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On October 19 2013 03:34 ticklishmusic wrote:Show nested quote +On October 19 2013 03:23 ComaDose wrote:What fantasy series should I read next? I'd rather something that's finished. Read and enjoyed stuff like: + Show Spoiler +Wheel of Time
Sword of Truth
all David Eddings
Game of Thrones
Mistborn Trilogy Painted Man Name of the Wind Lies of Locke Lamora Abhorsen Night Angel
Do you recommend the rest of those series as well. Night angel actually looks pretty cool although I admit i did find the title a little off putting 
All the ones that are going to be films sound like they would make good films too.
And thats another vote for the kingkiller Chronicles.
On October 19 2013 03:36 Requizen wrote:Show nested quote +On October 19 2013 03:31 ComaDose wrote:On October 19 2013 03:25 Requizen wrote:On October 19 2013 03:23 ComaDose wrote:What fantasy series should I read next? I'd rather something that's finished. Read and enjoyed stuff like: + Show Spoiler +Wheel of Time
Sword of Truth
all David Eddings
Game of Thrones
Mistborn Trilogy Try the Dresden Files series. The first few are a bit slow to some people, but it's a fantastic Urban Fantasy series with great main characters and a double dash of Noir/Pulp Mystery. Is book 15 going to be the last one? not sure how I will feel about modern fantasy. (they have guns?) He's expressed that it's going to be at least 20 books capped off with "an apocalyptic trilogy, because who doesn't love apocalyptic trilogies?". Mortals have guns. In universe, wizards and magic in general fuck with technology, so they can't really carry guns or anything like phones or computers. Harry has a revolver (few moving parts, so it's reliable), but generally slugs it out with gouts of flame or by shooting lines of force into the monster's face. It's a nice mix of action, character interaction, and mystery, though you can generally figure out most of the mysteries if you're paying close enough attention. Known to have some of the best action sequences in recent writing, in my humble opinion.
That sounds pretty sick. I'm just don't want to go through the torture of waiting for the next book like i did for over a decade with the wheel of time. I've seen it recommended around so many times now though its on my to read list. Maybe another reasonably long trilogy before i settle down for another epic.
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On October 19 2013 03:46 WaveofShadow wrote:Show nested quote +On October 19 2013 03:44 ticklishmusic wrote:On October 19 2013 03:43 WaveofShadow wrote:
Seriously though shit like 'studies mention' pisses me off because I'm sure there are studies that attempt to quantify 'happiness' in that way.
The fact that some researchers try to allude to the fact that all that matters to general happiness is how people spend their free time and how relaxed they are is serious horseshit. Yeah I'm more stressed now, yeah I get a lot less sleep and am much poorer, but I wouldn't trade the feeling I get when I hang out with him or sit and watch videos for hours at a time when I should be studying for anything.
Fuck 'studies.' Upping my shitposting level + Show Spoiler + Saw a whole bunch of Miyazaki movies for the first time last year. I was fucking blown away.
I almost missed that pun.
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On October 19 2013 03:41 MoonBear wrote:Show nested quote +On October 19 2013 03:26 Requizen wrote:On October 19 2013 03:25 Fusilero wrote:On October 19 2013 03:24 Requizen wrote:
The worst part about 40k as a hobby is that even though I play one army I still want to collect like 4 others -.-
I just want to buy a complete detachment of Lehman Russ tanks or a squad of Carnifexes. Those models OP. I had that, I collected tau but I really wanted to get some imperial guard because they looked cool but so expensive man. If I played IG I'd play a full mech army because their tanks and shit are the best, but goddamn it's like $50 per tank at least. And then you see all the beautiful ForgeWorld models and start drooling... And you also realise either you don't know anyone to play with or you don't have time. *sigh* Show nested quote +On October 19 2013 03:34 BlackPaladin wrote:
I'm doing accounting hw right now and come here and see this "kids are assests" shit. Omg wtf lol then like what am I, a stapler? Audit @.@
I didn't think I'd have anyone to play with, but honestly if you go to a Games Workshop or any FLGS during acceptable hours, you'll find people that are sitting around painting or just shooting the breeze that are up for games. Mine is running a beginners "campaign" that I've gone to a couple times, a lot of young kids getting into it but I've met a lot of players of all age groups.
The two other Necron players and lack of Nid or IG players have made me thing a couple times about changing armies hue. Everyone else seems to be either Space Marines or Orks.
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Laputa/Mononoke best movies of all movies.
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On October 19 2013 03:46 WaveofShadow wrote:Show nested quote +On October 19 2013 03:45 wei2coolman wrote:On October 19 2013 03:43 WaveofShadow wrote:
Seriously though shit like 'studies mention' pisses me off because I'm sure there are studies that attempt to quantify 'happiness' in that way.
The fact that some researchers try to allude to the fact that all that matters to general happiness is how people spend their free time and how relaxed they are is serious horseshit. Yeah I'm more stressed now, yeah I get a lot less sleep and am much poorer, but I wouldn't trade the feeling I get when I hang out with him or sit and watch videos of him laughing/playing for hours at a time when I should be studying for anything.
Fuck 'studies.' Well yeah, you could say the same about drug addiction... Can you list any benefits of drug addiction to yourself or society in general?
You're happy when your high, and nothing else matters.
Also, my point isn't saying that kids are addiction, but there are consequences in other areas of your life, even if you wouldn't give it up for anything else in the world.
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Speaking of good movies, y'all should go see Gravity. That was a good movie. Also heart attacks.
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On October 19 2013 03:48 AsmodeusXI wrote:
Speaking of good movies, y'all should go see Gravity. That was a good movie. Also heart attacks.
It actually lives up to its hype? I honestly have heard so much I feel like if I saw it I could only be sad.
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it's funny the argument I'm going for is that having kids requires a bit of an altruistic mindset in that providing for someone else and raising them is almost a 'higher calling.' It forces many people into a different mindset than only thinking about themselves (of course this is not true for everyone).
I had a professor in grad school who believed the complete opposite and there is scientific evidence that he is right---having kids is extremely selfish from a genetics point of view.
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On October 19 2013 03:47 ComaDose wrote:Show nested quote +On October 19 2013 03:36 Requizen wrote:On October 19 2013 03:31 ComaDose wrote:On October 19 2013 03:25 Requizen wrote:On October 19 2013 03:23 ComaDose wrote:What fantasy series should I read next? I'd rather something that's finished. Read and enjoyed stuff like: + Show Spoiler +Wheel of Time
Sword of Truth
all David Eddings
Game of Thrones
Mistborn Trilogy Try the Dresden Files series. The first few are a bit slow to some people, but it's a fantastic Urban Fantasy series with great main characters and a double dash of Noir/Pulp Mystery. Is book 15 going to be the last one? not sure how I will feel about modern fantasy. (they have guns?) He's expressed that it's going to be at least 20 books capped off with "an apocalyptic trilogy, because who doesn't love apocalyptic trilogies?". Mortals have guns. In universe, wizards and magic in general fuck with technology, so they can't really carry guns or anything like phones or computers. Harry has a revolver (few moving parts, so it's reliable), but generally slugs it out with gouts of flame or by shooting lines of force into the monster's face. It's a nice mix of action, character interaction, and mystery, though you can generally figure out most of the mysteries if you're paying close enough attention. Known to have some of the best action sequences in recent writing, in my humble opinion. That sounds pretty sick. I'm just don't want to go through the torture of waiting for the next book like i did for over a decade with the wheel of time. I've seen it recommended around so many times now though its on my to read list. Maybe another reasonably long trilogy before i settle down for another epic.
He's been very good about 1 per year. Skin Game should be out before Christmas from what I've heard, though he's starting a Steampunk series as well.
He did a High Fantasy series called Codex Alera. It was... meh. Not great imo, not his style or maybe I just don't like pure high fantasy as much.
On October 19 2013 03:46 WaveofShadow wrote:Show nested quote +On October 19 2013 03:44 ticklishmusic wrote:On October 19 2013 03:43 WaveofShadow wrote:
Seriously though shit like 'studies mention' pisses me off because I'm sure there are studies that attempt to quantify 'happiness' in that way.
The fact that some researchers try to allude to the fact that all that matters to general happiness is how people spend their free time and how relaxed they are is serious horseshit. Yeah I'm more stressed now, yeah I get a lot less sleep and am much poorer, but I wouldn't trade the feeling I get when I hang out with him or sit and watch videos for hours at a time when I should be studying for anything.
Fuck 'studies.' Upping my shitposting level + Show Spoiler + Saw a whole bunch of Miyazaki movies for the first time last year. I was fucking blown away.
Which did you see? I recently watched Warmness of the Heart, which was super cute and heartwarming (derr).
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On October 19 2013 03:48 wei2coolman wrote:Show nested quote +On October 19 2013 03:46 WaveofShadow wrote:On October 19 2013 03:45 wei2coolman wrote:On October 19 2013 03:43 WaveofShadow wrote:
Seriously though shit like 'studies mention' pisses me off because I'm sure there are studies that attempt to quantify 'happiness' in that way.
The fact that some researchers try to allude to the fact that all that matters to general happiness is how people spend their free time and how relaxed they are is serious horseshit. Yeah I'm more stressed now, yeah I get a lot less sleep and am much poorer, but I wouldn't trade the feeling I get when I hang out with him or sit and watch videos of him laughing/playing for hours at a time when I should be studying for anything.
Fuck 'studies.' Well yeah, you could say the same about drug addiction... Can you list any benefits of drug addiction to yourself or society in general? You're happy when your high, and nothing else matters.
Again, trolling or not? Because that doesn't exactly answer my question. Are you advocating a hedonistic lifestyle?
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On October 19 2013 03:48 GhandiEAGLE wrote:AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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On October 19 2013 03:48 AsmodeusXI wrote:
Speaking of good movies, y'all should go see Gravity. That was a good movie. Also heart attacks.
That was sick, but it got on my vertigo a bit even in 2D. Sandra Bullock should be nominated for that performance, like whoa.
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On October 19 2013 03:47 ComaDose wrote:Show nested quote +On October 19 2013 03:34 ticklishmusic wrote:On October 19 2013 03:23 ComaDose wrote:What fantasy series should I read next? I'd rather something that's finished. Read and enjoyed stuff like: + Show Spoiler +Wheel of Time
Sword of Truth
all David Eddings
Game of Thrones
Mistborn Trilogy Painted Man Name of the Wind Lies of Locke Lamora Abhorsen Night Angel Do you recommend the rest of those series as well. Night angel actually looks pretty cool although I admit i did find the title a little off putting All the ones that are going to be films sound like they would make good films too. And thats another vote for the kingkiller Chronicles.
I'm pretty lazy about series names, but everything is pretty good.
Demon Cycle (Painted Man, Desert Spear, etc.) is pretty dark-- basically mankind has been almost wiped out by demons and hide in a few villages and fortified towns but are basically dying out. A few religious overtones.
Lies of Locke Lamora is great. Characters are hilarious and witty, think Artemis Fowl for adults x10. The third book just came out, and things are getting pretty real.
Abhorsen is amazing. Read it in middle school, still think its one of the best series ever
Night Angel... a bit similar to the Lies of Lamora, a little implausible at times but I loved it overall.
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On October 19 2013 03:50 Requizen wrote:Show nested quote +On October 19 2013 03:47 ComaDose wrote:On October 19 2013 03:36 Requizen wrote:On October 19 2013 03:31 ComaDose wrote:On October 19 2013 03:25 Requizen wrote:On October 19 2013 03:23 ComaDose wrote:What fantasy series should I read next? I'd rather something that's finished. Read and enjoyed stuff like: + Show Spoiler +Wheel of Time
Sword of Truth
all David Eddings
Game of Thrones
Mistborn Trilogy Try the Dresden Files series. The first few are a bit slow to some people, but it's a fantastic Urban Fantasy series with great main characters and a double dash of Noir/Pulp Mystery. Is book 15 going to be the last one? not sure how I will feel about modern fantasy. (they have guns?) He's expressed that it's going to be at least 20 books capped off with "an apocalyptic trilogy, because who doesn't love apocalyptic trilogies?". Mortals have guns. In universe, wizards and magic in general fuck with technology, so they can't really carry guns or anything like phones or computers. Harry has a revolver (few moving parts, so it's reliable), but generally slugs it out with gouts of flame or by shooting lines of force into the monster's face. It's a nice mix of action, character interaction, and mystery, though you can generally figure out most of the mysteries if you're paying close enough attention. Known to have some of the best action sequences in recent writing, in my humble opinion. That sounds pretty sick. I'm just don't want to go through the torture of waiting for the next book like i did for over a decade with the wheel of time. I've seen it recommended around so many times now though its on my to read list. Maybe another reasonably long trilogy before i settle down for another epic. He's been very good about 1 per year. Skin Game should be out before Christmas from what I've heard, though he's starting a Steampunk series as well. He did a High Fantasy series called Codex Alera. It was... meh. Not great imo, not his style or maybe I just don't like pure high fantasy as much. Show nested quote +On October 19 2013 03:46 WaveofShadow wrote:On October 19 2013 03:44 ticklishmusic wrote:On October 19 2013 03:43 WaveofShadow wrote:
Seriously though shit like 'studies mention' pisses me off because I'm sure there are studies that attempt to quantify 'happiness' in that way.
The fact that some researchers try to allude to the fact that all that matters to general happiness is how people spend their free time and how relaxed they are is serious horseshit. Yeah I'm more stressed now, yeah I get a lot less sleep and am much poorer, but I wouldn't trade the feeling I get when I hang out with him or sit and watch videos for hours at a time when I should be studying for anything.
Fuck 'studies.' Upping my shitposting level + Show Spoiler + Saw a whole bunch of Miyazaki movies for the first time last year. I was fucking blown away. Which did you see? I recently watched Warmness of the Heart, which was super cute and heartwarming (derr).
My brother got My Neighbour Totoro for his birthday when he was like 7 (I would have been 12) and we watched the shit out of it. We thought it was weird as hell but we loved it. (Apparently Disney did a redubbing of it a few years ago....it's awful by comparison imo).
The ones I saw recently are all the arguably more famous ones: Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Howl's Moving Castle.
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On October 19 2013 03:47 Requizen wrote:
I didn't think I'd have anyone to play with, but honestly if you go to a Games Workshop or any FLGS during acceptable hours, you'll find people that are sitting around painting or just shooting the breeze that are up for games. Mine is running a beginners "campaign" that I've gone to a couple times, a lot of young kids getting into it but I've met a lot of players of all age groups.
The lack of time is by biggest problem.
On October 19 2013 03:48 Osmoses wrote:
Laputa/Mononoke best movies of all movies.
I enjoyed Howl's Moving Castle the most.
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On October 19 2013 03:53 MoonBear wrote:Show nested quote +On October 19 2013 03:47 Requizen wrote:
I didn't think I'd have anyone to play with, but honestly if you go to a Games Workshop or any FLGS during acceptable hours, you'll find people that are sitting around painting or just shooting the breeze that are up for games. Mine is running a beginners "campaign" that I've gone to a couple times, a lot of young kids getting into it but I've met a lot of players of all age groups. The lack of time is by biggest problem. Show nested quote +On October 19 2013 03:48 Osmoses wrote:
Laputa/Mononoke best movies of all movies. I enjoyed Howl's Moving Castle the most.
Calcifer is da bes.
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All Miyazaki/Ghibli films are worth a fair shake. I grew up on My Neighbor Totoro so it holds a special place in my heart, but I really liked Spirited Away and Mononoke as well.
There's a lot of other good stand-alone anime films out there as well, Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal for instance is a fucking work of art that you don't need to see Samurai X/Kenshin to appreciate.
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On October 19 2013 03:50 WaveofShadow wrote:Show nested quote +On October 19 2013 03:48 wei2coolman wrote:On October 19 2013 03:46 WaveofShadow wrote:On October 19 2013 03:45 wei2coolman wrote:On October 19 2013 03:43 WaveofShadow wrote:
Seriously though shit like 'studies mention' pisses me off because I'm sure there are studies that attempt to quantify 'happiness' in that way.
The fact that some researchers try to allude to the fact that all that matters to general happiness is how people spend their free time and how relaxed they are is serious horseshit. Yeah I'm more stressed now, yeah I get a lot less sleep and am much poorer, but I wouldn't trade the feeling I get when I hang out with him or sit and watch videos of him laughing/playing for hours at a time when I should be studying for anything.
Fuck 'studies.' Well yeah, you could say the same about drug addiction... Can you list any benefits of drug addiction to yourself or society in general? You're happy when your high, and nothing else matters. Again, trolling or not? Because that doesn't exactly answer my question. Are you advocating a hedonistic lifestyle?
Isn't that what life is though?
If your kids gives you the greatest joy in the world, isn't that hedonistic in itself?
different values of utility/happiness for each person. If you value your kids that highly, and are willing to go through all the shit that goes with it for that happiness, how is that not just as hedonistic as some guy who's willing to do the same for his drug of choice? (this applies to anything, not just vices.)
If there's one things humans are good at, it's making themselves happy, even if it makes them miserable.
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Pitcairn19291 Posts
On October 19 2013 03:50 WaveofShadow wrote:Show nested quote +On October 19 2013 03:48 wei2coolman wrote:On October 19 2013 03:46 WaveofShadow wrote:On October 19 2013 03:45 wei2coolman wrote:On October 19 2013 03:43 WaveofShadow wrote:
Seriously though shit like 'studies mention' pisses me off because I'm sure there are studies that attempt to quantify 'happiness' in that way.
The fact that some researchers try to allude to the fact that all that matters to general happiness is how people spend their free time and how relaxed they are is serious horseshit. Yeah I'm more stressed now, yeah I get a lot less sleep and am much poorer, but I wouldn't trade the feeling I get when I hang out with him or sit and watch videos of him laughing/playing for hours at a time when I should be studying for anything.
Fuck 'studies.' Well yeah, you could say the same about drug addiction... Can you list any benefits of drug addiction to yourself or society in general? You're happy when your high, and nothing else matters. Again, trolling or not? Because that doesn't exactly answer my question. Are you advocating a hedonistic lifestyle?
Here comes probably the segway into a very bad conversation:
Marijuana is considered an illegal drug. But what makes this drug illegal and not something like cigarettes? Cigarettes are harmful to both yourself and the society and have little to no benefits known to mankind. Marijuana has many medicinal uses and is less harmful as well as not addicting. In fact, what makes it worse than something like caffeine, a highly addicting drug that plagues many people over the age of 22.
Drugs are good.
+ Show Spoiler +I won't be here next hour to respond lol
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On October 19 2013 03:50 Requizen wrote:Show nested quote +On October 19 2013 03:47 ComaDose wrote:On October 19 2013 03:36 Requizen wrote:On October 19 2013 03:31 ComaDose wrote:On October 19 2013 03:25 Requizen wrote:On October 19 2013 03:23 ComaDose wrote:What fantasy series should I read next? I'd rather something that's finished. Read and enjoyed stuff like: + Show Spoiler +Wheel of Time
Sword of Truth
all David Eddings
Game of Thrones
Mistborn Trilogy Try the Dresden Files series. The first few are a bit slow to some people, but it's a fantastic Urban Fantasy series with great main characters and a double dash of Noir/Pulp Mystery. Is book 15 going to be the last one? not sure how I will feel about modern fantasy. (they have guns?) He's expressed that it's going to be at least 20 books capped off with "an apocalyptic trilogy, because who doesn't love apocalyptic trilogies?". Mortals have guns. In universe, wizards and magic in general fuck with technology, so they can't really carry guns or anything like phones or computers. Harry has a revolver (few moving parts, so it's reliable), but generally slugs it out with gouts of flame or by shooting lines of force into the monster's face. It's a nice mix of action, character interaction, and mystery, though you can generally figure out most of the mysteries if you're paying close enough attention. Known to have some of the best action sequences in recent writing, in my humble opinion. That sounds pretty sick. I'm just don't want to go through the torture of waiting for the next book like i did for over a decade with the wheel of time. I've seen it recommended around so many times now though its on my to read list. Maybe another reasonably long trilogy before i settle down for another epic. He's been very good about 1 per year. Skin Game should be out before Christmas from what I've heard, though he's starting a Steampunk series as well. He did a High Fantasy series called Codex Alera. It was... meh. Not great imo, not his style or maybe I just don't like pure high fantasy as much.
google Codex Alera:
The inspiration for the series came from a bet Jim was challenged to by a member of the Del Rey Online Writer’s Workshop. The challenger bet that Jim could not write a good story based on a lame idea, and Jim countered that he could do it using two lame ideas of the challenger’s choosing. The “lame” ideas given were “Lost Roman Legion", and “Pokémon”.
that sounds pretty fucking good to me
oh and the series is finished? I am a fan of high fantasy so maybe i'll give this one a shot...
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