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Ryaaan14 said:
Fuck this New Year RP Gaf. Ugh. I don't even have enough time to get drunk tonight, that's the worst part.
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You STILL at work? :/ If so I raise my glass to you, sir. (Even if not I'll raise my glass to you for being screwed out of New Years.)

Pilgor said:
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Just saying.
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Yesssssssssssssss...
 
AgentWhiskers said:
Making our lives better. <3
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Aww shucks.

ShockingAlberto said:
Brown-GAF can culture check me on this one, but I feel like I was always raised to be deferring to other people.

Like...in the culture I was raised in, even if you want something, you say no. My mom used to tell me a story about how my father's cousin came to visit when I was born and my mom only asked her twice if she wanted some lunch one day. My dad's cousin went back to Bangladesh and talked about how rude my mom was for not giving her any food. I get in to this weird cultural clash with people because I'll get offered things I want and immediately say no thanks and they assume I didn't actually want it.

So with that sort of thing, I feel like I'm always in the background of social situations. I'm incredibly passive in most things, so even when I'm out partying with friends, I feel like I'm there as part of a group behind other people rather than just me being there.

I think I realized recently that I live my life really passively but I also feel it's too ingrained in me to change easily.
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Well, just want you to know that you're one of my favorite members of the site. Funny how you seem to be really awesome on NeoGAF but you have trouble in real life. I just say dumb things on NeoGAF and then in real life I never say anything because I'm just going to say dumb things.
 
ShockingAlberto said:
Brown-GAF can culture check me on this one, but I feel like I was always raised to be deferring to other people.

Like...in the culture I was raised in, even if you want something, you say no. My mom used to tell me a story about how my father's cousin came to visit when I was born and my mom only asked her twice if she wanted some lunch one day. My dad's cousin went back to Bangladesh and talked about how rude my mom was for not giving her any food. I get in to this weird cultural clash with people because I'll get offered things I want and immediately say no thanks and they assume I didn't actually want it.

So with that sort of thing, I feel like I'm always in the background of social situations. I'm incredibly passive in most things, so even when I'm out partying with friends, I feel like I'm there as part of a group behind other people rather than just me being there.

I think I realized recently that I live my life really passively but I also feel it's too ingrained in me to change easily.
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I hear you dude, that's Asian politics for you. My take to all that is fuck it. Ignore it. Some people like to find things to complain about just to add a false sense of importance to their own lives, but it's all petty and even anti-religion (the irony of it).

I sort of learnt to either sit on the fence with that sort of stuff, i.e, laugh it off and ignore it, or if really necessary, just tackle it privately, one to one with the said person instead of making it a family political palava.

Don't let silly, trivial and immature antics such as those (that admittedly do plague our culture) change the way you approach life or social possibilities. Don't know how strict your parents, family, friends etc are, but you'll probably find it's never as bad as you thought it'd be when you do have a more open or thick skinned outlook on things. Provided you're still respectful etc. The must respect your elders thing for example, is, and will always be a huge one in Muslim culture.
 
Billychu said:
Aww shucks.


Well, just want you to know that you're one of my favorite members of the site. Funny how you seem to be really awesome on NeoGAF but you have trouble in real life. I just say dumb things on NeoGAF and then in real life I never say anything because I'm just going to say dumb things.
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An unexamined life is not worth living.

I may talk about my problems a lot, but a lot of it is just me being introspective.
 
H.Protagonist said:
You STILL at work? :/ If so I raise my glass to you, sir. (Even if not I'll raise my glass to you for being screwed out of New Years.)
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Heh, no I fortunately got home around 1am but in a grumpy mood. The cats were fighting, and discovered my brand new debit card still has the skyline of the city I don't live in anymore. Little things sprinkled on top of a long crappy day I suppose.

I will raise this warm can of beer to you though.

Warm beer is best beer, haters
 
Alucrid said:
Yes and no. His old and better username was Brand New.
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I used to really like Brand New in like 8th grade, but their last material was plain fucking atrocious. TDAGARIM is a pretty decent album, but nothing matches Deja.

My latest username is based on a song by a better, more consistent and much more enjoyable band called Islands.
 
Ok this is actually interesting and somewhat depressing. I am rummaging through old photos to make a better avatar, and I ran across one with the exact same angle/expression as my current one (which happens to be the most recent pic of me).

I have gone downhill in the past 4 years. Miss the locks and facial hair, thanks job. Also represented Necktie-GAF quite often back then.

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I suppose I'm still lucky to look around 21 years old in my current state.
 
DeathbyVolcano said:
I used to really like Brand New in like 8th grade, but their last material was plain fucking atrocious. TDAGARIM is a pretty decent album, but nothing matches Deja.

My latest username is based on a song by a better, more consistent and much more enjoyable band called Islands.
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Good... good.

Ya, the album after The Devil and God is pretty terrible. But considering the quality of Deja and TDAGARIM, they are still my second favorite band.
 
Ducky_McGee said:
Not to take this off topic but the other gafgirls and I have conferred on who are the most attractive members of gafmans in order of most attractive to least attractive.

The list is a carefully guarded secret.

Don't say a word girlgaf. There are some who will claim not to know anything about such a list. Some will even say it doesn't exist. These women are setting a true example.
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inb4 Jason's Ultimatum starts posting pictures of him without his shirt on.
 
marrec said:
Good... good.

Ya, the album after The Devil and God is pretty terrible. But considering the quality of Deja and TDAGARIM, they are still my second favorite band.
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Daisy was meh. Still, when I saw them live most of the stuff they played was from Deja and the devil and god. Played jude law and another song from your favorite weapon. Good times..
 
Puddles said:
What are some good Brand New songs?
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I am currently listening to 'You Won't Know', a really good song off of The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5mm8ex8Vd4

Basically you can listen to anything from 'Deja Entendu' and 'The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me' and be listening to a good song.

As far as 'Your Favorite Weapon' it's much more Screamo, but has some good stuff on it too, like Jude Law.

God damn I forgot how good Jesse Lacey is at writing lyrics.
 
GAF has always been a nice mix of cultures.

I learned a lot about Islam here more than I did while traveling through Saudi Arabia, India, and Bangladesh just reading the official thread helped me more than just hanging with the brothers in Real Life. People tend to be more willing to be open on the internet and share a bit more about how they really feel about things.

I've been on here a very long time before 2000 >

before Girl-GAF
where did all these girls come from?
 
Puddles said:
This band seems to be a level above the average pop-punk bands of the early 00s.
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Brand New is hit or miss as all hell. I have only owned their first full album, the rest were single downloaded songs.

Their good stuff is really good, and everything else kinda sucks. But they have an enormous fanbase regardless.
 
Puddles said:
This band seems to be a level above the average pop-punk bands of the early 00s.
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The evolution of them from 'Your Favorite Weapon' to 'Deja Entendu' is one of the unspoken miracles of early '00s music.

Of all the Long Island Emo that was floating around at the time, they are clearly the best. Taking Back Sunday was only as good for one album.
 
marrec said:
The evolution of them from 'Your Favorite Weapon' to 'Deja Entendu' is one of the unspoken miracles of early '00s music.

Of all the Long Island Emo that was floating around at the time, they are clearly the best. Taking Back Sunday was only as good for one album.
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I like their Tell all your friends and where you want to be. Then it all went to shit.
 
Ryaaan14 said:
Brand New is hit or miss as all hell. I have only owned their first full album, the rest were single downloaded songs.

Their good stuff is really good, and everything else kinda sucks. But they have an enormous fanbase regardless.
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I don't want to go all FanBoy here but by their 'first full album' do you mean 'Your Favorite Weapon'?

Cause 'Deja Entendu' is so much better.

As a hispter, it's hard for me to say this but...

Their first album was shit.
 
Brand New is one of those few bands in modern music that seems able to progress and innovate depending on the feelings and tastes of the members, as well as the progression of music of the time. You don't find a band like a lot, and it was way more prevalent in the 60s than it is now.

That said, Daisy is fucking awful and Vinnie needs a good swift kick in the ass. And regardless, I've outgrown them as a fan of different kinds of music. No matter how good you think Brand New is, Lacey still seems to be in a "woe is me" nature of writing. He needs to mature.

brand new > islands
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No.

Swans (Life After Death) and In the Rushes is some of the best shit from the last decade.
 
marrec said:
We should start talking about food again, instead of early '00s hardcore bands.
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Favorite ice creams? Nothing too fancy for me, but I've always been fond of peanut butter and chocolate (as long as the peanut butter doesn't taste like plastic as the bad stuff occasionally does.)
 
DeathbyVolcano said:
Brand New is one of those few bands in modern music that seems able to progress and innovate depending on the feelings and tastes of the members, as well as the progression of music of the time. You don't find a band like a lot, and it was way more prevalent in the 60s than it is now.

That said, Daisy is fucking awful and Vinnie needs a good swift kick in the ass. And regardless, I've outgrown them as a fan of different kinds of music. No matter how good you think Brand New is, Lacey still seems to be in a "woe is me" nature of writing. He needs to mature.
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I just hope their next release isn't Dubstep.

:-/

Lissar said:
Favorite ice creams? Nothing too fancy for me, but I've always been fond of peanut butter and chocolate (as long as the peanut butter doesn't taste like plastic as the bad stuff occasionally does.)
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Sadly, I'm quite allergic to eggs so I have to stick to the simple stuff. Vanilla all the way!
 
Lissar said:
Favorite ice creams? Nothing too fancy for me, but I've always been fond of peanut butter and chocolate (as long as the peanut butter doesn't taste like plastic as the bad stuff occasionally does.)
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I don't like chocolate ice cream. A good French Vanilla is good enough for me. Mint chocolate chip is really good as is stuff like cookies n cream and cookie dough.
 
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