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Level: 82 Posts: 1523/1610 EXP: 5120829 Next: 88398 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 3612 days Last view: 4601 days |
Posted by Kawa Will they even be readable? |
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Level: 82 Posts: 1524/1610 EXP: 5120829 Next: 88398 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 3612 days Last view: 4601 days |
Why does stark stigmatize homosxuals by identifying me with them?
Posted by Mega-Mario Because he's my hero, duh. |
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Level: 82 Posts: 1525/1610 EXP: 5120829 Next: 88398 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 3612 days Last view: 4601 days |
Yeah, to be honest I like this mockup of the phone better:
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Level: 82 Posts: 1526/1610 EXP: 5120829 Next: 88398 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 3612 days Last view: 4601 days |
I'm not really an artistically-minded person like blacky, but I can't help but wonder: where exactly is the direction in these photos? I mean nature's nice and all, but what exactly is the overlying coherence or redeeming grace that distinguishes this autumn foliage collection from y'know--any other amateurish collection that people toss up on the Internet with an expensive camera (along with a level of technical expertise of course which I won't discount)?
In short: how is this art? |
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Level: 82 Posts: 1527/1610 EXP: 5120829 Next: 88398 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 3612 days Last view: 4601 days |
Fundamentalists and evangelists tend to fetishize post-apocalyptic doomsday and stuff, but I think there's an almost melancholic sweetness to the epilogue of any story--as the curtain closes on this performance and the crowd starts to disperse you get this warm feeling knowing the characters go on living their lives even after the last page. |
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Level: 82 Posts: 1528/1610 EXP: 5120829 Next: 88398 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 3612 days Last view: 4601 days |
How's your romhacking going these days? Could you show us any interesting pics? |
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Level: 82 Posts: 1529/1610 EXP: 5120829 Next: 88398 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 3612 days Last view: 4601 days |
Posted by KP9000 I dunno it just feels like it doesn't scream autumn as much as Oxbridge and by that I mean stodgy, pretentious architecture. I can't really feel any emotion or blacky-ness in these photos, nor does it transfix my senses or make my heart waver--even the framing and locations honestly feel sort of arbitrary like some uber-well-taken googlemaps shots. I think blacky's older shots just seem a lot more inspired, so I was disappointed. ;__; Now to be honest I haven't seen seasons change in years, but I want to see just one picture which really captures the essence of blacky's autumnniess. Winter just makes for a more poignant scene so I will wait for some Michaelmas pics. The camera seems like a nice compromise between the bulky, expensive DSLRs and the "okay" cameraphone level of quality, plus it seems pretty durable and nostalgic looking. |
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Level: 82 Posts: 1530/1610 EXP: 5120829 Next: 88398 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 3612 days Last view: 4601 days |
Posted by blackhole89Posted by Kiokuffiib11Have you never seen an actual alcoholic, then? Alcoholism might be on the decline but there's nothing wrong with recreational drug usage. Also what if you like abusing people as well as alcohol? e: or if you like abuse but not alcohol |
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Level: 82 Posts: 1531/1610 EXP: 5120829 Next: 88398 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 3612 days Last view: 4601 days |
Posted by blackhole89 I think he means a horizontal monopoly, Posted by wiki |
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Level: 82 Posts: 1532/1610 EXP: 5120829 Next: 88398 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 3612 days Last view: 4601 days |
I thought they just did the remote control stuff for cars, not actual cars--I wasn't aware they they personally manufacture stuff. |
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Level: 82 Posts: 1533/1610 EXP: 5120829 Next: 88398 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 3612 days Last view: 4601 days |
Posted by blackhole89Posted by Trax If you work at google you can own a porsche but if you work at porsche you cannot own a google. e: A remote-controlled porsche no less |
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Level: 82 Posts: 1534/1610 EXP: 5120829 Next: 88398 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 3612 days Last view: 4601 days |
Why is "fuck" such a dirty word, even in context? |
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Level: 82 Posts: 1535/1610 EXP: 5120829 Next: 88398 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 3612 days Last view: 4601 days |
Actually on second thoughts, porsches have become the uppity proles' car, if you work at google you'll probably want a ferrari or a lamborgini, or maybe just a tesla for the lulz. The mountain view site has perfect weather and there are some great roads around north cal so it is a sound investment. |
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Level: 82 Posts: 1536/1610 EXP: 5120829 Next: 88398 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 3612 days Last view: 4601 days |
Posted by blackhole89 Do you think you could play suikoden II on your android phone comfortably, or would you need a more modern one or a nicer control pad or whatnot? |
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Level: 82 Posts: 1537/1610 EXP: 5120829 Next: 88398 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 3612 days Last view: 4601 days |
I believe you forgot #0, Cynthia.
Nah, I bet you were just planning on surprising us or something. :> |
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Level: 82 Posts: 1538/1610 EXP: 5120829 Next: 88398 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 3612 days Last view: 4601 days |
Posted by Kawa Do you think blacky has a sharply-contrasting irl persona like a socialite/rockstar/Yagami Light/12-yo-japanese-girl? Have you ever wanted to be the little girl (I was reading Hourou Musuko, which is amazing and also slated to be animated next season)? Who does not want to be the little girl? Also how does this look?  |
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Level: 82 Posts: 1539/1610 EXP: 5120829 Next: 88398 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 3612 days Last view: 4601 days |
Am I the only one who doesn't see serious cognitive dissonance with this picture? e: Why is REDALiCE so awesome I'm so jealous and Don't you wish I was a bit less boring and normal? Over the years blacky has revealed numerous foibles such as his ordinary-ness at math, fashion and programming as well being a potential lolicon and frequenter of the internet. When it comes to things like drugs he's not conservative, yet he has a youthful naivety to them when it comes to personal usage and when it comes to women he seems rather jaded already somehow. He seems like the sort of person who likes procrastinating up until the last minute for the rush of killing yearly exams after studying the night before. He doesn't like people seeing his soft side or through his weaknesses. But honestly I can't really think of any personality flaws he has which is weird since that's usually the first, intermediate and last part of a person I see. You've known him a bit longer probably so mind taking a whack at it? e2: people have said there is very offensive stuff on the internet, but i have not run across any offensive stuff on the internet, only irl. do you know about this offensive stuff people are talking about? i don't mean like people taking pictures of the offensive stuff you see everyday irl like the welfare office or the racially-skewed prisons or the schools but something else. |
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Level: 82 Posts: 1540/1610 EXP: 5120829 Next: 88398 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 3612 days Last view: 4601 days |
yay~
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Level: 82 Posts: 1541/1610 EXP: 5120829 Next: 88398 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 3612 days Last view: 4601 days |
Sometimes as most people often do, I was thinking about the Holocaust--its constituents, the "feel" of the time, the motivations and value structures that coursed through the various populaces before during and after the world wars (perhaps even the cold war and the modern wars and even how war changed after the Holocaust if at all).
Naturally, the big question usually boils down to "why'd he do it?" seeing as Hitler is one of the rare occasions where open declaration of genocide isn't so palatable. Well actually that's the second biggest question, since the first is usually more along the lines of: "why was the holocaust memorable?" So gather round the fire, get some popcorn and swap your favorite holocaust conspiracies here! 1) The Holocaust generally differed from the other genocides that have taken place in history, along with continuing genocides which are still thriving like the War on Terrorism. It's not as though people didn't think they weren't killing other people during the Holocaust--just like people deep down at the bottom of their hearts have a feeling that those hundreds of thousands of terrorists that they've been slaughtering. One can see this in the great amount of love and care that they put into the concentration camps, how this passionate cause drove Nazi scientists to do their best (and the rest of the Axis powers and the Allied powered for that matter) as well as the sheer volume of economic effort they invested in their dreams. They just don't make wars like they used to; these days, wars are so impersonal and soldiers don't even know what they're fighting for, who they're fighting for, who they're fighting against--the list goes on, and ultimately instead of battle-hardened soldiers coming back with a triumphant return, you get a bunch of kids who should have stayed in their parent's basement and played Call of Duty 5 or whatever (which they end up doing anyways, what with their lack of useful skills). War seems to have become something as frivolous as a video game for these kids; hell, these days they go to an office, kill people with remote controlled planes from a air-conditioned room in north dakota, punch out at five and have dinner with the wife and kids no differently than any other white-collar worker. If they aren't even risking their lives why are we paying them these outrageous salaries, they have no other useful skills and should be paid federal minimum wage and be happy with the cushy benefits package they get. 2) Maybe Hitler just didn't like Jews? Maybe he was just really bored? Perhaps this was his artistic legacy that he etched permanently onto the consciousness of the masses, his existential scream at a time when he was desperately flailing for something that would validate his existence. Maybe he had a fetish where he could only come if he was ethically-cleansing jews and faggots and other degenerates. If you think about the Holocaust as Hitler's sole work of art, then perhaps it is one of the most popular works of all time, if not the most beautiful or sophisticated (Hitler was known to be a rather poor artist). Maybe he just wanted that praise that he never got in life from where he most needed it: his parents. |
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It's beautiful. Far better than any picture I can take. This takes talent to recognize what makes a good picture, and blacky here does.