Member Announcements Thread

[TentanariX]

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some possible bad news, due to the economys state, i am not getting many hours in my job, and may end up having to move out of my apartment sometime, if not sometime QUITE soon. Which means I may be absent for an unspecified amount of time. Im not dropping out, its just Ill have to be VERY careful if I do get internet back at my folks house as not to get grilled and fried for looking H-themed or related sites, like this one. Just a heads up incase I DO IN FACT end up disappearing.

 

[Copper]

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Well, do what you need to do, Tenta, and come back as you can. I hear ya about the job thing. Lord knows I've been going through enough 8 hour work weeks to feel the pain. Good luck with that.

 

[Chibichibi]

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Got back from Easter get together with the family. My uncle with cancer actually showed up. He's been recovering well.

Some good news in here for once...

Yay! I love good news!

In other news that may not be so good, I start class again today, so between my job and school I'll be more absent than i have been.... which is a lot.

 

[Hali]

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*Waves to y'all* I'm officially back, but maybe not effectively...

Glad to hear your good news Sinful! Sorry for the shortness, but I've gotta run! *Waves ta-ta~*

 

[Nunu]

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yay hali!

also some of you may have noticed less than your normal amount of nunu around lately. this is because i have secured an xbawks and have been playing it constantly until my friend takes it back. also i got ME2. also i was annexed to help renovate a garden.

 

[lurker]

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*Jaw drops* OMG HALI! Welkie back!

 

[Sinfulwolf]

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*Waves to y'all* I'm officially back, but maybe not effectively...

Glad to hear your good news Sinful! Sorry for the shortness, but I've gotta run! *Waves ta-ta~*

Welcome back...ish Hali!

 

[Wonderboy]

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BLAADJLSDFHISFJHABVLSFGYAIWEBHFHASDFHLUSDHFHLSDGJV!!!

Warning: WoT approaching.

I have just had probably the most annoying conversation about economics in my entire LIFE! (It's a long time for me ok?)

Basically we have two stores that sell one product. One store has created an image of being somewhat of a delicasy store, whilst the other is simply stating the fact that it sells stuff cheap. The first store has an extremely wide selection of wares, whilst the second is focused more on being cheap.

Obviously the first store sells everything the second does, and quite a few products that the second one doesn't.

Now, these two stores both sell one of them big northern crab legs. It's from the same supplier, and I've tried both, they're the same size and weight and so fourth. Basically, it's the same product. BUT: The first store sells this product for 50% more than the second. The difference is that the first store takes the crab out of the box and puts it on ice in a nice looking counter with a smiling woman behind it, whilst store two just has a thingy that says "Mr. Freeze" and in there are the same legs, but in this instance, they look more like something from an alien invasion film, sticking out like they're gonna grab the first poor sod that tries to reach in there.

My point in this discussion is that the first store obviously charges the extra because they can, and when they do things this way and play on their image, can charge the 50% extra.

Now, since all my areas of study are concentrated around Physics, chemistry, and other such sciences, my conversatonal partner starts being condecending towards me. Along the lines of "Poor you, you might understand particle physics, but you don't know my market models." And such. His point was that there was obviously some difference in the produce, some reason why the first store was charging so much for it. Because they wouldn't just charge that extra for no reason.

Yes.

An economy student told me, that just because the store can charge extra, it doesn't mean it will.

Ok, I admit, I don't know the advanced terminology used in advanced analasy and such, but I do know the following:

Economy 101. Capitalistic principles:

Take whatever you can get, then try to get more.

Gaaaaaerrrrhrhrffhsjlf!

Basicly his argument was that because it's more expensive, it has to be inherently better.

I'm sorry I had to put you guys through that, but I just had to listen to this for 40 minutes.

 

[Lucas]

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Nonsense, the extra charge is for 'atmosphere'. The atmosphere being the random crap they throw on walls and make the waiter/waitress wear to be 'quirky' or 'upscale' in order to make you pay out the ass for a burger that tastes about the same as one from McDonald's.

 

[Zoto]

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Once again I find myself at the discomfort of english preliminary exams.

I am trying to find something to write but I'm all out, the task is as follows: Read the extract Digging to America in attachement 2. Write an essay in which you identify cuktural differences mentioned in the extract and reflect on how different cultural values affect relations and communication between people anywhere in the world.

Now, internet is not allowed, but of course I hacked the main server and went into the subweb masks to initiate a loophole for me to squeeze my computer through.......Ok, it wasn't shut down, so i can just log on whenever I feel like it.

But what to write, I got 2 hours left and I have half a page so far...

 

[Wonderboy]

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Surfing the web at school during preliminaries, WIN!

EDIT: Also, I hope your grammar is better in the test than in your posts...

 

[Zoto]

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Surfing the web at school during preliminaries, WIN!

EDIT: Also, I hope your grammar is better in the test than in your posts...

It is not win, I cannot seem concentrate.

I have one mistake, cuktural instead of cultural.

 

[Wonderboy]

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It is not win, I cannot seem concentrate.

I have one mistake, cuktural instead of cultural.

I cannot seem concentrate. [/]QUOTE

Really, one?

Now it's Two

And you forgot quotation-marks or comma before the "Digging to..." Thingy.

Oh, and you forgot a capital "i."

Oh, and I'm just being an asshole, there's a big difference with the effort you put into a quick post on an online forum and a test that defines half your grade.

 

[Incubus]

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Oh god, I'm in the friend zone x.x;

Basically just got a 1am crying phone call about boyfriend troubles from a cute girl. I'm not even all that close to her, after I found out she was taken I backed well off and just slowly drifted away as I do from people and blarg. I just don't know how to deal with this.

And because I'm not a completely heartless bastard:

pics. Deal with the blur, drunkenness was involved in the taking of this photo. It's also one of the oens she looks best in.

Spoiler

And no, that's not me, before anyone asks. That's Gil. He's a pretty cool guy, for an American at least. (He's down here travelling)

But yeah. Friend zone. Wrrrrryyy.

 

[Sinfulwolf]

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How did you end up in the friend zone?

In all seriousness, ouch. Well, at least you helped her out a bit my friend.

 

[Incubus]

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Yeah, I offered what little I could. Shame it left me feeling crappy.

 

[Newbie]

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He ended up in the friend zone because he chose not to pursue a girl who was already seeing someone, and got the call because presumably she doesn't know anyone better( or anyone else, you decide) to talk to about her problems. Which might be a sign of trust, which is a fairly good basis for a relationship, which is hilarious because she's already in one.

it's like how the wrong kind of person can make you feel like shit because you drove two drunk chicks who were kind of hitting on each other home, but you didn't do anything because they both had boyfriends and were drunk, which is only fair game if it's a shared condition as far as your concerned.

 

[Incubus]

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Eh, she picked me because her best friend hears too much of this and she doesn't want to drive her away, someone named Daniel is in love with her and gets weird when she starts talking about her boyfriend, and one of her other female friends will hunt him down if she hears he's causing her pain.

I only met her through work, I don't know any of her friends other than the work ones xD

 

[Newbie]

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Eh, she picked me because her best friend hears too much of this and she doesn't want to drive her away, someone named Daniel is in love with her and gets weird when she starts talking about her boyfriend, and one of her other female friends will hunt him down if she hears he's causing her pain.

A couple of thoughts come to mind:
1) Maybe she ought to set this Daniel kid straight. Its seems clear to me that it's clear to him she has a boyfriend. He need to deal with that.
2) Maybe she ought to avoid the topic of her boyfriend around Daniel, and the topic of Daniel around her violent friend while we're at it, unless it's warranted.
3) Maybe she ought to avoid Daniel.
4) Maybe she need to explain the situation better to her violent friend so as to prevent the violence.
5) Maybe she ought to talk to her best friend. Not necessarily about this mess, but in general. It's a good way to figure out where the friendship is and where it's going.

Seems to me, uninformed as I am, that the problem lies with everyone but the boyfriend.

 

[Kusanagi]

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Here's what I'm getting out of it:

- If you're in the friend zone, it's because 1) she's too dumb to realize she should go out with you, 2) you have a certain thing about you that makes her not want to go out with you, i.e. temper, too aggressive/passive, etc., or 3) you don't know each other well enough for you to say you're in the 'friend zone' yet and you're worried over nothing in that regard.
In any case, unless her b/f is your 'home-boy' or w/e, don't be afraid to still try for her if you really do want her, if you want to be more than a friend leastways.

- If she's afraid to call her best friend to complain, that's not much of a friend right there. Sure, friends can get sick of other friends complaining, but to be afraid to call? Only time that should happen is if there's something involving the friend that she doesn't want the friend to know about.

- Newbie pretty much said what I was going to about Daniel. I will add to it though that if she can't avoid Daniel, she should make sure she's never alone around Daniel.

- Do you mean the b/f or Daniel when you say that this other female friend will hunt him down if she hears he's causing her pain? Either way, if she doesn't want this to happen, like Newbie said, it's best for her to not say anything to this other female friend.
This could also be the reason she doesn't call her best friend - maybe the best friend would tell the other friend, and therefore the other friend would hunt down the b/f.

Of course, these are only suggestions. I'd really suggest, though, that you talk to someone you know that knows about what's going on as to what the best course of action to take is, since there's a big difference between what we know, and what someone who's there knows.