single shelf of movies you find in a store.
  • edited December 2011
    Remolay wrote: »
    The second half of the sentence is also wrong. I can pray in school if I want, I can't be forced to, but I can. A person in my choir class always went into another room at the beginning of class to pray. Children can openly celebrate Christmas if they want. There is nothing saying that they can't, because that would be breaking the first amendment. Schools themselves can not force anyone to do either.

    The inequality that he sees isn't there.

    Boom. Quite correct. It would be inequality if schools forced people to celebrate a religious holiday they don't believe in.
    Johro wrote: »
    everything okay?



    edited as not to DP(I swear this stands for double post):

    Yeah, just got back from work and filed my claim.
  • edited December 2011
    Remolay wrote: »
    The second half of the sentence is also wrong. I can pray in school if I want, I can't be forced to, but I can. A person in my choir class always went into another room at the beginning of class to pray. Children can openly celebrate Christmas if they want. There is nothing saying that they can't, because that would be breaking the first amendment. Schools themselves can not force anyone to do either.

    The inequality that he sees isn't there.

    Okay, I guess the man is just a confused git, then.
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