C3PX

Queeeeeeef.

I like ABC. His posts are always a bit of an enigma, but once you get a bit of whisky in your system you might as well be reading Farsi.

Nanner Split said:

ferris209 said:

mmmmmm.....whiskey!

With no ice! :P

Speaking of which, I finally turn 21 in a little over a week!

Our little Nanner is growing up so fast! Well, happy birthday in a little over a week. Finally you can drink!... legally.

Also, I must confess to Ferris, I put a couple cubes in the glass... I know its wrong, but it just feels so right...

What would be wrong with that, baby?

Vaderisnothayden said:

It's nothing to do with laziness. it's to do with doing what I want to do. I happen to want to double quote, to have the quote as one unified piece (to show the whole post I'm quoting) and later have it as separate pieces to isolate the pieces. I want to do it that way. I'm doing it that way for a reason. And I'm not going to change what I do just because you don't like it. Surely by now you should have figured out that I don't cooperate with people telling me to do things. And my posts are perfectly easy to read. Stop whining about nothing.

Oop! Looks like it is off to the camps with you young man!

Warbler said:

huh?  you have something against Football?

No, not really. It is well documented here at OT.com that I am far from a fan of the sport. But I've nothing against it, I suppose.

ABC said:

The word "penetrated" is justly used because it demands full consentment from the subject.

C3PX said:

He he, ...

Obviously robots can't figure out what's this about... And don't tell me this one has sense of humor. That's only a program!

I've no idea what you're on about with robots and all, but then again I am on my second glass of whiskey (inspired by a previous post of yours). I'll probably wake up tomorrow and your post will make perfect sense. At any rate, I was just making really immature joke with the whole penetration comment, don't take it seriously.

Looks pretty nice.

Whooohoooo!!!!1 I am an Emerkan! I like to run around in heavy padding carrying an egg shaped object while being chased by other men in heavy padding!

Sorry... okay, I'm done, I swear. Just had to get it out of my system.

Right, I think I paid $35 for mine 13 months.

Still off I am afraid, not sure what you are quoting. Man, I usually feel like king around this place, now suddenly I feel like the beggar on the side of the street who woke up late and has no idea what is going on.

EDIT: Wait! When you said movie quote, were you talking about your last post, or the post before that? Because I got the BTTF reference immediately, but when you asked if I got your reference, I though you were talking about the line, "You're a chump and you pay full price for things" which didn't ring any bells. Wow, I think I may be more off than I thought, I am to the point where I don't even know what jokes/references I am meant to be getting. 

I guess the headphones would be okay. I frequently play with one of my friends I grew up with, it is great to get to chat over the mic. It is almost like being in the same room, though I'd much rather actually have him in the room with me. But if it is someone like your dad who you see often anyway, I guess it would still be spending quality time together.

Can you use the mic through LAN? I suppose you ought to be able to. If you were actually playing over LIVE through the internet you'd have to have a second account, which is another $50 a year.

Not to mention you also need a second TV, and if your not doing LAN, a second LIVE account. If you were to set up a LAN for playing games over the two systems, would you have both TVs in the same room, or would you keep them in the rooms they're in and play in two separate rooms?

I spent a lot of quality time playing NES with my dad when I was a kid, Pac-Man was our favorite multiplayer game. But I don't think it would have been quality time if he and I had been playing from separate rooms. I'd rather loose screen space with split screen and keep the enjoyment of having the people I am playing with at my side.

Of course, a setup with two TVs back to back in the same room would be pretty sweet.

It makes sense to buy a new one if they rrod. It is just the guys who brag about owning three working units that have me baffled.

My pleasure.

Vaderisnothayden said:

They're offended because they choose to be offended. They could just as easily choose to be more open-minded and not get offended. If somebody's offended by swearing that's their problem. It's not a reason why other people should have to censor their speech.

Or you could simply choose not to be offensive and save them the trouble. Lets for a second assume all who are offended by cursing are worthless close minded individuals who simply make life miserable for the rest of us; what about young children? If you had (and perhaps you do have) kids, would there be (or are there) any words you would feel would be inappropriate to use in front of them?

Well, that's dumb. I don't go making stupid assumptions about people's intelligence or education when I hear them swearing. I know that swearing has nothing to do with education or intelligence...

Which sounds more educated?

(a) "The other fuckin' day, I went to the fuckin' grocery store and they fuckin' had their fuckin' milk on sale for a two fuckin' forty-five a gallon! I bought three fuckin' cartons... shit that was a good deal."

(b) "The other day, I went to the grocery store and they had their milk on sale for two forty-five gallon! I bought three cartons... that was a good deal."

Swearing does not lessen communication and it is no evidence of a lack of ability to communicate. It's rather dumb to think it is. I've never thought somebody sounded stupid just because they cursed. But when I hear people criticising swearing I do tend to think "What a narrow-minded stick-in-the-mud".

In my above question, which speaker is communicating more clearly? Is it (a) or (b)?

"As for not cursing in front of women, you are right, there is really no reason they couldn't handle it any less than anyone else, it is just an old fashion courtesy and a sign of respect."

Old fashioned sexism, really. Ultimately therefore a sign of DISrespect.

I also hold doors open for women. Most of the time they are appreciative of it, but every now and then one "chooses" to be offended by it. So yeah, I probably would accurately fit into the modern definition of the word "sexist". 

 

Swearing is not about being cool or badass or nonconformist. It's about putting vigour and expression into your speech in a way that is not duplicated by other methods. I don't see why swearing being commonplace should make it lame. People saying "hello" is commonplace too, but that doesn't make it especially lame.

Thank you for brining up the point of "vigor" and "expression" this is quite true. You could use swearing to add weight to what you are saying. For example, someone saying, "Are you fucking kidding me!" I could assume to be more angry than someone just simply saying, "Are you kidding me!" But with over use, the potency of these words is greatly diminished. "Hello" is a very different sort of a word, it is a greeting and is meant to be used on a very frequent basis.

With good reason. When you swear you just express yourself, but when you express disapproval of swearing you condemn the actions of others.

I stated quite simply that I was not condemning anyone. If I were to make the argument that "Manual transmission cars are better than automatics", would you think I was condemning all who drive automatics?

"Today, maybe not swearing would be far more nonconformist than intentionally mistaking the f word as a necessary form of verbal punctuation. "

Being anti-swearing is being narrow-minded and overly conservative.

Fair enough. If that is how you feel about it, no point in trying to convince you otherwise.

"It is no longer the taboo that it used to be."

Yes it is. Here we can swear, but on many internet forums swearing isn't allowed at all. Off the net, society still applies plenty of disapproval in many countries. Very narrow-minded attempts to censor swearing are all over the place. 

If you need proof it is no longer as taboo as it used to be, let's take a look at its use in movies and other media today in comparison with its use in movies and media back in the 1930's. Can we not concede that there is a pretty big difference? We've come along ways from "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn" being considered controversial.

Anyway, I think I proved my point about it (not swearing) being countercultural simply based upon your reaction to my post. My feelings on not swearing seems to offend you in a way that swearing has offended many people before you.

Somewhat related to this, last night over a few G&Ts one of my buddies informed the rest of us that he finds the word "penis" far more offensive than the words "cock" or "dick". Perhaps someday in the distant future we will have a cartoon like South Park that wants to be offensive and shocking and will use words like "had sex with" and "feces" to shock and offend the hell out of its audience after words like "fuck" and "shit" have completely lost the intensity they once had.

ABC said:

He's penetrated...

He he, "penetrated"...

xhonzi said:

And C3PX, Brazil?  Don't get me wrong, it's one of my top 10 fave's, but what about it makes it a Christmas movie?

One of the first scenes in the movie is the family sitting around the Christmas tree, the mom is telling them about Santa, when suddenly the authorities break down through the ceiling, grab their dad, toss him in a sack and away they go. Classic Christmas movie material right?

Okay, yeah, but seriously. The film takes place around Christmas time so we often see Christmas things going on in the background. Christmas music can often be heard in the background. Then there is the above mentioned scene, and towards the end of the film Sam sees imagines seeing his fathers old friend dressed as Santa Claus. So visually, the film just fits well with Christmas. But mostly, the whole anti-consumerism theme (like Sam's mother and her friends constantly obsessed with mindless rubbish) just really strikes a chord with me this time of year, which is ultimately why I include it as my one essential Christmas movie every year.

Vaderisnothayden said:

C3PX said:

As for me, I am still the old fashioned sort that doesn't believe in cursing in front of ladies, and since I have the unfortunate tendancy to let one slip on these forums ever now and then, I like to assume this is a mostly estrogen free zone (with the exception of vbangle, who I believe is made up entirely of estrogen; and who will never know I said this about him because he has me on ignore).

Why would women be any less able than men to handle cursing around them? I can see no reason why anybody should curse any less around women than around men. And there's nothing "unfortunate" about cursing. There's nothing wrong with cursing whatsoever.

"Wrong" is very relative term. There is nothing wrong with a lot of things, but I'd still prefer to refrain from them.

The bottom line is cursing offends some people, and from that stand point I'd, personally, prefer to avoid it. By cursing in my posts, to some degree, I alienate fellow users who find it offensive. It also has the tendency to sound very uneducated. When you hear someone who curses every other word, do you think to yourself, "Wow, this individual is a master communicator"? Probably not. I often hear someone curse and think to myself how stupid they just sounded, and realize I probably sound just are retarded as they did when I curse. Again, I do it myself, so I am not condemning anyone. I just have a huge amount of respect for people who do not.

As for not cursing in front of women, you are right, there is really no reason they couldn't handle it any less than anyone else, it is just an old fashion courtesy and a sign of respect. I still stand when someone enters the room as well, so yeah, I am pretty lame like that. I have held onto these kinds of things since I was a teenager; I think I only started doing them because nobody else did, and my parents never taught me to do them. Probably just part of my youthful desire to be different than everyone else.

In our culture, we have reached the point were swearing is so common place, that to me anyway, that it comes off as pretty lame and not as bold, cool, and "badass" and the speaker intends. I guess the thing that makes cursing "cool" is that it is a "nonconformist" sort of thing to do. Society says swearing is bad, so every would be rebel out there does it. Presently, society seems to accept swearing to a good degree. It is no longer the taboo that it used to be. Case in point, I can drop the "f-bomb" on this forum, and no one complains; but I say it is "unfortunate" that I have a habit of cursing, and I am immediately called to the mat. Today, maybe not swearing would be far more nonconformist than intentionally mistaking the f word as a necessary form of verbal punctuation. 

When you say you are going to buy another Xbox 360, do you mean this to say you already have one and intend to purchase a second unit? Or perhaps you had one that broke and you are going to replace it?

I ask this because I hear a lot of people talk about owning more than one 360 or PS3, and for the life of me, I just can't understand why. Unless you intend to have people over often to do some serious LAN multi-player together, I just can't fathom anyone wanting more than one of the same console. Even if the reason is something like, "My 360 is hooked up in the living room and I gots to get my game on in the bedroon from time to time." I just can't imagine the convience of not having to move your console from one TV to another being worth the price tag of a second unit, not to mention you still have to go through the hassle of swapping your HD from console to console if you want to pick up playing on the same game save in the bedroom that you left off on in the livingroom.

You know, I really thought I should have some Xmas tradition movies. I was pretty sure I did. Seemed like there are a million Christmas movies out there. The first Christmas I was married, my wife and I decided we should watch a bunch of Christmas movies. I wanted to revisit all the Christmas movies I grew up with with her. To my surprise when I really got down to it and started racking my brain about all those great classic Christmas movies I grew up with, I realized that "Mickey's Christmas Carol" and "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" were really the only two I could remember watching as a kid.

So, after this long pointless introduction, my definitive list of Xmas movies:

Mickey's Christmas Carol

Muppet's Christmas Carol (because it is just that awesome)

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the real one, not that live action atrocity with that ridiculous famous guy who some people somehow consider to be a comedian)

It's a Wonderful Life

Brazil

The City of Lost Children (yeah, I know that is a stretch, but due to the creepy Santa nightmare sequence at the beginning, I always tend to think of that movie this time of year)

xhonzi said:

I am embarrassed by the attempts to bring these into canon.

Because of the bad glue?

Wow, my track record on getting jokes over the past few days looks pretty lousy. First Gaffer's penis mightier joke, and now this.

I guess I just don't pay much attention to the text next to user's avatars.

Anyway, don't get me wrong Xhonzi, I too find these jokes amusing. I knew you intentionally kept calling Gaff "she", so I really should have picked up on Octorox thing being the same sort of joke. Now it seems really obvious.

Is it bad I don't know what a "Princess Leia Mii" is? Is anything like a Padmii?

Octorox said:

Eh, the ladies curse in front of me all the time so I don't really mind.

So, should we take this to infer that you are, in fact, a lady?

Hmm, someone should start an etiquette thread... it is actually a very interesting topic.

EDIT: Didn't see the post Octorox made on the last page. If it makes you feel any better, Oct, I too (for whatever reason) have been called "Ma'am" or "she" a couple of times here too. Maybe it is just wishful thinking on the part of some of the guys here who have yet to realize that people with vaginas typically don't obsess over things like CG being added to their favorite movies and ruining them.