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| Topic | After 22 years of life I finally came up with names for my tits. |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/16/22 5:28:10 PM #6 | Flappers posted... Are you going to stand there and tell me you didn't name your dick? I have literally never named my dick. Even after reading The Illuminatus Trilogy, where one of the characters talks about how every guy has a nickname for his dick, and I was like "Wait, what? Is that actually a thing?", I never named my dick. It always just sort of seemed a bit creepy/weird to me, and kind of pointless. If I want to refer to my dick, I just call it my dick. I've also never named any car I've ever owned, in spite of the fact that some people do that as well. I do name all my computers, though. In spite of that being more of an old hacker sort of thing, that most people today have kind of forgotten about. Even when the computer in question isn't on a network so names aren't necessary to differentiate it. For example, one of my old computers was Caliban, another was Ariel, and my first laptop was Durandal. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | how tf do the insides of my glasses get scuffed |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/16/22 10:52:37 AM #10 | captpackrat posted... How are you cleaning your glasses? Tissues and dry cloth will grind any dust or grit into the surface and cause scratches. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | Penn and Teller |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/16/22 8:49:18 AM #14 | blackhrt posted... yeah the OG magic groups still are enjoyable. I still kind of miss Harry Blackstone Jr. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXfP9AKHIBM Though honestly, my favorite magician ever is probably The Amazing Johnathan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG6EbR-LRfw --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | Do you think the new Matrix movie did well enough to warrant a sequel? |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/16/22 8:32:15 AM #17 | KodyKeir posted... I doubt it. I don't know how much WB spent on advertising, but it felt like it dried up pretty quickly after release. The usual rule of thumb is that marketing costs are about the same as production costs. So if a movie cost $190 million to make (which this film did), it needs to earn back about $380 million to break even (which this movie very much did not). It didn't even make back its production cost in box office returns, which makes it a full-on bomb. Yes, there are mitigating factors (ie, the pandemic limiting theatrical release, and simultaneous streaming diverting potential audience to alternative platforms), but by old standards this film was a catastrophic failure. It could be redeemed if WarnerMedia has hard data to imply that it helped spur a strong rush of new subscriptions to HBO Max, or if it does phenomenally well via DVD sales or On Demand rentals, but odds are this is going down in the books as an unmitigated failure. The thing is though, failure doesn't actually mean they won't invest in another sequel. The Matrix franchise is a proven IP that has succeeded in the past, and there will always be interest in finding new ways to exploit it as long as Warner holds the rights to it. If anything, we're likely to just get a new soft reboot or other sequel without the Wachowskis involved at all, as Warner will just blame them (and the pandemic) for this failure. And then we'll get a "safer" sequel with more audience pandering. KodyKeir posted... I have to wonder if any of the executives actually watched (read: understood) the movie, as one of the meta subplots was on the making of the film series as a whole They wouldn't even remotely care how much the movie craps on them or outright implies the movie shouldn't have been made in the first place and was only happening because soulless corporate execs wanted to churn out another installment to make money. The only think that actually matters is whether or not the film does make money. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | you had cloud main lightning in ff7 didn't you |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/16/22 6:39:21 AM #8 | I can't remember having Cloud "main" anything. I just remembering having him hit things with his sword. When it came to using magic, I rarely had anyone cast normal attack spells. It was like 90% summons and healing magic But it's been like 22 years since I've played FFVII, so a lot of things are kind of fuzzy. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | You have pasta and pasta sauce... |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/16/22 6:35:09 AM #14 | Revelation34 posted... Who the hell puts gravy on pasta? Depending on where you are/are from in Italy, they'll use the word "gravy" to describe what other people call tomato sauce. I think it's a northern Italian thing, but I'm not 100% sure. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | You have pasta and pasta sauce... |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/15/22 7:53:13 PM #2 | Neither, I don't like meaty pasta. For that matter, I might even throw out the pasta sauce as well. I've got issues with tomatoes so I tend to minimize my intake. Usually if I'm eating pasta there's a good chance I'll eat it with some sort of cream or butter sauce (butter and onion salt on egg noodles is an old favorite). Or something like mac and cheese. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | Do you think the new Matrix movie did well enough to warrant a sequel? |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/15/22 7:27:24 PM #9 | UT1999 posted... Do you think the new Matrix movie did well enough to warrant a sequel? I don't think the new Matrix movie was warranted in and of itself. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | Did we overreact to this whole pandemic thing? |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/15/22 7:19:42 PM #32 | THEGODDAMNBATMA posted... Did we overreact to this whole pandemic thing? No, we underreacted to it. And continue to underreact to it. Which is why it's still a problem, and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | Which of these lost Mac games (although had PC ports) would you like sequel/redo |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/15/22 1:06:30 PM #5 | I don't know if I would call Gabriel Knight a Mac game... That being said, I'd love a sequel. But those games always had a serious case of identity confusion (with every title looking totally different and playing somewhat different from the others), so I'm not sure how you could ever do a sequel that would really work well (and not fall into the same sort of trap as King's Quest or Alone in the Dark did). Still slacker bookstore owners turned supernatural monster hunter and his cute Asian sidekick researcher girl has tons of potential for interesting stories if done right. As for Ace Harding/Deja Vu, that was probably my least favorite of the MacVenture games. Shadowgate was easily my favorite by far, with Uninvited being a strong second. I'd love to see a Shadowgate sequel... except for the fact that we already got one, and it was total shit. And another, which was also kind of shit. A lot of older games like that feel like they can't really be done properly these days, and remakes/reboots will only invite negative comparisons that ruin the franchise. If anything, maybe we'd be better off with more spiritual successors than outright continuations of old IP. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | What Q1 2022 games you getting? |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/15/22 10:24:47 AM #21 | LinkPizza posted... If these are Q1, then these, as well Horizon is a February release. Just a little over a month before it comes out. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | Jon Stewart is still the GOAT |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/15/22 10:22:04 AM #10 | Far-Queue posted... It was enough to let me know it would be a waste of time to watch it, so it's got that much going for it I guess. Saved me however many minutes I skipped just from seeing it was Russell Brand. I never liked him even as an entertainer, but he's pretty much pirouetted off the diving board straight into crazy conspiracy asshole territory these days, and more or less every video he releases is just gargling diarrhea. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | Are you going to stop having Netflix due to their sudden price hike? |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/15/22 5:06:23 AM #24 | Judgmenl posted... I have never, nor will ever have a Netflix subscription. It makes no sense based on how I consume media. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | Penn and Teller |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/15/22 5:04:23 AM #8 | I remember the first time I ever saw them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF_zT6hmcGo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdsWK7rIkL8 ...though now it's time to ruin them for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJRIkTHqTSE --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | Jon Stewart is still the GOAT |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/15/22 4:58:06 AM #4 | Metalsonic66 posted... Weird way to spell Guy Gardner Truly the greatest of the Corps. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | Has djokovic ever said why he doesn't want to get the covid vaccine? |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/15/22 4:56:36 AM #5 | This is the most I could find: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novak_Djokovic#Opposition_to_COVID-19_vaccine ...though at first, I thought you were talking about Dominik Dijakovic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-BAR --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | How old is The Simpsons? This old: |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/14/22 6:37:56 PM #5 | Just made me think about the fact that my first stereo system had a record player, 8-track, and cassette. Which I later added a CD-player to by running a Sony Discman through the Aux port (after which my father used the same wires I'd added to hook up a 4-track instead - my response at the time was "I take one step forward, you take two steps back"). https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.WwcZ-Soc07tOUebrd81ZJAAAAA https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-yorx-stereo-am-fm-record-139913273 As far as I can tell, the company that made it doesn't even exist any more. I think it may have gone out of business before most people on PotD were born. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | Thanos was in The Goonies |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/14/22 6:01:01 PM #4 | So was Samwise Gamgee. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | What Q1 2022 games you getting? |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/14/22 2:43:11 PM #6 | None of the above - I couldn't care less about any of those games. I'll likely never play any of them, ever. Only game I can think of looking forward to at the moment is Horizon: Forbidden West. I honestly loved the first game, so if the sequel manages to be as good it'll be nice. Though these days liking a previous game doesn't make me enthusiastic about the next one as much as it just kind of gives me the sinking feeling of dread over how they'll find a way to put out a terrible follow up and utterly ruin the entire franchise. I've been burned waaay too many times over the last decade or two by soulless companies seemingly going out of their way to destroy literally everything I've ever loved. I've kind of reached the point where I avoid looking forward to games at all because of it. Not helped by the fact that the last two games I was honestly excited about turning out to be catastrophic clusterfuck buckets of hot liquid feces. Pre-release hype can pretty much go fuck a cactus at this point - the only sane mindset at this point is to ignore games completely until months after they're first released, at which point solid reviews will be in and multiple patches will theoretically be released to make games playable in the first place. At this point I almost can't justify buying any game less than six months after release. Not helped by the ridiculous state of next-gen consoles (I probably won't own a PS5 until 2027 at the earliest, so I certainly won't be buying any games for it). About the only other game on the horizon (no pun intended) I'm even paying attention to is the new Saints Row soft reboot - and that mostly because I expect it to be laughably bad and another case where a franchise I once loved has been turned into a franchise I loathe. Though I'm open to be proved wrong - hopefully it can manage to get everything right and be a worthwhile game on its own terms. I just have very little expectation that it's going to turn out that way. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | Poll of the Day proves that the damn phones are the reason we're all nerds. |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/14/22 4:30:42 AM #10 | ItsKaljinyuTime posted... It used to be "Somewhere in between" for a while. Then, at the end of 2013 things started to turn. And it was all downhill from there. And why? What else happened around 2013 that might've caused this? The site started to suck so hard most of the extroverts left. Now the only people still here are the people who have nowhere else to be. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | Do you know the answer to this difficult game show question? |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/14/22 2:34:14 AM #9 | trodi_911 posted... I like that ~30% of the audience are either just messing around picking a funny answer or are poorly educated. If I was ever in that audience, I would always deliberately vote wrong just to spite the contestant. Unless it was actually a friend of mine somehow. In which case I'd vote correctly. Though if a friend ever made it on the show I'd probably be more helpful staying at home to act as a lifeline. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | Encanto was really good. |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/14/22 2:32:00 AM #5 | THEGODDAMNBATMA posted... no but I felt like it was relatable. Your family has magical superpowers? --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | neutral poll time. how do u feel about board 8 (contest board) |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/14/22 2:25:19 AM #2 | That rivalry basically ended after Shake murdered Ail. Because Ail was like 98% responsible for the hostility in the first place. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | what the fuck why is geralt in monster hunter |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/14/22 2:24:31 AM #3 | Ciri can literally teleport into different universes in Witcher 3, to the point where there's an implication that she's been to the Cyberpunk 2077 world. The idea that Geralt could wind up in another world isn't all that hard to accept. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | Do you consider yourself to be a poor guy? |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/12/22 6:59:27 PM #8 | I swim in a Scrooge McDuck money bin every day. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | take a full screenshot RIGHT NOW and post it |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/12/22 6:57:59 PM #13 | Can't post images directly to GameFAQs when using the older skins (there's no upload option), and there are no worthwhile image hosting sites left, so no. All you'd really see on my screenshot is a fully maximized browser window and a bunch of Stardew Valley wiki tabs anyway, though. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | Pick a number from 1-10 before entering if you dare |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/12/22 2:10:49 PM #15 | LinkPizza posted... Gotta try harder. Ill be rocking that triangle! I even get a solo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvbQKSaYQD8 --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | Pick a number from 1-10 before entering if you dare |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/12/22 10:55:08 AM #11 | You didn't list my instrument. I actually play the Glass Armonica. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | I love The Labyrinth. |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/12/22 9:29:00 AM #2 | Nah, she probably just would have made it more clear why she was actually there in the first place, and he wouldn't have sent her in completely the wrong direction. So she would have made it to the castle hours earlier. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | if you ever feel dumb feeling down on your self(not in the good way) |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/12/22 9:19:18 AM #2 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buqtdpuZxvk --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | Society started going down hill when Mr Rogers died |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/12/22 2:35:22 AM #12 | Zeus posted... 2003? No, it started much earlier for the current decay. The Dot-Com Boom was around the time things really nosedived, so... you might say society when downhill around the time Brian Pillman died. Would that make Brian Pillman Jr our new Messiah, here to redeem us? Actually though, using that timeframe... maybe the real turning point was the Montreal Screwjob. With the rise of Mr. McMahon, his evil began to permeate and spread throughout the universe. And it was his overwhelming darkness that eventually weakened and destroyed Mr. Rogers. It even makes thematic sense - a Mister versus a Mister. I sense a rich lore-filled cosmology just waiting to happen here. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | Pokemon Go keeps glitching. |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/12/22 2:12:21 AM #7 | Zeus posted... To the playerbase? None. To the company? No idea. Why do they do it? No idea. Maybe for the same reason Vince McMahon's ideal hire for WWE creative teams is failed sitcom writers who've never actually watched wrestling before. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | Went to Aldi for the first time this weekend. |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/12/22 1:53:02 AM #3 | I think most of the things we find weird about Aldi's is because they're a European store that mostly carries brands that aren't necessarily local or the popular brands from other stores. They've been around in Europe for years (and Germany specifically for longer), but they're only just sort of establishing themselves in the US over the last decade or so, and they still do things the way they've always done, which isn't necessarily the way that US stores would do things. Lidl's pretty much in the exact same boat. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | Do you like watching the winter olympics more or the summer olympics? |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/12/22 1:39:42 AM #11 | Haven't cared about either since the 90s. As a kid, I kind of liked the Winter Olympics better because they were more exotic for me (I never really did winter sports or activities like the ones they include, but I did run and play games like the summer competitions). As I got older I sort of lost interest in those but related more to the Summer Olympics (because I was running track as a teenager). But I don't think I've watched either in about 25 years now. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | Did anyone else think when they were younger they'd be important in their life? |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/11/22 4:40:40 PM #19 | DrPrimemaster posted... Where do you think you got that aspirations from? I feel like that would be more satisfying but that isn't my perception of the world, I'm not sure why I'm this way but it seems objectively worse. Where does anyone get anything from? We're all shaped by thousands of minor variables and influences we may never consciously recognize, molding us into the people we eventually become. Even worse, there've been studies to suggest that the main core of our personalities are formed before we even turn 5 years old. So most of the things that make us who we are happen before we have any real power to influence them or make our own choices, and become extremely difficult to even remember by the time we actually become old enough to be introspective about things. For whatever reason, I've always been very laid back about the future. I don't really obsess over what is yet to come nor do I get overly emotionally hung up on what's already been. I tend to live in the moment rather than plan out elaborate assumptions about where I'll be in 5 years or what I want to grow up to be, and I've always kind of been that way. My motivations have always mostly just been wanting to have a job that I don't hate, that allows me to keep a roof over my head (and a place to keep my stuff), keep food in my belly, and generally experience interesting and stimulating things. So I mostly just try to make sure that I enjoy each day as it comes, and do my best to avoid regretting the things I've done and choices I've made. I feel like "winning" is basically just being able to look back on your life from your death bed, and being able to honestly say that you've had more good days than bad. Anything more than that is a bonus. Fortunately, things have always worked out pretty well for me, and I'm fairly happy with the life I've led. There's certainly regrets here and there, though nothing too severe, and not so much that I'd necessarily ever want to go back and change things. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | Society started going down hill when Mr Rogers died |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/11/22 4:29:28 PM #2 | I am willing to accept this theory. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | Did anyone else think when they were younger they'd be important in their life? |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/11/22 12:51:16 PM #9 | I honestly never thought about it, because I never really cared about the idea of being "important" or "famous". My aspirations were always more along the lines of just living a satisfying life. And I feel like I've achieved that. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | Team Dome or Team Helix? |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/11/22 1:20:49 AM #10 | Team I Don't Know What the Fuck You're Talking About, Because I Don't Play Pokemon, Let Alone Follow Stupid Pokemon Memes. Zeus posted... Meaningless decision, tbh. I think I picked Dome the first time, then Helix most others but either one is useless (iirc, Aero has sometimes been good?) Well, Helix does sound cooler. And the fossil itself looks cooler, if Internet image searching is to be believed. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | The or no The: Day 3 |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/11/22 1:15:49 AM #5 | Far-Queue posted... I don't care what the correct answer is but it'll always be "the Beastie Boys" to me because of Fight For Your Right Was literally going to post this. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | Favouritism aside, can the users here answer a serious question about Mead? |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/11/22 1:13:43 AM #25 | CoorsLight posted... I didn't "like" the Arctic one but I felt vindicated cause I always thought, wow, don't people see how much of an asshole this guy really is? That's more or less how I've always felt about Mead. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | Even when she makes funny faces she's beautiful. |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/11/22 1:10:56 AM #9 | Lokarin posted... It's the context; The 2nd most attractive politician was the late Barbara Bush This. She's not really all that attractive, but most other women in politics are hideous post-menopausal goblins. So by contrast she winds up looking like a supermodel. If she was an absolute nobody and you just met her in the street, most people probably wouldn't consider her as anything more than average at best. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | This account is 14 years old as of tomorrow |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/11/22 1:07:54 AM #5 | CoorsLight posted... If you're thinking, "wow that's old" I wasn't thinking that. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | Museum |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/10/22 10:07:58 AM #2 | Probably like 35 years ago. I was talking about going to a museum/planetarium with a couple friends about 7-8 years ago, and then with different friends about 5 years ago, but both of those fell through for different reasons. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | Deltacron: Delta and Omnicron fuse to form a stronger variant. |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/10/22 2:04:22 AM #4 | As per a previous topic on the subject, I'm still waiting for the Omicron variant to further mutate into Unicron. EclairReturns posted... Huh, I had thought of giant transforming robots when I read the title, not alien super-warriors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prRWJx9i8jc --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | Shit Rico |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/10/22 1:53:40 AM #2 | https://youtu.be/XDR247fmhnc?t=60 --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | 2022 - The year of the tiger |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/10/22 12:44:17 AM #11 | Gr8M8 posted... A dead komodo dragon? It's not the Year of the Komodo Dragon, though. Blightzkrieg posted... From what I've heard it's a lot of Chinese people fucking, trying to get their kid a good year. Well obviously. Everyone knows that people born in the Year of the Dragon are the bestest people ever. >_> <_< >_> --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | Amadeus Amadeus Amadeus |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/10/22 12:38:07 AM #4 | Alles klar, Herr Kommissar? --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | 2022 - The year of the tiger |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/09/22 4:22:15 PM #7 | faramir77 posted... 2016 was the year of the monkey, and Harambe was shot Now I can't wait to see what happens next Year of the Dragon. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | How do you convince a friend to leave a toxic relationship? |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/09/22 4:20:50 PM #2 | You don't. The more you try to push, the more likely the relationship they choose to end is your friendship. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
| Topic | Arv loves the honesty of people these days |
| ParanoidObsessive 01/09/22 12:24:52 PM #3 | Honestly, to be honest is honestly one of my verbal crutches. I kind of (over)use it in the same way I use actually, basically, generally, essentially, effectively, or technically (and don't lie, at least some of you have noticed this in my posts) - as qualifying modifiers that are kind of (sort of, for the most part, more or less, etc) meant to soften the absolute definiteness of a statement. It's a way of emphasizing the subjectiveness of statements or allowing for a margin of error. But it's also a way of breaking up phrasing and sort of shaping the flow of a sentence (not entirely unlike how people use "umm" or "like" when talking, and pausing to let their brain catch up to their mouth). It can also become a really hard habit to break even if you're aware of it, once you start leaning into the crutch. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family |
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