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by Jestyr
Sun Mar 24, 2002 1:30 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Why do people tolerate violence behavior?
Replies: 96
Views: 1624

You'd want to make damn sure your justice system is convicting the right people, then. Overturning a conviction is a lot harder when you have to try and scoop their brains back into their skull.
by Jestyr
Fri Mar 22, 2002 2:59 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Unmanned Vending Machine Warrior
Replies: 61
Views: 632

Ah, of course. You're British; anything with flavor or color immediately sends you into convulsions. :D *bitch slaps 3278* And anything that cannot be simply reheated, or scoffed straight from the plastic packaging, completely confounds you lot. Ironically, I'm currently eating "Maruchan Insta...
by Jestyr
Fri Mar 22, 2002 2:53 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: To Igloo or not to Igloo
Replies: 63
Views: 806

Not enough Qs!
by Jestyr
Fri Mar 22, 2002 2:51 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Love
Replies: 73
Views: 1156

Ultimately, if the universe is infinite, then to describe it totally accurately, the description would also be infinite. And you can't have two infinite entities co-existing.

Or did I slip something spurious in there? :)
by Jestyr
Fri Mar 22, 2002 9:18 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: If you could go anywhere...
Replies: 70
Views: 1124

And is our logic or rationality really going to make any difference at all? I doubt it. He feels justified in his opinion, and I doubt any amount of scorn will change that.
by Jestyr
Fri Mar 22, 2002 9:16 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Unmanned Vending Machine Warrior
Replies: 61
Views: 632

I still wish Australian Mountain Dew had caffeine in it...
by Jestyr
Fri Mar 22, 2002 8:54 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Wisdom teeth
Replies: 40
Views: 616

Anaemia makes you bleed more? Funky.
by Jestyr
Thu Mar 21, 2002 12:25 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: If you could go anywhere...
Replies: 70
Views: 1124

:crack Intellectually I understand that there are people like this around. It still boggles me when I come up against it, though.
by Jestyr
Thu Mar 21, 2002 12:18 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: To Igloo or not to Igloo
Replies: 63
Views: 806

:eek You little cheaterer!
by Jestyr
Thu Mar 21, 2002 12:15 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Unmanned Vending Machine Warrior
Replies: 61
Views: 632

I want a vending machine in my house. Or better yet, a replicator.
by Jestyr
Thu Mar 21, 2002 10:58 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Ahhhh, the sounds of spring...
Replies: 33
Views: 461

When is the storm season, and can we go there then? :)
by Jestyr
Thu Mar 21, 2002 10:54 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: If you could go anywhere...
Replies: 70
Views: 1124

In other words, "if you are not with Us, you are against Us"?
by Jestyr
Thu Mar 21, 2002 10:50 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: To Igloo or not to Igloo
Replies: 63
Views: 806

Yeah, but you're just too cool for us. :)
by Jestyr
Thu Mar 21, 2002 10:45 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Just a sig test
Replies: 13
Views: 232

Ow. I broke something. :)

...Can we have a tank for the Roadtrip?! Can we, can we, can we, can we, huh huh huh?! :)
by Jestyr
Thu Mar 21, 2002 10:41 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Monkey in the head
Replies: 61
Views: 950

You mean you want to be associated with folks like /that/?! ;)
by Jestyr
Thu Mar 21, 2002 10:33 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: To Igloo or not to Igloo
Replies: 63
Views: 806

Anyone? Anyone?
by Jestyr
Thu Mar 21, 2002 10:18 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Damn, I want one of these.
Replies: 24
Views: 386

What, he's got very long monomolecular eyelashes or something?
by Jestyr
Thu Mar 21, 2002 10:09 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Warm Summer Air
Replies: 58
Views: 614

I love being all rugged up in warm clothes in cold weather, with a chill in the air and my face all cold from the wind, but the rest of me is warm and happy.

I just wish winter would hurry up. I think Australia's seasons are on crack again. If it's Autumn now, why is it still 36 degrees C? *sigh*
by Jestyr
Thu Mar 21, 2002 10:07 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Just a sig test
Replies: 13
Views: 232

* Jes admires the fluffy dice hanging from the tank's rear-view mirror.
by Jestyr
Thu Mar 21, 2002 10:04 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: To Igloo or not to Igloo
Replies: 63
Views: 806

"First one's free?"
by Jestyr
Thu Mar 21, 2002 9:55 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Love
Replies: 73
Views: 1156

love is nothing more than chemicals
...which makes it sound so little and small.

I mean, /everything/ is really nothing more than chemicals. The sum of who we are, is nothing more than chemicals.
by Jestyr
Thu Mar 21, 2002 9:42 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: If you could go anywhere...
Replies: 70
Views: 1124

If i could go anywhere, it'd be Afghanistan, so I can kill some friggin rag heads, and get some revenge 4 the 11th.
I rather get the impression that most of the 'friggin rag heads' responsible are sorta dead already. Which means you'd just be perpetrating terror and pain on innocent civilians. Hmm.
by Jestyr
Thu Mar 21, 2002 7:34 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Love
Replies: 73
Views: 1156

So you could never really have free-will since all of your decisions would be predetermined based on your body's chemistry alone, right? Except that you could easily posit that there are some elements of randomness left in the universe, and interactions on the atomic scale have to be a contender th...
by Jestyr
Thu Mar 21, 2002 7:27 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Something Not To Do
Replies: 51
Views: 722

Apparently the secret to McD's fries is the beef extract.
Nonsense. It's the crack.
by Jestyr
Thu Mar 21, 2002 7:24 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Monkey in the head
Replies: 61
Views: 950

This is all faintly disturbing. It's Therapist Time for me! :)
by Jestyr
Thu Mar 21, 2002 7:18 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: To Igloo or not to Igloo
Replies: 63
Views: 806

Now I'm almost wishing I'd ever owned some kind of console machine, so I could have had a chance at it being a SNES, so I might have played Shadowrun.

(Ew. Grammar Nazis, ahoy?)
by Jestyr
Thu Mar 21, 2002 7:14 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Warm Summer Air
Replies: 58
Views: 614

Bah. You can all keep your summer. Winter for me, any day.
by Jestyr
Thu Mar 21, 2002 7:08 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Wisdom teeth
Replies: 40
Views: 616

I note you're having yours pulled, which is good. I had both of my bottom two pulled, although not in the same session. I only had a local, no painkillers to take afterwards, and I was fine. I did feel like I'd been kicked in the face by a donkey for about twelve hours, though. But I bled like a bit...
by Jestyr
Wed Mar 20, 2002 3:42 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Why do people tolerate violence behavior?
Replies: 96
Views: 1624

Aw. And now we don't get to read it...
by Jestyr
Wed Mar 20, 2002 3:37 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: To Igloo or not to Igloo
Replies: 63
Views: 806

DV8 wrote:Apparently, you can use them to paralyze vampires in Shadowrun.
What?! Do elucidate, please! :)
by Jestyr
Wed Mar 20, 2002 3:36 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: I made it
Replies: 13
Views: 254

He's back

Jaded wrote:
I then had a completly wonderful time with Jaded down in florida. I didn't want to come back. It was very nice.
I second that emotion. :D
Somehow, I read that as "I second that erection."

Memo to me: No Bulldrek after 1am.
by Jestyr
Wed Mar 20, 2002 3:33 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Something Not To Do
Replies: 51
Views: 722

...How do you follow up something like that?! :)
by Jestyr
Wed Mar 20, 2002 3:30 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: People who rock
Replies: 25
Views: 568

And for any number of other reasons, yes, Wildfire rocks. :)
by Jestyr
Wed Mar 20, 2002 3:26 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Damn, I want one of these.
Replies: 24
Views: 386

To have shared breath with someone like you makes me wish I believed in something I could thank for miracles.
That is, incidentally, a lovely quote.
by Jestyr
Wed Mar 20, 2002 3:22 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Something Not To Do
Replies: 51
Views: 722

Who let him out without his keeper? :)
by Jestyr
Wed Mar 20, 2002 3:21 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Request: Alternative news sources
Replies: 8
Views: 161

www.theregister.co.uk for IT-related news.
by Jestyr
Wed Mar 20, 2002 3:06 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: The Bulldrekker Formerly Known As Ragnaroc
Replies: 18
Views: 277

Yeah. It's going to be a while before I/we stop thinking of you as 'Rag' and start thinking of you as 'Coyote' :)
by Jestyr
Wed Mar 20, 2002 2:29 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Monkey in the head
Replies: 61
Views: 950

Hah. Look, I never said I was the /most/ fucked-up. "Very" isn't superlative.

In other words: I'm very fucked up. /You/ guys, on the other hand, are total wack-jobs.

:D

Hey... I'm in good company.
by Jestyr
Wed Mar 20, 2002 2:25 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Something Not To Do
Replies: 51
Views: 722

/More/ sugar. Just what the world needs.

(Is it true that McD's icecream is actually full of pig fat?)
by Jestyr
Wed Mar 20, 2002 8:12 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Monkey in the head
Replies: 61
Views: 950

You know, re-reading this really /scares/ me. I'd always thought I was relatively sane and well-balanced. Oy.
by Jestyr
Wed Mar 20, 2002 8:04 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Monkey in the head
Replies: 61
Views: 950

Paranoid: Moderate Schizoid: Low Schizotypal: High Antisocial: High Borderline: Moderate Histrionic: High Narcissistic: Moderate Avoidant: High Dependent: Very High Obsessive-Compulsive: Moderate I am apparently /very/ fucked up. On the other hand, I do take issue with the accuracy of some of the po...
by Jestyr
Tue Mar 19, 2002 10:26 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Spanking, continued
Replies: 24
Views: 432

Naive I can handle, idealistic I would say is a compliment, but wrongheaded? You’d consider it wrongheaded to not believe in violence? So you are stating that my opinion is wrong?! Well, Bethy covered this one nicely, and was much more coherent in the process. :) Incidentally, I didn't sa...
by Jestyr
Tue Mar 19, 2002 10:16 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Why do people tolerate violence behavior?
Replies: 96
Views: 1624

Jestyr, is there such a thing as a victimless violent crime? If you read what the posting was about I was trying to suggest that it would be an interesting idea to inprison criminals of violent crimes for as long as it took the victim to recover. If it wasn’t clear, oops, hopefully this w...
by Jestyr
Tue Mar 19, 2002 10:02 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Request: Alternative news sources
Replies: 8
Views: 161

I'd also recommend http://www.abc.net.au/news/ - the news agency of the ABC, Australia's public broadcaster. Not independent like Matt Drudge, perhaps, but still a nice change from the commercial news agencies.
by Jestyr
Tue Mar 19, 2002 2:36 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Spanking, continued
Replies: 24
Views: 432

Well, that's true, but psychological violence is even harder to define than physical violence. I've seen people involved in interpersonal relationships that I'd consider horrifically destructive, but they don't seem to really suffer at all. I guess the difference is that when it comes to physical vi...
by Jestyr
Tue Mar 19, 2002 2:28 pm
Forum: The Embassy
Topic: Suggestion :: More Profile Options
Replies: 6
Views: 150

Suggestion :: More Profile Options

Hmm. I don't know if I've missed this in a previous thread, but how about allowing us to specify the number of threads listed per forum page, and number of posts listed per thread page, in our profiles?
by Jestyr
Tue Mar 19, 2002 2:00 pm
Forum: The Embassy
Topic: Suggestion :: More fields for the memberlist?
Replies: 3
Views: 144

*ponder* Well... you could have them aligned on the right, so that folks who didn't care didn't have to scroll right, and those who did care, could. A table for each member would be nice, but probably a bit klunky, and 99% of users probably aren't going to care anyway. If it's too much hassle, don't...
by Jestyr
Tue Mar 19, 2002 1:53 pm
Forum: The Embassy
Topic: Question: Logged as New
Replies: 9
Views: 163

Thankyou for the clarification, Control. Makes much more sense now.
by Jestyr
Tue Mar 19, 2002 1:50 pm
Forum: The Embassy
Topic: Titles
Replies: 2
Views: 83

[Evidently the game designers had good taste.]
by Jestyr
Tue Mar 19, 2002 1:49 pm
Forum: The Embassy
Topic: Suggestion :: Default Color
Replies: 9
Views: 191

If it's a public opinion issue...

I like the fact that most text is white. IMO having whole messages in other colors makes the whole board look... cluttered. (Sorry Jackal, just my tastes.)