At 8/29/08 05:02 PM, Urine-Bubbles wrote: Because when someone walks by with giant tree trunks for legs it's not intuition to be surprised.

Surprise is one thing, but pointing at and making fun of someone is an entirely different matter. They could've just kept their mouths shut.

Learning German was tedious, but it looks good on my CV. That's it.

Also, German was a lot easier than French.

Clerks was pretty good.
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back was really good.
Dogma was also pretty good.

There's something about Jay's voice that's so genuine and real. When he acts, it seems natural. It's a rare talent.

At 8/29/08 03:39 PM, iateamexican wrote: And why does the UK have nothing flavored with grapes but grapes?

The first time I went to Canada I was both amazed and confused at the existence of grape juice in cartons. Up until that point I'd only ever had grapes, never just grape juice.

At 8/29/08 03:31 PM, macio wrote: Well I live in Poland.

Ah, dzien dobre! Jak sie mash? Yehstem gwodna.

I work with a few Polish people :D

I'd jam it up his arse, then swing him off a bridge.

At 8/24/08 05:00 PM, iateamexican wrote: Its not a movie, but the first time I saw the music video "Thriller".

Oh yeah I'd forgotten about Thriller. That scared me as well, I'd lay awake at night thinking zombies were going to come into my room and stuff.

Did the school assign these books for you to read? If you can choose your own books, I could suggest some that you might not find so boring.

Zero. Never had a filling, and I've only ever had one tooth taken out at the dentists'.

England (I live there)
Wales (passing through)
Scotland (twice)
France (thrice)
Netherlands (Amsterdam airport only)
Iceland (airport only)
Spain (five times, different places)
Canada (seven times)
Greece (once)

At 8/27/08 05:56 PM, Prinzy2 wrote: Samsung A720
I've had it for just over a year and am very happy with it. Everybody who has tried it also has been impressed with it, even people with newer phones.

Does look pretty modern actually. I just have an older Samsung that was given to me. I really hate phones, I barely use this one.

At 8/28/08 06:57 PM, xports wrote: calvin and hobbles...
classic.

Same here. Calvin and Hobbes is just excellent.

At 8/28/08 06:33 PM, MultiCanimefan wrote: Don't forget the Japanese mafia. Those guys are insane.

Compared to other gangs, the Yakuza are relatively tame. Yeah, they have pride issues where they cut off their own fingers or commit suicide as ways to apologise to their leaders, but in terms of 'craziness' they're at the lower end of the scale. The Yakuza basically originated as a gang that protected citizens from larger gangs wanting to steal from them, as opposed to a gang which targetted innocents.

When they started getting into illegal activities, again it was mild stuff like gambling-related crimes or whatever. Nowadays it centres around prostitution, people-smuggling, that sort of thing.

Popularity is nonsense. Who cares whether you're popular or not? Most people in school are dicks anyway, why would you want to be liked by them?

MS-13 are one of, if not the most dangerous gangs on earth. In order to get into the gang, you have to let the other gang members beat you into unconsciousness. There are also reports of gangs only accepting members if the new recruit has killed in the past.

Mara Salvatrucha 13.

If it contains that colouring known as Yellow #5 it might be unavailable, as apparently that's banned in some countries.

It annoys me that people can be too dense to realise that when a film says "Based on a true story", that doesn't mean that every single thing that happened in the film took place in real life. Although it's based on actual events, they make certain things more cinematic and exciting for obvious reasons. But people are just ignorant of this.

At 8/28/08 04:39 PM, GiantDouche wrote: Of Mice And Men when George shoots Lennie in the back of the head

That's what I was going to suggest, as saddest book ending.

The saddest film ending I've ever seen is Dancer in the Dark. Cried my eyes out I did.

Something about defragmentation and regedit.exe.

At 8/28/08 03:53 PM, solardave wrote: I need a good TV show to keep me occupied, any suggestions?

Sopranos.

Seriously, it's just brilliant. By far the best TV programme I've ever seen.

Anybody who has allowed themselves to get sucked in by the current glow sticks trend.

They're just plastic rods that glow. Get over it.

It's his money, so he can waste it on religious crap if he wants to. If it were me I'd have kept it for myself. That's life.

At 8/28/08 03:30 PM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote: Me, on the other hand, I loved it. I didn't have to think, didn't have to make an effort to look presentable, or anything.

For me, uniform was just another unnecessary hassle in everyday life. If we didn't have uniform, I'd have just worn the first thing I ripped out of my wardrobe when I got up. That's how I've always dressed myself. Uniform just meant extra time doing buttons, tying ties, etc. And on top of all that, they're just uncomfortable.

People claim that uniforms stop kids from making fun of each other because of their clothes, since uniform makes all kids equal. This is bollocks, as when I was at school there was still an enormous amount of bullying over what coats they wore, or what trainers they wore in PE.

Another thing that fucked me off about school uniforms is that they were enforced upon myself, and other people I was in lessons with because we were among the more intelligent students (higher sets for every lesson, etc) but the kids who were in all the thick classes were turned a blind eye when they turned up in trainers instead of shoes, or when they conveniently forgot their tie that day.

This isn't mine, but you should re-edit it anyway, for great justice.

School uniforms are fucking shit. I know, since I had to wear them throughout my education (except for Sixth Form). The trousers are itchy, the shoes are big and uncomfortable, the shirt + tie combination makes working in the summer a nightmare since you're inevitably going to be sweating your arse off with a fucking noose round your neck, and the jumpers/blazers/whatever just add to the misery.

Fuck school uniforms, and fuck all the teachers who would rant on at us about how important it is to have your shirt tucked in at all times. SCUM.

At 8/27/08 08:21 AM, arcansi wrote: TL;DR? It sucks, you can't feel anything, can't fight a legion of mutant alien zombies, or even summon a harem. It's definitely not worth spending weeks trying to achieve...

Lucid dreams vary. Some of them are really brief and you only get a bit of 'action', whereas others last for ages and you can do all sorts of cool stuff. Sometimes you can control the environment, or hold control over physics. For example, if you decide you want a phone in your hand, you can look down and there's a phone. Or if you want to fly, you can suddenly take off. Depends how deep of a sleep you're in, and other such factors.

Anyone else have a lucid dream either on purpose or naturally?

Always naturally. I really don't know what all the fuss is about lucid dreaming, with people trying to 'make' themselves lucid dream. I've been having lucid dreams fairly regularly my whole life, so anything anybody wants to know about them, I can provide information. Except for how to make yourself lucid dream on purpose, since I'm not lame enough to try that.

I saw an eBay auction one time where a guy was selling the box which used to contain an expensive model truck. The way the auction was worded, it sounded like he was selling the model truck and the box, but if you read it carefully, you realised he was just selling the box. What an arsehole.

At 8/28/08 02:28 PM, Catoblepas wrote: Freddy Got Fingered

You'll be laughing for 2 hours straight.

Freddy Got Fingered owns.

I don't watch a lot of comedy films, but if you're into stand-up, I recommend both "Randomist" and "Fizzy Logic" by Ross Noble.

Although he isn't my favourite director, he's the only director I really admire who speaks English, so I'd say the one and only Harmony Korine.

At 8/27/08 05:42 PM, Nintendo-pie wrote: Going on a trip will actually teach you more than anything else? Then why don't we use it as a learning resource if it's that amazing.

You're grouping academic education and real 'learning' together as one thing, which they aren't. When he said about being able to learn more from acid than from anything else, he was referring to the type of learning that can't be taught in schools.

Also, before it was made illegal, acid was given to psychiatric patients (with their consent of course) as a way of helping them open up emotionally and express their deepest feelings and emotions. So in a way, it was used as a learning resource.