The Gamer's Quarter

dhex · Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 10:28 pm Post subject:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2125398/posts

now these guys get four years on the cross. have fun!
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Redeye · . Joined: 02 Oct 2006 Posts: 986 Location: filth

dhex · Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:16 am Post subject:

it's almost like a twitter account for the stupidest pile of nonsense you could throw together.

shorter version: twitter.
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dhex · Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 9:22 am Post subject:

i had a conversation during the wedding i was at last week (woo!) about like, life and shit after the wedding because it was all rollergirls and these weird guys from western pennsylvania and apparently i'm "an optimist" because "i never worked retail."

perhaps this is true. i don't know, having never worked in retail. i went straight from manual labor to offices. admittedly we'd all been drinking but i think about some of the less optimistic people i know and bingo toodly, they all worked in retail. well actually that's not entirely true, i know a very pessimistic person who always worked in creative fields.

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dhex · Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 9:27 am Post subject:

some brief thoughts on suits - names really do matter, tailoring is a must and syms is the place to hit if you're in the city. i paid 250 bucks for a simple black ralph lauren suit (52 tall jacket) and maybe another 30 total for tailoring. even a hugo boss suit in that size was only 400 bucks, which is incredibly cheap. i know someone in the wedding party who got a similar hugo boss suit for nearly 1000 from a department store.
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Redeye · . Joined: 02 Oct 2006 Posts: 986 Location: filth

Nader frames it in a bitter way

grouchy old man

Didn't his own foundation try to get rid of him?

Of course, idiots can't read. or won't.

He didn't actually call Obama Uncle Tom.
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Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

dhex · Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 8:50 am Post subject:

jesus fuckin' christmas, ralph...ralph? raaaalph?
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dhex · Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 10:18 am Post subject:

http://reason.com/blog/show/129951.html

using coke to buy a coke is like a bad george saunders story.
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seryogin · Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 12:06 pm Post subject:

I've bought plenty of shit from SYMS in the past. I'll get my next suit there, probably, though I was there looking for a sport coat recently and couldn't find anything I liked.
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dhex · Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 3:32 pm Post subject:

did you ask the old jewish guys for help?

unrelated:
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=20908
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Redeye · . Joined: 02 Oct 2006 Posts: 986 Location: filth

ryan · . Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Posts: 999

Having a hard time working myself up over that.

Although I did lock down a hotel and kill all but one - she seemed to have vanished - with my trusty pistol and flamer. Look at me like that, will you!
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dhex · Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 8:14 am Post subject:

for some the ability to shoot digital children is their rosebud.

though i suppose we should only worry if they start putting on operas starring the untalented.
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dhex · Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 8:26 am Post subject:

http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20081105_1.htm

holy fucking shit.
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dhex · Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 10:10 am Post subject:

http://www.pentadact.com/index.php/2008-10-24-far-cry-2-impersonation-of-a-buddy#comment-37628

huh.

i'm sitting on a backlog of games i cannot touch or just got stuck on. world of goo...stuck on level 3. mask of the betrayer, same story. (i really suck at dnd games)

i should start another clear sky game as it now works, but i don't have it in me. same with far cry 2.

and yet i'm seriously considering picking up fallout 3 simply because everyone else says the ugly aspects are worth getting past.
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dhex · Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 10:32 am Post subject:

protip of protips: if you're involved in a pre-tax investment instrument like a 401k, and in particular you receive matching funds, i realize you've probably gotten pounded over the last few months/year. sure, it sucks, i guess.

however - and i've heard this fucking twice now - do not say "it'd be better off in a mattress" because that is stupid and proves you can't even do basic math with a calculator.

mattresses do not lower your tax bill.
mattresses do not receive matching funds.
mattresses are not subject to a variety of strategies beyond "do not set on fire".
mattresses are not LONG TERM INVESTMENT VEHICLES YOU FUCKING IDIOTS!

yes yes you've seen some losses. you have 30+ years to recover from it.

durr durr durr
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dhex · Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 3:52 pm Post subject:

http://pushingback.com/blogs/pushing_back/archive/2008/11/06/44960.aspx
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dhex · Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 4:14 pm Post subject:

http://volokh.com/posts/1225908208.shtml
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Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

Hey, I worked with a pretty brilliant chef who was mellow as fuck and he's doing okay.

But he was Eastern European. so I guess he's used to it lolololol
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Swimmy · . Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Posts: 990 Location: Fairfax, VA

Redeye · . Joined: 02 Oct 2006 Posts: 986 Location: filth

Run On Guns
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dhex · Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 10:08 am Post subject:

yeah my gun nut friends are complaining about both high ammunition prices and racism from the older folks resulting from this. it's not entirely unwarranted, especially in the reclassification of certain guns that may follow (making them either astronomically expensive or extremely hard to get, or both), but it's definitely driven by paranoia as well.
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dhex · Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 10:26 pm Post subject:

http://www.carolinajournal.com/articles/display_story.html?id=5081

the headline is misleading, it would seem. but holy fucking shit go die in a fire, nonetheless.
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dhex · Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:04 am Post subject:

http://www.positiveliberty.com/2008/11/race-religion-and-proposition-8.html
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dhex · Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:33 am Post subject:

http://seekingalpha.com/article/105061-should-we-really-bail-out-the-big-three-automakers-with-73-20-per-hour-labor?source=yahoo

interesting if true.
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dhex · Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:48 am Post subject:

http://sec.online.wsj.com/article/SB122610558004810243.html?mod=article-outset-box

kirkjerk · . Joined: 12 Apr 2006 Posts: 1227

dhex · Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:25 pm Post subject:

glad to be of service.

have i pushed http://www.bailoutsleuth.com/ lately?

if not...

http://www.bailoutsleuth.com/
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dhex · Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 1:48 pm Post subject:

Emanuel to Republican Drug Warriors: 'Thanks for the White Flag'
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dhex · Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:02 am Post subject:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27683226/

totally shocking and unexpected.
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dhex · Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:22 am Post subject:

http://standingonthebox.blogspot.com/2008/11/herd.html
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dhex · Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:36 am Post subject:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcIszzV-WrY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfr8gwL5UkM

scrooge mc duck explains inflation. huuum.
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Redeye · . Joined: 02 Oct 2006 Posts: 986 Location: filth

President-elect Barack Obama’s administration staffing questionnaire:

“(59) Do you or any members of your immediate family own a gun? If so, provide complete ownership and registration information. Has the registration ever lapsed? Please also describe how and by whom it is used and whether it has been the cause of any personal injuries or property damage.”
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Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

Educate yourself about LSD!
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dhex · Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 11:50 am Post subject:

i know the nra needs evil to stay in ducats, but gun control is losing ground in america. it may take a few more years and a few more heller-esque decisions, but it ain't the 1980s anymore. that part of the kultur war, like the perfidy of homosexuals, was decided a long time ago.
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Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

Was Your Education Worth It?

Where

=number of years in your higher education

Where

=school debt on a scale of 1 to 10
(1 being one last payment and it's all paid off and 10 being I can't believe I owe $10,000 for my art degree)

Where

=job unhappiness on a scale of 1 to 10
(1 being I wish I didn't have a family so I could dedicate all my time to my job and 10 being I hate waking up because I know work is waiting)

Where

=necessary diploma on a scale of 1 to 10
(1 being my political science degree has really helped me with my trash collecting and 10 being why won't they let me cut people open without a medical degree)

Where

=the number of lifetime relations on a scale of 1 to 10
(1 being I was a science major with a cool chemistry kit and 10 being I was in a sorority/fraternity)

Where

=environmental maturity on a scale of 1 to 10
(1 being your mom still helps pay the bills and 10 being you pay her bills)

If

is=1 or greater, then congratulations, your education was worth it.

dhex · Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:51 am Post subject:

that's an interesting start, though it leaves out things like future potential (which could be split into, say, earning potential and "other" - a nebulous category that could include opening future paths for longer term studies, future careers, etc) as well as perhaps a variable for cultural prestige/power as it relates to the degree-conferring institution.

i designed my life around being debt-free, and all else flows from that.
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dhex · Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:38 am Post subject:

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20081116-9999-1n16littlelake.html

just adding wood to the fire.
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Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

Broke man tries paying bills with pictures of a spider.

P.S. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120334076128&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.com%3A80%2F%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm38%26_nkw%3D120334076128%26_fvi%3D1
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dhex · Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 12:15 pm Post subject:

yeah, i've seen that around. i've been progressively less amused by the whole "picking on an unrelated third party because i didn't pay my bills" folks since i heard chocolate jesus and captain foreverwar both promise to make sure no homeowners ever lost value, like, ever. that's when i knew i was totally fucked, and stupid for even bothering with my zero-debt lifestyle.

on the other hand i look forward to some really great deals on secondhand consumer electronics and music gear in q3 and q4 2009.

in unrelated news:
http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/europes-strangest-theme-park/2948

whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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dhex · Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 8:40 am Post subject:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/17/muslim-couple

what a weird case.
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dhex · Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 10:59 am Post subject:

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8451.htm
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dhex · Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:03 pm Post subject:

http://www.taxabletalk.com/posts/1226419469.shtml

wow.
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extrabastardformula · . Joined: 08 Feb 2007 Posts: 295

Is the matter of being taxed in your home state new? For years my relatives who won big gambling filed New Jersey returns for their Atlantic City vacations.
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dhex · Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 7:55 am Post subject:

not at all. it's this:

dhex · Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 9:07 am Post subject:

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN2039776920081120

hmmm.
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dhex · Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 2:23 pm Post subject:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/20/sarah-palin-holds-news-co_n_145375.html

yo, i think palin is a stone cold idiot, but...shit people, where do you think dead things come from?

maybe peta's condescension on the issue isn't nearly as far-fetched as i'd thought.
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Redeye · . Joined: 02 Oct 2006 Posts: 986 Location: filth

Of course, this had to happen

It's not even a good game.
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dhex · Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 7:21 am Post subject:

it's kinda ondcp-ish. since when do eggs bleed? who's dumb enough to actually get sucked into this?

ON THE OTHER HAND

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/20/sarah-palin-holds-news-co_n_145375.html

there's tofu scramble on my face, as peta has done their homework.
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