You haven't been to a proper Indy Car Race
Unless you're been sprayed by fuel, blood and bits through the fences.
(, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 10:20, Reply)
Is this Dan Wheldon being killed?
If so then "exciting" is probabaly a bit frivolous here...
Edit: yes it is. :(
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The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 10:27,
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last time i checked this was b3ta
and thats one of the funniest things ive seen all weekend... (the comment about indy being exciting for once)
Dan wheldon is worth more than Jett Travolta?
lighten the fuck up.
(, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 11:27, Reply)
To be fair....
Having a car crash during Indy Car and going splat isn't that hilarious.
But tobaggaging down a hill into a barbed wire fence? *giggles*
(, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 16:22, Reply)
Still... it's a spectacular way to make an exit.
RIP and WOW!
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rjmrjm, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 11:29,
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Werrity!
I made this!
Fancy that - Steps at number one again.
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Fat Boab of dailyreckless.com fame, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 9:44,
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I must be getting old.
I have no idea what the lyrics are - I can't understand a word he's saying.
(, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 9:38, Reply)
ooooooow ta doooooor
graaaaa yur eeeeyye
is what i heard
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herd of chickens First part only £1.99 and comes with a free, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 10:25,
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Brilliantly edited film about the occupy wall street protest
Ronseal
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TownsendsPublisher is all gravy baby, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 7:54,
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although
i'd say it was primarily about the hypocracy of Government
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strictlyrockers hasnt been on here for ages, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 8:23,
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it's about a lot of things. Virtually everyone in attendance has their own specific reasons.
What they have in common is that they are disillusioned with mainstream politics and see the financial class as being responsible for the current economic crisis.
Primarily though OWS functions as a form of reclaimed public space, where people are engaging in communicative politics (in the true, communal and participatory sense of the word) outside of the control and mediation of the mainstream (corporate) media or their corrupted political parties. In a sense it is more a moral conversation than anything else - the people there seem to be establishing a general ideological framework rather than calling for any one policy.
The danger to this movement comes from both the traditional Left and the Right. Communists and Libertarians, Republicans and Democrats, all will want to hitch these people to their outdated and irrelevant belief-wagons. It's the same here in the UK with the OLSX camp - Labour (corporate fauxcialist stooges that they are) will desperately want to absorb the movement and unwittingly neutralise it on behalf of the political (ruling) class.
(, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 10:05, Reply)
A link to a page containing an embedded youtube video
A/C
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mr.dogshit The world's premier anthropomorphic canine faeces, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 8:43,
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Didn't most of the people in New York get arrested because they tried to block the roads?
I found it a bit uncomfortable how the new york protesters were being comnpared to protesters in Tehran, Syria and Libia.
As far as I know Obama was not having protestors shot by snipers, there hadn't been decades of instances of people having nails torn out, electrodes on the testicles, people being "disappeared" and their familiers threatened. Women in America have the vote and are not sentenced to death for adultery, their not locked up for wanting the same rights as men.
Yes pepper spray is nasty but get a little perspective.
Sorry to rant but aside from "Black Flag" which are another case all I am seeing in these protests are a bunch of people who had it rather well over the past decade whilst the rest of the world suffered and now the bills need paying are starting to feel aggrieved.
If they were protesting against capitalism whilst they were doing well under it i'ld have a bit more respect.
Hell, if they even had a clear list of demands i'ld have more respect.
It just seems to be a vague "rich people are bad" sentiment without a clear message on how they're going to change things.
The people behind these protests know that if they were to go into specifics support will fragment.
Also I would be very careful before throwing my support behind anonymous. At best they're a bunch of script kiddies that have a taste for your credit card details and a sideline in corporate espionage.
Or at worst they're a puppet organisation under the control of one the brutal regimes that are currently engaged in cyber warfare. I notice in their campaign they not attached Russian, Chinese or North Korean interests.
And if I see one more bloody Guy Fawkes mask....
End of rant.
*goes off to get coffee and kick puppies*
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 8:57,
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yes theres valid points here
context etc but the main point is double-speak of Govt.
the self-styled "democracy" are quite the opposite;i work at a port in the UK and the international crews love the courtesy that we show them as opposed to their treatment in US ports. They are routinely searched offshore at gunpoint;they are not allowed to set foot even on the jetty they land at;they are not allowed hospital visits;they are not allowed fresh water deliveries;they are allowed food or other ships'stores deliveries.
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strictlyrockers hasnt been on here for ages, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 9:10,
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Democracy doesn't mean "nice guys" though it just means you get to choose your leadership.
American border controls have always been a bugger to non U.S citizens.
A country can be absolute cunts to the rest of the world as (america has at times) and still be called democratic if said people acting like cunts were elected.
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 9:22,
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ive been to the US a few times
pre-9/11 admittedly,but never had any bother
Cunts?yes they are....those in power anyway
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strictlyrockers hasnt been on here for ages, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 9:31,
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If by "choose your leadership" you mean pick one of a narrow selection of rich fellas who all broadly share the same ideology (neoliberalism) and are unduly influenced by corporate money
then yes, Britain and America are democracies.
That's not my definition of democracy, but hey - whatever floats your vote.
(, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 9:51, Reply)
I wouldn't lump American and British democracies in the shame boat.
In the UK you have 3 main parties plus numerous smaller ones that cover the traditional political spectrum from left to right.
But if none of those parties fits your ideology you can easily run as an independent.
www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/may/22/how-to-become-an-mp
Ok you'll have to find 10 people to support you and if you poll less than 5% you'll lose your £500 deposit but it's hardly american levels of money.
British politics is not perfect but it's a damn site better and less corrupt than american politics.
Don't lump them in together. Aside from a common language America and the UK are vastly different countries.
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 11:44,
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well no they aren't the same, but the point about the 3 main parties sharing one general belief system stands.
Also: liberalconspiracy.org/2010/05/13/an-illustration-of-private-school-intake-of-the-new-cabinet/
The above doesn't look particularly good, but is unsurprising for the Tories I suppose. Below is a few links about party funding now that mass membership has collapsed over the last 20 years. Theoretically you are correct about anyone being an MP but I can't see how you can compete with the media exposure the Big Three possess. Edit: just remembered that one Independent did get elected a few years ago, so well done to him.
www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/stuart-weir/uk-party-funding-bite-bullet-or-remain-biased
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/2010/11/26/party-funding-reforms-are-overdue-in-the-uk-but-they-should-not-be-rushed/
NuLabour had 13 years and an unprecedented electoral mandate - yet during this time they kowtowed to the likes of NewsCorp and presided over a growth in inequality unseen since the Edwardian period as well as the deregulation of finance. Red, blue or yellow, big business wins.
But you are absolutely correct about us not being America.
Henceforth I promise not to talk party politics here. We come to /links for funtiemz not to be reminded of all this shit. Promise.
(, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 12:26, Reply)
I think this is basically most non-merkin's criticism of their ways isn't it
freedom and democracy for all so long as you're a white merkin and do everything you're told, beyond that you're scum and may be shot.
That and their insistance on policing the planet to their rules and 'liberating' you whether you want it or not.
As an example Visa are currently having a hissy fit over their cards being used to purchase legal highs over here which are illegal where they're based in California, and refusing to allow their UK card users and our government to choose for themselves what we can spend our own money on, Paypal have done the same and Alertpay are being forced by the card companies to withdraw too, strangely I don't feel I need their 'guidance' on these matters when it's based purely on their own moral laws over there, I think I and my government should be able to make such decisions ourselves and I certainly don't think it's up to some big dollar obsessed posturing merkin company to make that decision for me, but there you go, that's typical, its wrong for them so it's wrong for all, or else.
Twats.
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..wil, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 9:44,
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My guess is that they could be prosecuted if they break U.S laws abroad.
Being a credit card they're actually the ones making the purchase not you.
I know here if a citizen breaks the law of the U.K even if it's abroad and legal in that country they could be prosecuted. So maybe there's something similar happening here.
On a side note, be careful with the ol' ethno botanicals mate. You sound like you are but you need to do your research on them before taking. Some are great, but you get others like Salvia then can really screw you up.
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 11:51,
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Previously, when it's got a bit 'political' on here (a good thing) I've not agreed with your postings at all.
Here, however (for me) you've hit the nail squarely on the head.
Last week in a news report, I saw a protester in Wall St compare himself the protesters in Syria, Libya, Tehran &c. : I actually physically winced.
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 9:49,
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I find my politics doesn't gell well with others most times.
Some subjects I can be very left wing and some right wing.
In this regard i'ld be a supporter of the Lib Dems if they weren't a lying shower of shit.
I'm just grateful at the lack of Che Guevara t-shirts in these protests....
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 13:07,
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Same here.... I like to think of myself as a wooly-leftie, but it often scares me how close my politics marry with the tories.
Our (liberal) MP is a lovely chap (& friend of my partner) but has been forced into massaging facts, vocally supporting stuff I know he doesn't & generally justifying Clegg & Co's behaviour. Shameful.
And regardless of how much good he's done locally, I now can't vote for him, were he to run again....
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 13:49,
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sorry but...
dont we the 99percent
really really really want to be the 1 percent?
i thought that was the point of it all?
(checks rules)
(, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 11:46, Reply)
I think you've got that wrong....
The 99% want what the 1% have shared equally between the %99 so the %100 will be 0.001% better off and rather glad that as a world population they're in the 5% that's doing rather better than the 95% .
*some of these figures may have been pulled out of my arse*
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 11:55,
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You're both wrong.
It's rather that the 99% would be a lot happier if there were no 1%, regardless of how their personal wealth would change.
(, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 13:04, Reply)
no thats idealistic...
this is not people saying "the super rich are fucking the earth and society...being rich is really bad mkay"
its people thinking
"i want to be super rich but i'm not... and those fuckers are"
are you seriously trying to argue that people would trade all their shiny conveniences, and their dreams of being rich for a world everyone was HAPPY?
are you new?
(, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 13:21, Reply)
I'm arguing it's envy. Just the same as you.
If there were no people richer than them they wouldn't even notice that they're the '99%'. Any change of their own wealth or standard of living is irrelevant.
(, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 13:29, Reply)
oh sorry
i have a habit of assuming that people only post to call me an idiot.
but i feel like an idiot now
AAHHHHHH
its true...im an idiot.
(, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 13:36, Reply)
As I am supposedly part of this %99 I feel like my voice isn't being heard
Now let's work this out.... there's currently 61,838,154 people in the UK.
So the 1% controlling the nations wealth, power and media numbers 618,381. Those un democratic bastards!
That leaves 61,219,733 people being oppressed by the %1ers that need a voice via a protest movement to speak for them.
According to the BBC there's 2000 to 3000 people at the occupy london protests.
No assuming the higher figure that all the protesters are from the %99 camp as turkeys don't vote for Christmas that means to battle the evil %1ers who are controlling the %99ers have the %0.005ers to speak on their behalf.
As far as I can see %99 of the population isn't protesting at all so we have no means to gauge what they would want. Some may as you say be happy for the %1 of the population to just vanish. Not sure how this could be achieved. Maybe some kind of ebola infected after 8 mints?
Whilst others may just wish to redress the balance a tad but accept that in society some will do better than others be it by family connections, nepotism, class bias, skills, intellect or ambition.
Or others may go father and not want a re-balance but to them themselves become part of this elite %1.
Some may I grant you wish for a total leveling of the playing field and redistribute the wealth.
But this has been done before in the former CCCP, China, and North Korea.
The CCCP imploded and became a pseudo-democratic capitalist state. The Chinese are using capitalism as a tool and buying up large parts of Africa whilst keeping their own population under tight control.
North Korea is the only country left still practising these ideals and they need to keep the population very heavily under the states thumb lest they dare say they're not entirely happy starving to death for the glorious leader.
You can re-distribute the wealth all you want but to keep the distribution level and stop the emergence of a wealthy small percentage you have to have some very nasty politics
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 13:40,
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psst.
i think we missed the irony in FB post...
but i enjoy your point none the less.
(, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 14:44, Reply)
Irony? Isn't that like Silvery but less so?
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 15:14,
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I don't really understand the connection between the Occupy Wall Street protests
and the protests in the arab world.
It looks to me like self-serving hyperbole.
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WormuIus, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 13:22,
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A sountrack thing I won't be using.
I made this!
Should anyone care to listen.
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Le Knight Club - Troobadoor
In other words, one of the guys from Daft Punk and another guy.
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Bourbon Fox Bourbon is a moron, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 0:51,
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Are you that woman?
NSFW
80s autotuned video dating nightmares
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nocturne72, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 0:31,
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I will be needing several applications of mindbleach now
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simbosan is too tired, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 2:07,
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Having a mellow Sunday afternoon. Anyone care to join me, and lower their blood pressure?
(Yes - looking away from the bad stuff)....
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pcmechanic There's no bottom to the depths of human stupidity, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 23:12,
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RIP Dan Wheldon
I'm taking the other link down. Here's how he should be remembered.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 23:12,
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BBC News have updated the site to say he died.
news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/15330202.stm
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OneSullenBrit *air sandwiches*, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 23:14,
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RIP
He had two kids as well, a 7 month old and a 2 year old :(
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Mrs Sp@m, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 23:21,
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(I am trying to phrase this as non-inflammatory/respectfully as possible): But,
surely, as a father of two young kids; engaging in such hugely risky activities as this was extremely selfish/thoughtless.
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 10:56,
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No doubt. I'd rather have my dad than any amount of money though.
At the end of the day, it's just terribly sad, isn't it?
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 11:31,
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Yes it is.
And I would rather have my father that be filthy rich. But if he died whilst motor racing, I wouldn't say he was selfish, not when you compare his death to Colin McRae's, who died (and killed others including his own son) flying a helicopter he wasn't cleared to fly, performing low-level and fast flying for the sake of showing off. That's pretty damn selfish if you ask me.
(, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 11:55, Reply)
Oh dear.
Gosh, that news story passed me by.
I would google it, but it sounds like you've given me the pertinent details.
[edit] Is it just me, or has /links gone a bit grey & miserable, in sharp contrast to the sunny weekend just passed?
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 12:11,
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Quite possibly.
I even posted some unintelligible mosh crap further up there^
Here's the McRae news story www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-14803595
(, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 12:41, Reply)
I am genuinely unhappy now I know this. That man was my rallying hero :(
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Coubs Salty toothpaste, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 16:38,
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It's the lif he chose to live
Lots of things are risky, some more so than others. No racer expects to die but they all know its a possibility, same with his wfie. They all know the risks, and just hope its not their turn.
The risk of danger is why people watch and do motorsport, if it wasn't it wouldn't be the spectacle it is and wouldn't exist.
The safety records in motorsport these days is excellent, it's a miracle more people aren't killed when you see some crashes, especially on the US oval circuits.
TBO the odds of dieing at high level motorsport is really really small, sometimes shit just happens.
People die every year at club level you just never hear about it unless they are the son/daughter/grandchild of someone famous.
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retrofly How about a link to a picture of something funny.., Mon 17 Oct 2011, 11:37,
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Bloody tragic, great GB driver, sadly nearly unknown over here outside of motor racing fans, but 2 times Indy 500 winner and Indy Champ.
(, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 0:33, Reply)
R.I.P.
Never been mad on oval racing. The sadly ironic thing is he was the test driver for next year's safer chassis, which was designed specifically to try and stop this sort of accident happening.
(, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 1:23, Reply)
One of the saddest stories in music
I made this!
Apologies for the (blog) self-promotion, but the story of folk singer Jackson C Frank deserves to be told; how much misfortune can one guy take, and still make records as beautiful as this?
(Warning: contains words).
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smokey bobinson westing by musket and sexton, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 22:05,
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I've never heard of him before
I'm a fan of Malcolm Middleton, so will check him out. Didn't realise Just Like Anything was a cover!
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Alzo wouldn't ride your mum into battle, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 22:37,
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Aye, Malc's a huge fan
His track "Superhero Songwriters" is all about JCF ("Frank's the greatest / at 55's he's dead / I play his records to keep him alive in my head").
youtu.be/nYcijgo_e9U
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smokey bobinson westing by musket and sexton, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 22:41,
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Ahh, so that's the Frank he was on about! :)
Malcolm's just remixed one of my pal's songs, which I've been spamming on here a bit too much (but one more wont hurt)
vimeo.com/30379372
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Alzo wouldn't ride your mum into battle, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 22:49,
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Ha!
MM posted that on his blog a few days ago. Is delicious.
/music geek
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smokey bobinson westing by musket and sexton, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 22:52,
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Wow thankyou
Going to spend a little time on you tube checking out his stuff now, its great.
He's like Dylan except that he's actually pleasant to listen to.
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Sheriff John Bunnell https://twitter.com/thewonderfulgam, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 7:13,
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Yey he wins!!!
I wonder what he'll throw at them next?
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Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 22:02,
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the reveral was a nice touch :-)
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taters Bah weep grahnah weep ninibong, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 22:10,
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"woah. Woah....
....Ah, fuck it."
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Snorty McBumhole YouTube.com/MinistryOfGeeks, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 21:36,
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If I was in the lane next to him
I'd have decked him at the end
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 21:42,
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Not that shit, i mean he doesn't loose
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Gawain the oven safe flan tin willy bum fart poo, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 22:01,
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Top Ten Violent Games (REDUX)
I made this!
Remake of a video i made a bit ago.
Also, ask us questions for our future podcast type thingy! game related, obviously.
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Snorty McBumhole YouTube.com/MinistryOfGeeks, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 21:08,
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What is a Microsoft Point ?
(The video itself is ok, reminds me of Games review shows of the 90's)
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zacherynuk @echo off, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 21:15,
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Yay!
=D
And i will keep your question, and try to answer it as lolfully as we can!
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Snorty McBumhole YouTube.com/MinistryOfGeeks, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 21:16,
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It's a currency used to buy games and content on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace and Games For Windows LIVE marketplace.
I'd do the "let me google that for you" thingy, but I cannot handle my arse.
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Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Sun 16 Oct 2011, 21:17,
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LMGTFY
I was trying to spark up a conversation, really. I would win an information search, for sure. But I wouldn’t be able to place it the context of this *I made this* video.
I don’t really give a toss what they are, but I do care about how they relate to sponsorship and reward of this particular review.
I’d also like to know more about your arse handles. I must confess on this topic my otherwise legendary searching skills are leading me down a hole.
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zacherynuk @echo off, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 21:52,
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...an extremely gaping & well-used hole.
(if the graffiti is to be believed)
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 22:04,
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I don't think the narration adds much.
It needs to be clearer, more enthusiastic, and say something either funny or insightful.
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maninahat Too many cocks spoil the brothel., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 21:21,
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Thanks for the input
Look at our earlier videos, compared to them we're the happiest men on the world in this video! we're slowly getting there though.
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Snorty McBumhole YouTube.com/MinistryOfGeeks, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 21:22,
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Why wasn't Double Dragon 2: The Revenge in there? You could throw people off buildings. And stuff.
(, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 21:39, Reply)
That Fallout 3
seemed totally different to the one I played, where you're wandering around a miserable bunker, while people shout at you to get to the exit which despite you having apparently lived there for many years you don't actually know the location of. Is it really worth persevering with?
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 21:46,
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Yeah....
The Fallout entry was Cibion's (the other guy) idea, i'm not a fan of Fallout at all.
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Snorty McBumhole YouTube.com/MinistryOfGeeks, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 21:47,
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Thank God
I thought it was just me...
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 21:50,
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Nah,
I stopped playing after the aircraft carrier city thing. i left, got told where my "dad" went, and got lost, and killed a million times because i wandered into an area that was too powerful for me. so i went back to the boat, killed everybody, and quit.
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Snorty McBumhole YouTube.com/MinistryOfGeeks, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 21:54,
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Fallout is one of those games
That you *really* **really** enjoy playing, but when you demonstrate it to your mate ( as in: "I didn't come to the pub because:") it just seems shit. Your mate is underwhelmed and you feel like a nerd.
Neverwinternights, Oblivion and fallout 3 are probably the 3 best games of all time (after Ultima Underworld) for a single person time failure.*
*Excluding football manager fans
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zacherynuk @echo off, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 22:00,
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But that's the point
I never enjoyed it. And if I'm blindly stumbling about a bunker while the NPCs are busy telling me to do something *RIGHT NOW* but giving me no hint how to do it I'm going to lose interest very quickly.
Oh yes, and guards who can take four pistol rounds to the face? Bugger that.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 22:07,
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Interesting
I've just bought it and my mates have bet me I stop playing before I leave the bunker. I loved Neverwinter Nights and Oblivion though. Because of these reasons I'm a little nervous about installing it (I have no will when it comes to turning games off).
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gingerfreak Why? Why not., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 22:11,
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Unlike NWN
and to a certain extend oblivion; fallout can leave you feeling lost and empty after a few day of non-immersion... I don't know if it's the complexity if the plots, or the poor 'mission' interface.
NWN had me. hook. line. sinker. & copy of Angling Times. Like a really REALLY good DM from when I was 12 or 13. I knew I was invisible, I knew I was part of a team with abilities and I knew that whatever outcome was statistically correct in the universe I had allowed myself tobecome involved in.
Obvlivion, was all fun and WOW. WOW. WOW!!!. but in the last hours was just me running past people. Tag and run tag and run. I could easily beat the game and the objective.
I like dark and disbanded..ment (?) I really wanted to like STALKER but as with aspects fallout it just ... required too much commitment - that is to say the experience required to much run in to get the best from it - you have to play for 2 hours to enjoy the next 6. I just can't do that anymore :(
I did play alot of L4D and I am hoping for some BF3 - but these things rely on real people.
for the record I also have a pilots licence, fly regularly, have a bike and cycle from time to time and participate in a successful company - I do honestly believe gaming has a very important role in a healthy life. ner
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zacherynuk @echo off, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 22:29,
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Weirdly, I played fallout3 for weeks constantly & then one day just stopped.
Wasn't anything in the game; I just stopped & have no desire to play again. Oblivion never 'hooked' me at all.
(I don't think we need to justify game-playing on here, however: I also enjoy climbing, caving & cycle ridiculously large no. of miles for fun too....)
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 8:34,
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Baldur's Gate 1 & 2 were way better. So was KOTOR.
Oblivion: Role Playing games should have more then 3 voice actors + one scene with Patrick Stewart if they want to be immersive.
Fallout 3: Copying the key plot elements and characters of Fallout 1 & 2 then renaming them does not count as good RPG writing in my book. The end was totally gash as well. Also, having [Good] [Evil] [Mercenary] [Designated Skill] dialogue options was rubbish. Still, at least Bethesda hired more than 3 voice actors this time around.
NWN rocked though. The multiplayer/modding system was fantastic.
Moral of the story: Bethesda won't get my money again.
(, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 10:26, Reply)
Fallout's fucking immense.
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Hardfarter Following through since 1978, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 22:40,
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It does take a while to get going...
...I bloody loved it. But then, I was a big fan of the first two games, so i'm biased.
(, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 1:29, Reply)
I think this deserves some recognition [Not Safe For Englishmen]
A video response to the rugby results
(, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 20:41, Reply)
All i can say is
its nice to hear 'down under' by men at work again
(, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 20:54, Reply)
Whats an Aussie song got to do with it though?
And according to the rules it was a valid send off, he should have taken a bit longer over the decision though and consulted the assistant refs.
(, Wed 19 Oct 2011, 13:08, Reply)
Ahhh...
...Clint Eastwood. Master of hippie bashing and casual racism...
(, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 21:13, Reply)
Can't believe they missed some of these!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAio-LcbHk0
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WormuIus, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 14:08,
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I forgot....
...just how good this chase was and the music is just soooooo funky...
NSFW for a nano second clip of hairy bush.
(, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 19:26, Reply)
Marvellous!
Time to don a sports jacket and chase some badass muthafukkas.
(, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 19:35, Reply)
It's a poor rendition of the great Lalo Schifrin.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU9eT_PctGU&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL50F95C22D891F878
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Larry Death Anger Pain Fear Aggression, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 21:29,
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Bloom
Lovely animation, best watched on a fully screen!
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Hellzapoppin, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 19:24,
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Um, why Japan, why?
NSFW
Because they can maybe?
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edited to try and get a safer image...
(, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 19:13, Reply)
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