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I take it you missed the bit where he hopes never to use it?

Flagg wrote:

Aaron wrote:Anything new on him?

Nope. They even demodded him on SDN a few months ago.

Aaron wrote:Wow. I thought they would have left him that, as a memorial.

Demodding him would be more of a security measure to prevent someone from trying to guess their way into his account. I don't know if phpBB locks users out or alerts admins after too many failed login attempts.

Granted the "best practices" approach would probably be to deactivate or lockout the account so that it can't be hacked into at all, but I can understand hoping he's still alive and decides to drop in some day.

Aaron wrote:I take it you missed the bit where he hopes never to use it?

Yeah, actually, I did, but I assumed he didn't want to use it anyway.

I'm just gonna keep needling him over what's obviously crippling paranoia.

RyanThunder wrote:If you need the capability to severely maim and/or kill a human being in order to be calm on a regular basis, either you or the place you live in are truly, deeply fucking nuts. I'm going to be charitable and assume the latter since you actually think its lucky that you weren't mugged multiple times as a kid. Have you ever considered moving somewhere civilized?

When you grow up in a big city you don't have the luxury of choosing who will be around you. I also travel a lot for work. Just the way it is. And since I have had to pull out my weapon a few times, my 'paranoia' has kept me safe.

EDIT Having a weapon on me that can hurt or kill someone else has made me think much more clearly and calmly in confrontations. I work hard to avoid fights, because if I do get into one I may get hurt, but someone else will get very badly hurt. There's no way in hell I will shoot someone over a bullshit male posturing dick size contest or road rage, so I try not to get into those situations.

Count Chocula wrote:When you grow up in a big city you don't have the luxury of choosing who will be around you. I also travel a lot for work. Just the way it is. And since I have had to pull out my weapon a few times, my 'paranoia' has kept me safe.

So you haven't considered moving somewhere civilized?

RyanThunder wrote:

Count Chocula wrote:When you grow up in a big city you don't have the luxury of choosing who will be around you. I also travel a lot for work. Just the way it is. And since I have had to pull out my weapon a few times, my 'paranoia' has kept me safe.

So you haven't considered moving somewhere civilized?

Have you ever moved halfway across a country before?

Zod wrote:Have you ever moved halfway across a country before?

So you'd have to move halfway across America to get somewhere civilized?

I've moved across the entire country before and didn't need a fucking gun, so what the fuck are you 2 smoking?

RyanThunder wrote:

Zod wrote:Have you ever moved halfway across a country before?

So you'd have to move halfway across America to get somewhere civilized?

Finding somewhere that's civilised in America would be a greatly impressive feat to begin with.
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No need to apologize. I was gonna get at either that or Chocs being hopelessly paranoid. So win either way for me.

I live in a place where the kids play outside and you can leave your car unlocked with the windows down and not have anything nicked from it. However, I don't work where I live and the big city has big city problems, so paranoia.

RyanThunder wrote:

Zod wrote:Have you ever moved halfway across a country before?

So you'd have to move halfway across America to get somewhere civilized?

I'm just wondering if you actually have half a clue of how difficult it is to completely uproot yourself and move somewhere else.

Zod wrote:I'm just wondering if you actually have half a clue of how difficult it is to completely uproot yourself and move somewhere else.

I see the point has sailed right over your head.

Perhaps you should elucidate the point you're trying to make instead of intimating that America sucks fuck yeah.

RedImperator wrote:OTOH, I may as well announce this now: a couple of you probably remember I was working off-and-on on a Voyager rewrite a few years ago. Well, I did a page one rewrite of it and I'm posting it on TEO as a weekly serial starting December 1.

As promised, this has been posted on TEO. Read it here, if you're interested.

Aaron wrote:I take it you missed the bit where he hopes never to use it?

So? The point is that Chocula is so scared from something that happened to him as a child, that he has to carry a weapon to feel secure and tough. He's an illogical shitheel. If he's that scarred, perhaps he should seek medical attention instead of carrying a weapon like reactionary morons.

RedImperator wrote:

RedImperator wrote:OTOH, I may as well announce this now: a couple of you probably remember I was working off-and-on on a Voyager rewrite a few years ago. Well, I did a page one rewrite of it and I'm posting it on TEO as a weekly serial starting December 1.

As promised, this has been posted on TEO. Read it here, if you're interested.

Cool

Negative Knub wrote:

Aaron wrote:I take it you missed the bit where he hopes never to use it?

So? The point is that Chocula is so scared from something that happened to him as a child, that he has to carry a weapon to feel secure and tough. He's an illogical shitheel. If he's that scarred, perhaps he should seek medical attention instead of carrying a weapon like reactionary morons.

Ummm, actually the times I have had to brandish and thankfully not use a weapon have all occurred as an adult. Which you don't seem to be. My psyche is in fine shape. So screw you and your apparent vendetta. You have my wishes for the life you deserve, NK.

EDIT NK, have you ever had a knife held at your throat? Ever had a gun pointed at your face? I'm guessing no. Run along and go play in the street, little boy. Come back when you have some life experience under your belt.

It's kinda sad that he seems to think that having one's life threatened is a requirement for adulthood.

Count Chocula wrote:EDIT NK, have you ever had a knife held at your throat? Ever had a gun pointed at your face? I'm guessing no. Run along and go play in the street, little boy. Come back when you have some life experience under your belt.

Lol. If that isn't a common occurrence in your area, then you don't need to carry a gun. You remind me of the fucktards who have weapons in their house for protection when the crime statistics in their area are low.

RyanThunder wrote:It's kinda sad that he seems to think that having one's life threatened is a requirement for adulthood.

He's a tryhard. We all know that he likes to prove his manhood.

RT go get a room with KN, you scamp. Oh yeah doing things and going places out of your comfort zone, whatever that is, and handling them successfully, pretty much defines adulthood. Maybe you should give it a whirl.

Protip, not every life threatening situation includes weapons yet they still act as yardsticks when you look for your limits...as an adult. Try it, maybe you'll like it!

Count Chocula wrote:RT go get a room with KN, you scamp. Oh yeah doing things and going places out of your comfort zone, whatever that is, and handling them successfully, pretty much defines adulthood. Maybe you should give it a whirl.

I think I'll go to the bad areas in Atlanta for that home grown adult experience. Perhaps I'll have a gun pointed at me and have a knife at my throat. That will make me a man. Hell yeah!

RyanThunder wrote:

Zod wrote:I'm just wondering if you actually have half a clue of how difficult it is to completely uproot yourself and move somewhere else.

I see the point has sailed right over your head.

That you're a idiot?

Sandman wrote:This seems oddly appropriate now...

Mulan? Really?