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  because they were all too stupid. all the leaders and thinkers died off : opengl128
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    This is the correct answer. Blomkamp has said in interviews that the idea was that their leaders died an : kallanta
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      you fuckers are confusing me. i thought the whole fucking point was that black fluid being created. : [fry]
      • It is, but none of the drones were smart enough to make it. : kallanta
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        Wasn't the "Christopher" alien one of leader type people? Early in the film they explained how they saw s : SigENeaT
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          that was the control ship. looks like they probably buried it :P : dantastic
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            I thought they said it was the control CHIP? : Vantage
            • fookin accents! : Mansmells
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  i thought that black juice which infected the guy was essential to the operation of the ship. their tech : [fry]
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    But... what did the fluid have to do with making their ship floating above the planet work? The fluid wa : Priest77
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      they could have done it a long time ago but what would the point have been? without the juice they'd have : [fry]
      • not to mention didn't they initiate the beam through the command ship which needed the liquid to run? how : [fry]
      • I was under the impression that... the fluid they collected was fuel to get back to the mothership, not f : Priest77
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    And not only that, but they have a whole scene dedicated to explaining the problem. When the 2 aliens : haiku
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      Well we can't all be Sasha Greys. : socksta
      • Hahahaha : Shivawn
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        lol : [fry]
        • this is my favorite post : [fry]
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  I think the lack of fuel prevented the computers from working : unsound
  • The simple and clear answer, pretty much. : Toth21
• I honestly think they needed the fluid to get the ship close enough for beaming. The mothership couldn't : mystifier
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  what would be the point? why do that and attract suspicion when he doesn't even have his black fluid. how : JINKY
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    ^^^^^correct answer^^^^^^^^ : JINKY
    • more like "i just typed what fry already said because we're both right but he's faster and right." : [fry]
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  sort of a inconsistency, but couldn't they have just launched another surface to air missile at that be : ballystix
  • Maybe a fooking guy had a change of heart. : ArB
  • they probably figured it would be a waste until the suit was dead : AllYourBase
  • Actually screw the shoulder mounted, what about the rocket battery or whatever? : bolneze
• HURRRRRRRRRRRRRR : lodit
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  Here is my shitty and half-baked District 9 theory which has probably been stated in previous threads tha : haiku
  • I agree. This is what I thought about their species structure as well. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • great explanation : Jackass1233
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    Since all of the black fluid came from their technology that means they had all of the fluid needed on th : socksta
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      They had no leaders to guide them to run the ship The aliens obviously didn't care about weaponry and : AllYourBase
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        Christopher clearly knew he had to get to the ship though and went about the most insanely retarded way t : socksta
        • lol what : Godhatesfatpeople
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      what is your point? It's not about filling huge plot holes, it is about speculating why that fluid might ... : haiku
      • Somebody once told me you weren't a true Shacker until you'd been ILTC'd. I disagree, its clearly when ha : socksta
    • Their anus is like a bag of holding. : DarkWolf5
    • The answer to your questions is really simple. The reasons these particular prawns were dumb beyond belie : 5150Joker
    • Damn you punching all these holes in the movie haha : bolneze
    • GULLIBLE : daedraug
  • this is essentially what blomkamp has been saying in post-release interviews : aeg1x
  • q{penis}q : SpaecKow
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  the aliens were on the ship! they were completely out of food, diseased and malnurished. the humans : radula
  • At first, the humans treated the aliens as if they were an advanced and intelligent species and also gave : Mmmmmoo
• Why leave when there is so much yummy cat food? : irrerno
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  There are about 1001 plot holes and it just deals with them by leaving everything up to your imagination.... : spdon
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    ^^^This. Learn how to watch movies, ppl. Movies that explain everything are boring. There's no mystery!! : Wikus Van De Merwe
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      plot holes and spoonfeeding the audience are two completely different things : MikkleThePickle
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        and for the record, District 9 had neither :) : MikkleThePickle
        • It has plot holes the size of the grand canyon if you think about it for a second. : spdon
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  I'll tell you why: Because they liked the CAT FOOD too much! Purina was their favorite, they could never : 5150Joker
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    Mmmmmmmmmmmm Fancy Feast : bolneze
    • ♫Break me off a piece of that Fan - cy - Feast! ♫♪♫ : Wikus Van De Merwe
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  Late to the party but I finally saw it - very sexy. Bonus style points for the white stormtrooper body ar... : bolneze
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    white stormtrooper body armor?? Did we see the same movie? : Wikus Van De Merwe
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      Well it wasnt ALL white. But the PMC guys had some white plastic looking vests. Also some white weapons a... : bolneze
      • Oh and the vehicles : bolneze
      • Yeah white rifles + vehicles to me was a cool attention to detail. I think it was the whole "white = peac... : Wikus Van De Merwe
      • You're stretching that white armor a bit far there. : Godhatesfatpeople

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  WTH, that's creepy. Anything could be under there :( : Visceral Monkey
  • I bet she's reading comic books under there. : BlackCat9
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    giant erection. : edgewise
    • morning tree trunk. : Prozium
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  Your room looks like it was furnished by target. : soggybagel
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    target is the bomb yo. : [fry]
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      I didn't mean that as a "diss." Just that it looks like Target stuff. : soggybagel
      • didn't take it as a diss. target is the fucking bomb yo. : [fry]
• that's what my sheet looks like when I sleep flat on my back : aeg1x
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  How tall are you? : underground banana plantation
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    ginger people never grow taller than 5,7 feet. : Hoax
    • Conan O'Brien would like to have a word with you. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • depends if he's standing on guns or not : aeg1x
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    i'm short. i think 5'7". we're a freakish couple. she probably has six inches on me OF DICK. : [fry]
    • That explains the tent effect. : Jumperus
    • holy fuck. I was going to say it will be awesome being able to bring your kid to your local pickup basket... : underground banana plantation
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  My girlfriend does the same and she's 5 foot tall so I don't think the height has anything to do with it. : sethmarc
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    Your GF could fit under Wendy's tent. : Bold
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      In fact... : Bold
      • Hey fry, check for other chicks (or dudes) under that tent. Better safe than sorry. : Bold
      • it's like a set of Matryoshka dolls under there : aeg1x
• Oh my god that picture is lol, it's like this is under the blanket http://image.examiner.com/images/blog/... : abrasion
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  do you two share a..... twin? : imcompa
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    that's a california king. the amazonian woman in it just throws off the size ratio. : [fry]
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      wait, no, it's a regular king. it's wider, not longer. we used to hang a queen and spent our evenings elb... : [fry]
      • s/hang/have : [fry]
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      Your pillows are way thick Fry, what's the deal? : abrasion
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        i'm a cheap-ass in every single thing in life other than firearms and pillows. they're genuine overstuffe... : [fry]
        • I lol'd this for the creative use of the word coconut. :D : Galadriel07
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          Down is duck down isn't it? Like lots of little feathers? Fry I will never get to sleep in your bed :( m... : abrasion
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            goose. and the luxury ones are super washed and cleansed to prevent that. they also remove the little ... : [fry]
            • I spent more on my bed than my first car, I'm still loving it. : abrasion
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            There are other reasons you'd never sleep in Fry's bed! : Toraz Chryx
            • Fry would totally roll over Wendy to get to me. : abrasion
• i sleep like this a lot. especially if my back is sore. : arcane_
• Get a bigger blanket so compensate for potential tent formation. : bolneze
• where is her neck : Mansmells
• Fuck her! Fuck her brains out! Do eet NOW! : Anastomosis
• Looks like she wants some surprise buttsecks. : lapskaus
• At least you don't find her all contorted on the floor like that one scene in The Exorcism of Emily Rose. : thejay247
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  you have 6ft hotness laying half naked next to your freckled sausage fingers. you do not get to make post... : anhero
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    lol @ "freckled sausage fingers" : Ride-My-Rocket
    • summation of his words, not mine. I love that screwball fry : anhero
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  are you sure no one else is under there? : Goblin au
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    That's fucking weird dude. My chick is about 5'1" and that bitch gets all diagonal and spread eagled so e... : Rauol Duke
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      Stolid iPhone misreplies : Rauol Duke
      • Stolid indeed. : Goblin au
• maybe she's excited to see you : drucifer
• You think she's the only person in your bed besides you? : skitfish
• nice lamps you consumer whore faggot where did you get them? : maulla
• I do this when I am in bed and pretending to be asleep / pretending to get out of bed/be awake, perhaps i... : VuduChild
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  separate blankets, man. separate blankets. this will save your marriage. : dirge23
  • get a dog. my dog sleeps right between our legs and doesn't move. if you don't claim your ration of blank... : laurgasms
• morning wood : gmd
• please post a normal pic of wendy. that image on the bed is a little... weird : fatbeaner
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  My wife does this, with a twist. She actually crosses her legs like she's sitting, under the sheets. It h... : king_darius
  • I do this occasionally :( I've woken up sitting like this and been like "hey wut oh hm" : laurgasms
• My wife does this as well, but she's 5'2" at most and so she only creates a tiny molehill, not the Mount ... : Ride-My-Rocket

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• tldr : aeg1x
• stfu ffs :( : d fluke
• This isn't going to be pretty : red2lucas
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  not enough TLA's man. : radula
  • Not enough TnA, you mean. : master_disaster_17
• Wikus I'm curious how life was back in 1993 as an elderly man? : abrasion
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  more tag failure, great. It is both genius and frustrating that Shack doesn't allow post editing. : Wikus Van De Merwe
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    Do you actually realise that we actually were here to basically see the birth of LOL, then see it go to b... : abrasion
    • Yeah, what abrasion said. Plus various qXtest iterations and lamps and stuff : bombay
    • yep, it used to take 5 minutes to upload 20 characters, we had to make adjustments to our language. : radula
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      sure, sure, but we should be past that now. Otherwise it's like that old south park episode where Chef ex... : Wikus Van De Merwe
      • This has to be a character account : bombay
      • Never seen that episode, lol : abrasion
      • WVDM, It's TC that UDK. We 4GIVE U. Now get back to IRL and GWTF, bro. : anhero
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    Maybe you should find somewhere else to post : fishbone
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      No need to be a cock man :( : abrasion
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        He seems pretty frustrated with the Shack, and there are plenty of other messageboards : fishbone
        • None as funny or true as the Shack. : Wikus Van De Merwe
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          Cmon man - new people have a teething process, being dicks to newbies is no way to make this a wecloming ... : abrasion
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            I still think it is a character account : bombay
            • no self respecting newbie comes into a place and tells people how to post : FrayLo
          • Dude it's a character account : pancake humper
          • he said he's not new, it's on him. : Slowtreme
          • Being told to fuck off is the best introduction to this place : pandastrong
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  IDWTP : SilverSnake
  • I don't wankt to porn either. : abrasion
• good luck with your campaign against abbreviations there, chief : Sapiens
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  srsly? : arcane_
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    onyd! : arcane_
    • OH YES HE DID'D : anhero
• uh, lookout. Acronym fuzz is here. : Goblin au
• kek @ n00b. : -efx-
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  ^^^ -10/10 ILTC : massdev
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    Dude totally LTC! : quadeh
    • Yeah I do. I love the children. How did you guys guess?? : Wikus Van De Merwe
• This Post^^ IAWTP I agree agreed : anhero
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  http://agentpothead.com/infuckingcredible.gif : AgentPothead
  • Thats scary : bolneze
• GTFO. : laurgasms
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  ld : Sze Ior
  • This is the shortest post I have ever LOL'd. : Rice-Rocketeer
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  I type IMO instead of IMHO all the time. And I believe it's "I agree with THIS post." : DinK
  • I use IMO because I'm not humble, and my opinions could be flawed. : Slowtreme
• You forgot YMMV, your shacktags suck, and you care too much what Shackers think. You don't want to become... : MercFox1
• SSC - http://rock_elf.shackspace.com/tags/index.html : Werkin
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  thanks for delurking to tell us how we're all doing it wrong : dirge23
  • Actually I de-lurked to give rtfo proper Seattle public-transit pointers. : Wikus Van De Merwe
• I wish I could find what I'm remembering... but it was some scientist? someone... but his whole thing w... : Kniggit
• It's IMHO because that originated from the culture that developed RFCs. Unlike you, the people that start... : loboca
• WVDM : Audhuml4
• What about this one Wikus? JINP - Jy is n poes. : guyver-za
• It's just meant to break up longer sentences in to shorter bits, and it's the hip thing to do. I'd rathe... : jingletard
• You don't know the history of Internet acronyms. I do. : Arcanum
• I wonder if people that speak different languages use just as many acronyms as we do. : getfrisky

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  I'm scared :( : Degenerate
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    Have you started any of them yet? I hate Goin Up and Inferno II. I could deal with whatever the other two... : barude
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      Heh, yeah. The other 2 aren't bad. Goin' Up was fucking Evil, and I'm stuck on that part in Inferno II wh... : Ctrl-Phreak
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        Yea, that's where I was stuck for a long time. I would try to go as fast as I could in a wheelie off the ... : barude
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          I can get on the first incline probably like 30% of the time, it's the second one that killed me. I made ... : Ctrl-Phreak
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            Well I passed that part and the evil incline follow it. Now, there are 4 pipes :( : Ctrl-Phreak
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              Woot, finished it. Completely shameful showing at like 270 faults and 22 minutes, but I passed it, lol. : Ctrl-Phreak
              • My friend did it in 50 faults, and I'm going to beat that one day, but probably not. : barude
            • Those stupid pipes. I dunno if you passed it yet, but just try and get the middle of the bike on the pipe... : barude
    • Goin up is pure evil. : megarust32
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  no they piss me off. i suck at climbs that have obnoxious, oddly placed objects at the top of them. : mwasher
  • Yea, it sucks all of extreme and some of the hard maps just turn into going up steep slopes or bouncing o... : barude
• I'm stuck on the 2nd Extreme track. : hoov1185
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  You're a monster at this game. Still working my way through all of the Hard tracks. : Head Rush
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    Wait what? There's a Shacker who's bested me? I must friend him. : Lunatic Angelic
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      Nonsense, he is friended and I have slain him on 29 of 34 tracks. : Lunatic Angelic
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        last time I checked I had everyone owned on all but 3 beginniner/easy tracks and was working my way up on... : mwasher
        • I owned 10/11 medium tracks at one point. Then I stopped caring. : cltcprd
        • oh fuck you. someone's been playing. : mwasher
        • Well I didn't buy the game till Friday and now you have nothing. : Lunatic Angelic
      • Friend me. I think I have Barude beat on quite a few, I want to see how you stack up :D : Ctrl-Phreak
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        28/34 now, just beat your Trials/Tribulations time : barude
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          I got so close to beating you, and then I just went retarded at the end. 52 seconds and 4 faults, lol. i'... : Ctrl-Phreak
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            I originally had 46.5 seconds with 1 fault. I redid it and now its 52 seconds but 0 faults. I'd rather ha... : barude
            • Yeah, I was letting myself have a fault on that one, then I completely flubbed it up on the last climb an... : Ctrl-Phreak
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          31/35 just ate some back plus I tried Inferno 2 finally. : Lunatic Angelic
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            Alright, I just redid Trials/Tribulations. 40.5 secs. The back and forth is nice. : barude
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              My thumb hurts, I may be out of commission, lol. : Lunatic Angelic
              • Yea, it's past my bedtime here. I'll be posting new times for hard/expert stuff over the week, looking fo... : barude
    • I haven't played it much since the game first came out, so expect most of my times/faults to get better. : barude
• I have them all done except the last one. Going to hit it again tonight and hopefully get it done. : Ctrl-Phreak
• I'm having issues with Inferno II. Getting the "ride past the flat pallet on your rear wheel to land per... : foo
• I wish this game wasn't so damn expensive. Oh sure it looks cheap on XBLA, but then you have to factor in... : Haxim
• I just hit the 30 minute time limit on inferno II :( First time I've hit that limit. : cltcprd
• I just started playing 2 on PC and played through the easy and medium tracks tonight, got through one har... : boarder2
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  I'm split between wanting more people on my friends list for competition and not wanting any more because... : megarust32
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    drewus says lol : shika.art
    • I'm not through with his times yet, don't you worry >:( : megarust32
• Just bought it today, and I've finished all the tracks bar Inferno 2. Frickin ridiculous. : -JLN-
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  How do the replays work? Sometimes I can watch other peoples' sometimes I can't. :( : mwasher
  • They only save the Top 1500 replays for each level. : Shadowdane
• I cant even start any extreme tracks :-\ : braaains

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  In middle school we used the Starburst twizzler knockoffs to drink Mt. Dew through. Yeah, the teachers... : ArcKnight
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    Is there any kind of "special" aspect to that? I mean like does the Twizzler make the carbonation go all... : Rotten Deadite
    • Nope. Just adds a little extra flavor to the Mt. Dew from the 'straw'. We used the Starburst ones beca... : ArcKnight
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  Twizzlers are great, you are wrong and a fool, EOT. : FlatlineDixay
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    agreed : burningpantsman
    • My wife loves them because she likes to sort of gnaw on things sometimes. She buys some kind of (frankly... : Rotten Deadite
  • iawtp : riptyde
• I liked the Cinnamon Fire Pull and Peel ones. They were great! : RookieCAF
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  This is why Red Vines are the clearly superior candy. : Thresher
  • HELL YES : OmegaRed59
  • no no no no no no no : riptyde
  • RED VINES MOTHERFUCKER : askedrelic
• Twizzlers do suck ass. They taste like plastic. Red Vines are the only good tube shaped candy. : bolneze
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  Actually, it's Red Vines that are nasty and taste like plastic. Twizzlers > Red Vines. : suqur
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    ?? What Red Vines are you eating? Twizzlers are made out of edible wax, and everyone knows it. Me persona : Wikus Van De Merwe
    • I don't care which is better, so long as I can find something that looks as appetizing as Twizzlers but d... : Rotten Deadite
  • Unpossible! : bolneze
  • Hello planet opposite! : pigvomit
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  black licorice is poison : Audhuml4
  • ^^^Knows what time it is. : RookieCAF
  • ^^ weak girly man : cpt_gloval
  • you meant to say black licorice is the only way to eat a twizzler : conandan
  • bingo : yosemiteclimber
  • Yes it is. : bolneze
  • it is. it and that VILE taste and smell should be banished : Downforce
  • It's an acquired taste. : ieGod
  • You know those Jelly Beans that come with like a coffee flavor or something? Well the Coffee Jelly Bean ... : Rotten Deadite
  • You're so, so wrong. Black licorice is the best thing ever. Even better because there are so many of yo... : boarder2
  • yes. so fucking foul : riptyde
  • Maybe poison for pussies. REAL MEN eat that shit like candy. Because it is. Candy, I mean. : ArcKnight
  • i'll take those black jelly beans off your hands any day, thanks! :) : biskits
  • What scum sucking nancy-boy mod INF'ed this? You're pathetic >:( : ArcKnight
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    signed. : [fry]
    • w,jw. : ArcKnight
  • will you marry me? : mystifier
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    Who ever inf'd this is my favorite mod ever. : yosemiteclimber
    • Sup. : brickmatt
  • How can you not like the flavor of black licorice? : LemonJoose
  • You are so wrong. It is the food of gods. Mortals like you just can not understand it. : Ariakus
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    Most of the black licorice you can get (like black Twizzlers) are just weaksauce compared to some real li... : drhazard
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      That's a typo, right? You meant to type "nasty" by hit "tasty" instead...right? : Enkidu
      • http://www.candyfavorites.com/pi/panda_black.jpg NUMMERS : drhazard
  • This man speaks the TRUTH!!!! : thetangent
  • this : Slowtreme
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  Twizzlers pull and peel > all other twizzlers : megarust32
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    Wish I could still find the cinnamon ones. YUMMY! : intothefray
    • Those are AWESOME! : RookieCAF
  • Those were the worst excuse for "licorice" that has ever existed. Even those hard coated licorice bite th... : boarder2
• red vines forever : Mr.SEX
• Twizzlers are great. Best licorice I've had was this Harry and David's strawberry licorice that was fill... : owly
• Twizzlers < Red Vines : dumbacid
• Swedish Berries are the only acceptable form of red chewy candy that is acceptable for consumption. : ieGod
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  cherry nibs > * : cltcprd
  • those are fucking CRACK PELLETS man. : Downforce
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  Mr. Pibb + Red Vines = Crazy Delicious. : Deathlove
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    Tru dat! : Vantage
    • Double True! : Deviaant
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  I have this bag of red and black gummy candies called "Raspberries and Blackberries" made by the Jelly Be... : LemonJoose
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    Here's a picture of them on the Jelly Belly website. My mouth is watering just looking at them. : LemonJoose
    • http://www.jellybelly.com/Shop/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=9001-RASPBLACK : LemonJoose
• kookaburra's are yum. http://www.kookaburralicorice.com/shop/ : arcane_

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• ahhaha : fathertime
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  Pretty dead on. It's kinda sad how unrestricted and believed the wacko sector of medicine is. : kingdepork
  • his one on God and evolution is good too. : conandan
• Get in the fooking sack. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
•   ▲ ▲ ▲ : ass-street
• This is ace, thanks! : MeestaNob
• That was fantastic :) : Arctic Fox
• Very enjoyable. : kallanta
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  I don't get the last joke. He looks like what? : skinlab133
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    Noddy http://1.media.tumblr.com/5pM1Z5tqTn9n1cu0HIMb6Jyio1_400.jpg : jcupitt
    • oh heh gammal : jcupitt
• lol toothiologist : biskits
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  What was the final joke? I listened to it 3 times and all I hear is "You look like noddy" : skunk_ape
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    Noddy: http://1.media.tumblr.com/5pM1Z5tqTn9n1cu0HIMb6Jyio1_400.jpg : cornchak
    • nice. : anhero
    • Thanks. I listened to it a few times as well. : famine101
    • Thanks. Had no idea what that was. : CapnChaos
• That was funny :) : yosemiteclimber
• that guy ate his nutritionist : gyokuro
• haha that was great : Godhatesfatpeople
• HA! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WvgH-MP87A : BongSlayerB
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  Classic Mitchell & Webb on the same topic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMGIbOGu8q0 : Worst Post Ever
  • brilliant. : marmite
  • i fucking love those sketches. : Arsenal
• Funniest comedian i''ve seen in a long time. Thanks legs : imcompa
• There's more to life than evidence! Get in the fuckin sack. : AgentPothead
• Fuck, this is awesome : Serpico74
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  I had never heard of this guy before tonight. I am definitely going to check out more of his stuff. Tha... : kallanta
  • he's good on Quite Interesting! : cygnus
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  Dara O'Briain is a fairly well known gamer too and quite the nerd: http://www.oxm.co.uk/article.php?id=1... : alnya
  • that's a cool interview. : marmite
• Very funny : fishbone
• I like the criteria for who gets put in the stick-beatin' sack. He has a funny point about how we get ... : DinK
• hahahahahah : Old_Fart
• Dara is fantastic, and a lovely person too! : disembodied potato

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• Tell them you were born on vacation : thekidd
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  Virginia? I'm so sorry. =( : brickmatt
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    I don't understand this pattern of state hate. You also hate texas, whats up with that? You live in hawai... : boomstickah
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      I've lived in Virginia before. And I've spent time in Texas. Texas is big, I don't hate all of it, just t... : brickmatt
      • Do you have a map of my likes and dislikes on your corkboard, boom? : brickmatt
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        Can we at least agree that Maryland sucks far worse than Virginia? : riptyde
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          Absolutely. A kick in the balls is better than Maryland. : brickmatt
          • Used to live around a bunch of what my parents refered to as S.M.I.B.S. Southern Maryland Inbread Bastar : MacemanInTW
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          Or as I pronounce it, Merlin : gmd
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            Murland is the best state in Amur'ca. Say otherwise and you'll wind up in an am-bew-lance. I am convi... : riptyde
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              I'm going to college park for the game, not looking forward to it actually. : gmd
              • Mountaineers are playing the Terps? Go, Terps! : Mad Brahmin Disease
        • I hate you all :( : BingusLargus
        • More like Murderland. : skanky08
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    I'd act insulted, but she's going to Richmond and won't have a car, so yeah she's screwed. : riptyde
    • It's just not a place I'd really recommend most people visit. : brickmatt
    • Sponge, super white will be the opposite of help here in river city : cfalcon
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  Can you fry marmite? : riptyde
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    You put it on toast usually. : SigENeaT
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      well then i dont give a shit : riptyde
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        Nothing's evolved or been invented that has not been deep fried at a county fair. Period. : CerealSam
        • I'd love to try some deep fried Kangaroo meat to be honest. : SigENeaT
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          It's all been downhill since fried Coke, tho. Once you fry a liquid, the bar has been set too high. : riptyde
          • Fried Ice Cream? You're FRYING a FROZEN FOOD, and at the end it's STILL COLD, yet it is HOT and CRISPY. : AxeMan808
• I think you should try to pass yourself off as American, or as Tony Blair. The CIA is headquartered in Vi... : ArcKnight
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  Avoid discussion about health care. I'm even a bit serious. Make sure to eat a proper southern style brea... : geedeck
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    Ugh, good grief, yes, excellent thinking. I must remember to avoid all politics. I'm so far left I could ... : Alice O'Connor
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      You'll find that many Americans, particularly in the South, don't take too kindly to foreigners criticizi... : riptyde
      • And not even we are really allowed to come up with our own opinions, we need them force fed. : IHATEDUST
      • it's not that bad? Maybe in some backwater towns and areas and stuff - but I mean hell here in NC (someh... : kainen1
      • No it's usually that their country isn't any better than America yet they're trying to pass judgement. ... : Scotty22
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    Easy solution: Find a Cracker Barrel and order Grandpa's Country Fried Breakfast. Biscuits and gravy, g... : riptyde
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      Do they have Waffle House in VA? : dognose
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        I thought the goal was to protect Alice, not get her shanked. : ArcKnight
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          Best thing I ever heard in a Waffle House: A trucker heading to the bathroom and saying "I'll be right b... : riptyde
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            I worked with a guy who worked the night shift at a Waffle House in Texas for a few years. He saw over 20... : ArcKnight
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              Granted this was in the bad part of town, but have you ever seen a Waffle House in the good part? : ArcKnight
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                Why would you want to? Half the fun of Waffle House is the people-watching : riptyde
                • It's like watching a gladiator arena except the seating is in the ring. : ArcKnight
      • You bet they do! : riptyde
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      Did you just suggest fucking cracker barrel as real southern breakfast??? : Rauol Duke
      • *holds Rauol Duke back* : thekidd
      • Well they are easy to find....it'd be best to find a hole in the wall in town via Yelp! or Urbanspoon. : Scotty22
• My associates will be waiting at the airport : gmd
• I am going to start asking all my coworkers if they're free whenever I want to talk to them now. : Haxim
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  For British eyes onlyyyy : haiku
  • MR F. : millakazuya
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  May God have mercy on your pasty British soul if you inflict the scourge that is Marmite on any other per... : exponen7
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    Another excellent reminder: don't laugh should I happen across anyone saying the Pledge of Allegiance. : Alice O'Connor
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      And avoid blaspheming. British swearing only. Sod that for a game of soldiers. Bollocks. Arse. Pull th... : Alice O'Connor
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        Don't say cunt :( : ArcKnight
        • nonsense, women enjoy the word : mmogger
      • In fact, to be safer you should restrict your swearing to rhyming slang only. Apart from the fact that no... : exponen7
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      Technically you can stand up in a crowd and start saying the Pledge, and probably half the crowd or more ... : riptyde
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        If there's no flag in the vicinity you have to face the White House. : ArcKnight
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          I have a special compass that always points towards it : gmd
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            my compass points towards equality : riptyde
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              Where did it point before Obama was elected? : ArcKnight
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                mecca : aeg1x
                • still does, if you know what i'm sayin... : riptyde
• Sponge, what are you doing there?!? : CrustaR
• "I have a gun" is both a greeting and an appropriate response to "do you want fries with that?" : 60days
• Virginia is the first place I saw a church and a gun store sharing a parking lot. : zakk
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  any plans for a shackmeet while you're here? : g0nk
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    lol : gmd
    • lolx2 : zakk
  • If we could motivate people, I'd go. Where in VA are you going to be, Alice? : umcpwintermute
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  I wanna go to Virginia :/ : dognose
  • There's actually a decent hardcore scene in Richmond though it's mostly migrated to house shows since the... : cfalcon
• Bring Levi's! Americans love 'em and they will pay you $50! :O : dognose
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  try lots of beer! preferably not cheap 30 packs. : Drakoniac
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    I recommend Milwaukee's Best : riptyde
    • it's called the best for a reason! awwwwwwwww yeah : Drakoniac
• Safe flight. Don't think too harshly of us. : Dr_Cube
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  How did you swing a trip from England to Virginia that takes 22 hours? O_o : tinfoilhatter
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    I guess she's counting the time change? I dunno. : ArcKnight
    • The time change would make it fewer hours. When you go west you travel back in time. Maybe she is taking ... : tinfoilhatter
  • Train to Underground to airport, waiting for three hours, plane to airport, waiting four hours, plane to ... : Alice O'Connor
  • Heathrow Airport. : ann thracks
  • Transportation lines operate just like their healthcare lines : skanky08
• Are You Being Served? was awesome. "Mr. Humphries, are you free?" "I'm free!" If you haven't seen ... : Derringer
• We don't mouth "I will kill you" we pull out blunt instruments and run after people : locater16
• I've got an autographed picture of Mr. Rumbold somewhere you can borrow to help prove your case. : TimeDoctor
• Do nothing but quote Monty Python the entire time you're here. : thetangent
• As someone from Texas, I am certain this plan won't get you very far. : sr71photo
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  Careful, you might like it here. : Magus
  • She is only going to Virginia. Don't get me wrong, my Dad is from VA and my uncle lives in VA Beach but ... : Lightzout
• Expect to be hit on 50% more often than usual with your accent. : sammyl
• They don't watch PBS in Texas!! (sorry to any Texans I have offended; but you don't!) : AxeMan808
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  Don't get sick. We don't have Universal Healthcare. : irrerno
  • The NHS will reimburse her. : underground banana plantation
• Marmite is not a gift, it is a biochemical weapon of mass destruction : master_disaster_17
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  I'm pretty heavy, I doubt you could pick me up. : marmite
  • However you don't deny you're pretty aggressive? : Jonathan
• I hope you enjoy the company of those ruffians, although try to keep a mask at hand in case you get recog... : niceguynick
• You can join in the Shackmeets we never have! : Omaha
• It's not a dry heat : pancake humper
• Don't forget your monocle! : CerealSam
• We should all pitch in and get you a cowboy (girl?) hat. : silent prophet
• Why don't you come to Canada, where we still owe Her Majesty allegiance? : Lone Swordsman
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  make sure to stop by kings dominion a jump north on I-95. : acidravelamp
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyYJ078evhs WHATTTTTTTTTTTT never seen that neckbreaker before : acidravelamp
• Don't forget to pick up your complimentary pistol when checking in at customs! : Fyunch Click
• I'd recommend DC and historic Williamsburg. You can walk around DC envisioning where are the super mutan... : Grumbeld
• Might as well get ready for the inevitable slew of "Where are you from?" questions you're going to get. A... : itsjames