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Wtf, America?!
:lulz:
Getting there!
What the fuck is with toys these days? When I was a kid we played with action figures and legos and k'nex. Stuff that encouraged us to act like heroes and create new things.
I smashed rocks and pretended they were living things
Quote from: NotPublished on January 13, 2010, 10:35:13 PM
I smashed rocks and pretended they were living things
Fuck yes, cracking rocks! I once briefly held the title of King Arthur because I could break apart rocks that the other kids couldn't no matter how hard they tried.
...Really?
OP = :facepalm:
Quote from: Cainad on January 13, 2010, 11:01:46 PM
Quote from: NotPublished on January 13, 2010, 10:35:13 PM
I smashed rocks and pretended they were living things
Fuck yes, cracking rocks! I once briefly held the title of King Arthur because I could break apart rocks that the other kids couldn't no matter how hard they tried.
I think I just figured out where the first stone tools came from.
Quote from: Requia ☣ on January 13, 2010, 11:26:54 PM
Quote from: Cainad on January 13, 2010, 11:01:46 PM
Quote from: NotPublished on January 13, 2010, 10:35:13 PM
I smashed rocks and pretended they were living things
Fuck yes, cracking rocks! I once briefly held the title of King Arthur because I could break apart rocks that the other kids couldn't no matter how hard they tried.
I think I just figured out where the first stone tools came from.
The skeletal remains of Cainad's ancestors, that's where.
Cannot see this at work. :argh!:
Be thankful.
Quote from: Requia ☣ on January 14, 2010, 12:48:49 AM
Be thankful.
Why? Sister Gothique is almost as Holy™ as I am. If she posted it, it's for your own good.
I'm still waiting for the "Louisiana gas station/frybar attendant" playset to come out, replete with stained STYX t-shirt, fancy scrubbin' stick and pretend food stamps.
Quote from: General Stuart on January 14, 2010, 12:50:54 AM
I'm still waiting for the "Louisiana gas station/frybar attendant" playset to come out, replete with stained STYX t-shirt, fancy scrubbin' stick and pretend food stamps.
I want to see the Bill O'Rielly playset.
And maybe the Abu Graib Lego™ collection.
Quote from: Felix on January 13, 2010, 11:58:01 PM
Quote from: Requia ☣ on January 13, 2010, 11:26:54 PM
Quote from: Cainad on January 13, 2010, 11:01:46 PM
Quote from: NotPublished on January 13, 2010, 10:35:13 PM
I smashed rocks and pretended they were living things
Fuck yes, cracking rocks! I once briefly held the title of King Arthur because I could break apart rocks that the other kids couldn't no matter how hard they tried.
I think I just figured out where the first stone tools came from.
The skeletal remains of Cainad's ancestors, that's where.
:lulz:
I won't deny that it was retarded. But it got us out of the house, goddamnit.
"BILL O'REILLY: WITH EXTREME SHUTTING UP ACTION AND RETRACTABLE MICROPHONE! INCRIMINATING SEXUAL MESSAGES TO INTERNS SOLD SEPARATELY!"
Quote from: General Stuart on January 14, 2010, 12:55:24 AM
"BILL O'REILLY: WITH EXTREME SHUTTING UP ACTION AND RETRACTABLE MICROPHONE! INCRIMINATING SEXUAL MESSAGES TO INTERNS SOLD SEPARATELY!"
NOW WITH EXTREME ASS VIBRATORS!
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!
I used to:
1. Have doll funerals
2. Smash rocks
3. Sharpen sticks
4. Make fires
5. Make fishing poles out of sticks, yarn and safety pins
6. Convince my friends to jump off of things in an attempt to "fly".
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on January 14, 2010, 01:00:17 AM
I used to:
1. Have doll funerals
2. Smash rocks
3. Sharpen sticks
4. Make fires
5. Make fishing poles out of sticks, yarn and safety pins
6. Convince my friends to jump off of things in an attempt to "fly".
I know.
We all did, Nigel. And now the parents of the current generation (I know there will be exceptions, DO NOT JUMP ON ME FOR WHAT I AM ABOUT TO SAY), the majority of caretakers of the FUTURE of the world, have folded and caved in to marketing and the media. They have bred a nation of fat, ignorant little turds who have tuned in and dropped out. Want to know who's really responsible for this pathetic offering to good old terra? Here they are in black and white: The very people from whom these so-called mature and caring adults purchased that "ding-fries-are-done" playset.
Thanks for providing us with some plastic autism and pixelated ASS-BURGERS!
ASS BURGERS!
enjoy your soon to be obsolete video game systems, super sized value meals, and years of self loathing blamed on your parents.
Sorry, children. I've simply lost faith in the lot of you.
When I was a kid I played horsie, beheaded Ken because he 'displeased me', made a Joan of Arc out of Barbie, and would tie myself up a lot before escaping (or laying around on my floor lol).
Quote from: Sparkley Pink Shit on January 14, 2010, 01:35:42 AM
When I was a kid I played horsie, beheaded Ken because he 'displeased me', made a Joan of Arc out of Barbie, and would tie myself up a lot before escaping (or laying around on my floor lol).
:lulz: :lulz: .. trying to imagine it now.
I had a pet weed that I wanted to take care of, but I over-watered (not knowing at the time) it and thought to myself it'd never go firsty again and it would be very happy.
As a 90s child, I played with beanie babies. My brother and I had developed a mythos surrounding their fictional adventures. Um, and video games. Lots of video games.
Quote from: NotPublished on January 14, 2010, 01:42:02 AM
Quote from: Sparkley Pink Shit on January 14, 2010, 01:35:42 AM
When I was a kid I played horsie, beheaded Ken because he 'displeased me', made a Joan of Arc out of Barbie, and would tie myself up a lot before escaping (or laying around on my floor lol).
:lulz: :lulz: .. trying to imagine it now.
I had a pet weed that I wanted to take care of, but I over-watered (not knowing at the time) it and thought to myself it'd never go firsty again and it would be very happy.
If there was an weed adoption program id like to be the thirst in line.Although i could just walk into any abandoned terrain and do so.
:lulz: :lulz:
I hadn't used the word thirst or first in awhile so I got them confused :(
Quote from: Nasturtiums on January 14, 2010, 01:47:43 AM
As a 90s child, I played with beanie babies. My brother and I had developed a mythos surrounding their fictional adventures. Um, and video games. Lots of video games.
beanie babies! My mum used to make those they were awesome to play with. I kinda want one now =/
Quote from: Sister_Gothique on January 13, 2010, 10:29:07 PM
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Wtf, America?!
OH MY FUCKING GOD.
:horrormirth: or :lulz:, I'm up for
any program!
I had toy guns, a Tonka truck or three, and myriad fake ( :evilmad: ) swords, etc.
My parents were traditionalists, and understood that a child has to have a working knowledge of violence.
I remember a friend of mine and I got a pair of those cap guns (the ones that make a loud bang with small charges of flash powder), and practiced having traditional duels with them. We would count to ten, take ten steps, then turn and shoot. It was awesome.
I had a Tonka dump truck made out of steel. I rode on the back like a skateboard when I was three, and it popped up and sliced open my chin. I needed 8 stitches.
Toys don't include enough metal these days.
When I was younger there used to be this awesome bush land I could visit, me and friends used to go bike riding there ... I went back there around 8 years later and its blocked off =/
At around head start/preschool age, I had one of those 3 wheel things, then kindergarten-2nd grade was an actual albeit dull as hell sword and video games, and then I got moved to Seattle with my dad and replaced the sword with a very large collection of sticks.
My favourite toy was a length of rope. We'd tie it to the branch of a tree and swing on the fucker. The longer the length the higher the tree you could use, the better the swing. Then came the games - Knifey, where you'd swing out then swing back as far as you could and stick a knife in the ground. Next person had to swing back far enough to grab your knife and stick it in even further back. Sometimes we'd use other trees instead of the ground to stick the knife in.
Of course nowadays five year old kids aren't allowed rope cos it represents a choking hazard and even the fucking adults aren't allowed to carry blades anymore. I'm with the late St Carlin - We are dealing with the pussification of western society and personally I'm all in favour - the more lame and/or retarded society becomes the more edge it gives me. The easier it becomes to just do whatever the fuck I please cos sooner or later there's going to be no one left capable of stopping me. :evil:
In my context, id rather have people not carrying knives; it seems nobody has a capacity to know when its appropiate to use them (i.e. "THAT FUCKER CUT ME OFF IN TRAFFICK <PULLS OUT KNIFE>).
Well in this country it's illegal so only the criminals are armed. Law abiding citizens are not allowed to defend themselves, they have to wait for the police to turn up, then try to describe the person who fatally stabbed them.
Pulling a weapon on someone that attacks you, to me it seems way riskier... if one doesnt make a good assesment quickly on if things are "even" or there are more guys assiting it, you could infuriate and incite their anti-social urges, and instead of just getting robbed, you end up getting killed. I.E., you pull a taser on some tough guy, and the guy overcomes you, that taser is likely going into you.
I wish i could agree that everyone having weapons would solve a lot of problems.
Quote from: JohNyx on January 14, 2010, 01:29:46 PM
Pulling a weapon on someone that attacks you, to me it seems way riskier... if one doesnt make a good assesment quickly on if things are "even" or there are more guys assiting it, you could infuriate and incite their anti-social urges, and instead of just getting robbed, you end up getting killed. I.E., you pull a taser on some tough guy, and the guy overcomes you, that taser is likely going into you.
I wish i could agree that everyone having weapons would solve a lot of problems.
As opposed to a situation where only the bad-guys have weapons I'd consider it favourable. Also I agree with you - a lot of idiots would probably die. Unlike you, I don't see this as an altogether bad thing :evil:
Even if i get robbed wipe-out style (like naked style), i calculate at most im carrying $642 worth on goods.
Id rather lose those $642 than raise my probability of getting killed; can we really tell that quick if we ran into a "dog with sharper teeth"?
In my house id like a gun, because if someone was as brazen to break in while im there, im sure their scruples about hurting me would be much less.
Basicly im giving real examples to counter theory; you would risk your life, for the $$$ worth of goods you usually carry around?
Let me tell you a bit about scotland. Most of our violent crime has nothing to do with money. The kids round here like to attack people just to see the look on their face. If some grinning little twat comes at me with a blade, sure I can take him down but it's a lot easier if I have something pointy myself. You up the ante to three or four crowding you and having a blade handy might be your only way out of being stomped to death.
Yeah, i can see where your coming from.
Down here we have kidnappers, and that has a lot of parallels (most never go back); fortunately, that has decreased in the last 5 years (i think).
Around here we mostly just have a lot of rape.
That park 1/2 block from my house used to be Rape Park, but I just looked up the statistics and there have apparently been no rapes reported in my neighborhood since I moved in.
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on January 14, 2010, 06:01:27 PMbut I just looked up the statistics and there have apparently been no rapes reported in my neighborhood since I moved in.
coincidence?
Statistically speaking, people are *less* likely to end up dead or in the hospital if they fight back, especially if they have a weapon to fight back with. (This is specific to the UK, I haven't seen any American numbers)
Of course, there are a lot of dipshits out there who would take that to mean its a good idea to fight back when there's a knife at your throat. The situation is everything.
Quote from: Emerald City Hustle on January 14, 2010, 06:27:21 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on January 14, 2010, 06:01:27 PMbut I just looked up the statistics and there have apparently been no rapes reported in my neighborhood since I moved in.
coincidence?
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
HIMEOBS: It Deters Rape.
HIMEOBS: YOU CANNOT RAPE CLANDESTINELY ENOUGH.
Quote from: Sister_Gothique on January 13, 2010, 10:29:07 PM
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Wtf, America?!
Don't worry, as far as I can see, that toy isn't that much more sophisticated than what they currently use at Mc Donalds.
:wave:
I've been trying to scour the antique shops for those metal Tonka trucks for Monkeyh to play with. These plastic ones, he'll destroy them in three months, easy.
Quote from: Mistress Freeky on January 18, 2010, 03:13:16 AM
I've been trying to scour the antique shops for those metal Tonka trucks for Monkeyh to play with. Those metal ones, they'll destroy him in three months, easy.
Quote from: The Omnipotent Grinner on January 18, 2010, 05:56:12 AM
Quote from: Mistress Freeky on January 18, 2010, 03:13:16 AM
I've been trying to scour the antique shops for those metal Tonka trucks for Monkeyh to play with. Those metal ones, they'll destroy him in three months, easy.
He's a tough little guy, and he learns not to do a thing again if it hurts. This is no decade for the timid, after all, and I want him to survive.
I had a metal truck once as a kid. I pushed it into a piece of jagged sidewalk while running, did a flip, and fell on my face. It hurt, and if I did more shit like that as a kid I would be indestructible.
Quote from: Felix on January 13, 2010, 10:33:58 PM
What the fuck is with toys these days? When I was a kid we played with action figures and legos and k'nex. Stuff that encouraged us to act like heroes and create new things.
Knex are the fucking bomb.
Just wanted to mention this.
Quote from: Shrunkenheadspace on January 20, 2010, 04:39:17 AM
Quote from: Felix on January 13, 2010, 10:33:58 PM
What the fuck is with toys these days? When I was a kid we played with action figures and legos and k'nex. Stuff that encouraged us to act like heroes and create new things.
Knex are the fucking bomb.
Just wanted to mention this.
I thought these looked pretty kick ass
http://makerbeam.com/ (http://makerbeam.com/)
Quote from: Shrunkenheadspace on January 20, 2010, 04:39:17 AM
Quote from: Felix on January 13, 2010, 10:33:58 PM
What the fuck is with toys these days? When I was a kid we played with action figures and legos and k'nex. Stuff that encouraged us to act like heroes and create new things.
Knex are the fucking bomb.
Just wanted to mention this.
Shit yeah. When I first got some, they were so creatively open-ended that I wasn't quite sure what to do with them, but that passed.
I remember once when I was little, I pretended that Ken was a pimp, and Barbie was a hooker who didn't make enough money for Ken, so Ken had her killed, and her body dumped at a river...
Wow, chicka. Seriously. :lulz:
:lulz: :lulz: Oh man! That is soo twisted its awesome
http://www.freshtoid.com/2009/11/lego-new-era-caps.html