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He's saying that 'hiding' in the closet in the first place shouldn't be necessary, that the people you're 'hiding' from are weak minded and afraid of something/someone different.

@Cube perhaps skip the talking-about-yourself. Let them peruse your profile if they want, just try and chat to them I suppose, and if they like your manner and personality they'll inquire further. Perhaps you're approaching a bit too formal?

Discman, you mean? I had one for ages and it was sturdy and never skipped. I also had a pair of jeans with a deep and wide front pocket for my deep and wide front penis which housed it perfectly. But going on a 3 hour walk with a discman and a bunch of CDs is much more baggage than needed.

Definitely quiter than it was 6 months ago. Phases, bro. As bob shows, people disappear for years and return. As Shorty said, people grow up and priorities shift. A lot of the people who shared my teenage years on here have kept it as a port to call home, but don't write or call much, I guess! I don't know about everyone else, but discovering reddit as a place to get my daily fix of the new, the funny and the wierd... well that affected my surfing habits. I very much forgot the community and just lurked, choosing that which was least effort. Mind you, I was practically ignoring facebook as well. But now I feel I need the groping hugs of the many, once more, and luckily it's still here with open arms. Which is nice

I just didn't even stop to think that an MP3 player would be badly designed. I've never had bad experiences before. I've had it for a few weeks now and it does keep me occupied for when I go for a long walk -- and the battery life is superb... But yeah.

Yeah, I get that. It's still important to see what these expectations are that people have.

*puts the gun away* No problem, diageo.

Sorry, but whether it's intended or not, she will want to change you. And some changes are definitely for the best. Others are taken as orders, and some are thinly veiled as 'compromise'. But you say "love is ... someone who loves you no matter what" but that's begging the question! Love is someone who loves you, so they love you because you love them? No. What is love? :P

You know, I only just got that. I read it and thought about The Game and thought "man, that was a good movie. Bill Murray was definitely not in it though. Surely the others weren't either..? TO IMDB! No, I thought not. Let's check... Hmm... nope, not going to be the tv series.. 1915 is a liiittle too early... '66? '84? '88? Hmm... 94... Nope... Better check Murray's profile. *scroll scroll scroll* Man, Murray's been in some shit. I thought he said his number one regret was garfield? So why'd he do 2? *scroll up scroll up scroll up* Man, he did voice for Ghostbusters: The Game, so why won't he do the mo--" Ghostbusters: The Game busters: The Game The Game Oh! ... Did anyone see Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy? It was part of my Educate These Damn Kids programme. It started off proper confusing and one kid was all "nnggghh my head hurrts" but by the end he literally said "thank you. Thank you for making me watch this movie." And is Project X worth watching?

I bought this Philips GoGear RaGa bollocks; ... for $50, which is about £35. Totally not worth it. It's got some really annoying 'features' that I wasn't told when i bought it; It only plays songs alphabetically, so I've had to rename all my tracks with numerics; the buttons, for some inexplicable reason, take ages to actually do anything, which often leads to accidentally selecting the wrong thing; shuffle appears to be a predetermined 'shuffle playlist' of your music. Plus it comes with Songbird. Being used to iTunes I was hesitant at first, but finding that a single CD takes about 30 mins to rip meant that it was in fact faster to rip them to iTunes then import the library to Songbird. On top of that, a 3 minute song will take about 90 seconds to actually transfer via USB onto the bugger. I thought that I could use this time to construct some 'shuffle' playlists of my own, but alas the entire piece of software is dedicated to using as much RAM as possible to do the process as slowly as possible. The headphones are a good quality (i.e. $30 for those alone - a way of feeling better 'bout the price tag) and the thing itself is small, compact, light, and the screen is minimalist and neat and well lit etc. But... man it's a faff. If an album has finished or if you want to listen to something else you'll have to physically STOP EVERYTHING YOU ARE DOING to spend 5 seconds per button press to make sure it's doing what you want, and not shooting back 3 menus or turning the volume down. Also, it will occasionally not respond visually to your button stressing, so you'll have to find a small stick that will fit into the reset button, and start all over again. Due to internet caps being far too common over here considering the average speed of 'net and general coverage is so low, getting copies of the CDs I left at home isn't an option. My laptop stupidly didn't have much on, so I've got to purchase CDs IRL. Basically, there are no good CD shops. I was going to post pics of the CDs I bought but actually I'm too pissed off now!

Awesome Over here they're mostly called "caveys" so caveman is surprisingly apt! Is this their preferred order when they're let out? @Aztec Rose's pigs (only two) show a definite heirarchy. Presuming florence is a she, do you have issues with the boys scrapping over her?

Asides from not hurting baby no more, and other jokes associated. I've wanted to tear this thought away from the hyperthread that is the N-E relationships thread. What is love? What does love mean to you? What are you expecting from a partner-to-be, or what is it that you get from an existing partner that you take to be love? I don't care for definitions of familiar love, or love for a favourite album. I don't mind to hear how the concept of love for these things differs in comparison to what the definition of love was made for - the deep, unconstrained involvement with another's life. But what, to you, differs this love from merely being a really close friend?

If money was no object then yes. But my perception of marriage is different to hers. She comes from a successful one, albeit with a margin for lonely childbearing. I, on the other hand, am a bastard! ... And my family is riddled with second marriages and the lark. My dad only got married (to his gf of 26 years. Note that I am 25 years old) for tax purposes. And even then, it turned out that he married some german girl 30 years ago. So yeah, marriage to me isn't this holy, sanctimonious, pure thing. It's a knot-- a noose that cements the finality of the world's interest in you as a fertile being. Ahem. As for children - I've been 'looking after' teenagers for 6 months, and it's made me go from being a "hell yeah I want kids!" fanatic to ".... well... let's think about it, now..." kinda guy. I've witnessed a few different parenting techniques and it really makes me wonder what sort of a parent I'd be. I've gone from, 6 months ago, thinking I'd be a great Dad, to now believing I'd be a really shitty one. ASIDE: Genuintely, this is the first time I've noticed the guinea pig in your avatar. My lady has two -- do you have them?

... I have no idea how serious kushandlyricxzkkz are, but I am too terrified to find out.

Best to get them in by Thursday night, so I can get everything up and ready for the weekend

Deep, into the darkness peering. Long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting... May the rats eat yer eyes!!" Man. I remember the original trailer, with the flies and the skull. Loved this game. Played it like 7 times, and the last few I was so badass I didn't care to ever reduce teh insanity meter! @dwarf gourami still playing it? Controls may be clunky but you ought to develop strategems to deal with that. It's kinda like picking up metal gear solid after playing FPS for ages, the controls are all wonky!

Aaaaaand car thread. MY TWO CENTS HERE ARE USELESS!

Gah, you beat my attempt to ninja edit - just seen your thread and was starting to read it! You're destined to be all rich and stuff in a few years so you can buy it back/get your hired goons to blackmail it back.

Why? What's wrong with it?

Not the point. The old "my opinion is different to yours" thing? Well so's mine! So eat that! And no complaining, because that's my opinion. You don't understand -- I can say these things because I speak from experience. I'm not just here to rub that in your face; it's surely a logical thing, to listen to someone who might know something from an angle you don't? Because that's what this is. Me coming at you saying "I, too, used to think like you, but thanks to years of actual legit interaction with the opposite sex I have learned that this way of thinking is not wholely correct or appropriate to deciding who is 'right' and 'wrong' for me. People who claim to know what they dislike are people who are close-minded, scared to try new things, and unable to quantify why they don't like olives. They just don't. That last bit may be a personal dig at someone else. I'm not trying to be mean (anymore) - I am simply stating (this isn't a personal opinion of mine, now) that you are wrong in doing this. You are narrowing things down when you don't necessarily know if they need to be narrowed. I am trying to get you to open your eyes to the possibility that your opinion on this matter can be wrong. Realising this can be good for you, and alleviate some fears or worries. I like the bit about being too inebriated. The price of stuff down here, I wish! Y'know what goes well with three weddings in two days alone? A girlfriend who is kinda a little bit not-so-subtle about the whole thing. She has a penchant for watching tv shows about weddings, wedding dresses, babies, wedding planning... She's told me that the ring doesn't have to be glamorous... She knows what dress she wants... So no pressure! But of course I don't want to propose, knowing that I can't support us... She deserves the Big Day that she wants and I don't want to propose until I know that can happen.

... That's only 5, jimbob. :P

Start sending in your lists, guys!

Thanks Nolan. Well, I've become disenchanted with the game. I've been chasing the dog tags, and I essentially need to finish on Hard then get the tags on extreme and finish on that... Which isn't possible for me. I'm on the Rays boss on hard and just finding it grueling. Ever since the harrier boss I just thought "...jeez, this'll be a tad tricky on extreme!" but thought I'd be able to grind through. However, going through 20 metal gear rays? Why? WHY! This is too much. I do fine for ages then get stomped, rocketed, shot and blam that's my health gone. I've spent probably 40 hours playing the game so far, primarily for dog tags, and it boils down to 80G. So I'll give the other MGS2 achievements a whirl. Played snake tales for a bit - the first mission I was facing fatman, and had 3 bombs to defuse in 30 seconds. Lost the faith a little. May just skip to MGS3 to try to recover some love!

What is this change? Yes, I know you fail to see. That's kind of a problem. But if you fail to see it as a problem, then it's all good! Now, this is coming from someone who has a relationship, and has experience with relationships. I've not just read books about them, or seen movies where they happen. Here's the issue. You cannot safely state "I know what I want" when you have never had a relationship. If you don't know what you like or dislike in a relationship (which you can only know after being in one) then you don't know what you're looking for. You can assume things but you may be wrong. Do you understand that you may be wrong? Do you get that? I state that it is unrealistic because, simply, it is not a realistic thing. Do you understand that? You do not know the reality of the situation, so you cannot make a statement that is real. Do you undersstttaaannnd? If you have never had a relationship, then any of the bits where you speak about what you perceive a relationship to be like -- well tehy're assumptions. Do you see? I also have extensive knowledge of the location of coins and rings. For coins, simply headbut a brick repeatedly, and for rings all you need to do is kick a hedgehog. Source: I have 25 years of experience with this. I've also got at least 20 years of experience of watching birds fly and fish swim, so I believe I am the correct person to speak to regarding human flight and any attempts at holding your breath for extreme periods of time. People seek relationship advice from others simply to gain another perspective. You may be able to offer them a new point of view - something rather possible for someone who is not them. The accuracy of your "spot on" statement is something that I have no need to argue, nor do you have ability to prove. I know this is a bit hard for you to understand, but I'm actually existing in a different time to you currently, so I've had a drink or two and I'm finding it hard to type whilst laughing at your egotism. Dude. You do not have all the answers. Do you recognise this? You can be wrong. In fact, often you are wrong.