Did I break the thread again?
That's what happens when you let baby hold the fine china.
Can i invoke the 'posted in wrong area' fallicy? ;-)
Is there another board for meta-discussion?
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SLAG!Gaming is fun... I admit it. I'm an indiscriminate slag! Bring 'em on! I'll take on all comers! Just remember that slag backwards is gals, and gals backwards is a hell of a lot more fun than gaming.
Egad, it seems to be one of those days when language itself has become far too interesting a playground in which to dabble.
Take the children inside. To the basement. Lock the shutters. This too shall pass.
Ye Olde Tyme Sillyness...
When I read this it sounds like it should come out of a carpetbaggers mouth! Or a 30's radio host.
Yes, this thread is broken. Sigh.
SLAG!Gaming is fun... I admit it. I'm an indiscriminate slag! Bring 'em on! I'll take on all comers! Just remember that slag backwards is gals, and gals backwards is a hell of a lot more fun than gaming.
Egad, it seems to be one of those days when language itself has become far too interesting a playground in which to dabble.
Take the children inside. To the basement. Lock the shutters. This too shall pass.
Ye Olde Tyme Sillyness...
When I read this it sounds like it should come out of a carpetbaggers mouth! Or a 30's radio host.
Yes, this thread is broken. Sigh.
I think I missed my calling. ;)
"This just in... Will Rogers is still a man among men. Before we return to our hour of swing with Duke Ellington, I couldn't bear to go another minute without a smoke break with my Luckys. So round, so firm, so fully packed.... Lucky Strikes. They sponsor our show and they enliven your lungs. Smoke up, America."
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I think I missed my calling. ;)"This just in... Will Rogers is still a man among men. Before we return to our hour of swing with Duke Ellington, I couldn't bear to go another minute without a smoke break with my Luckys. So round, so firm, so fully packed.... Lucky Strikes. They sponsor our show and they enliven your lungs. Smoke up, America."
Where is my armchair? I need my pipe and smoking jacket! The Jade show is on in five! Gather round children!
I'd listen to you. You should've done my high schools announcements.
I think I missed my calling. ;)"This just in... Will Rogers is still a man among men. Before we return to our hour of swing with Duke Ellington, I couldn't bear to go another minute without a smoke break with my Luckys. So round, so firm, so fully packed.... Lucky Strikes. They sponsor our show and they enliven your lungs. Smoke up, America."
Where is my armchair? I need my pipe and smoking jacket! The Jade show is on in five! Gather round children!
I'd listen to you. You should've done my high schools announcements.
DING. DIIIIIIIIING. DIIIING.
"Hello Rydell High..."
Just when The Jade and I were going to make our fortune with the Executioner's Axiom, he has to ruin everything. Ah well, back to internal audit...
We'll always have Paris.
I'm afraid to ask. The city or the faux-celebrity?
I'm afraid to ask. The city or the faux-celebrity?
We had one in the other. I'm usually a romantic and abstain from anything casual, but she slipped us a mickey and filmed the entire sad affair. I feel so used. She made Aubrey wear a sun dress. So hurtful.
No, the navigator of the U.S.S Voyager. Mrow.
The mouse or the drug?I'm afraid to ask. The city or the faux-celebrity?... but she slipped us a mickey
Both, kind of... it was actually a plumbing curious gerbil that had been soaked in Rufinol. When you've got her kind of money, you can afford to go BBEG on your double dude gamer molestin'.
I thought I looked quite nice in that sundress.
Oh, don't get me wrong, you were ravishing. But I might look better in some people's eyes if I was set aflame. Hey, it's a look, right? One's own volition is an important consideration during dress-up. Don't get Stockholm Syndrome on me, Aubrey. Stay angry!
EDIT: No comment....
I envy your self-restraint.
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I think I missed my calling. ;)
"This just in... Will Rogers is still a man among men. Before we return to our hour of swing with Duke Ellington, I couldn't bear to go another minute without a smoke break with my Luckys. So round, so firm, so fully packed.... Lucky Strikes. They sponsor our show and they enliven your lungs. Smoke up, America."
""Be Sure To Drink Your Ovaltine."
And people say commercialism is bad now.
""Be Sure To Drink Your Ovaltine."I think I missed my calling. ;)
"This just in... Will Rogers is still a man among men. Before we return to our hour of swing with Duke Ellington, I couldn't bear to go another minute without a smoke break with my Luckys. So round, so firm, so fully packed.... Lucky Strikes. They sponsor our show and they enliven your lungs. Smoke up, America."
[1930's fast talking] Ladies and gentlemen, we bring to you a new co-host from great city of Tulsa... the duke of dustbowl... the rugged rebel of radio... The Great Impression himself... Callous Jack! [/1930's fast talking]
EDIT: No comment....I envy your self-restraint.Thank you.
The restraint stemmed from fear of children reading it. YIKES.
Children? We don't need no steeneeng children.
Children? We don't need no steeneeng children.EDIT: No comment....I envy your self-restraint.Thank you.
The restraint stemmed from fear of children reading it. YIKES.
Veal.
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I hear you, CF. So true. However, the people I'm talking about won't let you know how they got where they are. They'll often even try and make you look foolish for your well meaning effort. They're not really trying to connect.
I remember when I first heard the term 'Stormwind'. It was simply thrown out there as a rebuttal, with no explanation, no reference, no link to its original source, even when it was asked for.
The best inference I could take from this was 'If you don't already know this term, you're not one of the in-crowd, and should remove yourself from this thread, as your input is worth less than nothing'.
Which may not have been the intent of the poster in question, but it certainly didn't give me any incentive to give them the benefit of the doubt.
As it happens, I actually agree with the basic content of Stormwind and Oberoni, but wish posters would ease up on using them as clubs to beat the opposition over the head.
Do it in old time radio voice! The Jade becomes The Jade +2 with that voice.Children? We don't need no steeneeng children.EDIT: No comment....I envy your self-restraint.Thank you.
The restraint stemmed from fear of children reading it. YIKES.
I wish you could hear me doing it. Alas, internet forums without sound file sharing technology make it so hard convey a good audio satire. But trust me, my take was inspired. ;)
I hear you, CF. So true. However, the people I'm talking about won't let you know how they got where they are. They'll often even try and make you look foolish for your well meaning effort. They're not really trying to connect.I remember when I first heard the term 'Stormwind'. It was simply thrown out there as a rebuttal, with no explanation, no reference, no link to its original source, even when it was asked for.
The best inference I could take from this was 'If you don't already know this term, you're not one of the in-crowd, and should remove yourself from this thread, as your input is worth less than nothing'.
Which may not have been the intent of the poster in question, but it certainly didn't give me any incentive to give them the benefit of the doubt.
As it happens, I actually agree with the basic content of Stormwind and Oberoni, but wish posters would ease up on using them as clubs to beat the opposition over the head.
Well then that happens, they're really just, unawares. labeling themselves as snobs of a silly thing to be snobby about.
When people tried to do that stuff in grammar school, talk D&D jargon on the bus so other people might think we had this strange secret language that only smart, with it folks used, I'd always turn to the perplexed parties around us and explain what we were talking about. Treating outsiders to a particular hobby rudely does not make for good PR, and then the next thing you know, someone's burning your copy of Hidden Shrine of Tomoachan right along with Catcher in the Rye.
The idea that anyone would talk D&D in public, in order to appear 'smart and with-it' just baffles me.
The very notion has a punch line built into it.
Catcher in the Rye.
Eugh.
Catcher in the Rye.Eugh.
I always preferred Pitcher in the Pumpernickel myself.
I always preferred Pitcher in the Pumpernickel myself.Catcher in the Rye.Eugh.
The only thing that prissy little Holden's allegory has in my life is the fact that I certainly feel like that sometimes... but only when I'm tanking in WoW. Ye gods, sometimes DPS can be so stupid.
Now and then however, I see something that so offends my mind that I fail my will save and post a reply, and I always regret the time wasted afterwards ...
Yeah, Sebastian has that affect on me too.
Now and then however, I see something that so offends my mind that I fail my will save and post a reply, and I always regret the time wasted afterwards ...Yeah, Sebastian has that affect on me too.
Don't f*^% with Sebastian! He's a frakking BELLA SARA subscriber. He's a sick, sick man. Unless you want some gorram crazyperson up in your business, best to just move along... :D
...crazyperson...
Been on the forums long?
Mr. Fishy is scared of three things and "BELLA SARA subscriber" is two of them.
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Some people are neverwrongs, and when your debate position is stronger they'll start quoting logic rules as a method of diverting the conversation and the room's attention from their obviously weaker position.I am reminded of the blind men and an elephant. I wonder which blind man had the strongest position.
People are emotional. Logic, truth and validity are not going to change minds. I think the way to changing minds is to first understand someone else's point of view. And I do not mean simply agreeing they may have a valid point. I mean truly empathizing with their position.
Our perception is clouded by our past experiences. Until you understand how someone got where they are, you can not break down those walls.
The blind man who finally asked "what is this thing I am holding?"
...crazyperson...Been on the forums long?
Nope. Just a quick study.
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[1930's fast talking] Ladies and gentlemen, we bring to you a new co-host from great city of Tulsa... the duke of dustbowl... the rugged rebel of radio... The Great Impression himself... Callous Jack! [/1930's fast talking]""Be Sure To Drink Your Ovaltine."I think I missed my calling. ;)
"This just in... Will Rogers is still a man among men. Before we return to our hour of swing with Duke Ellington, I couldn't bear to go another minute without a smoke break with my Luckys. So round, so firm, so fully packed.... Lucky Strikes. They sponsor our show and they enliven your lungs. Smoke up, America."
Now I think one of your webcasts needs to be spoken in the 30's dialect.
Now I think one of your webcasts needs to be spoken in the 30's dialect.[1930's fast talking] Ladies and gentlemen, we bring to you a new co-host from great city of Tulsa... the duke of dustbowl... the rugged rebel of radio... The Great Impression himself... Callous Jack! [/1930's fast talking]""Be Sure To Drink Your Ovaltine."I think I missed my calling. ;)
"This just in... Will Rogers is still a man among men. Before we return to our hour of swing with Duke Ellington, I couldn't bear to go another minute without a smoke break with my Luckys. So round, so firm, so fully packed.... Lucky Strikes. They sponsor our show and they enliven your lungs. Smoke up, America."
Worth a shot anyway. I'll even pipe in some Rudy Vallee
I always preferred Pitcher in the Pumpernickel myself.Catcher in the Rye.Eugh.
Me, I'm all for Center Fielder in the Wheat.
Isn't this how FAWtL got started?
History does tend to repeat itself.
Me, I'm all for Center Fielder in the Wheat.I always preferred Pitcher in the Pumpernickel myself.Catcher in the Rye.Eugh.
You know of it! The great unfinished work of our time!
Okay this will probably mark me as one of the uninitiated but what are the Stormwind and Oberoni fallacies? (btw, I am not very familiar with Greyhawk or a number of other settings so if these rely on such setting knowledge could someone explaining these provide sufficient backup info for it to make sense thanks.
Okay this will probably mark me as one of the uninitiated but what are the Stormwind and Oberoni fallacies? (btw, I am not very familiar with Greyhawk or a number of other settings so if these rely on such setting knowledge could someone explaining these provide sufficient backup info for it to make sense thanks.
Stormwind and Oberoni were members of the WotC message boards. In the eyes of some, you are actually MORE leet for NOT knowing who they are.