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Grildon Tundy

Grildon Tundy

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od-chan said:
As I get older (and I'm really not that old yet at 32) I rapidly start to understand the arrogance of age. Like what the fuck why would I listen to anything some 24 year old has to say?!

I imagine this will only get worse. Or better, depending on how you look at it.
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I have first-hand experience being a dumbass 24-year-old. A 24-year-old doesn't have experience being 30+. You've got to be an exceptionally gifted and worldly youngster to bridge that gap, and most aren't.

Call me an iconoclast, but I think respecting your elders is a good thing, generally speaking.
 
od-chan

od-chan

Gold Member
Grildon Tundy said:
I have first-hand experience being a dumbass 24-year-old. A 24-year-old doesn't have experience being 30+. You've got to be an exceptionally gifted and worldly youngster to bridge that gap, and most aren't.

Call me an iconoclast, but I think respecting your elders is a good thing, generally speaking.
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I get what you're saying and you're absolutely right, but obviously there's more to life than age, hence the "arrogance". I was (somewhat jokingly) talking about how I shouldn't dismiss someones opinion just because he's 10 (or in the future, 20, 30, 40) years younger, which, put that way, obviously sounds ridiculous in the first place. My post was really only more of a whimsical way to describe how despite that, I now start to understand that with increasing age it's very easy and tempting to just imagine that only a "couple" of years ago, you were already an "adult" when these were still kids, so what the hell do they know?!

In other random thoughts (I seem to be getting a lot of these lately): I hate hangeul. Technically I learned them and can somewhat read them (albeit with the proficiency of a 3yr old, not a korean one I might add), only because I wanted to be able to read names during survival shows, like when they reveal the rankings.
JKi8sdD.png

So I have this video open in the background and I kinda got curious what the fuck I was listening to. Obviously I could just google this, but why not see if I still can read hangeul? Let's do this.

오마이걸​

o...oma....omai....omaig...g..omaigo...omaigoreuh

mind you, this is the third word (the one in front of the yellow heart) and I'm starting to suspect that I already missed the actual name of the group (remeber, I can only read hangeul and can only "understand" names, I don't know a sinlge word of korean itself). Whatever the fuck I just read sounds like something I remember from japanese or sth, mabye that's their name. I think about it for a second before attempting to read the next word (this whole endeavour already took like solid minute so far, for reading 3 words). That's when I notice the hashtags.... (OhMyGirl)

I hate the korean and the japanese for using their moon runes to try to transcribe english words. I know we do the same, but I like my standards like I like my scotch: double.
 
Grildon Tundy

Grildon Tundy

Member
od-chan said:
I get what you're saying and you're absolutely right, but obviously there's more to life than age, hence the "arrogance". I was (somewhat jokingly) talking about how I shouldn't dismiss someones opinion just because he's 10 (or in the future, 20, 30, 40) years younger, which, put that way, obviously sounds ridiculous in the first place. My post was really only more of a whimsical way to describe how despite that, I now start to understand that with increasing age it's very easy and tempting to just imagine that only a "couple" of years ago, you were already an "adult" when these were still kids, so what the hell do they know?!

In other random thoughts (I seem to be getting a lot of these lately): I hate hangeul. Technically I learned them and can somewhat read them (albeit with the proficiency of a 3yr old, not a korean one I might add), only because I wanted to be able to read names during survival shows, like when they reveal the rankings.
JKi8sdD.png

So I have this video open in the background and I kinda got curious what the fuck I was listening to. Obviously I could just google this, but why not see if I still can read hangeul? Let's do this.

오마이걸​

o...oma....omai....omaig...g..omaigo...omaigoreuh

mind you, this is the third word (the one in front of the yellow heart) and I'm starting to suspect that I already missed the actual name of the group (remeber, I can only read hangeul and can only "understand" names, I don't know a sinlge word of korean itself). Whatever the fuck I just read sounds like something I remember from japanese or sth, mabye that's their name. I think about it for a second before attempting to read the next word (this whole endeavour already took like solid minute so far, for reading 3 words). That's when I notice the hashtags.... (OhMyGirl)

I hate the korean and the japanese for using their moon runes to try to transcribe english words. I know we do the same, but I like my standards like I like my scotch: double.
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I lived in Korea for two years. Over there, I had a ton of those experiences: reading the Hangul and then realizing it was an English word. Like "taxi" (taek-si), "phone" (pon), and, as a crucial part of one of the few phrases I learned, "pizza" (pitsa). As in "Goguma pitsa juseyo", or "Gimme dat sweet potato pizza, please."
 
ÆMNE22A!C

ÆMNE22A!C

NO PAIN TRANCE CONTINUE
Just took a very hot shower. First in months. Sooo Relaxing and rosey, highly needed.

My hair has grown a lot.

Think I'll let it it grow to mid chest height.

#Happasai 💥🔥

Miss ya man. haven't seen Mortal as well in a long time =/ Anyone know?
 
V1LÆM

V1LÆM

Gold Member
ÆMNE22A!C said:
Just took a very hot shower. First in months. Sooo Relaxing and rosey, highly needed.

My hair has grown a lot.

Think I'll let it it grow to mid chest height.

#Happasai 💥🔥

Miss ya man. haven't seen Mortal as well in a long time =/ Anyone know?
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you do like your cold showers... lol

i don't know how you do it. i need a hot shower in the morning to heat me up. it's too cold here for cold showers. you're 200-350 miles further south than me. i don't know how much more warmer that makes it for you (probably not a lot) but up here it's cold 🥶

edit: apparently it's 2C colder here. so yeah... take that mr cold shower

and it'll be 6C colder here tomorrow.
 
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od-chan

od-chan

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I honestly, legitimately, don't understand how male vocalists haven't become obsolete at the point god took a rib from adam.



fucking listen to this. dude literally EVERY song (beatles, rat pack, chanson, whatever) would benefit if it'd be sung by some siren instead of some old dude who's daily routine is mostly focused around smoking and drinking, as is if he would be in a fight with his body. Notably I'm speaking myself as someone who is very much in such a fight.

Someone explain it to me pls
 
Nitty_Grimes

Nitty_Grimes

Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
I watched Dune 2 this weekend. For fucks sake then ending - is there going to be a part 3?

But fuck me, that Hans Zimmer soundtrack eh?
 
Miyazaki’s Slave

Miyazaki’s Slave

Gold Member
ÆMNE22A!C said:
Just took a very hot shower. First in months. Sooo Relaxing and rosey, highly needed.
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You a wizard for hire by chance? Do some consulting, help me find some lost stuff maybe? 6'6 tall...wear a leather duster and have a big ass temple dog?!?

I tried that cold shower thing, I have no idea how you do it. I just ended up NOT taking showers ;)
 
ÆMNE22A!C

ÆMNE22A!C

NO PAIN TRANCE CONTINUE
Miyazaki’s Slave said:
You a wizard for hire by chance? Do some consulting, help me find some lost stuff maybe? 6'6 tall...wear a leather duster and have a big ass temple dog?!?

I tried that cold shower thing, I have no idea how you do it. I just ended up NOT taking showers ;)
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5.971129 and a Hermit so close enough. Although I tend to loose stuff instead as well as being more of a cat person lol.

Well it takes time. When used to it though, it gives such a awesome sensation; physically and mentally.

But ngl; that hot shower was pure relaxation for my body. Lots of build up psychosomatic tension and some injuries atm so I thought why not.
 
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Audiophile

Audiophile

Member
Selling a bunch of stuff on eBay and I'm always annoyed by people who can't be bothered to capitalise their name or address; or even lay it out properly. I feel compelled to manually edit it.

For eg.

john doe
123 swan rd
oxford
1aabb1
uk

Deeply unacceptable. I might start farting in the packet.


Then there's folks who send messages like:

"can you give it to me for [insert 40% lower price], free p&p..?"

If you're gonna ask something absurd, at least throw in a "Hi", maybe a "Regards" and try to frame it in a less abrupt way.
 
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ÆMNE22A!C

ÆMNE22A!C

NO PAIN TRANCE CONTINUE
A co worker of mine mentioned/assumed that Thom Yorke was mostly on something based on some videos he saw. The team manager (a musician) more or less said nah he's just in his own world (paraphrasing here). Can't blame to guy though can you



Like looking in the mirror.
 
kevboard

kevboard

Member
Isn't it weird that Doctor Sleep, the sequel to the book The Shining, got a movie adaptation that almost by necessity needed to be a sequel to Kubrick's movie adaptation of The Shining, which Stephen King famously disliked, and therefore had many scenes that weren't in the book and story alterations to fit the Kubrick film universe?

I wonder how King felt about that 😅 ... they had to pay homage to Kubrick's film, there was no way they could just ignore it, it's too iconic...
 
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt

NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt

Biggest Trails Stan
kevboard said:
Isn't it weird that Doctor Sleep, the sequel to the book The Shining, got a movie adaptation that almost by necessity needed to be a sequel to Kubrick's movie adaptation of The Shining, which Stephen King famously disliked, and therefore had many scenes that weren't in the book and story alterations to fit the Kubrick film universe?

I wonder how King felt about that 😅 ... they had to pay homage to Kubrick's film, there was no way they could just ignore it, it's too iconic...
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I hated The Shining movie

I love the book and it's sequel. The Doctor Sleep movie was good too. I didn't mind the callbacks to Kubrick version of The Shining though
 
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John Marston

John Marston

GAF's very own treasure goblin
Audiophile said:
Selling a bunch of stuff on eBay and I'm always annoyed by people who can't be bothered to capitalise their name or address; or even lay it out properly. I feel compelled to manually edit it.

For eg.

john doe
123 swan rd
oxford
1aabb1
uk

Deeply unacceptable. I might start farting in the packet.


Then there's folks who send messages like:

"can you give it to me for [insert 40% lower price], free p&p..?"

If you're gonna ask something absurd, at least throw in a "Hi", maybe a "Regards" and try to frame it in a less abrupt way.
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At work we have classified ads on our intranet and about 12 years ago I would sell my used games.

I would sell them sorta cheap so my colleagues could benefit.

I put up my copy of Metro 2033 for 30$ about a month after its release.
One dude pokes me with "Can you sell it for 20$?" No.
He replies "Can you lend it to me so I can try it first?"
Sure you try it for a month and when you finish the game you decide if you wanna buy it.
I thought it was a joke but he wasn't kidding.

Another coworker wanted to meet in the main lobby during lunch hour to buy one of my games for 20$.
She goes "Can I make you a check?"
No there's an ATM literally 10 feet away.
"I don't have my card can I pay you next week then?"

It wasn't always like this but yeah fuck people sometimes 😁
 
Lunarorbit

Lunarorbit

Member
John Marston said:
"a few times" 😄

Yeah the guys have this hardened look like they've seen some shit.
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Just started playing rdr on ps5 again. It was the 1st thing I tried on my new lg c4. I'm guessing your seeing your name all the time had some subconscious effect on me.


Everyone else: is superman and Lois worth watching? It's got the dude from band of bros as lex so that's intriguing. Are the sons distracting in a bad way?
 
EerieArcade

EerieArcade

Member
Lunarorbit said:
Just started playing rdr on ps5 again. It was the 1st thing I tried on my new lg c4. I'm guessing your seeing your name all the time had some subconscious effect on me.


Everyone else: is superman and Lois worth watching? It's got the dude from band of bros as lex so that's intriguing. Are the sons distracting in a bad way?
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I enjoyed it but I love Superman stuff so I'm biased. I thought the sons were decent enough, not particularly annoying or anything.
 
Lunarorbit

Lunarorbit

Member
EerieArcade said:
I enjoyed it but I love Superman stuff so I'm biased. I thought the sons were decent enough, not particularly annoying or anything.
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Lana lang is so fucking annoying. I'm only 3 episodes in and her and her husband are bringing me down.

The kids are alright though. Emmanuel was annoying in entourage too so maybe I just don't like her.
 
Vetusomaru

Vetusomaru

Neo Member
I recently watched an episode from a late 2000s Greek comedy series and at some point they mentioned dating sites. Even normies back then used to use nicknames instead of their full real name (maybe their first name only at worst). When did it become the norm for people to use their real name at the internet and generally sharing their whole private life at the internet? I mostly blame Facebook for this shit.
 
Vetusomaru

Vetusomaru

Neo Member
Vetusomaru said:
I recently watched an episode from a late 2000s Greek comedy series and at some point they mentioned dating sites. Even normies back then used to use nicknames instead of their full real name (maybe their first name only at worst). When did it become the norm for people to use their real name at the internet and generally sharing their whole private life at the internet? I mostly blame Facebook for this shit.
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Correction: I meant a late '90s series (I can't edit my post for some reason)
 
Darkmakaimura

Darkmakaimura

Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
So I found out something hilarious.

As most of you already know, my roommate (and someone I would like to consider a friend) is a trans woman.

So she sells porn videos of her stripping and jerking off.

From the thumbnail picture, I found out that her most recent video which is supposedly her best was filmed in my current bedroom which used to be her room.

I'm going to buy this video. You know, for research purposes and nostalgia. Yeah, that's the ticket.

*Harvey Fierstein voice*
Is that so wrong?
 
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V1LÆM

V1LÆM

Gold Member
i don't know what the fuck is wrong with me. i've spent so much money in the last couple months. a rough guess would be £3000-3500. on what might you ask? pokemon cards.

and here i am wanting to drop £1,300 on a single fucking card. currently trying to talk myself out of it.

i'm gonna burn through my life savings. i'm already at the point where i said i wouldn't go below. actually i'm currently £400 below it but thank god for credit cards.

i could afford this card but i'm telling myself no. i keep find myself saying "this is the last time, i swear". i was worried but now i'm really worried.

in the past i've had kinda up and down moods. times where i could save and save but then i go on a manic spending spree. this time it just doesn't seem to be going away. i've actually thought about not taking my anti depressants anymore lol. they have definitely helped my mood but maybe they are working a little too good now .... fuck knows.

unless i can control myself then i'm gonna burn the fuck right through all of money. i've even considered taking out a loan to replace what i've spent.

i'm not trying to brag or anything. i'm being insanely irresponsible. when i get the cards i'm just sticking them in a box under my bed and forgetting about them.

:messenger_loudly_crying:
 
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spons

spons

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Someone is playing the Addams Family theme on their piano next door. Last time this happened he continued for 2 hours until 1 AM or so.
 
V1LÆM

V1LÆM

Gold Member
at work i need to regularly get feedback on things. until now i've been printing a sheet out and asking people face to face. i'm sick of it. i've printed out some sheets of paper that'll i'll leave in each department and ask people email me or scan a qr code to do an online form.

maybe i'm lazy and annoying but if it works it'll make my job easier. worth a try 🤷‍♂️
 
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