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Because improving relationships with a country works best by denying they exist. ^_^

It's funny that reading the serious discussions on this board usually teaches me more and keep me far more up to date than reading newspapers daily does. Maybe the papers here in the Netherlands just suck. Anyway, what I seem to get out of this situation is that with all the new intelligence technology, the different countries are just getting a bit paranoid because the water borders don't cut it anymore. Still, that's no excuse for putting your will on what are still international waters.

Foo Fighters times like these? The acoustic version? That's my favourite song to play, along with Eels' "Somebody Loves You" which is the only song I can play and sing at the same time (if you can call it singing).

Thanks Kaftan. I had a stitch in my mouth due to dental surgery, and I just laughed so hard it popped. Thankfully it had already healed a bit so it didn't rip anything loose.

What about a woman dressing up as a man?

Wait, what? No way. I'm sorry, but I'm gonna have to call bull**** on that. Firstly on the whole idea of there even being a "proper response" to anything in a relationship like it's some sort of test or science, secondly on your baseless assumption that Wals for some reason projected his own feelings upon his ladyfriend, thirdly upon the apparent (whether meant or not) implication that the situation where a woman would need such space is impossible (whereas I know from experience that it is not), and finally upon the notion that preemptively kissing ass was the correct course which (even if it might have prevented this chick from going mental on somebody who already had too much on his mind, but probably could only delay it) it can NEVER be because that makes it a relationship based on mind games and false expectations, and that's not much of a relationship at all. There, I called your quadruple bull****. You can call bull**** on my bull****s if you want, I'm quite used to being wrong about most things (though I don't think I am in this case) and the internet has shown me this on multiple occasions, but here they are anyway. Um... ok... let me rephrase... Probably the response she would have liked to have received would have been, "I got used to you being here... I miss you...", etc. I'm not saying Wals *should* have reacted any differently, just that what he did reinforced her notions that it was basically over. I was merely interpreting the facts that Wals gave us from a different perspective. It may or may not represent what was actually going on at all. But, considering the posts that Wals made while she was there, even *I* got the sense that he was sorta tired of having her around and all the drama.... you can damn well bet she picked up on it. Her going nutty was not a response to not being called. It was a response to interpreting and possibly misinterpreting Wals actions while she was there, and then being left to obsess over all of them in the four days of silence that followed. Of course girls can need space, but that should be obvious during the two minute phone call to make sure she made it home all right. How do you know she would have liked that response? If Wals was right, and she did need the space, then such a response would have been interpreted as being needy and only caused more problems. That's you projecting your feelings on this situation. Plus, I don't get that sense from Wals' posting at all. Being tired of all the drama does not equel being tired of your significant other. Plus, if there's drama in my life it's usually my significant other who needs space because she has plenty of problems of her own. This is a situation that happens to thousands of couples, all the time. Also, since when is there a requirement of calling every time your significant other leaves? The last chick I did that with went haywire because that made her feel like I had trust issues. "I was always checking up on her". You keep placing in these rules for how to make a relationship work, but there are none. And if there were, these aren't them. These are just your own personal expectations for a relationship. Well, there's one of your bull****'s shot down. No. No it isn't. Here we have proof that Wals had made an assumption. Nothing more. There is nothing in that sentence that says that Wals had in fact had enough of her, or that he had somehow projected this on her. Hell, maybe there's precedent? Maybe she'd needed such space in the past? We don't know. This is just some of you people reading more into Wals post then there is given limited information. Stick to literature for that, kids. There's nothing written between the lines here. If there's any projecting here, Wals ain't the one doing it. Enough. Soon this is going to turn into boy vs. girl if it continues this way, and I don't feel like doing that.

Wait, what? No way. I'm sorry, but I'm gonna have to call bull**** on that. Firstly on the whole idea of there even being a "proper response" to anything in a relationship like it's some sort of test or science, secondly on your baseless assumption that Wals for some reason projected his own feelings upon his ladyfriend, thirdly upon the apparent (whether meant or not) implication that the situation where a woman would need such space is impossible (whereas I know from experience that it is not), and finally upon the notion that preemptively kissing ass was the correct course which (even if it might have prevented this chick from going mental on somebody who already had too much on his mind, but probably could only delay it) it can NEVER be because that makes it a relationship based on mind games and false expectations, and that's not much of a relationship at all. There, I called your quadruple bull****. You can call bull**** on my bull****s if you want, I'm quite used to being wrong about most things (though I don't think I am in this case) and the internet has shown me this on multiple occasions, but here they are anyway. I love my crazy woman! Best thing that ever happened to me was falling for my crazy woman! It just has to be the type of crazy that fits your own type of crazy (and nobody here can convince me that they're not crazy, we're posting this on an online message board here for chrissakes). I think the problem is that many guys go for crazy chicks (genders interchangable in that sentence) not out of love but out of some misguided wish or attempt to help them, make them better. That never works, and just leads to pain. Lots and lots of pain.

Those aren't deficiencies, those are definitions of manhood. A man who doesn't look at other women, who isn't at least a bit slobby and actually likes communication on anything other than neccesary work stuff or hobby stuff? Well, a certain quote from Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club springs to mind: "A generation of men raised by women."

Must depend on the country you're in, because I was swamped with commercials for B:BC while the only reason I even knew what Mass Effect was because I go to this board and the Bioware haters just wouldn't shut up about it (honestly, those guys give better word of mouth than any of Bioware's fans).

Yes, me too. I often wonder why not all women were lesbians - in fact I theorize that many of them secretely are, would explain all the girls obsessed with Orlando Bloom.

I don't Richard kicks ass.

This just in. Yes indeed. REPENT AND BE SAVED. FIRE AND BRIMSTONE. Just a bit of background information, yesterday at the dutch airport Schiphol 9 people died in a plane crash. The dutch government legalized gay marriage. Apparently, this gives people the right to be downright pricks. Clearly forgiveness is not high on the list of priorities for some supporters of Jesus.

Architecture in Helsinki - That Beep I did not expect this new sound from AiH, but wow. Wow. Yaaaaaay!

This is the funniest blog I've ever read.

I hope this one sticks around longer so it'll actually air somewhere else. We never got Firefly, I had to import it on DVD to even have it now. I'm going to have to download the first few episodes to see if it's any good because I'm conflicted. I absolutely dug Firefly and Serenity, but I can't stand Buffy and Angel.

Well, this is the first time in years I've heard or read something like this and I didn't think "man, I feel exactly the same way", so man here's proof that it'll pass. *points at self* Still, it hurts like a bitch even if it isn't really pain, so I wish you good luck with it.

The way the media was so quick to blame this on The Dark Knight is slightly perturbing.

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I would be played by Rob Schneider. I'd be a cameo that just serves to claim the other characters are wrong.

The entire cast of Firefly. Which kind of bugs me because I hate just about everything else Joss Whedon ever did.

I'm sorry but I think people can do with the material whatever the hell they like. Fine, it's not the same as it was. If every story was told the same way every time there would be no reason to tell the story. I hate elitists who think their chosen fandom needs protection or somesuch dumb concept. Yes, fandom. Your fandom might be mythology and therefore somehow more "respected" or whatever, eventually you're still just that Power Rangers fanboy who never gets anything useful done because he's too busy bitching about the latest retcon. What I don't get it that this bitching stops if the changes make it better. "omg you cant change that!" "but... it works better this way..." "hey cool".

Hey if I had to take somebody's life, no matter who it is I would only do it if the payment was really high. .... and only now I notice that this makes me sound like a bounty hunter.

I saw Serenity again, after watching the whole of Firefly. I can't believe I used to scratch my head at people who were so obsessed with this franchise. It should continue in some cinematic form no matter what.

My girlfriend's dad has clinical depression and has attempted several times. Of course I would never talk to him in such a way, because that would probably only give his apparent desire to end his life more fuel. I am not dumb enough to actually say crap like this to people who have such problems - that would be entirely counterproductive. But if he would do it, I would in fact find him a complete and utter jackass because he would basically be telling his wife, son and two daughters that they are simply not important enough to continue living for. There is no excuse to hurt the people who love you in this way, and if you do it, I'm pretty sure that you never truly loved them. It is one hundred percent unforgivable in my eyes. I'm holding that case you linked to as an exception however. Mostly because I have no point of reference to get into his mind. I don't understand why he did it and I get the impression that he didn't understood why either, or even what he was doing in the first place. The difference being with most other cases is that I have experienced clinical depression myself and I kept going because I didn't want to hurt anyone else. P.S. I have never said they were cowards. Just complete jerks.

I never said I was a humanitarian. I said this because I've seen and experienced what it does to those left behind. I don't care if you guys don't agree with me - I think if you are weak enough to hurt people this much just so you don't feel pain you pretty much deserved everything you felt and more. I've seen the reactions a school full of people give when they hear a friend of them commited suicide and it is *much* more cruel than what I said should happen to this guy. There is no clearer way tell someone that their love and friendship is just not worth living for, which is something that will psychologically torture all those people for years to come. Look one of those people in the eye and say you understand. I ****ing dare you. Enough of this ****. I don't come to a video game developer's forum to deal with the reality of existence. I get enough of that from my shrink.