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Topic	Con crud post-Worldcon
rjsilverthorn 08/23/19 1:07:21 AM #8	Zareth posted... Have never heard anyone call it con crud. It's always con flu. Do they call Influenza crud over there? I've never heard of it referred to as con flu.
Topic	8/22 POTD: "Yes, both quests, and without using help of any kind"
rjsilverthorn 08/22/19 11:57:38 PM #20	darkknight109 posted... That was my thought exactly. I've beaten both quests, but I defy anyone to say they did it without a map, a guide, a strategy book, or a friend/family member telling them where the dungeons are, because some of them - especially in the second quest - are virtually impossible to find on your own. I did. I got the game when it was new and there were no guides, maps or people to tell me how to beat it. By NES era standards it wasn't even that bad.
Topic	8/22 POTD: "Yes, both quests, and without using help of any kind"
rjsilverthorn 08/22/19 2:17:29 PM #8	Lokarin posted... Yes, because I did it in 1988 ish, before help was available Yeah, if you were playing LoZ when it was new there really weren't any options for help.
Topic	Con crud post-Worldcon
rjsilverthorn 08/21/19 9:47:20 PM #3	I had a minor bout after GenCon, but never too bad. I had about one day of feeling really crappy and then it was mostly just an annoying cough. My wife has twice ended up with bronchitis after cons.
Topic	What's the difference between business casual and business professional?
rjsilverthorn 08/16/19 11:39:35 AM #4	Yeah, business casual probably varies a bit depending on where you work but in my experience it generally doesn't require a tie or a dress shirt. Khakis and a polo type shirt has been fine for business casual in most offices I've worked at.
Topic	Breaking: Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide at Manhattan jail
rjsilverthorn 08/10/19 10:07:38 AM #14	and here come the tinfoil hats
Topic	Are you worried you aren't normal?
rjsilverthorn 08/10/19 8:59:14 AM #2	Nope. I didn't much care if I was normal when I was young and I care even less now.
Topic	I hit the Naruto filler episodes
rjsilverthorn 08/08/19 8:09:06 AM #4	TheSlinja posted... my condolences I like to imagine an alternate universe where there wasnt 100 episodes of filler and I was actually still intrested when shippuden started up and was supposedly good You didn't really miss much, the final arc was terrible anyway.
Topic	Are you a ... "recycler"?
rjsilverthorn 08/07/19 2:01:11 PM #9	Wow...how insecure do you have to be to even consider this kind of stuff?
Topic	Someone at the store was buying 3 large jugs of ammonia.
rjsilverthorn 08/03/19 8:17:57 PM #6	Maybe he is making ammonium nitrate.
Topic	Do teenage boys really put up posters of half naked girls in their room?
rjsilverthorn 08/03/19 4:51:09 PM #40	I would imagine it is a lot less common now that the internet is a thing. Most of my posters were cars but I generally had a couple swimsuit calendars up as I got older as well.
Topic	What's your opinion on VR?
rjsilverthorn 08/01/19 11:54:03 AM #10	So far it has largely followed the same arc as things like 3D and motion controls. It starts out with a few good examples but companies try so hard to build hype for it that they cram it in everything and you get more bad implementations than good. Combine that with companies just try to capitalize on the hype by churning out shovelware and eventually it kills interest. There are things I'd be interested in trying in 3D, but as others have said, not enough to pay the current price for it.
Topic	i can't believe you people, ok?
rjsilverthorn 08/01/19 11:49:03 AM #4	Nor should you. Not believing random people on the internet is a good rule.
Topic	Anyone else here headed to WorldCon?
rjsilverthorn 08/01/19 11:48:31 AM #4	Eh, there are some people we know here but no specific plans to meet up. It is just fun to be in a place surrounded by such a huge cross-section of fandom/geekdom. I also love the fact that GenCon has been here for so long that the entire city just rolls with it, or at least the parts around the convention center.
Topic	Anyone else here headed to WorldCon?
rjsilverthorn 07/31/19 9:11:35 PM #2	Nope, but I'm at GenCon this week.
Topic	TIL I learned that I've been using the wrong gas in my car this entire time
rjsilverthorn 07/26/19 7:44:56 PM #22	I remember when gas was less than a dollar, but at that point leaded gas was still a thing
Topic	Boris Johnson, eh?
rjsilverthorn 07/23/19 10:51:31 PM #9	Taily_Po posted... WastelandCowboy posted... Here come the puns. Still beats Trudeau. green dragon posted... I don't know everything about this guy, but it's crazy how much he looks like trump Why? Because he's orangish-white?! And it looks like he is wearing a mop on his head.
Topic	Boris Johnson, eh?
rjsilverthorn 07/23/19 2:05:17 PM #4	I mostly know him from when Top Gear used to make fun of him.
Topic	Have you heard of Richard Pryor?
rjsilverthorn 07/22/19 11:12:23 AM #27	Monopoman posted... Black_Crusher posted... PMarth2002 posted... Nope, not until the erb battle. Why is it so weird? Not everyone has the same interests. I checked his imdb page and i haven't seen any of his movies or shows. It looks like he stopped acting in 1999 which is around the time I was getting more heavily into anime more than western media anyway. As for him as a comedian, I'm not into stand-up comedy in general. My friends who like stand-up never brought him up at any point that I can remember. Hear no Evil, See no Evil is hilarious (with Gene Wilder) I like Stir Crazy the best, he and Gene Wilder do a great job in that one. Yeah, I think Hear no Evil, See no Evil is one of their weaker movies. It had some good scenes but the overall movie was kind of a mess. I think Stir Crazy and Silver Streak are probably their best movies together. he was going to play bart in blazing saddles, but his drug habit cost him the part Yeah, if you are getting called out for your drug use in Hollywood in the 70's you know you've got a problem.
Topic	Interesting facts about why the moon landing can't be faked
rjsilverthorn 07/20/19 12:01:35 PM #7	lihlih posted... CaptainStrong posted... wwinterj25 posted... I'm not clicking that. Why?! Because conservatives hate facts. But its from TruTV, that has about as much to do with facts as the History channel has to do with history.
Topic	You think you'll ever have kids?
rjsilverthorn 07/19/19 9:04:35 PM #33	CTLM posted... rjsilverthorn posted... ParanoidObsessive posted... I've spent the last 20 years defiantly refusing to ever have kids. It's one of the first conversations I ever had with my girlfriend when we started getting serious about our relationship (the other being my refusal to ever get married). Fortunately, she was of more or less the same mindset, so it wasn't a conflict for us. In fact, if I remember correctly, I think her reaction was along the lines of "Oh god, I don't want a baby growing inside me like some kind of alien parasite that comes busting out after nine months", which was the point when I knew it was indeed True Love. Our wives would probably get along well. My said the same thing. We have a 2 year old running around. Goes great with the 15 year old from my 1st marriage and his mother said the same thing. Women and their biological clocks! Take the damn batteries out or unplug them, I don't care. My excuse is I can't say no after all the crying and whining and begging. My clock's been broken and never worked right She had her tubes tied years ago.
Topic	Cats Movie = Zoobilee Zoo
rjsilverthorn 07/19/19 8:23:19 PM #6	ParanoidObsessive posted... There's been a faithful release of the musical performance on VHS and DVD (about 20 years ago), but no literal film adaptation. But I would also enjoy seeing a gritty reboot film of Zoobilee Zoo.
Topic	You think you'll ever have kids?
rjsilverthorn 07/19/19 8:21:46 PM #28	ParanoidObsessive posted... I've spent the last 20 years defiantly refusing to ever have kids. It's one of the first conversations I ever had with my girlfriend when we started getting serious about our relationship (the other being my refusal to ever get married). Fortunately, she was of more or less the same mindset, so it wasn't a conflict for us. In fact, if I remember correctly, I think her reaction was along the lines of "Oh god, I don't want a baby growing inside me like some kind of alien parasite that comes busting out after nine months", which was the point when I knew it was indeed True Love. Our wives would probably get along well.
Topic	33 people dead in Kyoto Japan Animation arson attack
rjsilverthorn 07/19/19 12:33:42 AM #22	WesternMedia posted... supergamer19 posted... Actually, my bad, I kind of misread what you wrote. I guess the death toll is kind of the worst Japan has seen in a very long time. I don't think that cult that released the nerve gas in the subway actually killed many people, just got thousands sick. Yep, it was very bad and had thousands of injuries but the actual death toll for the gas attacks was 13, 1 indirectly after 14 years of hospitalization. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_subway_sarin_attack The worst case before this one was the guy who stabbed elderly people in a care home who killed 19 and injured 26 in 2016 but the casualties, both for deaths and injuries, were less than here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagamihara_stabbings (Now that I look at it, 33 is actually one more worse than the death toll from those two combined. ) Really depends on how you define 'bad'. While the subway attacks killed less people, there were a LOT of injured people and sarin can cause long term health issues.
Topic	You going to storm Area 51 on Sept 20th?
rjsilverthorn 07/17/19 10:12:48 PM #72	LinkPizza posted... lihlih posted... A dude was shot to death in Jan while trying to enter area 51. What makes you guys think they won't shoot these idiots? Maybe theyll run out of bullets... Fortunately they have several months notice to stock up.
Topic	Have you heard of Richard Pryor?
rjsilverthorn 07/16/19 9:52:25 PM #5	I grew up watching his movies with Gene Wilder.
Topic	Do you remember what was your first Mario game you played?
rjsilverthorn 07/16/19 1:16:55 PM #2	Mario Bros in the arcade.
Topic	Beardless Riker is a crime against humanity.
rjsilverthorn 07/16/19 12:59:15 PM #3	The show even makes fun of beardless Riker in later seasons.
Topic	Have you ever played Mille Bornes?
rjsilverthorn 07/14/19 1:57:38 AM #6	Not in a very long time but I used to love that game as a kid.
Topic	Yeah right...
rjsilverthorn 07/13/19 7:23:23 PM #7	Eh, depends where you live. I can see 8 networks here, but three of those are mine. At my mom's house, where the lots are bigger, I can generally only see her network and one of the neighbors.
Topic	Anyone ever been to Shake Shack?
rjsilverthorn 07/13/19 7:18:40 PM #10	OK but overpriced pretty much sums up my experience with them as well.
Topic	You going to storm Area 51 on Sept 20th?
rjsilverthorn 07/13/19 2:40:05 PM #26	Ogurisama posted... rjsilverthorn posted... Ogurisama posted... gguirao posted... What's this about? There is a group on facebook saying they are going to rush Area 51 to find the aliens I have to wonder how these people see this playing out. Like, assuming they all actually managed to get in there and not get shot in the process, do they expect to just throw open a hangar door and find a flying saucer? I am sure the high security stuff are under some high tech locks anyways. Plus the guards there are on the order to shoot trespassers. So even if some see something, lots are going to die. Right, that was kind of my point. This is literally one of the most secure places in the world, are they expecting super secret alien technology to be just sitting out in the open? I imagine them all running in, getting to the first locked door and being like "Wow, we really didn't think this plan through very well."
Topic	You going to storm Area 51 on Sept 20th?
rjsilverthorn 07/13/19 1:10:50 PM #17	Ogurisama posted... gguirao posted... What's this about? There is a group on facebook saying they are going to rush Area 51 to find the aliens I have to wonder how these people see this playing out. Like, assuming they all actually managed to get in there and not get shot in the process, do they expect to just throw open a hangar door and find a flying saucer?
Topic	What do you think of: Walt Whitman
rjsilverthorn 07/13/19 9:39:11 AM #8	KeijiMaedaTiger posted... Walt Whitman is in breaking bad? The main characters name is Walt and someone gives him a book of Walt Whitman poetry at some point during the series. I was waiting for this one:
Topic	Indecisive on which of these games to start playing again.
rjsilverthorn 07/11/19 11:12:07 AM #8	WastelandCowboy posted... rjsilverthorn posted... WastelandCowboy posted... Dead Island 1/2 Dead Island 2? Riptide. It's Dead Island 2 to me. Ah, I own Rip Tide but never played it. Dead Island could be annoying to cleanup achievements since there are a number of co-op related ones.
Topic	Indecisive on which of these games to start playing again.
rjsilverthorn 07/11/19 12:10:21 AM #6	WastelandCowboy posted... Dead Island 1/2 Dead Island 2?
Topic	Of these places, where would you most like to vacation at?
rjsilverthorn 07/10/19 6:36:36 PM #6	Pikazard1 posted... wish Ireland/Scotland was on the list. but I went with Garden of the Gods, since it'd be a 2 hour flight from Philadelphia That has to be more than a 2 hour flight from PHL.
Topic	ITT: We rate the above Simpsons clip!
rjsilverthorn 07/09/19 4:20:15 PM #61	Ogurisama posted... 9/10 Homer can run! Eh, maybe 5/10.
Topic	Learning cursive might have been the most useless thing i learned...
rjsilverthorn 07/05/19 11:52:49 AM #7	dedbus posted... Most people have to drag kids by the ears to get them to do one simple thing. Yeah they may have exaggerated a little bit but if you didn't drag your feet the whole way it wouldn't be like this and you could have moved on. Or they could have spent the time teaching something actually useful.
Topic	Is ff15 any a good?
rjsilverthorn 07/04/19 7:10:48 PM #8	I played through it and there were certainly good parts to it, but it felt like they had two different ideas for the game and just combined them rather than settling on one.
Topic	remember Erik p?
rjsilverthorn 07/02/19 6:36:47 PM #2	Welching?
Topic	Subsitute Teacher gets caught filming Porn while on the Job at School...
rjsilverthorn 07/02/19 1:04:14 PM #21	"Police say no students or other staff members were involved in the videos, portions of which were filmed in a classroom and workroom and were apparently intended for the internet. El Campo Police Chief Terry Stanphill says the woman "closed the door and had clothes on" in the school footage and that no criminal charges are expected." https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/substitute-teacher-fired-filming-porn-video-classroom-63956245 I guess it doesn't specify she had all of her clothes on.
Topic	Antoine Tucker running to kick AOC out of congress
rjsilverthorn 06/24/19 6:09:57 PM #27	Revelation34 posted... Cacciato posted... I know another, rather presidential, figure who does this as well. Trump doesn't backpedal. He doubles down instead. Or just blatantly lies about what he's said in the past.
Topic	Antoine Tucker running to kick AOC out of congress
rjsilverthorn 06/24/19 5:58:56 PM #25	Cacciato posted... The_tall_midget posted... I am listening to all the stupid shit she says on Twitter and the constant backpedalling she says on the stupid shit she constantly says. I know another, rather presidential, figure who does this as well. Beat me to it.
Topic	Bernie Sanders to unveil plan to forgive over 1.5 Billion in Student Loan Debt
rjsilverthorn 06/24/19 10:53:14 AM #3	pionear posted... https://finance.yahoo.com/news/sanders-student-loan-cancel-debt-114409170.html Think it will pass thru? Not a chance in hell.
Topic	Hollow Knight is hard
rjsilverthorn 06/24/19 8:10:11 AM #4	I never could get that spike jump thing timed properly. I can hit the first jump no problem but always ended up impaled on the second set of spikes.
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