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dont be that guy
Usually how I load my kids in the car 😉
i dont blame you. gotta raise kids right these days
the_shpydar wrote:
As @ogo79 said, the SNS-RZ-USA is a prime giveaway that it's not a legit retail cart.
And yes, he is (usually) always right, and he is (almost) the sexiest gamer out there (not counting me) ;)
I've had fish after I played Endless Ocean on the Wii.
We truly do live in a society.
This blue eye perceives all things conjoined. The past, the future, and the present. Everything flows and all is connected. This eye is not merely seen reality. It is touching the truth. Open the eye of truth... There is nothing to fear.
Whew! Long, albeit productive day. Put in a full day of work, then some mowing and other yardwork on top of that. Now if only the weather here could make up its mind on whether it wants to be spring or winter....It was pretty chilly today. One problem though; all that mowing and being outside has sent my allergies into overdrive. I'll be sneezing my head off for the rest of the evening and likely tomorrow.
remember, post comments 6 feet apart.
dont be that guy
Usually how I load my kids in the car 😉
@Heavyarms55 Agreed on the first paragraph; I don't believe most people are intentionally malicious, but when your bottom line is to make a profit...some decisions are definitely questionable. I'm personally not a fan of money, but unfortunately it's what makes society (at least here) tick.
I miss a lot of the 2D animation. I understand many of the angles of why most studios have moved to 3D computer rendering, but now the medium feels oversaturated with that particular style. I'm not saying that I dislike some of the newer films by any means (the ones I've seen anyway), but there just seems to be less...variety in terms of artistic style. I usually have to turn to anime (though admittedly not much lately) or uploaded classic shows on YT to help scratch that itch.
I also don't dislike most of the newer "real" Disney films - some of them are really well done - but some of the additions and changes fill like unnecessary fluff. Plus, at least in the case of The Lion King, a remake really wasn't needed IMO. ...I MAY be a bit salty about how they butchered Be Prepared, for starters.
Congrats on the special Larvitar, by the way. I love coincidences like that.
@ThanosReXXX Eh, the thing with the porta-potty just seemed sort of ridiculous to begin with. There are other odd cases of "Someone REALLY didn't think this through" around here, but that's the most ludicrous example. I can kind of see the "isolation" point, but I'd think splitting up who uses what porcelain throne with stall separation would be less risky in some ways vs. a single plastic seat of NOPE.
(I really dislike using the things, personally, and have them in an "emergencies only" category)
Disney+ has been tempting me on and off for some time now. As mentioned previously, I'm a pretty big fan of a lot of Disney franchises, so it would almost be certain. However, I don't currently subscribe to any TV/Movie streaming services; I technically do have free ad-ridden Hulu through my Spotify subscription, though. I don't normally watch a lot of TV or movies in my own home. YouTube is about the extent of any watching that I do, usually less than half an hour per day on average (when I'm eating).
So...yeah, definitely something I've been thinking about, but not something I've jumped for just yet. XD
On Anti: I'm not ruling out the self-imposed leave of absence, but I think the avatar situation suggests another ban. Though I'm not entirely sure. I generally like Anti, but even I've stated elsewhere that, while he's entitled to his own opinions, which is fine, forcing them on others is a big nope. He unfortunately brings quite a bit of it on himself, but at the same time I really feel like he has a silent brigade of users that troll even his more innocent posts for no reason. Before the downvote feature was altered, he'd accumulate quite a few of those in the "What Games Are You Playing This Weekend?" comment sections when, IMO, there wasn't anything wrong with his post to begin with.
I DO hope he isn't ill, however; I know ye olde Corona had also surfaced in his neck of the woods.
In-progress post addendum: Ah, just saw Bimmy's comment. It does appear Anti has been banned again. Seems my hypothesis was correct.
@Zuljaras Agreed on iOS and most Apple products in general. They work and are decent overall, but they're WAY overpriced for what's under the hood. People pay the extra for the brand.
@BruceCM Awesome! If I get on later, I'll check my notifications. I don't believe I've played my Switch since Saturday evening. XD
Currently playing: Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires' Conspiracy (Switch)
remember, post comments 6 feet apart.
dont be that guy
Usually how I load my kids in the car 😉
at least hes honest, these days thats all i can ask for
the_shpydar wrote:
As @ogo79 said, the SNS-RZ-USA is a prime giveaway that it's not a legit retail cart.
And yes, he is (usually) always right, and he is (almost) the sexiest gamer out there (not counting me) ;)
Whatever happened to @Anti-Matter ? I don't think I've seen him commenting for a good while.
@Tyranexx Yeah. I'm sure I come off as someone who hates western 3D computer animation and that's not really the case. I hate that it has replaced the old fashioned 2D animation that I prefer. If the two systems lived side by side (like say, how it is in Japan) rather than replacing it almost entirely. I do know there's still some older style animation among true children's cartoons on TV but that's pretty much it. If shows like South Park and the Simpsons weren't already established, they'd never be released today. I don't know how much Adult Swim stuff is around these days, last I heard they still relied mostly on localizing the more uncensored anime - which I have no issue with, but it's not their own content.
Oh, and on the note of the live action remakes - I'd probably have no issues with them if they were original stand alone films, absent their original version. But in reality they just strike me as unneeded inferior versions of many classics - even if they aren't really that bad in their own right. It's like, if there were two pizza places right next to each other, they sold pizza at the same price, and I know the one on the left is more of what I like for pizza, why am I going to chose the one on the right? Ever? Pretty much only if a friend asks me to. And then, only for the friend, not for the inferior pizza.
@ThanosREXXX Thanks for the controller advice. I'm going to say we have strongly differing opinions on that other topic we talked about and drop it from there. I shouldn't have stuck my nose in that conversation.
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@bimmy-lee I've observed Anti on here for quite a while, I know his quirks, how he acts and what works him up...you'd think by now the mods would too perhaps and be a bit more tolerant? Reporting is an invisible activity as far as I can see, unless he's really overdoing it, I dunno...
Saying that though I've seen questionable moderator behaviour in here in the past, people getting banned for lashing out at trolls, regulars like Jaxon getting bombarded with attacks during that Pokemon meltdown, whilst mods were joining in with the meltdown and ignoring what was happening in the thread. Not to mention ex-mods becoming whiners. Strange, they're supposed to be a fair and neutral bunch. Remember "no profanity, please"?
Anyway I thought I would pop my head in here, take a break from the main site and have a look around.
I got a new vehicle, so that's exciting. 2017 Jeep Renegade Latitude 4x4 with 50k on it. What with mom's reaction and cognition putting her on driving restriction for the foreseeable, she opted to trade in her 16 Fusion on something with lower payments, lower apr, and more comfortable for me to drive. Got gap insurance and a 4 year bumper to bumper as well, and the thing has more safety features than I can understand right now. I kept the pickup as a backup vehicle and for big hauls, but managed to save $60/month by lowering the coverage. Pretty fun weekend.
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@WiltonRoots - Yo dude, you should take a chit chat break from the main page from time to time. Yeah, I’m usually a bit baffled when Anti gets banned, mainly because we remember some people who acted like clowns every day here for years; and his behavior outwardly doesn’t seem to be anything near as offensive. I’m not sure about the behind the scenes stuff like reporting and whatnot. I can tell you he was upset and called me through IG for about five straight minutes one morning while I was trying to make breakfast for my kids. If he reports with that type of tenacity, I guess it could get a bit overwhelming. It’s better with him around though in my opinion.
I have a hard time understanding moderating, it’s hard for me to relate to it. I’m not great at moderation, and we’re more the moderated than the moderator types. It’s like a dog trying to understand what it’s like to be a cat, but yeah, I’ve seen all manner of behavior here. There’s one constant though; Eel will never let you down, unlike Morpheel.
@HobbitGamer - Awesome, those look fun to drive, I see them around quite a bit (back when I left the home and drove to strange and exotic places, like Walgreens). Automatic or five speed?
@bimmy-lee Yeah I'll do that, let me grab a beer from the cooler and pull up a seat. 2 metres away. Ahhhh that's better.
Hello everyone. Wow it's different on this side of the fence!
So yeah, what have I been doing in my downtime? Very little gaming. Trying to work my way through a mountain of mp3s I've accumulated over the past couple of years to use with my Serato setup which I hadn't touched in 5 years, so I've been enjoying that. Mostly house, disco, techno and drum and bass.
I've filled a couple of layout pads with sketches and my coffee table is covered in markers. My work has kept me busy as well, had a couple of nice retouching jobs to do and been converting old minidiscs to mp3 when I found my old MD player and a pile of discs during a tidy up.
Other than that, getting drunk on video calls to LA, Barcelona, New York and with work colleagues. We also have our regular curry club video lunch on a Thursday!
@bimmy-lee That's one thing we don't agree on, I think. Or at least not entirely: I simply don't see him learning from past experiences, or at least not enough to prevent it from him getting banned again, at some point in time. The first two times (or was it three already?) were all for more or less the same reasons, and only now did he get banned for something else, but still an understandable reason.
It's just that, either due to his own demeanor or heritage/origins, or his Asperger's, that he has no limits and/or broader view in some situations, which is the exact same reason that he has no understanding and/or respect for other people's choices or likes in game types. And in a worst case scenario, which has also happened several times already, he gets VERY aggressive about it, trying to tell/command people how to behave and so on. And if you stop to think for a moment how he's always so adamant about non-aggressive and or violent games or behavior, it's kind of ironic how he himself can fly off the handle so relatively easily...
To him it's all so VERY black and white, and unfortunately, I'm all but certain that until he actually learns that not everyone feels or should feel like he does, and how to deal with that appropriately and in a manner that doesn't rub people the wrong way, he'll more than likely get banned again, at some point in the future.
Maybe, something for you to discuss with him is how he doesn't have to react to EVERY topic or comment that goes against what he believes or likes, if he wasn't a part of the discussion to begin with. Or simply tell him to put these people on the ignore list, or whatever. It would save him from any potential backlash from other members, and it would save them from being annoyed by yet another highly predictable Anti comment saying how this game is so and so and what not.
And that would probably also take away the need for him to report people, which would be part of the solution to his current ban problem. Anyway, we'll ultimately see how things pan out, I suppose. Here's hoping he can really keep it together from now on.
@Tyranexx Yeah, I know that the port-a-potty isn't the most hygienic of solutions, especially in these times, but from my own experience over here, social distancing still works the best of ALL measures, so no matter how much soap and fresh water you have at any location, it's still simply too many people together in one place at the same time, so that's still not something that's preferable over having to bring some hand sanitizer yourself.
Just out of curiosity: why don't you watch a lot of movies or TV in your own home? Because you watch them elsewhere? Seems that you explicitly mentioned the "not in your own home" part to imply just that, unless I'm misunderstanding that statement...
@Heavyarms55 I was kinda hoping we could discuss that in a way that just lists facts and how things are, and in a way that doesn't involve these strong emotions, to come to a point where you truly get what I'm trying to make you see, or at the very least some kind of common ground and that was also the point that I was trying to make, but if you'd rather drop it, then I'll respect that, so fair enough.
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
@WiltonRoots Hey, welcome. You know, @bimmy-lee is absolutely right: the Chit-Chat thread is the best and most relaxed place on this entire site, so whenever (Nintendo)Life gets you down, or other members, or you simply have a fun or interesting story to share, just pop in here and put your feet up and relax.
Or just pop in here whenever, you know, just to have an entertaining chat with us resident Chit-chatters...
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
@WiltonRoots - That is better. I’ll be sure to talk loud so you can hear me. I’ve been a drunken Zoom wizard as well, though my group skipped last week’s session. I think some of them are starting to get tired of it. I’m not. I’d rather be hanging out in person, but some (digital) contact with people is better than none at all. I didn’t know until Anti called me, but apparently we can video conference on IG now. Please go a bit deeper into Curry Club. I recently joined a food related gang known as The Biscuits and Gravy Boys, but that’s a breakfast gang. I don’t have a lunch or dinner gang. I’m open. I’ll get a tattoo or get beat down, whatever it takes.
@ThanosReXXX - I just meant that he usually keeps himself in check for a while after he comes back from a ban, but eventually he lets someone set him off. I respect how steadfast he holds to his convictions and restrictions, even though some of them are extreme and sometimes funny. I had a version of the talk you recommend a little while ago. Basically, we agreed that he just needs to ignore topics and conversations that run against his beliefs so that he doesn’t feel personally attacked and/or the need to defend his beliefs, but I guess he didn’t hold to it for very long.
@HobbitGamer - Why nine speeds??? Because it’s four more than five!!! Whooooooo wheeeeee!!! Seriously though, sounds sharp.
We’ve been doing 5:00 pm Driveway Dance Parties for the last week hosted by DJ Jazzy Dad. I’ve been spinning some real bangers. It’s very 60s pop and 80s pop and punk centric. It’s my wife’s birthday, and I just got her electric tea kettle wrapped. We’ll do the gift exchange right in the middle of the dance party. I’m thinking I’ll play a Buddy Holly tune during the giving of the gift. Seems right.
@DenDen - It happens to me all the time and can go on for weeks. I just got over Heart of Glass by Blondie playing in my head for about a month. I’m glad my stupid brain has moved on. It was getting punishing. Why does it happen???
@NintendoByNature - Screw it, I’ll just blast a 30 minute loop of Baby Shark for Driveway Dance Party. People will really appreciate it.
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