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  Have you built fjords yet? It's pining for them, you know. : RomSteady
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    What is a fjord exactly? : conandan
    • Narrow inlet carved by a glacier. : RomSteady
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    Fjords are in conceptual stages as of late : MurrayTheSkull
    • plus I don't think there are glaciers we can use in SMP unless i make a giant glass fjord. : MurrayTheSkull
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  stfu and go practice your pyro shit. I want you to burn our enemies like an STD burns maddog's mother's m... : yosemiteclimber
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    we're out of the tourney though, aren't we? : MurrayTheSkull
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      We still have 2 games left to redeem ourselves. There is no game this coming Sunday due to the holiday, b... : yosemiteclimber
      • oh well I'll be practicing all day tomorrow anyways :) : MurrayTheSkull
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    Mods please nuke this post for hate crimes against minecraft. : conandan
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      I like my Java like I like my men...uninstalled. : RomSteady
      • So at one point in your life you have installed a man or men. Congrats on your sexual exploration RomStea... : conandan
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  btw i just had to kickban someone on zuff's server. please post your username or friend's usernames in h... : MurrayTheSkull
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    llamacraft not updated to disable fire? Haven't been keeping up with the updates and stuff. : Haxim
    • not sure, but i'm kickbanning until i know : MurrayTheSkull
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    there are a lot of random people around with no obvious Shack connection : Xevo
    • in zuff's? BAN : MurrayTheSkull
• Got the data back from my asploded server. I'll try to bring it up when I have time in the near future. : Haxim
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  Recent Render} http://agentpothead.com/angle2.png Minecraft isn't dead, it's just sleeping. Considering h... : AgentPothead
  • I guess somebody had to fuck up their shacktags for this to be a proper minecraft thread :( : AgentPothead
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    Ah, that's from before I started my island. I really need to get a move on. : Cliffzorz
    • That's from yesterday at around noon. I just took server down for backup real quick so I'm going to make ... : AgentPothead
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      http://agentpothead.com/angle.png is the most recent. Which island is yours cliff? It isn't that one just... : AgentPothead
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        It's further northeast I believe. I'll describe it better once the map loads. dial-up speed internet ftw! : Cliffzorz
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          Alright I have only been rendering 4200x2500 to try and keep things focused. If your area is not on that ... : AgentPothead
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            It's there. The far left of the map, there's an island with a circle in the middle. I'm going to build a ... : Cliffzorz
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              I see one far right of map, but far left I just see my tower and fatty's castle. If that is your island f... : AgentPothead
              • Yes! I don't know why I typed left, I meant right. : Cliffzorz
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  saw notch tonight, in bellevue. did not hang out long. people kept asking him stupid questions, and it ... : harold.johnson
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    That's cool, how many people do you think it was in all? : AgentPothead
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      There was about 50 or so when I was there. : harold.johnson
      • That seems like a decent amount for a gathering planned through twitter like a week beforehand. : AgentPothead
  • There were two different people live streaming - I watched for about an hour, about an hour after it star... : TroZ
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  I played a bit over 2 hours of single player tonight, haven't played single player in weeks. I build s... : TroZ
  • I love those videos. They have almost convinced me to go back to single player. : AgentPothead
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  http://dl.dropbox.com/u/369916/1282947914018.png : Confrustrating
  • wut : Cliffzorz
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  What stuff is required to play on the servers? : Fenring42
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    A working www.minecraft.net account and a purchased copy of the game for 10€ : AgentPothead
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      Oh, I thought you guys were requiring the persister or whatever. : Fenring42
      • I have kits and /give so I don't require it or even run it on my server. Zuff, Haxim's, and Merc's server... : AgentPothead
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  At 3:05 AM Eastern, Heidi's Castle's outer walls were completed! : Xevo
  • !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : MurrayTheSkull
  • Need to see a render! : AgentPothead
  • I also terraformed the inside of the walls to make them minimally traversable, you should stick to the in... : Xevo
  • Hooray! I helped! So awesome. : GoS-CPT-Stewart
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  Sorry Agent, looks like my internet has decided to pack a sad and thus Minecraft keeps dieing as I try to... : Cliffzorz
  • It's okay man sorry for crashing your game with /warp :( At least we got your well working. : AgentPothead

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  Bill Nye has a large disposition against bullshit, so the fact he is on their webpage gives them at least... : AgentPothead
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    Wow, that actually looks pretty cool. Damn you, Nye! : FirstPersonCooter
    • $180 for the cheap one. :( : GloriousCow
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      Or not. Some amazon reviews claim that this effectively creates a temporary mild bleach, and isn't all th... : FirstPersonCooter
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        http://www.amazon.com/review/R15Z8EHDR451N5/ref=cm_cr_dp_cmt?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B0031QPQN6&nodeID=284507#wasThi... : FirstPersonCooter
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          Wow if this is true I kind of lost all respect for Bill Nye. : AgentPothead
          • no kidding, i'm torn between my existing respect for bill nye and my skepticism about claims like this : Herman Toothrot
        • damn draaamaa : bolneze
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        that reviewer doesn't really understand the chemistry of what's going on in the electrolysis (and recomin... : ]pm[chem
        • *recombination : ]pm[chem
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          so what's your analysis? is it legit or should i lose respect for nye? : Herman Toothrot
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            well it's not gonna save the environment but it's a kinda neat tool. nye made a buck on something -not- ... : ]pm[chem
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              yeah, i wasn't referring to the green claims, i'm only interested in whether the method is one that's pla... : Herman Toothrot
              • it wouldn't surprise me if their 'nanobubbles' didn't just have water ion / oxygen ion clusters, but also... : ]pm[chem
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          p.s. the CEO's reply is surprisingly professional and informative: http://www.amazon.com/review/R15Z8EH... : ]pm[chem
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            damn hes won me back over : bolneze
            • Yeah, good response. He's no Brad Wardell. : Nixx2004
  • haaaaaay sexy scientist next to the AOL guy in Nye's lab : bolneze
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    Man, I don't want to live in a world where I can't believe in anything that Bill Nye says. I wish he had ... : BlackCat9
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      bill nye sold out :( : GloriousCow
      • Bill nye is a puppet of the lab coat lobby : rosewood
• Electrolysis was really expensive before. Like 10s of thousands of dollars. It used batteries and elect... : FirstPersonCooter
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  Read Core77s review (a very legit industrial design type blog) http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture... : historyinthemaking
  • I tested with just water in my tub, a few seconds of scrubbing got the gunk off. Maybe his was worse, not... : Nixx2004
• APPLY DIRECTLY TO FOREHEAD...oh wait, i didn't read that correctly. : BongSlayerB
• cute use of an ion exchange membrane. the magic of 1/r : ]pm[chem
• damn it... this shit is gonna be on QVC in no time : Korban
• interesting : bolneze
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  I do not understand the science behind this. : abrasion
  • http://www.activeion.com/science/default.aspx : filthysock
• No way. The future is not here. : iamgoat
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  not unless you can wipe faster than atoms can bond : Megara9
  • Apparently you have about 30 seconds to wipe. : uncleanmonkey
  • You mean "if" not "unless" right? : greh kleh
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    I don't mind a bit of bonding, if you know what I'm sayin,... you know. : abrasion
    • Atom not Adam. : rosewood
• I initially read that as www.activision.com and thought they'd been hacked :/ (need coffee) : ZeroSignal

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  Shadow Complex is awesome if you like something similar to Metroid games. : Shadowdane
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    hmm yeah I forgot about that one. I played the demo and got kind of confused for some reason. Will I get ... : h o s t i l e
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      There is some back-tracking yes... but you pretty much always have an objective on the map and a line to ... : Shadowdane
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        man I loved that game. Completely felt like metroid in a very good way. : zakazi
        • Man, there were totally some points where they should've added a shortcut so traveling around the map wou... : lolpatrol
• Splosion Man is GREAT. : Fenring42
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  Scott pilgrim, castle crashers, pac man ce. Also what's wrong with galaga???? : pandastrong
  • eh I bought it when XBLA barely had any games and I just don't like replaying the same levels over and ov... : h o s t i l e
• Shank is fun, but 1200 points is a lot for what's there, particularly if you aren't going to be playing c... : -JLN-
• N+, Braid, Shadow Complex, Trials HD. : Ecks
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  OMG so if I want to buy Shadow Complex I need 1000pts (have 200) which means I have to buy 1600pts. I hat... : h o s t i l e
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    or I could buy 800pts and then 400pts.... : h o s t i l e
    • or they could just let us BUY THE FUCKING GAMES instead of doing this bullshit point system : JohnnyRey
    • Or you could log into the zune marketplace. I think you can add points in smaller increments there. : Haxim
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  Shadow Complex is terrific. : yaystuff
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    And castle crashers. : yaystuff
    • this man has good taste : xxiv
• Trials HD : angrytaxman
• Monday Night Combat. If I have a 360, thats what I'd buy. : rtrson
• Scott Pilgrim, Monday Night Combat, Omega Five : Link.
• Yeah, if you can't do co-op then Shank should get a pass. That being said, I really enjoyed it (both sing... : drhazard
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  Buy Trials HD or MNC, Shadow Complex is way overrated. : Haku-Jin
  • Trials HD was my personal GOTY : synapse19
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    Really? I haven't seen much exaggeration when people talk about Shadow Complex - it's a fun and good game... : dumb.
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      Yes really. I found it annoying the 'story' was so terrible I wanted to kill myself. So I quit and neve... : Haku-Jin
      • The story was pretty hilarious at times but I have to say it's one of the only games I beat and immediate... : zakazi
      • who cares about the story in a game like that lol. : barichnikov
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        Haha story? Perhaps you mistook this for some other kind of game. It's a platform shooter - there's only ... : dumb.
        • Well they sure talked it up pre-release. : Haku-Jin
• MNC, Limbo, Dead Rising: Case Zero, Castle Crashers (4 player local is a must but SP is incredible), Scot... : Sailor of Fortune
• seriously, if you don't have Shadow Complex, do it NOW. GO! fuck, i'm gonna go play it again. : waxthirteen
• Braid. Seriously. Buy Braid. It's one of the best games of the decade. I'm serious. It's sofa king innova... : airrob
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  I was going to suggest TrialsHD, but I've been trying to do the ultimate endurance faultlessly and seriou... : Haxim
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    That achievement isn't impossible, just keep working at it. I eventually got it and I'm nowhere near as ... : UselessHack
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      I'm slowly getting there. Almost have my faults down to single digits. I know I can do all the levels, bu... : Haxim
      • I was stuck at one for the longest time! And I'm not even sure I could do it again. Everything just wor... : UselessHack
• Prince of Persia. Best one IMO. : shirif
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  Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light...i'm also very serious! : CecilPhilpot
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    Yeah I was surprised how good it is. : Simulacrum
    • i feel like it's not getting the attention it deserves, which would be a shame because i want more : CecilPhilpot
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    I played the demo and it's pretty cool, but lack of online is a dealbreaker. : Haxim
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      it's well worth it solo...and the online co-op is supposedly coming on Sep 28 : CecilPhilpot
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        I don't know, the solo in the demo seemed a bit shallow. Well not shallow, but it really feels like you'r... : Haxim
        • i didn't get that impression from the full game at all...it was always intended to have a separate single... : CecilPhilpot
  • Lisa Foiles is hot: http://angryjoeshow.com/2010/08/lara-croft-review/ : Sailor of Fortune
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  don't buy limbo : dantastic
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    Why do people say this? Because it is so short for 15 dollars? I was retardedly excited for it to come ou... : h o s t i l e
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      play the demo. i regret just buying it on hype. a lot of the game's puzzles are just trial and error. ... : dantastic
      • I sort of agree. It was amazing at first, with the interesting art style, clever puzzles and the weird sh... : -JLN-
      • huh? Limbo's puzzles are pretty damn simple. Barely a case of trial and error. Now Braid's puzzles wer... : Drewus
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  K I bought Shadow Complex and it is pretty great so far. Finding hidden stuff has been fun so far. I'l... : h o s t i l e
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    Download the trial of Monday Night Combat and get in on the shackbattle tomorrow night with your 30min tr... : Haxim
    • My gold subscription just ran out this month and I haven't played games all summer so I haven't re-uped y... : h o s t i l e
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      so that's a go for tomorrow? COOL! when's the patch come out? : dantastic
      • I don't know when it comes out. More details at PAX I guess. Not that I care what Uber does at PAX since ... : Haxim
• Lara Croft is amazing : OverloadUT
• Trials HD, MNC, Laura Croft Guardian of Light : Madwacker
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  Monday Night Combat is clearly the best choice : lord cecil
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    You are dead to me until you get some more statues. : Haxim
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      Or I get my Xbox live firebase avatar prop. : Haxim
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        Weapons aren't allowed as avatar items per MS requirements :( : lord cecil
        • Then can we get a Jackbot pet for our avatar? That would be awesome. : GoS-CPT-Stewart
• LIMBO Scott Pilgrim Shadow Complex Lara Croft Shank Monday Night Combat Castle Crashers Braid N+... : greh kleh
• Wel...Perfect Dark is fun if you are at all interested in replaying it or taking your skills online (not ... : lukej1337
• CASTLE CRASHERS - LIMBO - SHADOW COMPLEX Play those then get to the other suggestions. : jake
• Dead Rising 2: Case Zero Great value for 5 bucks. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Limbo, Tomb Raider, Scott Pilgrim, Trials HD, Braid..... : Drewus
• Hydro Thunder Hurricane is fun. So is After Burner Climax. At least, I really like them both. ABC is a... : Waverider
• DEAD RISING 2 CASE ZERO : Cliffzorz
• Limbo is great, but short. Shank seems pretty fun as does Scott Polgrim : VegasX

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  Radical idea of the moment: measure your wall. : Endymion_
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    and do what with that measurement? It's a pretty big wall. I'm not intending to get anything that comes r... : mindmann
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      Well just measure your space then get the largest TV you can afford for the space you have? Every product... : Endymion_
      • huh. well, i mean. i don't need a TV. Mine works ok, and the TV isn't a big part of our life. That said, ... : mindmann
• Maybe around 40. It's a decent size without being huge. : Nixx2004
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  100 inches : NFXFSX
  • [some clichéd joke about my penis] : mindmann
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  36.3 inches. tell us how far you sit from it god damnit. : opengl128
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    well, right now, i lay on the floor a few feet from it because it's fucking tiny, and i have super shitty... : mindmann
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      a) get glasses ffs b) measure it. even 8 or 10 feet makes a pretty big difference. I sit around 7 feet ... : opengl128
      • i have glasses. My prescription is -10 diopters. : mindmann
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        i'll measure when i get home. I'm traveling for work right now. I didn't realize it made such a differenc... : mindmann
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          Well it isn't that hard to pick a size. Once you have that you can then pick a budget and look for specif... : Prozium
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            if it isn't hard to pick a size, could you tell me how? =( I just don't have any concept at all about ... : mindmann
            • Go to a store and look at the various sizes? Then walk back to your viewing distance at home and go "hmm,... : Prozium
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      A 60" (seriously) will work great at 10 feet. Budget is your limiting factor then. I would not go smaller... : Serpico74
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        Read the post again. They aren't videophiles, they don't want huge. Will they wish it was bigger if th... : Nixx2004
        • You don't need to be a videophile to appreciate a 60" screen. A videophile drops $5k on a 60" display bec... : Prozium
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        If that's the choice, i'll probably stick with my 20 inch TV. That's too much money for me to be spending... : mindmann
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          You can get a base model 1080p 50" panasonic plasma for about $800 if you wait for a sale. They aren't as... : Prozium
          • $800 is a bit much for me. With the amount i use it, it wouldn't justify the cost. $800 is 6-8 months of : mindmann
        • Dude, what kind of budget are you talking about? A 50" 1080p plasma can be had for 800-ish. : Endymion_
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          Yeah. My el-cheapo recommendation is ~40", for ~$600. Can you go to Costco? How important is 108... : Nixx2004
          • Because you can get 50" plasma for under $700 if 720p is OK. http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx... : Nixx2004
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            i honestly don't even know what 720p and 1080p mean, let alone look like. I'm used to a shitty CRT TV. : mindmann
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              720p = 1280 x 720 1080p = 1920 x 1080 Those are the resolutions. : Endymion_
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                i had no idea. is 720 ok? : mindmann
                • For your purposes I'm going to say it is. : Prozium
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                  Yeah, it's okay. A lot of people can't tell the diff between 1080 and 720. I am guessing, not sure why, t... : Endymion_
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                    Personally I would hate ordering a TV online. I know lots of people do it, but not me. Seems like more po... : Nixx2004
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                      I haven't looked into it recently but a year or two ago amazon had a really damn awesome policy regarding... : Prozium
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                        Even if it's free shipping for things like dead/stuck pixels (are those still a concern anyways?) that wo... : Nixx2004
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                          True, but a year or two ago buying off amazon could save you $500 or more (plus no sales tax for most peo... : Prozium
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                            Eh, I shop at Costco, and pretty sure I get sales tax on Amazon. I'm sure it works great for some peop... : Nixx2004
                            • I've bought every HDTV I've ever owned online, and three specifically through amazon. Fun fact: Amazon Pr... : Endymion_
                  • thanks. the difference would probably be lost on me. my vision is just not that great. I'll probably hit ... : mindmann
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              This might help: http://www.thebestplasmatv.com/guides/720p-vs-1080p/ As far as I know, the main use o... : Nixx2004
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                cool. yeah. it doesn't sound like i'd really need 1080. We only watch a movie once a week or two. I'll so... : mindmann
                • Yeah, you'd still be blown away at 720p, compared to your old setup. : Nixx2004
                • make sure you actually connect it via hdmi : opengl128
    • 10 feet is not a particularly small room. But it is all about what percentage of your field of view you w... : daVinci1980
• Size does not determine the picture quality of the HDTV. : Prozium
• I have a 46" and i wish it was a lot bigger. obligatory that's what she said : Ellissd
• 37? 32 is too small IMO. : bolneze
• I used to have a 32. And I thought it was too small after a while of playing games on it from maybe 4 fee... : greh kleh
• 10ft away go for 50in. Panasonic g25 costs about 1k for a 50in. : ant_hillbilly
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  sorry for starting such a shitty thread guys. I clearly do not know enough about TVs. =( : mindmann
  • With your budget check out vizio. : ant_hillbilly
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    Hey man, that's what we're here for, right? You can't know everything, and you're too busy doing cool stu... : Nixx2004
    • Wanna bruggle? : Nixx2004
  • If it helps, I sit 10' away from my tv, it's a 42" 720p Panasonic plasma, and it is fantastic. Price is ... : bipolar
• I sit 7' from a 50" and it's too small. : abrasion
• honestly, i have a 52" and can't help but think a 46 or 42" would have been enough for me. but i'm in an... : Korban
• its ALWAYS too small. its hot for a few weeks then you get used to it until you see something bigger and ... : HisKillSkill

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  So what do you do differently : mystikal
  • Well if I go the first route I've usually got 2 warp gates up by the time their push is done so I'll just... : TheVietSpecial
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  How do you decide when it's a good time to expand? : Kentor
  • A good rule of thumb is when you push out for an attack, expand. Another good time would be after your o... : TheVietSpecial
  • The short answer is: take an expansion whenever you can defend it. Scouting is very important for this. : gia-
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  They probably all watch that Trump guy on team liquid with his 3 rax 7 minute pushes. : Ellissd
  • yeah, that build is about as easier as typing in your password. : RetroRedEyeJr
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  I am 16-0 against Terran right now and I completely agree with you. And hell, I play Z. : nakor_
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    Your secrets, I want them. How do I not die to tanks? : CtrlFrk
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      I typically go muta/ling/bling every game. The way I counter tanks is: I always scout with my muta so ... : nakor_
      • It stings, it stings. My first encounters with your strat poked all those holes in me. : frenziedbadger
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        Plat, but I've only been playing 2v2s and getting carried by my teammate >.> I'm more concerned with whe... : CtrlFrk
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          The speed upgrade is extremely important. Easily difference between win or loss. The thing is you should... : nakor_
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            Yeah if I can get mutas out it's usually a win for us, but i'm not quite good enough to get mutas out fas... : CtrlFrk
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              To your first point: When you are going for a muta oriented build, your ground army usually consists of p... : nakor_
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                I'm not sure my micro is up to handling infestors well yet, but it's on my list of things to learn (next ... : CtrlFrk
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                  Sorry, the main reason for your Hive transition is upgrades (if you're deep into the game they become imm... : nakor_
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                    Also, under no condition allow the Terran to safely take his 3rd. Send your entire army at him if you hav... : nakor_
                    • Thanks for this, it has given me plenty to think about. I think I will start to play around with baneling... : CtrlFrk
• Yeah i tend to find that most terrans are way over placed right now and i think it's really messing with ... : RetroRedEyeJr
• I was never a fan of that build. Ghosts ftw : frenziedbadger
• I don't know about the whole terrans being over ranked. I have run into so many crappy zerg and protoss p... : frenziedbadger
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  As a bitter zerg player who only recently has started actually winning allow me to inject my two cents in... : crimrOw
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    9 pool and 12 zerglings in the first 5 minutes is super hard. : skitzo
    • if you can't scout and defend that, then you should lose : nubitup
  • lol, as do zerg. The problem is lack of choice for zerg where the terran have a few (but only use one) : zakazi
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    you can usually win with zerglings and banelings in early game most terran cant adapt to this as it does... : oldschoolbob-o
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      If I'm a terran what would I do to counter your mass of zerglings and banelings? : OmegaRed59
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        two bunkers spread out near your command center and a siege tank near your mineral line. : skitzo
        • If you have siege tanks, why are there units in your base to begin with? : InfoBiter
        • I think the baneling bust is meant to be timed to before the terran can get his tanks out and siege upgra... : CtrlFrk
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        Don't use supply depots or addons in your wall and the baneling bust won't work. Once you've scouted ... : InfoBiter
        • If you spot a large amount of lings, park a couple marauders in front of your wall. they will soak up som... : StolenNosferatu
• Take a look at teamliquid, there are several threads and soecifically the patch 1.1 thread where a lot of... : abrasion
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  It's a natural place for noobs to start. Play the campaign a little and get used to the units, then try ... : Pneum0
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    Zerg has a nice rhythm and focus to it. However it is hard to know what you should be building when. Used... : zakazi
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      I've been playing terran pretty exclusively and they don't feel repetitive to me. I have at least one map... : frenziedbadger
      • I'm still working general macro mechanics so pretty much one build rules me. Later on diversity will be v... : zakazi
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    And I'm fine with that. My problem is when these noobs that only know that one strat get ranked in the P... : TheVietSpecial
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      meh, Diamond players aren't really top notch. You have to get really high in diamond to have really skill... : frenziedbadger
      • That's sort of the problem though. Diamond players should be top notch. Instead there's a bunch of dude... : TheVietSpecial
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  5 game loosing streak....FFFFFFUUUUUUU : maulla
  • Try a 9 game losing streak. I almost thought about switching races for awhile. : frenziedbadger
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  my left hand; pinky, ring finder and middle finger keep going numb while im playing. this sucks : dignan
  • Try having tiny hands :/ : abrasion
• Yeesh, that gives me some hope. I just need to get past the initial rush and get some early timing push o... : zakazi
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  Noob zerg question. Seems almost every T or P player in silver immediately walls themselves in right awa... : pnkrckjoe
  • how about some early roach pressure (like 5 roaches at the 5 minute mark) or even banelings with speedlin... : wurt
  • Baneling bust. : abrasion
  • A viable strat if you know they are turtling is to macro. I.E. take a shit ton of bases and just mass ... : TheVietSpecial
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    If he's turtling then macro and build a bunch of dudes : Serpico74
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      Why haven't we played yet :( : sammyl
      • I dunno. KoolAidMan.471 : Serpico74
  • You can go for a baneling bust if he's walling off with depots or pylons. Vs terran you need to scout if ... : nakor_
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    thanks guys, i'll give these a shot : pnkrckjoe
    • Against a Turtle: Those are all good(and less specific), but what you really want to do is take a seco... : nubitup
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    expand. if Protoss is turtling he is almost sure to mass void rays or even carriers. make sure you have a... : JINKY
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      ^^^ At least two queens per hatchery so you don't lose to the first void ray out of the stargate. : lefthighkick
      • yeah, if I see airI always get queens. the more you get the better they are, because of transfusion : JINKY
• sorry to annoy you with my badness. : Boxelder
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  Do you always win with 95 drones too?! : nubitup
  • Oh god no : CtrlFrk
• Does day9 have a special on unit control? : abrasion
• It sucks when you get placed in the Silver/Bronze leagues. After getting dropped to Bronze, even after I ... : Frozen Pixel
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  I just lost this game: http://www.gamereplays.org/starcraft2/replays.php?game=33&show=details&id=144894 ... : Thisispol
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    details for people who are at work? :( : CtrlFrk
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      Runs in, places two Pylons, and then 3 Cannons right next to Pols Nexus. Meanwhile Pol only really has on... : Frozen Pixel
      • i cant watch teh replay now, but how many workers do each have? I guarantee you the cannon rush had to cu... : Demius
      • Yeah you need to pull your probes to take out cannon rushes. They do a surprising amount of damage. I di... : CtrlFrk
  • Easy, the moment you see the probe, send a worker to follow it. You must have seen it walk in when you w... : DHAvatar
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    3 losses straight after this game, to zealot rush, and MMM, i want to rage so hard... : Thisispol
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      Did you have banelings vs MMM rush? Did you position them well? Did you have the speed upgrade? Post a ... : nakor_
      • err I don't know why I asked if you had banelings. I just assumed you were zerg hehe :) : nakor_
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        My first scout saw 2 gateways, so I tried to get immortals up as quick as i could, I had 1 + 3 zeals and ... : Thisispol
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          Curious, why didn't you go sentry + force field and force field your ramp to seperate the zealots? i've... : nakor_
          • I don't know, I'm pretty sure after all these losses tonight, that I am just fucking horrible. Every enem... : Thisispol
  • My first tip to you is: don't try and stop it with cannons. That will never work. Second, from the lo... : TheVietSpecial
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  I got 5 pooled earlier, lol. I hate cheese zerg. : askedrelic
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    How the hell did you lose to a 5 pool....just pull your workers and attack the lings....5-6 pool are horr... : nakor_
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      He didn't say he lost. : InfoBiter
      • Good point. I love it when someone does 5/6 pool against me. Just thought by his negative remark that he ... : nakor_
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    What did he do, get his 6 starting drones to kill the weakest one? : CtrlFrk
    • When you make a building, it removes a food...pretty sure that's what he meant. : rt702
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  hijack: Who wants to play 1v1 for practice? I've been in the mood to try new and different shit ... a... : InfoBiter
  • I play some games with you. Ellissd.152 : Ellissd
  • I would be up for a game. dhAvatar.958 : DHAvatar
  • I'd practice with you. anf.423 I'm a plat protoss. : TheVietSpecial
• Had two good ZvZ baneling wins in a row. :D : Freon
• Just had a guy try to cheese me with cannons in my base again. Ended up moving my base, he kept building... : megarust32

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• http://www.dipity.com/tatercakes/Internet_Memes : Wombat Woo
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  Like knowyourmeme? : abrasion
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    Yea that site is great. : snot3353
    • http://knowyourmeme.com/ : oldschoolbob-o
  • Crap. I didn't know this existed. I feel less internet stupid now. Thanks! : Albemuth
  • It's basically SFW Encyclopedia Dramatica. : lunarbunny
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  The guy that invented the word meme was on NPR yesterday and it is pronounced meem, not me me like it was... : not work safe
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    I thought it was obviously pronounced 'meem' : uglysad
    • 'It's a me-me' is the new meme. : DianeOfTheMoon
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    Who the fuck's been pronouncing it me me? : Liquid
    • some ass fuck on cnn whos out of the loop did it yesterday, i was like a wha.... did he just say? : oldschoolbob-o
    • seriously wtf : bolneze
    • i always though it was based on the word gene, hence the pronunciation of meeeem. cant imagine someone s... : vitek r
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      Not me, I've never said it out loud (or heard anyone say it). : Nixx2004
      • Heh: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23836381#itemanchor_23836381 I'll do what I want in my intern... : Nixx2004
    • Probably someone who is hooked on phonics. : CrustaR
    • I thought it was meh-may : supermonkeyballz
    • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23836338#itemanchor_23836338 : action wombmate
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    until i looked it up I thought it was pronounced mémé (may may) for some reason : boring gegtik
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      thems BeBes kids : klearlyunseen
      • ah yes, beeb : boring gegtik
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    Richard Dawkins is a little more than "the guy that invented the word meme" : sgtsanity
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      thats right, he is the Retarded fuckwad that invented the word meme : CoRDS
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        Retarded fuckwad who hates religion that invented the word meme : gimpness
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          Jesus loves him. : CoRDS
          • http://www.threadbombing.com/details.php?image_id=2800 : gimpness
    • not really : Halen
    • Hahaha that was my reaction too. : barcibus
    • nah, that actually is a good summary of a major part of his contribution of popular understanding of evol... : filthysock
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    i prefer the term "internet fad" : CoRDS
    • but memes are way more than just internet fads. : action wombmate
  • There was actually debate on this? It's pronounced meme. Also I heard the same program, thought it was ... : spazzium
  • Only retards argue for it to be "me me;" the vast majority of people know it's pronounced meem : OverloadUT
  • Just get that hot Webster Editor chick to settle this once and for all. : Sailor of Fortune
• memepool.com Oh wait, they haven't updated in years. :( : el_bandito
• you-you.com for all your me-me needs : multisync
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  Swatch should make a "meme watch" so someone can ask you the time and you glance at your wrist with a puz... : Dave-A
  • The tricky part is: You already know it's Chuck Norris before you look at the watch. Why wouldn't the ask... : AxeMan808
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  http://knowyourmeme.com/ : uglysad
  • lolol haven't see this one yet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGycPdMbVks : Freon
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  95 new memes this week? i dont think people understand. : radula
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    maybe 95 is the new meme and you don't understand? How many were there?! 95! What place did you get... : nubitup
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      I've got 95 proglems but a meme ain't one? : paulatreus
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        spelling is obviously one of my problems though : paulatreus
        • 95 mistakes per minute?! : nubitup
• How was everyone's website? Myself, I got a lot of meme tracking going on, then some TF2. : Dr.Drew

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  That would be a shitty way to die. : MagicWishMonkey
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    i wonder if her family will soot. : mindshot
    • she really got burned attempting that. : Haxim
• I wonder if an Ourang-Outang was involved? : zipr
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  What an odd jacket http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/08/31/1800997/cops-calif-doctor-gets-stuck-in.html : Dave-A
  • Should be red with white trim : MagicWishMonkey
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    "The man's identity was not revealed by police, but the man who resides in the home is William Moodie, 58... : .frame
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      Haha, wtf? : Ambient80
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        probably means the police won't disclose it, but they found out somewhere else. : barichnikov
        • Yeah, property information is a matter of public record. : Endymion_
  • she even looks crazy : GloriousCow
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  Someone tries this about every year or so. Mary Poppins kills. : sgtsanity
  • And they call him Sandy Claws. : capt tripps
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  she was trying to light a fire in their relationship : CoRDS
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    I bet she was smokin' : Sailor of Fortune
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      He escaped because she had a bad case of the flue : Drewus
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        She thought she'd just drop in : zakazi
        • It really bricked the relationship : goatjc
    • That guy was coald blooded. : BlackCat9
    • She was stoked to see him. : festivalman
• Sounds more like "crazy bitch stalks ex-boyfriend, kills self in classic Darwin Award fashion." : Arcanum
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  Looks like she caught.... *puts on sunglasses* ...The Flue. YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH : critch
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    hey fuck you I made that up first : Drewus
    • his presentation was better though : bolneze
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueVPUsyrT0s : skinlab133
• profits were going through the roof : boring gegtik
• Ahhh Bakersfield where everyone even the doctors are stupid. No offense Gabbie. : angrytaxman
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  How long would it take and how would you die while stuck in a chimney? I'm assuming she asphyxiated? : rt702
  • She died of a broken heart. :( : walker270
  • The main cause was grade A stupidity. But yeah i'd assume asphyxiation considering the chimney was proba... : OutlawSundown
• diafp : bashildy@speakeasy.net
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  dead in just a couple days is pretty quick, probably asphyxiated? : judge
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    Dead and decaying. She probably died of asphyxiation in the first few hours (if not sooner). : Arcanum
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      iirc, decay sets in within 5 hours of expiration. : action wombmate
      • yeah and when it is between 105 and 110 outside, it accelerates the process considerably. : Galadriel07
  • Fireplace won't exactly be cool, you'd probably die from dehydration within 2 days. : DerHuhnTeufel
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  So how did this guy not know that she was in the chimney? Did he think she left or what? I mean three da... : drdreed
  • Considering it was house-sitters who found her body, he wasn't around to find out. Sounds like she tried ... : Bold
  • exactly : CecilPhilpot
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    He had a business trip planned for the next morning. To avoid fighting with her drunk ass, he decided to... : Galadriel07
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      I guess he didn't care about his stuff, I wouldn't just leave without at least calling the police. what i... : GloriousCow
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        I think he figured she wouldn't be able to get in. Also, if he was avoiding fighting with her, maybe he ... : Galadriel07
        • i guess he was right about that, in a way : GloriousCow
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  That's cold hearted. : Nixx2004
  • But she was really dumb. : Nixx2004
  • more like cold hearthed : johnny rotten
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  It takes a special kind of idiot to think about breaking into a house through the fucking chimney. ... : trove
  • hey Santa does it : bolneze
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    uhh santa claus isnt dumb you jerk : boring gegtik
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      You never know... *wink* : dumb.
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        i want an official Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot range model air rifle with a compass in the stock : CecilPhilpot
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          patent leather boot to the fuckin face : boring gegtik
          • You'll shoot your eye out, kid. Ho. Ho. Hooo. : dumb.
  • Seriously. I can't imagine how desperate I'd have to be to even think about it, let alone actually do it.... : Nixx2004
  • well, she was attempting to get into the front door by prying it with a shovel. : Galadriel07
• more like he fled AFTER she got stuck in the chimney : CecilPhilpot
• Wow. Not Florida. : mattavius
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  OMG I CANT BELIEVE I CANNOT GET AWAY FROM THIS STORY. My MIL told it like 50 times yesterday because t... : Galadriel07
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    WTF 110 days? : bolneze
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      degrees. did I say days? I am sorry if I did :( : Galadriel07
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        oooooooh i read that differently -_- : bolneze
        • Its ok, I went back and read it again and realized that it made sense while i was typing it but it wasn't... : Galadriel07
• there should be a valentine that says "I would get stuck in a chimney 4 U" : spiderfill
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  That woman sounds like a ho ho ho : rosewood
  • ha ha ha : abrasion
  • naice : bolneze
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0B6GYnyiN8 : fried rice