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by AtemHutlrt
Sun Aug 07, 2011 4:24 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Coffee, Tea, and Other Beverages
Replies: 51
Views: 665

Hey, the PBR special will be awesome when i host scenster parties! I've been known to drink a cheap beer [or twelve] from time to time, but I really can't stand PBR. Part of it may be the association with hipsters, but I just hate the stuff. Lately I've become a huge fan of Genessee Cream, the grea...
by AtemHutlrt
Fri Aug 05, 2011 10:41 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: MATRICULATION: COMPLETE
Replies: 11
Views: 209

Dude, you don't have to let us know every time you jerk off.
by AtemHutlrt
Thu Aug 04, 2011 8:19 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Professional Stress
Replies: 13
Views: 276

PMed
by AtemHutlrt
Thu Aug 04, 2011 4:08 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: 22 Character Sentences
Replies: 13
Views: 283

Can you just not give me challenges like this anymore? It's the kind of thing I can't not do.

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It's a porcupine time!
Sex with a dog = jail?
I fat because eat cake
My dick must be cursed
I drank paint now dead
by AtemHutlrt
Thu Aug 04, 2011 3:39 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: 22 Character Sentences
Replies: 13
Views: 283

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Sorry dad, we got high
An Anemone is an enemy  
Where are my rebar at?
Psssst...you have AIDS
My pants are now tight
by AtemHutlrt
Wed Aug 03, 2011 10:56 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Do you have a budget?
Replies: 9
Views: 218

Does not [usually] spending money on bullshit, and trying to spend within my means count as having a budget?
by AtemHutlrt
Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:43 am
Forum: Artistic License
Topic: The Unpublishable
Replies: 58
Views: 839

I've read a few of these, and I think some of it is very good. And I'm not a very forgiving audience. I can offer some more in-depth feedback if that's the kind of thing you're after. One bit of advice, though: I think you've got the wrong attitude about this whole thing. From the name of the projec...
by AtemHutlrt
Thu Jul 28, 2011 7:39 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Cooking with cast iron
Replies: 28
Views: 357

It's worth overstating how awesome it is to cook with a giant piece of fucking iron. Sure, some Namby Pamby aluminum bullshit with a flimsy Teflon coating may be suitable for a delicate handmaiden with a nervous disposition, but men? Men cook with iron.
by AtemHutlrt
Thu Jul 28, 2011 6:00 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Coffee, Tea, and Other Beverages
Replies: 51
Views: 665

I just can't believe I never properly responded to this; there truly are few topics closer to my heart. My interest in beverages is vast, my preferences are varied, and my passion in this area is rivaled only by my interests in exotic women and plant husbandry. By volume, the primary beverage in my ...
by AtemHutlrt
Thu Jul 28, 2011 5:17 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Coffee, Tea, and Other Beverages
Replies: 51
Views: 665

3278 wrote:Where can I get yerba mate locally, would you think? Or would I have to get it online?
I think Meijer might have it. You can definitely get it locally, because my father used to drink it all the time. I find it pretty mediocre, as far as hot, infused beverages go, but it's not bad.
by AtemHutlrt
Thu Jul 28, 2011 5:14 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Cooking with cast iron
Replies: 28
Views: 357

I also have some nice steel pans, but I use the cast iron set way more often. The stainless really are a pain to clean, fairly easy to damage and just don't seem to cook as evenly as iron. The only real advantage [as far as I can tell] is that they're a lot lighter, and so easier to saute with.
by AtemHutlrt
Tue Jul 19, 2011 7:54 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: You Get Caught In Bed With Someone...
Replies: 9
Views: 212

I reach for the shotgun. There can be no witnesses.
by AtemHutlrt
Mon Jul 18, 2011 8:02 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Air Conditioning
Replies: 60
Views: 745

No AC here, and we do pretty well with just a couple box fans. We're relatively tolerant of the heat, but, on the second floor, y'know, the one with the bedrooms, sometimes it just gets too hot. Too. Hot. Usually it's tolerable, if a bit uncomfortable, but there have been nights in the past when I w...
by AtemHutlrt
Wed Jul 13, 2011 6:25 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: You Had Sex With Someone...
Replies: 14
Views: 275

Ha! Yeah, no. Sure, maybe I would, but, for me, this question isn't fundamentally different from "Would you go to the funeral of a former acquaintance?" Sometimes I would, sometimes I wouldn't [most of the time I wouldn't], and the "sex" aspect doesn't change things in any meanin...
by AtemHutlrt
Tue Jul 12, 2011 6:59 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Utilities
Replies: 33
Views: 409

I tend to save about 20% a year on my electric that way, due to the discounts they'll offer by pre-purchasing. Well that makes sense, but I'd always assumed the only benefit is paying the same amount every month, and that just doesn't seem like a benefit to me, though I understand a lot of people p...
by AtemHutlrt
Tue Jul 12, 2011 6:01 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Utilities
Replies: 33
Views: 409

Jeff Hauze wrote:Pdyx, you should probably check out one of those economy plans as well. They're common around here (as electric heat is rather common), so you'll have slightly higher bills in your off-peak months, but lower bills in your peak months.
I've never understood the benefit of this.
by AtemHutlrt
Tue Jul 12, 2011 5:29 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Utilities
Replies: 33
Views: 409

For reference, I live in a home with two other people, a large number of relatively high-drain electronic devices [computers, digital projectors, etc], no central air, a gas stove, and inadequate insulation. For Comcast cable internet [and also the most basic television package, which I've never act...
by AtemHutlrt
Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:29 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: I'm for sale!
Replies: 3
Views: 126

Fun fact: 3278 the man, like 3278 the computer terminal, is able to display only monochrome graphics.
by AtemHutlrt
Fri Jun 17, 2011 6:51 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Coffee, Tea, and Other Beverages
Replies: 51
Views: 665

tons of permanent tea ...bag... things? I don't know what you call them. They're various shapes and sizes of metal things you can load tea up in and then put in a mug with hot water. I've always heard them called infusers or strainers, but I think technically strainers are the open-topped kind you ...
by AtemHutlrt
Fri Jun 17, 2011 6:45 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Game of Thrones
Replies: 149
Views: 2769

It's very different, more like reading a very detailed history than like reading a narrative, and it suits the story well. I think this is the right perspective. I recommend thinking of it less like standard narrative, with heroes and villains [though, of course, it is also that], and more like a d...
by AtemHutlrt
Fri Jun 17, 2011 3:20 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Designated Taxes
Replies: 12
Views: 114

When you start talking about elective expenditures of tax-funds, doesn't it suggest we're taxing at an unnecessarily high rate? If some of your taxed-funds are set aside for general necessities, and you can choose to spend the rest arbitrarily, shouldn't we maybe just not tax that money in the first...
by AtemHutlrt
Tue Jun 14, 2011 8:49 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Writers, Artists, and Commentaries
Replies: 13
Views: 156

Art is a dialogue between artist and viewer, and sometimes it can be enriched by a literal dialogue with the artist. Sometimes it can be incredibly enriching. Many artists are actually kind of stupid, though, and either don't properly understand their work, or lack the ability to explain it properly...
by AtemHutlrt
Tue Jun 14, 2011 6:54 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Game of Thrones
Replies: 149
Views: 2769

WillyGilligan wrote:Everyone is acting with imperfect information and fighting with the army they have instead of the one they want. Which is part of the charm.
This. A thousand times.
by AtemHutlrt
Fri Jun 10, 2011 7:51 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Agree or Disagree: Cheating
Replies: 31
Views: 389

Jeff Hauze wrote:
AtemHutlrt wrote:It's ok; we're still in the "getting to know you" stage.
I think I just got served.
If you have to ask, it means you're getting served.
by AtemHutlrt
Fri Jun 10, 2011 7:33 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Agree or Disagree: Cheating
Replies: 31
Views: 389

I pretty much agree with this, but, from my experience, the "getting to know you" phase actually never ends. Or at least it shouldn't. I really don't want to date someone I can completely figure out in a short period of time. I feel that a relationship should involve a lot of, "hey, ...
by AtemHutlrt
Fri Jun 10, 2011 7:22 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Agree or Disagree: Cheating
Replies: 31
Views: 389

That's not a conversation I would relish. I agree honesty is the best policy, but (and this might just be me) I can't see many of my relationships where I would ask the gel "Honey, I'm going to a bachelor's party and we might be doing shoots out a strippe's...belly button. Is that cool with yo...
by AtemHutlrt
Fri Jun 10, 2011 7:19 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Agree or Disagree: Cheating
Replies: 31
Views: 389

That's not a conversation I would relish. I agree honesty is the best policy, but (and this might just be me) I can't see many of my relationships where I would ask the gel "Honey, I'm going to a bachelor's party and we might be doing shoots out a strippe's...belly button. Is that cool with yo...
by AtemHutlrt
Fri Jun 10, 2011 5:42 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Agree or Disagree: Cheating
Replies: 31
Views: 389

Different couples have different boundaries, and sometimes the boundaries are unclear. No, it's not always cheating if you have to ask, but, if you have to ask, it might be cheating, so you probably should ask.
by AtemHutlrt
Wed Jun 08, 2011 5:20 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Game of Thrones
Replies: 149
Views: 2769

It amused me that they killed Syrio off-screen as well, since there are a couple of (admittedly rather out-there) fan theories that he didn't actually die in the books. I don't think they're that out-there. I just watched the most recent episode, and, I gotta say, they left the Syrio business even ...
by AtemHutlrt
Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:50 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Game of Thrones
Replies: 149
Views: 2769

Salvation122 wrote:It amused me that they killed Syrio off-screen as well, since there are a couple of (admittedly rather out-there) fan theories that he didn't actually die in the books.
I don't think they're that out-there.
by AtemHutlrt
Mon Jun 06, 2011 6:38 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Next-Gen Desktop OSes
Replies: 11
Views: 213

Well, I don't care for it, but I think it would probably appeal to a lot of people. I like my interfaces in general to be as low-profile as possible, but I can see how this could be a practical design for many users.
by AtemHutlrt
Mon Jun 06, 2011 4:13 am
Forum: The Game's the Thing
Topic: New Game?
Replies: 35
Views: 579

I'm also desperate for role-playing, but I really doubt if I'd keep up with this enough to get involved. I do look forward to reading it, though.
by AtemHutlrt
Mon Jun 06, 2011 4:11 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Your Rights Online
Replies: 99
Views: 1551

It's never too late to wield the white-hot hammer of RHETORIC!
by AtemHutlrt
Mon Jun 06, 2011 3:46 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Your Rights Online
Replies: 99
Views: 1551

Oh, another swing and a miss for the Aussie! No, Common Law is judge made law. Except it's really not, though it's a very fine distinction. Precedent decisions do not create "laws", as the term is commonly used, they create case laws, which function as footnotes, so to speak, of statutory...
by AtemHutlrt
Fri Jun 03, 2011 12:01 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Drama = torture porn
Replies: 42
Views: 461

Re: Drama = torture porn

The other issue is one I have with many HBO dramas: "Hey, we're off broadcast TV? We can swear, and show boobies? Then all we're going to do is swear and show boobies! It'll be an all-swearing, all-boobing extravaganza!" When HBO started working its way through every genre one at a time -...
by AtemHutlrt
Thu Jun 02, 2011 9:19 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Drama = torture porn
Replies: 42
Views: 461

That said, I've found the number of people who don't care that... This is always my reaction, which I suspect is telling of my priorities as regards various species. When humans die horribly on screen, I couldn't possibly care less, but even being told a non-human animal might have received a hangn...
by AtemHutlrt
Thu Jun 02, 2011 4:37 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Why should you have the right to remain silent?
Replies: 5
Views: 118

The right to silence, and the legal protection against self-incrimination, exist primarily as checks against abusive interrogation. Traditionally this may have meant torture, but now mostly involves coercion by complex lying. The right to silence [distinct from, though intrinsically linked to, the p...
by AtemHutlrt
Wed Jun 01, 2011 1:14 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Game of Thrones
Replies: 149
Views: 2769

Of course, magic birds is about all the magic you'll get, and it all seems to happen off-stage. I know more of this will come as seasons go by, but it's still disappointing to me how low fantasy the setting is. It is what it is, and I'm glad it exists, but there are other things I'd like to see. Fo...
by AtemHutlrt
Tue May 31, 2011 7:39 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Game of Thrones
Replies: 149
Views: 2769

I pretty much love it more than all other things combined, but I'm such a huge fan of the books, I can't really tell how good the show is, objectively. One impression I get, though, is that it's fucking difficult to follow if you haven't read the books; watching with friends who are new to the whole...
by AtemHutlrt
Fri May 20, 2011 6:38 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: My new toy.
Replies: 498
Views: 7835

I asked a random 14 year old anime fan with Asperger's, and he agrees that Elf's LARP-sword is way cooler than Bone's rifle.
by AtemHutlrt
Sat May 14, 2011 6:48 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Fuel Fury
Replies: 42
Views: 425

You have the right to sue your gardener if you pay him, and he fucks up your lawn, so why shouldn't you, as a stockholder be able to hold a corporation accountable if it misuses your funds? I guess I don't see "you didn't get me enough profit" as misusing funds. You got a profit? Great. I...
by AtemHutlrt
Sat May 14, 2011 6:19 am
Forum: Words Without End
Topic: Imorria: A campaign setting.
Replies: 11
Views: 294

This is really good stuff. Were you thinking about this as a real-life campaign, an internet thing, or are you just building a setting to be used for whatever?
by AtemHutlrt
Sat May 14, 2011 5:59 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Fuel Fury
Replies: 42
Views: 425

Jeezus, it's like, after the game is won, you ever see how people play? Nuclear mushrooms blossom like crocus after a sudden rain, everyrone turns into a ravening beast, and the world goes back to the stone age. With guns. It's almost disturbing how many people get a hard-on at the thought of sunde...
by AtemHutlrt
Sat May 14, 2011 5:52 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Hassle Fee
Replies: 47
Views: 573

There's also Hot Doug's , world-renowned purveyor of gourmet hotdogs and sausages. Bourdain went there in an episode of his show. Everything about that place except the line out the door looks awesome. I've been there a couple times, on the weekend, no less, and never seen a line. I think I probabl...
by AtemHutlrt
Sat May 14, 2011 5:44 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Fuel Fury
Replies: 42
Views: 425

Laws that makes executives liable for not making a corporation as profitable as possible, damn the consequences, if that's what we're talking about, are laws that shouldn't exist. I think there's some confusion here [which is understandable, because it's confusing]. There actually aren't laws that ...
by AtemHutlrt
Sat May 14, 2011 4:37 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Fuel Fury
Replies: 42
Views: 425

I thought you won Civilization by building the first spaceship? My roommate uninstalled CivIV the other day because, after an epic, multi-day game, he was defeated by George Washington, who won a cultural victory by having the most hit records, or something. So I guess that's how you win Civilizati...
by AtemHutlrt
Sat May 14, 2011 4:08 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Fuel Fury
Replies: 42
Views: 425

Put people in a group, voting (or whatever) blind? You get outright madness. Pretty much what we have right now. Consideration or pros and cons go right out the window. It's mob rule, blind to all else around it save for platitudes and talking points. "You could have earned me $0.15 more per s...
by AtemHutlrt
Sat May 14, 2011 2:39 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Hassle Fee
Replies: 47
Views: 573

And I very much recommend getting the macaroni and cheese instead of french fries because, well...just trust me on this one.

There's also Hot Doug's, world-renowned purveyor of gourmet hotdogs and sausages.
by AtemHutlrt
Fri May 13, 2011 8:50 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Hassle Fee
Replies: 47
Views: 573

I was in Chicago a couple weeks ago, and stayed with a friend who lives in Ukrainian Village, so naturally we had dinner at Lockdown . It's really hard to describe these places to someone who hasn't had been, but they're just otherworldly. I had this , the Lockdown Warden, and it was the best burger...
by AtemHutlrt
Fri May 13, 2011 8:26 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Osama Bin Laden dead, time for the end credits?
Replies: 94
Views: 1025

I find it kind of hilarious that anyone actually thinks that releasing the photos of the corpse will pacify the conspiracy people. Really? Has a conspiracy-nut ever, in the history of the world, been shown a piece of evidence, and been like, "oh, ok then; nevermind"?