Riku's First Blizzcon - Page 4

On June 29 2011 15:27 Ghin wrote:
don't listen to them riku, i would totally give you a ride at blizzcon

On June 29 2011 20:59 Kukaracha wrote:
To all the weaklings out there, to all the nerds worshipping this girl, grow a pair of balls. Please. Or kill yourself.

On June 29 2011 15:32 Riku wrote:
Cool your knickers off, Never.

1) It was a story about how young and dumb I was at my first Blizzcon.

2) It was the only time in my life I had ever done such a thing.

3) I don't think it was cool, but I think you overreacted, so I trolled you. Herp. Balls of steel. Derp.

4) The only time I was at risk was crashing at my newly made friend's place and four other people knew I was there.

5) During the drive, I had my phone in my hand at all times and watched to make sure we were going to the right place. If we weren't, I could have called 911 or done something else WELL before he could do anything without crashing the car.

6) Stop with this whole "didn't parents ever..." thing. Duh, common knowledge. It's also common knowledge than teenagers are dumb and think they are invincible. Never in my blog did I state it was a good idea and, in fact, at the end, I noted how remarkable it was that I wasn't raped or murdered.

On June 29 2011 21:32 Lysenko wrote:


That's interesting. I'd say that Riku deserves to be taken a lot more seriously than she is. She's a year away from graduating from one of the most challenging engineering schools in the U.S. and is likely to be successful at whatever she chooses to do in life, yet people spout derision in her blog threads because they perceive her as some kind of facile groupie.

Anyway, I'm not sure what your issues with your traumatic childhood have to do with her.

On June 29 2011 21:32 Lysenko wrote:


That's interesting. I'd say that Riku deserves to be taken a lot more seriously than she is. She's a year away from graduating from one of the most challenging engineering schools in the U.S. and is likely to be successful at whatever she chooses to do in life, yet people spout derision in her blog threads because they perceive her as some kind of facile groupie.

Anyway, I'm not sure what your issues with your traumatic childhood have to do with her.

On June 29 2011 22:00 Haemonculus wrote:

No, you chill out. She's just trying to point out that you made some seriously dumb calls that night. Take the friendly advice and move on.

1. So you were young and naive, we've all been there. Just go with a friend next time. Your chances of someone trying to take advantage of you are *drastically* reduced with another person around.

2. Good to hear.

3. Mayyyybe she overreacted in a world in which this all already happened, and you got away fine. You even state yourself that it's remarkable you didn't get raped or murdered. Her comments are pretty reasonable.

5. Had your hand on your phone? Have your hand on your mace. You think you coulda "kicked his butt" if he tried anything? Really? I get young and innocent but eesh.

On June 29 2011 16:45 SirJolt wrote:


I often wonder how characters like this come about; was there a board meeting where they decided it should be a dog instead of a person? Did someone sit down and said,



It seems crazy.

I'm learning a lot from this blog.

I often wonder how characters like this come about; was there a board meeting where they decided it should be a dog instead of a person?

On June 30 2011 00:10 Roffles wrote:
You look like TLO. Once seen, cannot unsee.

On June 29 2011 23:17 Torenhire wrote:


Is this why you don't come out to dinner anymore?

On June 30 2011 00:22 SirJolt wrote:
I thought it might actually be something to do with how children lavish attention on dogs. They're used to spending a lot of time making sure their dog knows they care about it.

Think about it, even if it's a bit mangy and ragged, if a dog starts to whine and all the kids come running to make sure it's okay.

On June 30 2011 00:11 Chef wrote:

What are kids going to be more interested in, another adult saying things about stuff, or a colourful doggy police mascot? I dunno what the child psychological studies on information retention say about these kinds of things, but it's definitely commonly thought that kids need to be entertained at the same time as they are informed. Most kids books (educational or otherwise) feature animals. I think the idea is that a lesson is more memorable if you can attach it to a character.

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On June 29 2011 18:13 dakalro wrote:


And you'd have to be really paranoid to not talk to any strangers either. How would you meet people then?

As an idea I've spent my entire childhood with a key around my neck playing outside with friends. Boys and girls alike. And the worst that I've heard happen with my groups of friends was someone falling from a tree on their head. Luckily minimal damage. The outside is not some evil place filled with people with violent stuff on their mind.

On June 30 2011 00:41 Dance. wrote:


Well maybe as a kid, you should have stopped being so "paranoid" and started playing with 40 year old men.