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platypus Alpha Geek Posts: 279 From: Provo, UT Registered: Nov 2001	posted May 15, 2002 18:02 perhaps funny in a disturbingly depressed way? ------------------ pages: www.thelemur.net www.saintehlers.com www.squishbox.org IP: Logged
ZorroTheFox BlabberMouth, the Next Generation. Posts: 1427 From: Milton, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2001	posted May 15, 2002 18:06 darn, everybody got to answer before Me, I need to get on earlier.........Z IP: Logged
Xanthine Highlie Posts: 691 From: the lab Registered: Mar 2001	posted May 15, 2002 18:36 quote: Originally posted by platypus: perhaps funny in a disturbingly depressed way? That's it. The saddest thing is he'll never leave that little hole he's stuck his head in unless someone or something forces him to. ------------------ Take by surprise and the world gives up resistance. - Tennesee Williams IP: Logged
younghart Neat Newbie Posts: 13 From: Braunschweig, GER Registered: May 2002	posted May 23, 2002 07:14 Okay, mine is not as embarrasing, I actually hope to one day have kids or greatchildren to impress them with that - once they�re old enough. We started early on that day to party our high school degree. We had a nice 3-story parking lot close to the beach, with great view across the dunes, and the usual intoxication had like 10 hours to increase slowly to levels yet unknown - due to log increase. Well, I had to get home some time, had my sleeping bag with me, had stolen a glass from a bar, so I was walking my serpentines with these insignia to reach the boardings school. I still remember clearly how i looked at the ground and my walking style, looked around to realize how far I still had to go, and calculating the extra mileage I needed for my non-linear walking. Cut. Next thing I realize is being horizontally on the ground of a porch (exactly one house further down my way), in my sleeping bag (although facing the wrong end), my shoes and the glass neatly arranged in front of the porch, a bulldog examining my face, and on the other end of the latch this dog was carrying a middle-aged woman i never saw before asked me whether I had rung her bell at 3 am. Interesting. IP: Logged
dragonman97 Alpha Geek Posts: 293 From: Westchester County, New York Registered: May 2001	posted May 24, 2002 09:57 quote: Originally posted by Xanthine: That's it. The saddest thing is he'll never leave that little hole he's stuck his head in unless someone or something forces him to. Well, I do wonder if he will ever leave it - I thought we would have had an impact on him by now - he must have strong will power or something. He's alledgedly in college, and is still quite uninformed. Though I led something of a sheltered life growing up, I still picked up stuff quickly in high school, if not before that. And the Internet has a wealth of information available. My guess is that he has been told that such things are highly immoral, and he wants to remain sheltered. But this is a pretty hard trait to keep as a geek (who usually strive to learn all that is possible). Anyway, hunger is getting the better part of me now, and I'm going to stop this rant and have lunch. IP: Logged
greycat Alpha Geek Posts: 274 From: Registered: Oct 2001	posted May 24, 2002 11:14 There are two possibilities. The first is that he's telling the truth, and that he really is this naive. In that case, he won't snap out of it until he falls in love, hard, with the woman or man of his dreams. If that doesn't happen, he may end up in a religious cult or something. The other is that he's lying to us. I'm already quite certain he's lying about at least some of the things he says, although it may be more of an extended joke. IP: Logged
annie Alpha Geek Posts: 283 From: somewhere in Canada Registered: Sep 2001	posted May 24, 2002 14:22 quote: Originally posted by mephisto: Try this one: My girlfriend took a picture of me in the shower without telling me... its one of those new advantix cameras , very quiet....I was too busy singing away in the shower. Well, i got the pictures back... and guess who got a shot of my butt too while taking the picture... the lady who was developing those pictures gave me a really wide smile while handing the pictures back to me.... I will never live that one down.... ????? What? What the hell are you talking about? You did know about the picture, you just didn't know your butt was going to be in there. Butt it was an accident... honest. IP: Logged
snupy Alpha Geek Posts: 298 From: Chicago Registered: Mar 2002	posted May 24, 2002 20:54 quote: Originally posted by greycat: There are two possibilities. The first is that he's telling the truth, and that he really is this naive. In that case, he won't snap out of it until he falls in love, hard, with the woman or man of his dreams. If that doesn't happen, he may end up in a religious cult or something. *The other is that he's lying to us. I'm already quite certain he's lying about at least some* of the things he says, although it may be more of an extended joke.** Wouldn't a joke be getting pretty old by now?? I still think that psych experiment makes perfect sense-notice how in that post, he was quite a bit more literate and grammatically correct than any of his other posts? IP: Logged
spungo Assimilated Posts: 426 From: Hell's toilet Registered: Jan 2002	posted May 27, 2002 04:13 I was giving him the benefit of the doubt at the beginning.. not any more. He's up to something. No one can be that naive. And who's never heard of Al Pacino? He gets some sort of kinky delight out of pretending to be be innocent... I don't see the point, myself. We should warn newbies not to be taken in by him. ------------------ "It's the largest lingerie department in Ireland, so I'm told." IP: Logged
macadddikt18 BlabberMouth, the Next Generation. Posts: 1653 From: In a world beyond your understanding Registered: Jan 2002	posted May 27, 2002 07:04 The fact that you are so disturbed by my child like innocence only reaffirms previous findings in our psychology project. Have you ever though that maybe, someone can be different from you? The fact that now you are trying to explain it proves that you have some unwarranted fear of change. The fact is you can not explain why it is that i am just different from you; or did you forget it was all a front for a psychology project. Brian ------------------ Art: making weird people seem interesting since 1503 IP: Logged
spungo Assimilated Posts: 426 From: Hell's toilet Registered: Jan 2002	posted May 27, 2002 08:50 quote: Originally posted by macadddikt18: The fact that you are so disturbed by my child like innocence only reaffirms previous findings in our psychology project. Have you ever though that maybe, someone can be different from you? The fact that now you are trying to explain it proves that you have some unwarranted fear of change. The fact is you can not explain why it is that i am just different from you; or did you forget it was all a front for a psychology project. Brian FYI, I haven't forgotten that. Tell me: what exactly is the point of continuing this project when you've already told us? Did you not think that one or two of us would be perturbed by hearing that we're just guinea pigs, here for your amusement? I'm not the one who needs to be defending myself here - I never tried to pull the wool over anyone's eyes! ------------------ "It's the largest lingerie department in Ireland, so I'm told." IP: Logged
The Chump Super Geek Posts: 115 From: In my chair, in front of my laptop, at my desk, in my kitchen, in my aprtment, on my street, in kent, in ohio, in the US, yadda yadda yadda Registered: Dec 2000	posted May 27, 2002 10:01 The most embarassing thing that ever happened to me was in highschool my junior year. My friends and I were always into the "grunge" look. Worn out T-shirts, flannel combat pants and jeans with holes in them. I had a pair of what we used to call "easy access." A hole in the crotch where we would more or less show of our boxers. I had a new pair of silk boxers but was unaware of one crucial fact. Silk boxers ride up in the crotch and bits dangle to the side. I have no idea when it happened, but one of the girls I used to hang out with pointed down at lunch and her exact words, in front of everybody, were "Can I borrow that later?" IP: Logged
platypus Alpha Geek Posts: 279 From: Provo, UT Registered: Nov 2001	posted May 27, 2002 11:47 quote: Originally posted by The Chump: one of the girls I used to hang out with pointed down at lunch and her exact words, in front of everybody, were "Can I borrow that later?" I hope you said YES! That would have been my reaction. Perhaps that's why I don't have any embarassing stories to tell here. ------------------ pages: www.thelemur.net www.saintehlers.com www.squishbox.org IP: Logged
platypus Alpha Geek Posts: 279 From: Provo, UT Registered: Nov 2001	posted May 27, 2002 11:55 quote: Originally posted by macadddikt18: The fact that you are so disturbed by my child like innocence only reaffirms previous findings in our psychology project. Have you ever though that maybe, someone can be different from you? The fact that now you are trying to explain it proves that you have some unwarranted fear of change. The fact is you can not explain why it is that i am just different from you; or did you forget it was all a front for a psychology project. Brian If that was your aim, I think you missed Nayt. It's not a child-like innocence. It's a baiting, in your face, try to rile you up innocence. You WANT Z to make sexual references on things so you can whine about it. If anything YOU are more caught up in the naughtiness of sexual banter because you bring it up most of the time before anyone else can say anything. IMO, it has nothing to do with child-like innocence or the refusal to accept difference, although I believe there has been evidence on this board of that sort of thing. Provoking people is different than just being naive. No, I don't believe you're that naive. I find it annoying that you continue to try to do it when you're so bad at covering your knowledge (you know the "animal that bleeds" line was a bit gross, which is why you disavowed responsibility, among other hints). No, I think you're nothing but a spamming troll. I find you amusing because you think that you've shown how immature everyone is in regards to accepting differences, when you're really providing no such situation. Anyway, take that for what you will, Mostly, I take it for something funny. ------------------ pages: www.thelemur.net www.saintehlers.com www.squishbox.org IP: Logged
spungo Assimilated Posts: 426 From: Hell's toilet Registered: Jan 2002	posted May 27, 2002 13:00 Wise words, Platypus. You are truly a dude and a half. ------------------ "It's the largest lingerie department in Ireland, so I'm told." IP: Logged
Xanthine Highlie Posts: 691 From: the lab Registered: Mar 2001	posted May 27, 2002 14:52 All hail the mighty Platypus! Here's why I don't buy the psych experiment. I'm no student of psychology but I've learned one thing from PSY 101 and 161 - if you want good data the subjects can't know what you're looking for. They can know it's an experiment, in fact the have to know because of informed consent rules. But they can't know what the purpose of the experiment is. Otherwise you might get biased and therefore inconclusive results. BTW, I'm almost positive that, by international law, it is illegal to study/experiment on people without their consent (ever heard of Niremberg Nayt/Brian?). ------------------ Take by surprise and the world gives up resistance. - Tennesee Williams IP: Logged
RedHatDude Geek Larva Posts: 24 From: Rochester, NY, USA Registered: Apr 2002	posted May 27, 2002 19:57 Platypus: I felt like posting something to that tune when I first got on this board and read some of nayt's posts. I don't think that anyone actually believed he was what he said he was because of the extremely outrageous nature of it (I think most of this crowd is experienced in internet usage, so troll spotting should be second nature ) IP: Logged
snupy Alpha Geek Posts: 298 From: Chicago Registered: Mar 2002	posted May 27, 2002 21:03 quote: Originally posted by macadddikt18: [B]The fact that you are so disturbed by my child like innocence only reaffirms previous findings in our psychology project. Have you ever though that maybe, someone can be different from you? The fact that now you are trying to explain it proves that you have some unwarranted fear of change. The fact is you can not explain why it is that i am just different from you; or did you forget it was all a front for a psychology project. Brian B] First of all, Nayt/Brian, there's a difference between innocence and ignorance. Second, how dare you accuse us of being intolerant of difference when it's you who doesn't respect anyone's opinion that is different from yours. Granted, we are not being very kind to you now, but before, some people actually tried to answer your foolish questions, believing perhaps that they were helping you. And you are always the first to jump on Zorro. As for "fear of change"-what the f*** does that mean? Nothing is "changing"-that would mean that people are going to regress into child-like beings, or new generations will magically be sheltered from anything immoral or distasteful? Give me a break. I don't even mind if it was a psychology experiment-I'm all for anything that promotes tolerance of differences, but you dragged it out too long. Way beyond the time needed to gauge people's reactions, to the point where you just pissed people off. So get off your high horse. People who come to this site expect a certain degree of honesty, and your games have tarnished it. IP: Logged
ZorroTheFox BlabberMouth, the Next Generation. Posts: 1427 From: Milton, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2001	posted May 28, 2002 15:04 so if everyone jumped on Zorro, would that be a dog pile or a fox pile. hmmmmm, that's a good idea. ok , all geekettes. dog pile on the Fox. sorry, couldn't resist temptation. The only problem Nayt has with Me is that I get to do all the things he is afraid to fantasize about...........Z IP: Logged
dragonman97 Alpha Geek Posts: 293 From: Westchester County, New York Registered: May 2001	posted May 29, 2002 07:13 Thank you, Platypus! You've taken some of the words out of my mouth, and thoughts out of my head. Troll has been a term that always lingers to my mind in regard to him, but never quite gets there because of the way he carries himself (trolls are usually far from innocent), and heck, the /. community, in addition to the idiot trolls, has a "witty troll community." Nayt/Brian's comments are usually far from witty, but they have a strong tendency to bait Zorro(e.g. Gee, I hope Zorro doesn't read this, or else it might get polluted.). I'd like to make some kind of really sick comment here, but I will restrain myself, and use the power of the penguin to overcome it - I'll show Nayt/Brian some decency. Personally, I doubt the whole Brian thing - if he speaks any truth, what psych student would have a job at a pizza place? (perhaps that's an errant statement) But mainly, I think he's just some kid, screwing with us, and trying to get higher karma, so he can kill a few kitties by looking at his number of posts. (Whoops, I guess IE influenced that comment, I wish I could use Linux at work here - not enough penguin force today.) I think a college student would have better things to do than to mess around with a bunch of people in his posts, with such great frequency. I simply don't have enough time to post that often, but maybe that's just me. /me gets of tipsy soapbox. IP: Logged
Xanthine Highlie Posts: 691 From: the lab Registered: Mar 2001	posted May 29, 2002 13:41 quote: Originally posted by dragonman97: I think a college student would have better things to do than to mess around with a bunch of people in his posts, with such great frequency. </thinking of recent pranks played on her campus> Are you sure about that? Plenty of students screw with people's minds - I do it to certain hapless people all the time (but only if they start it!). Most of us students however, do it with finesse. ------------------ Take by surprise and the world gives up resistance. - Tennesee Williams IP: Logged
dragonman97 Alpha Geek Posts: 293 From: Westchester County, New York Registered: May 2001	posted May 29, 2002 17:24 quote: Originally posted by Xanthine: </thinking of recent pranks played on her campus> Are you sure about that? Plenty of students screw with people's minds - I do it to certain hapless people all the time (but only if they start it!). Most of us students however, do it with finesse. Screwing with people's minds can be fun, but one usually does this in real life, I'm referring to doing it in this online fashion. Social engineering can be a blast, but is best done so that you can hear the person's voice, or see their reaction. I just finished reading the BOFH stories online, and I just about died laughing (during my lunch hour, in the office where our entire backbone is - I could have been an evil Operator, and my boss has had fun with power cords here -> >pull cord< there goes the whole campus). IP: Logged
ZorroTheFox BlabberMouth, the Next Generation. Posts: 1427 From: Milton, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2001	posted May 29, 2002 19:11 it is so much more satisfying to screw with minds where I can actually watch the effects. Cyber screwing just isn't satisfying. In the end you find you were only playing with yourself. >;o) ........Z IP: Logged
SupportGoddess Highlie Posts: 583 From: The Digital Temple Registered: Jul 2001	posted May 31, 2002 01:45 quote: Originally posted by ZorroTheFox: it is so much more satisfying to screw with minds where I can actually watch the effects. Cyber screwing just isn't satisfying. In the end you find you were only playing with yourself. >;o) ........Z Well said Zorro. ------------------ "Programming is like sex: one mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life." -Michael Sinz IP: Logged
ZorroTheFox BlabberMouth, the Next Generation. Posts: 1427 From: Milton, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2001	posted May 31, 2002 19:02 thanks, I was hoping someone would appreciate the effort..........Z IP: Logged

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