At 3/26/09 02:42 PM, truegamer1 wrote: this is basicly something where you just pour out your hate that is video game related.

what do you hate?

I hate Sony for releasing umpteen progressively worse different versions of the PlayStation 3 console, thereby causing gamers to wait for the dust to settle before buying, keeping the console prohibitively expensive too far into the current hardware generation, and alienating third party developer support.

I hate Square-Enix for their passive-aggressive (and protracted) punishment of PlayStation owners following Sony's bad moves. Infinite Undiscovery and Star Ocean: The Last Hope are Xbox 360 exclusive, even though the marginal revenue from going multiplatform should easily outweigh the marginal development cost. Games like The Last Remnant and even Crystal Defenders are released promptly for 360 with lengthy or indefinite lags until PS3 release. Meanwhile, Final Fantasy XIII, which was originally announced as a PS3 exclusive (the primary reason I and presumably many others bought the console) has finished development on PS3, but a U.S. release will be delayed while S-E polishes up their development of the U.S.-only 360 version for a simultaneous release stateside.

I also hate polygon glitches, freezes, godawful voice acting, and all the usual crap.

I'm interested in finding an application or service that will make it easy for me to operate and host my own Internet talk/blog radio feature from my own domain. Anybody know anything?

Here's a question for PlayStation 3 owners.

I finally got around to picking up a PlayStation 3 on Ebay, and I'm finding that it has a tendency to freeze up under certain conditions. Please read below.

If I start a game, I can generally run that game for as long as I please. However, after the system has been running for maybe an hour or less, if I want to reset or change games, the system tends to lock up at the initial "PlayStation 3" screen.

This only happens when the console is shelved. I've taken to leaving it out in the open on a makeshift platform of hex dumbbells, and that seems to eliminate the problem, even despite extended gameplay.

My question is: is this typical? I understand that the PS3's sole purpose is to run resource-intensive applications, which can generate a lot of heat. However, this is the only piece of AV equipment I own that is so delicate it can't operate normally on a shelf.

If you always leave your PS3 upright and in the open or stash it in a kegerator or something, please don't weigh in on the issue. But if you run your PS3 from a relatively confined area and do (or don't) experience freezing, or if you have knowledge of how PS3s act in the aggregate, please tell me: is this fairly typical of PS3s, or is mine a dud?

At 12/28/08 01:21 AM, Minty-Hippo wrote: Actually, It's true.

When you shave you split the casing that holds your hair. When the Hairs are split, they grow back double. As it is no longer encased along with the other hair. Alot like Bird's wings.

Weird. I just punched "hair casing" into Wikipedia and got bupkis. I guess I must have misspelled it or something.

And, even weirder, when I entered:
bird wings grow back thicker when you shave them
into Google, all I got was some Mayo Clinic page telling me I'm right in the first place.

I think the Internet's broken.

At 12/18/08 06:56 PM, Chad-T wrote: Do you guys have your hair long?

Long hair is for homosexuals, invalids, and the colorblind.

My schwanz.

And oppressing the meek.

At 12/31/08 01:23 AM, Ptcfast wrote: Viacom Inc. has threatened to pull its programming [...]. Nearly 2 million homes in [...] could lose such Viacom channels as Nickelodeon, MTV, VH-1, Comedy Central, Spike, TV Land and BET.

Good riddance.

At 12/28/08 02:53 PM, WATCHurFLAG wrote: What about Audio?

Honestly, I find all of those phrases more or less in-bounds.

Yes; even the "butterscotch" one.

Though I'm sometimes a little uncomfortable with "My ears are bleeding a little," mostly because it seems like it should be applied specifically to submissions with sharp and/or loud sounds -- not second-to-worst drum and bass loops.

Woozle wuzzle?

What girl? All I see is a bunch of that aerosol window snow.

I just can't envision myself saying "This [anything] is crunk, fo' shizzle!"

Not even drunk.

B

Amirite?

At 12/27/08 03:05 PM, SmartNoob wrote: What do you think would happen if a crowd of people were firing lots of bullets up into the air? Would people die?

Depends on shit like trajectory, Coreolis effect, and -- y'know -- whether there are people where the bullets come down.

At 12/27/08 02:41 PM, runpoochrun wrote: So after a slab of my chair hit the back of my head (http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/100 9324) I got staples to stitch that bitch. After I got back I inspected my head to see what it looked like, and noticed I could see some skin near the middle/top of my head. It wasn't a big patch or anything, just that the skin there was more visible than the skin elsewhere on the hair-covered area of my head. I'm not sure if it was like this before - if I had just noticed it now - or if it came up recently (possibly even as a result of getting hit in the head?). I'm also not sure if the skin being somewhat more visible here is normal. Please inform me, thanks.

Probably nothing to worry about. Follicles tend to radiate outward from the middle/top of the head. Between that and gravity, your hair will always look thicker on the back and sides. It's just that the hair isn't creating a unidirectional covering up there. Think of a part: like a straight line of nothing but scalp. It's not that you're bald along that straight line; it's just that the hair goes in different directions and doesn't cover the scalp between follicles.

At 12/27/08 02:10 PM, RKThrilla wrote: Nothing good comes from big balls, you fucking sit on em all the time on accident which hurts like hell.

This.

At 12/27/08 02:31 PM, BumFodder wrote: Otherwise its just going to grow back quicker and stubbly.

This idea is so retarded, I have no idea how it keeps circulating. If there were something magical about running a razor along the surface of the skin that stimulated hair follicles, people wouldn't be paying laughable amounts of money for Rogaine, hair plugs, and the like.

And OP, it sounds like you've got half-assed adolescent facial hair. I guarantee it looks stupid. Yes, you should shave.

At 12/12/08 07:09 PM, MickTheChampion wrote: The government shouldn't seize a ring that your Granny left on her death bed, but it should seize millions in assets and lands that you leave to your slut granddaughter who's never worked a day in her life.

Why?

At 12/27/08 06:05 AM, AntiangelicAngel wrote: ...one team ("The Table Leg of Truth") edited Wikipedia as the questions were asked, removing the right answers (if they were there) and adding incorrect information. I thought I'd share.

Best Wikipedia abuse ever.

At 12/27/08 10:14 AM, psychomantis9 wrote: What is the manliest fear to be scared of not tobe considered a pussy?

Women, because they might get their femininity on you.

At 12/27/08 03:04 AM, Xtesh wrote: Has anybody considered the "Magic Negro" bit as being an extension of the "Magical Negro" cliche?

Totally, man. Just back up a page.

Or two.

You know, read the thread.

At 12/27/08 02:05 AM, Bolo wrote:

At 12/27/08 01:39 AM, Yorik wrote: "Negro" is spanish for black. They're just words for black. It's no different from calling someone black.

If you are an English speaker, in an English-speaking country, there is literally no possible reason that you would have to use the word negro to describe a person who is BLACK (the accepted term for those of African descent).

To go out of one's way to make use of such words as "negro" or any derivations thereof (of which there are many) to describe an African or African-American person, is to do no less than recall the horrible stain on American history, of slavery, and of its resultant African American oppression, that only within the last 40 years was cut off from the mainstream American consciousness.

To call a black person a "negro," while speaking English is formally accepted as being a description of contempt, of inferiority, of being unwilling to call a fellow human being your own equal, and going out of your way to point to a time that brutally demonstrated this patently false idea that, when planted in the minds of the opportunistic, was allowed to grow into an actual system of unjust oppression.

It is the cultural connotation of this term that makes it so disagreeable, so completely repulsive, for it is to use the same word that was used to describe black men, women, and children as mere property, up for auction and sale, and described in terms of quantity (i.e. "500 Healthy Negroes for Sale at Auction," a common pamphlet message at southern port cities like New Orleans before the onset of the Civil War).

Also, I hate (read: love) to hit you with this so far into the discussion, but you are familiar with the archetype of the "magical negro," right?

You know, the archetype aptly referenced in the title of the L.A. Times op-ed piece, "Obama the 'Magic Negro'"?

You know, the op-ed piece to which the title ("Barack the Magic Negro") and opening lines (Barack the Magic Negro lives in D.C./The L.A. Times, they called him that/'Cause he's not authentic like me.) of the song are a direct reference?

You know, the reason for the diction?

You know?

Right?

At 12/27/08 02:15 AM, Elemental-Sword wrote: This is the best thread ever, because I can read though other user's dream burger as well as post my own.

:[parts]

avocado/guacamole

Oh, snap! Some guac would roc.

At 12/27/08 02:05 AM, Bolo wrote: If you are an English speaker, in an English-speaking country, there is literally no possible reason that you would have to use the word negro to describe a person who is BLACK (the accepted term for those of African descent).

Well, it's an English word for black as well. And I imagine the primary reason it's used is because it's two syllables long and works with the song.

At 12/27/08 01:44 AM, Radam wrote: "Anti-intellectualism" in 3, 2...

Jesus Christ, do your type all consider TL;DR a solid argument, per se?

For the record, convincing someone of your point in a debate and convincing someone that the debate is pointless are not the same thing. I know it's confusing because they shut up and leave either way, but trust me on this.

Is this, then, a concession that the actions of the RNC chair are unconscionable?

Nah, but I'll concede that he's way behind the times. That stupid song's like a year or two old and essentially lampoons Al Sharpton's butthurt at being passed over as the black that white liberals finally ran as their feel-good nominee for president, as is clear from all the lyrics of the song beside the word "negro." To wit:

Barack the Magic Negro lives in D.C.
The L.A. Times, they called him that
'Cause he's not authentic like me.

Yeah, the guy from the L.A. paper
Said he makes guilty whites feel good
They'll vote for him, and not for me
'Cause he's not from the hood.

See, real black men, like Snoop Dog,
Or me, or Farrakhan
Have talked the talk, and walked the walk.
Not come in late and won!

Oh, Barack the Magic Negro, lives in D.C.
The L.A. Times, they called him that
'Cause he's black, but not authentically.

Some say Barack's "articulate"
And bright and new and "clean"
The media sure loves this guy,
A white interloper's dream!

But, when you vote for president,
Watch out, and don't be fooled!
Don't vote the Magic Negro in
'Cause...

...And here's the part where they suture in a bunch of Sharpton sound bites.

:[more gratuitous verbosity]

And please, I implore you to read the posts I've made if you intend to reply to them.

Oh, I did and I do. I'm just calling it as I see it.

At 12/27/08 01:52 AM, EvilerBowser1001 wrote: Keep this in mind.
The movie was written by a white guy, and it seems that half of the dialog is made up of "Fuck" "Ni***r" and variants of those two.
That may very well be a variant of the second one.

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Here's what I'm coming up with tonight:

corn dusted crown
red onion
tomato
applewood-smoked bacon
melted Gorgonzola cheese
1/2 pound bison (or organic, free range beef) patty
lettuce leaf
chipotle mayonnaise
corn dusted heel

At 12/27/08 01:42 AM, Daddy-L-Jackson wrote: Okay you dumb motherfuckers, whether you think it's a "good" or "bad" name, is irrelevant, call a random black guy a negro tommorow, I dare you, see what the fuck happens, it's origin is really irrelevant, it's seen as an offensive remark in this day and age and in the song it was definately used tastelessly to offend.

:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

At 12/27/08 01:22 AM, Bolo wrote: [a stream of three- to four-syllable words dictionally different, yet materially indistinguishable, from his last few posts]

"Anti-intellectualism" in 3, 2...

Jesus Christ, do your type all consider TL;DR a solid argument, per se?

For the record, convincing someone of your point in a debate and convincing someone that the debate is pointless are not the same thing. I know it's confusing because they shut up and leave either way, but trust me on this.

At 12/27/08 12:43 AM, Bolo wrote:

At 12/27/08 12:33 AM, Radam wrote: We talking about that filthy bigot Lincoln? Or about the party at large and its foundation in ignorant abolitionist ideology?

You're talking about the 19th century Republican party. In case you're not very well-versed in American history, the party roles in the early 20th century experienced a sort of paradigm shift, and Democrats became the main proponents of desegregation, evidenced by Lyndon Johnson's and John Kennedy's efforts in the '60s to pass desegregation legislation, which was heartily opposed by certain demographics of southerners, who in turn began to break for the end of the spectrum furthest from Democrats.

I'll just leave this here.

Bolo, I suspect you'll have difficulty sitting still for this one. In light of that, feel free to skip ahead to 4:15 or so.

At 12/27/08 12:28 AM, Bolo wrote: Joke or not, this "christmas present" was incredibly stupid and unabashedly racist. Frankly, it's appalling that the RNC feels perfectly fine justifying something like this as a joke, and it casts doubt on the entire Republican party's stated intentions to move beyond its racist past.

We talking about that filthy bigot Lincoln? Or about the party at large and its foundation in ignorant abolitionist ideology?

At 12/19/08 09:31 AM, BrokenVoice wrote: Can you please tell me if these guys are taken seriously?

They're like furries: it's always fashionable to bash them.

Except maybe back when they were "getting out the vote" for ohgodiforgettheparty in the 19th century, they are absolutely not respected or taken seriously.

Notable exception: nine (plus?) term Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV), former Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan and longest serving member in Senate history.