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Knoville's going to be the Jar-Jar Binks of this, isn't he? And was that Emily "Bones" Deschanel? Nice to see the film appreciate the co-stars, eh? :P

We have a teeming thread full of people agreeing that it's quiet. It's like people sitting in a traffic jam unaware that they are part of the traffic jam ("Sorry, I'm going to be late for work. I AM TRAFFIC"). @Happenstance I was soapboxing as much as I was replying directly to you, and I have to use lots of words to say stuff. Initially I said "Any ifs or buts you have... Could they not have replied those as well as thanking?" To which you replied "but... if..." so I figured "hey, he's either not reading my post or I'm not being clear here. I'll go with the majority vote and assume I'm being dense, and I'll write that new chapter!" So I go and spew words which, due to taking longer, means I hit on a few tangents as I go and then they come to the fore and any anger I get from thinking about them APPEAR IN THE FORM OF OBLIQUENESS AND CAPS LOCK! Perhaps the thanks button brings out the lazy in us, but the amount of shitty replies that don't further the topic versus the occasional "and now for something completely different" is huge. Don't you hate clicking a thread link and the reply is "lol true" ...? That's all done in my above post. It's long and 'blown out of proportion' because I disagree with you and I don't like disagreeing with people because that means one of us doesn't understand the other and it could be me but it could be you. It's not an attack at you. @Goafer I don't know whether I want to slap you or doubt what you are saying... Also you picked a bad time to stop posting, and a worse time to start again.

1. I have been on this forum many-a-year. I have experienced the specific "lol I have nothing to say but I want to say somethiing" posts 2. Coming up wth substance is always a good thing, ja? 3. Looking busy is far more important that being busy. 4. lol. People aren't joining the forum because this is a nintendo forum, and nintendo have made it their entire purpose to exclude the sort of individual who would normally spend their social lives online. The real reason this forum is sucking is not to do with the people who are here already, it's more to do with Nintendo's approach to gaming this generation! This generation is the longest so far. This generation has the most females. The most grandparents. The most non-forum-user gamers. The biggest change since n64-europe has been the fact that most people who play on the nintendo consore ARE NOT TEENAGE BOYS. Stop blaming ANY facet of this website and start looking at the fucking industry. This site was founded on 13 year old gamers. Modern 13 year old gamers would not be seen DEAD with a wii. If we change this to a MW3 forum then perhaps we'll see the sort of buzz that you're demanding. tl;dr: let's fucking blame nintendo this time.

If he has a no frape policy within his house, then that's probably what pisses him. It seems to him that you are under his house's juresdiction here!

All words or just thanks. What do you want? I like words.

Well yeah, I mean you and a bunch of mates made fun of him, using his own facebook, whilst in his own home and using his own computer. It can be understandable. I have certain friends where this would be hilarious, and others who would simply destroy my life. But yeah - it's fair enough.

Well, yes. If tehre were no thanks we would have; a) "thanks" (unlikely) b) "lol I agree" c) "I have little else to offer, but found your post informative" d) "The secret to dodecahedron calculations is in remembering the qualitative definition of a dodecalakasha; as defined by Ali G et al (2005), the shape is concurhaisdfapsgndasdgbalse ashdgf ash dfi The argument is; In most cases, if a reply is worth making then a thanked post will not prevent that reply. If someone finds that thanking a post somehow summarises what they were going to say anyway... then are we really missing anything? Think of it like this; [Without(, or before) thanks (existed)], what are the likely replies to a post/thread/comment? Attribute each of the following a percentage probability of occurrance. - Lol - I agree - I have nothing forther to add, but I wanted my name to be known - I disagree - Something you said was interesting, and I feel I can expand upon it - This conversation could be furthered, but I have not the words The point is; if someone thinks they can further the discussion, they will. The thanks button is how people deal with the fact that they have nothing extra to say - but want the rest of the forum to know that they agree with what's been said, and that they at least tried to think of something extra to say. Maybe make it a personal rule of yours, to reply as well as thank a post. I personally prefer to see the added benefits that the thanks bring to the forum rather than assume they're too new, therefore to blame for rubbish nonsense such as 'forum being shit'. Make more threads. Make more posts. Do your bit.

Yeah, don't force it dude I've got a pile of reading to do for other people; tutoring two kids in different years at school (one my cousin) so I have to read their reading lists. Thankfully education panders the masses so it's just books like Of Mice and Men that are short in length -- my only problem is the other books are all Australian Literature, and really hard to come by. The libraries are all out, and the books themselves aren't exactly popular save for school texts, so book shops either don't have them or are providing a good example of how expensive aus is... Y'see, I get $30 for an hour tuition, but the price of a NEW book here is easily $30 - that works out as about £20. For some reason books have a high tax here..?

If the thanks was not there, the conversation would not be furthered. Would it? Any ifs or buts you have... Could they not have replied those as well as thanking? Can't blame the effort-relieving tools for users not being arsed to put more effort in. It's not a conspiracy. People just suck.

^That was the first thought I had. "Ridley's brother has died! Oh no! ... Shit, what films did he do?!" True Romance is The Film on his list that I loved. I've enjoyed the first season of The Good Wife, which he had a hand in. Man on Fire, Spy Game, Enemy of the State, Beverley Hills Cop II... I'll watch Top Gun this week, for him. Sad story.

The game is all about the 'campaign' through the season. At the start there's no backstory from which to really weave magical stats and legends out of, so yeah they talk a lot of arse! I saw a fun stat on the BBC match summary - only th 8th Prem game where all three subs have scored a goal. I'm sure not a single pub quiz in the land will ever ask that, but hey.

I'll extend the deadline to the end of september? I've taken like 3, myself. Need a BISH day!

The books are, largely, not connected to each other and there's little need to read them in order. Some of the events in Consider Phlebas are referenced later, but the book's last third isn't great. If you have a habit of putting books down then skip it - whereas I was a completionist so I was determined to start from the first and read them all. I'd say that the Culture series is like BSG - it's about civilisations, politics, espionage and diplomacy as much as it is about spaceships and laserbeams, if not moreso. Player of Games is the easiest to get into, and Use of Weapons is trickier and more convulted in narrative terms, but the scope is grander and sets you up to appreciate the sheer scale of The Culture. So yeah; if you aren't committed to reading all of the books then start elsewhere - though I do recommend that you do read all of them - but I understand that it's rather a large commitment!

Culture. Start with Use of Weapons or Player of Games.

^ Down and dirty, reminds me of my white cider days with my buddies. Just getting trashed for the sake of being trashed.

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@Nolan it works. Did you keep it?

Welcome to what-I-was-saying-over-a-year-ago-ville!

I had a friend who was forever really shit with timekeeping. He'd always be a minute late, which was problematic for when we neede to catch a bus at a precise time. He eventually texted me and a few other mate to say "I'm sorry but I'm gay and I hope it doesn't affect our friendship." I simply replied "ok cool, so when's the bus?" Perhaps he was expecting more from he situation...

It's friday evening already! IN YOUR FACE!

This is a typical human spammer - 21 posts with little more than a few smileys strung together. If all they had to do was a single character, or a single smiley, then I'm sure it'd be more than 21 posts. While it's simple enough to get rid of them before they do too much annoyance, if it's easier for them to post then there'll be more of them, and this site could potentially become really, really annoying.

I HAVE A POINT YESSSSS

38. Tomb Raider GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY Is tha right?

I did remember a good one after I typed that, too - Hamish and Andy. Radio presenters who do occasional travel-blog shows - Caravan of Courage is where they have to one-up each other as they drive a winnebago around their chosen country. They've done Australia, USA, UK, and Europe. The shows have the regular amount of adverts (i.e. loads) but they pack the content in pretty decently.

I can tell you now that I am seriously missing the BBC. There are literally NO AUS-made shows of any worth. We all know about Neighbours and Home and Away, but nobody watches them here. Most of the TV is dominated by reality TV. The news is shit - all biased, all conservative, all selfish, all fear-mongering. There are LOADS of adverts ALL THE TIME. Everything is a repeat. Product placements everywhere. Infomercials in the middle of regular shows. EVERYTHING IS ABOUT MARKETING. It is shit. The only good thing is sport... but they're not interested in the sports I'm interested in - and they play adverts during soccer games so you're likely to miss goals. Everyone is gambling-crazy. Australia is self-centered. Julien Assange is an AUS citizen but they're not showing any coverage of what's going on over there. UK has constant comedy attempts from BBC and Channel 4, and plenty of serious journalism in Horizon and Panorama compared to the shock-tactic 60 Minutes and A Current Affair -- these shows are melodramatic and simply aim to have viewers in order to up their ratings so they can get more money from sponsors. UK's approach to sponsors is way better - you'll have presenters here hold up an item and say a pre-scripted slogan "so nice you'll buy it twice!" sort of thing. Bondi Rescue about lifeguards is one of the staple reality shows. No real worth. You can check out wiki's list of aus shows and see. Even if you just think that there are two or three good UK shows - Top Gear, Sherlock, Doctor Who, or whatever you wish for - that's two or three more than AUS has to speak for. US TV = you pay for it, you can get good stuff. However there's much more shit to sift through. UK = Good stuff for the price of a TV license, just not in as large a quantity. AUS = No good stuff. Unless you pay for the UK/US good stuff. UK TV is one of the things to be proud of, even if you think it's rubbish. The rest of the world has it worse.