Tyrphanax

Possessed said:

Every angry video game nerd video thus far. Loved it. I remember some of those games from my grandmas house growing up (No I’m not THAT young but my grandma had a NES with a few good “name brand” games and a shitload of other random sometimes good sometimes crappy third party games that i imagine she bought wholesale at a flea market for the kids to play with) and some of the bad games I remember. I had Simons quest, karate kid, Milosz secret castle and other games he did famous reviews on.

Hah, I did that a few years back. I know a lot of people don’t like him, but I really enjoy the videos.

I really like his non-character videos, too (like James and Mike Mondays). It’s a cool look at games maybe you haven’t seen before (or last saw a long time ago). Good stuff.

Just waiting for the first name…

TV’s Frink said:

Must be some weird Canadian metric thing.

I never see them on clocks, but I see them almost every single time on sundials. I really don’t understand it, because they have IX and XI on them as well, so if you’re trying to keep people from being confused by IV and VI, you’d change both… Maybe because VI is upside down more or less and would look similar to IV? I don’t get it.

Zzzzzz

TV’s Frink said:

Tyrphanax said:

I get home pretty sweaty and grimy and usually caked in dust or some other disgusting atmospheric particulate, so I absolutely must shower the minute I get home in the evening.

And there’s no point in showering in the morning because I’ll be gross in an hour or two anyway.

This is the closest thing to a reasonable excuse I’ve heard, but you’re still a monster.

I’m okay with that.

Yeah it’s not the “random vague gibberish thread,” but it’s not surprising that people can’t grasp the concept.

darth_ender said:

I worry about this a lot in this thread lately, if only on a relatively minor scale.

Or just lots of Asperger’s, which I think has come up a few times before.

CatBus said:

It’s hard to feel like Trump is the worst human on Earth when there is so much competition these days. Enter Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona, who recently floated the idea that the modern neo-Nazi movement in the US is being funded and coordinated by a liberal Holocaust survivor. After being roundly criticized by everyone with a sense of shame, including all seven of his siblings, CNN decided to give him a chance to pretend his first remark on the matter was just a big misunderstanding. Given this chance, Rep. Gosar decided to make it clear he’s exactly as full of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories as he seems.

Please tell me Arizona voters are surprised they’re represented by an anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist and will kick this asshole to the curb at the next possible opportunity. Or will he get primaried for not presenting the Charlottesville Nazis in a positive enough light?

God dammit, just when I thought Arizona was out of hot water this asshole comes along.

Hopefully his constituents vote him out next chance they get, he’s not my representative, so I can’t do much about it.

TV’s Frink said:

I have real mixed feelings about Flake (and Corker). Better late than never I guess, but earlier would have been better than late.

Also, as Jeebus said, his voting record sucks (if you aren’t a hardcore conservative).

Exactly.

It’s just nice to see people on that side of the aisle in positions of power turning their backs on Trumpism and calling for a return to compromise, slow as it may be.

I get home pretty sweaty and grimy and usually caked in dust or some other disgusting atmospheric particulate, so I absolutely must shower the minute I get home in the evening.

And there’s no point in showering in the morning because I’ll be gross in an hour or two anyway.

TV’s Frink said:

The Tall Insult Thread

Sorry I can’t hear you from up here.

Handman said:

Tyrphanax said:

TV’s Frink said:

moviefreakedmind said:

TV’s Frink said:

What people? Do I know these people? What are they doing?

The obvious answer is “it depends.”

All of them. Do you get sick when you hear people talk?

Depends on what they’re saying but generally no.

Do you feel threatened when someone looks in your direction?

Depends on the look on their face (and how long they hold my gaze) but generally no.

Do you hate people that stand in your way?

Sometimes. Depends if I have to get somewhere in a timely manner and they are delaying me.

I tend to hate all people and being in close proximity to them makes me feel physically ill and really angry, even if they aren’t actually doing anything particularly awful.

Crowds do tend to get on my nerves sometimes, but it makes me more annoyed and wishing I was somewhere else, and less ill/angry.

My main point is that I can’t comprehend how anyone could possibly enjoy other people. It isn’t that I hate them and am bitter that other people aren’t as misanthropic as me, I just really don’t understand how anyone could honestly enjoy or even tolerate the presence of most other people. I’m just trying to understand.

It seems like you’re talking about strangers, but from other conversations I gather you’ve had a lot of experience with people you know letting you down one way or another. Strangers don’t bother me unless they’re actively bothering me. Acquaintances are different in that I know them (somewhat) so their habits have more time to work on me and annoy me. With that said I work with a pretty decent group of folk, and I generally like my job, so tolerating some of their occasional minor annoying habits isn’t that hard.

More or less ditto.

More or less ditto, other than liking my job.

Oh yeah my job sucks also.

Dom you’re such a follower.

TV’s Frink said:

moviefreakedmind said:

TV’s Frink said:

What people? Do I know these people? What are they doing?

The obvious answer is “it depends.”

All of them. Do you get sick when you hear people talk?

Depends on what they’re saying but generally no.

Do you feel threatened when someone looks in your direction?

Depends on the look on their face (and how long they hold my gaze) but generally no.

Do you hate people that stand in your way?

Sometimes. Depends if I have to get somewhere in a timely manner and they are delaying me.

I tend to hate all people and being in close proximity to them makes me feel physically ill and really angry, even if they aren’t actually doing anything particularly awful.

Crowds do tend to get on my nerves sometimes, but it makes me more annoyed and wishing I was somewhere else, and less ill/angry.

My main point is that I can’t comprehend how anyone could possibly enjoy other people. It isn’t that I hate them and am bitter that other people aren’t as misanthropic as me, I just really don’t understand how anyone could honestly enjoy or even tolerate the presence of most other people. I’m just trying to understand.

It seems like you’re talking about strangers, but from other conversations I gather you’ve had a lot of experience with people you know letting you down one way or another. Strangers don’t bother me unless they’re actively bothering me. Acquaintances are different in that I know them (somewhat) so their habits have more time to work on me and annoy me. With that said I work with a pretty decent group of folk, and I generally like my job, so tolerating some of their occasional minor annoying habits isn’t that hard.

More or less ditto.

Hasn’t come out yet.

NeverarGreat said:

Tyrphanax said:

TV’s Frink said:

Tyrphanax said:

Clever girl.

Not everything has to be a god damn Big Bang Theory-level nerd pun, TV’s Fuck.

Do you email your mother with that keyboard?

No, I email yours. <_<

So this happened while everyone was off topic about Labyrinth…

http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2017/10/24/sen-jeff-flake-senate-speech-full-text/794958001/

Mr. President, I rise today to address a matter that has been much on my mind, at a moment when it seems that our democracy is more defined by our discord and our dysfunction than it is by our values and our principles. Let me begin by noting a somewhat obvious point that these offices that we hold are not ours to hold indefinitely. We are not here simply to mark time. Sustained incumbency is certainly not the point of seeking office. And there are times when we must risk our careers in favor of our principles.

Now is such a time.

It must also be said that I rise today with no small measure of regret. Regret, because of the state of our disunion, regret because of the disrepair and destructiveness of our politics, regret because of the indecency of our discourse, regret because of the coarseness of our leadership, regret for the compromise of our moral authority, and by our — all of our — complicity in this alarming and dangerous state of affairs. It is time for our complicity and our accommodation of the unacceptable to end.

Honestly, the whole thing is quaotable. Read it.

I am no fan of Jeff Flake (I got a letter from him earlier in the year talking about why it was so important that he vote to fuck Net Neutrality, and a lot of his policies are just garbage), but this has made me respect him in a whole new way. I’m proud of him for standing up.

Tuesday makes happy and sad.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/10/22/john-mccain-mocks-donald-trumps-deferment-bone-spurs/789083001/

On C-SPAN McCain says, “One aspect of the (Vietnam) conflict by the way that I will never ever countenance is that we drafted the lowest income level of America and the highest income level found a doctor that would say that they had a bone spur. That is wrong. That is wrong. If we are going to ask every American to serve, every American should serve.”

Daaaaang.

moviefreakedmind said:

Never uproot your life for anybody.

Hindsight is often 20/20.

I really like how hate-able you guys all are.

TV’s Frink said:

Tyrphanax said:

Clever girl.

Not everything has to be a god damn Big Bang Theory-level nerd pun, TV’s Fuck.

Fuck, I am a stupid idiot and a garbage human being.

Clever.

I got dumped after uprooting my life to live in Canada, and then uprooted my life again to move back and it felt like the entire world was over. Took a long time to come out of that funk, and I’m really only just now starting to think seriously about something serious as a possibility again.

It takes time, like all things, but it does happen.