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[JoshuaFH]

EDIT: Oh yeah! More horror stories: In India, we were advised by the locals not to give money to certain beggars (and holy shit there were a lot of beggars), because "They break their children's legs to make them seem more pitiful, so they make more money".

In SE Asia, they just pretend to have broken legs... That's hardcore messed up to do it for real

That said I can concur with the organized begging scammers. Got them in London only instead of postcards, they use postcards & tissues, and don't even have the common sense to not wear designer clothes and fresh faces whilst begging.

I was please recently to read a Sherlock Holmes short story about a professional actor and make-up artist that takes up begging because it pays more than the stage.

[Kagus]

EDIT: Oh yeah! More horror stories: In India, we were advised by the locals not to give money to certain beggars (and holy shit there were a lot of beggars), because "They break their children's legs to make them seem more pitiful, so they make more money".

In SE Asia, they just pretend to have broken legs... That's hardcore messed up to do it for real

That said I can concur with the organized begging scammers. Got them in London only instead of postcards, they use postcards & tissues, and don't even have the common sense to not wear designer clothes and fresh faces whilst begging.

I was please recently to read a Sherlock Holmes short story about a professional actor and make-up artist that takes up begging because it pays more than the stage.

To be fair, pretty much anything pays better than the stage. Throwing rubber chickens at a wall pays better than the stage.

[Doomblade187]

EDIT: Oh yeah! More horror stories: In India, we were advised by the locals not to give money to certain beggars (and holy shit there were a lot of beggars), because "They break their children's legs to make them seem more pitiful, so they make more money".

In SE Asia, they just pretend to have broken legs... That's hardcore messed up to do it for real

That said I can concur with the organized begging scammers. Got them in London only instead of postcards, they use postcards & tissues, and don't even have the common sense to not wear designer clothes and fresh faces whilst begging.

I was please recently to read a Sherlock Holmes short story about a professional actor and make-up artist that takes up begging because it pays more than the stage.

To be fair, pretty much anything pays better than the stage. Throwing rubber chickens at a wall pays better than the stage.

There's a reason NYC has a restaurant famous for singing waitstaff. Gotta pay those bills.

[ChairmanPoo]

I tried reinstalling Diablo 2, but I still find myself morally incapable of playing in 800x600.Pixelation is just too terrible.


Shit. we need a project like openxcom for Diablo 2.

[Dunamisdeos]

Did the manually-set-resolution thing for windows stop working

[Kagus]

I thought they updated it with better resolution support with the latest patch, along with the online tweaks?

And yeah, manually setting resolution can do big things. Also, goddammit, but I can't find the video where LobosJr does an 8-player dentist no-item survival run... Fuck. That was funny.

[ggamer]

Kind of sad, but i'm more angry, but there's no rage thread: thus, mildly sad.

Second lease has fallen through on my dumb ass, and class is starting very soon. Stupid stupid stupid to trust friends to fucking act like adults and not fools in the shape of a man. Third lease is under way, and at least one of my - actually adult, whowouldathoughhht??? - friends has offered up his couch if I can't get moved in before school starts. Uggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggh.

As soon as I get moved in I'm getting as drunk as physically possible and finding some guy/girl to, ah, work out some frustration with. Life will be much better when I can entertain my alcoholic tendencies ad-nauseum.

[Egan_BW]

Have fun and don't poison yourself fatally or venture near things that may cause massive bodily trauma whilst impaired.

[Doomblade187]

Also, use protection while "working out frustration". And have fun ya know. And be safe.

[ChairmanPoo]

Did the manually-set-resolution thing for windows stop working

Not really

I thought they updated it with better resolution support with the latest patch, along with the online tweaks?

And yeah, manually setting resolution can do big things. Also, goddammit, but I can't find the video where LobosJr does an 8-player dentist no-item survival run... Fuck. That was funny.

No, you´re misremembering the resolution hack which improved things to 1024x768... which STILL wasn´t ideal, and which was broken by patch 1.14

[Yoink]

Have fun and don't poison yourself fatally or venture near things that may cause massive bodily trauma whilst impaired.

Also, use protection while "working out frustration". And have fun ya know. And be safe.

You guys will make a great mother someday.

[Reelya]

I finished Voyager, it wasn't as bad as I was lead to believe. Picard-with-tits, Black-Spock* and Useless-with-women-Asian-guy were all great characters. Sure, it was schlock but overall it was still a fun show.

The sad is that now I have to watch Enterprise in my epic watch-all-the-Star-Trek marathon, in which time I managed to begin a degree and graduate from it. Enterprise is the one show where there aren't really any people saying they liked it, unlike Voyager which splits the fanbase.

*I think making another Vulcan who was as socially crippled by lack of emotion as the Vulcan on Voyager was actually missed the point of Spock's characterization. Spock was a half-human/Vulcan who grew up on Vulcan learning to suppress his human side. It made sense that Spock had issues about logic vs emotion, because he was torn between the two races. Making it so all Vulcans are just as crippled by that same internal conflict just doesn't make a lot of sense, and diminishes the whole point of Spock being half-human.

[Jopax]

TFW you got some light shopping to do and you've finally managed to hit the working hours of an art supplies store properly but now you're feeling extremely antisocial and don't want to leave the house. That and the residence has AC while outside is nearly 40 degrees :V

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Then you finally do it and they don't seem to stock the one thing you needed :I

[dragdeler]

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[Hanslanda]

I'm stressing myself out.

I argue about politics, which stresses me. I don't feel like I can't do so, because I feel like I need to call people out on things even though I know it won't make a difference. I just can't stop myself.

I do this too. But Saturday I completed a Herculean trial.

I convinced a global warming denier it existed and humans were a huge part of the problem.