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At 2/21/11 09:46 PM, SpiffyMasta wrote:

At 2/21/11 08:30 AM, Coop wrote: Yeah, but Florida is a state, compared to Seattle, which is a hole in the ground with train tracks running through it.

Living in the Northwest, I take offense to that lol. Hole in the ground... jeez! Sorry we can't have such a dense population as you do back in the Queen's country...

Fact of the matter is, hockey just isn't very popular in the NW. Neither Seattle or Portland are a big enough market to get a team. I'd settle for Vancouver, but I'm an Avs fan, so screw them.

I don't think it's a matter of size, really, considering Portland has an NBA team for nearly 40 years, and Seattle needs to find something to fill KeyArena after the Sonics left. Once upon a time, Seattle actually had a hockey team, but I would imagine they didn't last very long.

It was a tough week for Philly, especially when they got their asses handed to by the Rangers 6-0 at MSG, but I'm really not worried about any other team in the East outside of Tampa or maybe Washington.

At 3/7/11 10:37 PM, ChrisLovejoy wrote: Do people still watch that garbage?

Apprently, a lot of people still do, due to the fact that a lot of people are still watching it even now. Now who's watching nowadays is a whole different crowd compared to the Attitude Era. Damn, those were some good times back in 2000.

I thought it went to shit after they made it PG.

Turns out, it was PG in the 80's and early 90's as well. It was when they competed with WCW and ECW in the late 90's when pro wrestling got more mature, and that was the peak of pro wrestling IMO.

At 3/5/11 06:58 PM, SadisticMonkey wrote: Seriously though everyone, read this. It's amazing.

I hope they were being sarcastic, because when you have to rely on some pot smoking basement dwellers to provide a solution for the problems in Wisconsin, or even to provide an opinion as asinine as that, you're really scraping the bottom of the barrel.

At 3/7/11 03:10 PM, Chronamut wrote:

Highschool is a shit hole - with the only satisfying irony is htat most popular people in highschool never invest into anything in their life and end up washing your car or pumping your gas.

I don't know about that, a lot of them do get into some big regional universities, if mostly because they have a lot of money, more than anything else.

I never really had a problem with high school, apart from the fact that I had to deal with a lot of fights and the occasional bomb threat. Sure, there was always a few immature douchebags running around acting like they were either better than everyone, or just couldn't handle being around people, but then again, that's true with almost every school.

"I am Bang Shishigami, the ninja who fights for love and justice!"- Bang from BlazBlue.

Well, any line that Bang says is going to be epic.

At 3/7/11 07:08 AM, Cootie wrote:

At 3/7/11 06:57 AM, Scarface wrote:

At 3/7/11 03:26 AM, Cootie wrote: May he rest in peace. I thank him for serving his country and helping to end that horrid and senseless war.

That sucks that all those lives were lost over, essentially, an argument over which European country was the strongest.

What should have been a fight between two nations exploded into a war that involved every continent on the globe. This is why I think military interventionism and alliances is a bad thing. It is like how two kids are supposed to fight, but then their buddies start fighting to until you have 10 kids on each side.

Speaking of kids, I find it really weird that the royal families of Britain, Germany and Russia were all related to each other because of Queen Victoria. As for the war itself, it was probably the stupidest conflict ever, in terms of how it was fought. Basically, the armies were fighting over mere miles of land at a time, and the vast majority of the time, both sides were stuck in the trenches firing just about everything at each other.

At 3/6/11 07:01 PM, SomaGuye wrote: After checking the updated spring chart there are now 16 anime on my watch list and 9 on my maybe list. Truly it is going to be a why can't I hold all this anime season.

Wow, that's a lot of anime if I do say so myself, Personally, some of them look pretty interesting, including Season 2 of Kaiji and Gintama, others I might want to wait to see if they are any good or not.

At 3/5/11 04:22 PM, Yert wrote:

At 3/5/11 04:19 PM, darklink4567 wrote: That's not a cosplayer! This is one that I would definitely love looking at.

This thread is now about sexy cosplayers.

I can have?!!

I never thought that sexy and cosplayers could go together, but then again, I never thought that something like cosplay orgies would exist, lol.

And what's with some people bashing cosplayers for?, I would think they would find something else to go after, but I guess haters are going to hate.

If I have 2 trillion dollars to spend, I would give every American a $1,000,000 bailout to do what they want with it, give massive finacial aid to all of the soldiers who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, {health benefits, student loans, etc.}, find a way to upgrade the public schools and the infrastructure to modern levels, and probably spend the rest of it on random stuff.

At 3/5/11 05:14 PM, Ericho wrote: The closest I got was when these two people who were friends of my folks came over for dinner and they said they were not religious and did not want to discuss it, so we simply never spoke of it.

That's a piece of advice that religious people should've taken a long time ago. Sadly, where I used to live {Texas}, I was almost bombarded with religious ads, papers, and the like everywhere I go, pretty much to the point where I got sick of Christianity altogether.

At 3/4/11 04:20 PM, RacistBassist wrote: Fuck "good" role models. If kids looked up to men like Charlie Sheen, maybe America wouldn't be filled to the brim with pussies and we wouldn't be a generation of men raised by women.

Yeah, but we would probably be a bunch of horny, drug crazed actors that screwed any woman we saw, and told anyone that tried to cancel our show, to pay up. Just imagine how chaotic our cities and towns would be, much less society on a broad scale.

Come to think of it, that kind of sounds really cool right about now.

At 4/17/09 09:08 PM, Kyaztro wrote: Greg Oden. He's also the last person I'd want to piss off, you know by like calling him ugly or something.

The problem is that he's made of glass, one false step, and he ends up falling apart like a Chinese motorcycle. What in the hell did Portland see in him that made them draft him in the first place, instead of Kevin Durant? No wonder why they can't get out of the first round, lol.

Anyways, Jack Lambert has got to be the ugliest athlete ever, he probably have only 2 or 3 teeth in his mouth at once, plus he often look like a bum without his helmet on, not like he gave a shit, but still. And since we're talking about pro wrestling, it has definitely has to go with either Kane without his mask, or Viscara. These guys give me nightmare just staring into their faces, especially when they get angry at something or laugh like crazy.

At 3/4/11 12:36 AM, KermitTheMuppet wrote:

At 3/3/11 11:01 PM, orangebomb wrote:

The whole DUB vs SUB argument is tired as hell, and it wouldn't even make a huge difference in the end anyhow considering how G-Gundam plays out anyway. Could you look at G-Gundam, glance through a bunch of episodes and tell me it's attempting to come of with the same impression as the UC timeline based series?

I never really said that G-Gundam was based off the UC timeline. Although I can agree with you that the Dub vs. Sub arguments in any anime is tired as hell.

When you give the series the chance it severely deserves,

Timeout here, I have watched this series before, when I was a kid, which of course the English dub was cheesy and stuff like that, but I never really cared for that at the time. Now that I have decided to rewatch the series about a year ago or so, I realized that on how much different the original audio is compared to the dub, other than the obvious lanaguage difference.

even if you're relatively unacquainted with the gundam franchise, you might as well enjoy the fact that it is so crazy and surreal. It probably shouldn't be the first series to start off with to become introduced with the franchise, but it's a fantastic entry.

I'm agreeing with you on that premise 100%. In all honesty, I view most of the Gundam franchise as basically "Star Wars", but with mechs and the politics that take place on Earth instead of a far away galaxy. Of course, that doesn't mean that there are some shows within the franchise that stood out and I have enjoyed over the years, but more or less, It's almost like "Star Wars", with the obvious exception of G-Gundam.

It's one big fantasy and I didn't think the intention was for it to be completely correct or serious. In contrast to some of the other entries series that were shitty because they were trying to be so poignant and serious, atleast G-Gundam was unique as a MSG spinoff at how it gave us another way to use the gundam mythology effectively.

Once again, I agree. Much of the Gundam series tend to be ultra-serious political riff-raff that is often followed by the occasional battle in space or on the ground. That's not to say that is all a bad thing per se, but it does get rather tiring to the point where I simply don't care anymore what they say or do.

My god, even Noble Gundam was modeled after Sailor (V)enus. That, plus all of the other ridiculous gundam suits,should have been enough of a clue to indicate it's a series meant for utter fun.

Perhaps I have looked at it the wrong way, considering I have generally viewed the Gundam franchise as a bunch of serious storylines about war, politics, and so on.

My God, these naive idiots don't know when to give up, do they?

First off, when you use 3 instead of the letter E in your title, that's when I stop treating it seriously. I don't care if you're trying to be cool, "with it", or whatever the fuck they want to say, but if you're going to post bullshit lies, at least have the decency to not use numbers as letters in the goddamn title.

Second, trying to post so called "facts" and tie them in with Bible quotes can only equal failure on their part. Most teens aren't that fucking dumb, much less most normal people on the street, so trying to convice something that I would imagine about 95% of teens are either doing right now, or have done in the past isn't going to work. Trying to act naive on the Internet isn't going to work, much less if you talk about bullshit, and use the Bible to back up your claims.

{On a side note, never use the Bible to back up a claim for anything, because even the most ignorant asswipe will shoot down your argument.}

Finally, there seems to be a preconcieved notion that pornstars and most people in the sex industry are loners, perverts and downright criminals, when I know about 95% of the time, that isn't the case. The reality is that even pornstars, sex shop workers, etc. have families to feed, and if that is the best way to express their talents, or if they simply need a paycheck for whatever, then more power to them.

It makes me wonder sometimes, what in the hell does go through the mind of a teenager nowadays, especially when they are going to be virtual outcasts for the rest of their lives? I probably blame our schools.

At 3/3/11 08:19 PM, TailsPrower wrote: Fuck strict gun control. The laws we already have would be just fine if they were actually fucking enforced rather than having legislators pile on more pretty-sounding laws. Besides, who's to say that someone who gets a gun with illegal intentions will get their firearms through legal means? All that your preferred path will result in is the disarmament of the fair and law abiding citizens of the U.S., leaving us at the mercy of nut jobs and lunatics and making us the bitches of said lunatics.

Bingo!

I don't know what goes through the mind of these anti-gun nuts, but like it or not, America is built by the right to carry a firearm, whether it's for sport, or to defend you and your home from a crazed meth head thug that could kill you, rape a family member, and take your toilet paper for whatever reason.

I laugh when an anti-gun prick happens to get mugged and yells out to someone for help, and then someone says "we can't help you, you made guns illegal, prick." Seriously, they whine about violence and guns, and then they end up becoming the victim of violent crime, they have nothing to defend themselves with from a drug crazed thug, now the tables have turned.

At 3/3/11 06:04 PM, Balazeal wrote: FLCL

Furi Kuri, Fooly Cooly...

Oh dear God, do not watch this show, unless you want to yell WTF? is going on every episode. The randomness of this series, for some reason, simply made me irritated and confused to the point where I simply gave up on the series after a few episodes.

It makes me wonder why this anime is so popular, when it is nothing more than characters and storylines that is almost train wrecked together for no reason.

If you don't mind, I would like to join the fun.

Favorite Eastern Conference Team: Philadelphia Flyers
Favorite Western Conference Team: Detroit Red Wings

Personally, I would like to see a Detroit/Philly Stanley Cup, considering Philly is the best team in the East, recordwise, and the Red Wings are right up there in the West. Of course, it doesn't always work out that way, but a match between an Original six team and a team that is about as close to an OS team as it gets. {Plus I generally hate all pro Pittsburgh teams with a passion.}

I believe that Florida should have only 1 NHL team, mostly because Tampa Bay has supported their team a lot more than in Miami, which is a Dolphins and Heat town, and always will be. The problem with NHL teams in the south, is that it's rarely ice cold down there, and hockey has never really been very popular compared to the Northeast and Midwest.

At 3/3/11 12:57 PM, towelie101 wrote: Jesus fuck my internet is irritating. It's going to take a decade just to watch G Gundam (well, it's not like I have anything better to do). The dub was alright from what I saw of the first seven minutes.

I would suggest that you watch G Gundam in the sub version, partly because of the subtle political correctness that is in the dub. I don't know about you, but the political correctness in the dub kinda turned me off to the series a long time ago, but got over it recently.

Also, Infinite Stratos just had a beach episode today. Isn't that refreshing and original? Can't wait for the festival episode!!!

Huzzah!

Anyways, I started watching Genshiken last week, and in all honesty, I thought I was going to hate this show, but the series sort of grew on me, what with the rather lighthearted take on otaku and otaku culture in Japan. The english dub was decent, but nothing to write to home about, which I expected from a series that barely anyone has heard of outside of Japan.

It's almost like Charlie Sheen is an American icon now, what with banging pornstars {Bree Olson}, being cured of drugs in a blink of an eye, and says he is winning. I can tell his brains are about to be fried like an egg in a diner, but he doesn't give a fuck, because he's high on Charlie Sheen.

Something tells me that Charlie Sheen jokes are going to replace Chuck Norris jokes very soon.

Example: In Soviet Russia, Charlie Sheen doesn't take drugs, drugs take Charlie Sheen, lol.

At 2/28/11 01:34 PM, KemCab wrote: Well, Mubarak is now barred from leaving the country. Chances are that they're probably going to try him for corruption charges. And if Gaddafi resigns they're just going to make him a pariah and charge him with human rights violations or other nonsense.

There's one of two ways that this can end up, one is that Mubarak does face trial and spends the rest of his life in prison, which is a rather moot point, considering he is 82 years old, and spending the rest of his miserable life in a cold, jail cell would waste time and money. If the Egyptian people have their way, however, he would probably be beaten and skinned to death, and everyone would turn a blind eye to this, and he will deserve it.

Are people honestly this stupid? Do they really think he's going to resign knowing that he's going to go to prison for the rest of his life if he does? Do you think any OTHER leaders who might face the same charges will do the same thing?

Power mad idiots like Gadhafi don't know when to give up. If I were him, I would probably find an island somewhere, and never leave said island, that is if the people of Libya don't get to him first and hang him from the highest street lamp in Tripoli.

If he resigns he is a coward, just like the army units who defected to the opposition.

Gadhafi is in a lose-lose situation, if he stays until the end, then the Libyan people are eventually going to get him, and he would be screwed. If he does leave Libya, then the rest of the world would find him, and either convict him, or preferably, take him out with extreme force, and I wouldn't blame them.

At 3/2/11 10:03 PM, LaForge wrote: America's culture is inherently more violent, particularly in the south.

Well, if you go to many of the inner cities of America, most notably in Detroit, Chicago and LA, it's almost like walking or driving through the streets of Baghdad circa 2005, but without the IEDs. There is a lot more violence in the inner cities than most places in the south, I can assure you.

Anyways, I believe that guns are an essential right for Americans, partly because of the need to have an arsenal for the people to defend themselves from tyranny. Our founding fathers predicted that there could be revolts and possible revolutions from time to time in the future, and that has been true to a certain extent.

Examples given:
Whiskey Rebellion
Turner's Rebellion
Civil War
Wild Wild West
Civil Rights Movement

The reason why outlawing guns like we do with marijuana is stupid is because that would create a black market for guns. If you have seen Gangland on the History Channel or Spike, you realize that gangs have found ways to get guns, regardless of any gun laws of a certain state, and a lot of them are either pistols or fully auto SMGs and assault rifles.

When you outlaw something that is popular with the people for whatever reasons, more than likely, a black market will show up, and often gouge people of their money for said product, which in turn, supports criminal groups like Bloods, Skinheads, or the Mexican drug cartels.

At 3/2/11 11:17 AM, Camarohusky wrote: A shining example of student entitlement...

Are you fucking kidding me? The last line in the story sets a nasty precedent...

Yeah, it's kind of sad when 1 little student gets scared over a freaking table shaking, she has to call 911 for to detain the teacher. Although you can't really blame the entire student group as a whole for an isolated incident like this, this does set up a rather bad precedent for teachers and students alike.

I tell you what, where I went to school, a table shaking was nothing to us at all, compared to a slam of a heavy door and smashing a trash can, which happened quite a few times. If she tried to call 911 against a teacher in my school for doing that, let's just say, it wouldn't be a pleasant sight once she got off school grounds.

At 3/2/11 11:51 AM, Ronald-McDonald-LoL wrote: People are much less willing to vote low these days; most people vote on filesize and disregard content. I've seen Rick Roll pass simply because the file size was above 2 MB.

I agree to a certain point, there are always a few people out there that make shitty flash {most notably the Kitty Krew}, that seem to make it past to the portal despite having almost all negative reviews and scores around 0.80 or so. That said, I believe you need to at least take a look at the movie/game before voting, so you can have an honest assessment when voting.

If you want the blams, don't be afraid to vote how you feel. If you think something is spam, vote 0 instead of 2 for the point. You might miss the point but the likelihood that the flash will be blammed will be higher.

That's pretty much what I do, partly because I have pretty high standards on what is considered portal worthy, and what should be blammed. I know not everyone here have a similar standard to voting compared to mine, but regardless, I do what I can to keep the crap out.

It is much harder to blam now than it was back in the day.

Agreed.

It's one of those stupid "political correctness" ads, where it's not okay to say "That's so gay."

Obviously, they weren't talking about the woman, therefore she had no right to butt in to the conversation. Just because they say something that was taken out of context doesn't mean they should be blindsided by someone like that.

The message itself isn't the problem, but the way it is said and delivered is almost insulting and asinine. Not to mention, she broke an important rule on conversation, "mind your own fucking business."

The Flash program has developed a lot since then, so more or less, something that would have been amazing in 2005, wouldn't have the same impact in terms of votes in 2011.

Speaking of votes, the main reason why Kitty Krew's flashes, and before them, the Clock Crew get past the blam is because of mass voting of 5 by the respected crew on said submission. It does get rather annoying and stupid, but at the same time, there isn't really much we can do about it. In a similar vein, the cute dress up games that seem to show up recently are getting a pass now, and it makes me wonder who keeps giving these submissions passing scores.

At 3/1/11 06:21 PM, mindwipe-has-a-sword wrote: there is a lot of anime out there and i need some recommendations on what i must see
i have seen
dragonball z
digimon

Wow, I can clearly tell that you are either starting out in anime, or have a limited taste, regardless of which, I'll throw you a bone here.

I would recommend:

Code Geass and CG R2
Soul Eater
Black Lagoon
Eyeshield 21
Baki The Grappler
Hokuto No Ken
Anything by Hayato Miyazaki
Gurren Laggan
Hellsing

At 2/28/11 11:51 PM, KemCab wrote:

At 2/28/11 02:11 PM, lapis wrote: So in that sense, the sanctions did exactly what they were supposed to.

Which is, create a freer but much poorer South Africa than it could have been.

Well, if you were to ask the black people in South Africa now, I'm sure they would rather be free and poor, than to live under apartheid.

In any case, apartheid is none of other nations' business anyway.

A lot of other nations condemned apartheid by simply not doing business there, this is especially true in the surrounding countries, and representatives of the other African countries in the UN. Of course back then, most of us in America or Western Europe didn't really give a shit about it until the late 80's.

This is nothing new, North Korea has been doing this to make sure that they get their share of the media spotlight. Even though China is still on their side, on a technical level of course, they're more than likely to cut off all ties with them because they don't want to piss off their best customer in America.

If North Korea is serious about war, then they would have either launched chemical weapons on Seoul, or cross over the DMZ and start killing South Korean civilians in the villages. Either way, North Korea would've signed their death warrant when either American or SK forces start their march to Pyongyang.

Any orginial movie on the Syfy network, It's almost like I'm saying WTF?, every 10 minutes or so.

I would probably explode, turning everything around the blast radius a shade of orange that would look like Cheetos.