Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

Mm-hmm

That is great!

Are we there yet

Welp

Bout dem gaems and NSO

@NintendoByNature What about them there thingamabobs, sport?

@Apportal I guess we both have our triggers, then.
I'm sorry though, if your interpretation of my comment was me talking down to you, because I definitely wasn't.
I probably am older than you, since I'm what I like to call a demi-centennial, but I'm not one of those individuals who likes to use the whole "I'm older than you, so heed my wise words" trope, unless of course if someone is like 12, in which case they actually do need to listen...

All kidding aside, all I intended to do, is point out that Zuljaras really isn't as bad a person as he might have seemed to be, due to his comment, and neither am I, hence me mentioning that the words may sometimes come across as harsh or a bit too direct, but they're never meant to hurt or insult.

Obviously, due to the nature of online conversation, it is all but inevitable that people on the other end of the line will interpret any and all comments in their own way, regardless of the original intent of the one who made the comment, so all we can hope to do is be as clear as possible, and perhaps elaborate on what we have said, in the case of any misunderstandings, as I'm trying to do now.

On a side note: even though I was also partially kidding, something you might have known if we would have been communicating a bit longer, it is true, generally speaking, that people that come to an established community, will still need some time to get their bearings, get a feel for the people and the community itself, and in that respect, regardless of any personal skill set or prowess in real life, of being able to easily socialize and/or get to know people, it does take a bit more of an effort.

Anyway, on that specific day, I was also a bit grumpy, so besides the sarcastic humor, I did my own version of a bad interpretation of what someone else said, and in that instant, you came across like the guy who knows nobody at the party, but still tries to socialize with everybody as if he's already known them for years, if you get what I'm trying to say. And that kind of behavior is DEFINITELY also a negative trigger for me, hence the probably slightly too annoyed reaction...

But water under the bridge and all that. I just wanted to explain myself a bit better, but now that that's done, let's forget about it and move on.

P.S.

On a somewhat touchy side note: as a friendly suggestion, you might want to forego using the derogatory label of "boomer" in here, though. I'm only slightly bothered by it myself, but I do dislike its usage in general, because it's also a misnomer, which you might already know: even people of my age or generation, aren't "boomers", but generation X-ers, the ACTUAL name of our generation. But obviously, I know that boomer is just a derogatory term for "anything considerably older than us", which kind of makes it even dumber than it already is.

Just in case you're wondering why the hell I'm making such a fuss of pointing this out: as mentioned earlier, the Chit-Chat thread is used and handled as somewhat of an oasis, a little island of tranquility inside the Nlife community, which is only occupied by nice and civil people, so far as I and many others are concerned, derogatory terms have no place here.

P.P.S.

Seeing as you also seem to be triggered by @NEStalgia's lengthy comments, sorry for this text wall of a reply on my part as well...

@NintendoByNature Hot Shots? I can't say with certainty that I know of that game series, but perhaps if I see some titles, I might be reminded of having played or seen them before. The Outlaw series is definitely its own beast, though...

@NEStalgia "Sorry, we've moved!"

Aaaarrggh!!! The Push Square, AND trains too. It hurtss uss, preciousssss....

As for being able to write too many text walls on the topic of how the times are changing, I see you've already turned that theory in a reality, over the last couple of pages. I'm tempted to agree with @Apportal's comedic response to your efforts, but out of general courtesy of our long-running discussion history, I've actually read them all.

All I can say is that although I do agree with a lot of it in general (obviously can't comment to the country-specific stuff, though) I do feel that there comes a point where you do need to lighten up at least a little bit, to prevent yourself from finding you standing on the railing of a bridge at some point in the not too distant future, if you keep going down this negative spiral...

Although part of me also firmly believes it's just sarcastic you spewing your bile and ultimately not doing anything harmful with it in real life, in which case, rant away. At least in that way, you can get it off your chest...

@Eel Ah, yes... TheBlackDragon. Now that was a hard@ss sourpuss if ever there was one. Now that I've seen the video you posted, it definitely makes all the pieces fall into place... Something about a resting you-know-what face and all that...

Don't know the others you mentioned, so perhaps I'm not THAT old of a user after all, aye?

@ThanosReXXX those there mabobs aren't whats worth it, imo. have you had a thingamajig?

@ThanosReXXX Oh, I wasn't offended by what you said! We all have our bad days. But, if it does bother you with the term "boomer" then I'll stop. I'm 24, so you're definitely older then me. You have a lot of good points and I respect them all. I hate those "party" people too. Comes across as haughty and presumptuous, no?

Anyhow glad to see you're cool with me, I definitely look forward getting to know you better in the future.

Ona side note, Zuljaras and I and cool now, so you don't have to worry about it.

@NintendoByNature I do have a couple of jig saws, does that count?
And if I'm not mistaken, Bob's yer uncle, so we're covered there as well...

#chit-chatcommentsectiongoingnowherefast

@Apportal Likewise, and good to see that you're open-minded enough to be able to put things into perspective.
I wasn't too worried, mind you. I just felt the urge to offer some perspective on some points.
I suppose that actually IS something that you tend to do more when you get older...

Well, at least I do.

P.S.

The kind request to forego the label "boomer" only counts for the Chit-Chat thread, far as I'm concerned. Feel free to use it in any article comments section, or wherever else it's warranted, especially if people are acting like one of these two old geezers on the balcony in the Muppet Show...

@ThanosReXXX yea lol. Just trying to be like the commenters on today's direct article. Lotta nonsense going on

@NintendoByNature Ah, I see. Glad I missed that, then. Still catching up to last week and so on...

It seems that office life has once again taken over all of my time, meaning I feel like I have a bit, or rather: considerably less energy left to dedicate to surfing the interwebs and keeping up with all the chatter...

@ThanosReXXX that's good tho. Glad you're back at it.

@NintendoByNature Me too, although I'm still a bit conflicted about it. Part of the whole move from being an independent contractor to becoming an employee once again was my personal situation, and the final push was the pandemic, so I kinda had to do it, but if I would have had the choice, then it wouldn't have happened like this, so I'm still of two minds, so to speak.

And not being able to divide my own time anymore, having to spend at least two hours a day to travel to and from the office is also eating up energy. Normally, I'd be working from home, most of the time, meaning I wouldn't have to get up at 7am, and I wouldn't be home as late as 6pm at the earliest.

And of course, being used to that independent rhythm also means that I'm still going to bed too late, because I haven't been able to revert to normal hours yet, even though I do have to stick to the early mornings, obviously. But the work is okay, I suppose, and the co-workers are nice, so I suppose I'll hang around for a while.

However, I haven't decided on what to do, once the COVID-19 situation has settled down, but I'll cross that bridge when we come to it...

In case you were wondering, I enjoyed today’s Direct. It was wonderful.

@ThanosReXXX i can totally understand all of that. At least you have something in your pocket right now, that doesn't need to be permanent. Just a hold over until the dust settles from covid. Just hang tight and continue to put feelers out there with other places or, don't if the guys are good to work for and with.

The travel does ruin the day though, I know that first hand. Today was a sales call day. Left the house at 730 and got home around 5, and all my calls were 3 hours away. So alot of windshield time for only a few stops. Long day even though I know did like 2-3 hours of work.

I'm barely getting orders these days, so any little chance where I can work my magic, I jump on it, no matter how far away it is.

@NintendoByNature Haha, yeah, I know all about that as well. I also used to do conventions, although these are actually really beneficial to sales, since everyone coming and meeting up there is already of a different mind set/state of mind, what with the buzz of the convention and the whole "what's on offer" vibe.

Nowadays, it's mostly telesales that I'm doing, so no ridiculous amounts of travel time in between potential clients and so on. But yeah, we still jump on every opportunity we get, as any good sales professional should...

I didn’t think it was wonderful, but far better then the last couple ones. Wasn’t bad by any means. I feel like people hate on it for the sole purpose to gain attention.

Watched/listened to the shadow-dropped Partner Direct Mini. There's nothing there that I'm really interested in barring those first three SaGa games from the GB, and I can't say I'm dying to have them either lol. I commented where I felt comments were due, but I didn't read through a lot of the comment sections. My guess is there are a LOT of complainers.

@Eel The one I visited every now and again only had a discount shelf, no bins unfortunately. Another thing I liked about it is that they had a light blue GBA SP on display for ages (even towards the end of the DS's life cycle) that you could play Metroid Fusion on. I still wonder what happened to that game and unit.

@Apportal I think they assumed it was bad because it was a Partner Showcase and so hated it without watching. I liked it. I’m excited for FUSER and both Just Dance 2021 and PuyoPuyo 2 look interesting. A YouTuber I watch did a reaction video and criticized FUSER. So offended.

@BabyYoshi12
I choose Dance Evolution by Konami on Xbox 360 / Arcade over than Just Dance.
Konami have their talented artist who can deliver very great songs than typical mainstream Western artist. The songs from Naoki Maeda (former DDR sound director) were really great on every Konami rhythm games. He was the Maestro of Konami rhythm game before he left from Konami on year 2013 with his partner Jun Karashima as they have collaboration with under name TERRA.

Also, songs from Para Para Paradise (another rhythm game from Konami) on Dance Evolution were far better than any lame Western songs on Just Dance.