Maybe they are looking at you cause you are awesome? if you don't mind my asking, what are you exactly insecure about?
And why is that?
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Maybe they are looking at you cause you are awesome? if you don't mind my asking, what are you exactly insecure about?
And why is that?
RobotNinjaHornets
Banned
Amended for accuracy regarding me.
I find it weird that that wasn't that long ago. Not even a year yet. But I'm now really used to having short hair, and can't even think of what long hair felt like.
RP, protip that I've found out about life: Don't give a shit about anyone else. They're all idiots. Fuck 'em. Tends to work for me.
ShockingAlberto
Member
Unless you're a pool table, then Lissar is full of surprises.
I'm not fashionable (can't afford it) or clean cut (I have a beard and long hair). I'm awkward as hell, for reasons I can't control, for the most part.
Now that I think about it, I just answered my own question. I just wish it didn't hurt so much.
ShockingAlberto
Member
I wouldn't necessarily phrase it like this, but yeah. The first step to self-confidence is believing in yourself and that means not caring about the opinions of random strangers.
Individuality is not just something that those skilled at non-conformity-as-an-art can do, it's a core part of each of us. Part of being individual is knowing inside that you're better than people's estimations of you and if they think you're weird or strange or whatever, it's sad for them that they think that narrow-mindedly.
Jamesfrom818
Banned
I actually follow somewhat of a paleo lifestyle. Not so much with food because all that lean meat can get expensive but I did give up soap and shampoo. Well, not all soap. I use an all natural avocado based soap for my scalp. Not slathering myself with all those chemicals has done wonders for me. My skin doesn't mass produce oils anymore because I'm not stripping it bare and dry. Best of all, women find my natural aroma to be quite pleasing. After a quick tumble with a girl, I asked her about my smell and she thought I smelled great and was shocked when I told her I haven't used soap in 4 months. Must be all the uninhibited pheromones that my body is pumping out now that it isn't clogged and masked with chemicals. I'm going on my 6th month and there's no way I'm getting dragged back into folly of wasting money on scented soaps and shampoos and whatnot.
Edit: still use hand soap as well.
echoshifting
Banned
I'm not particularly fashionable, clean cut and I am pretty awkward at times... you just need to be positive. When people look at me on the street/bus, now I just think "they must think I'm foiiiiine" - and hey, it works. Less self conscious, more confident. Maybe too confident, but whatever, better than the alternative.
Chuckie
Member
This is the right attitude. And I can confirm it works for me too.
Yeah, too personal.
Jeez. I offer it on a plate, and the fella just refuses to take it up. In show business, we call it offering up the segway.
Rawpower: here, you go sir, I made a thread topic on it. It's not got a lot of traffic, so please subscribe or something, if you want to know more.
/its not always easy to read what's on people's mind.
echoshifting
Banned
Fair enough. I will just say however that I am seeing someone twice a week right now and it has made a tremendous difference in my life. Like, night and day.
H.Protagonist
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I should be like this, but it never happens. My sister cam to visit me in Cali for a week and she left browner than I've ever been in my life.I dunno. I'm pretty freaking white. We'd need to compare fish belly under arms to judge.
Same... to a point. I get a little brown, but I lose it 3 days later if I don't make an effort to tan (and this I've never done).
Jeez. I offer it on a plate, and the fella just refuses to take it up. In show business, we call it offering up the segway.
Rawpower: here, you go sir, I made a thread topic on it. It's not got a lot of traffic, so please subscribe or something, if you want to know more.
/its not always easy to read what's on people's mind.
That's my thread.
As far as whiteness goes, my face literally turns red when I'm angry or sweating. That's pretty white.
ShockingAlberto
Member
As long as your clothes match, I wouldn't worry about fashion.
Find a look that works for you (in that you're happy with it) and just wear it with confidence.
I wear threadless t-shirts and jeans most places because I'm just more comfortable in them. People don't really care.
Find a look that works for you (in that you're happy with it) and just wear it with confidence.
I wear threadless t-shirts and jeans most places because I'm just more comfortable in them. People don't really care.
Chuckie
Member
This is some Shamayayalan shit.
Always wanted to ask... what are threadless shirts? Shirts that don't have the threads on the sides/sleeves or something? Or some fashionable thing I am not aware of?
Link is broken. Anyway, that thread didn't really go anywhere.
I'll change the topic. What game are you currently playing?
ShockingAlberto
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Chuckie
Member
Skyward Sword... or at least I was three weeks ago. Still have to kill the end-boss... too laze and demotivated to do it... maybe sunday.
ShockingAlberto
Member
It's a brand of shirts where all the designs are made by contributors
http://www.threadless.com/
The artist for Bioshock once submitted some cool Bioshock shirts, for example
I just recently bought this design
Just showing a new member, how we aged-gaffers represents our threads. I do it all the time, with the poetry thread, the writing thread, and any other thread I think ought to be getting more visitors.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Rent paid and apartment retained! *party*
I have that game, but my Wii is broken and I don't have motion plus.
ShockingAlberto
Member
RobotNinjaHornets
Banned
You seem to be implying that your arms aren't the same colour all the way round
It's very rare to see me without a jumper on. Or a shirt, as of late. So my arms tend to be somewhat monochrome.
EDIT: Oh also part of my shoulder is so pale that at times it's actually purple 'cause of veins and shit.
Chuckie
Member
It's a brand of shirts where all the designs are made by contributors
http://www.threadless.com/
The artist for Bioshock once submitted some cool Bioshock shirts, for example
I just recently bought this design
Not the answer I suspected. Nice shirts, I like the design you bought. Not something I would wear, but definitely beautiful.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Pretty much pawn all my valuable things and a generous GAFer helped me take care of the small amount I lacked. <3
ShockingAlberto
Member
I finished Mario Galaxy 2 last night and am trying to decide what to play next.
RPGaf has ruined my ability to play PC games because I'm always checking the thread or IRC and it's hard to do that while playing a full-screen game. D:
RPGaf has ruined my ability to play PC games because I'm always checking the thread or IRC and it's hard to do that while playing a full-screen game. D:
RobotNinjaHornets
Banned
This happens all the time with me. I want to play a PC game, and am about to, then just think "...but MSN and internet...hmm...never mind".
Chuckie
Member
Yeah neither did I. I seem to be getting too old to complete whole games.
I used to have a 100+ hours FFX savegame, where I maximized the grid on all characters... now I can't even finish Zelda.
I did get platinum on GoW3 though. And the bestest multiplayer ribbon with Killzone 2.
.la1n
Member
I have been hell bent on finishing Bloodrayne Betrayal. I stop whenever I want to throw the controller through the television. I am pretty close to completion, at which point I will celebrate accordingly.
I still go back to all of the god fights in that. Hades is the best of them all, in my opinion.
ShockingAlberto
Member
Sometimes the situations in which we play games dictate our attention spans.
Like, SMG2 was really good!
And I only now just got around to really playing it. It's not that I couldn't finish games at the time I got it, I just couldn't finish that game for some reason. My mind was not in a place where it was receptive to what that game was offering.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
I'm playing through The Witcher lately. I enjoy the sex cards.
On the one hand, I can kind of understand avoiding taking too much medicine that can mess with all your chemicals. On the other, I get the feeling that a lot of people who are into homeopathy do not actually do any concrete research into why one might be better than the other, and what the real effects on their body might be.
Actually, if I could take BC pills I would (no insurance :/) but I would be hesitant about it and do a lot of research on which to take because I actually HAVE had them mess up my body in the past. Essentially, they dropped my sex drive to zero, effectively negating all reason to be on them in the first place. (On the other hand, taking them in my teens messed with my hormones so bad that my boobs spontaneously went up two cup sizes later in life *thumbs up*)
Maybe you should encourage your friends and family to do some research for themselves on which method is best, rather than blindly accepting what they're told on faith.
RobotNinjaHornets
Banned
Don't even know what that is.
GameplayWhore
Member
I was depressingly rational in my younger years. It took months of therapy and years of trying really really hard to fix that.
New York is apparently an odd area to meet women. I don't remember any of that in my herstory.
Therapy is helpful. I don't know if it helped me specifically in terms of the therapeutic method involved, but at the very least, it was certainly embiggening on my progress bar to have somebody to talk to about my problems when I didn't really have friends whom I could vent at.
Also, this quote from a '90s philosopher and crime fighter helped: "And, isn't sanity really just a one-trick pony anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking, but when you're good and crazy, oooh, oooh, oooh, the sky is the limit."
ShockingAlberto
Member
You get trading cards of naked women for sleeping with them.
Chuckie
Member
It was, it was brutal. Although I also like the Hercules fight, especially the hardcore end..made me crinch.
GameplayWhore
Member
You can play the first one on youtube. Fun game.
SomethingAwful said:
Hmmm, now that I generally have lots of fun with cardstock, maybe I should contact some of my old friends about this.
echoshifting
Banned
My appointment with a homeopathist was at once completely outrageous and hysterical. I mean, the end result was amusing - he recommended I treat my condition with "tiger blood" and gave me a small vial of sugar pills - but I forked over considerable cash for the appointment and I felt like I gave excessively personal information to a total wackjob.
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