G33X Nexus Entertainment
Open Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Oceanus on January 12, 2006, 11:11:05 pm
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Found it on a forum and liked it.
A rich, lonely widow decided that she needed another man in her
life, so she placed a personal ad that read:
RICH WIDOW LOOKING FOR MAN TO SHARE LIFE AND FORTUNE WITH THE
FOLLOWING QUALIFICATIONS:
1. WON'T BEAT ME UP
2. WON'T RUN AWAY
3. HAS TO BE GREAT IN BED
For several months, her phone rang off the hook, her doorbell was
ringing constantly, she received tons of mail...all to no avail.
None of the men seemed to meet her qualifications.
Then one day the doorbell rang yet again. She opened the door to
find a man, with no arms and no legs, lying on the welcome mat.
Perplexed, she asked, "Who are you and what do you want?"
"Hi," said the man "Your search is over, for I am the man of your
dreams. I've got no arms, so I can't beat you up and I've got no
legs, so I can't run away."
The old woman asked, "What makes you think you're so great in
bed?"
To which he replied, "I rang the doorbell, didn't I?"
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I love it!
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They're great! :D
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Rofl...:D
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(http://picture.funnyjunk.com/pics/cannabis.jpg)
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HOLY SHIT! So THAT's what really happened on 9/11!!
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Hmmmm . . . DANGEROUSLY close to bad taste, but hilarious none the less.
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Hmmmm . . . DANGEROUSLY close to bad taste, but hilarious none the less.
That's a good way of putting it.
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Heh, I keep thinking of Robin Williams.
"Why do we drop Pop Tarts on Afghanistan? Well . . . they're a hashish smoking country. And anyone who has been a 'friend of the hooka' will go: 'POP TARTS!! - we love you America!!'"
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I LOVE Robin Williams. I assume that's from one of his standups - which one?
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Live on Broadway. 2001. IM me tonight and I'll file transfer it to you. I have the whole concert in mpg.
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Ah. I have that, somewhere... I just couldn't remember that part of it.
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Yeah, well, if you can't find it - the 100 minute concert is about 520 megs.
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And with the bandwidth you're getting, he'll have it in about 4.5 hours. Or are you getting higher now?
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??? I've had a decent bandwidth all along. But yeah, for 500 megs it would probably take a few hours.
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HOLY SHIT! So THAT's what really happened on 9/11!!
funny story thing...
but this quote... its killing my virgin ears... j/k i talk like that to... (or do i???)
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Psh . . . if that's what it takes to FUCK UP YOUR VIRGIN EARS then I suggest you find a cleaner forum ;D
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I sometimes wonder about that, though - we'll likely be having kids on these forums. I think the forum has a language editor, but should we rely solely on that? I should put this in a separate thread, but later (and I can move posts over at will - nice things about being a forum admin). But do you think we should be cleaning up our language here?
Personally, I'm torn. I like the ability to express ourselves however we choose (within some modicum of reason), but at the same time, people will be reading these forums to get a picture of what we're like. So what do y'all think?
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I say put a disclaimer on the front page. If the kid stumbles onto it, it's his problem.
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I sometimes wonder about that, though - we'll likely be having kids on these forums. I think the forum has a language editor, but should we rely solely on that? I should put this in a separate thread, but later (and I can move posts over at will - nice things about being a forum admin). But do you think we should be cleaning up our language here?
Personally, I'm torn. I like the ability to express ourselves however we choose (within some modicum of reason), but at the same time, people will be reading these forums to get a picture of what we're like. So what do y'all think?
Hmmm...I'm thinking I'd have to agree with Contingency on that one. It would probably make GNE seem less professional...
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Here's my take: We're real people. We really talk like this. We have these opinions, and we express ourselves as such. When we need to be profesional, we'll be profesional. Look at the development forums... very profesional. Here, in an open forum, people are going to talk however they feel like talking. I think that our customers (gamers) will feel much better about buying a game where the designers chill, and talk about things, and hang out with them. They know the people they're giving their money to! Can you say that about WoW, or Halo? Nope!
So I believe that things are fine... we'll just have to put a disclaimer, or something. And, just to let you know, both of my kid sisters have read threads on the site, so I can understand people's concerns.
--Chris
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I see your point too...we don't want to be all-corporate people who dont relate to the customers in any way apart from purchases either...
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Yeah, this forum (and the company) has a decidely non-suit-and-tie feel, and I like that aspect. A disclaimer and a word filter should be sufficient - have the word filter on by default, and let the person change it if they want. But put in the disclaimer that if they change it, then the responsibility's on them.
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Yea, i really like the professional, but comfortable aspect of GNE, and I think that is one of the main attributes that helps to make us unique.
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One of the customizable things about simple machines is something that contingency already alluded to. Individual word filters. On GoRC, if it's on, it's on. No individual jack-nada!
I personally enjoy being able to express myself freely, and even use a modicum of language in the book I'm writing. I don't mind in the least though if someone wants to censor my language - that's their right too.
I think it'd be a good idea to set the word filter to change swear words to euphemisms rather than stuff like *expletive deleted* or whatever. That way, the general spirit of the post remains.
For example, I said in an earlier post:
"I know my shit"
The filter would make it:
"I know my crap"
Weird . . . yes . . . but effective.