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• Marilyn Manson looks like a transvestite even without the makeup. : TwiLyght
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  Link to said Dita Von Teese pics? : SpaecKow
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    http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=12798734 : Fred Garvin
    • that first pic is so so so SO hot quite easily the most perfect breasts I've ever seen : rand04
    • nothing special http://imdb.com/gallery/granitz/4856/DitaVonTee_Vespa_8854011_400.jpg?path=pgallery&path_... : freakord
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  there's nothing sexier than a guy who can move you with music. no matter what he looks like. my boyfriend... : oggypip
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    does this also work if the guy plays the piano? : Clay
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      with his penis, yes. otherwise, no. : edgewise
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        what if you really suck on the organ, like wolfanoz? : drucifer
        • Some of the stuff you come up with, I swear dude.... : K1Bond007
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      i think it works on any instrument within reason...it's not all about the music really, it's the passion ... : oggypip
      • Ladies, may I present the double bassoon? : Lunatic Angelic
      • time to dig up that recorder : pyide
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        Babes that can handle an axe are quite sexy too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anYa_uYJ_Bs : Fred Garvin
        • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ie-2v-4XKo : ColoradoCNC
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    This is true, but can also be said about anyone really passionate about their particular art. I mean *I* ... : jessipoo
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      Too bad gaming skill don't make most women wet. Although I did see a pretty attractive blonde yesterday w : Fred Garvin
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        There are plenty of ladies who really get off on nerds. I'm one of them. But like, if there was a Keith R : jessipoo
        • they just want their computer fixed. : edgewise
      • I dunno, I got a few dates with a smokin' hot asian girl because of my DDR skills. Geeky yet true! : ColoradoCNC
    • i agree. i don't find manson sexy in the least. but i'm sure if i were into his music i'd think otherwise... : oggypip
  • Futurama covered this well : rosewood
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  Well, Rick Ocasek of The Cars (ugly as a brick wall) wound up with Paulina Poriskova, so you might have s... : pdub99
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    http://i.realone.com/assets/rn/img/4/2/2/3/8953224-8953228-slarge.jpg : Fred Garvin
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      Yeah see, you're about to put me off fapping later. STOP IT. : jessipoo
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        Here, maybe this will help: http://eur.news1.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/xp/corazon/20020228/537608224.jpg : Fred Garvin
        • you are redeemed. : jessipoo
      • He might be ugly but he could sing stuff like this to ya.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTr0U8eU-LI : theghostofsmdever
  • yup http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/photo/2005-11/20286502.jpg : Ctrl-Phreak
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  On the other hand, there is the pretty rockstar too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SF_jY-vMuY : Fred Garvin
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    Prince is so hot. I would sex him even though his whole body (including jericurl) would fit inside my vag... : jessipoo
    • i... uh... wow. : Clay
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      must... resist... caddy... comment... : tomservo
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        * C A D I L A C P U S S Y ' D * : buzzbat
        • I almost spit beer on my keyboard :( : ColoradoCNC
    • this post is worthless witho.... uh nevermind : cap n KRUNCH
    • yeah... uhh... well done I guess. : Ctrl-Phreak
    • um... gee, uh. okay. : rand04
    • You guys are such weak-stomached pansies. >:D : jessipoo
    • What...the...hell... : ColoradoCNC
    • 2nd'd...except the whole body in vag part. that's just fucking weird. i realize he's small, but come on. : oggypip
    • Sweet 8lb 8oz baby Jesus : rosewood
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      must...resist...overusing...ellipses... : deathofrats
      • Hahahaha oh dear funny : rabbit003
    • Got room for one more? : yosemiteclimber
    • http://www.pbfcomics.com/?cid=0PBF48022BC-Small_Man.jpg#49 : egg5hen
    • micro... penis... guy... vs... vagina... cave... girl...? : someWayne
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      i just printed this post out and rubbed myself with it : mr.sleepy
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        proof: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A25N1LmxPiQ : mr.sleepy
        • buahahahha..that's awesome. : deathofrats
        • AHAHAHAHA! Oh holy shi! Can't. Stop. Laughing. : yosemiteclimber
        • oh my god you are retarded. who was that in the doorway, yo mama? but i still laugh. : khaosman
        • Wow, I don't know if I should cry, vomit, or applaud. : jessipoo
        • Hahaha! holy shit that was funny : bolus
        • you sir, are a comedy goldmine. : Toraz Chryx
        • ahahahahaahahhahahaahahahha : rand04
        • oh my fucking god : tomservo
        • you, sir, bring the shack to many new levels. : reverend~heresy
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          who the heck recorded you? : Prozium
          • his mom : wtf242
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            that's the funniest part because my sister-in-law recorded it; she had no idea what was going on at all,... : mr.sleepy
            • Hahahaha. : spazzium
            • that's icing on the cake. : Prozium
            • ahahaha, she must have been so confused. : Ctrl-Phreak
            • You need to have someone following you around with a camera. : Sarcastro
            • dang didn't know you had a SIL!!! nubia's mom? : boomstickah
        • oh my. : das_runt
        • hahaha so freaking perfect : cap n KRUNCH
        • Good stuff, sir. Good stuff. : K1Bond007
        • Haha, if only we all had the time to commit this much to an Internet forum. Oh wait. : Afterglow
        • Post of the month. Hahaha! So hot. : freshyk
        • Your family has alot of cash doesn't it. : trove
        • Sleepy, you never cease to amaze me. : ColoradoCNC
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          that was damn funny and you have a nice home : bozer
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            ^ia.. but isn't it inconvenient for the printer to be so far away? : Flying h4x0r
            • the vid would not have been as funny : Slowtreme
        • holy fucking shit! Was that your mom in pink? : d3tached
        • Now there's a man who will commit to a joke! : AxeMan808
        • haha awesome : mikecyb
        • you're my hero sleepy. : ChowYunCat
        • LOL! Best Youtube ever! : Don Vito Corleone
        • BEST. POST+YOUTUBE EVER. WOULD WATCH AGAIN!!!! : PlanetPerfecto
        • Oh good Lord why isn't this +Inf yet ahahahaha : pwnage1232
        • does it get any better? yesno : virus
        • holy fucking shit, the best movie... EVER ???????? : Downforce
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          I dont understand the funny : VegasX
          • noted : BenMurphy
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          wow, nice house. Who'd you steal it from? : GloriousCow
          • ROFL. : blackhawk
        • ahahahahahhahaha : Mad Brahmin Disease
        • That's so hot. : laurgasms
        • nice work, never doubt this man again. : lightly inclined
      • tagged sleepy being a creepy pervert : Dan 101
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      you'd give away my summer vacation spot to Prince? wtf :( : felicia
      • Oh come on, there's enough room for the both of you! : AlexXdude
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      I think everyone would sleep with Prince if given the chance. : Dante
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        well, yeah, that's not the problem with this post though. : Ctrl-Phreak
        • there is no problem with my post. nothing that produces this many lols can be wrong :D : jessipoo
        • I have no problem with the post, it's probably true. I mean, he's a tiny man! and jessi has a huge vag! : Dante
      • So, Prince was wearing, like, this gold lame figure skating outfit, with the pants sewed into the boots, ... : AxeMan808
      • only those with a dwarf fettish. : spdon
    • You must be joking, you can't be serious? : abrasion
• Your friend is stating nothing new : VegasX
• money turns a bald spot into a part : creep

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  Season 3 premiere is on Oct. 6th : megarust32
  • It can't get here soon enough. : Prozium
• Thanks for the link. Still pretty sure I hate the endng of season 2 and the new direction they've taken, ... : BulletPro
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  I am still hazy on what this means : rosewood
  • They probably wanted to do some backstory on the resistance so they could jump right into things with the... : megarust32
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    Yea, are these just clips that will be from the first episode of Season 3? : jhof
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      I heard someone said this is an episode that got cut. : rosewood
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        That's could be it, 10 webisodes at just over 4 minutes. I think they've had the webisodes planned for a... : megarust32
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          Well, they may have been the remains of a flashback episode. : sgtsanity
          • Haha, yeah. They've been loving the flashback device, so you could be on to something. : megarust32
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      These are not clips from the premiere. It's what happens beforehand. : megarust32
      • Coo coo, thx all Would watch again :) : jhof
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  Awesome. I hope they put these on the DVD for S3. : NFXFSX
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    More like S3.0 maybe. (god I hate releasing seasons broken up) : sharpie
    • The new season won't go on hiatus for as long as season 2 did. I think RDM said there would be a monthlon... : badman
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  Are these new characters exclusive to "webisodes" or are they going to be in the new season? Seemingly ne... : K1Bond007
  • Yeah, they were minor, but they were in at least season 2. : megarust32
  • We've seen Jammer since season 1, Duck since season 2. : Ely
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    Plus I'm guessing that its cheaper to produce the webisodes with b characters. : sharpie
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      I think it is mainly because storylines with b characters aren't 100% essential viewing for the people wh... : Serpico74
      • Good point, but I think we both might be right. Agreed on the stupidness of webisode, but it's here t... : sharpie
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  Hmmm, clip isn't loading for me. :[ : Vantage
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    It uses flash player, you may need to update? : megarust32
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      Did so, but a little bird informed me that perhaps scifi isn't cool with canuckian ips accessing the vide... : Vantage
      • lame :( : megarust32
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        What is that shit. : moogle
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          Cylon trickery, no doubt. : Vantage
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            FUCK THIS SHIT. : Rice-Rocketeer
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              WE NEED TO FORM A RESISTANCE. : Vantage
              • AND THEN POST ENTICING VIDEOS OF OUR ACTIVITIES ON THE NET, BUT ONLY FOR PEOPLE IN SWAZILAND AND UZBEKIST... : Vantage
      • It'll probably be on youtube soon. : nyranger66
  • same here =/ : falkan
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    Same, hanging at "Your video will begin playing after a brief advertisment." : moogle
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      God damn, someone youtube it : rosone
      • Srsly. I tried a proxy but couldn't get anything to work. I need my Galactica fix. : Tincan
  • I think it's usa only :( : OrkO
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  This is the worst idea ever. Giving me a brief 3 minute peak at greatness and then taking it away is like... : lord cecil
  • More minutes, less broken flash player kthx : mockery
• Fantastic! Eases some of my building withdrawal of the show while upping my anticipation. Can't wait! : invisible_kid
• have/will they release all of season 2 in 1 set? : nyranger66
• Gonna have to try this out. Love this show, and have all of Season 1 and 2 dl'd from iTunes. : crinos
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  These are canonical mini-episodes that were planned in advance, not leftovers from a cancelled episode. (... : gwarek
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    I hope these are better production quality than the "webisodes" for Eureka. Man, that first one, I though... : brushbaron
    • Eureka's not quite ready for their Peabody Award yet. : phokz
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  FOR THOSE THAT CAN'T SEE IT ON SCIFI.COM Found this on the OFFICIAL SCI-FI channel forums, no less: h... : flibble2k
  • Thank You! : rosone
• This says "part 4", did I miss some of them? : sammyl

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• http://iamsparticus.com/images/yellow-duck.gif man look at those come-hither eyes : strandgeck
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  Why not just wait until Vista is final? lol : deeveee
  • I have many a client that will be moving to Vista. I know I will be moving to Vista. This issue w... : rosewood
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  Why do you need 4 monitors?(i can't sleep) : lacker
  • 4 pr0n movies at once, duh! : DingoStoleMyBaby
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    Monitor 1: Almost always is simply outlook. Calendar / Email / Tasks Monitor 2: Whatever I am really... : rosewood
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      looks like it's a sensible arrangement to me. : kbnerd
      • I could put a 4th or even 5th monitor to work when I am really going on a project. For example, when I a... : rosewood
    • u kno they have this thing called Alt-Tabbing right? ;) : jrock
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  you could just not use vista : mallocated
  • ^^^^^^^^^^ : abrasion
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  Quit using OS betas you dweeb. : CRasterImage
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    A release candidate isn't a beta, nerd : JINKY
    • "release candidate" is just a P.R. term for beta. : CRasterImage
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      as far as i'm concerned, the first year after the release of any windows version it's still beta : mallocated
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        I couldn't agree more, at this point after all the years with Microsoft, it's definately a case of waitin... : abrasion
        • You're going to LOL at how wrong you are about that. I bet at least 50% of the Shack is on Vista within a... : protozone
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        Vista is like Windows 2000 v3 or v3.5 Jesus, pull your head out of your 1998 ass. "OH noes, don't use : rosewood
        • "Vista is like Windows 2000 v3 or v3.5" So it's totally not worth the time or money then? : abrasion
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  y wuld u use a 7KVE with Vista... i'd use x800 or higher at very least. : nacatamale
  • I don't think he really needs top end 3D acceleration on monitors 3 and 4. : Prozium
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  matrox has a few good cards out there, I'de try them first. : deceiver
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    What are you smoking? There isn't a matrox card out there that will take care of what I need. : rosewood
    • I believe he might be referring to the Matrox Triplehead2Go. : ShekkyBoy
  • titor, is that you!??? : PlanetPerfecto
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  Looks like nVidia has updated Vista drivers that work with all their cards. I suppose choosing any PCI + ... : Mr.Fusion
  • link to newegg search: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=ENE&N=2010380048+1069609642+1... : Mr.Fusion
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  What the hell is the appeal with fussing around with beta versions of operating systems and then getting ... : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • other than the nerd aspect, if you have customers that plan on switching to vista when it comes out I thi... : moshman
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    And it's not a beta, it's a release canadit. Big difference :) : aggressor
    • Wowza. I thought I changed the spelling of candidate after I realized how wrong I was, but I guess not :( : aggressor
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      A release candidate is a beta, period. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        lol ok The term release candidate refers to a final product, ready to release unless fatal bugs emerge : Mr.Fusion
        • http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=%22release+candidate+9%22&btnG=Search&meta= http://www.google.... : abrasion
        • See, I might trust certain companies with the right use of the term but not Microsoft or EA. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        Agreed 100% : abrasion
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          while it may be the case that a company treats their RC's as just another beta, the technical term is SUP... : Mr.Fusion
          • That I can agree with for sure. : abrasion
  • It happens every time ms has a beta os out :( : abrasion
  • MBD, this isn't a beta anymore. It is an RC and this is something that will be the same in the release. ... : rosewood
• I installed Windows Luna 4 last night. It's due to ship in 2023. It runs like shit. : drucifer
• I have a 6600GT in PCI-E with two DVI ports. If you can run PCI-E, Ill sell it to you for CHEAP. CHEAP C... : conandan
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  I would very much like to see a picture of how you have your monitors set up. : basketofkittens
  • http://www.aish.com/seminars/matrix/graphics/tank1.jpg : g0nk

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  worst of the series, but still better than majority of fantasy books : wtf242
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    Just tell me it isn't a WoT "nothing happens in this book" snorefest! : empathe
    • I liked it! Its not as good but its still good : snowwolf
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      Oh, "things" happen and that's part of my problem with it. Some of the events seem unnecessary or contriv... : rand04
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        lol @ rand in your username! I just read that Dance is supposed to be a parallel novel from his websit... : empathe
        • True, it covers off the Dany, Jon and Tyrion POVs. : rand04
        • Well book 4 and 5 were supposed to be one big book, but for some reason he couldn't force himself to cut ... : deathofrats
• It's quite good. Definite change in pace. Overall, I was left a little bit mixed about it. Over time I... : rand04
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  Quick question and no spoilers please since I just started Storm of Swords, but how many books are there ... : -efx-
  • i think he's thinking about 7 currently : empathe
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    There are currently 4. - Game of Thrones - Clash of Kings - Storm of Swords (pt 1 and pt2) - Feast ... : rand04
    • oh duh, yeah there were originally supposed to be 6. But now that book 4 has become book 4 and book 5, th... : rand04
  • i beleive 7 : snowwolf
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    4 or 5 initially, then it went up to 7, and now I think he says it's going up to 9. What we do know is t... : deathofrats
    • his neckbeard will probably eat him : empathe
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      Uh, dunno where you got 9 from. Last year when I spoke to him at a dinner he intimated that he didn't int... : rand04
      • 9 books is 9 books. The 'one stories in two books!' crap is going to inflate the series into 9 books. Y... : deathofrats
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  It sets up a lot of action, and it deals with some lesser characters. In that respect, it's somewhat bori... : Modica Sol Solis
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    Her final chapter in Storm of Swords made me like her. Atleast Jaime is here so I can get all of my disgu : empathe
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      I hope we get Sandor Clegane's POV at some point. He's probably my favorite non-typical favorite characte... : SockMonkeh
      • is that another spoiler for book 4, because last I saw him in book 3 he was left for almost certain death : empathe
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        Wait, what? Didn't Sandor die? I coulda sworn he did... : Modica Sol Solis
        • Well, it is clear though subtle hinting in one of Brienne's chapters that he is alive and living as a mon : SockMonkeh
        • pretty obvious from book 4 that he is alive : wtf242
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        You can't get zombie POVs - hence no Catelyn. : rand04
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          We're talkin' bout Sansa, last I heard. : Modica Sol Solis
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            sorry, got sandor and gregor mixed up. : rand04
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              Oh, Gregor? I hate Gregor. Good riddance! : SockMonkeh
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                Zombie Gregor should be far more terrifying. : grendel
                • You mean until Sandor burns him to death. : SockMonkeh
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          But I don't think he was brought back by the kiss of fire. I was under the impression he was found in a v : SockMonkeh
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            Damnit, I have to re-read all the books now. Thanks, Shack. : Modica Sol Solis
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              I just read them, but I might read them again too. They're great and there's plenty of little things to l : SockMonkeh
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                yeah. i'll probably re-read them for the 3rd time when book 5 comes out. so many little things and hints : wtf242
                • Wtf! Who!? : Modica Sol Solis
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                  lololo let's keep hinting at it : SockMonkeh
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                    So many things I missed... tell me! : Modica Sol Solis
                    • I'll give you a hint: He boned Jon Snow's mom. : SockMonkeh
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                      ok.. major spoilers John Snow is the son of Rhaegar and Lyanna Stark. There are so many hints throughout : wtf242
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                        shiiiiiit. shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit. that means...oh jesus f'ing christ. : Modica Sol Solis
                        • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=12804114 Seriously, go back and reread it, several times. The entire... : rand04
                      • Should be king/is all up-and-down tons of prophecies. : SockMonkeh
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                        in hindsight, this should be obvious. there's so much emphasis on the myths and legends surrounding rhaeg : Modica Sol Solis
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                          GRRM's woman has posted that wtf242's theory is incorrect because it's too obvious of an answer. : brickmatt
                          • I don't know. That seems a bit off, that she would comment at all. Personally if he's aiming to change th... : rand04
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                More like House of the Undying. ;) : rand04
                • GRRM should have spoiler tagged that shit, if I were Daenerys I'd be pissed. : SockMonkeh
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  Book 4 Spoilers: I hope Davos Seaworth didn't really die. :( : SockMonkeh
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    thanks... i accidentally clicked that. awesome : empathe
    • I took every precaution. : SockMonkeh
    • it's not really a spoiler at all actually. don't worry about it : wtf242
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    i doubt it. my fav part from book 4 was finding out the hound did not really die. Also I like how the Jai : wtf242
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      Agree 100% with everything you just said. : SockMonkeh
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        Someone explain this to me, because I have apparently forgotten. : Modica Sol Solis
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          re-read briene's chapters. Sandor is the gravedigger with the monks... she describes him as bigger than e : wtf242
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            also sandor is one of the most interesting characters of the entire series and has unfinished business wi : wtf242
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              I love his whole relationship Sansa. Beauty and the Beast thing. : SockMonkeh
              • Yep, GRRM can't shake his old associations. : rand04
        • fucking prl There's a description of a monk tilling the field. From the description it is very obvious : rand04
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      Jaime's development turned for me in Storm of Swords while under Brienne's command. You really got to see : rand04
      • I love that about his books. I even felt some sympathy for Cersei Lannister at one point, just briefly, w... : SockMonkeh
    • so. fucking. true. : delataur
• compared to the pace of book 3, it feels slower but i loved it. the characters who DO get POV chapters a... : grendel
• much slower pace than book 3 but you get some interesting new POVs : ariakaz
• 4 is good but not great. I didn't like some of the choices he made for characters to follow, but some ne... : brickmatt
• book 5 will hit that. afaik, books 4 and 5 occur concurrently (-ish...) and he couldn't put all he wanted... : delataur

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  Nirvana believe it or not : BulletPro
  • Their rocky stuff doesn't do it for me... I really enjoy Unplugged in NYC though. : tomservo
• It took me a few months to get used to GY!BE. : sgtsanity
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  Radiohead : ventro
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    Ditto'd. I didn't care for Creep at first, but after the 400th time, I liked it..Then I checked out their... : AxeMan808
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      Joanna Newsom and Neutral Milk Hotel : MC Kingsley
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        Christ, I keep doing this shit. I keep meaning to answer the first post. :( I lose at Shacknews. : MC Kingsley
        • Hah! That means you actually read my post. thanks. : AxeMan808
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      I didn't care for Radiohead because i was getting more into industrial, and even sold OK Computer. I did... : VencieraX
      • I like each new Radiohead album better than the one before. : AxeMan808
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  Eminem guilty pleasure : tomservo
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    More like Guilty Conscience amirite? ;) : GrimmyD
    • hahaha druciferrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr : tomservo
• Daft Punk : jhof
• oh yeah, and everyone pick up the new BT album, otherwise I'll have to fucking cut you!! : randomnull
• pixies, I only listened to them cause, kurt cobain liked them. : karlk79
• Mars Volta : aeg1x
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  Most of my favourite bands. I really disliked Dream Theater and Opeth the first few times I heard them. ... : Vantage
  • This is also true for me of Bal-Sagoth, Infected Mushroom, Lamb of God, Kamelot, Rhapsody, Ark and a host... : Vantage
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  my first listening of boards of canada didnt impressed me at all. put it on the side, and 2 months later ... : barichnikov
  • Same. First time I heard Geogaddi I thought it was creepy, horrible electronica, not realising that same ... : rand04
  • ^^ geogaddi ftw : randomnull
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    i meant music has the right to children, but geodaddi is also ok. : barichnikov
    • By the time I came to that, I was already a convert. : rand04
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  I HATED dream theater for years, but I like them well enough now. They're not great, but I do enjoy list... : JINKY
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    I don't think anyone likes Dream Theater on first listen. Same with Opeth. People might go "oh, neat", ... : Vantage
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      Opeth was one of the first bands I heard when I first got into metal, I just had the last track from blac... : JINKY
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        While Drapery Falls is a better intro (it's the song that got me into Opeth finally), Blackwater Park, th... : Vantage
        • Demon of the Fall : phokz
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        Blackwater Park was my intro to Opeth as well. But the song To Bid you Farewell got me hooked for some r... : melkore
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          Actually, I think that Ghost of Perdition is definitely one of their most accessible songs while still be... : Vantage
          • But that growl at 5:24 of Blackwater Park and the phrases immediately following after are perfect. The b... : Vantage
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      I latched onto DT pretty quickly, Opeth was kind of the same way. : suicidemachine
      • This is just an album, but I didnt care for SFAM for the first few listens, and then I started loving it.... : suicidemachine
• Pumpkins.. specifically, Siamese Dream : indosauros
• Jane's Addiction - Hated them the first time I heard them, but was forced to listen to the first album ov... : MKCluney
• NiN. I listened to downward spiral once in my car all the way through because a buddy was gushing about ... : beastrabban
• Depeche Mode, The Cure : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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  Radiohead, U2, Bjork, The Cure, Placebo, Talk Talk, and that still goes to this day with each and every o... : Serpico74
  • Oh, and The Flaming Lips : Serpico74
• Megadeth. I wouldn't listen to metal, and then I had a friend who forced me to listen to some. \m/. : Zero|DPX
• placebo and tool : JohnnyDanger
• Bjork. Took me a few listens to get into her music, but now I love it. : yoonix
• William Shatner. : thekidd
• Lots of metal and hardcore stuff: Isis, Mastodon, Glassjaw. Also some pop-rockish stuff: Silverchair, Del... : nomaad
• Incubus. Saw them live [supporting Korn, I think] when they promoting S.C.I.E.N.C.E. and thought they s... : captfarrell

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• leading the raid that killed the avatar of war for the first time on all servers. At the time it happened... : wtf242
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  the day the bf1942 demo came out. Watching someone take off from the carrier and proceed to get blown ou... : burning eye
  • Yea, that was a great moment. I didnt even hear about the game until my friend who ran a lan center show... : broly1718
• Team Fortress Classic as a Medic, Spy or Pyro in maps like Avanti. : kramweil
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  http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8466486 OFP also :D : sanchez
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    That second mission sounds really fun, I wish I had time to play in the OFP shackbattles :( : sanchez
    • We have some really amazing missions these days, WGL opened up our adversarial possibilities quite a bit,... : Dslyecxi
• False advertising! That agent isn't very hot. : Nixx2004
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  http://tsbmaneuver.ytmnd.com/ : the archvile
  • hahaha that's gold! : burning eye
  • Oh man that's fantastic. The music brings it all together. : helvetica
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    Wow that brings back some good (and frustrating) memories. :D : tomservo
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      hahaha Nightwish. : tomservo
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        I will always hear this song and think Football now. : tomservo
        • That is the "epic" YTMND theme song. Do a search there for "epic" and pretty much all of them will have i : Serpico74
  • good stuff. my favorite old football game was a john elway game for the nes. there was a bug, to where ... : broly1718
  • the zigzag always workd : Mondo
  • Artificial Intelligence ftw. : Durandal07
• -UO pvp outside of the Britain graveyard on Siege Perilous -Shadowbane PVP in general. You either had... : sKetchflow
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  Ultima Online circa 1998 on the Great Lakes shard: When UO was in its hayday (whatever the fuck that a... : phokz
  • More UO stories please! The game sounded so awesome back then :/ : sanchez
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    UO beta- Watching Richard Garriott's invincible character Lord British get killed by a guy who found an e... : PlanetPerfecto
    • hahah that was awesome. poor LBR got firewalled. : phokz
    • The only exploit was that garriott didn't set his invicible flag. The guy stole a scroll off of a near by... : d3tached
  • http://www.afraidyet.net/forums/album_pic.php?pic_id=925 : phokz
  • i played on great lakes too! i was a bit of a noob in the first year of the game. was in a small guil... : Enraged Pineapple
• shadow of the colossus from start to finish. : not work safe
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  http://www3.telus.net/public/a8a02625/Adversary_stinger.avi this made my night, shooting down an adver... : ballystix
  • Shooting down choppers is so rewarding, especially if you hit it with an AT round like a LAW. : sanchez
• R6 Rogue Spear was one of those games that had me and my LAN buddies up all night and suddenly realizing ... : snagger
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  I remember a mission in Gunship where I was out of every armament except like 4 FFARs, and 70 Chaingun Ro... : AxeMan808
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    Gunship was so hard :/ : sanchez
    • It was quite simply unfair. You against an entire battalion. AND THEN they throw Hinds at you! : AxeMan808
• Playing one of the countless games of Enemy Territory - managed to finish the "Siwa Oasis" map round in a... : ghjkghjk
• Original Warcraft - I sent my peon all the way around the map to find my enemy's main base (my best frien... : dengar65
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  I'm standing on a castle wall with 75 men to my back and 300 wanting to come in. I'm the perfect build f... : jimmy-buffett
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    That sounds so awesome, daoc sounds like it has some of the best pvp for current mmo's : sanchez
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      They changed it big time since I played it, but yeah, we did that kind of thing every Tuesday night for a... : jimmy-buffett
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        I played DAOC briefly (one month, didn't re-up the subscription after the free trial ran out), I really l... : Dslyecxi
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          It took so long to get to that point though, and that's the shame of it. They grind you on PvE monsters ... : jimmy-buffett
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            How did castles work? : sanchez
            • They've changed it since, but here's how they worked when I played. Each realm (3) had 7 castles sprea... : jimmy-buffett
          • God damn you. I so want to reup my subscription. I played PVP all night tonight in WoW and it just fuckin... : Chunks
  • Yes, daoc was great. A friend of mine was in the beta. They figured out that if you run up along the zo... : broly1718
• unreal 1....when the lights die off, the music kicks in, and BAM that first skaarj is whomping your ass. : alcueso
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  probably a TFC match or UO/EQ memory i remember being in a smaller clan and beating one of the best at... : Enraged Pineapple
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    And you have rarely showed up for our latest TFC matches. Shame on you. : Omaha
    • did you used to play in sta/ogl/igl? your name does sound familiar : Enraged Pineapple
• The first time I played TF : strandgeck
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  I actually thought the D-Day assault in Medal of Honour was really fucking epic. I'm not a huge fan of wa : rand04
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    They did translate that sceen REALLY well to the game. But what about the Assault Rifle Factory? Oooo! Sa... : AxeMan808
    • Grrrrrrrr.. "scene" : AxeMan808
    • As I say, not a fan of war games so the rest of it kind of fell on an unappreciative gamer but that seque... : rand04
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  I was hoping to play but got stuck on diaper duty. Glad people are still showing up in big numbers. : Lightzout
  • Now that is epic. : Omaha
• The first level of Daikatana. : mallocated
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  Back when Everquest had first came out and myself and two friends decided we were going to go from Freepo... : Rauol Duke
  • I remember getting the game right when the first expansion came out. Making that boat trip was nerve wra... : broly1718
• Just now in CS:S when I P90'd almost the entire T team at short a on Dust2. : brickmatt
• Well, for something a little different: Tanking for the Eden Spire trial in City of Heroes with my Invin... : Johnny Law
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  PlanetSide, if only for the scale of it. 500 player battles between two or three different empires. Spec ... : jonas54
  • Planetside does indeed have some moments & situations that will give you chills the first couple of times... : Johnny Law
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  First time BF1942 demo. : abrasion
  • yeah. that was pretty fucking awesome : freakord
• UT2004, especially some shackbattles where the outcome was decided in the last second, like in Bombing Ru... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  The battle that followed this screenshot http://chryx.shacknet.nu/stuff/soa/95a/ohmy.jpg : Toraz Chryx
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    is that some kind of Star Trek Homeworld 2 mod? looks awesome. : sKetchflow
    • Sacrifice Of Angels for Homeworld (not 2) which is now sadly defunct, the team disbanded and it was ne... : Toraz Chryx
• getting 250 kills in an aq2 deathmatch round when everyone else had maybe 40 kills. : proclone1
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  Quake 3: Arena. EoT. : cam3lt0sis
  • If you are talking about Q3 CTF in particular, I agree. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Seroius Sam, and I definately had a few matches of Natural Selection where I seriously felt like a one m... : gyrfalcon

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  known to be deadly being killed, what are the chances. On a serious note though, I am sure the dude ... : theghostofsmdever
  • whoops damn cut and paste... I totally did not see that coming. A man who acts like a total buffoon ar... : theghostofsmdever
• far too soon. : scottythejock
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  I'm still waiting for the "surprise!" announcement - it's hard to fathom Irwin dying when he obviously ha... : Postal
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    firm grasp? : edgewise
    • http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/01/02/australia.crocodileman/story.1.feed.jpg : edgewise
    • yes! of course, it's really just a matter of statistics. you go cliff diving every day and eventually s... : Postal
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    Freak accidents - happen to the best of race drivers too, even though they know racing. : enyakk
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      jeez, the freak accident thing again. You guys need to get a handle on what a freak accident is vs. the i... : steelsamurai
      • Ok, while I may agree, my point was that knowledge and experience are still not enough to gain total cont... : enyakk
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        its a fucking freak accident. He didn't just get stung by a fucking stingray, it stung him in the heart ... : snowwolf
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          Yeah, shit, when I used to dive with them, the most warning we got was "Hey, try not to step on the sting... : Vincent Grayson
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            Yeah but he was probably trying to ride the damn thing or something, and his people decided it would be b... : theghostofsmdever
            • what a sunny outlook from mr dever!! Hows the weather in houston today SM? : boomstickah
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              thats not what they are saying though.... : snowwolf
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                Thats what I heard on CNN this morning. : theghostofsmdever
                • maybe he was trying to stick his finger up its bum? : spdon
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            that's because your instructors figured you were going to encounter them accidentally, not try to follow ... : steelsamurai
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              Actually, we were feeding them, so they were giving us safety instructions knowing we'd be touching them ... : Vincent Grayson
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                in that case you're lucky you didn't get an injury. Some tourist places do that with nurse sharks as w... : steelsamurai
                • Down in Grand Cayman. In the northern portion of the bay, they have a nice area about 15 feet deep with t... : Vincent Grayson
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          Provoking an animal and getting attacked is a cause and effect relationship. People have been stung in th... : steelsamurai
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            the fact that he DIED and was stung in the heart is a FREAK ACCIDENT : snowwolf
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              yeah the caps help. I'll try it. NO IT ISN'T. : steelsamurai
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                Explain to me how getting stung by a stingray in the heart and dying is not a freak accident, but actuall... : snowwolf
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                  Actually this was reported by a news reporter from 7 news in Australia. 17 deaths this year from stingra... : Q-ball
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                    Excellent, I also found another tidbit here http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20355064- : snowwolf
                    • now *that* is a freak accident. : steelsamurai
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                    According to Wikipidea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingray#Aggression) : as of 1996, worldwide know : ElQue
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                      Well then the reporter got her source from wikipedia too :P hehe.. She claimed it was 17 deaths this year... : Q-ball
                      • There have definately not been 17 deaths from stingray attacks this year alone. : zuga
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                  it would be a freak accident if he was a kid swimming out in the water with his family, stingray swum by ... : steelsamurai
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                    You really like making shit up to prove a point, don't you? I hate to break this to you, but unsubtant... : walker270
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                      I'm with Steelsamurai on this one. Its not a freak accident. He put himself habitually in front of dea... : ihya
                      • Except stingrays are not typically deadly. Your analogy falls apart a bit then... : rasputinreborn
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                    Your facts are wrong: It doesn't look like he was looking for stingrays He was doing a segment for his ... : snowwolf
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                      we don't have any *facts* other than what he was supposed to be doing there (filming on dangerous animals : steelsamurai
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                        we don't have any *facts* That sure hasn't stopped you from posting a near dissertation on the sub... : rasputinreborn
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                          yeah it's my opinion. Sometimes on the internet people voice them. I'm not confusing it with facts though... : steelsamurai
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                            you have done your best to present everything you have said before that as fact. : snowwolf
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                              I think it is a little bit fucking obvious that the only people who know what really happened have the ta... : steelsamurai
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                                The one fact we know is that he died from a stingray sting. That alone is very very unusual; combined ... : rasputinreborn
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                                  Here's the most detailed report I've seen, from Australia: As bad weather had ruined his own filming f : steelsamurai
                                  • Jesus christ... 2 meters across!?!?!? good lord... I am not going anywhere near a thing that size... He's... : Q-ball
                              • there have only been 2 deaths caused by stingrays in Australias history. : spdon
                              • Yeah, but YOU are the one throwing a fit when someone calls this a freak accident (which, yes, is specula... : Vorlonesque
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                        "...but I happy to withhold judgment on that until the actual facts come out." Yes, clearly you're wit... : Kentor
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                          "withhold judgment on that" -> on whether he was filming a kiddie show or filming "Ocean's Deadliest." My... : steelsamurai
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                            Does that not constitute making a judgment before the facts are know? You are claiming your belief in a ... : Kentor
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                              everyone saying he was a dumbass, and everyone saying that he was the victim of a freak accident or not r... : steelsamurai
                              • Don't get me wrong, I think you're all idiots. I just thought you didn't realize you yourself had a prej... : Kentor
                          • I don't think you understand what an "opinion" is. : walker270
                      • there have been 2 stingray deaths in Australias history. 2. That is probably lerss than the number of peo... : spdon
                  • What the fuck is the point? Yes, he got in close proximity with dangerous animals and didn't die that's ... : rasputinreborn
                  • He wasn't looking for stingrays, they didn't know any was there, this is the second ever recorded death b... : spdon
              • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=12800771 : spdon
          • Death from a stingray attack is not a common occurrence. Stingray attacks on humans usually lead to loca : zuga
        • That's why you should always wear a mythril dive suit. : Mad Brahmin Disease
        • the chances are pretty good if your agitating stingrays. : edgewise
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        It wasn't his getting attacked by a Stingray that made it a freak accident. Contrary to the buffoon imag... : SolrFlare
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          I'm rooting for this subthread to end here, but I know better. Steelsamurai is a trained professional : boomstickah
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            Steelsamurai is a trained professional knowledgeable in all things probability and stingrays and animals.... : walker270
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              lol, I love when this kind of crap comes up. If you are going to choose either side of any debate, you ca... : steelsamurai
              • As far as I can tell you're the only one making shit up to further your point. : walker270
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          It's no different than getting stabbed in the chest. Someone gets stabbed in the chest and dies, this is ... : steelsamurai
          • jesus christ man : mikecyb
          • I bet it's fun watcing Final Destination with you. : deathofrats
          • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=12800771 : ayesel
          • ok... : ki11_viru5
          • lol this is serious buisiness : kingfish
          • wow, you don't have any friends do you . . . : jedi_27
          • this post is a freak accident. : porp
          • Amen brother! Find me in a bar some day and i'll buy you a beer! : watcherxp
          • I love people on the internet. They fucking rule. : -Panther-
          • lol...dude, give it up : ColoradoCNC
          • Well, he's right. You can't mask out the context, ever. The more one is exposed to a certain danger, the ... : totmann
          • yeah but it was still a freak accident. : xocsida
          • FOR SOME REASON I DISAGREE : mr.sleepy
          • THESE SEMANTICS ARE IMPORTANT : pupismyname
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            People swim with stingrays all the time, and this does not happen. Ergo, this IS rare. I don't like the p... : MaxPete82
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              "Also, all information points to the fact that Irwin had no idea the stingray was there. Where are you ge... : abrasion
              • I've seen so many conflicting reports on what the documentry was about and why he was attacked by a sting... : pigvomit
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              where you getting your info, fox news? (LOLO!1!!) he and the cameraman or some other guy accidently corne... : reverend~heresy
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                http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=12802669 : MaxPete82
                • Thanks for the linking. I figured the provocation-trolls would go ahead and ignore it, doesn't fit with t... : rand04
            • I readily admit it is a rare occurance, which is part of why in particular I think he must have provoked ... : steelsamurai
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            IAWTP, Freak accident is lightning, not tempting fate. : abrasion
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              Swimming in the ocean = tempting fate? : MaxPete82
              • He could have been attacked by a seal. With a bowtie. : sgtsanity
              • Steve "thumb in animals eye, let's see what it does,.. CRIKEY!" Irwin died from a dangerous animal? I'd s... : abrasion
            • From the CNN story: "Irwin decided to do some softer features for a new children's TV show he was doing w... : MaxPete82
          • and yet I have no doubt steve knew more about the wildlife and habitats he enthusiastically explored (and... : brewsterdog
          • hahaha steelsamuraiaiaia : [fry]
          • Minor point here, but anyone who stands in shallow area with bullsharks is a moron. They are one of the m... : Q-ball
          • Freak as in first one to be killed since 1944? : -TKF-
  • Erm, he is dead. Killed by a stingray of all things. Barb to the heart while he was filming something o... : deathofrats
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  Poor Steve :( Killled by something he wasn't actually fucking with. : Squirrely
  • 'Preventive strike'. : pillzer
• For jerry anderson fans: http://www.planetdawnofwar.com/stingray.jpg : Beady
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  I love the shack. We stay on topic (mostly) Every other forum I visit the thread has turn from Irwin's de... : baron calamity
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    CNN has video and indicates yes : rasputinreborn
    • Oh man :( ugh... : FushigiDenki
• I haven't been this disappointed since Mr. Dressup died. : bobo_the_clown
• 9/4/06 NEVER FORGET : deeveee
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  Just heard on CNN, apparently the ray was not the major focus of the shoot they were doing. They were doi... : Delusional
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    I read something else. That he was swimming over it, and the cameraman infront and that must have freaked... : moshman
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      Well, they were interviewing one of the main guys in charge of the shoot live about 10 minutes ago and th... : Delusional
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        Well they arn't going to tell the truth if he was fucking with it are they. Maybe the footage will leak o... : theghostofsmdever
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          Nature show producers are known liars. I saw a show just last week that showed "footage" of dinosaurs. Di... : sgtsanity
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            No, TV producers and PR people are liars. : theghostofsmdever
            • Well, you're a WEENIE! So there! : rasputinreborn
  • paging steelsamurai... : FushigiDenki
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  Why are we still arguing about this? Can't we just ignore them? : Edges
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    Steelsamauri will not rest until his own made up version of events are taken as fact by everyone. : walker270
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      at least get my name right if you're going to go around the thread with a boner for me. : steelsamurai
      • i like how you use spelling errors to discredit what he says : moshman
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    sgtsanity wanted his soapbox back : cap n KRUNCH
    • dammit Steelsamauri I meant : cap n KRUNCH
  • What did you do this weekend? I ARGUED ON THE INTERNETS FOR HOURS AND HOURS ON END. IT WAS SO WORTH IT. : kingfish
  • i wasn't sure why you would make this comment.. then i expanded the thread. : delataur
• what a bummer :/ : sharkII
• :( : Sideways Bob
• that sucks : thebigbeefsandwich
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  Why do all the Aussies here hate nature? : Phreakin
  • Because they are surrounded by it. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    Probably doesn't help that Australia is filled to the brim with poisonous species. : Matt Burris
    • I read that with Steve Irwin's voice and then shed a tear :( : rosewood
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    Because they are getting their asses kicked by a starfish. :( : Lunatic Angelic
    • crown-of-thorns? : drucifer
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      Unfortunately that's true http://www.abc.net.au/science/slab/starfish/default.htm : te[R]ror
      • Parasites, on the other hand, tend to search specifically for seastars and attack them. In Australia, nor : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • I'm Aussie and i love nature. I go mountain biking, dirt bike riding, bush walking, fishing, camping... ... : yautja
• They've got Steve's show on Animal Planet today. : FushigiDenki
• This makes me a sad person :( : dasboot360
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  As annoying as he was, he died doing what he loved. Sounds like a freak accident, too bad for his family... : romulan
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    I wonder if any insurance company was stupid enough to give this guy life insurance. : flasher 907
    • um, insurance companies don't give you anything. You buy insurance from them and there are insurance comp... : twostar
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  So have any other Aussie celebs had a good year? Hugh Jackman was in X3, Mel Gibson hates jews, and stev... : pigvomit
  • Oh god, Qwantz was wrong. http://www.qwantz.com/index.pl?comic=563 : sgtsanity
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    Mel Gibson is australian? : -Panther-
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      are you serious? : steve_o
      • are you?! : -Panther-
      • Why are we all talking in question form? : sgtsanity
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        Are you? He's american, who was raised in Aust. : deathofrats
        • yep. : hobosapien
        • Yes. He got bullied for his american accent when he moved to australia just like I was for my australian : node
    • He was born in the states but grew up in Aus : theghostofsmdever
    • originally, yes, owns a farm near my parents place. : filthysock
    • Yeah, and he only went nuts when he went back to the motherland, i would like to point out :P : SpaecKow
• He will be missed, yes. Sad panda inded :-( : Darkfox76
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  died doing what he loved, pissing off dangerous wild animals at close range. : filthysock
  • I'm sorry, but I laughed at this :D Still shocked about the whole thing, though. : iamgoat
• :*( : sKetchflow
• condolences. and um... stingray? wtf. : xphil
• Anyone think that they will release the video of his death? : Kenshin_
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  I'm curious if the Australian response is in part due to the fact that Australians all drink Foster's lag : edgewise
  • the guy wasnt an idiot. silly, but not an idiot. he did so damn much for wildlife on this planet. he did ... : CoRDS
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    I know others will claim otherwise but I think the negative response from other Australians here primaril... : rabbit003
    • it was only the adults that have lived a life full of dont do this dont do that dont be an ocker bloke. i... : CoRDS
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  From: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20355112-601,00.html Producer, director and l... : rand04
  • ^ To those who say Irwin provoked stingray : rand04
  • survey says! ... no : cap n KRUNCH
  • Only way to stop that is to ignore him : rosewood
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    From your article: "It probably felt threatened because Steve was alongside and there was the camerama : steelsamurai
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      You just really can't accept that this was an accident, can you? Did Steve Irwin rape and kill a family ... : ColoradoCNC
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        lol. Fucking relax man. : steelsamurai
        • After your posts in this thread that's priceless. : ColoradoCNC
        • hahahaha, Post of the night right here folks! : snowwolf
        • ^^ POST OF THE MOTHERFUCKING THREAD : walker270
        • what the ever living fuck. : cap n KRUNCH
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          this from the 2-day irwin hating rampager! lol! : rand04
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            this from the 2-day irwin hating rampager! lol! That's why I told him to relax. Because sooo many peop... : steelsamurai
            • WTF? Are you talking about yourself here? : walker270
            • You've really expended quite a lot of energy on Mr Irwin's behalf. I've enjoyed this immensely, it's fasc... : tomservo
            • I think some people get emotional about it, and the fact that you feel so strongly that it was Irwin's fa... : MaxPete82
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        the description certainly doesn't indicate a freak accident. It sounds like they were acting dangerously. : filthysock
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          no he didnt, the camera guys had a way of making it look like he was closer to those things than he was. ... : CoRDS
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            comon, everytime i saw his show he got bitten by something. : filthysock
            • something little, like a lizard or a tiny snake. : CoRDS
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          Calling this a freak accident is like saying Evel Kinevel dying in a motorcycle crash was a freak acciden... : edgewise
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            lol, yes, if I had said it like that maybe I could have saved 20 posts. : steelsamurai
            • you shouldnt have said anything if you cant say something nice about a dead guy that never did anything t... : CoRDS
            • More like 200. ;) My problem was with you continually asserting that he had provoked the creature into... : rand04
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            It happened in the water two feet deep, didn't it? Plus, stingray deaths are very rare. If Evel Kinevel ... : Flynn
            • 2meters is a tad more than 2feet, (think average basketballer height) : CoRDS
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              If he was swimming chest down in 2' of water with stingrays around... even I know not to do that. Th... : edgewise
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                2 meters, not feet, think almost 7 feet. : CoRDS
                • in any case, he was close enough to it for it to sting him, right? risky behavior, wouldn't you say? went... : edgewise
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                I thought he wasn't actively seeking out stingrays and/or it was hidden/they didn't know it was there? : thief
                • they saw many stingrays, went to film them for the daughter's show, they were filming it in 6 foot deep w... : steelsamurai
            • If Evel dies tomorrow in a bike crash, you are going to have alot of explaining to do. : Omaha
• In his honor, I'm going to say Crikey in conversation as many times as I can today. : Quiggly
• he's still dead : Sixcos
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  Most celebs don't get 30 posts upon death, Steve has gotten 600 today alone on this site. : Lunatic Angelic
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    Yeah but 500+ of those were that stupid "freakish accident" argument : theghostofsmdever
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      So, if Maynard Ferguson had died to a wombat it would have generated more than 300 posts instead of... 8 : Lunatic Angelic
      • I dunno was he killed because he was fucking around with a wombat or because one was hidden under a pile ... : theghostofsmdever
    • WILL YOU PLEASE JUST SHUT UP. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20355112-601,00.html ... : rand04
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    That's because Steve Irwin is serious business for steelsamurai in both today's thread, and last night. : tomservo
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      no the problem is that there's a set of people here who got a bit upset because a few of us didn't fall i... : steelsamurai
      • NOT ON YOUR WATCH! am I rite : tomservo
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        I don't think having an opinion and discussing it is a problem for people here. But you gotta expect to ... : rabbit003
        • its just like those fucks that go to funerals for dead soldiers in the usa regardless of how someone died... : CoRDS
      • ... That and you seem to base that opinion seeming to think that you know what happened : rabbit003
  • cos he wasnt a celeb. : CoRDS
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    2nd only to Mr Hope's demise. : drucifer
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      Whoa! Bob Hope is dead? : theghostofsmdever
      • No. I heard him on XM earlier today. : rosewood
    • oh holy fuck this loling : khaosman
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  I'm still very sad about this news 24 hours later. : kramweil
  • Me too. :( Poor wife and kid. : Serpico74
• I hope his vision of protecting and sharing dangerous things continues. : radula
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  It's sad that he died, but I'm not getting the out pouring on the Shack. It's not like the guy was a Shac... : Fred Garvin
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    I think it's a combination of the randomness of his death and a lot of people respecting what the guy tri... : ColoradoCNC
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      That, but I also think people took for granted that he worked around dangerous animals all the time. Afte... : Serpico74
      • Also very true. : ColoradoCNC
  • i thought for sure he'd been eaten by a croc. : cpt_gloval
  • It's simple really. Steve Irwin is a person who loved what he did, really loved it. He was doing exact... : lord cecil
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    He was a pretty cool dude. : rosewood
    • Sure, but lots of cool dudes have died without this much attention on the Shack. : Fred Garvin
  • I'm unexpectedly saddened by reading about it. It was unexpected and he had a straightforward zeal that,... : thief
  • It just seems like the guy really loved his life, and it's just sad to see people like that die early. P... : porp
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  I'VE HAD IT WITH THESE MOTHERFUCKIN' STINGRAYS!! : mr.sleepy
  • LOL nice one : tunis5000
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  http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/6562/1157350573639jq0.jpg : mr.sleepy
  • date is wrong. : CoRDS
  • Too soon... : MaxPete82
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  http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/7084/1157350903731zs5.png : mr.sleepy
  • I'll respond to this the same way I responded to my friend who text messaged me about Steve's demise. ... : Omaha
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  Has anyone mentioned, it was a freak accident? : TheBadGoat
  • Yeah I think we may have covered that. :/ : Ojalo1982
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    If anything was a freak accident, i'd say that was. : pigvomit
    • The reason it was a freak accident was the fact that it got him right in the heart. : dasboot360
• Let's have one of these threads every day. It really brings out the best the shack has to offer. : moneyshot
• http://eyeforaneye.ytmnd.com/ -- maybe too soon, but it got a laugh out of me. :( : Shadowdane
• this is why we leave the seas to the pirates because they are filled with hateful beasts : slyfox198
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  http://www.philsized.com/steve.gif and for those shocked and outraged, here's a wallpaper for you http://... : Phil
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    oh jesus you're asking for it hehehe. : steelsamurai
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      My apologies if Mrs. Irwin posts here. : Phil
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        there seem to be about 20 Mrs. Irwins. : steelsamurai
        • I see that you were the whipping boy today. Ah well. For what it's worth, I agree with your post. I li : Phil
  • LOL ur harsh. : abrasion
• I do have to say one thing, having seen small rays in the wild, some sharks and whales... I've realized t... : Q-ball
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  Daniel, 11, asked: "Why did it have to be Steve Irwin? Why couldn't it be someone older like Sean Connery : Ratsofatsorat
  • Connery cannot be killed... Its time for a connery VS stingray ytmnd! Holy shit, this is the first tim... : Q-ball
  • The internet would implode. : pigvomit
  • Connery can't die, Harrison Ford used the Holy Grail on him. That's like 100% death resist. : Sixcos
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  OMG why the hell didnt you guys warn me that there was a video out on the news that shows this crap? Tha... : Galadriel07
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    From imdb: "He tells his camera crew to always be filming. If he needs help, he will ask for it. Even if ... : Poor Yurik
    • Shit, there was something wrong with that man. :( I seriously am disturbed now. I was just flipping th... : Galadriel07
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    Does anyone know if there is a link to it online? A friend of mine in Texas wants to see it. :( : Galadriel07
    • As far as I can tell, no, it's not out. : Dslyecxi
  • On the news here in Australia they just said "footage likely to never be released" : abrasion
  • So you saw this? Man, I figured it would be at least a few months before it leaked to the net. I couldn't... : jhof
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    what you say? video released? my guess if anyone hosts the video once it leaks, it will be a very ogrish ... : p4ck3tloss
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      and god no, I doubt it's released anywhere... yet. : p4ck3tloss
      • from the description on Wikipedia, it's pretty damn gruesome (he pulls the stinger out before passing out... : verbatim
    • I see what you did there. And no, it's really not up yet. : Dslyecxi
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    I just saw a fox news thing online about it. It's horrible, but they didn't show any footage so I dunno ... : sKetchflow
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      LOL at "there's really no speculation". Paging steelsamurai! : blackhawk
      • umm no speculation about cause of death. If he provoked the thing who fucking cares. Quite honestly? Th... : sKetchflow
  • I figured the video would show up in a few months on some of the more seedy parts of the internet and not... : rosewood
• I still can't believe he's gone. He's like an icon. It's like saying Superman is dead. It just can't happ... : dodob
• It's too bad -- I really enjoyed watching Steve Irwin's shows. The only guy who can compare right now is... : Ride-My-Rocket

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