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  I check engadget weekly, the Apple zealotry is there for sure. They don't really add anything other than ... : d fluke
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    I just wish there was another good choice for tech blogs. I check Engadget and Gizmodo pretty often, but ... : ColoradoCNC
    • exaclty :( The Ars Technica journals have the breadth in terms of coverage, but they don't always update... : d fluke
    • Wired isn't bad. : Ride-My-Rocket
    • Gearlog! and I'm not just saying that because I contribute there... : halophoenix
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  Blogs are probably the best and worst thing to happen to news. : Jonathan
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    comments are the worse. : vigilante
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      Comments are irrelevant, which is why it's so funny to see Engadget get wound up about it. : Jonathan
      • that's like youtube formally addressing it's comments every week. its a waste of time : jigstah
• Yeah I enjoyed all the cool gadgets but the constant subtle (and not so) Windows bashing turned me off fr... : hoov1185
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  Meh it may be there, nothing wrong with someone having a preference and writing about it, people just nee... : two50six
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    What irks people, myself included, is that any time that there is a post regarding an area of gadgetry in : ColoradoCNC
    • Or if you're not going to be objective, at least rename your site something like "Applegadget"? : Arcanum
    • ah yeah I can see that, thats a bit ridiculous : two50six
    • mmm, I have seen reviews post a weakness of an mp3 player or phone as "It's just not an ipod/phone/mac", ... : Wiimope
    • This is what pisses me off about Engadget. They do this shit all the time even when the story isn't about... : K1Bond007
• I don't know what the problem is but the Storm is a device that a lot of people are returning. Some of co... : bozer
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  To be fair to them, the anti-Apple brigade are a hundred times more irritating than even the biggest Mac ... : PeanutsEnvy
  • True, but a lot of the time it's because the anti-MS brigade comes in and trolls every Zune/Windows/Xbox/... : ColoradoCNC
  • ^^^ Mac zealots ^^^ : Nation
  • Hahahaha, yeah okay. : Fred Garvin
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    agreed invariably, they bring up the mythical "Apple Tax" (by comparing it to their home-built, mid-to... : Postal
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      mythical apple tax? http://gizmodo.com/5065133/the-truth-about-the-apple-tax I'm a little confused ab... : Horn
      • zomg anti-apple brigade : lowayne
      • but you see, none of those comparisons are a feature-for-feature match! let's take the HP dv5t versus : Postal
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        the laptops don't have 2 buttons because tapping the touchpad with 2 buttons right clicks, it's better th... : derelict515
        • head asplode. What? : steelsamurai
        • cats and dogs living together! : dantastic
      • "lack of second mouse button" is not the same statement as "unable to bring up a context menu" fuck ri... : warpdude
      • It's mythical in that you can find any two computer companies and compare their products and find areas w... : Fayk
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      Fuck you are so right. I love meyMac but try not to be a dick about it - I still use windows at work and ... : node
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        I generally see a lot more anti microsoft / anti pc bullshit than anti mac. Seems everyone on shack is ga... : r3ckless
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          Tha'ts because it works better for many of us. It's ok if you prefer windows, but just liking something o... : terath
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            Its ok if you prefer mac. But like i said , I see a lot of anti-microsoft / anti-pc bullshit. You can lik... : r3ckless
            • Well, since all the MS users here complain about anti-microsoft bullshit, and the mac users complain abou... : terath
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              I think the hardcore vocal Apple fans arrived at some point, and then a hardcore anti-apple attitude deve... : Barnahog
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                This is pretty much it IMO. For quite a long time I would have (and still do - for the extreme) label man... : K1Bond007
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                  I think the big problem is that there's really nothing cool about XP or Vista. They're there, they funct... : LilCrypto
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                    It goes beyond sexy for me. Vista has a much flashier interface, but unfortunately it is generally more c... : Serpico74
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                      I suppose Microsoft might get their head out of their butts and move ahead of Apple but the last time tha... : LilCrypto
                      • Microsoft have the lion's share of the OS market but I'm thinking that the damage they have taken to thei... : Serpico74
    • What do you mean by mythical? Macs cost more than PCs. You pay for the experience. : OmegaRed59
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      I love my macbook and I love OSX but fuck, I see no fucking right button on this piece of hardware so yea... : steelsamurai
      • Just put two fingers on the trackpad : extrahappyturtle
  • This. The bitching is far worse than any overzealous Apple coverage. : Conan
  • nope : qwpeoriu
  • No fucking way. : uncleanmonkey
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    I don't see how you can say that. Pompous Mac assholes are seriously annoying and irritating. : deject
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      Serious question. Am I a pompous mac asshole? : Yanks
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        No, I wouldn't say you are. : deject
        • *phew*. Despite the fact that I've been using Macs pretty much exclusively for the past 6 years or so, I ... : Yanks
      • no you are just a pompous asshole. jk we love you : sigpro
  • Wrong. : valael
  • this was true... ten years ago. then the apple peripheral "borg" effect happened : Downforce
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    It's true. In the past couple of years it suddenly became cool to hate apple because they got popular. Se... : halophoenix
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      It's not true. At least for me, even as someone that likes OSX very much even though I'm not an advocate,... : qwpeoriu
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        As someone who uses OSX, I honestly have the opposite problem. I'm actually afraid when people ask what O... : terath
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          That makes no sense, why the hell would you be afraid to tell someone what OS you use unless you're talki... : qwpeoriu
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            Because I can't stand getting into the "Why don't you use XXX?" conversations in general. Or you get the ... : terath
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              I don't think the apple tax thing is actually a bad gripe. Whether or not you and I agree with it, it cer... : qwpeoriu
              • I use Windows and Linux daily as well. So I have an excuse for every OS. ;) I'll grant you though, it... : terath
            • "i need a korn shell and posix compliance. we don't use computers for the same things." end of argument. : heuristic
          • It doesn't make any sense but it is very true. I think you may not have met or encountered these people, ... : halophoenix
          • When I interned for a big company that was a Windows only shop, I was chastised for the first few weeks o... : Yanks
      • most PC/Windows advocates also don't have the slightest clue. In fact, most people arguing about shit on ... : steelsamurai
      • As opposed to best buy's equivilant for PC repair? : batkiwi
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      It's not because they got popular, it's because of the smarmy dismissive tone they take in their advertis... : ColoradoCNC
      • And that proves my point completely - you can blame it on the advertising all you want, but the advertisi... : halophoenix
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    Agreed. The arrogance from PC zealots that have no experience with anything other than Windows is friggin... : Serpico74
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      and then there's dvorak.. people get all kinds of loopy over that. : heuristic
      • I got pissed off about it because a guy would set it up on shared work comps and I'd be typing an email o... : sKetchflow
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      And I'm the guy that thinks Vista SP1 is the absolute best OS Microsoft has released, hands down. No othe... : Serpico74
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        I was most impressed by Win2K (and I know most people will disagree but Win95 also, I thought that was an... : qwpeoriu
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          XP is fundamentally broken from a security standpoint. The fact that Vista is up to *nix style security a... : Serpico74
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            Yeah, the concept of least privilege is something MS should have embraced long ago. But they sort of bung... : qwpeoriu
            • I can't argue Vista's battery life, OS X has it beaten hands down: http://www.anandtech.com/mac/showdoc.a... : Serpico74
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        I had to do a complete reinstall of Vista on my laptop because of instability. I went back and looked at ... : steelsamurai
        • Was this before or after SP1? Before SP1 was a disaster. After SP1, I don't have a lot to complain about. : Serpico74
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        What? OSX has a god damn clownshoes interface. Whatever complaint you might have about Windows is entirel... : SpaecKow
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          I like how this post is a nonstop stream of accusations and truisms with no support to back up your point : electroly
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            You mean read write and hidden shown and all that? : heuristic
            • Haha, yeah. I counted the number of steps it takes to do the same in Vista vs OS X. It takes two steps in : Serpico74
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            Certainly! In regards to interface, Windows makes it is so much simpler and quicker to: - Hide an appli... : SpaecKow
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              - Hide an application cmd-h - Close it cmd-q or cmd-w - Move it and all its windows around in... : heuristic
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                Yeah. Those things you listed, like using your keyboard, are all inferior and suck more than what Windows... : SpaecKow
                • windows makes you use a keyboard too. in most cases. like typing. : heuristic
                • Suggesting that Mac OS X has poorer support for mouse-based interface than Windows is the funniest thing ... : electroly
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                  They're all in the menus too you know. How does oneo hide an application in windows? I don't even know.... : vigilante
                  • Click the icon in the upper left hand corner of the window. You can also right click the taskbar entry. : antareus
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              There is so much wrong here it is ridiculous. Something as simple as right click being "something OS X ha... : Serpico74
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                Why? Why can't you be just as fast and efficient? How is Windows hobbling you? : SpaecKow
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                  The loss of Exposé alone slows me down every day at work on my Windows box. I miss it every time I'm on... : electroly
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                    Superior dragging of assets and items between windows of different applications, as well as consistent be... : Serpico74
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                      Drag-and-drop is huge for me in OSX. I drag EVERYTHING. I use that little icon in the titlebar to drag ... : electroly
                      • I do the same with Final Cut, Photoshop, Compressor, and Squeeze. Consistent and logical behavior when us : Serpico74
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                      I fucking HATE Vista. : SpaecKow
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                        And D&D functionality in Windows is fine and dandy. Works just as well as OSX. : SpaecKow
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                          D&D is preferable on OSX for me. - Every document you have open has an icon in the titlebar. You ca... : electroly
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                            And, of course, you can hit Exposé while dragging something in OSX and easily choose what window you wan... : electroly
                            • And then there's window management for notebooks. Expose assigned to trackpad hotcorners is the best. : Serpico74
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                            If you know you're going to drag across applications you can just window both those apps and drag across,... : SpaecKow
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                              If you know you're going to drag across applications you can just window both those apps and drag across, : electroly
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                                Or just drag to the other application's Dock icon. Try this one on Windows and look at the hilarious err : electroly
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                                  Yes, in windows you have to hold on the taskbar button to bring up the application window, it's more conv... : SpaecKow
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                                    That's silly, though. You're just rationalizing a shortcoming in Windows and I think you know it. There... : electroly
                                    • Yes you should be able to drop on the taskbar icon, I dunno why it does that. Probably the feature is wri... : SpaecKow
                              • Oh well in that regard you can alt tab. : SpaecKow
                • [ctrl-tab-tab] [release] ls -1 /tmp | wc -l [enter] yay. : heuristic
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              Are you going to actually explain those or just give a laundry list? - Hiding an application, close it... : electroly
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                Lets then go through it point by point: You do not close an application in OSX by clicking the button... : SpaecKow
                • I'm glad you at least responded now, so we have something to discuss. - I'll point out that you can al : electroly
                • I'm right clicking my OS X desktop right now. Oh shit, its asking me if I want to make a new folder! Damn... : Serpico74
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                  Honestly, how much have you used OS X? There is a right click menu on the desktop. The Dock shows all o... : vigilante
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                    Really? I have an OSX machine at work it won't let me right click on desktop. : SpaecKow
                    • you have to use the right mouse button. : heuristic
                    • It has always been there, since v10.0 of Mac OS X. : electroly
                    • I have one that I'm typing on and it lets me do it with my one button trackpad : derelict515
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                  You do not close an application in OSX by clicking the button in the title bar, you do in Windows, but to : Bamtan
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                    Huh? OSX will always show the icon of an open application in the dock, regardless of whether or not you'v : SpaecKow
                    • move all app windows as one i'm really curious what you mean by this. : heuristic
                    • It is super easy to close, hide, move and resize apps in OSX with a single click. Hold your mouse down on... : Bamtan
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                  OSX with a single keystroke but that is not the same thing as actually just hiding all applications at on : ovrlrd
                  • Too complicated! Wah! : Serpico74
                  • I know Hide Others. I don't like keyboard shortcuts when I know I could do the same thing with one button... : SpaecKow
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              Every single thing you listed there is wrong. Every single fucking thing. After moving from Windows to OS : Bamtan
              • The funny thing is that Windows Explorer in Vista is basically a convoluted copy of the 10.4 Finder, the ... : Serpico74
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              Every single one of those complaints are because you are used to the Windows way. Your argument has nothi... : ovrlrd
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                I have been working on OSX machines on a daily basis for four years now. Maybe OSX suits you better. It's... : SpaecKow
                • I think the use of the menu bar is perhaps the single most important difference between OS X and Windows ... : ovrlrd
        • I am so confused by this post. Also, Windows is clean and unified? There's absolutely no way these thi... : Yanks
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          I sort of agree and disagree here. I do think OSX gets far too much credit for being uniform and streamli... : qwpeoriu
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            Unless it's something like Office, just drag to the trash? There might be come cruft in Preferences or Ap... : Yanks
            • Actually, Office for Mac is specifically designed to be installed and uninstalled just by dragging the Of... : electroly
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            I think an uninstaller would be nice, if just as a concession to Windows switchers who fucking love that ... : electroly
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              Yes, I'm not really arguing for it from a functionality standpoint though. I would just like a way to bri... : qwpeoriu
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                Am I missing something? If you want to bring up all the things installed on your computer, just go into ... : electroly
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                  I think you are ? I dunno. Maybe I didn't explain myself well also. I have apps on my machine that do not... : qwpeoriu
                  • I see what you mean. I think the reason they haven't done it yet is probably technical; Mac OS X doesn't : electroly
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            I also don't like how apps are installed on OSX. Sometimes you have to deal with .dmg and .pkg files, uni : SpaecKow
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              Application uninstallation on Mac OS X: Step 1: Drag the application icon to the trash. That's it. : electroly
              • Too complicated! : Serpico74
            • Apparently it is! : SpaecKow
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          Oh, if I had the lol script installed I'd be hitting that button so hard right now... : Serpico74
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            This is the post of a shellshocked man who has had a grenade of truth explode far too close to him. : SpaecKow
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              Oh please. I've used MS OSes since MS-DOS 4 and Windows 2, and Macs only since 10.2. I've got plenty of e... : Serpico74
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                What high horse? I don't even LIKE Windows, but I like it better for its interface than Mac OSX, which I'... : SpaecKow
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                  "Grenade of truth" stinks of high horse. Combine that with the fact that every point you've brought up is... : Serpico74
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                    I was kidding. You don't think a phrase like "Grenade of truth" is just a bit facetious? And every po... : SpaecKow
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                      Explaining how expose doesn't suck it like asking me to make a case that Jessica Alba is hot. Insanity. I... : Serpico74
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                        Also, pressing the yellow button hides the app, same function as minimize window in Windows. Multiple win... : Serpico74
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                          I cannot imagine a situation where I would want to hide an application but not hide all of its windows. I... : SpaecKow
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                            Command+H isn't a big deal for me I guess. I suppose the alternative would be to add a fourth button to t... : Serpico74
                            • I guess it depends on how often you want to hide all application windows. I personally do that a lot. : SpaecKow
                          • Then you would use command-H or select 'hide' from the menu, or bind the hide function to some other key ... : Fayk
                  • I'm pretty sure at this point he's trolling. Seriously. : Fayk
            • You remind me of Wheatloaf. You start in with a post making strong claims, and then for the rest of the ... : electroly
  • Fuck no. They're both retarded but the mac idiots have an edge because they think they're superior. : stuka
  • Apple rocks. In fact, I'm posting this from my iPhone! : Edges
  • I AM an Apple zealot and I can't agree with this. : fatman
  • FUCK LOOK OUT, thread has ASPLODED! my apple is SEXY TIME, i like very much. : XchumpoX
• Dino Riders. Nice. : Finestaut
• It's about time the readers start to get sick of the apple dick sucking on that site. Anything non-apple... : melkore
• Steve Jobs is dead and so is Apple. : geneshifter
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  I don't even get why sites have comment sections : rosewood
  • more site hits! : Postal
  • It can be really useful, e.g. if something wasn't covered or clear in the article then you can ask if any... : nudel
  • It's just water cooler talk. Sites should like it because it's another layer of content and can act as a ... : Jonathan
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    lol : d fluke
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      I was starting to get worried. : rosewood
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        It looks like you still should be : renegade732
        • who's going to be the one to break it to them? : cncpun
      • lol, I read it as tech sites or something. :) Didn't have my paying attention hat on. : nudel
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    Without comments, Engadget would probably have failed. : LilCrypto
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      Youtube did great before the flood of the comments section becoming a living organism. I'm not sure who i... : Godhatesfatpeople
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        Youtube has people uploading videos for others to watch. Engadget steals news from other sites and "aggr... : LilCrypto
        • To be fair, a lot of the material put up on YT is stolen ;) But I know what you mean now. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • Because every asshole on a computer loves to think whatever he or she posts is important enough for every... : Godhatesfatpeople
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    you need an engaged and empowered community to click on yo ads! : Dave-A
    • You could just sell shirts : rosewood
• I knew from the moment I saw this thread in the morning it was going to develop into a giant shit storm. : ShekkyBoy
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  People just need to get over the mac/windows/linux thing. They are tools, each platform has its strengt... : whodares
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    ^^^^ voice of sanity here. They're just tools. Some are better than others, but they're just tools. Procl... : Serpico74
    • if lumberjacks had a messageboard they'd spend all day arguing over the best axes. : heuristic
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  Unless engadget has changed noticeably in the last year or so (I stopped reading them) then claiming thei... : Fayk
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    The funny part is that the article that started this was on the Blackberry Storm and their comparison bet... : LilCrypto
    • That does sound ridiculous, haha. Maybe they've become apple-slanted over time, but like I said, their (s... : Fayk
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    I think the amount of reporting can reveal a bias as well. I don't read Engadget regularly -- only when a... : nudel
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      No one would cover Apple with such intensity if there wasn't such a hunger for it. Sure, a lot of folks ... : LilCrypto
      • It is a self-perpetuating cycle though. They are just tech products, not life enhancements. You'd suspect... : antareus
• That graphic is like all the awesomeness in the universe condensed into one picture. : antareus
• So is Engadget saying that user-generated content is a cesspool of juvenile insults, logical fallacies, a... : antareus

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  there's a link on CNN.com that a plane hit a snowbank. : FormerHPB
  • Saw that, but it's in NY No one is talking from Continental or the Denver airport. My sister just c... : sublime
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  nothing on any of the aviation forums, probably not that big, if it was it would be everywhere. If somet... : cncpun
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    What are some good aviation forums? : Flying h4x0r
    • www.aopa.org You have to register though : phate81
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    My sister lives in Denver and she called me. Just heard plane is on the ground and my mom is going to ho... : sublime
    • oh good, I hope she will be OK : drucifer
    • Really glad you managed to find out that she was ok. : perstephanie
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  http://cbs4denver.com/ Breaking News: A plane crashed at Denver International Airport and is on fire... : Just A Girl
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    still no new news : drucifer
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      Runway overrun. It was/is smoking : cncpun
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        DIA's runways are massive wonder why it overan it? : pwnjoo
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          What's the weather there, any ice? Once planes slow down enough on landing they are quite prone to slidi... : cncpun
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            The plane was taking off, not landing. Some news reports are wrong. It was leaving Denver and coming to... : Just A Girl
            • it is cold as hell here guessing some ice was involved : pwnjoo
          • Weather is fine here today. Cold, but no precipitation. Maybe it just didn't get enough oomph to take ... : riptyde
• http://cbs4denver.com/local/crash.denver.plane.2.892170.html : Just A Girl
• Oh shit! Good luck! : dedgecko
• There's a groundstop at DEN. Airport shutdown while they deal with it : cncpun
• http://www.myfoxcolorado.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=8116334&version=8&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=... : eisencc
• Hope you're mom's ok : sammyjojo
• It sounds your mom's going to be fine, but that must have been terrifying. :( : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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  Just heard from sister, my mom is injured and was taken to hospital. So far we've heard it is non-life t... : sublime
  • glad to hear she's going to be OK, sorry she got a bit beat up though =/ : naios
  • :( hope all goes well : supermonkeyballz
  • wow, shit. best of luck to her i hope everything is okay man : qwpeoriu
  • :( : mwasher
  • wow, sorry man. hope she's ok : riptyde
  • I hope everything turns out alright, fingers crossed. : SiW.
  • Congrats on it being no worse. That was close! : Cygnus X-1
  • Oh that is good news, I hope she recovers quickly. : yosemiteclimber
  • I hope it isn't too bad. :( : deject
  • I'm really sorry; hope it turns out to be minor. Glad she's ok. Must have been a nightmare before you got... : perstephanie
  • Yikes, sorry to hear that. I hope that she's fine. : angrytaxman
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    Hey sublime, any updates on your Mom? : PoopStewart
    • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18772482#itemanchor_18772482 I posted an update. : sublime

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  I tend to dislike it because it isn't funny or creative. ymmv : haiku
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    I've never gotten a laugh out of a single strip linked here. : Juno
    • sudo make me a sandwich. : LilCrypto
    • I've never gotten a laugh out of a single strip : Nighteyes
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    I can see you not finding it funny (that's a matter of taste), but not creative? Really? You're sure y... : batkiwi
    • It's too formulaic to be creative. It's fine to have an angle, but it isn't creative to be so self aware.... : haiku
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  I liked it till he started writing every panel about relationships. If his girlfriend dumped him, I think... : K1Bond007
  • i actually kind of agree. except for the weeks of depressing relationship comics that would have to occur... : perstephanie
• I love xkcd ;) : Megara9
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  I don't even know what that comic is trying to say aside from "I am a giant pussy". is he trying to teac... : mikecyb
  • The one ancient comic about Karnaugh maps is the only funny computer engineering joke I've ever seen, and... : Enkidu
  • "Relationships are funny!" What is this?! Cathy? : byorn
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  i actually hate xkcd. i don't mean that i really dislike it i mean i actually see many of the comics and ... : [fry]
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    I don't like a smallish but consistent % of them, but wow you have some comicrage. : perstephanie
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      i kind of imagine a fucking dork coming out of the back of a comic book store after a night of playing ma... : [fry]
      • hahahaha : Sapiens
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    i hate xkcd too and i'm pretty sure i have the only anti-xkcd wow character around http://www.wowarmory.c... : JINKY
    • right on, jinky : [fry]
    • That's even sadder than I'd expect from you. :[ : Ebu
  • Jealous! : Mondo
• it's hit and miss. this one was pretty good : mista mista
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  I thought you or dahanese or some knowledge shacker who also has a vagina already made a great post sayin... : spazzium
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    wasn't me I don't think. sorry. knowledge shacker? : perstephanie
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      me. many, many times. : Megara9
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        hell, it's been in my profile since I signed up : Megara9
        • i love your profile. : perstephanie
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          jesus christ wtf is going on in your profile?! : yosemiteclimber
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            it weeds the people who get it from the people who don't ;) : Megara9
            • lol! : yosemiteclimber
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            She's fucking crazy man, be careful. She locked me in her attic once :( : Ctrl-Phreak
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              you liked it you dirty, dirty boy : Megara9
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                Yes. Yes I did By the way, Happy Birthday. Sorry I missed your shindig, I had another birthday party t... : Ctrl-Phreak
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                  no worries, man :) You can always swing by whenever. What are you up to this Xmas anyway? : Megara9
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                    I've got nothing for XMas this year actually. Planning on catching Benjamin Button on Christmas. Other th... : Ctrl-Phreak
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                      just dinner at my mom's with my boring and very ill elderly godparents :( You wanna come along so I'll ha... : Megara9
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                        Aww, that doesn't sound good. I'd imagine being very ill might make one a bit boring at at imes. Wait.... : Ctrl-Phreak
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                          godparents. And they don't, but I could bring the 360 over. I dunno I just dread family gatherings. : Megara9
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                            Oops. Misread that like 4 times apparently. I'm with you with the dreading of the family gatherings, b... : Ctrl-Phreak
                            • yeah that's all.. not too many people coming. Just an idea since you don't have anywhere to go for an Xma... : Megara9
            • My kinda woman! : yosemiteclimber
      • i've thought it before, but not in a while. but that one was kind of perfect. i hadnt been to the site in... : perstephanie
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    those very wise words were from edlin http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16221516#itemanchor_16221516 : [fry]
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      Ahh YES! Thank you [fry], this is the post I was referring to. : spazzium
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        Does this make [fry] a knowledge shacker? : Mr.Finkster
        • Yes. : spazzium
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    I like the phrase "knowledge shacker." : jake2000
    • It was supposed to be "knowledgeable shacker," but I'm keen on "knowledge shacker" now too. It will me... : spazzium
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  I hate it because pussy was the worst thing that ever happened to that comic : zakk
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    actually it was that one day I realized I was reading a blog, but in stick figure format. And it was the ... : zakk
    • That's about it.. and not just a nerd.. one of those awkward nerds : bamb
  • it didn't help it. that is true. : perstephanie
• it stings. spot on. : vile
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  The only good thing to ever come out of xkcd was it inspired some of my student mates to build a giant ba... : Mr.Finkster
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    Super happy fun time place http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/344/n222402374301016088hl9.jpg : Mr.Finkster
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      best. use. of. basement. ever. : Megara9
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        Students + excessive amounts of alcohol + motherfucking BALL POOL = Head assploding levels of awesome. : Mr.Finkster
        • you guys are silly. that would get old after roughly 5 minutes. : xxiv
• i like xkcd. fuck the haters. : d0pamine
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  It's pretty hard to keep a comic funny all the time. Penny Arcade is only occasionally funny for me thes... : LilCrypto
  • The difference is, when PA isn't funny it doesn't make you want to punch the screen. I used to defend ... : nudel
• This hurts me more than it humors me =( : Sailor of Fortune
• i used to be like that :( : filthysock
• http://www.chainsawsuit.com/20080509.shtml 'Nuff said : MaddeningLoop
• Apparently their forum at the time was full of people saying "he understand my paaain" not realising that... : woddemandred
• i love xkcd : CoRDS
• Personally, I love XKCD. Don't lump me in with these fucking martians who don't like it ;-p : Legolas5
• what the fuck is this shit : Magus
• no because it's just not funny. example. http://xkcd.com/517/ : xxiv
• I love XKCD, except for the creepy strips like that one. I honestly can't tell if he's making fun or bei... : slax0r

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• lol : AlexXdude
• lololololol : zakk
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  What's funnier is that someone else posted about crummy's account being hacked earlier. : hbalce1
  • not to mention the fact that P4L was mentioned in one of the chat logs : Mmmmmoo
• Well thats just crummy. : Ziz
• ahaha : ScrawnyJohnny
• lol : filtersweep
• ya there are a few chatty threads about hacked Crummy asking to borrow accounts for his cousin or some BS : Cheeziologist
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  hahaha : yosemiteclimber
  • I want to steam msg him with my congratulations on getting peters ;) : yosemiteclimber
• Oh jesus : goatjc
• raped : [fry]
• :( :( :( : xsoulbrothax
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  How do we know this is not Crummy as well ? : sikander
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    I should ban the account just in case : haiku
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      I think that would be the best course of action. : Ctrl-Phreak
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        =( damn it : sesmaster
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          I was just kidding. You don't need to be banned. How about this, if you give me your shack password I... : Ctrl-Phreak
          • I wasn't : haiku
• THE SAGA CONTINUES....... : virus
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  im confused. Crummy got your info and then gave it to someone else? : burning eye
  • crummy's account was hijacked somehow and they're now making the shacker rounds : xsoulbrothax
  • Someone has jacked crummyNZ's account and is asking everyone on his friends list for their info to "borro... : yosemiteclimber
  • no Crummy's account got hacked and is trying to use it to gain access to people on his friends list accou... : sigpro
• Way to go, peters. : brickmatt
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  So what can they do once they have your account? : NastyJack
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    they change the password and you are SOL to play games . . . the hundreds of dollars that you have spent ... : sesmaster
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      can't you just call valve and verify with your credit card number or something and have it reset? if y... : [fry]
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        they make you jump through some crazy hoops. I must open a ticket and do this song and dance : sesmaster
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          I suggest "Thriller" by Michael Jackson. Gabe also kind of strikes me as someone who really enjoys old Fr... : K1Bond007
          • Oh I blew it. That's Gene Kelly. :( Whatever. They'll like it anyway. : K1Bond007
  • Use L4D to make a Zombie BotNet : Cheeziologist
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  why did you do that : dahanese
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    I wouldn't be surprised if he made this story up. If he did do it, part of him did it for the attention, ... : brickmatt
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      http://gamewith.us/shackspace/sesmaster-post.png : ThomW
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        you all are assholes. : sesmaster
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          Yeah. We're the assholes, peters. : brickmatt
          • I am glade you are starting to see it. : sesmaster
• Thanks for letting us know. : dmason
• A lifetime of failures epic : acheron
• Never tell your password to anyone. : kill9
• You should seriously consider just quitting the internet. It's just too hard for you to work. : ThomW
• hahaha, sesmaster has to be a character account, no one could be so fucking stupid.. : randomnull
• I knew something was wrong the moment Crummy messaged me via steam. : Sailor of Fortune
• Except me. I am totally trust worthy. : r3ckless
• give out my account information? that sounds like a solid idea here you go : Deathlove
• YOUR COMPUTER IS BROADCASTING IT'S IP!!! <<< CLICK HERE >>> : Downforce
• another fake sesmaster post... : deathofrats
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  YOUR COMPUTER IS INFECTED << CLICK HERE TO INSTALL A SOLUTION >> : .ka`boom.zZz.
  • THE CLICKING IT DOES NOTHING!!! : reverend~heresy
• oh god. really? i can't believe you fell for that either. :( : perstephanie
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  Godammit. Sanchez pm'd me about this too. Really sorry, I already emailed steam about it. Aaargh :( : crummynz
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    Don't we have a shacker that works for Steam support? I bet he could take care of this much faster. : sanchez
    • sorry sanchez. =( : sesmaster
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      There's a couple. mxeno is Steam support, but I think he only works with games. : K1Bond007
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        there's locash and kallanta also : AlexXdude
        • The former would probably be the best one to contact, but he'd probably just direct you to the queue of g... : K1Bond007
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    any idea how it might have happened? :( i'm paranoid about my own account too : xsoulbrothax
    • I dunno, my windows install is over a year old and has a lot of crap on it, so it's hard to say. : crummynz
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    i'm so confused as to what happened here. he cause your account to be hijacked? : perstephanie
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      someone hijacked crummy's steam account and then messaged everyone on his friends list asking to borrow t... : sanchez
      • I usually give my account to my friends. Have done it for 5 or 6 years now. Never had an issue once. : sesmaster
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        thanks, all is now clear. how'd they get crummy's? : perstephanie
        • He probably downloaded SheepSlumberParty.avi.exe : sanchez
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  how retarded are you peters? first the tranny bartender then this? : deject
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    tranny bartender? link to story pls! : sanchez
    • you know what, you don't even need it. what you can imagine is probably what happened. : EvilDolemite
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    "First" ? He posts something like this every 2-3 days. : walker270
    • I mean that in the sense of "this weekend's sesmaster posts." : deject
  • I'm convinced he enjoys being stupid. I just don't know. : spazzium
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    Next week we could get to hear about the embarrassment that ensued when he inadvertently sent a term pape... : pharoah mike
    • Seriously. There just needs to be a sesmaster post autotag feature that highlights them in orange or som... : the city
  • as always, take any sesmaster post with a grain of salt. : the city
• I'm surprised someone would bother hijacking an account named "Peters4Life". Seriously.... : K1Bond007
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  Dude got me as well. Soon as he gets back from NZ, I'm gunna jump him. : aggro crag
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    Well Crummy didn't get me personally, but I'm gunna jump in anyways. Hopefully Steam support will get... : aggro crag
    • Why must I be so trustworthy :( : crummynz

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• "Welp! Time to play god!" : ifallible
• When he turned on the water I lol'd : jingletard
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  Heh, I hadn't seen this - Episode 1 was OK, I'll have to watch the rest later. :) And yeah, I did tha : mn3m0n1c
  • They get exponentially better. : fishbone
• I quite like these - never seen them before : sonicdeathwalrus
• That wasn't funny. At all. : tyrelhill
• I laugh till I'm crying every time and these aren't even super funny. But somehow they get me anyways. : mrwolf710
• I think the next episode came out like out an hour ago :p http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADkcj7JHKH4&f... : braaains
• Just watched all of those. Thank you!! : CRasterImage
• Wow, awesome, I thought the guy had stopped doing those. Thanks! : zehh
• his voice reminds me of "Runaway" the adventure game with the cheesy voiceovers. : jigstah
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  I wish these felt a little less forced... I think it's just the dude's acting abilities, which aren't tha... : mikecyb
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    He's fine I think. It's supposed to be over the top. : brickmatt
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      no I realize that it's supposed to be over the top and I find most of it to be pretty funny (some of his ... : mikecyb
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        It feels like you're missing it. : brickmatt
        • He sounds like Ray Romano. : heartsauce
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    I kind of feel the opposite. His delivery is pretty accurate to the material, but a lot of the lines are ... : Chris Remo
    • I think a lot of it is funny, but it's funny in the seinfeld "hey look at my observations" sort of funny.... : brickmatt
    • I think the concept itself is the limiting factor. Commentary at the right moment is hilarious; continuo... : qsylvr
    • yeah I dunno I posted that when I was watching the first one or two and now that I've seen all of them I ... : mikecyb
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    I think his delivery is perfect. He sounds like a funnier Ray Romano. : bipolar
    • maybe that's what bothers me! I hate that guy! : mikecyb
  • I agree, he clearly is not a well trained actor and I suggest he does more shows on broadway before relea... : gmd
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    mikecyb threadshitting post Personally, I really enjoyed these videos. Great concept, great execution. : Bold
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      This isn't threadshitting because he actually offers an opinion and engages in discussion about it. This ... : brickmatt
      • mikecyber just isn't typing in that authorative "I'm saying this sucks so it sucks because I'm saying so"... : brickmatt
      • It's a bit of a pattern with him, however: he quite frequently posts a dissenting opinion in threads wher... : Bold
• Yeah, the tram thing for me was bugged. I could never get to it without no-clip at first. At least thats ... : Beady
• Holy shit this series is funny. : brickmatt
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  These things have never been remotely funny. : NastyJack
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    Humor is subjective. Thank you captain Nasty, I'm so glad you landed in this thread to announce your disa... : brickmatt
    • ^^^^^ : ninj0rc
  • I found it remotely funny. In fact, at one part I even found it somewhat funny. : dumb.
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    These are hilarious and I seriously can;t stop laughing, : Trips
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      Yeah well I seriously can't start. : NastyJack
      • Keep the updates coming! : brickmatt
  • I'm picky as hell when it comes to things being "funny", and these are pretty fucking funny. : fishbone
• 7 is out http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=ADkcj7JHKH4 : bolus
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  He's doing HL2 as well?..sweet! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-JCazFiR7M& : Mister Groin
  • ah fuck...never mind...not the same guy... : Mister Groin
  • wow, this sucks : baconisgod
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    terrible terrible imitation, just awful, waste of bandwidth...made me want to punch him : mrwolf710
    • oooh, Japanese graffiti, my favorite. SO CLEVER : fishbone
• There are some jems of comedy in there. The guy sounds like a mix between Will Ferrel and Seth Rogen. : Jobos
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  these things aren't even remotely funny. the observations often are but the delivery is completely wrong,... : retarded talking dinosaur
  • and what precisely do retarded dinosaurs know about humor? That's what I thought. : ninj0rc
  • I am taking back my nomination for retarded talking dinosaur to be our director of funnies. : Zolneirz
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    2nd mate dinosaur, I appreciate your threadshitting announcement. If anything else is not to your taste, ... : brickmatt
    • can I have your autograph? : ninj0rc
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      oh im sorry i didnt know disagreeing with the OP is equivalent to threadshitting. i never insulted you gu... : retarded talking dinosaur
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        hilariously, i said essentially the same thing as mikecyb above, but my post is threadshitting while his ... : retarded talking dinosaur
        • It's not what you say, it's how you say it, retarded. : brickmatt
        • Are you reading the same thing as me? He says he doesn't like the stupid videos and explains why, while ... : ninj0rc
• lol @ "NO" (0:42) : Ride-My-Rocket
• For anyone starting from the beginning, he gets WAY better in later episodes. Stick with it, these are r... : fishbone
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  it's like everybody loves raymond in black mesa : valael
  • except parts of this are funny : ninj0rc
• I love these. i hope he some how makes it through the game to Half life 2. : baron calamity
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  that sounds like cliff from cheers : AllYourBase
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    Reminded me of Adam Corolla ("The Man Show"), too. : Ride-My-Rocket
    • No, he sounds like Ray Ramano. : mrwolf710

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  For a single malt scotch MacCallan 21 is certainly a good choice; I doubt anyone who likes scotch wouldn'... : InfoBiter
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    The salesperson said something bout oak making it "different" but I have no fucking clue about any of it.... : re-verse
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      all real scotch is matured in oak barrels. : Clay
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        I spent 12 years in an oak barrel : gmd
        • i'm going to need at least 18 years before i'm interested. : Clay
    • this makes it "peaty". Adds flavor and aroma. : ghostmac
    • The sherry casks will give it a little more up-front flavour than the usual american burbon casks. More ... : father_crown
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  I'm a huge scotch drinker and that is a VERY nice bottle. If he's a scotch drinker, he'll enjoy it. : ghostmac
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    what are you doing posting on a sunday? : re-verse
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      I'm at home isolating myself from the world. I haven't had a cigarette in 29 hours. : ghostmac
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        congrats, keep that up man. if you make it a month, i'll buy fogo. : re-verse
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          from what I hear about fogo, I am going to say that this is a really sweet deal! : Galadriel07
          • ghostmac and i lunch there occasionally - the fogo-debt goes back and forth. : re-verse
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            This is quite the incentive! I'm taking it hour by hour right now. I'm actually shaking as I type this =(... : ghostmac
            • aww the best advice I can give you is to try not to think about it. I don't know if that is helpful or n... : Galadriel07
            • It does get easier, just doesnt feel that way. About month 3 is where I really noticed a lack of cravings... : pwnjoo
            • Thanks guys. This thread about scotch made me pour one and gonna take Galadriel's advise and game. I'm go... : ghostmac
• it sucks, send it to me and i'll dispose of it for you : Clay
• yes. very good. : naios
• I had a bottle of that a while ago. The sign of a good scotch is when it makes your head numb after the ... : father_crown
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  I had a 12 year old once - fucking gorgeous, wish I had more :( : jbury
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    They are rather moist and tender....aren't they? : Rigor Morts
    • Oh christ, you sick bastards :[ : jbury
    • Like chicken breasts and freshly-baked buns : Godhatesfatpeople
  • They're OK with that in Germany? : pyrogen
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    I don't feel so alone on the shack anymore :) : burning eye
    • lol : jimmy_legs
    • he still ups you on the double digits : das_runt
  • lol jbury post : [7]kami
  • uh oh... : Dave-A
  • 'sup Humbert Humbert? : pharoah mike
  • Update from the future: still lolling. : [7]kami
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  Is it good to get your "boss" a gift. I've been thinking about it, but I'm not sure. : Bantis
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    I generally don't because it feels like ass-kissing. But lately my bosses have also been my friends so i... : LilCrypto
    • That's kind of where i'm at : Bantis
  • Depends on where you work : gmd
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    For me, hes been really tolerant when I mess up, He finds ways that I can bill for an 8 hour day on days ... : re-verse
    • You should give him a hug and an atta-boy instead. : LilCrypto
• www.nataliemaclean.com knows about wines : sikander
• yes. very yes. : Yanks

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• I hear he gives Hitler some pamphlets and convinces him to do an audit to monitor his Thetan levels. : jingletard
• what ? i thought tom cruise was hitler you are blowing my mind here : qwpeoriu
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  He kills Hittler instead. : FormerHPB
  • Hittler is worse than Hitler!! : mikecyb
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  SPOILER THAT SHIT! : Albemuth
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    Seriously, wtf. : slip42o
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      ... you know that there were multiple failed attempts at Hitler's life? spoilers for history? : d0pamine
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        It's a JOKE, Mr. Humor. : Albemuth
        • :-B : slip42o
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  Who else is dressing up as a Nazi officer with an eye patch next Halloween? : dodob
  • You read my mind. : DooBall
  • And you must speak without a German accent. : gmd
  • That's only cool If you're part of the British royal family. : Lord Skellington
• Xenu does. : losimagic
• grats bro : scorpiusman
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  I hope that movie dies at the box office. Tom Cruise needs some time away from the movies. : Ride-My-Rocket
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    Why? I think his last role was Tropic Thunder and he had the best role in that whole movie. He is awesome... : baconisgod
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      Aight, maybe I need to rephrase: he needs some time away from movies as a leading role. I've heard that : Ride-My-Rocket
      • it was more than just a cameo : synapse19
    • He was my least favourite part of the movie. : Lone Swordsman
  • ^^^ did not see Tropic Thunder : Deathlove
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    Why? He's a fantastic actor. What he needs to do is stay away from the rest of the world. : mittense
    • I agree with this. I like his acting, can't stand the guy himself. : slax0r
  • Seeing him in Collateral made me like him again. He needs to play more badass roles like that. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • There's not a single movie I didn't like with Tom Cruise in it. : DooBall
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    As much as I dislike his Scientology shenanigans, I think he's a great actor, and I enjoy most if not all... : phipple
    • Sometimes I believe it's all an act by Tom Cruise to infiltrate the highest levels of Scientology. Onc : Sailor of Fortune
    • Yeah, this. I'm making a concious choice not to see his movies at this point though since I know he's fu... : TabsAZ
  • I'm at the point where I can't stand him in movies. It really doesn't have anything to do with his insani... : cdbeckman
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  Is it just Enemy At The Gates movie? Where no one speaks with an accent, other than Hellboy? What a dumb ... : Godhatesfatpeople
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    Did Ed Harris have a german accent? He can get away with not having one for being such a badass. : gmd
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      No one had an accent. The only person who attempted one was Ron Perlman, playing that Russian soldier. It... : Godhatesfatpeople
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        More off putting than Russians and Germans speaking english with their respective accents? If they are su... : Tincan
        • Everyone spoke american back then : gmd
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  um considering he shot himself in a bunker later i guess not. : peter
  • they never found hitler's body : oHnOES
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    Thanks for the spoiler : gmd
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      what spolier. I didn't even see the movie. It is common knowledge. Like JFK being shot in his a motorcade... : peter
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        Oh God! More spoilers! : gimpx32
        • And his assassin? Got assassinated! O_O : DM7
        • It's okay, that part is at the beginning of the movie. : nurglich
      • thanks, now there's no point watching Oliver Stone's JFK : redfive
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        WHAT?!??! CHRIST STOP SPOILING EVERYTHING. : burning eye
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          I was just going to read about WW2. Now I don't give a shit since peter spoiled the whole thing. SHIT! : pigvomit
          • WW2? Wtf happened with WW I?! This whole website is one gigantic spoiler! : burning eye
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        Did you know that Harvey Milk was shot too? : Horn
        • Fucking Twinkies! : Sailor of Fortune
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        FUCK YOU ASSHOLE I WAS JUST ABOUT TO WATCH JFK : mikecyb
        • I hear "Anger Management" is funnier : peter
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        USE THE SPOILER TAG FGT I HAVEN'T STUDIED US HISTORY YET : Ride-My-Rocket
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          i suggest not going to public schools anymore : peter
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            it's just going right over your head, isn't it? : burning eye
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              I take it sarcasm isn't something you are aware of : peter
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                funny, that's what i was getting at with you. Seems like it took you a while to catch on. : burning eye
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                  um I think you were the one who has taken a bit long to catch on ;-) : peter
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                    No, I think you are the one who's been missing the point here. : spdon
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                      geez I start this whole JFK plot spolier subthread and you guys are getting serious : peter
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                        Looks like someone missed the joke! :D : DM7
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                          funny ruin plot of other movies subthread = ruined : peter
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                            I think we just need a reset button on this whole thread. ;D : DM7
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                              Seems like you're the one who needs a reset button 8) : mr.sleepy
                              • I don't think you understand what they're trying to say. O_o : slip42o
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                sarcasm replying to sarcasm on the Internet usually fails FYI : redfive
                • hey you are right! : peter
                • reverse trolling ftw : Jiven
              • I don't think your statement really qualifies as sarcastic. : mittense
        • hahahhaha laughing so hard : the city
      • FYI MASSIVE SPOILER SUBTHREAD> : skinlab133
      • You FAIL again Peter! : CrustaR : sesmaster
      • sesmaster switched nicks? : randomposter
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  That have part of his jaw though : peter
  • oops that was in reply to oHnOES : peter
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  The boat also sinks in Titanic : Godhatesfatpeople
  • Oh for all that is sacred... : Xin Jing Client 1a
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  Oh hey guys guess what? At the end of Sixth Sense, Bruce Willis is actually - - Dude, try to engage ... : Xin Jing Client 1a
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    Bruce Willis is actually Adolf Hitler? : delataur
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      Spoilers, hello... : Xin Jing Client 1a
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        When Bruce Willis was dead at the end of Sixth Sense I jizzed in my pants. : heartsauce
        • i just jizzed in my pants reading this post. : hirez
  • this is like that time someone spoiled Titanic by telling me that the boat sinks wtf! : mikecyb
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    You know I read this thinking of Fifth Element and couldn't figure out what your point was. Leeloo Dallas... : packav
    • i read this before i read his comment and ended up thinking the same thing : synapse19
  • I JUST JIZZED IN MY PANTS : Shivawn
  • You realize this is based on a true story, and well..... : Bantis
• at the end of passion of the christ jesus gets crucified : mega man
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  Arnold Schwarzenegger does not, in fact, jingle ALL the way : spiderfill
  • sinbad does. : Pacalon
  • He pardoned that movie though : Sailor of Fortune
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  Would have been better if he did kill Hitler. Screw historical accuracy. : Mmmmmoo
  • Dude, then we'd have Testla Tanks and women military uniforms would be awesome! : Sailor of Fortune
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  See this is like those crappy Chinese movies where Chow Yun Fat or Jet Li is required to die at the end s... : LilCrypto
  • The problem was that the whole story was just a tiny footnote in history. It's like making a movie about ... : peter
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  He converts him to Scientology instead? OR He killed Adolph Tuttle instead? : Masem
  • Would you sign this refund check addressed to Buttle? : Xin Jing Client 1a
• I don't think I need to see that movie now : rosewood
• Already seen it gg! : Iwannaacura
• Yeah, I just saw a commercial and it was saying something about the movie having great suspense. I was w... : TreMetal
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  But does Hogan escape? : Crimsonbeak
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    Man, the Hulk is in a prison of his own design... : jessipoo
    • you better believe it Brother : Slowtreme
• You know what would be awesome? If the movie was actually about an alternate history where Valkyrie succe... : sharpie

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• Gilligans Island : MagicWishMonkey
• bowling : bashildy@speakeasy.net
• Easter Island : Juno
• Vegas : spiderfill
• Home : Haku-Jin
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  Hawaii : Maddog_Delphi97
  • I second this motion, it's a great time of year for Hawaii :) : yosemiteclimber
  • I found Mexico / Cancun area to be better in every respect...quality of the ocean, cost, food, people, na... : progressor
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  cambodia : mindshot
  • Don't forget to pack a wife! : Haku-Jin
• burma is fantastic this time of year : vezatron
• Get a round trip ticket to Japan, get off the plane and get on the next return flight. : Xin Jing Client 1a
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  Not Portland / Seattle. : joesnizzle
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    Falujah, Iraq : DMac20
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      Tikrit, Iraq! : bostrov
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        Kabul, Afghanistan : Sailor of Fortune
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          Actually, I think you can visit Afghanistan as a tourist. There are daily civilian passenger flights betw... : bostrov
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            I hear that North Korea is nice of the year. Oh wait, no it isn't. : Maddog_Delphi97
            • It's more difficult to get a DPRK tourist visa than it is to get an Afganistan Tourist visa, I think. : bostrov
      • New Mombassa. : coraldayton
  • motherfucking snow, ruining my Christmas >:( : MisterPhoton
• Italy : YerMothah
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  you accidentally what? : kevp
  • He won't! You can't make him. : CrustaR
• Brazil! Hot babes on the beach and hot hookers. : peter
• eBay : DooBall
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  Iran! : burning eye
  • If you aren't a US citizen, this might actually be a really good suggestion. : bostrov
• Cruises are wicked cheap right now...you could easily get a nice one and probably have a lot left out of ... : whodares
• DISNEY : jenisthebest
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  Australia. It's summer down there right now. In light of that, you might want to go to Melbourne or Adela... : WildDanimal
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    1000 wont get him to melbourne : filthysock
    • True, but it'd cover a good chunk. Given that budget, that would probably restrict him to North America. ... : WildDanimal
• Come to Mozambique!! Bring me a new mac computer and i will trade you in with beautiful african slaves wo... : doomed
• costa rica : Mr.SEX
• I think you should abide! Either that or Vegas. : Dave-A
• thailand : HeXoN
• Irbil, Kurdistan : Magus
• Gary Indiana : cap n KRUNCH
• Kijuju! : melt_core

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  I bet Dead Rising is dirt cheap now. : crummynz
  • ooh that's a good idea. I'm trying to think of games that I haven't already played on PC. : datoo
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    And it should be. It's not a very good game. :/ : Ebu
    • this. that game is all hype, it has terrible controls/save options. : XchumpoX
    • I really wanted to like it, I tried, but fuck I could not get into it at all. Sucks too, such an awesome ... : opengl128
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      it had a lot of fatal flaws but the core game--killing the fuck out of zombies--was still a lot of fun. ... : dromo5
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        I wouldn't pay $10 for it. It was a horrible, horrible game. Bad controls, bad save system, annoying c... : Ebu
        • sucks for you i thought it was freaking awesome! all the things you can do to zombies the megaman outf... : Break
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  Kungfu panda. : jahulio2
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    This game is surprisingly gun : TastyWheat
    • fun, I meant to say fun : TastyWheat
• Skate, bioshock, mass effect, forza 2, fallout 3 : boarder2
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  Rock Band 2. : Deathlove
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    one of us? : Clay
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      i am trying to convert so many people i think i might have talked a friend out of getting ghwt yay :D : Deathlove
      • fuck yea, internet high five : pwnage1232
      • hehe I finally got my roommate to try RB2, the guy isn't really a gamer. So had to kinda pull teeth to g... : Shadowdane
• For multiplayer killing CoD4 is still heavily played. Beware of lots of prepubescent shitheads though. : DMac20
• The ones I've played most are skate, Mass Effect, Saints Row 2 and Fable 2 : woddemandred
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  Viva Pinata : Sailor of Fortune
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    Surprisingly good. Get the sequel though if you can find it cheap. It's basically the same game but more ... : Perturbation
    • get the sequel if you get just one. it's better. : dahanese
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  Crackdown! : Mansmells
  • Yes. : Ebu
  • Yes. : Dynotaku
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    Yes. And where is the damn sequel?! : Perturbation
    • All this sequel talk is really making me grind my teeth. I'm dying for some concrete news. I'm really gla... : djkenohki
  • such a fun game, especially messing around in co-op : loboVT
  • ^ THIS MOTHER FUCKERS ^ : XchumpoX
  • YES!!!! : TastyWheat
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    I only respect people with 1250 gamer points in that game. Ones that got them before the sound enhanceme... : tsuba
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      Crackdown is one of those games I always think "wtf" when I look at the number of achievement points I ea... : ThomW
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        yeah, i just flat out said 'fuck that' to getting all the agility orbs - i was happy with maxed stats and... : xsoulbrothax
        • The races weren't that bad but I didn't bother with the jumps or secret orbs. I was good with 100% of the... : sigpro
        • The agility orbs were pretty fun to get just because I loved climbing and jumping around. The races su... : LilCrypto
    • 1250 REPRESENT although I didn't get my last secret orb until the sound patch. fucking hiding in the ... : dopefish
  • totally : mr.sleepy
  • I really wish they had released it to PC. : esecasco
  • i really should try this out : [fry]
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    Damn I saw this in the bargain bin the other day too - for some reason I remembered it as being shit. : dumb.
    • crackdown's probably one of the best games i've played on the 360. : mr.sleepy
    • I'm not a big fan of Crackdown's art style and it takes a few hours to build up your stats enough that th... : LilCrypto
  • Best 360 game to date : randomnull
  • Going to have to agree. I didn't kill the bosses though, I wanted to keep the streets well populated wit... : valael
• Gears of War (and two), Rock Band (Two), Dead Space. : TreMetal
• Sneak King : slip42o
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  EDF 2017 (did I do this right?) : okhelosir
  • Great game if played with friends. It's satisfying to play alone but with friends the havoc becomes lege... : LilCrypto
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  Mass Effect if you like RPG's! : mr.sleepy
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    add my vote to this. Mass Effect was awesome : Cheeziologist
    • It's much better on the PC though. I loved it, it's my single player game of the year for the PC. : deject
• Gears of War 1/2 Oblivion Fallout 3 Crackdown Saint's Row 1/2 Far Cry 2 Fable II Left4Dead Dead R... : manlyman
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  not enough Marvel Ultimate Alliance in this thread If he's a comic book geek that is : theargent
  • I had a very difficult time convincing my friends to play this game despite the fact that most of them ow... : LilCrypto
  • Shit, I forgot to add this to my list. : thetangent
• fallout, fable. those are the ones on my to-do. burnout revenge. i didn't like paradise but many disagree... : dahanese
• Condemned is the best 360 game. : TimeDoctor
• Fucking Ninja Gaiden 2! : Cliffzorz
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  somehow people always forget Halo 3 in these threads. It is still the best MP game on the 360 hands down.... : retarded talking dinosaur
  • Halo 3 is the best Xbox 360 game. I bought it along with a 360 the day it came out and still play. : cfalcon
  • Halo 3 and CoD 4 are really equals in this arena... I'm more of a CoD guy, but I play it on hardcore for ... : Juno
  • What made Halo 3 SP great for me was how it ends the trilogy (pretty much how it started) very well. : Sailor of Fortune
  • We didn't forget we just didn't want to acknowledge it's existence. <I kid> : thejay247
  • I played some Halo 3 online last week, it blew my mind how fun it was. I hadn't played in almost a year. : nomaad
• Mass Effect, Rock Band and/or Guitar Hero, GTA IV, Crackdown, Bioshock, CoD 4 (5 isn't bad either), Dead ... : thetangent