RandomGeek's Chat Thread Featuring Sleet and Pea: Episode 29

Goforit · Post by **Goforit** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 2:11 am

Wouldn't that be overconfidence?
244%, maybe? Just maybe...?

Post by **Sleet** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 2:35 am

Yes, definitely "Gopher." I don't know why you'd be anything else, really.

Ebly · Post by **Ebly** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 3:16 am

I actually use 'far out' when things are bad too

To me it just means 'that was so completely outside of the norm'. Like, closer to what 'far out' would literally mean.

Tiggy · Post by **Tiggy** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 4:23 am

Blue Braixen · Post by **Blue Braixen** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 5:42 am

What's Spotify? I can't be interested in something I have never heard of before.

Ebly · Post by **Ebly** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 9:07 am

An originally Swedish freemium music streaming service. Only available in three languages, eight countries, and on ten operating systems.

For completely free accounts, you get the wonderful offer of 20 hours a month of whatever music they have on their servers. Just 20. That's it. Not even a day worth of music per month. And that's only in the first 6 months; after that it's cut down to 10. In addition, there is advertising, no offline mode, no mobile device support and somewhat sub-par sound quality (they're in Ogg Vorbis at q5 which is about 160 kb/s).

If you are invited to have a free account by a paid account (good luck), you get unlimited listening, but there is still advertising, no offline mode, no mobile device support and somewhat sub-par sound quality.

If you are actually strange enough pay money to get a music streaming service (frankly, there are plenty of songs on youtube and they probably have the same audio quality, ooh burn), you still have to go through their ridiculous proprietary software to use the service. Plus, the fee is monthly.
- If you have the $5 one, basically the only difference to the invited account is that you don't have advertising
- If you have the $10 one, you get offline mode, mobile device support (finally), and a better but still not great sound quality (q9 Vorbis, so about 320 kb/s).

If you really like the song you're listening to? You're allowed to buy it from some other service. Are they serious? We could buy them anyway without using their bloody 'services'!

Given how utterly unavailable it is, and how you have to pay $120 bucks a year to receive functionality that might make it better than what is already available for free, I really can't see any way it would be worth it. The money doesn't even come close to supporting the artists anyway (for >55,100 streams, a Norwegian independent record label earned a grand total of 19 NOK). It's simply not worth it for the public or the musicians.

To summarise:

kurowolfe · Post by **kurowolfe** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 9:29 am

Erm, I'll stick to listening to songs in Youtube for now... Until I get my own salary, then I'll buy them off the net XD
But 4 million plays just to get $1000+? Artists should stay away from that service

Post by **Sleet** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 12:05 pm

Pfft, I get like 5,000,000 plays per month on Spotify. I'm going places, man.

*eats ramen noodles in his/her friend's guest bedroom*

shadowhaz · Post by **shadowhaz** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 12:14 pm

yum ramen

yehoshua · Post by **yehoshua** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 1:51 pm

I can't eat most ramen, too much piggyness.

CaptainPea · Post by **CaptainPea** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 2:26 pm

yehoshua wrote:I can't eat most ramen, too much piggyness.

I've only had ramen like twice in my life, I'm rather indifferent towards it.

Online health is already ridiculously easy and boring. I've been in the course for three hours.

They're teaching us "netiquette", a word I'm fairly sure nobody who is familiar with the internet has ever used. It essentially boils down to "use common sense and don't be a pest".
Did you know that on the internet, it's rude to flame and scream at people?

Oh, and apparently you're not supposed to use humor on the internet, in which case I need to have my access revoked.

Teh Brawler · Post by **Teh Brawler** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 2:48 pm

CaptainPea wrote:
yehoshua wrote:I can't eat most ramen, too much piggyness.
I've only had ramen like twice in my life, I'm rather indifferent towards it.

Online health is already ridiculously easy and boring. I've been in the course for three hours.

They're teaching us "netiquette", a word I'm fairly sure nobody who is familiar with the internet has ever used. It essentially boils down to "use common sense and don't be a pest".
Did you know that on the internet, it's rude to flame and scream at people?

Oh, and apparently you're not supposed to use humor on the internet, in which case I need to have my access revoked.

Son. Me, too.

Psykeout · Post by **Psykeout** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 3:06 pm

CaptainPea wrote:They're teaching us "netiquette", a word I'm fairly sure nobody who is familiar with the internet has ever used.

I actually use that word very often.

welp.

Tiggy wrote:-.-

Laconic Tiggy.

Blue Braixen · Post by **Blue Braixen** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 3:19 pm

CaptainPea wrote:
yehoshua wrote:I can't eat most ramen, too much piggyness.
I've only had ramen like twice in my life, I'm rather indifferent towards it.

Online health is already ridiculously easy and boring. I've been in the course for three hours.

They're teaching us "netiquette", a word I'm fairly sure nobody who is familiar with the internet has ever used. It essentially boils down to "use common sense and don't be a pest".
Did you know that on the internet, it's rude to flame and scream at people?

Oh, and apparently you're not supposed to use humor on the internet, in which case I need to have my access revoked.

Agreed.

Also, Ramen is good. I have it fairly often because it's easy to make.

Psykeout · Post by **Psykeout** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 3:21 pm

I plan on filling my kitchen with ramen when i get on my own, cause it's cheap and good. The diet of champions.

And artists.

KalloonWhite · Post by **KalloonWhite** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:05 am

Oh my gosh!!!!

I can't believe it!!!!

I'M TYPING!!!! *victory fanfare*

kurowolfe · Post by **kurowolfe** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:14 am

*hears FF fanfare*
What the - oh, hi there, KalloonWhite. XD

Kitela · Post by **Kitela** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:23 am

Somebody say Ramen? :3

Post by **Sleet** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 2:51 am

I think somewhere in the journalism rulebook it says that when talking about modern communication pathways, you have to make up some arcane portmanteau that no one uses.

Post by **Dissension** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 3:21 am

I've never seen that in there...

Aquablast · Post by **Aquablast** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 5:42 am

Oh, I eat instant noodle often too! It is one of the most popular food in Indonesia!

kurowolfe · Post by **kurowolfe** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 6:12 am

Eh, is ramen similar to instant noodles? Or is it instant ramen?

Yeah, I agree with Aquablast, instant noodles are quite big in Malaysia too, and it's how I managed to survive for week without any money. A college student's best friend~

CaptainPea · Post by **CaptainPea** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 7:41 am

kurowolfe wrote:Eh, is ramen similar to instant noodles? Or is it instant ramen?

I'm pretty sure they're talking about instant ramen. So yeah, they're probably pretty much the same.

Sleet wrote:I think somewhere in the journalism rulebook it says that when talking about modern communication pathways, you have to make up some arcane portmanteau that no one uses.

It's right next to the rule that says Twitter is the only social media that old media is allowed to use extensively or talk about in a positive manner.

Psykeout wrote:
CaptainPea wrote:They're teaching us "netiquette", a word I'm fairly sure nobody who is familiar with the internet has ever used.
I actually use that word very often.

Psyke, you are nobody.

Aquablast · Post by **Aquablast** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 8:10 am

CaptainPea wrote:
kurowolfe wrote:Eh, is ramen similar to instant noodles? Or is it instant ramen?
I'm pretty sure they're talking about instant ramen. So yeah, they're probably pretty much the same.

I am almost certain that they are referring to instant ramen since they call ramen "cheap" and "easy to make", which wouldn't be possible with the non-instant kind of ramen. (At least they can't when compared to instant noodles.)

kurowolfe wrote:Yeah, I agree with Aquablast, instant noodles are quite big in Malaysia too, and it's how I managed to survive for week without any money. A college student's best friend~

*High 5s!*

... Though I really shouldn't eat them that much!

Daggy · Post by **Daggy** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 9:06 am

I eat instant ramen all the time. Better to eat that than nothing at all!

kurowolfe · Post by **kurowolfe** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 9:57 am

Aquablast wrote:
kurowolfe wrote:Yeah, I agree with Aquablast, instant noodles are quite big in Malaysia too, and it's how I managed to survive for week without any money. A college student's best friend~
*High 5s!*

... Though I really shouldn't eat them that much!

*high-fives back* True though, I would only eat them when I'm really, really broke. Which explains my own private stash of instant noodles, since that is usually the case...

Daggy wrote:I eat instant ramen all the time. Better to eat that than nothing at all!

Agreed

*nods sagely*

sonic id furreh!!! · Post by **sonic id furreh!!!** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 10:58 am

i eat Ramen noodles all the time :3

Post by **Sleet** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 12:46 pm

Instant ramen is good yet oh so ghetto.

CaptainPea wrote:Psyke, you are nobody.

Nobody you know, anyway.

sonic id furreh!!! · Post by **sonic id furreh!!!** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 12:55 pm

i call most people nobodies nowadays, only because they act the same, listen to the same music, dress the same, do the same stuff, etc ._.

Liam · Post by **Liam** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 12:55 pm

The Formics turned out to be ramen.

Psykeout · Post by **Psykeout** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 3:07 pm

Sleet wrote:Instant ramen is good yet oh so ghetto.
CaptainPea wrote:Psyke, you are nobody.
Nobody you know, anyway.

I'm sure somebody knows me

sonic id furreh!!! wrote:i call most people nobodies nowadays, only because they act the same, listen to the same music, dress the same, do the same stuff, etc ._.

I wouldn't say that. I'm all for non-conformity, but i don't think you NEED to be an entirely unique individual to have a personal identity. Also, having common interests doesn't mean that there aren't things that distinguish them from all the other conformists. Society is a little to hard on the people who enjoy conforming to the norms. Most people who are against conformity are just conforming to the norms of anti-conformity, anyway.
This sounds like I don't know what i'm talking about, but just ignore me if it makes me sound stupid, please.

Post by **Dissension** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 3:12 pm

You're right, it's possible to be individual without completely alienating yourself from human society. *giggles*

Daggy · Post by **Daggy** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 3:16 pm

I just don't like when people are utterly fake. Went through most of high school, watching the "popular" kids not be themselves, but be what they thought was cool. People thought I was a loser. I just didn't care to pretend about who I was. I'll just sleep in the back of class and answer all the questions, no problem.

There also might have been the times I told everyone in the class I didn't like them...that didn't really help my image at all, either. Hehehe.

Dissension wrote:You're right, it's possible to be individual without completely alienating yourself from human society. *giggles*

Madness. To be an individual, I must be alone, with no one around to stain my ideals! THIS IS HOW IT MUST GO, SIR.

Psykeout · Post by **Psykeout** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 3:22 pm

Also, it's hard to not look like you just want attention when you try to be individual. I can guarantee that everyone at my school probably thinks i just like attention. :P But it get's to the point where there's no happy medium anymore, so you just ignore them and have as much fun as you can doing whatever you want.

Post by **Sleet** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 3:23 pm

Actually you were completely right, Psykeout. The only way to truly avoid conforming is to like what you truly like. If that means liking the same thing as everyone else, you have to be willing to accept that you like it. To do otherwise is to conform to some artificial ideal of nonconformity.

yehoshua · Post by **yehoshua** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 3:24 pm

I am different, people don't like me because of it. I have other "different" friends and we get along just fine. I just look at those other people that try and be "normal". Don't get me wrong, I have "normal" friends but we just don't understand each other as well.

Post by **Dissension** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 3:27 pm

Way to insult everyone who likes being 'normal,' dude. Please re-read the forum rules.

yehoshua · Post by **yehoshua** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 3:33 pm

Sorry Diss, I really didn't mean to be that harsh, I just find it annoying that so many people try to copy others, be it the popular kids, some famous person, etc. Especially since some of them call people who want to be different "freaks". This has been my experience in every single place that I have lived.

Psykeout · Post by **Psykeout** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 3:37 pm

Sleet wrote:Actually you were completely right, Psykeout. The only way to truly avoid conforming is to like what you truly like. If that means liking the same thing as everyone else, you have to be willing to accept that you like it. To do otherwise is to conform to some artificial ideal of nonconformity.

High school is a great place to observe all the trends. Not everyone has everything figured out, and everyone is struggling to establish a social niche.

sonic id furreh!!! · Post by **sonic id furreh!!!** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 4:39 pm

Psykeout wrote:
Sleet wrote:Instant ramen is good yet oh so ghetto.
CaptainPea wrote:Psyke, you are nobody.
Nobody you know, anyway.
I'm sure somebody knows me
sonic id furreh!!! wrote:i call most people nobodies nowadays, only because they act the same, listen to the same music, dress the same, do the same stuff, etc ._.
I wouldn't say that. I'm all for non-conformity, but i don't think you NEED to be an entirely unique individual to have a personal identity. Also, having common interests doesn't mean that there aren't things that distinguish them from all the other conformists. Society is a little to hard on the people who enjoy conforming to the norms. Most people who are against conformity are just conforming to the norms of anti-conformity, anyway.
This sounds like I don't know what i'm talking about, but just ignore me if it makes me sound stupid, please.

but i'm just talking about the people that if you were with them in a large group, you wouldn't be able to single anyone out or find a certain person.... so basically the people who are EXACTLY the same