JadedWolf

Went to see The Drop this evening, can highly recommend it. Not a spectacle movie by a long shot obviously, but a very atmospheric, slow (in a good way) crime movie, with great acting from all involved.

Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to introduce you to two cast members of the Smurfs: And...

To keep with my Ireland theme: Irish English teacher turned down for Korean job because of inherent "alcoholism nature of Irish people" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29929333

They are probably afraid the children will hurt their little feet when they try to put them in the door. It takes a hardened adult foot to take on an atheist.

CNBC reporter doesn't understand why Ireland doesn't use the pound, but the euro:

The truth is that a hungry dog, when given the choice, would certainly eat you.

Speaking of death threats, I was on my way to do groceries today, and I heard a conversation between a grandpa and a 6 year or so old little boy today. "Grandpa?" "Yes?" "I'm going to shoot you dead." "Oh, oh. That's... nice." They should arrest the little bugger.

Well, keep me in mind in case you need anyone to bring 'round the coffee.

Well, the thing was that in the actual kickstarter for the game (Elite: Dangerous) there was a tier where people could get the rights to write a novel set in the universe of the game. That was a tier worth 4500 pounds. The prospective writers obviously couldn't raise that themselves so the people who went for that tier first got the money by arranging their own kickstarter for it. For me supporting the novel kickstarter was more about putting more money into the game, in any case, so I am not that hung up about the quality of it.

So I backed (through kickstarter) a novel set in the Elite: Dangerous world written by a guy calling himself T. James. Imagine my surprise when he sends out a backer mail not talking about Elite: Dangerous or his novel (which I have received ages ago but I haven't actually read yet) but about GamerGame, linking to this: http://thewordonthe.net/11/2014/gamergate-what-does-it-mean-and-should-you-use-it/ An interesting read as to how an outsider came to view the whole thing.

... Wow, that journalist is certainly not going to be asked to do anything like Hard Talk anytime soon. He's constantly going like "Oh, err, can we just err... hmm. errr."

A friend of mine would always humorously try to imitate these guys. Great way to ruin your voice.

Or Brussels.

It was more along the lines of... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_bsMGsBjWc

Had a job interview. Got told that they'd let me know if I was one of the 10 lucky ones out of the 200 that applied to go through to the second round. Yay. Regarding Halloween:

TrashMan, are you by chance from Transylvania?

He seems to equate genetic engineering from which genetically modified crops result with selective breeding. They are not the same thing.

I honestly don't think a few nutjobs say something about an entire gender, and to be fair men in general being more prone to use violence as a coping strategy really isn't something I'd question but speaking of female poisoners... May I introduce you to Maria Swanenburg from Leiden? "It was established with certainty she poisoned at least 102 people with arsenic of which 27 died (16 of those were her relatives) between 1880 and 1883. The investigation included more than ninety suspicious deaths. Forty-five of the survivors sustained chronic health problems after ingesting the poison. Swanenburg's motive was the money she would receive either through the victims' insurance or their inheritance. She had secured most of the insurance policies herself. Her first victim was her own mother in 1880; shortly after this, she killed her father too. She was caught when trying to poison the Frankhuizen family in December 1883." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Swanenburg

The sound of children. They just have a talent for getting under your skin at just the right pitch.

To be fair, there is an option on this forum to put users on ignore so you won't have to read their posts. If you find you can't ever have a meaningful discussion with someone and you only get annoyed by them, maybe that's an option to consider.

That trailer was amazing, awesome magic and its effects I want that bird !!! That's a really sexist remark, Bruce, and I am really disappointed in you. We don't refer to girls as birds anymore, just so you know!

I doubt your story. Likely it was some douche you knew her information was already online; so he posted it to make a point. It was a douche move by a douche. That's the theory I'm going with. Agreed.