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no, not really. they're not acting insane so much as camp.

game owns

if you guys enjoy that angle then great; it just articulated one of the things which made the show not mesh for me

I can't tell if you're choosing to interpret my reading completely literally solely to throw a weak jab at fictional characters (that relies on the false assumption that only those with common sense exist among the elite) or if you're unable to recognize allegory. in any case it helps to view it alongside the original alien.

it must be a horrible existence being unable to suspend disbelief when it comes to such trivial things

still good

uhh yeah dude

a better rpg

I've skimmed this thread and people's main beefs seems to be nitpicky and unimportant science stuff or them asking why a dying trillionaire's vanity project only attracted specialists with zero common sense. I can't teach you how to appreciate a movie like a cultured neurotypical unfortunately

the characters acted like idiots because they were idiots. it was a movie was about a deluded upper class crushed by an indifferent universe. this actually makes it a better movie and reinforces its core themes.

prometheus was a great movie which whizzed over the heads of its detractors like a gilded gull unfortunately. I hope they don't pander to the people who complained for its sequel

I read something about this show to the effect of 'the cops think they're in nolan batman and the villains think they're in adam west batman' which I think is extremely on point

actually norm runs rings around brand (who is in full-on pretentious and twee mode) without breaking his signature simple cornshucked grinner routine, which apparently rubed the heck out of you

russell brand of course

that guy was on the norm macdonald podcast and he's way dumber than he thinks he is, which is a sad thing to see in a man as old as that

I feel obligated to warn you that I have platted shadows of mordor

Big Justin, I noticed you are a horse. I also noticed that this thread is an abbatoir. Which is convenient.

[Pulls out knife]

Die, horse, die!!!!!!

dead wrong, so-fwikkin-wandom guy. I am but a young man who chose the horse avatar because I relate to the horse's ardenthearted ways, long face plus I eat from a bag

I really fraking hate toasters. But then it turns out I am one! FRAK! Also, I had sex with a toaster after my wife died and got it preggers. Oh, then it turns out my dead wife was also a fraking toaster and she got res'd and now she's angry that fraked that other toaster.

What should I do?

Oh, and I'm a raging alcoholic with Tourette's syndrome if that makes any difference.

buddy I'm no stranger to absurdist humor but this is an advice column, not an improv workshop. regardless, many of us experience self-loathing at some point in our lives and it's important to take stock of what you can fix. I read somewhere that of the rare few who survive throwing themselves from internationally renowned suicide hotspot 'San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge',almost all leapers realised as they plummeted through the biting winds into the murky bay that there were solutions to all of their problems. I hope that this knowledge will help you, whatever your true problems may be

I have an inadequacy complex related to my job. There was a really popular guy who did my job before me and I just feel like people only find me acceptable rather than embraceable. What should I do?

well james, it's important to realise that 1) nobody in their right mind resents you for not being your successor 2) your successor probably built up a rapport with these people over time and 3) some people probably hated their guts but went along with the general consensus that they were a stand up guy because that's what people do.

in your shoes I would keep my eyes forward and be affable and diligent without appearing needy. people can smell that I think and it is usually off-putting. however, don't be afraid to say 'I hear that' to something you don't necessarily agree with. if you don't hit it off then don't beat yourself up about it. sometimes people don't mesh well and nobody is fault. popularity is by no means a guarantee of staying in work. good luck.

thank you to the person who PM'd me a steam key for the game "Dead State" which promises to explore many of the issues explored herein and will hopefully offer me fresh perspective on the burning issues that occupy the advice abattoir at the time of writing I am currently playing smt nocturne but I will make time to play the game asap

Will the Wallabies ever get their act together?

Can they win the Rugby World Cup?

Are we doomed to have the All Blacks lord it over us for another 4 years?

Do you think that England and South Africa are the only serious opposition for New Zealand?

In the Super Rugby do you think that the Waratahs can win the competition two years in a row?

There is talk of opening up the competition to Asian and North American teams (South America having all-ready secured a club in the post 2015 comp) Should it work on the conference system like US football or a pool system....?

I've been pretty lax about this so far as I'm cutting my teeth on the agony aunt game, but please restate your questions in the form of advice solicitation as there are several other threads in this forum for general questions

@Pax: best of luck. I think that it depends on where you're at and its demographics, but putting yourself out there more is always good. my buddy met a girl over steam and they hooked up and messed around. seems like kind of a long shot but I think it was over the final fantasy mmo

agreed. weight lifting is a good thing to do. it builds confidence and lifts the mood. a lot of men in the pen do it because it's cathartic and keeps their mind settled as much as they do it to better protect themselves from attacks.

@Pan: one thing you could do towards meeting gamer girls is to look for them on okcupid, which I'm told has a higher prevalence of them than other dating websites. another approach would be to enlarge your social circle to include more gamer girls*. once that's done and you've met a girl you're interested in I would smile at them, flirt a little and pay them a nice compliment so that you can gauge their response to you. if your read is that they're receptive to this kind of attention then I would straight up ask them if they want to get a coffee or a drink or whatever date sometime like it's no big deal but with an amount of gumption that makes her feel wanted and yet comfortable with your advances. worst case outcome is that they will say no thank you or make an excuse. in my experience of being rejected by women, most don't want to hurt anybody's feelings and will let you down gently. nothing ventured, nothing gained is how the old aphorism goes and I think it's a good one.

*join a local gaming club or attending a 'gamers night out' group are options here

Here is a question: If you lock in a zombie into an empty room all by

itself, how long will it live?

Some movies have it wrong and say zombies *never* die.

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this is something I don't think anybody can answer at present, however it would maybe behoove any survivors of the aforementioned apocalypse to chain up one of the dead and find this out for themselves. if zombies can starve to death than it would be a problem that might just go away eventually you would think. a morale booster for sure

Dear Big Justin,

What in god's green earth is a weeaboo?

a weeaboo is another name for a japanophile from the west I believe. usually an otaku with a distorted image of japan informed by anime. the word has become less prevalent in recent years which I believe is due to anime becoming more mainstream and socially acceptable among young people

@ Grand Magus: correct on all counts, although the man asked for my opinion on tomahawk vs machete so that's what I told him. perhaps a better agony aunt would have suggested a better alternative though.

Games Master Scotty, I think that the pop culture plague pit we share has led us astray wrt this hot topic, which is to say that a lot of the core conceits push a subtext rather than a simulation that is usually along the lines of how other people are the ones to watch out for. let's take a look at your questions here.

Tomahawk or machete?
I would have to go with the machete for its larger blade. as I understand it the main function tomahawks have over machetes is that it's easier to huck them into some poor fellow's head. however, as it stands in the popular imagination, the zombie apocalypse involves swarms of dead men who walk. I would not like to be the guy who nails one in the head with his tomahawk and is left emptyhanded as its peers mob me in a spectacle reminiscent of the beatles in their heyday. without a doubt the machete. the machete for sure.

Should I stay or should I go?
I would lean towards mobility given that supplies are finite and harder to obtain in remote areas you would figure; a lesson harshly learned for yourse truly in the game 'state of decay'.

(cross)bow?
the bow I feel is more badass, but the crossbow more practical. I understand that crossbows take longer to load than a regular bow but typically when we imagine killing zombies with either weapon it's a scenario where we are stalking the dead and trying to maintain stealth, where we have the luxury of taking our sweet time with the reload. with this in mind, the crossbow's relative compactness would make it the better choice. particularly if you are a mobile survivor like I believe I would be.

is hell other people?
personally I would advise a team. often in zombie fiction the team turns on each other and the subtext of the whole thing is that it's the living and their treacherous human nature that you wanna watch out for. however, it has been shown that isolation takes a serious toll on the mind and even if you were better able to avoid the hungry hordes, you would perhaps go nuts and wind up eating a gun because of how bleak and lonely your life is. plus others can pick up the slack should you fall ill or are inept in a certain area vital to surviving the new world.

who should I roll with?
my father, who is a former marine who has worked construction. jon bones jones. the rock. my doctor. any friends who survive. somebody who would raise our spirits in this bleak boneyard of a world. I'm thinking comedian patton oswalt who also brings to the table a solid understanding of zombie fiction and would probably have a lot of good routines about how the reality differs from the fiction we used to enjoy. even if he has a propensity to say nonsense words in lieu of an actual joke in a way that I find frankly cosbian

I hope that answers your questions scotty :)

why do you refer to your daughter as 'spawn'?

... my own morbid obesity

[yelling up the stairs] BOOOOOY! you *best* not be taking juggernaut or you gon catch the back of this - stevie's mom in the poignant documentary I watched about parents who live vicariously through their children in the field of esports, the name of which eludes me at present.

Hey yall. Some people I know have been encouraging me to become a male agony aunt of sorts because they believe me to be wise, worldly and levelheaded. The thing is that they might be blowing smoke up my ass or perhaps they are a poor jury where character is concerned. Due to my self-doubt I figured that I would do a little dry run here as it were and find out if this is a suggestion with legs.

Share your woes right here and I'll advise you on them as best I can, gratis.

I guess it's hard to culturally process a lot of viewpoints that emerge from such different backgrounds. all I know is that everybody has a reason for believing what they do and it's almost never 'because they're dumb'

@orthos: that's cool but please understand that not everybody who likes to unwind or becomes a cautionary tale or is actually secretly miserable. it's possible to enjoy a drink or smoke a little weed on the reg and be a functional human being. even a good parent.

@Game Master Scotty: that's a sad story but it's also kind of atypical. it's pretty tough being adopted as you probably know. I don't think the 'bad boy rebellious image' is what a lot of people see or go for, it's just what people do and a lot of people don't want to be left out

yes, I have

1. mom went into labor but I didn't catch what she was saying. anybody catch that?

2. there's a real easy solution to winning the tournament and aside from your abject laziness and lack of drive (if you'll pardon the pun) it's frankly mystifying to me why you don't s@~@ or get off the pot I don't know. help me out here. indulge me, for crying out loud: why don't you just nut up and go through with it?

3. what words did the man we are all here to honor get tattooed on his dilz to commemorate derailing a train full of elderly war criminals with it?

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1. that's another thing we can blame on our son's, uh, new gender

2. because we actually hate our dog. can't stand the thing.

3. anthony fantano did it. so-called internet's busiest music nerd. I seen it all go down and it was that son of a b@%%!.

what I have in mind would go over my ribs I guess but not the spine. good to know, thanks guys.

I guess the point is the alternatives aren't straightedge or debauchery. There's a whole world in the middle.

ding ding ding ding ding!!!

young eggs

...pervasive & institutional racism that initiated the damn investigation - but welp, a stopped clock right lol? it a b!*~@ tho. they are putting me away.

I'm certain that I'm more incredulous than you are actually so it's not such a great example. seems as though you are even less adventurous than most folks! I guess if I had to answer the question 'why don't you want to excel at school or stay out of trouble' I would say that it was made pretty clear to me early on that academic success didn't guarantee success or happiness.

as for the trouble part, you know how it's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission? I guess there was never a whole lot of fear. at least not enough to forget that it's way more fun to skip or stay out and get into something than it is bad to be punished. it's nice to be liked so if that means caving to peer pressure then so be it, people talk a big game about it. there's a point where you're like 'f*+& it, I haven't called home, might as well have some fun if they're already mad' too I guess

if you've never been drunk or high then I guess you wouldn't know what you're missing and a lot of people aren't that into it when they first try it but get into it when the context becomes right, which would involve having more than one friend prolly.

also I've never seen a goth kid irl. I think they stopped doing that

I'm honestly agog at your abstinence and your question there (the 'why would anybody want to not excel at school and be in trouble ever?' one) I am pretty sure that most adults I know would be also. you probably would have mentioned if you had tried any of it. background and being sheltered is maybe a big factor but it sounds as though some people are born wired to not want to do some stuff I guess. did you enjoy being a teenager?

smells like nail polish remover

go to bed dad you're drunk

we played numenera straight for a while because we thought the setting was neat but found the mechanics kind of flat and not so hot at bringing out the weirdness of the setting as you said. in the end we just played apocalypse world rules in the numenera setting and had a blast

that old houston sound I won't forget

that was just some self-dep on my part because although I'm happy and have friends, bae & all that, I can be kind of a cornball*.

I am touched by your concern all the same and will take your advice on board. (not in hs now, but when I was, basketball coach was always trying to hit me up to play. the problem was that I'm corn bad at it and at the time the 'you're tall so play ' thing grated along my contrarian streak I guess. I am currently helping out with the rpg club here). it's definitely sad when people feel adrift.

as an older person do you think that the internet is making people more isolated and more scared and distrustful of each other in general as it becomes more and more of a part of everybody's lives?

*plus the guy is correct. I am talking on the offtopic forum of a tabletop rpg publisher at an evil hour. poor position to be bringing a person's social life into question, I think you'll agree.

'now thats paper' - magneto

that's a good idea. take it easy

yeah I'm kind of a loser tbh

essentially yes in a sociolingual sense. like how you talk differently at work than when you're keeping it cas with your boys. not that I think you have boys to hang w/

you seem kinda smug for somebody who I don't think knows that code-switching can occur monolingually