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Apple Zone / Re: Hey, YOU!

« on: May 03, 2013, 03:28:03 am »

No one will notice. Just say the giant statute made out of cod and herring and toenail clippings has always been here. HR ordered it, right? RIGHT!

You know damn well those clowns can't remember what they shoved up their ass for breakfast this morning. You're supposed to ignore those kinds of demands from HR. We went over this in the Human Resources Management Management workshop last quarter.

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Apple Zone / Hey, YOU!

« on: May 03, 2013, 02:45:18 am »

What in the name of "Bob's" salty orifices do you think you're doing?

You think this is a joke or something?

Cut that shit out. You'll get us all in trouble.

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Apple Zone / Re: This game is awesome!

« on: May 03, 2013, 02:35:23 am »

I HATE HELL

I DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND HELL

I ONLY WENT IN ONCE

I GOT SCARED AND HAVEN'T BEEN BACK

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Apple Zone / Re: This game is awesome!

« on: May 03, 2013, 12:28:50 am »

I restarted because the Sword of Summoning isnt that good (it makes healing timings more complicated, and will make getting thru the castle entrance harder, because summons dont hit as hard as oneself), i figure im going for Flaming Sword this time.

Btw, im pretty sure the only way to kill Dragon is with brewing potion of Invincibility.

SPOILER ALERT:

Use the seed to get some rest, and cooldown. Then use invulnerability potion when you get to Dragon. Teleport when it wears off. Repeat. GREAT SUCCESS

The deed is done.

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Or Kill Me / Re: I R STOOPID

« on: May 03, 2013, 12:11:43 am »

I think being constantly showered with messages of how smart I was as a kid kind of screwed me up a bit.

I wasn't smart because I worked hard at school; I practically never had to do any damn work at all because nearly everything was completely trivial. I had the benefit of highly educated and involved parents, and nothing more.

You're so smart
You're the smart one
The smartest kid in class
The brainiac

That shit becomes part of your identity when it's drilled into you over and over again from the age of 5.

Achieving feats of intellect wasn't something I earned praise for. It was just part of being who I was expected to be. Being lauded for my brains wasn't anything special: it was part of the natural order of things, and if I wasn't dazzling people with my precociousness then something must be wrong with me. Anything I couldn't easily excel at became a source of shame, something to be avoided. No one likes doing things they suck at, but for me it bordered on neurotic.

When I did bust my ass for something, I didn't feel good for earning it. I felt like crap for not being better at it in the first place.

Too much carrot, not enough stick. Eventually it turns into "no carrot = stick." Simple lack of praise becomes the same thing as criticism.


I needed shit like Discordianism and the Black Iron Prison to influence my intellectual maturation to be able to see this part of myself. I'm still working on fixing it.

And, at the end of the day, I ain't so damn smart. I'm mostly just lucky.

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Apple Zone / Re: NORTHEAST SPAGS POTLUCK

« on: May 02, 2013, 11:13:19 pm »

 

I think I might still have that jar, somewhere. As a reminder of how awful you all are, just in case I forget.

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Apple Zone / Re: Open Bar VII: written by George Lucas!

« on: May 02, 2013, 11:12:17 pm »

Rock the fuck on, Suu! If anyone belongs in an internship like that, it's you.

And your prof is a superhero for that letter of rec.


I'm in the process of throwing resumes at various job openings and internships. My brain is so not ready to deal with post-college life.

Grad school.

Currently avoiding that option. I'm really not prepared to sequester myself for 2+ years in the relentless study of something that I'm unsure of my level of passion for.

When my gut reaction to every graduate program I look into is, "eh, might be interesting," I don't think I'm ready for the plunge.

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Apple Zone / Re: Seriously, NOW where is the Youtube thread?

« on: May 02, 2013, 10:48:41 pm »

Oblivion Online anyone here playtested this?

I'm pretty sure it would melt my computer, but I'm definitely curious to see what Elder Scrolls Online ends up being like.

From what I gather, it's borrowing more from Guild Wars 2 than from WoW, which is not a bad thing.

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Apple Zone / Re: This game is awesome!

« on: May 02, 2013, 10:30:25 pm »

My summon sword spits out chupacabras. They protect me from harm and devour my enemies. THIS GAME IS AWESOME!

Goddammit, I need a sword upgrade!

DID YOU COVER YOUR SWORD WITH CANDY AND CHOCOLATE? BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO DO THAT

THEN YOU GET A MAP TO THE MAGIC ANVIL

AND THEN THE WITCH WILL UPGRADE YOUR SHIT FOR LIKE A BILLION LOLLIPOPS



I realize that you probably totally know all of this, but I felt compelled to spell out certain details of this game for outside observers. Otherwise, how will they know what's going on?

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Aneristic Illusions / Re: In Other Attention-Whoring News...

« on: May 02, 2013, 10:25:36 pm »

I keep thinking I have a handle on what this century is all about. I really need to quit fooling myself like that.

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Apple Zone / Re: NORTHEAST SPAGS POTLUCK

« on: May 02, 2013, 10:23:10 pm »

No spoiling what I'm bringing for the potluck, Cainad.   

 

Crams reaction to that was great "wow this beer is big." dont forget the eating of the police grade mace

Yeah, licking the pepper spray was also a highlight.

I found myself agreeing with Cram that the chelada actually got worse as one continued to drink it.

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Apple Zone / Re: This game is awesome!

« on: May 02, 2013, 10:18:55 pm »

I DID IT! I DID IT! Acid rain EATS the ghosts! FUCK YEAH!!!!!

Acid rain?! WHAT HOW

I just guzzled health potions until I exploded. Now I have to figure out how to bust up that goddamn dragon.

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Apple Zone / Re: This game is awesome!

« on: May 02, 2013, 10:00:14 pm »

Wow man. You really like candy.

I left my computer on all night so I could accumulate moar candies.

Now I've eaten 242876 candies, and have activated the Candy Converter to turn my candies into Lollipops. Hopefully this will supplement my Lollipop gains enough to get a few more magic sword upgrades.

But then I'll need lots of candies later to make potions... argh!

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Apple Zone / Re: NORTHEAST SPAGS POTLUCK

« on: May 02, 2013, 09:56:12 pm »

Ah. Cool! Is this at someone's house or a holiday home thing? Come to think of it, did this happen before with dimo and cram doing some kind of roleplaying thing?

Yeah! I think it was two years ago now, we had a big hangout at a Bed & Breakfast that we rented for the weekend, although it was less potluck and more "everyone chip in for a massive groceries run."

Then we all drank a bunch of shit we shouldn't have for the lulz, including Richter's Weapon X (spiced grain alcohol with 5 ghost chiles added to the recipe), which was good, and a horrid abomination unto boozekind that Eater of Clowns found hiding in the beer section...

Budweiser and clamato juice canned chelada. Everyone who drank that is legally considered a chemical hazard now.


All of the best pictures were of us playtesting Cram's card game, "Not Under My Roof!"

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Aneristic Illusions / Re: ATTN, Von Zwietracht & other libertariantards

« on: May 02, 2013, 09:46:29 pm »

So the question really is, "What are your goals?"

This. So very much this.