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2017/04/19 14:52:19
Subject: Adults who buy toys
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Tzeentch Aspiring Sorcerer Riding a Disc
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Adults who buy toys - and 13 other things that should make you run a mile from any man
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/adults-buy-toys-13-things-things-should-make-run-mile-man/
Big news, last week, was that the adult toy market is growing three times faster than the children’s toy market - previously known just as the toy market.
Lego, Scalextric sets, drones, you name it, are being snapped up by people with jobs and mortgages, Nespresso machines and gym memberships. I know. Disturbing or what? Naturally it goes without saying that most of these people are men, and that these men fall into the category of ones women (looking for suitors) automatically avoid.
It’s just one of those unspoken rules that females absorb by osmosis; point one on the Klaxon List of things that should make you run a mile.
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2017/04/19 14:53:40
Its hard to be awesome, when your playing with little plastic men. 
Welcome to Fantasy 40k
If you think your important, in the great scheme of things. Do the water test.
Put your hands in a bucket of warm water,
then pull them out fast. The size of the hole shows how important you are.
I think we should roll some dice, to see if we should roll some dice, To decide if all this dice rolling is good for the game.
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2017/04/19 14:53:34
Subject: Adults who buy toys
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Thane of Dol Guldur
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You do realize you are posting this on a forum dedicated to people who buy toys for wargaming, right? 
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2017/04/19 14:55:05
Subject: Adults who buy toys
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
The Great State of Texas
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 jasper76 wrote:You do realize you are posting this on a forum dedicated to people who buy toys for wargaming, right?
What Jasper said. 
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-"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!
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2017/04/19 14:55:15
Subject: Adults who buy toys
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Tzeentch Aspiring Sorcerer Riding a Disc
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jasper76 wrote:You do realize you are posting this on a forum dedicated to people who buy toys for watching, right?
Indeed You think they mean us 
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Its hard to be awesome, when your playing with little plastic men.
Welcome to Fantasy 40k
If you think your important, in the great scheme of things. Do the water test.
Put your hands in a bucket of warm water,
then pull them out fast. The size of the hole shows how important you are.
I think we should roll some dice, to see if we should roll some dice, To decide if all this dice rolling is good for the game.
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2017/04/19 14:57:07
Subject: Adults who buy toys
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Thane of Dol Guldur
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Well, I'm inclined to agree that collections of plastic soldiers aren't exactly an aphrodisiac 
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2017/04/19 15:06:52
Subject: Adults who buy toys
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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That doesn't apply to us at all.
I don't have toys. I have scaled-down, battle simulation aids.
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2017/04/19 15:11:44
Subject: Adults who buy toys
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
The Great State of Texas
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 kronk wrote:That doesn't apply to us at all.
I don't have toys. I have scaled-down, battle simulation aids.
Oh you're good. 
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-"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!
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2017/04/19 15:15:37
Subject: Adults who buy toys
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Tzeentch Aspiring Sorcerer Riding a Disc
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kronk wrote:That doesn't apply to us at all.
I don't have toys. I have scaled-down, battle simulation aids.
I'm with you.
I have artistic renditions of fictional universe. Nothing to do with toys.
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Its hard to be awesome, when your playing with little plastic men.
Welcome to Fantasy 40k
If you think your important, in the great scheme of things. Do the water test.
Put your hands in a bucket of warm water,
then pull them out fast. The size of the hole shows how important you are.
I think we should roll some dice, to see if we should roll some dice, To decide if all this dice rolling is good for the game.
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2017/04/19 15:16:01
Subject: Adults who buy toys
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Imperial Guard Landspeeder Pilot
On moon miranda.
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Everyone buys toys. Whether its a fancy sports car they'll never actually get a chance to put through its paces, that fancy purse that cost 10x as much their old one and does nothing new but looks nicer, that super cool new rifle you can only ever shoot at the indoor 20 yard range, all those cool kitchen appliances and doodads that get used exactly once, or plastic toy space soldiers.
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IRON WITHIN, IRON WITHOUT.
New Heavy Gear Log! Also...Grey Knights!
The correct pronunciation is Imperial Guard and Stormtroopers, "Astra Militarum" and "Tempestus Scions" are something you'll find at Hogwarts. |
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2017/04/19 15:19:08
Subject: Adults who buy toys
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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And fishing rods and reels! Those are toys. And camping equipment! And anything in a Sharper Image catalog!
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2017/04/19 15:19:27
Subject: Adults who buy toys
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Pragmatic Primus Commanding Cult Forces
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Vidya games don't count as toys, right?
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2017/04/19 15:19:44
Subject: Adults who buy toys
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Assassin with Black Lotus Poison
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jasper76 wrote: Well, I'm inclined to agree that collections of plastic soldiers aren't exactly an aphrodisiac
I'll have you know that women are always extremely impressed when I show them my large collection of railguns.
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2017/04/19 16:04:58
The Laws of Thermodynamics:
1) You cannot win. 2) You cannot break even. 3) You cannot stop playing the game.
Colonel Flagg wrote:You think you're real smart. But you're not smart; you're dumb. Very dumb. But you've met your match in me.
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2017/04/19 15:20:11
Subject: Adults who buy toys
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Powerful Phoenix Lord
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This could also be a combination of generational things.
Many adults now were children in the 80s-90s when toy companies were at their height. Shows like TMNT and Transformers, for example, really pushed toy sales.
That leaves an imprint and nostalgia is big right now.
Combine the fact that the generation of kids today are much less interested in 'toys' and far more interested in video games.
When I was 10-12, I remember having loads of toys, but my 10 & 12 year old sons have very few toys as they are way more into video games.
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2017/04/19 15:20:19
Subject: Adults who buy toys
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Nah, that's neuro-plasticity encouraging software.
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2017/04/19 15:21:01
Subject: Adults who buy toys
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Thane of Dol Guldur
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kronk wrote:And fishing rods and reels! Those are toys. And camping equipment! And anything in a Sharper Image catalog!
Whoa, there buddy. Fishing equipment is survival gear.
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2017/04/19 15:25:02
Subject: Adults who buy toys
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Longtime Dakkanaut
Building a blood in water scent
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jasper76 wrote: kronk wrote:And fishing rods and reels! Those are toys. And camping equipment! And anything in a Sharper Image catalog!
Whoa, there buddy. Fishing equipment is survival gear.
I betyou're right. When I gave up miniature gaming for a few years in my early 20's, I nearly died. Coincidence? I think not.
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We were once so close to heaven, St. Peter came out and gave us medals; declaring us "The nicest of the damned".
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'” |
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2017/04/19 15:25:05
Subject: Adults who buy toys
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Damsel of the Lady
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Wait, i'm an adult woman who buys toys.
who should i be running from
the person who wrote that article? Yes.
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realism is a lie
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2017/04/19 15:26:24
Subject: Adults who buy toys
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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jasper76 wrote: kronk wrote:And fishing rods and reels! Those are toys. And camping equipment! And anything in a Sharper Image catalog!
Whoa, there buddy. Fishing equipment is survival gear.
So are my Bourbon glasses!
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2017/04/19 15:35:23
Subject: Re:Adults who buy toys
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Junior Officer with Laspistol
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I suppose if you had to survive due to chronic alcohol dependency, then Bourbon would be better than distilled donkey piss, hypothetically. But if you wanted to live you'd drink Canadian Rye. Mixed with an ice cube or two.  [I can't find a picture, but there are glasses that are self-righting, so no matter how you put them down, they won't spill. Handy for when you'd sampled a little to much.]
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2017/04/19 15:50:33
Subject: Adults who buy toys
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Fixture of Dakka
CL VI Store in at the Cyber Center of Excellence
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kronk wrote: jasper76 wrote: kronk wrote:And fishing rods and reels! Those are toys. And camping equipment! And anything in a Sharper Image catalog!
Whoa, there buddy. Fishing equipment is survival gear.
So are my Bourbon glasses!
Look a lot like the one I broke.
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2017/04/19 15:57:35
Subject: Adults who buy toys
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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I remember that story. It still makes me sad.
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2017/04/19 16:02:55
Subject: Adults who buy toys
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Imperial Guard Landspeeder Pilot
On moon miranda.
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Was there a Mallory Archer style story behind that?
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IRON WITHIN, IRON WITHOUT.
New Heavy Gear Log! Also...Grey Knights!
The correct pronunciation is Imperial Guard and Stormtroopers, "Astra Militarum" and "Tempestus Scions" are something you'll find at Hogwarts. |
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2017/04/19 16:20:48
Subject: Adults who buy toys
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The Conquerer
Waiting for my shill money from Spiral Arm Studios
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jasper76 wrote:You do realize you are posting this on a forum dedicated to people who buy toys for wargaming, right?
You will notice good sir that all those boxes of miniatures you have been buying have a label on them that clearly says "This is not a Toy"
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Self-proclaimed evil Cat-person. Dues Ex Felines
Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
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2017/04/19 16:38:30
Subject: Adults who buy toys
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Thane of Dol Guldur
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 Grey Templar wrote: jasper76 wrote:You do realize you are posting this on a forum dedicated to people who buy toys for wargaming, right?
You will notice good sir that all those boxes of miniatures you have been buying have a label on them that clearly says "This is not a Toy"
I was at a friends house wargaming, and another dude showed up with his kid. The kid started pulling models from the 40K shelf, and my friend scolded him, saying "Don't touch those! They're not toys!".
I was just thinking "Ummmmmm...."
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2017/04/19 17:03:12
Subject: Adults who buy toys
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Fireknife Shas'el
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Most adults are fine with board games as 'acceptable adult behavior' and most wargames stray close enough to count. The actual painting part of the hobby actually tends to impress people - these days, few people have hobbies that actually require anything resembling skill or creativity.
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2017/04/19 17:18:09
Subject: Adults who buy toys
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Dark Angels Librarian with Book of Secrets
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Er, so? A) Things such as LEGOs are generally a small scale engineering aid. Yeah, it's a toy, but it's also much more. B) Who the feth cares? I buy what I want with my money.
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2017/04/19 17:25:17
Subject: Adults who buy toys
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Martial Arts Fiday
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If I were single I'd want any woman reading that garbage as far from me as possible anyways.
My wife screamed like I was a rock star when I went up to get my Golden Demon so I'd say gaming never harmed my chances. Hell, she works in a hobby/comics shop now! (Discount by proxy is Best Discount!)
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"Holy Sh*&, you've opened my eyes and changed my mind about this topic, thanks Dakka OT!"
-Nobody Ever
Proverbs 18:2
"CHEESE!" is the battlecry of the ill-prepared.
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GW didn't mean to hit your wallet and I know they love you, baby. I'm sure they won't do it again so it's ok to purchase and make up.
Albatross wrote:I think SlaveToDorkness just became my new hero.
EmilCrane wrote:Finecast is the new Matt Ward.
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2017/04/19 18:09:25
Subject: Adults who buy toys
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Thane of Dol Guldur
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 SlaveToDorkness wrote:If I were single I'd want any woman reading that garbage as far from me as possible anyways.
My wife screamed like I was a rock star when I went up to get my Golden Demon so I'd say gaming never harmed my chances. Hell, she works in a hobby/comics shop now! (Discount by proxy is Best Discount!)
Hang on to that one.
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2017/04/19 18:12:05
Subject: Adults who buy toys
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Ridin' on a Snotling Pump Wagon
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Wait and find a woman who appreciates all of me, or settle for some horrific harridan who sees me as a 'work in progress'...
Hmmmmm....
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2017/04/19 18:16:02
Subject: Adults who buy toys
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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SlaveToDorkness wrote:If I were single I'd want any woman reading that garbage as far from me as possible anyways.
My wife screamed like I was a rock star when I went up to get my Golden Demon so I'd say gaming never harmed my chances. Hell, she works in a hobby/comics shop now! (Discount by proxy is Best Discount!)
Your wife sounds cool.
On my first date with the woman who would eventually become my wife, I made a self-deprecating joke about toy collecting ( I was majorly into collecting GI JOEs at the time) and she got defensive--turned out she was a big Star Wars toy collector and thought I was bashing on the toy collecting hobby in general. I explained that I made the joke as a way to test the waters and see how she'd react to toy collecting. Needless to say we had a laugh and then immediately started discussing our collections.
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