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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get.  Level: 73  Posts: 222/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| Well, I can say in absolute honesty that your hobby weirds me out, Erk Course, this is coming from the perspective of an Australian, where guns are not nearly as common as in the US, and there are very few people who have guns as a hobby. So, the whole concept IS alien to me. So, from my foreign and confused perspective (in Australia, guns are seen as instruments of force / killing, not as hobby items), I guess I have to ask... In what capacity do you intend to use this gun? o.o |
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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get. Level: 73 Posts: 223/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| I live in Australia, where there are relatively few guns. A lot of our farmers have guns, to protect their animals from predators (often feral animals, etc), but by and large, we here in Australia do not have guns. Guns are portrayed in society as instruments of force... or for killing I guess it's because I come from this perspective that I think that guns are NOT things to be taken lightly. I can't really say I'm "anti gun" because I can see uses for them, sadly, in this rather violent world we live in. But I do think that people should think very carefully about whether they NEED a gun, and I don't think they should ever be a "game" to people. Even as a hobby, I think that guns should be taken pretty seriously. For that reason, I guess I can't ever condone the idea of some people who think that they need to have several guns, just to "mess around with". I think that that's a pretty dangerous attitude to have, to tell the truth. So, I guess I'm a fence sitter. As for buying guns for protection, I'd be wary about that. A gun doesn't know who it's true owner is.... and there is always the possibility it can get into the wrong hands. Many people are shot by their own firearms. |
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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get. Level: 73 Posts: 224/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| See, I can't be completely against guns. I'm not real sure of my American history, but, there was a reason there was a "right to bear arms" thingie.... I just think that guns aren't taken seriously enough by a lot of the people that have them or use them. I think that's what really gets me... that they're not taken seriously -- these are dangerous items. And that a lot of people will go get guns -- and play with them -- to fuel their ego, and for no other purpose. |
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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get. Level: 73 Posts: 225/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| I just think that in a lot of cases, having a gun for protection could be bloody dangerous. Let's face it, if I had a gun, and I heard a robber in my lounge room, by the time I actually GOT to the robber's location (with my gun) and then SAW the robber, I'd be FREAKING OUT. So I'd be a freaking out person with a gun. o.o That in itself makes the situation potentially volatile, and I'm sure not everybody has nerves of steel when they hear something sneaking about in their house.... As for this: Robbers who, if they have reason to believe the homeowner has a gun, aren't very likely to be robbing him/her in the first place, are they? After all, just like you said, the robber doesn't want to get shot... Just remember, not all robbers have the foresight to "stake out" a location before they begin the robbery..... or even be familiar with it at all. Some robberies are pretty random, where the robber knows nothing of the house or it's occupants, if they are armed, have a dog, etc, etc. A lot of the robberies I've heard of around here haven't been thought through in any way..... they have frequently been drug users, who have robbed a place in desperation. *cough* Anyways, enough about guns, I vote we just arm ourselves with cricket bats. Depending on where you hit your target, you're prolly not gonna kill them with that... just severely bruise and batter them. |
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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get. Level: 73 Posts: 226/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| I didn't say I can't handle a gun (although I have not had the opportunity to shoot more than a BB gun and an air rifle...) ----- I'm saying that the average person, when faced with the idea of somebody in their house, uninvited, will generally be a little freaked out. NOTHING to do with being able to handle a gun or not. I'm sure armed with a cricket bat or a golf club or a baseball bat, people would still be freaked out finding a strange person in their house in the middle of the night. If you think you wouldn't be freaked out by that kind of situation, then think harder. It's very easy to say "nah it wouldn't phase me one bit", but actually try to place yourself in that situation, and I can tell you that by the time I tiptoed to the end of the hall to see what was making the noise in the lounge room, I'd be nervous, perhaps shaking in my hands, and liable to overreact. Having somebody break into your house is SCARY. I shit you not. |
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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get. Level: 73 Posts: 227/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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Originally posted by Kefka Ah... reminds me of the saying: the only sin in sinning is in being caught. o.o But yeah, I know plenty of "law abiding" and "honest" people who I wouldn't trust with a weapon. Not because they've done anything illegal or dishonest either -- irresponsibility comes into the whole thing as well. But yeah, you can't test for stupidity.... as much as I wish you could.... |
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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get. Level: 73 Posts: 228/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| Okay, bear with me a bit, I is teh drunk (So I may not make much sense). But I'd like to ask you guys a question. Do you guys consider yourself to be a Netizen, and what is it about you that makes you think you are one? I'm starting to think that I am one, because I'm at a party with some friends, and it's just occurred to me that outside of computers and anime, I really don't know what to talk about. I know every meme that's been on the web for the last three years, but I don't know who's winning the football. Or what the current hollywood gossip is or such. At first, I thought I might just be a loser, but it's not really that.... it's more that I've **chosen** not to know these things. I've chosen to not know these things because I don't really see a benefit to knowing them, I guess. I'd rather interest myself in the things I am passionate about, the things that might bring me work in the future, the things that I love (they may be geeky, but that's just me), rather than interest myself in what "society" or whatever seems to think that I should be interested in. Or my mother, more to the point!  That said, I've noticed that I know more about what's going on on the internet than I do about real life. I was there for "All Your Base". I know who Homestar Runner is. I've tricked people into going to goatse, and I've "badger badger badger" ed on forums.... and even found myself singing it in real life (kill me if I do the dance the badgers do though). I even know that badgerbadger music is out of synch if you watch it long enough. I can't tell you who is winning the football, in fact, I don't even know the last time I watched local news. I have my own webpage, my own blog, my own forum, multiple e-mail addresses, more accounts at more websites than I can count on two hands. I think this qualifies me to be a Netizen. So.... I want to know, who else here is a Netizen, and what is it about YOU that makes you feel this way? |
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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get. Level: 73 Posts: 229/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| British English is what I'm most familiar with, because I live in Australia, and Australian English is not too dissimilar from it. I prefer a lot of English/Australian spellings to things, and I prefer the English/Australian dictionary to the US one. For example, I find words like "burglarize" and "addicting" to be THOROUGHLY irritating, because they DO NOT exist in the British or Australian dictionaries. I find "burglarize" to be funny and "addicting" to just be plain WRONG. The correct words in our language are "burgle" and "addictive". I guess the fact I've been bought up in a society that is slightly irritated by the 'Americanisation' of Australia also contributes to this. that and I'm a nerd and picky with spelling and grammar. Not that mine is really any good.... (edited by ChibiTaryn on 05-29-04 06:51 AM) |
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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get. Level: 73 Posts: 230/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| I am positive I'm drunk You don't drink 1 beer, 1 bottle of 'Pink' champagne, and 2 glasses of red wine since 4.00 (it is now 9.23) and NOT be drunk. I just don't lose (much) of my typing ability, that's all....  |
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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get. Level: 73 Posts: 231/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| In Adelaide, and the surrounding regions, 'non - netizenship' seems to refer to knowing who is winning the current "AFL" season" (football) knowing who is doing well in "Big Brother" and basically not caring what this "Ad Aware" thing is... Maybe I just value my data more highly or something.... |
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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get. Level: 73 Posts: 232/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| This one is for those old enough to drink (or those who drink underage)/ Stupid question. At what point do you consider yourself to be "drunk"? Is it when you cant see properly anymore? When you start blathering gibberish to anybody and everybody? When you throw up? When you are passed out and somebody has shaved your eyebrows off? o.o FYI, I am the point where I can't see properly anymore, despite my best efforts. And I guess this is the point where I consider myself drunk. But what is the "warning sign" for you to tell you "hey, you've had one too many, you're about to make an arse out of yourself". o.O I'm past mine, BTW... I'll just be amazed if this whole post makes any sense |
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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get. Level: 73 Posts: 233/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| I still alternate between two avatars, but lately here I have my pink rabbit. Created it myself in MS Paint. I have pink rabbits on most forums and stuff I go to, it's my "thing" I guess. o.o | |||
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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get. Level: 73 Posts: 234/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| Well, I know that Aspergers' is in my family, and that I exhibit symptoms of it (awkward social skills, obsessions over things (anime! computers!), a tendency to be a nerd) but I also know that some people are just like that too, without Aspergers. I don't think I have Aspergers, but it wouldn't surprise me either if I were to be diagnosed with it. Like I said, it runs in my family a little (I have cousins with it on my mother's side of the family) and I do exhibit some of the more common symptoms. I don't think I'd really care if I was diagnosed with it either.... it would only give me a name for the weird way I feel, and nothing more. But I certainly relate to the feelings of social awkwardness and such frequently associated with Aspergers. As long as I remember, I've never been able to work out these "people" things. |
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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get. Level: 73 Posts: 235/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| I don't really think of the word "symptoms" of being synonymous with disease, but then I guess that is what a lot of people associate it with, I guess. It is used for a lot of things, not just things in the medical field, although that is where it is most COMMONLY used. I just used it because it was the word that suited what I was trying to say the best.... so forgive me, I just tend to use words because they fit, and often not think of the psychological impact of those words. It's for that reason I'm probably often called "blunt" "tactless" and such. And yeah, I'm pretty sure I'm normal, I just... guess I'd like to know for sure one day. This is hard to explain, but... I want to know because I have a few comorbid mental illnesses. And it has become an obession of mine to try to work out why -- to try to piece together all the contributing factors to my psychological makeup, and work out why I'm the way I am. I want to explore all the things that may contribute to my psychological makeup -- and Aspergers has come up in my mind because it is in my family, and because I display a number of Asperger traits. One day, I'd like to know. One day, I'll pluck up the courage to go see a doctor or something, get myself psychoanalysed and find out why I'm like I am. For now, all I know is that I'm not "normal", and that traditional medications and hypnotherapy hasn't worked for me, and only left me with more questions than answers. I'm pretty sure that Aspergers is not a contributing factor to my current makeup, that I don't have Aspergers (I rather think that my odd traits are more caused by my environment/relationships with people). But I'd like to know for sure one day, y'know? Ah, one day it would be so nice to get my head around...er.. well.. my head. But is it even possible to fully understand yourself? |
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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get. Level: 73 Posts: 236/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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Ray Charles remembered as an innovator Very sad to hear this. Very much like Ray Charles's music.Just thought I'd let you guys know.... |
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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get. Level: 73 Posts: 237/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| My Mum likes to tease me that I might have it, because I can get all weird and focused on cutting my fingernails. I tell her she's not funny. I have some Syndromes/disorders though. Depression, Anxiety and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. They make me act teh irrational at times. |
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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get. Level: 73 Posts: 238/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| Well, I know I've never been able to post 600 times in a day before, but I have had my sprees before.... they're just never big ones. I am not a particularly big poster. I have managed to get Reinfors Syndrome a total of ONE whole time. But there's a reason I don't really post too much. It's because I don't see why I should post something if I don't really have anything to say. I don't see the point of filling a thread with random crap just for the sound of "hearing my own voice" (or rather, reading my own text), or for the point of making my post count bigger. If I don't have anything worth saying, I shut the hell up. And frankly, I think that this is the kind of attitude a lot more posters should take onboard. Course, what is "worth saying" is completely subjective... which is half the problem when you try to define "spam" and "good posts". Everybody has a different idea of what each of those things are. But that's a debate for another time... |
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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get. Level: 73 Posts: 239/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| Well, 1GB space for an e-mail account is unusually large, but then files and stuff are getting to be a little larger too nowadays. People are generally sending each other larger files, and a lot of people do use their e-mail as remote storage too (I know I store my resume in my email in case I need it). 1Gb is big, but it offers the users a lot of freedom. 1 Terabyte of space is ridiculous. And probably impossible to provide to anybody really, especially not free. The amount of equipment required to store 1 Terabyte of data is pretty big, and VERY expensive, and that would only service 1 customer! So it's highly doubtful that anybody is going to start offering 1 Terabyte of space for real any time soon. No doubt on that account, there's a lot of fine print where you find out that 1 Terabyte is equal to a lot less than an actual Terabyte... o.o |
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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get. Level: 73 Posts: 240/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| I have three different operating systems, running on two computers. My Desktop PC * Windows 2000 Professional (Service Pack 4) * Fedora Core 1 My Laptop iBook * Mac OS X Panther 10.3.4 I also have several different OS's at work that I deal with and a copy of Knoppix I carry in my handbag. * Windows NT 4.0 Workstation * Windows 2000 Professional * Windows 95 * Windows 98 Second Edition * Windows XP Professional Edition * Mac OS X Panther 10.3.3 * Red Hat Linux 7 * BSD * Novell * Windows Server 2003 I think it's getting safe to say I dabble in many many OS's and I'm a little bit of an OS whore  |
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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get. Level: 73 Posts: 241/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| See, my mother used to tease me about my fingernails. The reason being, that I used to (and can still, from time to time) get really funny about cleaning and cutting my finger and toe nails. First, I have to clean out underneath the nails until they are really really white. If the white bit is uneven, I have to make it evenly shaped and everything too. Then I cut the nails. They have to be evenly shaped, all around the same length, and there must be absolutely NO jagged bits, it has to be smooth, smooth, smooth. Then I usually wind up cleaning under the nails again, just so it's all even. Then I'll turn the scissors over and clean my cuticles and stuff and get rid of any other bits on my fingernails that I decide I don't like for any reason. Mum thinks that it's all a sign of me being obessive compulsive or something. I don't think it really is though, but I will admit that I do get rather engrossed and perfectionistic about it. Ah crap, and now my middle finger on my left hand is demanding attention... there's a dirty bit under there. o.o *goes to clean it* (I don't have OCD, really... REALLY!) |
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