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MBooda		2010-04-15 12:18:13 PM

GavinTheAlmighty: The Internet has ruined porn. I can't even get semi-hard without three nubile Romanian abductees, a cup, a bathtub, a German Shepherd, a gallon of lube and a Clemson dorm room.

Under nominal circumstances, an individual might have an enjoyable sojourn in Las Vegas while including those items in his inventory.

Jonny Ninja		2010-04-15 12:22:18 PM

tortilla burger: MorePeasPlease: You read again, you big dummy. He said Pornagraphy was missing, not "Pornography".
And he's right, it is.

So there.

You know, it's the Australian way of spelling it.

You know which other Australian liked Pornagraphy?

Fapinator		2010-04-15 12:22:39 PM

Billy Ligue:
Okay, I think I understand almost all of that. What's the cup for though?

InferiousX		2010-04-15 12:23:56 PM

darkscout: I just found out my ex got married via Facebook and I am not getting a kick out of these replies.

My annoyance with it hasn't been with ex's so much. Ex's in my case means that A:) we broke it off pretty amicably and we're both mature enough that we can still be friends or B:) it's better that they aren't in my life at all.

My annoyance comes with finding girls from my high school or a grade or two below and they're ALL either married or even more likely, knocked up.

Finding a late 20's woman who doesn't have kids and isn't completely jaded by the world for the most part appears to be an increasingly difficult task.

Geotpf		2010-04-15 12:24:27 PM

paket: The Internet has devalued knowledge. With Google, Bing, Wolfram and Wikipedia everyone has attained near-omniscience. Knowledge has been devalued, but skills have become more valuable. It takes hard work, time and dedication to become skilled at something and you can't Google that.

I'm pretty skilled at Googling facts. Does that count?

Actually, it should. I can't count the number of times I've seen somebody post a question (here or on other forums), or ask a question in real life, where the answer could be found by a five second Google search. For example, "What does [insert obscure term here] mean?" Type the farking thing into the Google bar, you moron!

Stay Cool Babylon		2010-04-15 12:24:40 PM

INeedAName: darkscout: I just found out my ex got married via Facebook and I am not getting a kick out of these replies.

Did Tom from Myspace perform the ceremony?

You just found out, via facebook, that your ex got married.

And most my exes seem to be married and have kids, and I'm only 27...

Another way to look at it is, "I was the final stud they needed to get out of their system before settling down with someone a bit more predictable."

Hey, it sounds better than, "After me, they finally met a guy who was worth a shiat."

Billy Ligue		2010-04-15 12:26:07 PM

Fapinator: Billy Ligue:
Okay, I think I understand almost all of that. What's the cup for though?

You gotta have a place to put your dentures for safe keeping.

dennysgod		2010-04-15 12:30:25 PM

4, 6, and 8

nuf siad.

InferiousX		2010-04-15 12:30:47 PM

paket: The Internet has devalued knowledge. With Google, Bing, Wolfram and Wikipedia everyone has attained near-omniscience. Knowledge has been devalued, but skills have become more valuable. It takes hard work, time and dedication to become skilled at something and you can't Google that.

Yes, but how do you explain the fact that blatant ignorance still seems to run rampant?

And here's more food for thought: Have the people/media/gov become more ignorant and such lately or does it just appear that way now that untold fathoms of knowledge are available within seconds at the click of a button?

darkscout		2010-04-15 12:32:04 PM

InferiousX: Finding a late 20's woman who doesn't have kids and isn't completely jaded by the world for the most part appears to be an increasingly difficult task.

Dear God, this! I think I need to just go back to school for a MBA and try and start over. Finding a female that is over 25 that isn't divorced already or has a few kids is becoming exceedingly difficult.

Stay Cool Babylon: Hey, it sounds better than, "After me, they finally met a guy who was worth a shiat."

Oh but the pessimist in my always says this. It doesn't help that Dating -> Engagement -> Marriage was
I guess I chalk it up to not being ready to settle down myself.

InferiousX		2010-04-15 12:33:04 PM

Geotpf: For example, "What does [insert obscure term here] mean?" Type the farking thing into the Google bar, you moron!

People do this to me all the time. When there's a computer right farking there. Or I love it when people post on FB "Who is XXX" that I'm referring too in a link or update. Well you're obviously on a computer, look it up you lazy ass.

Perhaps the only people more lazy than people who don't want to Google are people who don't signal during lane changes.

xxBirdMadGirlxx		2010-04-15 12:36:50 PM

jabelar: Oh, another one is street prostitution. In the 1980s, my city (Vancouver) had three or four high-class hookers on most major intersections. As teenagers there were so many that we'd spend weekends driving around trying to drive through mud puddles to splash them or throw Slurpees at them. Now there are pretty much none except the totally desperate heroin addicts.

Why would any high-class hookers stand out in the rain and get Slurpees thrown at them when they can just place a Craigslist ad?

// well, on the street they also had to face serial killers like Robert Pickton, but I still blame the Internet ...

If they're on the stroll they're hardly "high-class."

EZ Writer		2010-04-15 12:37:59 PM

RockSteadyUSMC: Si c'est le cas, vous et Michelle McGee devriez arriver ensemble.

Cela fait mal.

/Et bienvenue à mes favoris.
//Il est très exclusif.

InferiousX		2010-04-15 12:39:31 PM

darkscout: Dear God, this! I think I need to just go back to school for a MBA and try and start over. Finding a female that is over 25 that isn't divorced already or has a few kids is becoming exceedingly difficult.

I've pretty much given up on that. Target range for anything more than a one night stand now is like 23-24. Young enough to not be so hardened but not too young as to be too naive in the ways of the world. That or lonely cougars.

I've just about thrown in the towel on the wife idea. I'm going to become independently wealthy around forty then adopt several Haitian and Asian kids who will all be trained at my complex as warriors.

Stay Cool Babylon		2010-04-15 12:39:59 PM

Krymson Tyde: Fantasy football should be on that list. I long for the days when I used to comb through stat after stat to compute scores for the league I commissioned. That was so much more awesome than having some lame computer total it all up with no effort on my part.

Lol. I remember making my draft based on those annual mags like Street & Smith's. There was no boozing on draft day, back then...it was Serious Business. Dudes had all sorts of printed material, spiral notebooks loaded with notes, and bleary eyes. Now I just show up with my laptop, get drunk, and make god-awful picks.

DukeBabe		2010-04-15 12:40:00 PM

InferiousX

not COMPLETELY jaded.

Ruined porn? Or expanded your horizons? You never knew you liked: "insert crazy sex theme here" until you saw 2 girls doing it with a cup.

The internet has raised my tolerance level. Not much really grosses me out anymore. very little shocks me.

eltejon		2010-04-15 12:40:31 PM

InferiousX: Yes, but how do you explain the fact that blatant ignorance still seems to run rampant?

And here's more food for thought: Have the people/media/gov become more ignorant and such lately or does it just appear that way now that untold fathoms of knowledge are available within seconds at the click of a button?

Oh this in spades. It is why they all seem to have moved further and further (even admittedly) into the realm of entertainment. Even NPR has tacked to the hip/relaxed/less stuffy concept of reporting: Morning Edition comes to mind first.

zarkill		2010-04-15 12:43:38 PM

man - the one thing that i would absolutely include on the "internet killed it" list is MAPS. when's the last time you bought an atlas or got a road map from AAA?

InferiousX		2010-04-15 12:46:28 PM

DukeBabe: InferiousX

not COMPLETELY jaded.

Of course not. There are no 100% rules. But if I was to pick a 27 year old female out of a hat, chances are she'd either have 1.78 kids from a previous bf/husband or have dated an abusive asshole(s) for most of her young 20's ergo, all men are buttholes.

I need more coffee.

tdyak		2010-04-15 12:47:16 PM

Geotpf: Actually, it should. I can't count the number of times I've seen somebody post a question (here or on other forums), or ask a question in real life, where the answer could be found by a five second Google search. For example, "What does [insert obscure term here] mean?" Type the farking thing into the Google bar, you moron!

And yet it only takes one "gootse" search with safesearch turned off to drive those people away from googleing forever.

InferiousX		2010-04-15 12:48:32 PM

zarkill: man - the one thing that i would absolutely include on the "internet killed it" list is MAPS. when's the last time you bought an atlas or got a road map from AAA?

I'll buy a hard map if I know we are going to take some detours and do some sight seeing. I'll take one with me if I'm unfamiliar with the area. That way I don't end up having to pull over in a place like Gary, Indiana to ask for directions.

darkscout		2010-04-15 12:54:50 PM

InferiousX: I've pretty much given up on that. Target range for anything more than a one night stand now is like 23-24. Young enough to not be so hardened but not too young as to be too naive in the ways of the world. That or lonely cougars.

Bingo, except I'll be targeting the 19-22 range. Maybe some 23-24 year old Grad Students. I haven't figured out the psychology behind it yet, but (so I've been told) I look between 22 (in the face) to 35 (with white hair on the sides and some color up top), but damn does it work on college aged females.

semiotix		2010-04-15 12:56:22 PM

My ability to not get an erection every time the Yahoo IM "new message" chime goes off within 50 feet?

/only use Yahoo for that specific, shameful purpose
//and yes, I'm the bi-curious coed with the big tits you jerked off to

Omnivorous		2010-04-15 12:56:41 PM

man - the one thing that i would absolutely include on the "internet killed it" list is MAPS. when's the last time you bought an atlas or got a road map from AAA?

Just last week: the Internet isn't accessible in the middle of the Cascade Mountains -- and GPS reception is often spotty due to the ridges.

The Internet's good for point-to-point driving but topo maps are still best on paper.

darkscout		2010-04-15 12:58:22 PM

InferiousX: I'll buy a hard map if I know we are going to take some detours and do some sight seeing. I'll take one with me if I'm unfamiliar with the area. That way I don't end up having to pull over in a place like Gary, Indiana to ask for directions.

Even before the internet, I managed to get around and do some great sight seeing, all without the internet. You just need a compass and a general idea of your 'big boundaries'. I think I shaved a good 4 hours off of travel time to Michigan by avoiding a backed up 80 by going through... gary indiana. Drive north on 80. You'll hit the lake. Turn left, you'll hit US 231. Go north.

Or driving to the UP, drive north. If you've hit a lake, you're too far east or west. If you hit I80, you went the wrong way south. Eventually you'll hit Mackinaw.

semiotix		2010-04-15 01:01:06 PM

InferiousX: That way I don't end up having to pull over in a place like Gary, Indiana to ask for directions.

I take your point, but for the record, you'll see more people and be in more danger of getting shot in the deepest, loneliest corner of a national park than you will in Gary. The only thing to fear in Gary is the creeping dread of existential angst.

Thorndyke Barnhard		2010-04-15 01:02:13 PM

Um WTF was everyone waiting for to tell me about this Wolfram thing?This shiat is, like, Wikipedia epic.

SakuraDensetsu		2010-04-15 01:03:37 PM

Snarcoleptic_Hoosier: The radio star is also absent despite being killed.

Video killed him

oh...ohohoh

try fect taa daa		2010-04-15 01:03:53 PM

darkscout: /Anyone know how hard it is to re-drywall a wall with a textured surface?

Wet it and see if the texture comes off with a putty knife. Or take a big knife, knock down the high spots, and skin it with 1/4" drywall--kinda hard to find. Stud find your wood, mark it, and tape n float the new shiat. Call building supply or lumber yards for the .25". Lupusisntfunny gmail

InferiousX		2010-04-15 01:04:18 PM

darkscout: InferiousX: I'll buy a hard map if I know we are going to take some detours and do some sight seeing. I'll take one with me if I'm unfamiliar with the area. That way I don't end up having to pull over in a place like Gary, Indiana to ask for directions.

Even before the internet, I managed to get around and do some great sight seeing, all without the internet. You just need a compass and a general idea of your 'big boundaries'. I think I shaved a good 4 hours off of travel time to Michigan by avoiding a backed up 80 by going through... gary indiana. Drive north on 80. You'll hit the lake. Turn left, you'll hit US 231. Go north.

Or driving to the UP, drive north. If you've hit a lake, you're too far east or west. If you hit I80, you went the wrong way south. Eventually you'll hit Mackinaw.

Last time I drove through the area, I was 19 and from a town of about 35k people. So the idea of straying from my hardset course I had laid out beforehand anywhere around the Chicago area probably would have caused me to mildly soil myself.

But I'll keep that in mind for the future :)

InferiousX		2010-04-15 01:07:01 PM

semiotix: The only thing to fear in Gary is the creeping dread of existential angst.

The only city I've ever gotten a slight bout of depression from by simply driving through it on the interstate. Supposedly, things have gotten better since the almost 10 years ago that I drove through there. I hope that's the case. Cause man, it looked morbid.

sn82		2010-04-15 01:13:44 PM

Fapinator: sn82:
Okay, now I'm curious. Who are the few who aren't human? I mean, are we talking about actual extraterrestials here, or are you just referring to the kinda/sorta subhuman types?

I'm not sure whether to disregard this question or answer it. I guess with the name Fapinator that doesn't really help me, lol.

darkscout: InferiousX: Finding a late 20's woman who doesn't have kids and isn't completely jaded by the world for the most part appears to be an increasingly difficult task.

Dear God, this! I think I need to just go back to school for a MBA and try and start over. Finding a female that is over 25 that isn't divorced already or has a few kids is becoming exceedingly difficult.

Stay Cool Babylon: Hey, it sounds better than, "After me, they finally met a guy who was worth a shiat."

Oh but the pessimist in my always says this. It doesn't help that Dating -> Engagement -> Marriage was
I guess I chalk it up to not being ready to settle down myself.

I would have to disagree with this comment. However, it is popular in a sense that a lot of women my age bracket are married and have children, but that wasn't my priority. There is still so much to do in your 20's that being married or having children shouldn't be your main goal, IMHO. I'm 27 and not married and no kids. I knew in my early 20's and late teens it wasn't the right fit.

Done rambling and thread jacking.

Krymson Tyde		2010-04-15 01:14:04 PM

Stay Cool Babylon: Krymson Tyde: Fantasy football should be on that list. I long for the days when I used to comb through stat after stat to compute scores for the league I commissioned. That was so much more awesome than having some lame computer total it all up with no effort on my part.

Lol. I remember making my draft based on those annual mags like Street & Smith's. There was no boozing on draft day, back then...it was Serious Business. Dudes had all sorts of printed material, spiral notebooks loaded with notes, and bleary eyes. Now I just show up with my laptop, get drunk, and make god-awful picks.

Yeah you're right, computers have made some things better.

CK2005		2010-04-15 01:21:28 PM

That's the most elaborate Chuck Norris joke I've seen...

trappedspirit		2010-04-15 01:21:58 PM

Fapinator: Who the eff is Kevin Smith?

No, I'm not going to google his name because I already know enough about people I don't know.

So why did I ask in here? It was rhetorical; it means I don't care who he is any more than I care what's going on with Angelina Jolie right now.

Okay, I take that last part back. Make it the Olsen twins instead.

Was this comment meant for the Angelina Jolie/Olsen twin thread? Or the stuff I don't care about thread? Because that's like 2 threads down.

paket		2010-04-15 01:22:43 PM

InferiousX: Yes, but how do you explain the fact that blatant ignorance still seems to run rampant?

You answered yourself - it only seems that way. Human psychology being what it is, the vast majority will write off those that disagree with them as being 'stupid' or 'ignorant'. Much easier than examining their point of view and considering that your own may be somehow flawed. A wonderful bit of human nature that has been highlighted by the Internet's enabling of political and religious discussion to span cloistered communities.

RockSteadyUSMC		2010-04-15 01:24:59 PM

EZ Writer: Cela fait mal.

/Et bienvenue à mes favoris.
//Il est très exclusif.

Oh, merci beaucoup. Bien que je voie que la peinture U.S. Navy sur votre profil, je vous ajouterai à mes favoris aussi :-) Mes favoris sont si exclusifs, vous serez les seuls dans le club.

/La cotisation doivent être payé vers la fin du mois.

InferiousX		2010-04-15 01:28:28 PM

RockSteadyUSMC: La cotisation doivent être payé vers la fin du mois.

The crustacean divided his entrée by pi in the Dolphin of Milan restaurant.

That's just a guess at translation.

El Freak		2010-04-15 01:28:37 PM

zarkill: man - the one thing that i would absolutely include on the "internet killed it" list is MAPS. when's the last time you bought an atlas or got a road map from AAA?

I have a map. I use GPS most of the time, but as good as GPS has gotten it still isn't always reliable.

try fect taa daa		2010-04-15 01:32:05 PM

When the encyclopdia salesman showed up, i wanted those brittanicas so bad. Then the cd came free wuth my first packard bell. Then google showed up.

/so farkin bad.

kirbman16		2010-04-15 01:35:35 PM

RockSteadyUSMC: 8. Gud Spellng

As a grammar Nazi, I agree wholeheartedly. Most people just do not know how to use proper spelling and punctuation, and it annoys the fark out of me.

I found this yesterday and it made me LOL at work when I tried not to. For all of you fellow grammar Nazis: The Alot is Better Than You at Everything.

Thank you for this, made my day.

try fect taa daa		2010-04-15 01:35:36 PM

El Freak: zarkill: man - the one thing that i would absolutely include on the "internet killed it" list is MAPS. when's the last time you bought an atlas or got a road map from AAA?

I have a map. I use GPS most of the time, but as good as GPS has gotten it still isn't always reliable.

They both have advanaages. Computer programs are updated with new streets. Just gotta learn the input format. I really like microsoft streets n trips for twenty bucks. It let you plot several spots along a route.

Observatory		2010-04-15 01:37:37 PM

lolcatlover: The list forgot dignity. Seriously, has anyone seen what's popular on youtube lately?
/lame shiat
//still aint funny

No, no we haven't seen what's on YT lately...why don't you enlighten us?

EZ Writer		2010-04-15 01:38:43 PM

RockSteadyUSMC: Oh, merci beaucoup. Bien que je voie que la peinture U.S. Navy sur votre profil, je vous ajouterai à mes favoris aussi :-) Mes favoris sont si exclusifs, vous serez les seuls dans le club.

/La cotisation doivent être payé vers la fin du mois.

Est-il utile que j'étais à Camp Lejeune pour quatre ans? Je me sens particulier pour être votre première favorite.

/Avez-vous un rabais de militaire?

The Southern Dandy		2010-04-15 01:38:54 PM

I still listen to entire albums, the way they were meant to be listened to.

EZ Writer		2010-04-15 01:39:36 PM

InferiousX: RockSteadyUSMC: La cotisation doivent être payé vers la fin du mois.

The crustacean divided his entrée by pi in the Dolphin of Milan restaurant.

That's just a guess at translation.

That's amazing... You say you've never studied French?

darkscout		2010-04-15 01:44:49 PM

darkscout: It doesn't help that Dating -> Engagement -> Marriage was
I guess I chalk it up to not being ready to settle down myself.

I made you a <, but it ated it.

"It doesn't help that Dating -> Engagement -> Marriage happened in <12 months when we had been dating for nearly 2 years"

dstanley		2010-04-15 01:45:26 PM

Remember putting "Dark Side of the Moon" on the turntable or slipping "Graceland" into your CD tray?

Uh, no. Should I?

trappedspirit		2010-04-15 01:59:34 PM

paket: A wonderful bit of human nature that has been highlighted by the Internet's enabling of political and religious discussion to span cloistered communities.

I got yer cloister right here!

YannickNoahsFark		2010-04-15 02:04:00 PM

The Zen Philosopher Basho: Kobe's middle name is "Bean"?

His dad's nickname was 'Jelly Bean' (from 'JB' i.e., Joe Bryant), if this is even pertinent..

//DNRTFA

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