The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.

[Hailey Knight]

for a graduation present i get either a kindle or a ps3.

I am not sure what kindle to get or if I want a kindle or a nook. What do you guys think?

Also can I use amazon books on a nook?

Kindle and Nook are not compatible, so you can't read stuff purchased for one on the other. If you want to read books purchased via Amazon, you can't do it through a Nook.

If you're going to use a Kindle for reading as opposed to multi-media, do not get the Kindle Fire. It's not great for the eyes. The regular Kindle and Kindle Touch use some kind of web ink technology so they're like looking at a book, but the Kindle Fire is an LCD screen, not ideal for reading on in my opinion.


Or get a PS3 and forget all that reading shit.

 

[General Specific]

I went over to a friend's house tonight, we watched Future War. I am now questioning why I hang out with him.

 

[Krisken]

I went over to a friend's house tonight, we watched Future War. I am now questioning why I hang out with him.

You watched the MST3K one, right?

 

[Hailey Knight]

I went over to a friend's house tonight, we watched Future War. I am now questioning why I hang out with him.

That movie offends me so much that not even MST3k can make it bearable. And that's despite its having dinosaurs and cyborgs.

(But there is an MST3k, if you require solace.)

EDIT: Ninja'd.

 

[Krisken]

That movie offends me so much that not even MST3k can make it bearable. And that's despite its having dinosaurs and cyborgs.

(But there is an MST3k, if you require solace.)

EDIT: Ninja'd.

I love the MST3K one. The best is when they cheer for the enemy machine to crush the bike and the 'hero'.

 

[Hailey Knight]

I love the MST3K one. The best is when they cheer for the enemy machine to crush the bike and the 'hero'.

They did a good job. I just hate that movie so much.

 

[SeraRelm]

Kindle and Nook are not compatible, so you can't read stuff purchased for one on the other. If you want to read books purchased via Amazon, you can't do it through a Nook.

Or just use an iphone and read both...

 

[General Specific]

Yeah, we did watch the MST3k version. It didn't help that much.

 

[Shegokigo]

Or just use an iphone and read both...

or Root my Nook....

 

[SeraRelm]

I cheat, I convert it all to pdf format.

 

[PatrThom]

Kindle or PS3?

If you only get to choose one or the other, and only from those two choices, get the Kindle Touch 3G. Of the two, it will likely be useful/relevant the longest.

--Patrick

 

[makare]

That one does look good although I'd probably get the one with the keyboard.

 

[Baerdog]

I've got the keyboard one and the reading functionality is great but the keyboard can be kinda clunky. I would have gone for the Touch if I had the choice but it wasn't out at the time.

 

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If you only get to choose one or the other, and only from those two choices, get the Kindle Touch 3G. Of the two, it will likely be useful/relevant the longest.

--Patrick

I was going to say something like this. I get a great deal of use out of my PS3, and I don't even play games that much. It's a good netflix/dvd/blue ray/movie streaming box, too. But, the PS3 is getting long in the tooth. They've been out, what, like 6 years now? Then again, they still sell the PS2, and I still see people buying them. Not the mention, the hardware in a PS3 is still pretty good.

 

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Know what trope I'm tired of? "I wish I didn't have these damned superpowers so that I could live a normal life". Whatever. Give them to me, then! It's especially irritating when the type of superpowers in no way impede you from having a normal life if you wanted.

 

[SeraRelm]

The entirety of Spider-man.

 

[sixpackshaker]

The only hero that I buy that attitude from is Ben Grimm.

 

[Fun Size]

or Root my Nook....

This is easily the dirtiest thing I've read on Halforums.

 

[SeraRelm]

Also, http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-8-worst-x-men-ever/ .

 

[GasBandit]

Also, http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-8-worst-x-men-ever/ .

Negasonic Teenage Warhead trumps them all, though I guess technically despite being IN the comic, she was never an "x-man."

 

[AshburnerX]

The only hero that I buy that attitude from is Ben Grimm.

And Rogue, before they changed her powers to let her use them at will.

 

[GasBandit]

Just got an e-mail to my personal, real-name e-mail account that was titled "(First name), you're a cyberbully." I thought, "oh shit, they finally found me."

Turns out it was just someone trying to drum up support for their Anti-CISPA online movement, referencing that somebody called online grassroots activism "cyberbullying" blah blah blah.

Heh, thought I was in trouble for a sec there.

 

[figmentPez]

And Rogue, before they changed her powers to let her use them at will.

Also, Metamorpho, some versions of Doctor Fate and Strong Guy, among others.

Some powers are not worth the cost. Disfigurement, psychological stress to the point of insanity and constant pain all make a "normal" life pretty much impossible.

 

[Gusto]

 

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Yeah, of course. There are exceptions, to be sure. But a lot of times, it doesn't make much sense. SeraRelm I always thought Spidey was one of the exceptional Marvel characters because he seemed to actually enjoy having powers. He got the honor of addressing real world problems for one of the first times in the comics, but he still seemed to cut loose as spidey. Well, that is until they decided to make him all angsty.

 

[GasBandit]

Yeah, of course. There are exceptions, to be sure. But a lot of times, it doesn't make much sense. SeraRelm I always thought Spidey was one of the exceptional Marvel characters because he seemed to actually enjoy having powers. He got the honor of addressing real world problems for one of the first times in the comics, but he still seemed to cut loose as spidey. Well, that is until they decided to make him all angsty.

Wallcrawling in my skiiiiiiiiin
These webs, they wiiiiill not shoooooooooot...

 

[checkeredhat]

This is freaking RIVETTING television:

 

[General Specific]

Oh, I've just come from the land of the sun
From a war that must be won in the name of truth
With our soldiers so brave your freedom we will save
With our rifles and grenades and some help from God

I want to see my family
My wife and child are waiting for me
I've got to go home
I've been so alone, you see

You just can't believe the joy I did receive
When I finally got my leave and I was going home
Oh, I flew through the sky, my convictions could not lie
For my country I would die, and I will see it soon

I want to see my family
My wife and child are waiting for me
I've got to go home
I've been so alone, you see

When I walked through the door my wife she lay upon the floor
And with tears her eyes did soar, I did not know why
Then I looked into her hand and I saw the telegram
Said that I was a brave, brave man, but that I was dead

I want to see my family
My wife and child are waiting for me
I've got to go home
I've been so alone, you see

I want to see my family
My wife and child are waiting for me
I've got to go home
I've been so alone, you see

 

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Dear Norah Jones (currently female lead of The Little Willies):

I am seriously crushing on you. Love your voice, holy wowsers, the album cover of For the Good Times.

Sincerely,
Fade

 

[Chad Sexington]

I just smoked a Cuban cigar while drinking scotch and reading the Autobiography of Mark Twain on my veranda. Yeah. Yeah. Awesome.

 

[Shegokigo]

I tend to smoke a cigarette, with a glass of wine and a comic book.... yay?

 

[BananaHands]

I smoked a cigar while drinking tequila and watching the Mayweather v Cotto fight this weekend. The only thing missing was a bunch of greasy people yelling in foreign languages with clutching dollar bills.

 

[General Specific]

Dear Norah Jones (currently female lead of The Little Willies):

I am seriously crushing on you. Love your voice, holy wowsers, the album cover of For the Good Times.

Sincerely,
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Just don't piss her off or she will fucking end you.

 

[SeraRelm]

I took a puff on my inhaler while drinking green tea as I read the forums.

LIFE IS FUCKING EXCITING!

 

[GasBandit]

I inhaled the putrid stench of wet coffee grounds in an unsuitable trash can while drinking water from a cooler whose filter is probably right around it's "change me" date and trying to explain to my company's owner in the nicest way possible that he only messes shit up in whatever he gets involved in, and he should just leave me to do my job unperturbed.