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Aug 11, 2008, 07:35 AM
 
Originally Posted by calverson View Post
never date a co-worker
This should be something school guidance councilors instill in graduates. I did this twice with terrible results.
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Aug 11, 2008, 08:16 AM
 
Originally Posted by design219 View Post
This should be something school guidance councilors instill in graduates.
True dat. I actually learned three things from this:

1. "I don't know what you will look like in 10 years time" is not a good way to break up with someone.

2. Don't ever break up with someone over the office phone system.

3. Meetings will never be the same again.
     
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Aug 11, 2008, 09:06 AM
 
Originally Posted by calverson View Post
"I don't know what you will look like in 10 years time"
Brilliant!
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Aug 11, 2008, 11:42 AM
 
Originally Posted by design219 View Post
Brilliant!
Thanks. Can you explain that to her?
     
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Aug 11, 2008, 12:01 PM
 
Originally Posted by calverson View Post
1. "I don't know what you will look like in 10 years time" is not a good way to break up with someone.
Just look at her mom
     
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Aug 11, 2008, 12:40 PM
 
Nice a....d
     
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Aug 11, 2008, 04:58 PM
 
Originally Posted by Laminar View Post
I prefer this other beer-related ad myself. The title isn't particularly politically correct, but it has a nice finish. Not safe for every work place, but if you can watch the other commercial, you should be able to watch this one.

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Aug 11, 2008, 06:32 PM
 
I blame the iPhone 3G.

People are too busy playing Super Monkey Ball on their new iPhones to post here.
     
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Aug 11, 2008, 08:48 PM
 
Originally Posted by ghporter View Post
I prefer this other beer-related ad myself. The title isn't particularly politically correct, but it has a nice finish. Not safe for every work place, but if you can watch the other commercial, you should be able to watch this one.
That reminds me of the belt I got from American Eagle on clearance a while back. It took me a couple months to figure out what that odd-shaped hole on the back of the belt was for. A bottle opener. Now it's fun in an awkward sort of way to stare someone in the eyes as I open their beer with my crotch.
     
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Aug 12, 2008, 02:26 AM
 
Originally Posted by kmkkid View Post
I blame the iPhone 3G.

People are too busy playing Super Monkey Ball on their new iPhones to post here.
It's iPhone related all right.

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Aug 12, 2008, 10:21 AM
 
Originally Posted by calverson View Post
Nice a....d
'personality' is the word you seek.
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Aug 12, 2008, 12:43 PM
 
I blame the Olympics, which have thus far failed to produce a new Carly, meaning that we have nothing new to discuss.
     
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Aug 12, 2008, 01:46 PM
 
This place is awful today. Three threads bumped in the past 4 hours.
     
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Aug 12, 2008, 01:47 PM
 
We're on strike.
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My stupid iPhone game: Nesen Probe, it's rather old, annoying and pointless, but it's free.
Was free. Now it's gone. Never to be seen again.
Off to join its brother and sister apps that could not
keep up with the ever updating iOS. RIP Nesen Probe.
     
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Aug 12, 2008, 01:48 PM
 
What are your demands?
     
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Aug 12, 2008, 01:50 PM
 
Bump.
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Aug 12, 2008, 02:00 PM
 
Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth View Post
What are your demands?
A foot rub for every 20 posts per day.
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Was free. Now it's gone. Never to be seen again.
Off to join its brother and sister apps that could not
keep up with the ever updating iOS. RIP Nesen Probe.
     
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Aug 12, 2008, 02:03 PM
 
Yeah, I'd rather close up shop.
     
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Aug 12, 2008, 02:32 PM
 
Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth View Post
Yeah, I'd rather close up shop.
Judging from the quality of recent posts, I presumed you already did.
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Aug 12, 2008, 02:33 PM
 
Jesus, that was roast quality.
     
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Aug 12, 2008, 02:38 PM
 
We need a drunk Dean Martin to make a speech now.
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Aug 12, 2008, 02:42 PM
 
Monthly Roast threads would be amusing, if they weren't against forum rules.

Then again, their content would probably quickly violate other forum rules as well...
     
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Aug 12, 2008, 02:49 PM
 
That is a fun idea, too bad about the rules though. It would be chaos.
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Aug 12, 2008, 02:53 PM
 
Yeah, it'd be a madhouse.
     
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Aug 12, 2008, 03:15 PM
 
Also, it'd be crazy.

I apologize for not being here. I've been working on my car since I got up at the crack of 10:30.
     
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Aug 12, 2008, 03:16 PM
 
Originally Posted by Laminar View Post
Also, it'd be crazy..
You're just not the same since the internship.
     
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Aug 12, 2008, 03:42 PM
 
I think it has more to do with some people who carry a grudge from thread to thread more than anything else. More than a feeling of community, this site seems these days to have a siege mentality.

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Aug 12, 2008, 03:49 PM
 
We must move forward with the MacNN Ideal, then take over other forums by force.
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Aug 12, 2008, 09:05 PM
 
I think Randman is correct about people bearing too many grudges. And I think the source of this is the Politics Lounge. It has had the opposite of its intended effect and has created a no holds barred atmosphere which engenders animosity that carries over into this forum.

I can't say I've been Mr. Congenial in the poli lounge myself, but I still think that the lounge would be better off if we removed the politics subforum and then go back to how we used to do things, which was of course have a small number of infrequent politics threads that are moderated to the same standard as any other discussions. This would cut down on the hysteria and animosity I think.
     
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Aug 12, 2008, 09:12 PM
 
Maybe what this place needs is some more girls. My friend Ben does this really funny thing where he makes his pants really tight and pretends that he is a disco dancer trying to pick up the chicks. He also knows some girls maybe he can get them to post here. That might help at least for people here that like girls like me.
     
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Aug 12, 2008, 09:34 PM
 
I agree. More of a female presence here would be a Very Good Thing. We have a few female members, but their gender doesn't seem to be much of an issue. And for that matter, some that we've had posting here that made a point of their gender weren't the most stable people... I don't know why that is.

And I had to read the last sentence of your post several times before I understood it. You think having more girls posting here would be helpful, at least for "straight guys" like yourself. It wasn't easy to figure that out!

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Aug 12, 2008, 09:41 PM
 
So everybody invite girls. Maybe get them to include (girl) in their nicknames so that we know that they are a girl.
     
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Aug 12, 2008, 09:52 PM
 
Just as long as they don't choose Girl Buttsauce. That's not attractive.
     
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It probably looks like pepto bismol
     
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We need more cowbell.
     
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Aug 13, 2008, 05:47 AM
 
Originally Posted by Butt Sauce! View Post
So everybody invite girls. Maybe get them to include (girl) in their nicknames so that we know that they are a girl.
While BS entertains an interesting thought, I disagree.

Could you imagine how off topic a thread run by women could be?
     
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Aug 13, 2008, 09:22 AM
 
off topic? Why?
     
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Aug 13, 2008, 09:23 AM
 
Because of their hormonal mood swings and inferior intellects.
     
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Aug 13, 2008, 09:53 AM
 
But they smell pretty. Usually.
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Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth View Post
Because of their hormonal mood swings and inferior intellects.
I want to give notice right now of two things: first, that I, personally, had NOTHING to do with the above statement, and second, that I'll be taking cover in a convenient bunker quite a ways away from Dakar for the foreseeable future. Just a precaution....

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Originally Posted by osiris View Post
But they smell pretty. Usually.
Yes! I re-experienced this first hand Saturday night.
     
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Aug 13, 2008, 10:43 AM
 
The "usually" part?
     
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Contrary to many myths that have existed since the dawn of mankind, women do fart.
     
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Originally Posted by Laminar View Post
The "usually" part?
No, the smells good part. Though it was unusually good.
     
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Dakar: did you have sex?
     
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Originally Posted by besson3c View Post
Contrary to many myths that have existed since the dawn of mankind, women do fart.
Pfft. Fart? I was referring to the other smell. The one not spoken of - for fear of death.

Here's a (bad) joke:

Q: What did the blind man say as he passed the fish market?
A: Morning, ladies!
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Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth View Post
Yes! I re-experienced this first hand Saturday night.
Awesome!
Film at 11?
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Awesome!
Film at 11?
     
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Originally Posted by osiris View Post
Pfft. Fart? I was referring to the other smell. The one not spoken of - for fear of death.

Here's a (bad) joke:

Q: What did the blind man say as he passed the fish market?
A: Morning, ladies!

Ahhh... I tend to think about farting and pooing a lot.
     
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Ahhh... I tend to think about farting and pooing a lot.
I am going to ask you nicely, (as you requested in another thread), please stop with the annoying poop related posting.
     
 
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