Happy New Salt + What's on your mind 2012: CHILL YOUR HEAD

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Faust

#2241 August 10, 2012, 04:29:08 pm

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My comment:

use of "gay" as a noun.

Pluralisation of "gays"

Fdoidfhyo;dsf bo9'xç?¨ [04139 no=nc 094~AFRGHSiju æ‘\o0 =rtr

Hey hey hey

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Faust

#2242 August 10, 2012, 05:07:39 pm

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What is it about pressure by the way? Like I've been playing pinball on my own and I fucking rock. But the second someone is watching, or I have to beat a highscore, I go to pieces.

Like an example, I can get like 20mill on my first ball easily, if the highscore I'm trying to beat is like 40mill. Then my second ball will get me nearer, but then on the last ball, even if I only have to get 1mill to win, I ALWAYS choke.

Like is there some psychology behind that or some shit?

Hey hey hey

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dada

#2243 August 10, 2012, 05:56:41 pm

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Quote from: Faust on August 10, 2012, 04:29:08 pm

Fdoidfhyo;dsf bo9'xç?¨ [04139 no=nc 094~AFRGHSiju æ‘\o0 =rtr

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Warped655

#2244 August 10, 2012, 06:37:49 pm

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Quote from: Faust on August 10, 2012, 05:07:39 pm

What is it about pressure by the way? Like I've been playing pinball on my own and I fucking rock. But the second someone is watching, or I have to beat a highscore, I go to pieces.

Like an example, I can get like 20mill on my first ball easily, if the highscore I'm trying to beat is like 40mill. Then my second ball will get me nearer, but then on the last ball, even if I only have to get 1mill to win, I ALWAYS choke.

Like is there some psychology behind that or some shit?

Yes. When under pressure, most people begin sucking at whatever they are doing, you know, choking. Its failing to do a task that you are normally good at because you begin THINKING about it instead of relying on your developed instinctual level skill.

So when you start fucking up, remember: ITS BECAUSE YOU ARE THINKING

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Belross

#2245 August 10, 2012, 08:16:41 pm

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There's a pinball/icecream chain in Seattle that has amazing ice cream and some pretty excellent pinball/arcade machines.

There's one called Centaur that I really like. It's fairly basic, just one level with none of the split-level shenanigans that a lot of other games do. The machine commands you in a guttural, reverberating voice. Best of all, the backglass features a kick-ass heavy metal scene of Centaur himself, who is apparently half Orc, half demonic motorcycle.

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Ragnar

#2246 August 10, 2012, 08:18:13 pm

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I managed to make a song in like 10.75389275573253656/4

http://soundcloud.com/supergrandmatales324/philbin

it changes throughout the song too, then half-tempo

http://djsaint-hubert.bandcamp.com/

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Belross

#2247 August 10, 2012, 08:20:39 pm

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Sounds like a Casio drum tempo reprogrammed by a chimpanzee.

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jamie

#2248 August 10, 2012, 08:26:29 pm

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does pinball count as a table top game? does ping pong?

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Warped655

#2249 August 10, 2012, 08:39:30 pm

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Nah its an arcade game.

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jamie

#2250 August 10, 2012, 09:20:58 pm

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oh right, yeah

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Warped655

#2251 August 10, 2012, 09:51:47 pm

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Like I can understand the confusion though. Usually one thinks of VIDEO arcade games.

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Barack Obama

#2252 August 10, 2012, 11:06:24 pm

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Quote from: Faust on August 10, 2012, 04:29:08 pm

My comment:

use of "gay" as a noun.

Pluralisation of "gays"

Fdoidfhyo;dsf bo9'xç?¨ [04139 no=nc 094~AFRGHSiju æ‘\o0 =rtr

it's p. commonly used in the US-of-A among the straights and gays alike.

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#2253 August 10, 2012, 11:09:11 pm

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Quote from: Belross on August 10, 2012, 08:16:41 pm

There's a pinball/icecream chain in Seattle that has amazing ice cream and some pretty excellent pinball/arcade machines.

There's one called Centaur that I really like. It's fairly basic, just one level with none of the split-level shenanigans that a lot of other games do. The machine commands you in a guttural, reverberating voice. Best of all, the backglass features a kick-ass heavy metal scene of Centaur himself, who is apparently half Orc, half demonic motorcycle.

is that the one down in white center or ballard?
i used to go to the one in white center quite a bit.

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#2254 August 10, 2012, 11:13:37 pm

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Quote from: Barack Obama on August 10, 2012, 11:06:24 pm

it's p. commonly used in the US-of-A among the straights and gays alike.

I can vouch for this actually. Not that DC needs it here. Or especially from me. :P

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Faust

#2255 August 10, 2012, 11:38:17 pm

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Quote from: Barack Obama on August 10, 2012, 11:06:24 pm

it's p. commonly used in the US-of-A among the straights and gays alike.

Yes, but STRAIGHT is also currently used as a term across the globe (like you just have) to refer to heterosexuals, without considering the actual meaning of the word and its antonym - bent. That doesn't make it correct, or inoffensive really.

Like I'm not having a go at you for using it really, but I've spoken about this before. I understand that BLACKS is commonly used in the US also to refer to black people. I don't believe that it's correct to turn an adjective into a noun to refer to a group of people. You don't say fats, poors, disableds, or shorts to refer to individuals, why is it ok to do so in reference to sexuality or race?

Straight is actually something that bothers me a lot, due to the common way it is used. It denotes inherent prejudice in the use of the term itself. If you're straight, I'm bent. That's the opposite of that. And bent was an extremely negative word used commonly in the UK to refer to gay people. Fuck, some people still use it now.

"Gays" is a real pet peeve of mine though really. I've always hated its use - but then again, living in the UK rather than the US, I guess I don't have to encounter it too much at all. It only tends to be right-wing tabloids that use it here (referring to THE GAYS as a group etc).

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Warped655

#2256 August 11, 2012, 05:14:28 am

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Oh yeah I remember you saying that actually.

A big reason that I imagine that it'd be hard to change is that gay and straight are already cemented vocabulary, even among the people the terms it should arguably offend.

Like I could see myself hearing someone say the term "straight" and saying like "hey that term is offensive, you should use a different word, like hetero" and them being regular people would just look at me like I'm a douche or crazy, roll their eyes and go "psh the fuck ever".

Normal social situations are dumb. :/ Then again the issue of normalcy is precisely the problem... The normalcy of these word's uses.

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Barack Obama

#2257 August 11, 2012, 09:45:03 am

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Quote from: Faust on August 10, 2012, 11:38:17 pm

You don't say fats, poors, disableds, or shorts to refer to individuals, why is it ok to do so in reference to sexuality or race?

I say "olds" when referring to old ppl, but that's pretty deliberate on my part :>

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tuxedo marx

#2258 August 11, 2012, 10:42:33 am

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i say "poors" when refering to poor people but that's because i'm marie antoinette

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Warped655

#2259 August 11, 2012, 05:23:29 pm

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I've called myself a fatty.

Though hey, calling someone a gay actually probably isn't as bad since being gay isn't considered a bad thing (well, to most people... though maybe not in my area) but being fat is. Its why no one refers to anyone as "fat person" "a fat" or "a fatty" unless they are specifically trying to insult that person or they are just messing with the person.

This also brings up the word lesbian. Which is a noun.

However, I understand the issue of reducing people to a handful of labels in any case being bad. Especially, labels that designate you as a minority like gay. So yeah its understandable if it irks you.

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dada

#2260 August 11, 2012, 06:02:50 pm

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So Mitt Romney basically threw in the towel by picking Paul Ryan as his VP.

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