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Off Topic / Starting ye/ne polls? YE! or NE!
« on: July 31, 2014, 12:51:52 AM »
Ye or ne motherfupper
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Off Topic / Best guacamole recipe.
« on: July 30, 2014, 09:02:03 PM »
Seriously, this is one of the best guacamole recipes I've ever tried. My friends like to eat it with chips but I just eat it right with my hand, or drink it. But anyway, you need to check this out for party chow. It doesn't matter if the lemon juice is a little chunky.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKWPdX4PaEc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKWPdX4PaEc
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Off Topic / roosterShot - Let's make America's meat bananas hurt, one roosterShot at a time (SFW)
« on: July 28, 2014, 10:50:59 PM »
You completely pull apart that rooster. I mean, it's GONE. And you've got a piece of garlic mashed to a richard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfYijyWMAjo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfYijyWMAjo
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Drama / The Animal InfernoTycho (110908) being an ass about shortening his name
« on: July 28, 2014, 08:16:05 PM »
So I was on Tez's and this guy starts pming me telling me that I had freekilled someone else. I didn't, because they had attacked me. But whatever.
I had forgotten how to use the pm feature on Tez's since I hadn't played for a few months. Then I ask him how to do it, but first call his attention by saying "animal inferno" instead of his long-ass name.
And holy stuff that set something off inside of him.
Then we respawn and the next round starts and we're both in the same cell next to the vent containing the key. He asks me...
And then proceeds again to freak out and told me now i'm "considered a dumbass" for not saying THE animal.
Even my six-character name gets shortened all the time to Fen or Fenn, and I have no problem with this. Why this guy with a 22-character name gets mad when you dare shorten it, or don't use the definite article, I'll never have a clue.
I had forgotten how to use the pm feature on Tez's since I hadn't played for a few months. Then I ask him how to do it, but first call his attention by saying "animal inferno" instead of his long-ass name.
And holy stuff that set something off inside of him.
Then we respawn and the next round starts and we're both in the same cell next to the vent containing the key. He asks me...
And then proceeds again to freak out and told me now i'm "considered a dumbass" for not saying THE animal.
Even my six-character name gets shortened all the time to Fen or Fenn, and I have no problem with this. Why this guy with a 22-character name gets mad when you dare shorten it, or don't use the definite article, I'll never have a clue.
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Off Topic / Fixing little scratches on a 3DS
« on: July 28, 2014, 07:52:15 PM »
So as I was cleaning my room today I accidentally ran my almost brand new 3DS across the floor and now it has a couple of tiny scratches across its bottom. They're so small that you couldn't find them unless you were looking for them, but they're still there enough that it bothers me. What kind of plastic is this and can I use any kind of scratch remover on it?
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Off Topic / Wearing/using/displaying the Confederate flag
« on: July 27, 2014, 10:29:04 PM »
So today at work a guy came into the drive thru and he had a Confederate flag tattoo. It always makes me especially angry since I live in PA and we won and those people consciously choose to display the flag of the enemy, who stood for slavery to begin with.
And don't even try and pretend that the Civil War wasn't about slavery. Sure, it was about states' rights too, but a state's right to what? Allow slavery. All the other states' rights issues like nullification and tariffs were dealt with without states ever seceding.
But anyway, I just automatically see somebody wearing the Confederate flag to be a traitor to their country, especially considering I have lived in the North all my life, not to mention it's casually tribal and basically the equivalent of showing the middle finger to black people.
I don't care if it's country pride, I don't care if it's Southern pride, that's a flag that stood for slavery and against this country. To get Godwin's law out of the way quickly, you don't see Germans flying the national socialist flag to celebrate their pride in Riddler's improved railway systems.
And don't even try and pretend that the Civil War wasn't about slavery. Sure, it was about states' rights too, but a state's right to what? Allow slavery. All the other states' rights issues like nullification and tariffs were dealt with without states ever seceding.
But anyway, I just automatically see somebody wearing the Confederate flag to be a traitor to their country, especially considering I have lived in the North all my life, not to mention it's casually tribal and basically the equivalent of showing the middle finger to black people.
I don't care if it's country pride, I don't care if it's Southern pride, that's a flag that stood for slavery and against this country. To get Godwin's law out of the way quickly, you don't see Germans flying the national socialist flag to celebrate their pride in Riddler's improved railway systems.
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Off Topic / Google comes ever closer to duplicating all of reality (3d trees!)
« on: July 25, 2014, 11:18:00 PM »
So I was fooling around in Google Earth and I had 3d building rendering turned on and I noticed something strange. The TREES were in 3d too! So I took this screenshot and compared it to a near-identical photo from nearby on the Panoramio database:
Panoramio link: http://www.panoramio.com/photo/103287388
Then I fooled around with photo effects for a while to see how lifelike I could make the Google Earth version:
Needless to say this got a little uncanny valley to me. Deciding to probe the limits of the human brain to depths never reached by any ordinary men, I shrunk both the real photo and the photo-edited Google Earth screenshot to relatively tiny sizes and compared them. Look, could you even tell which one is real when it's this small or not? I mean obviously the point remains that making it small removes a lot of the sharp edges and other detail that make it obvious that it's a computer render, but...
...but that's the point. Google is coming ever closer to recreating the whole world, and with only a little bit of photo manipulation it becomes indistinguishable from a real life photo. Today? Oh, it's just a nifty little trick. Tomorrow? We are trapped inside the Google+ Matrix. Next year? Google will introduce an update that removes all research and copyrighted material from material existence. Are we going to just let them play god like this? Are you just going to sit back and accept Gmail and Google+ and YouTube partnerships and AdSense and the new holocaust against the atoms that make up the fabric of this very world? And you thought that Google tracking you was so innocent. I guess this means we can find glitches and clip through walls now.
Rip in peace planet Earth ~4,000,000,000 BCE - 2014 CE.
Panoramio link: http://www.panoramio.com/photo/103287388
Then I fooled around with photo effects for a while to see how lifelike I could make the Google Earth version:
Needless to say this got a little uncanny valley to me. Deciding to probe the limits of the human brain to depths never reached by any ordinary men, I shrunk both the real photo and the photo-edited Google Earth screenshot to relatively tiny sizes and compared them. Look, could you even tell which one is real when it's this small or not? I mean obviously the point remains that making it small removes a lot of the sharp edges and other detail that make it obvious that it's a computer render, but...
...but that's the point. Google is coming ever closer to recreating the whole world, and with only a little bit of photo manipulation it becomes indistinguishable from a real life photo. Today? Oh, it's just a nifty little trick. Tomorrow? We are trapped inside the Google+ Matrix. Next year? Google will introduce an update that removes all research and copyrighted material from material existence. Are we going to just let them play god like this? Are you just going to sit back and accept Gmail and Google+ and YouTube partnerships and AdSense and the new holocaust against the atoms that make up the fabric of this very world? And you thought that Google tracking you was so innocent. I guess this means we can find glitches and clip through walls now.
Rip in peace planet Earth ~4,000,000,000 BCE - 2014 CE.
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Off Topic / Post your favorite breakfast food. (poll: what's your breakfast drink?)
« on: July 25, 2014, 09:54:55 PM »
I really like scrambled eggs with ketchup on rye toast, with a cup of coffee. Mmmm.
The only reason I separated OJ from the rest of the juices in the poll is because OJ seems to be waaaaay more common than other juices. At least in the US.
If you drink more than 2 things at breakfast, you're weird.
The only reason I separated OJ from the rest of the juices in the poll is because OJ seems to be waaaaay more common than other juices. At least in the US.
If you drink more than 2 things at breakfast, you're weird.
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Off Topic / Post youtube videos with UNDER 1,000 views that deserve way more
« on: July 24, 2014, 09:41:24 PM »
He cooks his brother soup every day outside the club for $6 a bowl and he sells out every day. He's had his dreads for 10 years.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3WFvvbl0HQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3WFvvbl0HQ
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Off Topic / pawlitix thred
« on: July 24, 2014, 05:36:09 PM »
> republicans are right wing
> right turns are easier to make than left turns
> therefore right = better
> vote republican
> right turns are easier to make than left turns
> therefore right = better
> vote republican
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Off Topic / F IS OFFICIALLY THE FAVORITE LETTER OF THE BLOCKLAND FORUMS
« on: July 19, 2014, 11:31:38 PM »
With 63.6% of the final runoff vote. Congratulations to his friends and family.
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Off Topic / WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE LETTER: FINAL SUDDEN DEATH F VS G (OVER AT 11:30 EST)
« on: July 19, 2014, 09:12:11 PM »
THIS IS WHAT EVERYONE HAS BEEN WAITING FOR. CAST YOUR VOTE BY 11:30 EST
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Off Topic / WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE LETTER: BATTLE TO THE DEATH EDITION [F AND G ADVANCE]
« on: July 19, 2014, 06:58:49 PM »
VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE LETTER BEFORE 9 EST
At 9 o'clock tonight I will close the poll and pronounce the winner of the ULTIMATE DEATHBATTLE to be the FAVORITE LETTER OF THE BLOCKLAND FORUMS and will be whichever letter has the majority of the votes.
IF NO LETTER HAS A MAJORITY AT 9, a new thread will be posted by 9:30 which will contain the FINAL BATTLE TO THE DEATH BETWEEN THE TWO LETTERS WITH THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGES. (If there is a two-way tie for first place, then those two letters will be the ones included. If there is a more-than-two-way tie for first place, then the first two letters that come alphabetically will be the ones included. If there is no tie for first place, but there is a two-or-more tie for second place, then the letter that comes first alphabetically will be the one included second.)
The winner of that thread (which will close at 11) will then be pronounced the FAVORITE LETTER OF THE BLOCKLAND FORUMS.
MAKE YOUR VOTE COUNT. FIGHT TO DEATH FOR QUEEN AND COUNTRY AND LETTER.
At 9 o'clock tonight I will close the poll and pronounce the winner of the ULTIMATE DEATHBATTLE to be the FAVORITE LETTER OF THE BLOCKLAND FORUMS and will be whichever letter has the majority of the votes.
IF NO LETTER HAS A MAJORITY AT 9, a new thread will be posted by 9:30 which will contain the FINAL BATTLE TO THE DEATH BETWEEN THE TWO LETTERS WITH THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGES. (If there is a two-way tie for first place, then those two letters will be the ones included. If there is a more-than-two-way tie for first place, then the first two letters that come alphabetically will be the ones included. If there is no tie for first place, but there is a two-or-more tie for second place, then the letter that comes first alphabetically will be the one included second.)
The winner of that thread (which will close at 11) will then be pronounced the FAVORITE LETTER OF THE BLOCKLAND FORUMS.
MAKE YOUR VOTE COUNT. FIGHT TO DEATH FOR QUEEN AND COUNTRY AND LETTER.
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Games / Teh Legned of Zelda: A Megathread Between Games (pretty new op)
« on: July 15, 2014, 12:57:00 AM »
Because I didn't see a living general Zelda thread...
So anyway, I'm like 70% through my latest run on Skyward Sword and about to get Ocarina of Time 3D (sadly, I never played the N64 original) as well as A Link Between Worlds. Also probably Phantom Hourglass even though I've heard it sucks, just to flesh out my collection.
Topic starter: what's your favorite Zelda dungeon and why?
I've got to say, I really love the Ancient Cistern from Skyward Sword just because of the uniqueness of throwing together a shadow and water dungeon with a central theme from Japanese legends. It was WAY too short though, and the minibosses were so bland. Koloktos more than made up for that in my eyes.
Also, who else is loving PUMPED FOR THE WII U GAME LIKE SDAGSWA
So anyway, I'm like 70% through my latest run on Skyward Sword and about to get Ocarina of Time 3D (sadly, I never played the N64 original) as well as A Link Between Worlds. Also probably Phantom Hourglass even though I've heard it sucks, just to flesh out my collection.
Topic starter: what's your favorite Zelda dungeon and why?
I've got to say, I really love the Ancient Cistern from Skyward Sword just because of the uniqueness of throwing together a shadow and water dungeon with a central theme from Japanese legends. It was WAY too short though, and the minibosses were so bland. Koloktos more than made up for that in my eyes.
Also, who else is loving PUMPED FOR THE WII U GAME LIKE SDAGSWA