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Post by edmonddantes on Apr 20, 2019 6:31:31 GMT -5
1. When you're at a bookstore, talk to an old guy about Sherlock Holmes and it ends up with you happy to have so much in common with someone and him happy that someone of the younger generation actually knows who Doc Savage is.
2. You're home with a headache but forget about it because of a Perry Mason marathon and you had forgotten how awesome that show was.
3. You find an anime you bought three months ago but never watched, so you decide its time to slip it in, and it turns out to be a fun little joyride.
4. You have a conversation with a friend, and it gets you interested in playing an old adventure game... say, Echo Night... and then you think you'll have to save up for awhile, but then you look in your drawers and find out you already own a copy because you got it as part of a lot from a yard sale.
5. You invite a cute small black kitty into your house and he ignores the food, all he wants to do is play with a toy mouse... or get petted.
Anyone got more?
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Post by kaoru on Apr 20, 2019 13:23:03 GMT -5
When a Nazi gets punched right in the face.
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Post by psygnosis8 on Apr 20, 2019 15:20:43 GMT -5
When my daughter laughs her head off.
Seeing Gang of Four in concert for the first time.
Boofing some chicks when I was 23.
Building my first PC and seeing it actually boot up.
My wedding
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Post by ommadawnyawn2 on Apr 20, 2019 15:50:54 GMT -5
-Earlier concerts with bands I love that I went to (Thåström, Bob Hund, Hellström, Manson, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Radiohead, Pixies, etc.) -First own gig -First GF -Snowmobile journeys with family -Couch co-op/vs with good friends -Tubing -Making my nephew laugh -Ice and sauna bathing -Being pleasantly surprised by a game or album I haven't experienced yet -Sneaking into some concerts and other events -Nerdy escapism like WH40K back in my grade school days
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Post by psygnosis8 on Apr 20, 2019 16:27:36 GMT -5
To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of the women.
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Post by windfisch on Apr 20, 2019 17:52:11 GMT -5
When a Nazi gets punched right in the face. No, it's when a Nazi realizes he should scrap the "National"-part in order to be a true socialist.
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Post by ommadawnyawn2 on Apr 21, 2019 5:43:55 GMT -5
And then gets punched in the face.
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Post by windfisch on Apr 21, 2019 5:59:10 GMT -5
That'd be the stuff Greek tragedies are made of.
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Post by kaoru on Apr 21, 2019 6:25:37 GMT -5
Followed by a "woe is me" monology about how no one is willing to have a bad-faith debate with you.
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Post by windfisch on Apr 21, 2019 7:52:08 GMT -5
Seriously though, I've met a guy once who told me that he grew up in a small village where most people his age were Neo-Nazis. So was he as a teenager. But at one point he decided to part ways with them, because he couldn't support their ideology any longer. His former "friends" did not like that at all, so leaving that group must have taken a lot of courage. We met at a training course for alternative civilian service of all places and at the time he was working with mentally handicapped people. He seemed to be a decent and honest person not afraid to tell me about his past.
That was ideed a very valuable moment in my life. It gives me hope.
Because frankly, Nazis are just the tip of the iceberg: There is just so much racism in our society. Sometimes it's subtle, sometimes very visible - if you're willing to look and not let general consensus fool you. And all of us have the potential to develop racist tendencies, sadly. It's the old "us vs them"-mentality. But we can also choose to go against that, to not let prejudice and stereotypes influence our judgement. If a former Neo-Nazi could, all of us can. (Well, *most* of us can. I'm not going to defend every asshole out there).
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Post by edmonddantes on Apr 21, 2019 15:07:21 GMT -5
Yay, a topic about happy things got turned into a discussion about how awful and racist society is.
Also, you know what the problem with "punching Nazis" is? It's that once you're convinced someone is a Nazi, they can never un-convince you, much like being a "witch" in Salem, Massachusetts. And all it takes to get someone convinced is to argue with them, just once, about any petty thing.
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Post by kaoru on Apr 21, 2019 15:19:13 GMT -5
Also, you know what the problem with "punching Nazis" is? Yes: It sadly doesn't happen often enough.
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Post by edmonddantes on Apr 21, 2019 15:26:56 GMT -5
And you say my posts read like April Fools jokes...
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Post by kaoru on Apr 21, 2019 15:30:37 GMT -5
They do indeed. Good memory on your part
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Post by edmonddantes on Apr 21, 2019 15:35:57 GMT -5
So, getting back on topic.
6. You watch a cartoon you liked as a kid and, despite expectations, its actually better than you remember.
7. You hear about a super-interesting-sounding video game that unfortunately has gone up in price... and then find it in a yard sale for five bucks.
8. Getting all the endings in Bushido Blade.
9. The Pepsiman speedruns at Awesome Games Done Quick. Very nearly made me switch to Pepsi after years of being a loyal Coca-Cola fan.
10. You're suffering from burnout from playing a certain RPG series, but the offshoot is you randomly decide to play an old arcade fighting game and... wind up playing it for hours.
11. In afformentioned game, remembering the first time you played it and finding the secret technique to cheesing every fight by using the Burn Knuckle on a certain frame where they can't block.
EDIT - by the way, that particular April Fools topic ought to be bumped, say, with other people trying their hands at "describe/rewrite this game into being a horror title."
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