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  have you seen star wars? : Mr.SEX
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    i hear thats a pretty cool movie. isn't it really long or something : choppp
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      well there are 6 of them, but some say that 1, 2, and 3 aren't very good compared to 4, 5, and 6. I woul... : Mr.SEX
      • 300 years from now this will be the top hit for "Star Wars" in google. : davantalus
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        Solaris (awesome soundtrack) : deafstarr
        • Doh! Please ignore. : deafstarr
    • Just remember, if you watch them now the proper viewing order is 4 5 1 2 3 6 : trevis
  • yes : sparkly
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  Solaris? : Haku-Jin
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    I read this is more of a love story in a space atmosphere? I want some gritty sci-fi action, man. : sparkly
    • In the vein of what? : Haku-Jin
    • gritty? sounds like you're looking for another Aliens...doesn't exist. : Flynn
    • Pitch Black? : dirge23
    • Have you seen Serenity? : Haku-Jin
    • it's gritty. some action, mainly drama. see it! : Dave-A
  • yeah i dont think it got great reviews but i liked it : dantastic
  • That was weird. I still dont know what happened exactly. : bolneze
  • The original is great : MoreVespeneGas
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    The book is actually significantly better than the movie (moreso than usual) so I'd suggest reading it in... : quadeh
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      You should at least listen to the soundtrack while you read the book, as the soundtrack was incredible. : Vincent Grayson
      • ^^^ could not agree more. : massdev
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  2001: A Space Odyssey : dirge23
  • This is what you should watch, hands down. : cptn.peachfuzz
  • I just watched that last night... while visually impressive, it actually bored me silly. : captfarrell
  • Overrated. : SqueegyTBS
• Aliens : Rag and Bone Man
• Spaceballs : RikiTiki2
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  Plan 9 from Outer Space : Rag and Bone Man
  • oh man... if he got this without any context... hahaha : dantastic
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  Sunshine, but turn it off 3/4th of the way in to keep from being severely disappointed. : Matt Burris
  • ^^^^^^ : chrisschutz
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  Event Horizon : kill9
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    Also turn this one off 3/4 of the way through like the post above says for Sunshine. I just remember... : DinK
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      wtf both Sunshine and Event Horizon are amazing movies 100% of the way : kill9
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        I can't speak for sunshine but I just remember feeling strongly this way about Event Horizon. It's been ... : DinK
        • You're definitely correct. It gets C-grade campy. : Satyric0n
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      I loved the ending - creepy and disturbing and holy crap that movie is one of the only ones that still cr... : thetangent
      • yah i thought the ending was fine... sure the ending was the low point of the film. But I didn't thin... : Shadowdane
  • "Where we're going, you dont need eyes to see" : Jinxplayer
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  Outland, with Sean Connery. : cerealSAM2
  • ^ Hell yeah, beat me to it. : Magus
  • ^^ THIS. Dated of course but an excellent movie, done way before Connery became oafish and silly. I thi... : The_Archon
• doom : shika.art
• The Black Hole : AMikaboshi
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  Dark City, Blade Runner, 2046 (ostensibly sci-fi but really it's more ... well, I don't know. It's Wong ... : bipolar
  • Mad Max, Road Warrior : bipolar
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  krull : fletch_
  • My Glave is better than yours. Good going Liam Neeson. : fusionrx
• Terminator 4 : Melll
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  Serenity : -hyroth-
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    winner - just watched it again. loved every second of it . . . : jedi_27
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      I want to watch it again so bad. I cannot believe I don't own it. PS - Might need to watch the Firefly... : -hyroth-
      • im watching firefly on hulu right now : mindshot
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  Enemy Mine : speon
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    haha, this movie has good payoff at the end. : Fish_Bulb
    • DIS is mah HED, DAT is yu HED... YOO UGLY HED!! : The_Archon
• DJ Q-Bert's Wave Twisters, while royally baked. : dognose
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  The Thing : Gore87
  • whoops didnt read the post, for space go with WALL E :) : Gore87
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  Space Truckers : -=kodiak=-
  • Yes! This one was great! : legsbrogan
• The American Astronaut : mechanicalgrape
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  THX1138 : Drewus
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    Bonus to the man with a truly obscure film! : locater16
    • oops, space : locater16
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  Primer : davantalus
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    i will second the shit out of this : Modica Sol Solis
    • Fuck yeah this movie is amazing. : Ormsbee
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    I don't think that really counts as "space" scifi : datoo
    • space and time are one and the same, so in a way, it does. : Vincent Grayson
  • This movie made my head hurt. : SqueegyTBS
• I watched Sunshine the other day. It starts of good but gets average. Still okay though. : bolneze
• this one hasn't been released yet, but looks pretty good: http://moon-trailer.blogspot.com/ : YamatoTwinkie
• silent running : rgoer
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  [/Space Truckers]/. : Lunaran
  • man, I am all fail tonight. : Lunaran
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  Sunshine : Topaz
  • I really liked Sunshine. Really good sci-fi movie imho. : pop_secret
• Cherry 2000, Class of 1999 : LilCrypto
• The Motherfucking Last Starfighter : Downforce
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  ET? The Last Star Fighter? The Black Hole? Stargate? Gattacca? The Right St... : fusionrx
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    The Right Stuff is science fiction? : Serpico74
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      Obviously, as everyone knows that humans can't survive the radiation in space, and the apollo program was... : YamatoTwinkie
      • Space Cowboys then. Go old farts. : fusionrx
• what sucks is there really arent THAT many. I want more too, but I think ive seen alot of them, lots m... : chilln
• saturn 3 : davislovestacobell
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  Sphere : yonderboy
  • he said GOOD : mikecyb
  • Woah, i am not the only one. : trevis
  • I actually liked that movie : Drewus
  • *not actually in space or really having anything to do with space : DeBurgo
  • Christ, why would you do that to him? : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • loved it but thought the end was bullshit : Dravenport
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    The book was my favorite for many years. RIP Crichton :( : Jinxplayer
    • Same here. I loved that book. : SqueegyTBS
• Oh and keep an eye on "Moon" coming out in June : Magus
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  DUNE? I can't believe no one mentioned that one. Or Immortal? : fusionrx
  • The Dune movie sucks. : bolneze
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  Cowboy Bebop: The Movie : Sailor of Fortune
  • I was about to type this myself! : breadsticks
  • Unf : Satyric0n
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  Galaxy Quest! : cerealSAM2
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    this. By Grabthar's Hammer, you shall watch this movie! : master_disaster_17
    • Sam Rockwell basically steals the show. This movie is pretty funny if you're a casual sci-fi fan but it's... : Prozium
• from the earth to the vag : proclone1
• Here, sparkly. http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19402546#itemanchor_19402546 Logan's Run was great... : thief
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274518/ : anhero
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Ma%C3%AEtres_du_temps : datoo
• I actually enjoyed The Day The Earth Stood Still. I understand it was kind of heavy handed. but I still f... : hirez
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  Ergo Proxy. A dome city built is in the wastelands of Earth after a giant disaster killed pretty muc : Marauder IIC
  • oh wait, "space" science fiction. Never mind then. : Marauder IIC
  • I picked this up during the Best Buy anime 50% off clearance. Haven't had a chance to watch it yet. : Prozium
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    That series really fell apart as it went on. : jayacheess
    • Yeah, starts off decent and fairly interesting, but I was desperately hoping for it to end half-way throu... : ZTac
    • yeah the first few episodes really hooked me, by the end i don't even know if i ever finished it i was so... : goatboy
    • Sadly this guy turned out to be correct :( : Marauder IIC
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  Have you seen BSG? The miniseries is like a movie and its pretty good. Beware 4 seasons follow it. : IHATEDUST
  • you guys are fucking crazy. the miniseries was great, but the show was just as fantastic. sure there were... : grifter
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  I didn't see Contact mentioned. I haven't seen it in a decade, but I remember enjoying it. : Satyric0n
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    Great movie, and an even better book (because the space journey section is way longer and way more detail... : Drewus
    • I've reread just the last 1/4 of the book a couple of times just because of how great that last section i... : Psigun
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    Just read the book. The movie wasn't very good, but the book was stellar. : thetangent
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      Did the book have the same retarded faith theme the movie had? : forktaileddevil
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        Not in a retarded way, no. It's a fantastic book. : LoioshDwaggie
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          I really need to pick this up. I've been reading Sagan's The Demon Haunted World, and his writing style ... : ZTac
          • yah same here... I can't believe I haven't read it yet. : Shadowdane
  • That movie was an utter pile of shit. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Forbidden Planet : yourGarbageMan
• Ice Prates <snicker> : jasoncrowley
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  Jason X : mindshot
  • "he's screwed" : riptyde
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  The Cube. : Marrbe
  • Apparently the title is simply "Cube". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123755/ : Marrbe
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  babylon5 is a pretty awesome series if viewed all together over a few weeks. : radula
  • This is probably the best way to watch it because it means you get the first two seasons out of the way p... : Arceihn
  • I did exactly this when I watched it. Packed all 80 hours of the series into just two weeks. Concentrat... : DinK
• Space Truckers. Once you've watched it, you can't unwatch it! : Klebold
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088083/ : cerealSAM2
• The Man From Earth : spiderfill
• Howard the Duck : hrdwregk
• spaced invaders : Dravenport
• Can't think of any good ones people haven't already said... you could watch Supernova if you want to s... : Shadowdane
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  CUBE : twifosp
  • cube is amazing and has rodney in it! ;D : steve_o
• I don't know if it's good or not but I noticed last night that Netflix added the Dead Space movie to thei... : Degenerate
• Flight of the Navigator? I havent seen that since I was a kid. : SqueegyTBS

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  geeze how many times can this be reposted like 4 billion Im sure : two50six
  • i'm merely extending the last chatty's repost. doesn't count. :P : biskits
• First time I've seen it. That was awesome. : jayacheess
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  Never been kissed =( : famine101
  • at first i thought she said she'd never been pissed as in, she has never been really drunk. : busdriver3030
• chills..wow : IcomeINpeace
• That was fun, thanks ! : taronish
• Good for her! : meesterbill
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  Too much vibratto : ashkie
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    poor range, poor breathing, etc... : dopefish
    • finally someone who understands : mysled
    • lol. This. : Ormsbee
    • its just a high ratio of voice to looks. : tinfoilhatter
    • fuck that noise, elbows not nearly pointy enough : xsoulbrothax
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    It did seem like it was constantly there. I thought that was something singers only did on sustained not... : DinK
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      She did it properly on the notes that hang. The problem with they have is you could actually her the vibr... : pancake humper
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        this is also easily noticeable if you watch her chin. her chin should not move when she does vibrato, and... : mysled
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          notice the lack of chin movement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcmAdS8vkDA : mysled
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            video tape yourself singing this right now and post it. : biskits
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              Oh good lord, no way I could sing that song, even with training. That's ridiculously high soprano, and I ... : mysled
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                sing anything. record yourself singing and post it for the world to ridicule. take what you dish out so ... : biskits
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                  Why don't you post your vocal judging credentials since you seem to be an expert? : pyros
                  • why don't you post your comeback credentials since you seem to be an expert? : scorpiusman
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                    did youtube's commenters send you here? lol. when did i make any such claim? read through this who : biskits
                    • I gathered that you thought mysled's judgment is wrong, and by your responses, that she isn't worthy of i... : pyros
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                      I don't know what her credentials are, but I'm a music teacher and I can confirm that mysled is correct : Bold
                      • I didn't like that video you posted, do you have another 2 page anaylsis I can read? : scorpiusman
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                        I agree. It sounded quite good, much better than I expected, but far from flawless. Note, too, that th... : Ebu
                        • I think she should've sang Master of the House : sKetchflow
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                        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FNlwmpU7Rk check out that guy's classical guitar technique. It's so un : Cihte
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                          I mostly agree with you on this, actually. Having had all the training I did has made it hard for me to l... : mysled
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                            fuck that, tear down her shitty performance. emotions are for women, perfection is for the best. Ignore t... : askedrelic
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                              This thread needs more unicorns :( http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs25/i/2008/141/a/8/Happy_unicorn_by_kangel... : mysled
                              • I was thinking Courage Wolf. : Ebu
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                          Let me prefix this with: "I did ENJOY this performance of a 48 year old woman psuedo-living her dream and... : pyros
                          • but pyros judging her performance in absolute terms is so politically incorrect surely we should judge he... : aeg1x
                          • let the hate flow through you!!! : askedrelic
                          • Further, the reason I would even state all this or really care: There are large numbers of men or women s... : pyros
                          • I'm just glad someone else heard what I did. I've spent too much time around fags that have devoted thei... : dopefish
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                            Not a good singer? Bullshit. She's a good singer. Is she an excellent singer, one of the best? N... : the city
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                              She can probably sing better than the average person, but the main point is if she had auditioned for tha... : mysled
                              • *you're >:( : mysled
                          • Damn that woman for only singing better than 95% of the other people in the world : riptyde
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                          the thing my vocal teacher tells me, and in the few books I've glanced at about vocal technique is that i... : DeBurgo
                          • ugh I just realized I defended something with simon cowell in it what's wrong with me I just don't wan... : DeBurgo
                        • It's odd. I spent 6 years getting a bachelor and masters in classical guitar and I won't let poor techniq... : -efx-
                      • I don't like the way that woman's chin moves. I don't care if she's a professional. I didn't love her p... : Sludgehead
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            For some reason, that type of singing doesn't really do anything for me at all, even if it's hard to do. : FlatlineDixay
            • I love the squeeeeeeeeeeaky high soprano. Queen of the Night, Carlotta, love it. :[ : Ebu
    • another Paul Potts in the making I am sure. : fusionrx
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      It depends on the style. And really, on the time period. Modern musicians who perform "art music" (as opp : Bold
      • I'd say the use of vibrato on all notes is more recent that this. If you listen to the earliest recording... : -efx-
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    you should take it up with her vocal coach or agent. : grifter
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      well said. i hate how the internet magically makes everybody else suck at whatever they do. : biskits
      • Just saying..... : ashkie
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        I would've said it not on the internet. But I will admit she's pretty fantastic for not having had any fo : mysled
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          i think self-hatred, anonymity, and a voice have skewed your judgement. http://www.penny-arcade.com/comi... : biskits
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            lol. why are you so worked up about this? : mysled
            • maybe he sings with too much vibratto as well : aeg1x
            • You spit soap into his peehole. It burns. : anhero
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              Worked up or not he makes a good point. About something that is annoying me too. Every goddamn time s... : [7]kami
              • Noone was or is being dick besides biskits. Posting a thought out opinion as to why someone doesn't go "O... : -efx-
          • No, I think you're just upset that someone is posting an argument as to why it wasn't that great. It was... : -efx-
        • see mysled, this is exactly why I reread every post I make in a thread like this and only post it 1 out o... : anhero
  • shacknews at its finest. : hirosushima
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  After bringing Paul Potts on as a ringer last season, she may be one too. They know how to manipulate th : Lunatic Angelic
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    Massacring Cambodians takes talent! : riptyde
    • Pol Pot killed 1.7 million people. We can't even deal with that! You know, we think if somebody kills : Lunatic Angelic
  • Paul Potts is one of the most unfortunate names ever, I wonder if he got all pissed off after the Khamer ... : ninjase
• The look of shock on Simons faces says it all. : Visceral Monkey
• Glad for the repost, I hadn't seen this before. That was amazing. : InfoBiter
• when I found it this morning it only had 3 million views : fathertime
• Awesome : freshyk
• Her voice is totally unique and her technique beyond perfection! : pyros
• wowowow didn't expect that at all. : shackwack
• This is why reposts are important! I finally viewed it and WOW! : ImageOmega
• I think it would have been cooler without the manufactured awe. Fuck there is nothing more annoying than ... : aeg1x
• I cried a little. : Zman0404
• Hahaha awesome she rocked their shit. : SpaecKow
• can we no longer ever post this again after now? : sKetchflow
• First time I've seen it... pretty amazing. : Sludgehead
• Simply amazing. : Bamii
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  This is much better from the same show... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gHvATmUsSg : gummijoh
  • that was pretty good too : valael
• Am I the only one who thinks she's a good singer but not great by any stretch, and certainly not worthy o... : bipolar
• Holy crap, you go Susan. : c0bra

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• Craziness. I not sure it makes me feel insignificant or the center of everything. : theghostofsmdever
• fuckin' space, man. : contentious roy
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  It is pretty amazing how small we are in the grand scheme of things. : ColoradoCNC
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    That's not a great way to look at things though is it? Yes the universe is vast, but we are part and parc... : theghostofsmdever
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      The universe will still be around even if the Earth went kablooie today. We've contributed nothing to it ... : GrimmyD
      • If it went Kablooie it would just be recycled back into the universe in some way shape or form like all t... : theghostofsmdever
      • I'm sure there's aliens that are just waiting to fuck us in the ass with lasers, but they don't even know... : contentious roy
      • We've contributed the perception of the universe. : woddemandred
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        As far as we know, we're the only ones even caring for all of this stuff, were it not for us, it could as... : xxx2xxx
        • Woo hoo! Let's go fuck some shite up! : cerealSAM2
        • But that's only important to us. The universe goes on regardless. That's the point. : Arceihn
    • It's only a bad way to look at things if you find it depressing. I for one will always be grateful I'm ca... : Arceihn
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    you could do a similar image going down to fundamental particles, then we'd seem huge : aeg1x
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      There is a video like this at the Museum of Science and Industry here in Chicago. First it goes down in s... : Arctic Fox
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        Is it the Powers of Ten video? : MagicWishMonkey
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          ^^^Yeah that's the one. : Arctic Fox
          • I love that video, we watched it the first day of class in physics 1. : MagicWishMonkey
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    small, but not insignificant as some would believe. The fact of the matter is that everything, even thos... : conandan
    • Yeah, no. The universe is expanding. No explanation. Black matter. All that. You know. : d fluke
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      Uhhh you need to check your facts then. : Arctic Fox
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        I watched a bunch of physics guys talk about this on "Universe" on the discovery channel or some shit. T... : conandan
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          They didn't say that, I've seen the episode you're talking about. Black holes aren't going to "take over"... : MagicWishMonkey
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            Also, The Universe is an awesome series but they dumb everything down quite a bit and sometimes they spen... : MagicWishMonkey
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              since energy isn't created or destroyed what will the universe be like in the end? nothingness with just... : handofthrawn
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                Supposdly the universe will die a Heat Death: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_death_of_the_universe ... : MagicWishMonkey
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                  Yeah, as I understand heat death is the most likely theory. That's some bleak shit. : Arceihn
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                    It would be really awesome if the multi-verse theory is true and we could figure out a way to travel betw... : MagicWishMonkey
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                      That would be cool but what if they came to our universe? : ArcKnight
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                        Death by snoo-snoo : MagicWishMonkey
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                          there could be worse ways to go. : SolrFlare
                          • gay snoo-snoo : MagicWishMonkey
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                      Stephen Baxter's Xeelee sequence of novels explores these ideas. Good books. : Arceihn
                      • Cool, I'll check them out. I can't remember the last time I read a sci-fi novel, it's been at least 10 ye... : MagicWishMonkey
      • yeah, a black hole last time i checked has the same gravity as a sun so the amount of gravity the suns fr... : handofthrawn
    • Even if that was the case, in what way does that contradict how insignificant we are? : Arceihn
    • Even black holes eventually evaporate. The end of the universe is more likely heat death and stasis. Of... : The_Archon
  • All in all I think the universe is a rather cosy place. : c0bra
• my mind is being boggled at 3.2 boggles per second : Mmmmmoo
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr0q_YNjEgI : darkT
• Damn : chazums
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  I am now convinced that extraterrestrial life exists, but we will never find it. : gibolas1234
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    Never say never. Within our life time, maybe not. But it's only a matter of time before we get anti matte... : darkT
    • the goddamned russian AI is going to "accidentally" drop a black hole in the middle of the earth, so we'd... : Juno
    • The GOCE satellite that just went up has ion engines! In fact, it has two of them, so you could say that ... : Arctic Fox
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  Yup. Space is utterly astonishingly, unimaginably huge. Blows my mind, and saddens me that I'm unlikely t... : node
  • We are but a speck on the celestial canvas. : node
• wtf is the jj.am watermark for? just in case someone decides to fwd this. which is actually a great idea... : Hoax
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  Shit like this should stop world conflict. =[ : jayacheess
  • yeah! we need to kill everyone in that galaxy and harness the power of their sun! : radula
  • exactly, instead of wasting $$ on fighting each other, the world should be investing in exploration. ... : X-GOUKI
  • stop world conflict to prepare for galactic conflict... We are definitely not prepared. : podung
• The further down that image I read, the more I'm convinced I'm reading a list of STDs : losimagic
• thanks for posting, I have only seen a flash of this yet (which was also missing some pics) also it bl... : razorblade79
• yet some people still believe that there are no other life forms out there. : maulla
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  Has it been determined where our galaxy is relative to the point of origin of the BB? I'm curious whether... : punchdog
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    Yes it has, and I believe the Milky Way is towards the edges, but I may be wrong. : Arctic Fox
    • Oh I just reread your question now that I have sat down with my cup of tea. We can't pinpoint exactly WHE... : Arctic Fox
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    There is no center, the universe is expanding. Imagine the universe as a balloon, there is no *center* to... : MagicWishMonkey
    • Haha, of course a balloon has a center. (Yeah I know what you're saying but you left out a lot of it) : DinK
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  Betelgeuse! : Degenerate
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    don't fucking do it. : Fyunch Click
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      It must be done. : Degenerate
      • fine, but you get to send him back. :( : Fyunch Click
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        Drink up. : DrFlammable
        • oh i thought this was a hitchhiker's guide subthread. : DrFlammable
• i was looking at your link and had mass effect's galaxy map background theme song in my mind. http://www... : X-GOUKI
• Space is fucking awesome. The end. : Rehevkor
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  Is the "this galaxy is so big it shouldn't exist according to physics" thing actually a reputable quote? : DinK
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    well that all depends on what your definition of reputable is. : Degenerate
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      guy on the internet : DonkeyPopsicle
      • actually it was his cat. He has a very smart cat that's not good with numbers. : Fyunch Click
    • Heh. How about "quoted directly from an actual physicist or astronomer, or even a grad student in those ... : DinK
• I think I saw an Ur Quan battlecruiser in that hubble shot if you look closely : kainen1
• Science is awesome. The more you know, the more you see, the more you can learn. : Ride-My-Rocket
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  And eventually it's all going to burn out and become a total void of nothingness. Cheerful thought. : peanut-
  • That's what alternate universes are for! : pigvomit
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  you should play EVE : m0rfus
  • I've been considering it. Downloaded the trial but I've not installed it yet. : marmite
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  It's watermarked from JJ.AM :[ C'mon :[ : disposition
  • Ok people keep mentioning this, but I have no idea what it is and I don't wanna go there at work. : marmite

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• oh here is the thread. yay : FrayLo
• I played some COD4 for the first time in a while last night and it has got me hooked again. I enjoy it so... : hoov1185
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  you guys start too late. :( : FormerHPB
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    west coast man, i just got home from happy hour : FrayLo
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      Happy hour is so 90's : gmd
      • i wore my hypercolor tshirt and overall-short to the bar tonight : FrayLo
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  Alright I'm in your party but I don't have COD5. :( : Haku-Jin
  • Me either - I don't even remember how to play cod4 : Dave-A
• ah i just have WaW : flubba79
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  so is it CoD4 or WaW? I lent my copy of WaW but I will join up after eating if you're playing CoD4. : jimmy_legs
  • COD 4 because i don't have WaW : FrayLo
• Grabbing pizza then I'll be on! : ArcKnight
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  Sorry for that TK FrayLo :( : ArcKnight
  • and sorry for that grenade FrayLo >:( : ArcKnight
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  hey we could use one more : FrayLo
  • (we have 9) : FrayLo
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  shackers!!!!! we have 9 people playing currently!!! it is amazing!!!! COME PLAY. : [fry]
  • Shooting me in the face is just as satisfying as it sounds. : Haku-Jin
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    come hear what fry sounds like, it is amazing : FrayLo
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      You guys aren't talking at all, what are you talking about? Aren't you in a party? : ArcKnight
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        yeah we are all in a party which is why you can't hear us : FrayLo
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          max party size is 8 :(. i am trying to get them to drop the party so we can just do game chat : FrayLo
          • you can stay in party and still talk in game chat, I have to do it for the COD games because otherwise my... : ArcKnight
  • Holy shit I am rustier than a trombone at CoD4 : Dave-A
• We could use a few more for WaW too : Head Rush
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  YOU DIDN'T ACCEPT MY FRIEND INVITE! Or something. I didn't wait very long. : khaosman
  • just invited you : FrayLo
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  you guys play shitty modes :/ : maulla
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    i don't really like hardcore : FrayLo
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      I will always prefer getting 6 or 8 people into a game of hq/tdm and earn ranks. Private games are lame : maulla
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        agreed, it is really fun to get a bunch of people into a party, then onto a public game, so you only have... : FrayLo
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          That's usually what we do. But we usually play hardcore. : Haku-Jin
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            when playing hardcore i just want to crouch around and not make any noise. i am really paranoid. the la... : FrayLo
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              Yeah that one was pretty intense, all the frantic running to make those last few points. I've pretty muc... : Haku-Jin
              • Probably didn't help that I was shooting you in the back that whole game. :( : Haku-Jin
              • I was amazed that I seemed to be the only one using claymores. And that people then bitched about them an... : Fyunch Click
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            I hate hardcore. :( : FormerHPB
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              Juggernaut whore. ;) : Fyunch Click
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                I remember the first time I partied up with shackers and they played hardcore. Most of my custom builds ... : FormerHPB
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                  I love people with martyrdom in hardcore. It's like a special gift to the other team. It's odd, I prefer... : Fyunch Click
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                    Yeah, people with martyrdom are awesome - as long as they're on the other team. It's very satisfying snip... : ArcKnight
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                      The best part about hardcore is that there's no martyrdom. I fucking hate that shit. : Haku-Jin
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                        i dislike juggernaut more than martyrdom but it's really not a huge deal in hardcore since it might mean ... : [fry]
                        • lol : Haku-Jin
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        tonight is the first night we ever played private. it just seemed like a good night to try a shack only m... : [fry]
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          back in the day, we used to have full private matches in COD4. : FormerHPB
          • That sounds awesome :( : ArcKnight
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  I just loaded the game up and sent a friend request to [fry]'s gamertag. My gamertag is in my profile. : LemonJoose
  • invite is sent : FrayLo
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  awesome turnout, awesome games. thanks guys. time for zombies. : [fry]
  • We need to do this again in a few days. : ArcKnight
  • i really need to get my xbox online. i still havent bought or built a wireless receiver : Just A Girl
  • good times : FrayLo
  • yeah that was fun. we won the friendly fire mini-game :D : Dave-A
  • Yeh good games. Would be fun to do again. : jimmy_legs
  • Yep, that was fun. : Haku-Jin
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    you still awake and killing zombies or no? : -=kodiak=-
    • we just finished another round of zombie killing about 1 minute ago. many faces died. : [fry]
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    was good times even though I'm terrible and went to bed early for east coast time : azenmaster
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      I can't believe how many times I was team-killed you jerks : azenmaster
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        you stepped right in front of me on district :/ : maulla
        • meany :( : azenmaster
        • On one map I swear you killed me 19 times in a row : FrayLo
      • Stop hiding around corners and you won't get shot inna face. : Fyunch Click
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  NOOB! : flubba79
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    meaning myself : flubba79
    • I'm gonna gamefly cod4 so I'll be able play with you guys soon : flubba79
• ooohhh sounds fun. I will join the COD4 stuff. : gummijoh

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  Just get diet. It takes a while to get used to though... : menar003
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    Coke Zero is infinitely better than diet. : Arctic Fox
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      Thats true but only if your used to normal coke. If you have already gotten used to diet, its not good. : menar003
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        Uhg fuck diet coke or anything else. That stuff tastes HORRIBLE. : S1ing B1ade
        • I concur. Diet = suck. : bolneze
    • I can only drink that stuff cold : Sailor of Fortune
    • Coke Zero is odd. As a lifetime drinker of regular Coca-Cola and a recent conversion to Diet Coke, I'v... : RomSteady
    • Coke Zero is my crack : uncle slappy
    • only if you want the taste of regular coke. diet is something else, but both are 0 cal : RikiTiki2
    • This is so fucking true! : thetangent
    • Try Diet Pepsi Max (or just "Pepsi Max", as I believe it's now called). It's a lot more like regular Peps... : Bold
    • Coke zero is the same as diet. Same ingredients, same taste, different marketing schtik. : master_disaster_17
    • Cherry Coke Zero or bust : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    diet tastes different : RikiTiki2
    • Diet Pepsi taste better than Diet Coke : LordHellMaX
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  I only drink free range organic vegan cola with no sodium from my local mom and pop farmers market : gmd
  • Made with pure cane sugar and recycled bottles : FrayLo
• Diet Coke FTW : MagicWishMonkey
• After drinking mostly water for a few years soda tastes crazy sweet now. Sometimes I even water it down ... : Ovate
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  Welcome to the no soda lifestyle. There are plenty of healthy replacements, you'll find a reliable standb... : PlanetPerfecto
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    Besides water, which is good most of the time, I drink a lot of club soda. Sometimes with a little juice... : nurglich
    • Yeah, this is what we do. : bombay
  • I stopped drinking soda a couple of months ago and don't miss it at all. It wasn't even for health reaso... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
  • yup. beer. : master_disaster_17
• Such an old man >=( : famine101
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  I gave up soda's for awhile, but not caffine. Now I will drink coke every now and then. I drink more ju... : ju$tmon3y
  • It's time likes these when I say everything is fine in moderation, you will still die from something. ;D : DM7
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  are you becoming health conscious or some bullshit? : wetard
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    Well... it would probably be better for my teeth but other than that it's mostly that I just don't enjoy ... : S1ing B1ade
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      Well I suppose there is that aspect to it. I figure if I'm going to find another drink it might as well b... : S1ing B1ade
      • coffee's pretty healthy i guess if you aren't trying to kick caffeine. : wetard
• I had a Coke the other day for the first time in probably close to a year. It was pretty gross. It's f... : Vincent Grayson
• Once in a while, get real sugar coke. It does taste different. Diet is another option, the taste is sim... : sukabljat
• Jones Cane Sugar Soda accept no substitutes : -=kodiak=-
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  These are awesome, but probably cancerous http://i44.tinypic.com/2hqrpu1.jpg : snuff
  • It contains nothing yet tastes like something! : pigvomit
• I stopped drinking Coke (and most sweet things) a few years back. I never did drink much of it, but I ju... : MacemanInTW
• for less sweet, i LOVE vitao good stuff. : threeup
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  Oh something else I want to make totally clear. I absolutely refuse to buy bottled water. I will go outsi... : S1ing B1ade
  • Don't buy bottled water. It's not very tasty, and is a ripoff. Get a water dispenser and a few 5-gallo... : Danny5225
• I drink water with lemon in it. Soda kinda sucks. : slickdoody
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  I was a big diet coke fan for like 25 years but now I have a bizarre fresca fetish : Dave-A
  • Fresca is amazing : gmd
• Good, most soda is disgusting. Water water water : Serpico74
• Water FTW! I can't even handle diet anymore. Way too sweet. : pturvz
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  Drink water. It tastes a thousand times better, quenches your thirst and costs nothing! : Danny5225
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    I agree with all of that except for the part about it costing nothing. : i am the baker
    • I was referring more to when you go out somewhere to eat. But yeah, water costs something. (Albeit super ... : Danny5225
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    I grew up in a no soda household, but my parents kept Seltzer Water on hand. It was nice because you coul... : mysled
    • Oooh. Seltzer water is awesome. It mixes really well with certain juices, too. Seltzer water mixed with c... : Danny5225
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      Were they professional clowns? : MoreVespeneGas
      • Professors, so pretty much. : mysled
      • I really loled at this : Katarn3279
    • seltza! : PlanetPerfecto
    • Once you come up with the brainy idea to add fruit flavoring to carbonated water and can basically make a... : Entity
    • I switched from soda to this, the taste isn't great, but it isn't bad either.. hard to describe, but once... : devi| dog
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      FUCK YEAH. They sell flats of this at Safeway for cheap. : okhelosir
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        Our safeway didn't carry them for a while, but they'd special order them in bulk specifically for us haha... : mysled
        • The problem with having so much is I would end up drinking 3-6 cans a day. : okhelosir
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      ass tastes like ass at first. does that mean after a few licks it's like a tootsi-pop? : Drakoniac
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        how would you know? you lick a lot of asses in your lifetime? : mysled
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          only yours, baby : Drakoniac
          • gross :( : mysled
    • I started drinking carbonated water as a way to drive more water at work, and I began to love it. It does... : The Key
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    water costs nothing? LOL! : g0nk
    • We could bottle his free water, and sell it! : rosewood
    • Well water! LOL! : SockMonkeh
    • WHAT A FUCKING IDIOT LOL : derelict515
    • Its got what plants crave. : skitzo
    • But... but... You can get five gallons of fantastic water for the same price as a can of coke from a vend... : Danny5225
  • Water tastes like fucking water. blech. : .sticks.
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    Water is tasteless (basically anyway). No fucking way does it taste better than soda. : thetangent
    • Soda tastes like sugary ass, ergo water tastes better than soda : Serpico74
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    Mineral water. Has bubbles and some flavor. Pellagrino FTW! : sukabljat
    • Spelling will be way off, beaudot (?). I had it in France, it was quite good. Wish I could get it here ... : khaosman
  • God, I WISH water tasted good. It's not that it tastes bad (well, some surely does, but I mean in general... : LeapingFool
• drink beer : mindshot
• i like dr pepper : anthonybean
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  Anyone tried pepsi natural? : heff
  • I did. Pretty good, but still pepsi :( : gigaduck
• juice, water, or beer. : erotic sock
• Buttermilk. : vikramwillrock
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  Was this you before? http://www.fukung.net/v/2244/workstation.jpg : Melll
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    Daaamn thats gotta be a shacker : posito
    • gotta be Klerck : DonkeyPopsicle
  • Actually at one point in my life... yes I had a very messy room. Not that bad... but pretty bad. I wonder... : S1ing B1ade
  • I wonder how many bodies are hidden under all of that. : delataur
  • there have got to be bugs in that pile. plus the smell. : EvilDolemite
• Water is pretty tasty. I don't buy bottled water. We have awesome water purifiers for the entire place ... : Godhatesfatpeople
• I stopped my 7-year, six cans a day, Pepsi habit by switching to club soda with a bit of lime juice in it... : Matt Burris
• speaking of soda. FUCK YOU COCACOLA AUSTRALIA you ruined FANTA for the last 5 years or so (maybe m : CoRDS
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  unsweetened iced tea for life. everyone's got iced tea! : wendigo
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    Or as it's known in Texas, "tea". http://the_archvile.shackspace.com/shackmeet/20090211_dallasmeet_tea... : the archvile
    • Why would you want hot tea in 100 degree Texas weather? : skanky08
• I stopped drinking sodas back in Jan. and have lost almost 30lbs since. : Topaz
• I gave it up a while back, for the most part. I'll still have the odd soda on a weekend with a burger or... : action wombmate
• I drank tons of soda through high school and drank a bunch in college (though not nearly as much), but no... : Begawkiness
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  I gave up soda a long time ago, pretty much straight up, never looked back. I have to now for dietary re... : boarder2
  • Yeah I feel really gross when I drink the odd Coke now. : dognose
• Lime Talking Rain. Tasty, carbonated and no sweetener (fake or real) : gigaduck
• Pepsi Twist : slacko
• I try to stick with water, a little coke zero now and then, and coconut water: http://www.amazon.com/O-N-... : nyranger66
• I gave up caffeine and soda with caffeine in it about 5 years ago and now I'm living the dream. I'll hav... : contentious roy
• I find mixing bourbon in it cuts down significantly on the sweetness. : Sludgehead
• I only drink water and milk, except on Christmas/Easter or whatever. But then, we have unusually good qua... : Marrbe
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  You could try chinotto, they used to market it here as an 'adult cola'. We tried it as kids and found it... : nem00
  • this + white rum ftw : r3dn3ck
• Good, Coca Cola is tired of you, too. It wants your childrens' money. : Mad Brahmin Disease