Chat Thread 36: Get Off My Lawn!

CaptainPea · Post by **CaptainPea** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 12:07 am

Don't be rude for any reason please because being rude is rude.

Positivity and a realistic outlook aren't irreconcilable. Hope is a pretty big motivator, and if we never thought we could succeed we wouldn't get a lot done. The problem occurs when people overdo the "positive outlook", so that instead of using it to try to find a solution to their problems they think that being positive in and of itself will fix everything. Whether you're saying "everything always works out eventually" or "I'm powerless, what's the point?", you're still placing responsibility for what happens to you to the world rather than on yourself.

Personally I don't spend much time thinking about it. I just kinda say "whelp I'd better do this stuff" and then I fall in a dumpster because I have wobbly knees and live next to a dumpster warehouse.

sonic id furreh!!! · Post by **sonic id furreh!!!** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 12:10 am

hehehe these spandex shorts for track feel comfy :3

Dubiousity · Post by **Dubiousity** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 12:12 am

CaptainPea wrote:Don't be rude for any reason please because being rude is rude.

Positivity and a realistic outlook aren't irreconcilable. Hope is a pretty big motivator, and if we never thought we could succeed we wouldn't get a lot done. The problem occurs when people overdo the "positive outlook", so that instead of trying to find a solution to their problems they think that being positive in and of itself will fix everything. Whether you're saying "everything always works out eventually" or "I'm powerless, what's the point?", you're still placing responsibility for what happens to you to the world rather than on yourself.

Personally I don't spend much time thinking about it. I just kinda say "whelp I'd better do this stuff" and then I fall in a dumpster because I have wobbly knees and live next to a dumpster warehouse.

Well that's not a problem for me. I seriously don't know when I said that being optimistic will fix everything, so I'm gonna guess everybody is assuming that I feel that way.

Hey guys, I don't feel that way.

Alastair · Post by **Alastair** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 12:15 am

sonic id furreh!!! wrote:hehehe these spandex shorts for track feel comfy :3

Um... Hooray for spandex?

CaptainPea · Post by **CaptainPea** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 12:23 am

Dubiousity wrote:Hey guys, I don't feel that way.

I didn't say you did. The chat thread isn't about personal insults or attacks or any such thing.

sonic id furreh!!! wrote:hehehe these spandex shorts for track feel comfy :3

Is that an elaborate metaphor about world outlook?

Inali wrote:
sonic id furreh!!! wrote:hehehe these spandex shorts for track feel comfy :3
Um... Hooray for spandex?

"Hooray for Spandex" is actually the name of the track team.

Alastair · Post by **Alastair** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 12:29 am

Inali wrote:
sonic id furreh!!! wrote:hehehe these spandex shorts for track feel comfy :3
Um... Hooray for spandex?

"Hooray for Spandex" is actually the name of the track team.[/quote/]

I literally lol'd. Haha!

Blue Braixen · Post by **Blue Braixen** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 12:44 am

Hey, I'm not dead!

That is... an interesting name for a track team if Pea isn't just making up stuff. X3

Alastair · Post by **Alastair** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 12:54 am

Tha Housefox wrote:Hey, I'm not dead!

That is... an interesting name for a track team if Pea isn't just making up stuff. X3

If it's not a real track team name, then we need to form a track team and name it that.

Dubiousity · Post by **Dubiousity** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 1:09 am

Tha Housefox wrote:Hey, I'm not dead!

That is... an interesting name for a track team if Pea isn't just making up stuff. X3

Hello Housey.

Tell Souji to invite me to L4D2 at a practical time of day.

Sun Apr 15, 2012 1:19 am

CaptainPea wrote:
Dubiousity wrote:Hey guys, I don't feel that way.
I didn't say you did.

but Psykeout said that that's what the term 'optimism' says to him. Optimism and Pessimism are extremes, and for the most part in this kind of thing, middle ground is usually the better way to go. Just because someone isn't optimistic doesn't mean they're pessimistic, just like not being pessimistic doesn't automatically mean pessimistic.

I missed my chance to choose which dorm I want to be at next year, so now I have to hope the college can find a place for me, but if I don't go in there and make sure there's absolutely no way that I won't get housing, I may not get housing, so I have to be worried about that to make sure.
I have a class I'm failing. I could sit back and hope that my final project and exam will bring up my grade, but if I depend too much on that, I'll likely fail so I have to go in and talk with the professor about my programming assignments and find anywhere he can give me higher points so I'm more likely to pass.

and finally, hi House who I IM with on Skype on a pretty much daily basis.

Post by **Sleet** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 2:31 am

Hey guys can I join the heated yelling?

Sun Apr 15, 2012 2:32 am

I didn't see any caps lock, so no yelling involved.

and it ended.

so no.

Post by **Sleet** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 3:10 am

Can I join in the cooled yelling then?

Post by **Dissension** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 3:16 am

I still don't think there's any yelling goin' on, Sleet. Neither heated nor cooled.

...

Nor frigidly chilled.

Post by **Sleet** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 3:33 am

Can we do some lukewarm yelling?

0404 · Post by **0404** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 8:53 am

Can we meow instead?
:3 MEOW

KJOokami · Post by **KJOokami** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 10:32 am

I meow at my cat all the time.

Don't worry though; I'm not an instigator or anything. He starts it.

Dubiousity · Post by **Dubiousity** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 1:58 pm

I'm perfectly fine with meowing, I am a feline after all, it's kinda what I do.

Psykeout · Post by **Psykeout** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 2:06 pm

Screw you guys I'm a sloth irl

KJOokami · Post by **KJOokami** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 2:20 pm

That must make it a terribly slow process to walk from your computer to the table for meals.

0404 · Post by **0404** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 2:23 pm

I still have no idea why Psykeout is saying that. I must be dumb

Post by **Sleet** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 2:27 pm

Psykeout is just being dumb. "IRL" is chatspeak (which you should never use) for "in real life."

Psykeout · Post by **Psykeout** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 2:59 pm

I typically say "____ you I'm a cat irl" which is something a friend of mine says and it's funny because it's dumb. but I can't say ____ in the chat thread. And I didn't want to say "I'm a cat irl" because I realized that it would probably sound like I was making fun of Dub, so I decided to pick a dumber animal.

I actually am a sloth I think probably. Here's a picture.

In other news, I was clearing out my recycle bin and I accidentally clicked "Restore all items"

Now there are random pieces of junk floating around on my computer.

KJOokami · Post by **KJOokami** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 3:06 pm

Saying that in real life sounds like a bit of risk. People around you probably think you're proclaiming to the world that you're a weeaboo.

0404 · Post by **0404** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 3:12 pm

wow, so much conflict in one word "IRL".
And I'm sorry to hear about recycling bin and you made my day again Psykeout.

CaptainPea · Post by **CaptainPea** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 3:30 pm

Psykeout wrote:Now there are random pieces of junk floating around on my computer.

Is that not how it's supposed to work?

Sleet wrote:Psykeout is just being dumb. "IRL" is chatspeak (which you should never use) for "in real life."

When I set up a forum for the discussion of I'm making a censor that changes "IRL" into "Earl"
Not because I think the phrase "IRL" is a huge deal, just because it would be amusing

Psykeout · Post by **Psykeout** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 3:53 pm

at least all the junk is where it belongs. My folders are very organized.
that just means there's a thousand places it could possible be.
most of it went to my desktop.

The GC forums (Which I do not frequent) replace "lol" with "LAUGHING ON LINE"

Dubiousity · Post by **Dubiousity** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 4:25 pm

Psykeout wrote:at least all the junk is where it belongs. My folders are very organized.
that just means there's a thousand places it could possible be.
most of it went to my desktop.

The GC forums (Which I do not frequent) replace "lol" with "LAUGHING ON LINE"

GC Forums?

Liam · Post by **Liam** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 4:41 pm

I really wish they would make My Name Is IRL again.

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 4:49 pm

Dubiousity wrote:
Psykeout wrote:at least all the junk is where it belongs. My folders are very organized.
that just means there's a thousand places it could possible be.
most of it went to my desktop.

The GC forums (Which I do not frequent) replace "lol" with "LAUGHING ON LINE"
GC Forums?

Gunnerkrigg Court forums, I think.

Psykeout · Post by **Psykeout** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 4:51 pm

Dubiousity wrote:GC Forums?

GC is shorthand for Gunnerkrigg Court.

It's also what you can call me if we're good friends, but not what you should call me if we're really good friends but that's a different tangent all together.

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 4:53 pm

Tree huggers!

MapleRatty · Post by **MapleRatty** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 4:55 pm

Wanderer wrote:Tree huggers!

Hey I res- *sees picture*

OOOOOHH...... sill resent it

sonic id furreh!!! · Post by **sonic id furreh!!!** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 6:17 pm

Tha Housefox wrote:Hey, I'm not dead!

>.>....... are you sure?

The Grey Wolverine · Post by **The Grey Wolverine** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 6:19 pm

Someone, get my the Zombiedar, it detects zombies. With science.

Alastair · Post by **Alastair** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 6:22 pm

The Grey Wolverine wrote:Someone, get my the Zombiedar, it detects zombies. With science.

And I'll get my golf club so I can beat the Zombies... With science....

McFly · Post by **McFly** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 6:52 pm

Inali wrote:
The Grey Wolverine wrote:Someone, get my the Zombiedar, it detects zombies. With science.
And I'll get my golf club so I can beat the Zombies... With science....

And I'm going sit down and watch you beat the zombies...with science.

Sun Apr 15, 2012 6:53 pm

And I created the zombies. can you guess what I used to accomplish this?

CaptainPea · Post by **CaptainPea** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 6:54 pm

RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:And I created the zombies. can you guess what I used to accomplish this?

The bake sale?

Psykeout wrote:
It's also what you can call me if we're good friends, but not what you should call me if we're really good friends but that's a different tangent all together.

If you're a first-tier platinum friend you get to call him Quentin H. Babycakes

Alastair · Post by **Alastair** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 6:55 pm

RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:And I created the zombies. can you guess what I used to accomplish this?

Science!

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