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PLEASE put this on your status if you know someone or are related to someone who has been eaten by dragons. Dragons are nearly unstoppable and in case you didn't know...they can breathe fire. 93% of people won't copy and paste this because they have already been eaten by dragons. 6% of people are sitting in the shower armed with fire extinguishers. And the remaining 1% are awesome and will repost this.
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Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation
PLEASE put this on your status if you know someone or are related to someone who has been eaten by dragons. Dragons are nearly unstoppable and in case you didn't know...they can breathe fire. 93% of people won't copy and paste this because they have already been eaten by dragons. 6% of people are sitting in the shower armed with fire extinguishers. And the remaining 1% are awesome and will repost this.
How old is this sort of thing anyway? A good 5-6ish years at least.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
i've started playing a game of "Let's see how many annoying/depressing/pointless status updates I can post before someone comments on them complaining about it so I can tell them to ignore it or keep their opinions to themselves" =P
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Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation
Facebook is too easy to hack. I can view your private photos by using the code from your display,and access your account just by having your IP. Someone online made me aware of this and i deactivated my account. I don't feel safe posting a bunch of personal information online to people can steal it
S'all fun and games until some no life troll master debates all over your space manz & ruins it for you
Mukkin'About wrote:Facebook is too easy to hack. I can view your private photos by using the code from your display,and access your account just by having your IP. Someone online made me aware of this and i deactivated my account. I don't feel safe posting a bunch of personal information online to people can steal it
I don't post anything i'd count as private or personal. Everything you can find out from my FB profile you'd be able to find out just by asking me.
Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation
Dragons only care about eating facebook users anyway. Sane people don't have quite the taste to them as facebook users.
The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
-- Adam Serwer
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daedalus wrote:93% of people fail to see the Pointless Bandwagon roll on by again. If you're one of the 7% who don't...
... jump off a building and see if you learn how to fly before you hit the ground
There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. Pick a nice day, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy suggests, and try it.
Spoiler:
The first part is easy. All it requires is simply the ability to throw yourself forward with all your weight, and the willingness not to mind that it's going to hurt.
That is, it's going to hurt if you fail to miss the ground. Most people fail to miss the ground, and if they are really trying properly, the likelihood is that they will fail to miss it fairly hard.
Clearly, it is the second part, the missing, which presents the difficulties.
One problem is that you have to miss the ground accidentally. It's no good deliberately intending to miss the ground because you won't. You have to have your attention suddenly distracted by something else when you're halfway there, so that you are no longer thinking about falling, or about the ground, or about how much it's going to hurt if you fail to miss it.
It is notoriously difficult to prize your attention away from these three things during the split second you have at your disposal. Hence most people's failure, and their eventual disillusionment with this exhilarating and spectacular sport.
If, however, you are lucky enough to have your attention momentarily distracted at the crucial moment by, say, a gorgeous pair of legs (tentacles, pseudopodia, according to phyllum and/or personal inclination) or a bomb going off in your vicinty, or by suddenly spotting an extremely rare species of beetle crawling along a nearby twig, then in your astonishment you will miss the ground completely and remain bobbing just a few inches above it in what might seem to be a slightly foolish manner.
This is a moment for superb and delicate concentration. Bob and float, float and bob. Ignore all consideration of your own weight simply let yourself waft higher. Do not listen to what anybody says to you at this point because they are unlikely to say anything helpful. They are most likely to say something along the lines of "Good God, you can't possibly be flying!" It is vitally important not to believe them or they will suddenly be right.
Waft higher and higher. Try a few swoops, gentle ones at first, then drift above the treetops breathing regularly.
DO NOT WAVE AT ANYBODY.
When you have done this a few times you will find the moment of distraction rapidly easier and easier to achieve.
You will then learn all sorts of things about how to control your flight, your speed, your maneuverability, and the trick usually lies in not thinking too hard about whatever you want to do, but just allowing it to happen as if it were going to anyway.
You will also learn about how to land properly, which is something you will almost certainly screw up, and screw up badly, on your first attempt.
There are private clubs you can join which help you achieve the all-important moment of distraction. They hire people with surprising bodies or opinions to leap out from behind bushes and exhibit and/or explain them at the critical moments. Few genuine hitchhikers will be able to afford to join these clubs, but some may be able to get temporary employment at them.
Douglas Adams, RIP
“Who is to judge what is right and what is wrong? Great and powerful foes surround us; unknown miscreants gnaw at us from within. We are threatened with total annihilation. In days such as these we can afford no luxury of morality.”
Frazzled wrote:I don't get facebook. It bores me to tears.
Gets me laid among other things. Embrace it, your kids like to use it to communicate....or they will.
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Mukkin'About wrote:Facebook is too easy to hack. I can view your private photos by using the code from your display,and access your account just by having your IP. Someone online made me aware of this and i deactivated my account. I don't feel safe posting a bunch of personal information online to people can steal it
Oh no, someone might be able to get all the information that any aggregate site posts up! Its not like you list your SSN or CC# on Facebook. Unless you are a derp.
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Mukkin'About wrote:Facebook is too easy to hack. I can view your private photos by using the code from your display,and access your account just by having your IP. Someone online made me aware of this and i deactivated my account. I don't feel safe posting a bunch of personal information online to people can steal it
Oh no, someone might be able to get all the information that any aggregate site posts up! Its not like you list your SSN or CC# on Facebook. Unless you are a derp.
I've found it to be a huge advantage to put my Credit Card info on my Facebook page. That way, every time a Nigerian Prince emails me, I can just Friend him and he can get all the information he needs to send me my millions.
Of course, the occasional person is going to rip you off. But, I've found that you can make way more money from Nigerian royalty than you loose from scammers.
It's cool to hate. If you think it's fun then yay, otherwise who cares what other people do? I personally enjoy making a mockery of people that think they're making a difference by doing stupid things. As one commenter on my site put it, "I was going to beat my kid today but since I saw your avatar I changed my mind."
Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:It's cool to hate. If you think it's fun then yay, otherwise who cares what other people do? I personally enjoy making a mockery of people that think they're making a difference by doing stupid things. As one commenter on my site put it, "I was going to beat my kid today but since I saw your avatar I changed my mind."
93% of people decided against beating their kids after seeing Cannerus's avatar. If you're one of the 7% who didn't, post this in your sig!
Okay, I'm done now. I do agree that it is cool to hate nowadays. I actually find myself falling into the trap sometimes. It's annoying because it makes me feel like a bitter old cynic.
Mukkin'About wrote:Facebook is too easy to hack. I can view your private photos by using the code from your display,and access your account just by having your IP. Someone online made me aware of this and i deactivated my account. I don't feel safe posting a bunch of personal information online to people can steal it
Really? Dude, I wanna do that!
Amaya wrote:I've seen that stupid picture in two dakka threads today. Find a fething new one.
I've never feared Death or Dying. I've only feared never Trying.
PLEASE put this on your status if you know someone or are related to someone who has been eaten by dragons. Dragons are nearly unstoppable and in case you didn't know...they can breathe fire. 93% of people won't copy and paste this because they have already been eaten by dragons. 6% of people are sitting in the shower armed with fire extinguishers. And the remaining 1% are awesome and will repost this.
Sorry been eaten by a dragon will do it when I respawn. Respawning in 3.....2.....1....
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