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  1. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Rylas View Post
    My mom's cousin's kids (I don't know what that makes them to me, other than "not an option") are named Faith and Hope. I always felt bad for them.
    Are they about 45 years old and from Ohio? Might be the same two.

    I can't tell if those are your second cousins or not. I tend to think not, which makes them legal.
  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Kawkazn View Post
    Yeah my son's name is Jar Jar.
    Seven of George Foreman's 10 kids are named George. The boys are all George, while the daughters are Georgetta and Freeda-George.

    Some guy back in the 90s named all his kids -- even the daughters -- John.

    While I admire African-Americans' ability to just put random syllables together to create a name, sometimes it gets a little odd. I was in a store about a decade ago with a black woman who had three daughters. She called them by name and I was surprised to hear the first one was named Mercedes, which is the definition of a classic old-school name. The second was Lexis, which I assumed was just a shortening of Alexis, going with the classic theme. But then she called the third one Infinity... and suddenly I realized she'd named them after luxury cars: Mercedes, Lexus and Infiniti. Poor girls.

    And then there's this woman, who's real name is Marijuana Pepsi Jackson.

    On the other hand, I knew a white girl named Crystal Chandra Lears, and sisters named Faith and Hope. (I asked them if they had a brother named Optimism. They didn't get it.)

    When I was a kid, it seemed like one out of every four girls was named either Lisa or Lisa Marie. Turns out Lisa was the most popular name for girls for about a decade back in the 60s and early 70s. And Lisa Marie Presley is 43 years old. Interestingly, for the first time in 55 years, Elvis has dropped off the Top 1,000 Baby Names list.
  3. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Daemodand View Post
    It's always struck me as strange that we like to think of ourselves as unique individuals, yet our personal names are shared by thousands if not millions of others. Perhaps it's an admission that our supposed uniqueness is more or less a fiction?
    It gets even worse than that: the universe is infinite but information isn't. Which means that somewhere in the universe there is another Earth that looks exactly like this one with exact duplicates of everything and everyone playing out the exact same way. No need for parallel universes any more!
  4. Never have to leave the house. I think you know what I'm trying to say.
  5. It would have to try really, really hard to be as bad as CofT.
  6. Kind of a boringly typical trailer, but I think Momoa looks pretty good. His sword work looks awesome. Compare it to Arnold's much clumsier stuff in his trailer. We're not allowed to link to it, but it's easy to find.
  7. Oh yeah -- I got Transformers from the library in order to count the explosions. In the first 9 minutes I counted 29 definite kabooms and 4 maybes. After that the incredible awfulness of the movie kept making me lose track. I guess I can renew it and try again.
  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dark_Respite View Post
    Typical me, I watched the trailer and thought,

    "I must have that music. Oh there's a film that goes with this? Screw that, I wanna see what *I* can make with this music!"

    Found both pieces, but the second isn't the choral remix from the actual ad. Boo hiss. Must find, must find, must must must.

    Hubby will probably go see the movie - I might go with him. Otherwise I'll be seeing HP7b.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
    What are they? Maybe I have them.
  9. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Sapphic_Neko View Post
    You all can line up to get gutted, i'd prefer to get snogged!
    Stop falling in love with me, you minx.
  10. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Lady LoveDie View Post
    Ironik: its spandex held on with Spirit Gum, although when I wore it at San Diego Comic Con I sweated through the Spirit Gum and had to haul *** back to the hotel room before it fell off me!
    Mental note: when seeing LLD, bring hair dryer. And four extension cords.
  11. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Radmind View Post
    I love these articles where parents name their Kids after movie characters and they write it as if it's never happened before.

    I have cousins in their 20's, their names are Luke and Leia.... I doubt very much that I'd have to explain that to anyone here.
    My neighbors had twins about that same time. Named them Luke... and Laura. Some folks may need their moms to explain that one to them.
  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Magpie_Mouse View Post
    All I read were multi-paragraphs saying CO makes them look ugly! which is, again, not the fault of the concept, but of it's implementation in that specific game.
    Wow, you are the best at being the worst at reading comprehension.
  13. Quote:
    Originally Posted by reiella View Post
    Melkor would like to have a word with you.
    Exceptions to the rule merely prove the rule. That's in the rules and everything.
  14. Ironik

    Skating Spidey

    Prolly 'cause he's 27.

    Really good actor, really bad casting.

    "After I fight crime and do my math homework, I have some loans to process down at the bank!"
  15. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Samothrake View Post
    So, we hear Kilowog speak. Was that Michael Clark Duncan's voice I heard. It sure sounded like it
    That's what I said up there. I totally did.
  16. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Santorican View Post
    what is le going on here?
    I don't le know.
  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zwillinger View Post
    Bingo bango, although we've had some suggestions about possibly recording the audio portion and hosting it elsewhere. Not sure how compelling listening to audio of me bumbling along would be.
    Typing: riveting stuff.

    "Let me just send a response to this PM..." clickity clackety tippity tappity click-click tack tack tack pakt.
  18. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Derangedpolygot View Post
    Thems, fightin' words.
    ...and all you nerds will get beat up. After you drop your inhalers from your silly slap fights.
  19. Ironik

    Peats!

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Steel_Shaman View Post
    Actually I would hope they never saddle us with a branching system like the VEATS again. I love my Crab. I adore my Bane. My Fortunata positively makes me giggle.

    I did NOT love my Crab and Bane being AR blasters for the first 24 levels. The claws scrapper period my Fortunata had to endure positively gave me hives.
    Probably why I've deleted mine.

    If you re-roll a PEAT is it a rePEAT?
  20. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Oedipus_Tex View Post
    - No "power trees." Maybe it's just personal taste, but I despise having to pick up "prerequisite" powers to unlock stuff further down the tree. The pool powers are tolerable, but a whole game based around trees isn't attractive to me.
    I agree. I hate this kind of design, not the least reason because it's usually not understandable without expending ridiculous amounts of time planning ahead. I have to plan ahead all day every day at work, I don't want to do it for entertainment.
  21. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Magpie_Mouse View Post
    And you folks are still hyper-focusing on CO's implementation of it and screaming DO NOT WANT.
    Since we've given specific reasons why it's bad and you just keep saying, "Nuh-uh, you guys are doodyheads," I'm going to consider this a win on the anti-CO-character-editor side. Thanks for playing.
  22. You guys just think she's climbing the tree to gut you, when she's really coming after me. My entrails will be spilled! Mine!