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I liked how they introduced her, like "her mother died in an insane asylum thinking she was Queen Victoria" and my thought was, I like where I think this is going. I was not disappointed.

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#16
Or Kill Me / Re: Kesha's yelling timber
June 08, 2017, 07:21:11 AM
Quote from: Salty on June 08, 2017, 03:32:04 AM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on June 08, 2017, 02:51:16 AM
Quote from: Salty on June 07, 2017, 10:51:09 PM
That awful, I'm so sorry and glad you didn't die!

On the other hand, for the rest of your life you get to tell people you're really bad at falling to your death. So, that's a win.
I dunno. I'm so bad at it that I've never come even near as close as Da6s.

I think the caveat here is that you have to actually fall. To be worse at it than Da6s, you'd have to fall at least 51 ft without dying.

I don't openly endorse this new measurement of badassery
#17
Or Kill Me / Re: Kesha's yelling timber
June 07, 2017, 10:29:34 PM
Thanks for goodwishes all. Posted an update just now with some more details and ranty style KERPLAH.

But for real, i'm a lucky SOB.
#18
Or Kill Me / Kesha's yelling timber
June 07, 2017, 06:07:02 AM
I fell off the goddamned mountain.

Like, I fucking fell fell http://via.kdvr.com/TKVrx

So I'm writing this. Well. Starting to write this. On 4 pillows, 10 MG oxycodone, some muscle relaxer, 3 broken ribs, a punctured lung, countless scabs and bruises, and a shattered right shoulder blade or scapula if you prefer. There were a few brain contusions too, but I think those are mostly healed now, because fuck yeah helmets.

We'll see how deep it goes.

I've always been into man vs nature sports. Hence why I snowboard, hike, am into cross country/trail running, and had the itch to dabble in sport bow hunting and mtn biking for years. In high school, I briefly got into climbing with a friend that had all the gear. Loved it, hella fun sport. After I moved to Boulder prior to the navy mistake, I joined a climbing gym, bought all my own gear sans rope and some route setting equipment. Did it for a few months, then the navy made quit because I "could get injured". Horseshit I thought. I think they were onto something.

Moved back to Boulder last year, joined climbing gym again, got back into it. Made some climbing friends, and had been going outdoor climbing with them a few times. They were more experienced than I, but helped me to learn a ton and improve a lot more.

We went climbing in boulder Canyon the Sunday before memorial day. It was my last climb of 2017.

We started out pulley hanging ourselves across Boulder creek (river). First time for me, I did it fine. Found our climbing area, which was this awkward belay anchor area partway up a cliff face with sketchy footing. We climb a few routes. I do my first rope swing route which was a lot of fucking fun.

I break to eat. I eat a wrap of Boulder hippie food kind overlooking Boulder falls. I take a pic of said falls. My phone case, galaxy s7 edge, is magnetic. It slides off and drops onto an outcropping ledge 5 feet below me. Shit, I better get that because leave no trace. 5 foot scramble, no big deal. Fuck I was wrong.

I get to the ledge where my phone case rests, and it fucking gives way under both my feet. I slide, roll, tumble, claw, grasp, and flail down a roughly 50 foot drop. I'm stopped by a tree thwacking me across my back near the river. I stop. I lose consciousness at some point - multiple concussions will do that I hear. I'm rescued and evac'd by a rando hiker tourist and my friends. I have brief spans of memory from Sunday. I don't remember the ambulance ride. I don't remember the start of the emergency room. I remember being told they were giving me ketamine, my first time, which would explain the memory loss.

Edit 1: So I went to retrieve the phone case, ledge gives way, and I fall. from this point (Sunday around 3) until Tuesday, my memory is hazy from the multiple Ketamine IV's. I remember repeatedly being asked if I was ok, what's my name, who's the president. I was held steady, hoisted, ferried like a loved martyr, and then sherpa'd across the river onto a black ambulance. I don't remember the ride to the hospital. I don't remember arriving at the hospital. i have blurred memory sections of being in a hspital bed, being told I'm being given ketamine, asking my info, being told I had brain bleeding and 3 contusions. I remember the sensation of the first morphine IV they gave me that took all the pain away. I remember being told I had a punctured lung and being surprised at how I couldn't tell.

All things considered, I'm really fucking lucky. It wasn't an insignificant distance that I fell. Walking away from it is pretty damned bad ass. I'm realizing it's pretty fucking rad that I'm still alive. It wasn't really an accident out of gross negligence or fucking around - I was off belay, had just finished lunch, and was still in the "base/belay anchor area", just unnclipped, scrambled down an easy 5 feet to retrieve gear litter because leave no trace, ledge gave way, and i took a tumble. Arms and legs covered in scabs, body in general pain, shoulder and ribs sore as fuck, and it REALLY goddamned hurts to laugh.

Butttt I'ma be fully recovered with no last injuries in another 4 weeks, because im a hard ass motherfucker like that who don't take no shit from gravity and measly 50 foot falls that only serve to cull away the genetically inferior. I also spec'd into luck, as you naturally should do when starting your playthrough.

I'm now grounded from climbing and snowboarding for 6 months.
I'm in hella pain recovery for. 5sh weeks. Not paralyzed, full recovery expected, just lots of pain.

I may compound on this moreso later, but meds kicking in and I'm sleepy.

Or kill me. Because gravity is a bitch and couldn't do. It.
#19
warning: auto-play video
http://boingboing.net/2016/08/18/while-eating-mans-face-flor.html

QuoteAnyway, turns out young Mr. Harrouff was a Donald Trump fan, and while biting chunks of his victim's face off, the teen was wearing a "Make America Great Again" cap.
#20
Aneristic Illusions / Re: Rio 2016 shitshow thread
August 19, 2016, 02:40:00 AM
This Ryan Lochte situation is actually worth discussing, especially if the gas station tapes are true. Reminds me of some entitled douchebag athletes that went on rampages in breck/keystone.

Latest is Brazil let his 2 homies go. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/brazil-stops-two-us-olympic-swimmers-from-leaving-country-over-robbery-case/2016/08/18/5bfdee66-6540-11e6-96c0-37533479f3f5_story.html

QuoteIn the video, released by Brazilian police, gas station employees observe the athletes, then escort them out of the bathroom. In another clip, from a different camera angle, the athletes quickly seat themselves on the ground and raise their hands, as if ordered by a person with a gun. Veloso confirmed that one of the security guards produced the weapon to "contain" the swimmers so they could not leave without paying for the damage. "The firearm was used in a situation in which they were contained. When they were contained the firearm was put away," he said.

So they were held at gunpoint briefly by security guards, giving some validity.

#21
Aneristic Illusions / Re: Rio 2016 shitshow thread
August 18, 2016, 04:54:25 PM
Ryan Lochte's a liar fugitive for attention, not surprising.

Corruption abounds with boxing medals. That was the last thing I paid attention to. Burnt out on the perpetual mess. Volunteers quitting and striking over work conditions & lack of provided food. Paralympics scandal where all the budget money was used by corrupt officials & not put towards events. Some other shit.
#22
I read the title & had bad flashbacks to spring break texans in Breck.
#23
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 14, 2016, 11:28:49 PM
I got Rust, which is basically Minecraft for adults. But shitty Minecraft with hardly anything you can do and full of assholes that kill you as soon as you wake up. Or you starve to death and lose all your shit.

I already regret spending money on it, and am wondering whether to keep plugging away at it in the hope it eventually becomes fun, or to just bail and get another game.

Anyone have any suggestions? Prefer adventure/puzzle games, and I don't like graphic novels disguised as games. I'm poor so I can't justify spending more than $30, and it has to run on Mac.

It's side scrolling 2-d but Starbound.
#24
Aneristic Illusions / Re: Rio 2016 shitshow thread
August 15, 2016, 12:02:42 AM
American Swimmer douchebag Ryan Lochte robbed at gunpoint in cab by men "impersonating" police officers.


Notes from the above bbc article:
Quote5 August - Two rowing coaches robbed at knifepoint on Ipanema beach, the Australian Olympic Committee says
6 August - Security co-ordinator for the opening ceremony targeted in attempted robbery as he left the Maracana stadium the morning after - his guards opened fire on the assailants, killing one of them
6 August - Portuguese education minister robbed in Ipanema as he was coming back from a cycling event
11 August - Russian swimmer Evgeny Korotyshkin (not a competitor) posted a photo on Instagram of two armed men who robbed him near Ipanema - the photo has since been taken down
#26
Aneristic Illusions / Re: Rio 2016 shitshow thread
August 10, 2016, 04:41:09 PM
More robbing with a car hijacking to boot. You'd think such an event would have proper security where it matters.

Medalist beaten up while celebrating on copacabana beach.
#27
Quote from: Vivat Alty on August 09, 2016, 07:56:09 PM
Quote from: Da6s on August 09, 2016, 07:44:11 PM
Quote from: Vivat Alty on August 09, 2016, 06:34:43 PM
Never been to a professional convention before. 1st observation: it shares many similarities with a big, Southern Baptist church. The feel of the place, the clapping after someone is done talking, the type of rooms are around and the level of chatter. The biggest difference is, these people aren't wearing suits, mostly jeans, t-shirt, and a backpack. It's weird.

No singing, I hope. No laying on hands or shouting in tongues, either.

Not yet. I could add the in. Perhaps this classic https://youtu.be/UhXcLJFpQ6A

I still prefer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxhxKdnjGA8
#28
Quote from: Vivat Alty on August 09, 2016, 06:34:43 PM
Never been to a professional convention before. 1st observation: it shares many similarities with a big, Southern Baptist church. The feel of the place, the clapping after someone is done talking, the type of rooms are around and the level of chatter. The biggest difference is, these people aren't wearing suits, mostly jeans, t-shirt, and a backpack. It's weird.

No singing, I hope. No laying on hands or shouting in tongues, either.
#30
Aneristic Illusions / Re: Rio 2016 shitshow thread
August 07, 2016, 05:43:57 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 07, 2016, 04:22:39 AM
Quote from: Da6s on August 07, 2016, 02:14:03 AM

I guess I have never noticed media reporting violence in close proximity of the games until now. Can't recall any bombs, shootings, robbings, muggings, or murder at any Olympics since I've been watching - namely Sochi, London, Athens, Vancouver, Salt Lake City, Beijing. Nagano & atlanta I was too young to really remember at all.


So you missed the whole mass-stabbing thing at Beijing?

Apparently.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Beijing_Drum_Tower_stabbings

Reads like it was one unhinged psycho & he killed himself afterwards. I'll put that alongside the Atlanta bombings for psycho acting alone.