Hell, I'm like that just from playing video games for over 30 years now. It doesn't hurt my enjoyment, though, and even helps me beat a game sometimes.
The professional programmers in the same building as me at work are currently playing a lot of GOW3 multiplayer modes. Sometimes they even let a hardware guy like me join them.;-) These are serious coders who do avionics where code bugs kill people.
The easy way is to have patience. I just wait for the season to come out on disc.
[1] No commercials other than the stupid previews [2] Can rip them to any device I own [3] I know if the show failed or survived and whether to even bother [4] If I want a nice copy of the show for myself, season box sets are often heavily discounted
This is why I scoff at the "streaming is hip and now and *with it* and discs are dead" folks. Not as long as streaming is buried under Byzantine legal rights agreements and I can't watch precisely what I want. It's like I'm supposed to poke through what some streaming source has available to find something watchable. Uh, no, that's not how those of use with limited and valuable entertainment time do things. I have a list of things I want to watch. Disc rental/purchases are the *only* way to fulfill that list right now.
And if I do get impatient, there's always the magic of "unofficial" downloads.
"Hi there! It looks like you're trying to find something good to watch. Would you like me to suggest something?"
*cough*TivoSuggestions*cough*
Actually, the suggestions do a decent job aside from the fact that they suggest things I've already watched. Pretty accurate, though, so, um, two points for that, I guess. Mmmmyep.
Well, here it can be fun to watch people traffic in stereotypes (and weird oxymoron ones, like mainstream hipsters).
On news sites it's depressing because there is discussion of actual important issues, as opposed to what gadget someone watches their German BDSM porn on (not tat I know about any of that, no sir, not me). On the Right sites it's all "Obama am teh anti-Jesus" and on the Left sites it's all "If your child shows any desired to be a businessman, kill it immediately, for it is evil, and unclean in the sight of Gaia."
And, yeah, I know I just picked on using stereotypes, but my two goofy examples are not *that* far off the mark for some sites.
My favorite this month was some women hating on the new My Little Pony for making the ponies "slim and sexy" and wanting to know where the fat ponies were.
"Eaten by wolves because they can't run as fast," I responded. They were not amused.:-)
Damn, the bitterness and whining in here is epic! You ponies are just the most fun I've had in eons.
Quick! More posts about how you can completely profile a human being you have never met down to their last minor psychological trait based on what smart phone they use. That shit is hilarious!
I dig my Apple stuff and it unreal even to me. I went with my sister to help bring her iMac to be fixed last year. She had to work late, so we got to the Apple store at 9pm. Completely loaded with people while half the other stores in the mall were shuttered. WTF. It was surreal.
Not sure why it *bothers* some folks, though. Wow, a company is doing well and generating tax revenue in a shit economy. Fuck, we can't have that!
76 comments and no one, not even the original article, has commented on this is the perfect way to roll out a near field communications micropayment function in the next iphone?
They'd have to let go of their bottomless hate for a company and product line they seem unable to ignore.
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If he is really REALLY hurt, well, then Ceiling Cat will come. Or Basement Cat.
I have spoken to dozens of people...
Translation: "I talked to my buddies XxxGamerDoodxxX and StarCraftStud22389, and we unanimous in our worldly judgement."
Hell, I'm like that just from playing video games for over 30 years now. It doesn't hurt my enjoyment, though, and even helps me beat a game sometimes.
The professional programmers in the same building as me at work are currently playing a lot of GOW3 multiplayer modes. Sometimes they even let a hardware guy like me join them. ;-) These are serious coders who do avionics where code bugs kill people.
There's a Windows Phone???!
Tried to hunt the Higgs but got eaten by a Wumpus instead.
Fuck, I'm old. :-(
-1 Too Serious
D'oh!
How about a spellchecker?
Oh, settle down. It's not a war. It's just a bit of fun.
OK, but in the other direction. :-)
+1 Brohoof
snowraver1 (1052510) writes: 6) Delete all accounts numbered 2,000,000+. Remove signup. Invite only.
Agreed, except that we should start at 1,000,000.
More poines.
Oh, and more selection on the moderation. -1 Insane and +1 Really Insane and -1 Fanbois and +1 Well Played, Sir
The easy way is to have patience. I just wait for the season to come out on disc.
[1] No commercials other than the stupid previews
[2] Can rip them to any device I own
[3] I know if the show failed or survived and whether to even bother
[4] If I want a nice copy of the show for myself, season box sets are often heavily discounted
This is why I scoff at the "streaming is hip and now and *with it* and discs are dead" folks. Not as long as streaming is buried under Byzantine legal rights agreements and I can't watch precisely what I want. It's like I'm supposed to poke through what some streaming source has available to find something watchable. Uh, no, that's not how those of use with limited and valuable entertainment time do things. I have a list of things I want to watch. Disc rental/purchases are the *only* way to fulfill that list right now.
And if I do get impatient, there's always the magic of "unofficial" downloads.
"Hi there! It looks like you're trying to find something good to watch. Would you like me to suggest something?"
*cough*TivoSuggestions*cough*
Actually, the suggestions do a decent job aside from the fact that they suggest things I've already watched. Pretty accurate, though, so, um, two points for that, I guess. Mmmmyep.
Go do the things at the place.
eh, there is adefinite techno-hipster contingent. Maybe we need a new name for such creatures.
Well, that was their words. They just look like cute overloaded cartoon animals to me. It's those anime eyes, I think.
Well, here it can be fun to watch people traffic in stereotypes (and weird oxymoron ones, like mainstream hipsters).
On news sites it's depressing because there is discussion of actual important issues, as opposed to what gadget someone watches their German BDSM porn on (not tat I know about any of that, no sir, not me). On the Right sites it's all "Obama am teh anti-Jesus" and on the Left sites it's all "If your child shows any desired to be a businessman, kill it immediately, for it is evil, and unclean in the sight of Gaia."
And, yeah, I know I just picked on using stereotypes, but my two goofy examples are not *that* far off the mark for some sites.
My favorite this month was some women hating on the new My Little Pony for making the ponies "slim and sexy" and wanting to know where the fat ponies were.
"Eaten by wolves because they can't run as fast," I responded. They were not amused. :-)
and were suddenly silenced.
And there was much rejoicing.
Damn, the bitterness and whining in here is epic! You ponies are just the most fun I've had in eons.
Quick! More posts about how you can completely profile a human being you have never met down to their last minor psychological trait based on what smart phone they use. That shit is hilarious!
(facepalm)
Whatever, dude. Have fun in your little echo chamber.
I dig my Apple stuff and it unreal even to me. I went with my sister to help bring her iMac to be fixed last year. She had to work late, so we got to the Apple store at 9pm. Completely loaded with people while half the other stores in the mall were shuttered. WTF. It was surreal.
Not sure why it *bothers* some folks, though. Wow, a company is doing well and generating tax revenue in a shit economy. Fuck, we can't have that!
Every hipster type I ever met was into Linux, usually the most obscure distribution they could find. Either that or BeOS.
Apple stuff is way too mainstream for any True Hipster.
76 comments and no one, not even the original article, has commented on this is the perfect way to roll out a near field communications micropayment function in the next iphone?
They'd have to let go of their bottomless hate for a company and product line they seem unable to ignore.