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  • edited September 2011
    You're in college now??

    Wait wait wait... at what point do I become "old" in here? I feel like I'm quickly approaching the original "old" age requirement, but all of the original old people are even OLDER now. Does this mean I'm forever exempt from being old, as long as there are enough people posting in this forum who are older than me? I say yes.
  • edited September 2011
    Quit makin' me feel old! Shawn is old! I'm nowhere near the age of that pile of dinosaur bones assembled into the shape of a non-dinosaur human!
  • edited September 2011
    Yup, going into my freshman year this sunday. Studying up to be a medical illustrator!

    And we're all getting a little bit older, but not getting any less awesome.
  • edited September 2011
    Thanks! Also: signature'd.
  • edited September 2011
    Yep. Sorry to direct all the attention and whatnot, but how've you all been? Esme is healthy, Bruce?
  • edited September 2011
    I'm continuing my weird as hell fashion trends and ordered a corset! I ordered two corsets!
  • edited September 2011
    I'm not sure I'd call them trends, they'd have to be trending for that.
  • edited September 2011
    I used to want to buy a hardcore corset and make it tight enough to start bendin some ribs. I've had a couple of dangerously skinny phases in my life, and my ribs and my hip bones always jutted out in an awkward way. I guess I'm big-boned, haha. I like boney hips, but the wide ribcage not so much. Corsets sound so... painful, though. So I made peace with my wide ribs, and got fatter so that my ribs didn't stick out so much. More food yay! :D

    I know the majority of my friends have told me they prefer seeing women who are NOT super skinny and prefer girls who have a little weight on them, but personally I think the emaciated look is still attractive, in a fragile delicate sort of way. I still think healthy-looking girls are attractive, but eh. I think I used to have the emaciated look, so I feel like I can't judge a girl who is ridiculously thin. In fact, a good amount of what I feel is jealousy, haha. I would love to be emaciated thin again, although I don't think I'm crazy enough to ever accomplish it.

    What do you guys think?
  • edited September 2011
    I think I don't often think about how thin or not thin I am and make no effort to control my weight or bodily appearance. It doesn't seem to vary much regardless. The same clothes have fit the same on me all the time for years. I'm a thin guy. I had the ribs and spine sticking out growing up. I never like being like that. Made sitting in hard chairs uncomfortable. I've filled out a tiny bit with age so it's not as bad, but still annoying. Also, an "emaciated" look just sounds bad.

    On a girl? The "fragile delicate" sort of way you seem to think it is appealing...it might not be so much. Maybe I'd think you just look a little ill. But then, I'm not particularly drawn to a girl who's fragile and/or delicate anyway. Maybe I'm thinking you worry too much about appearance and I find it a bit intimidating or off-putting. Vanity is not a pretty color.

    Perhaps the better point of interest is that controlling your diet to look better is a total load of crap anyway. If you need to control your diet, do so to LIVE better. Being hale and healthy is way better than being thin and attractive.

    But meh. I've now spent too much time thinking about things that are not computers or video games. Or food. I like that too.
  • edited September 2011
    Well I'm a healthy weight and obviously male, but corsets are stylin'.
  • edited September 2011
    Perhaps some guys prefer one or the other, but I have dated bone-thin girls and 'meatier' girls. Both are very enjoyable for distinct yet legitimate reasons.

    I think what is more important is for a girl to know what her strengths are and to play them up. That's what I think is the most attractive, and not naturally big boned girls trying to make themselves dangerously thin, or small petite girls always complaining about wishing they were taller or curvier. Confidence is sexy.
  • edited September 2011
    As are big nipples.
  • edited September 2011
    Ew, really? Really big nipples weird me out a little bit. Probably cuz I'm not used to seeing them :P
  • edited September 2011
    And today the Orange Belt learned a little more about Lauren's breasts.
  • edited September 2011
    Big nipples are important, but they need to be proportional. Otherwise you have too much wasted boob space.
  • edited September 2011
    Personally, I like girls who are fit. They don't have to have zero body fat. Abs are cool but not that important. If a girl is thin enough that she should have abs showing but just has a concave stomach, I find that unattractive.

    Also, this is relevant


    EDIT: And now all of my Google ads are for corsets. Really, Google? A 5 minute Youtube search and this might be something I wanna buy?
  • edited September 2011
    Yeah that's not hot.
  • edited September 2011
    Yeah, that is a bit creepy.
  • edited October 2011
    The Netherlands are cracking down on foreign drug tourists. From today, you won't be allowed to use a "coffee" shop if you have a foreign passport. Oh, unless you have a Belgian one, like me :)

    In all honesty, this strikes me as silly. I don't understand why so many places try to implement partial legalisation of drugs, when it just leads to people abusing it anyway. Besides, some businesses are designed around selling cannabis, and they're going to take it in the arse now.
  • edited October 2011
    Eh, I think most of this will be sorted out 50 years from now. Gotta wait for some older generations to die off before we get too radical you know?
  • edited October 2011
    No, I'm pretty sure it's the spicy food.
  • edited October 2011
    I went to bed at 2am last night (morning?) and got called in to work at like 6:30 in the morning. I'd complain but it was a hell of a nice day to be working outside.
  • edited November 2011
    This Extra Credits show on Penny Arcade's site is quite good. I feel bad for not having known about it sooner.
  • edited November 2011
    It used to be on the Escapist before the "Monetary Issues".
  • edited November 2011
    This just in: Ice cream tastes good.

    ...must be a slow news day.
  • edited November 2011
    I'm tempted to disagree....
  • edited February 2012
    This past weekend I spent at my sister's place doing a bit of a lan party thing. Sort of a small group but we have a little fun. Something that comes to my attention at these things, however, is finding games that everyone has can be a pain. Talking my sister into buying games, even cheap games can be difficult as she has kids to deal with and doesn't often get long periods of time she can invest in gaming, so she's sorta particular about games.

    All the games these days seem to either be single player or an mmo/online game. Yet LAN is still the best way to do multiplayer in my opinion and it makes me sad to see it getting so little attention. Nothing is quite so fun as playing games with close friends who are physically present.
  • edited February 2012
    I think the game developers probably believe that if the close friends are physically present, they can play on a single console. I get the appeal of LAN gaming since you each get your own screen and pimped out hardware, but it's much easier to just buy a single copy of a game and hook up however many controllers you need.
  • edited February 2012
    Eh, consoles don't provide enough controllers for everyone and they are going the same direction. It's either single or online multi. Local multiplayer is often neglected. Our group is a bit more PC gaming centric anyway, but the Wii goes over well as it does have a wider variety of games that support 4 or sometimes even more players.
  • edited February 2012
    The important thing is that Portal 2 still supports local multiplayer.