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  This and the honey + lemon is nasty good post are two of my favorites. : spazzium
  • indeed, nasty is still #1 for me. made me cry several times from laughter : Lionel2b
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    Seriously. It's the best way to have tea. :| : warcrow
    • Hahaha. I still love you, only for that comment. : spazzium
• Haha yeah, I love that post. :D : Vantage
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  what about Arb's (?) paper shredder post, and the one about how to clean a car with the bones of some hoo... : supersonic potato
  • oh god those were both amazing : zerog83
  • Haha is the paper shredder one where it ends with "you're in for a hell of a ride" or something? So damn ... : hoov1185
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    Links please. Never seen either of those. : Gary the Llama
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      http://lmnopc.com/greasemonkey/shacklol/user.php?authoredby=ArB&sort_by=lols Top 2. : Arctic Fox
      • Haha arb is one funny guy. : ieGod
      • How can one man be so funny?!?! : Hiro
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    paper shredding one is dumb, i dont know how that got so many lols : papaskot
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      You're dead inside, it's amazing. Even more amazing than the fact that I forgot to lol it until just now... : SiW.
      • Obviously my sock puppet. : The Key
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        ArB is gone. : ArB
        • oh man, screw you dognose. you betrayed me. : ArB
  • Arby also did a spider fellatio one that reminds me of: http://fukung.net/v/11475/6fb4c4a1a06953d90d6dd3d... : randomposter
• simply amazing : Trips
• that is pretty awesome :D : Magus
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  http://www.google.com/search?q=Shug+Narragth heh : action roommate
  • Hahaha : bolneze
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    haha STOLEN : foo
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      By this guy? http://www.shacknews.com/profile/ShadowRam : SigENeaT
      • busted : fishbone
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    hahaha which shacker is this : randomposter
    • ..ShadowRam? : SiW.
  • I think they actually meant "Shub Niggurath" : abrasion
  • haha, oh snap! haha, oh snap! : Goblin au
• I agree, such a well-crafted post. : Arctic Fox
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  Haha awesome. Just like that paper shredder one. : bolneze
  • hahaha i think that is my favorite post of all time : lokdown
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  spectr3's Buy It Now post comes to mind for me. : Grimp
  • Yes, definitely : riptyde
  • Yes, that one. : rosewood
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    Linky? : FlamingGimp
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      http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=8959586 : Bamtan
      • Haha thats pretty pro : bolneze
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      He accidentally bought a car on ebay. So classic. : NastyJack
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        2004? Jeez. I remember that like it was yesterday. : NastyJack
        • I was just thinking the same thing :/ : d3tached
        • motherfuck i started that thread and it was 5 years ago? :( : FrayLo
        • WHAT THE FUCK i have done nothing with my life last 5 years : Chandler55
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        Did he end up actually buying it? I can't remember. : Vincent Grayson
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          I believe he asked the seller to cancel the auction and then spectr3 offered to pay for the re-listing fe... : Grimp
          • then we dared him to do it again : opengl128
      • COMEDY SOLD : WaterSign
• My oh my, that one is great! : MacemanInTW
• this is why teh shack rules : lord_omega
• Holy fuck that is great! : ADSliv
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  Poo dart is still my favorite : riptyde
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    mine as well : ashkie
    • 3rded : Phreakin
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  I think this is still my favorite http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15250101#itemanchor_15250101 : freshyk
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    yeah, I think that one is probably my favorite also : retardhumper
    • This one was the thread-ender: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15250101 : Ride-My-Rocket
• I like the underplayed Burning Eye post about welding safety. : zakazi
• My favorite. A woman had to have her face eaten by a chimp for me to find this post. http://www.shack... : Marauder IIC
• I love these threads. : noobja
• How the fuck did I miss that?! : Ride-My-Rocket
• Amazing. : fleabug
• thank you for sharing this. : AroundTheFur1380
• anyone got a link to the Moonraker and Moonbase Commander exchange? that was lol : the city
• Such a fantastic post : ColoradoCNC
• That is a glorious bit of shack history. : lightly inclined
• the one where wunderbred told everyone that klerck had aids except he really didnt have aids : ninjase
• yea that was pretty epic it still gives me nightmares : aurealis
• Amazing! : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Yeah, but we had +REP back then. : mace
• That's a pretty good post. : WaterSign
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=3801040 : thekidd
• More lols... http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=3046871 : Havoc1c4

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  Raiii1111n they are down by ten : gmd
  • hehe not anymore! : Floppygrandma
  • Boston's late 4th quarter comebacks are starting to get REALLY old. : Flying h4x0r
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    up by 1 this game just got good : spector
    • Haha it happened In like 30 secs : gmd
  • Are they? ARE THEY NOW?!?!? : ra1n
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  starbury is -3 while in the game : buzzbat
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    +/- is meaningless in basketball : Deathlove
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      (also in hockey) : Deathlove
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        +/- is one of the best measures of a d-man in hockey. It does seem pretty stupid in basketball though. : Floppygrandma
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          Why is that? : fishbone
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            A defender can actually defend in hockey, can hit players off the puck, can goal tend all day long by blo... : Floppygrandma
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              lol you obviously know nothing about team defense in basketball. There's a reason the same teams (and pl... : cltcprd
              • That reason would be because they hustle and get back into position, The offense will still usually get ... : Floppygrandma
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      anything that can display my hate for starbury is meaningful and you are wrong if you think otherwise!!! : buzzbat
      • numbers can be used to prove anything that's remotely true, I suppose : Deathlove
• Unbelievable!!!!!!!!!!!! : ra1n
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  guess Shaq was right about Van Gundy choking : Maarten Goldstein
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    Shaq is always right about everything. : rosewood
    • peanutbutter : rosewood
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    i've pretty much put it down to this... Van Gundy is a terrible coach and Doc Rivers is a really good coa... : carnivore
    • Doc Rivers coached L'l Mac. : Ride-My-Rocket
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  This is pretty amazing. They're worn out and likely overmatched, but they find a way. Scrappy fuckers. : ra1n
  • It was like the Magic basically stopped playing for the last three minutes. : Flying h4x0r
• That was a great game. : afty
• I want Boston to win, just to watch them get manhandled by my cavs. : maulla
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  How do you celts fans stand the likes of House, Pierce, KG, Scalabrine etc. They are pretty much the mos... : doctorbfunk
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    Denver and Houston have much more unlikeable players. Denver except for Billups are a bunch of thugs and ... : sigpro
    • nukka say what? : noobja
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    how is KG unlikeable? that guy has more heart than anyone man : spector
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      I think for me it's something like this. "Dude, Garnett, we fucking know. Shut up. You're hardcore and yo... : royalally
      • No point in being intense in the playoffs. : ra1n
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      he reminds me of an over excitable, spaztic kid. His "intense" moments staring at the post, the jaw jutti... : edgewise
      • thats why i like him, he still seems like a kid playing out there : spector
  • Pierce and KG really? seriously? : cltcprd
  • You mean Rondo isn't likeable? : Pacalon
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    as punchable as most of their players are, they play with alot of heart. They should have died 8 games ag... : edgewise
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      and scalabrine is like a beer commercial come to life. The most average looking schlub to ever play pro s... : edgewise
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        yeah, he looks more out of place than luc longley : qwpeoriu
        • the headband and gut put him over the top. : edgewise
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        He looks like he won a contest on the back of a cereal box. PLAY A GAME WITH YOUR BOSTON CELTICS! Must be : Bean
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          Hey, no stealing my schtick! : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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            what : Bean
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              http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19820417 : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
              • The cereal box was a great touch, though. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
  • eddie house is the worst : Chandler55

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  that would definitely be cool. : aeg1x
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    I find it extremely hard to believe at this point, considering I have the newer 45nm PS3 (or is the new ... : abrasion
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      I thought smaller nm lead to lower energy usage and lower heat output : aeg1x
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        Exactly right and I have the 'new' one and it still runs bloody hot. How are they going to get a console... : abrasion
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          I don't think the cell in the PS3 has reached 45nm yet in retail systems (could be wrong, but I think eve... : qwpeoriu
          • oooo 45nm coming this summer! could this be related to the E3 announcement? We're always looking at wa : jcupitt
    • Cells are still at 65nm, 45nm process was announced more than a year ago though so I guess you could make... : Endymion_
• It will be a mobile system and they'll call it something like "Playstation Portable". : peanut-
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  I hope so. I played a shitload of Tekken at my brother-in-law's place a month ago and I was surprised by ... : lightly inclined
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    Who cares once it's on a shelf under the television? : abrasion
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      Hi abrasion. Yeah I agree, but I want something small and slim. Fatty things fuck with feng shui. : lightly inclined
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        I admit it's fat but at least it looks at home in the entertainment system and doesn't look all gaudy and... : abrasion
        • I agree. I like how it looks more like an appliance than a toy. : gibolas1234
    • Pretty much. If you have a decent entertainment system you'll hardly notice it. It is still funny, though... : ColoradoCNC
    • depends if you care if your house looks good or not : filthysock
    • I want to get one that will be on my PC desk, using my next PC monitor, etc. So I would prefer that it be... : silentistheshadow
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    The PS3 is huge because everything is inside. If the XBox360's power brick was inside, it would be of co... : Omaha
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      Quite a lot of it's size is down to a huge heatsink iirc : chazums
      • Yeah something the 360 could have done with to stop failures for the past 3 years. : abrasion
• They'll do anything to make it cheaper I suppose but I doubt it. : chazums
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  i would say that ps3 isnt enjoying as much success as it would like. dont get me wrong, its very well ado... : Klebold
  • more like 2016. the aim for a 10 year lifecycle : razorblade79
• maybe 'unlocked more features inside' : radula
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  I think it's going to be other colors like he said. Some people already bought white controllers in the U... : razlebol
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    Yeah I'm thinking it's just that - the PS3 would be hideous in white though, it'd look like a fucking sto... : abrasion
    • PS3 stormtrooper edition - I'd buy that : razorblade79
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  From what I've read it would be a really bad idea for sony to NOT release a slim version of the PS3, look... : silentistheshadow
  • of course they will, just not for several more years. : abrasion
• It's well within reason and wouldn't be too difficult. Simple making the PSU external, which would also ... : Wombat Woo
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  UI redesign! I'm calling it here. : Dave-A
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    I will be SO fucking pissed off if that's true :( they will foolishly copy Microsoft because they did i... : abrasion
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      I can't see how they could possibly make it any better than it is. I love the PS3 interface. : marmite
      • XMB is the greatest console UI ever. Not being a fanboy or anything, it's just the most simple, intuitive... : michaelleung
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      What do you mean "we" : Endymion_
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        We as in the people who like it (in other words, who have good taste) : abrasion
        • Just so we're clear are you saying you love the XMB as-is, or are you saying that you just don't want it ... : Endymion_
  • That would kind of suck. : ieGod
  • Won't happen, they've put too much effort into getting the bar in more places than just the PS3 : WhatIsThisFor
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    Ugh. The only thing I want done to the XMB is for the games to be sorted in folders some way instead of ... : Wombat Woo
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      you can already do this. you can put anything you want into any custom folder. : pyide
      • press triangle > information > change the album to whatever you want to sort it by. : pyide
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        You can but it's a MASSIVE pain in the arse to maintain. I recently gave up and went back to a flat struc... : nudel
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          I only have folders for games and demos, and it's not hard at all to tag whatever is new. Not like I down... : pyide
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            Doesn't it make you type out the folder name every time yout want to put things in it? Or something li... : nudel
            • you need to put an album name on a thing to put it in the album, yes but it remembers the things you'v... : jcupitt
        • Massive pita? You label the software which folder you want it to go in, how hard is that? How much easi... : AndyGoin
    • I would love to load my PS3 games on the system so it lists all my games, like a library, I could just br... : abrasion
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    I hope so. The PS3 UI is atrocious. : lplasmatron
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      Yeah I really hope they re-do it from scratch, and don't get all Japanese-company-our-way-or-the-highway ... : Dave-A
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        As long as there's an option to keep the old one I'll be happy, I don't want my UI all flashy, slow and c... : abrasion
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          Get aboard the slow and flashy train, abrasion. CHOO-CHOO! : Dave-A
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            Do you know how many people thought the NXE would be the best thing EVER and now how many people actually... : abrasion
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              What is a tonne? Is that the proper spelling in upside down world? : boomstickah
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                1 tonne == 1,000 kg, 1 ton == 1431 perch-rails per ounce or whatever it is in moon units : jcupitt
                • Haha this needs more love. : ieGod
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                It's a unit of measurement, I'm sorry but you're people are a bit behind on what system everyone else use... : abrasion
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                  I can't believe I spelt that wrong, just zing me now and be done with it. : abrasion
                  • What would I gain from doing that? : boomstickah
                  • Haha, faggot. : rasputinreborn
            • Don't be afraid of change, baby! The NXE is a compromise to make something appealing and usable to the av... : Dave-A
        • Agreed, I really hate the NXE and loved the Blades (though it had plenty of problems). Same with the XMB... : Begawkiness
    • I think it's better than the NXE and not nearly as good as the original Blades system : Yanks
    • How is it atrocious? I don't understand, it's way better than NXE in my opinion. The only problem with it... : razlebol
  • That would be terrible. The only confusing thing I run in to is when I play bluray discs and I can't acc... : melkore
• I think it is the only way for them to get the cost down. : quazar
• That's an old picture, which was a myth back then, too : hankyJR
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  Where is the fucking version they PROMISED us all along??? http://www.pretentiousname.com/temp/hypesta... : nudel
  • I love the three power slots. : Totenjaeger
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    ahahaha fuck I remember that, was it 3 network ports and 2 hdmi for dual monitor ? lol : abrasion
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      Quick! Take everything Microsoft announced and at least double it! : Carnivac
      • especially the price!! : dirge23
      • Oh jesus :( sad but true. I found some of my old posts from 2006 man did I give Sony a hard time back th... : abrasion
• the only redesign I'd be interested in is one that lowers the cost to < $299 : cptstern
• could be a slim ps3, nintendo and sony seem to like doing that stuff : unsound
• I also call bullshit. I don't think they can afford it. : SiW.

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  I wouldn't be able to live with myself having a view like that. : godhatingatheist
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    yah, i wouldnt want to live in those slums either. : mindshot
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      I think he means he'd get annoyed everytime he had to walk out on his balcony and see a town full of lazy... : snuff
      • ^This : nickjolly
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        whoosh~ : mo13
        • back at you : MamiyaOtaru
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  is that in dubai? : prime8
  • Too green and they have electricity and cars in the slums. : mem
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    Mexico City, as I recall. Could be wrong, but I know I've seen that pic before, and I believe it was Mex... : asylumn
    • I seem to remember that being either Sao Paolo or Buenos Aires : SpaecKow
    • Oh nm then, pork aids. : [7]kami
  • i'm pretty sure its in India. : jayares
• Pool is too small, only two tennis courts. : notd665
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  Where is that? damn :/ : abrasion
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    NSW/Victoria border : Godhatesfatpeople
    • haha : aeg1x
    • The border is in the country, both sides of the border looks like shit, with hillbillies and tin sheds >:... : abrasion
    • more like Tweed Heads : Goblin au
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    http://maps.google.com/maps?q=sao+paulo+brazil&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&split=0&gl=fi&ei=wiYKSsW... : mem
    • nice find : sikander
    • damn, good idea looking that up! : Flinz
  • it's the same in Curacao I think also : redfive
• nice photoshop : flasher 907
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  theres a hot tub on every freiken balcony!! : Relentles$
  • Yeah I noticed that too. : bolneze
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  AMERICA! : Slowtreme
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    There's no way you'd find anywhere in the U.S. that allowed those two extremes of housing so close togeth... : cerealSAM2
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      El Paso is pretty much like that. : Slowtreme
      • I'm sure it's bad, but I'd be willing to bet zoning and construction laws wouldn't allow for it. : cerealSAM2
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    Wrong. Also, tired of this meme. (no offense to you, Slowtreme) : virus
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      I was going to say Florida, but it doesn't border anything : Slowtreme
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        Certainly nothing as nice as that apartment building. : nevicata
        • hahaha : MamiyaOtaru
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      You are wrong. It's Sao Paulo, Brazil. http://maps.google.com/maps?q=sao+paulo+brazil&oe=utf-8&client=... : mem
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        Wow, that's just a pocket of shit. Look at all the property around it. It's like someone screwed up in ... : pigvomit
        • The servant class has to live somewhere. : FlatlineDixay
      • No he's not. He said America. He didn't specify North or South. : MurrayTheSkull
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        Holy shit how did you even find that map from that one random photo? /tinfoilhat : bolneze
        • It's an ooold photo. I remember reading the news story that went along with it. Someone else probably rem... : askedrelic
        • http://tineye.com/search/d75b4cf79e3f32b8590e9fcfadccfc7d8770a2f9 To find the name of the place. And t... : mem
    • Meme, lol : abrasion
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    We have class here. We segregate our poor into specific areas not butt them together like that. Because ... : Godhatesfatpeople
    • Not to mention, they could simply WALK into the nice areas. Better to put them far far away and cut mass : trove
• I love the hot tubs on every balcony. : cerealSAM2
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  I bet the shanty town's whole economy is built on tennis balls : johnwissinger
  • hahaha : fishbone
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  Reminds me of Slumdog Millionaire. : ImageOmega
  • same, latika must be inside! : sanchez
• wow...just wow : peter
• ugh, what a shitty view from my balcony : Magus
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  Nice cars for people who live in squalor. : pigvomit
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    doesnt really look like squalor to me. hard to tell when you just see rooftops. shit, my house probably l... : feek
    • They are squatters, on land they do not own. There is no working sewer system. That's squalor by my est... : MamiyaOtaru
• Is that Tenpenny's Tower? : Ziz
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  I have an uncle who lives in a similar tower in Venezuela that butts up against a slum like that. He lik... : Waffles!
  • I love it when rich diss the poor : hankyJR
  • Cool. Does he ever take pot shots at them with his sniper rifle? I wonder if he would pay you to blow up ... : BlackCat9
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  looks like most resorts in jamaica, puerto rico, and mexico : EvilDolemite
  • actually that looks nothing like any resorts in those places, but it does look like Brazil : bozer
• fake : DooBall
• looks like canada : buzzbat
• Wow, that's just crazy. Hard to believe even with mem's Google maps link. : ShoCon
• There were places in Thailand kind of like that where we were staying. From the balcony, you could see bo... : BlackCat9
• The stuff on the left is hardly slum though as some people here are posting. : imperator
• its strange, i dont like tennis but i still rather live on the righthand side of the picture. : Klebold
• Not surprising. Rio de Janeiro is pretty much like that too (in some cases, worse). : Nitrium
• Oh and now the government is building walls around the slums to prevent expansion. It would be funny if i... : Nitrium
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  It looks shocking, but at least it's honest. As opposed to the first world practice of taking the poor pe... : peanut-
  • I have no problem with not wanting to look at that every day, especially if it drags my property value do... : Evil Benius

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  very nice ..but what about the yard? : IcomeINpeace
  • Smallish, but some nice deck area, and enough grass in the back yard for the dogs to shit, and maybe some... : re-verse
• buy that place right now. I like the hell out of it. : Degenerate
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  it looks like they renovated the entire home, now offer 75% asking price ! : gmd
  • In SoCal we're offering 100-125% and we still haven't been accepted on anything. :( : acidnynex
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  That's beautiful. I really like the breakfast nook. : owly
  • Yeah me too. : re-verse
  • yeah that kitchen is baller, that whole place is very well done : fletch_
• Yeah that place is nice as hell. : hirosushima
• That place looks really nice. : bolneze
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  Shit that does look really nice.... i need to write an offer pronto! : Floppygrandma
  • Though seriously, I've been house hunting myself for the last few months, it's amazing the crap materials... : Floppygrandma
• Wow. That, is an awesome looking house. : DOOManiac
• Place looks amazing. The walk-in pantry and breakfast booth are great. And that's quite a finished base... : action roommate
• Damn that looks expensive, and very nice. : BattleFieldHero
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  Wow, I wish houses like this were affordable in Vancouver :( Also, arcane is even hotter in motion tha... : Edges
  • pix/divx? : DooBall
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  how many dollas? : mojo the helpr monke
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    I bet $375k : DooBall
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      http://www.realestate.com/Property/8772427-3137-S--THROOP-ST-Chicago-IL-60608-06775256.aspx 580k Da... : mojo the helpr monke
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        damn that is actually a lot less than I expected, I was thinking $1 mil : gmd
        • It's quite south. In my neighborhood it would be about 750k. : haiku
        • yea, DC townhouse like that around U Street or on Cap Hill, easily $1 mil : AisfortomAto
      • That is one big-ass sign out front. I hope they let him keep it. A guy could use a big-ass sign every n... : owly
    • "in" chicago? crazy! I bet you could almost double that. : Floppygrandma
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    Agent told us we could get it for around 520K : re-verse
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      But you could get 5 homes in wyoming for that plus an entire herd of cattle : gmd
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        shit i could buy a whole town in Saskatchewan for that. : re-verse
        • You could buy half of Detroit for that : snuff
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      Start at 500 then go up to 520. I would bet you get it for 510. : haiku
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        This market is so great for buying I love it, the only problem sellers are still being so fucking greedy ... : gmd
        • I've had some of the best real estate negotiation drama in the last 6 months. I've decided to wait anothe... : haiku
      • I was thinking the same thing. : re-verse
    • 520 is just a conservative 10% off the list price... i bet you could do better in this climate. : Floppygrandma
• That looks amazing, really nice finishing. : lodit
• Very nice. : Dr_Cube
• This looks vaguely like the farmhouse in L4D : mysled
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  Looks somewhat similar to my cousins house a few miles north or so of where you're looking. Out of curio... : boarder2
  • Oh, I saw your other thread, I think his was around 450K, but I don't remember the exact address. I know... : boarder2
• the upstairs looks like the upstairs of the house at the end of Blood Harvest. DON'T DO IT MAN!! : Dschinghis Khan
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  nice house but isn't that like straight up in the ghetto? : kill9
  • not even a little... bridgeport village = lots of well to do families, new development, yuppies. Its alwa... : re-verse
• I like it! : riptyde
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  Looks great go for it side! : RogerDandy
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    Side is dude fucking ipod : RogerDandy
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      I've read both your posts here five times and I still don't know wtf you're saying. : action roommate
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        I said looks great as in the house looks great and to go for it as in buy it. ?? : RogerDandy
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          "Looks great go for it" is the only part that's clear. I'm not sure why that's the part you chose to expl... : action roommate
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            He has an iPod that he was Shacking from, and the predictive text changed "dude" to "side" : Arctic Fox
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              Dude is Dude Fucking Dude??? Does not compute, Dude. : jasoncrowley
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                'Looks great, go for it side!' Next post should read: 'Side' is 'dude' (in above post); fucking iPod : pancake humper
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                  ah, punctuation how I missed thee. : jasoncrowley
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                    If you don't have an iPhone/iPod Touch this could be confusing to read. I felt his pain as soon as he rep... : pancake humper
                    • Wordfind should be the first software feature to be globally banned from all devices, permanently. : jasoncrowley
    • confusion-lolled right here. : re-verse
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  Yay!! Congrats!! Ratalon and I are in the "just before escrow" portion of our house buying! It is taking... : Galadriel07
  • Looks great! Good on you, having a home inspection. Too many people I know lately are skipping that ste... : Trepex
• What?! No Arms room/Panic room? : Sailor of Fortune
• I hate you so much, the properties we're looking at are nowhere close and we've made probably 10+ offers ... : acidnynex
• Sacred Indian Burial Ground! : dfz0r
• That place looks wonderful, goodluck. : lightly inclined
• holy shit man, that place looks ridiculous! good luck to you both! : zerog83
• thats hot. We close on our new place on Monday. Total chaos right now. : topkatz
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  Lots of sex gonna go down in that sexy shower. : pancake humper
  • I was thinking the same thing but I didn't want to say it. : zerog83
• Very nice, congrats : sikander
• Wow, that asking price isn't bad either. That'd be like double here :( : ra1n
• that place is huge : packav
• Very beautiful home. : d3tached

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  Okay, we know about IE and n{Firefox}n and Chrome and Safari and Opera and such... I installed the Win : Bean
  • I always do that with the damn orange! : Bean
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    SeaMonkey is a volunteer-maintained continuation of the old Mozilla Suite, which Mozilla graciously hosts... : Zero|DPX
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      Also, Acrobot 9 >>>> FoxIt : Zero|DPX
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        Yeah, if by >>>> you mean full of crash and slow, then yes. : omnova
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          I think you're thinking of Acrobat <9. 9 is good stuff. : Zero|DPX
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            isnt it still so bad that some security firm recently recommended not using it : Luminair
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              I don't know. Security firms are often recommending stuff though. I have learned from experience with w... : Zero|DPX
              • Acrobat is getting panned all over the place due to their lax security methods. Enabling Javascript on i... : redfive
      • i agree : feek
    • Awesomebar is the best thing since right mouse buttons : razorblade79
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    haha has anybody used seamonkey. yes, you might have heard of its other name. "netscape" : Luminair
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      Haha, wow. So does it rock or is it wack? http://warnerkirby.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/the_more_you_... : Bean
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        Nevermind, it's wack. I installed it and it stank up my computer right away. I feel like somebody shit on... : Bean
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          Why did you not believe me when I said this : Zero|DPX
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            I don't trust your opinions about software design. actually, I had downloaded and installed it before : Bean
            • I just changed myself over to the Chrome dev channel so I can see what all the hullabaloo is about! I... : Bean
  • Thanks Bean, what an awesome list. : someWayne
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    Firefox needs to be stripped down and started over. They could call the new browser Phoenix, kind of like... : retarded talking dinosaur
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      The funny thing is Firefox's previous name was Firebird. : ErikTehRed
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        Guess what it was before that. : Zero|DPX
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          Firecrotch? : buzzbat
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            Phoenix, actually =) : GrimmyD
            • http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/releases/0.1.html for evidence. : GrimmyD
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      I think I finally get you. : rosewood
      • There's nothing to get besides terrible jokes composed of ancient references and tenuous half-hearted sar... : retarded talking dinosaur
    • lol : Yanks
    • people don't have that kind of memory (usually) : razorblade79
  • SeaMonkey was around before Firefox and Thunderbird were released. The whole suite concept came from Nets... : ErikTehRed
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    I guess they're well known but you could add 7zip and CDburnerXP to the list. : Kerath
    • Yes, thanks! I kept looking at my list with a blank expression saying "I know I forgot something importan... : Bean
  • Seamonkey was Mozilla/Netscape before they decided to make Firefox. Launch is useless with the Win7/Vist... : boarder2
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    Also, - ImgBurn - http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download (Great app for burning discs from file : midgetherder
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      Thanks! Also, I prefer Windows Live Mesh to Dropbox - https://www.mesh.com/welcome/default.aspx - it's ba... : Bean
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        Hey, that's pretty cool. Looks like a Microsoft product. Does it only work on Windows? : midgetherder
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          It is a MS product. They have a beta OSX client. I have not used it though. : Bean
          • I just found it. Thanks, Bean. : midgetherder
      • This indeed is cool. : r3ckless
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        Live Mesh is quite awesome : derelict515
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          i agree, about live mesh. : xxiv
          • I double agree, about live mesh. Actually, I generally like the entire live offerings. I use the live m... : samekh
      • That's awesome. So, supposing you had a friends you didn't mind giving out email addresses to, you could... : Altanar
      • That's badass. Never heard of it. : Godhatesfatpeople
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      ImgBurn is not needed in Win7 : rosewood
      • I don't have RC1 installed at home because my PC is a bucket of bolts and too much is going on at work to... : midgetherder
  • FastStone Image Viewer. Don't even think about i, just get it. : stuka
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    Can PING clone drives directly? : kelerian
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      Yeah. But for that there's something even better: Macrium Reflect Free Edition: http://www.macrium.com/re... : Bean
      • oh awesome! Thanks Bean. : kelerian
  • how is CutePDF compressionwise? I have a lot of bad experiences with some PDF printers. In my experience ... : razorblade79
  • Two things that get installed on my machines are - 7Zip - Awesome open source freeware file compressi : ThomW
  • As your attorney I advise you to leave Explorer and use a decent file manager, Directory Opus. (But on... : nudel
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  Bean what was the result of your Pepsi/Throwback/Natural/Mexicoke/Coke taste test? : retarded talking dinosaur
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    Generally speaking, people can't tell. I'm not even talking within the same kind like Pepsi vs. Throwback : Bean
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      If your tasters couldn't distinguish coke from pepsi they should be fired :( : Zero|DPX
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        My results are actually consistent with the results of other tests of this nature. It's been repeatedly d... : Bean
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          I can drink both, but coke is more acidic tasting while pepsi is sweeter. I am really surprised people d... : Zero|DPX
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            Also, the numbers drop drastically when the taster is presented ONE drink of either Pepsi or Coke and ask... : Bean
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              Oh yeah, if given only one without context, I suspect I'd be only moderately better than random at identi... : Zero|DPX
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                Also, in this case it's not like people were given 2 choices. They were given 11 and not told what any of... : Bean
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                  dude you totally overwhelmed people's senses of course they're not going to get anything right. nobody c... : crappypants74
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                    did you have some kind of palate cleanser?!?! : crappypants74
                    • Yes you jamook. Between every taste. : Bean
                  • were they allowed to take notes? : boofy
                  • its like notes of higher pitches. unless you can judge and sort them and constantly retaste them and res... : handofthrawn
          • People have varying numbers of fungiform papillae that causes the difference in tasting ability. You are... : midgetherder
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      i remember you said you thought you could tell the difference, how'd you do? : supersonic potato
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        I scored 11 out of 11 correct. : Bean
        • impressive! : supersonic potato
        • your pallet is as refined as your vocabulary, old Bean! : Drakoniac
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      Oh, and if you're wondering about preferred taste (like if Throwback using real sugar was preferred over ... : Bean
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        My last comment about the test: Regular Dr. Pepper was the most accurately identified cola of the bunch, ... : Bean
        • did you do Brio : boring gegtik

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  So what are the BR features? : Sailor of Fortune
  • An entire documentary on Manhattan's dick was created. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • Watch the movie it was meant to be viewed. Visionary director Zack Snyder brings his Director's Cut. Se : soggybagel
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    A thorough, informative making-of documentary shot entirely in slow-motion. : kallanta
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      ^ The lolz are coming guys : Godhatesfatpeople
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        But seriously: The Watchmen releases will feature the following bonus materials: The Phenomenon: T... : kallanta
        • :D : Godhatesfatpeople
        • Sounds awesome. : lightly inclined
        • Only the theatrical version in digital copy? Boo. : Lone Swordsman
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  Too bad the "full" version isn't coming out then. Needs more director's cut with the pirate stuff integra... : Vincent Grayson
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    Did you miss the 25 minutes of additional footage stuff in the second pic?? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      No, I caught that. But it's not the version with the pirate stuff in it as well, which is the only versio... : Vincent Grayson
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        I dunno, that story is perhaps too long to be incorporated in there without breaking the flow of the movi... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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          Also if it's not live-action anyway, they shouldn't bother. : Mad Brahmin Disease
          • it isn't, but it's AWESOME. : Deathlove
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        Wait, are you sure it's coming out? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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          As far as I know it will be. It was announced before the movie even hit theaters. : Vincent Grayson
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            Zuh? It's already out. http://www.amazon.com/Watchmen-Tales-Black-Freighter-Under/dp/B001QTWC0K/ref=sr_1_... : Deathlove
            • Not a separate release, but the version with that integrated into the movie. : pyrogen
• Cool, because that's mah bday and it will make a nice gift for myself : shwortdogg
• 25 minutes? Sweet. Not going to be Tales of the Black Freighter incorporated in there in some way, right? : Mad Brahmin Disease
• This is the day I will buy a Bluray player. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Nice!! I'm super hyped for this movie, wish I could've caught it one last time while it was in theaters ... : arizona bay
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  Only Widescreen? :( : pancake humper
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    Only morons buy fullscreen. : Lone Swordsman
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      It's called 'full'screen for a reason! : pancake humper
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        more like foolscreen : Arceihn
        • /golf clap : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        Hope you like missing parts of the left and right halves of the movie! : Lone Swordsman
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          Fortunately for pancake humper, Dr. Manhattan's dick is in the center of the screen most of the movie. : ThomW
          • YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : pancake humper
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    Hahaha what is this? : ieGod
    • Also any modern player will allow you to adjust the output method. : ieGod
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  If I've never read the book will I like this movie? Also, I like IronMan, and Batman, but spiderman is GA... : bozer
  • It's not really a super hero movie in the same sense as Iron Man and Batman but the people I went with th... : melkore
  • You really owe it to yourself to read the book, there's a surprising amount of depth. : Lone Swordsman
  • There is only one character that even possesses super powers. This is a more gritty look at human nature ... : ieGod

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  It's cause we're all a bunch of lovers of the cock. : zipper76
  • ^^This. : Corvus orru
• Why thank you, Fred. ;) : lightly inclined
• quick ban him and crush all his hopes and dreams and the one thing in life he loves. : CoRDS
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  ... : genjuro
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    Even you, you bastard. : Fred Garvin
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      His jazz hands are glorious. : Ride-My-Rocket
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        I read that as jizz hands. : plunkymeadows
        • lol me too : [7]kami
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  I'm the best at shacknews : haiku
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    The best at what? : Godhatesfatpeople
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      shacknews : haiku
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        The what what? : Ride-My-Rocket
        • in the butt : alphablu
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      he built a solid foundation that just will not collapse : CoRDS
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        There's a Greasemonkey extension for that. : DOOManiac
        • yes i know , but shh : CoRDS
        • lol this took me a second to get, but nice : Arctic Fox
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    I'm banning this catchphrase before you get it off the ground haiku. : Rauol Duke
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      your just unhappy he's the best and your not. MODFIGHT! : AMikaboshi
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        you're : pancake humper
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          i hate spelling nazi's. seriously. : AMikaboshi
          • nazis sorry : Marlin
          • I can't imagine why... : ThomW
          • grammar :x : xxiv
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        He's the best at shacknews. Which shacker is this???!!! : Rauol Duke
        • you : pancake humper
        • It was me : ArcKnight
        • Who is Buck Futter? : Rotten Deadite
  • Can you clock it with a single credit? : abrasion
  • Hello gegtik : gmd
  • I wouldn't say the best, merely proficient. : whodares
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    it's the same concept as "winning" World of Warcraft : Magus
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      I beat TF2 once. : guido anchovy
      • I got high score on the intarweb. : Fred Garvin
    • Bamii did that http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19898244 : [7]kami
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  Lay off the booze Fred. : avatar_58
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    I am only drunk on green tea and honey. : Fred Garvin
    • My god man, stop before your life is over. It's not worth it. : avatar_58
    • high on life and glue : CoRDS
• We love you too Fred, even if it says "Furry" under your profile in the Sex column. : MercFox1
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  I don't know what made everyone here turn into a bunch of emotional bitches, but I think we all need to s... : hoov1185
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    Oh, don't get me wrong. I still will post boobs on a continuous basis, but every time I visit other sites... : Fred Garvin
    • Well that's comforting, because I think a lot of people here need some boobs in their face right now. : hoov1185
• I found my first post the other day, I thought the db crash we lost all the early ones? I guess he just h... : abrasion
• One of us! One of us! : Thresher
• The Shack is like the Wire, I could probably name about 100 characters off the top of my head. : Morgin
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  its too bad i fucking hate you : Jackass1233
  • It's okay, I hate you too. : Fred Garvin
• I really AM awesome, aren't I? My mother was right all along. : themaestro2657
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  its because of the forum format, and the twice daily refresh means it's always fresh. : azenmaster
  • Except when people keep digging up old threads and lighting the fire anew, goddammit. : theangrywaffles
  • I'm just here for Phil's comedy stylings and the free tits. : grover69
• The shack is still awesome. Although, there have been a bunch of sandy vaginas here as of late. Thats w... : erebus
• I can't quit you, Fred Garvin. : tashtego
• I think it's cause you've been here so long. : Scoots06
• me? awesome? cool. thanks fred! : Mmmmmoo
• "I love you man." "I know" "No. No you don't. I LOVE you man!!" : ADSliv
• this place is a cesspool. i hate myself a little more with every post i make, including this one. <3 : electroly
• I got nowhere else to go! I got nowhere else to g... I got nothin' else. - Shacknews latestchatty 2009 : trove
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  keepin the fg in fgt : My Documents
  • Oh MyDoc, what would the Shack be like without your drive bys? : Fred Garvin
  • lol CS:S????? : spector
  • :[ you've been slacking : boarder2
  • OUTRAGEOUS PERSONAL ATTACK! : FlatlineDixay
  • Was wondering when you would show up. : lightly inclined
  • More like MyLowHangingFruit! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  SO SAY WE ALL : jigstah
  • so say we all : flagg209
• SICK : arizona bay
• In this instance, Fred, you know what the fuck. : randomposter
• My fist would like to interact with your face! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  douchebags, the lot of ya : toneh
  • your show in Amsterdam was ace, too bad the sound in Melkweg sucked. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Not ass kissing... just cock kissing. : Goblin au
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  I've been trying to convince my friend to post here but he said he hated drop down threads or some shit. ... : vov1n
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    He picks 4chan over the shack? O_o!? : MercFox1
    • He also mentioned SA as being of great design when it comes to the forums. I mean, I love SA, but I've ne... : vov1n
• You know I've always thought the root post of each thread in all chatty's (and front page stuff) should b... : mace
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  This is true, and the bare, chatty structure has a lot to do with it. It's like slow-moving IRC (and I'v... : SiW.
  • fucking PRL : Slowtreme
• I don't know the youtube community is pretty awesome. : S1ing B1ade

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  Is it the finale tonight already? : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • it's 6AM Wednesday morning, yeah it's tonight : jimmy-buffett
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    It's a "3 hour finale" one hour tonight and then 2 hours next week I believe. : kikilupo
    • what kind of bullshit finale is that? The real finale is next week, then. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • The 1 hour was last week tonight's is 2 hours and that's it for season 5 : jimmy-buffett
    • no its not, the 2 hour finale is tonight and starts at 7 : klearlyunseen
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      My bad, you guys are right. I got my dates mixed up an thought the finale was next week. 8pm recap episod... : kikilupo
      • hopefully, yes. what'll happen is one of them will die but the other will survive to bear the weight o... : barichnikov
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  Is it a season finale or series? : eldiablo01
  • Season 5 finale they have one more season left : jimmy-buffett
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  How does Kate tell Jack she's pregnant when she's on a submarine leaving the island? : uncle slappy
  • Her future self will. And then their kid will kill him. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    The preview for this week already showed Sawyer, Juliet and Kate back on the island. I hate when they do : jimmy-buffett
    • Oh I don't watch those : uncle slappy
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  Given that Jacob was cast several months ago, I think we'll finally see him, and he'll still be very much... : Vincent Grayson
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    ha interesting thought, same with Kate and Jacks babby, then. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • Also, perhaps his family line is the only one that can be born on the island. So much for stretching, unf : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • If Jacob, Christian and possibly now Claire represent the "spiritual" side of the island, and Christian i... : jimmy-buffett
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  Kirk and Spock find the cast of Lost on a planet in the next movie, it's the ultimate cross-franchise tie... : randomposter
  • ha, that would be fucking amazing if that happened : bozer
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  my guess is that jacob never existed and he was something richard invented (using smoke and mirrors) to k... : klearlyunseen
  • Yeah we discussed this possibility at work too, I think there's something to Richard expressing reservati... : jimmy-buffett
  • You will absolutely see Jacob tonight. Either in a flashback or in Locke's current timeline : Patch-e
  • well we've seen flashes of jacob a few times and from those he doesn't seem to be anyone we've seen yet : smax
  • but jacob has been cast : scottythejock
• Richard is Jacob : uncle slappy
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  this seems appropriate somehow http://www.marriedtothesea.com/051309/heckler-time-machine.gif : homeboyJim
  • This is more appropriate: http://www.subvulture.com/spacemoose/time_machine.html : Mad Brahmin Disease
• LOST, Star Trek, Fringe.. time travel and alternate realities everywhere! : sikander
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  jacob = john locke : stgdz
  • = alternate timeline Khan : randomposter
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  JJ Abrams hasn't really been involved in Lost since the end of Season 1. It is really Jeffrey and Damon'... : Crimsonbeak
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    True, but they've had a pretty good idea of the plot mapped out from the start, so Abrams should know all... : umcpwintermute
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      That's a construction after the fact. There's no way they had a lot of the plot mapped out either before ... : GreatGooglyMoogly
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        They had the lore planned from the beginning. That's why the show works so well. : Bamtan
        • I have a feeling in season 1 they threw as much crazy shit in it as possible. Then they just figured they... : kingdepork
      • I would agree with that, didn't they have to kill off a few characters (Libby and Ana-Lucia) in Season 2 ... : DMac20
• The obvious answer is Jacob = old Hurley. They finally give him a purpose! : Masem
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  Locke? http://www.startrek.com/imageuploads/200303/tng-264-riker-and-admiral-pres/320x240.jpg : DooBall
  • haha nice : Begawkiness