There is no diaper bigger than the internet (new annoyance thread)

[elpollodiablo]

Heh, the exact same thing happened to my game last night. Although I was at work at the time, so I couldn't have gone anyway. Which is an annoyance enough.

Thought: next LPTJ get together of any size, I'd love to get a poker game goin on

[coldforge]

Clobyosh?!!?

[elpollodiablo]

I love card games; teach me and I'll play


That is if my negligible goyish ancestry would permit it

[Greg Nog]

I will sit on the sidelines and drink and play with Legos, then.

[Nick Ink]

Clobyosh?!!?

Yes! I know we've had this conversation before, but it's been a long time since I've played that.

Having said that, my old flatmate and clob guru, Mat, is bringing his daughter round for a sleepover with Ellie next weekend. If we can get the five year-olds to crash out any time before midnight, a couple of doobies, a chess board and a few first-to-1000s will be in order. There will be baiting of epic proportions, and no mistake.

[coldforge]

I wish we could play online, Nick. I have the feeling you would destroy me.

[slow west vultures]

I wish we could play online, Nick. I have the feeling you would destroy me.

coldforge admits his first sign of weakness. 

[Nick Ink]

I wish we could play online, Nick. I have the feeling you would destroy me.

Well, I'm no card-sharp really, but my flatmate and I did play that particular game to the point where I personally felt about 90% of the cards played themselves, and hands turned on very subtle strategic events. Sometimes, it would be something like, 'do you lead that blind 10 and chance him not having the Ace?' Or rubbers would tilt on who defended best, tapping into short suits, drawing out trumps, maybe nicking a last trick you had no right to, getting robust losing scores of 40-60 rather than 30-70, which made a difference over the long run. There weren't many occasions where you could look and say you'd made an obvious mistake as such, just because we were so into the game. Playing every night into it. In retrospect, it's amazing that we both got girlfriends that year we lived together.

But, yeah, playing online would be a lot of fun, but to be honest, you're the first person outside a couple of my friends who's ever even mentioned it.

[Nick Ink]

I wish we could play online, Nick. I have the feeling you would destroy me.

coldforge admits his first sign of weakness. 

Yes, I think the HAILING would be flowing in a very different direction, following any such destruction.

[slow west vultures]

I wish we could play online, Nick. I have the feeling you would destroy me.

Well, I'm no card-sharp really, but my flatmate and I did play that particular game to the point where I personally felt about 90% of the cards played themselves, and hands turned on very subtle strategic events. Sometimes, it would be something like, 'do you lead that blind 10 and chance him not having the Ace?' Or rubbers would tilt on who defended best, tapping into short suits, drawing out trumps, maybe nicking a last trick you had no right to, getting robust losing scores of 40-60 rather than 30-70, which made a difference over the long run. There weren't many occasions where you could look and say you'd made an obvious mistake as such, just because we were so into the game. Playing every night into it. In retrospect, it's amazing that we both got girlfriends that year we lived together.

But, yeah, playing online would be a lot of fun, but to be honest, you're the first person outside a couple of my friends who's ever even mentioned it.

sometimes you amaze me with your englishness nick.  if you guys played online you better have a bowler hat and a pipe in your mouth. 

[Nick Ink]

I'm bemused! What's particularly English about that post? I thought I was just chatting about cards?

[slow west vultures]

just all the expresions i've never heard before that i attributed to english slang

I wish we could play online, Nick. I have the feeling you would destroy me.

 Or rubbers would tilt on who defended best, tapping into short suits, drawing out trumps, maybe nicking a last trick you had no right to,

i guess there's not much there.  when i first read that though it sounded like all these english expressions, but i guess they're more poker terms. 

[coldforge]

he thought you were talking about condoms

[slow west vultures]

rubbers just sounded like a delightfully colorful english nickname. 

[coldforge]

Actually, as a fellow cards player, I have no idea what he's referring to.

[Nick Ink]

lol

[C of heartbreak]

My crackhead boss ruined my day today by telling me I'd have to replace a transmission tonight. I feel like I should call in sick to spite him but I'm pretty sure I don't have the guts.

[G.C.R]

Don't take showers while upset folks! I did last night and sort of angrily scratched my shoulder a couple times, thought nothing of it. Got out and shit man, if my shoulder  down to the left breast isnt covered in bright purple bruise-y welts. How embarrassing.

[citrus]

getting stood up sucks. i'm hungry.

[El_Josharino]

I blew way too much cash at the casino tonight. Fuckin' a.

[Nick Ink]

So, is it now cool when we want to be derogatory for us all to talk about 'supergay' book covers and 'being gay ' for watching dance reality programmes?

 

Very much non-annoyed connected tangent - going to Pride today, this year is going to be great, probably the first time it's really felt like everyopne in the city was behind it. Well, everyone except my Saudi students, perhaps, but Rome wasn't built in a day.

[jebreject]

I am feeling anxious about band practice. Band practice! Goddammit.

[DCDave]

So, is it now cool when we want to be derogatory for us all to talk about 'supergay' book covers and 'being gay ' for watching dance reality programmes?

 

Very much non-annoyed connected tangent - going to Pride today, this year is going to be great, probably the first time it's really felt like everyopne in the city was behind it. Well, everyone except my Saudi students, perhaps, but Rome wasn't built in a day.

The super gay book cover isn't a derogatory comment.  It's because we find the man on the cover to be very handsome.

[Andrew_TSKS]

Serious response to Nick's post: I took blucas's "blucas you are so gay" thing to be a joke on the vaguely homophobic things that people say to him about him liking certain tv shows, rather than an actual homophobic joke. Also, I don't really have a problem with something being referred to as gay if what is meant by "gay" is "homosexual". I think the cover of "Gardens Of The Moon" does indeed look homoerotic, so it didn't bother me that Almanzo quoted Patton Oswalt and said it was "gayer than 8 guys blowing 9 guys". That's not a negative value judgment, it's just a comment that the cover looks homoerotic, and it's said in a joking tone. Now, when people say something is gay and by "gay" they mean "stupid" or "wrong" or "bad", then I have a problem with it.

[Ignatius]

"Look! We're using explicit reference to sexual acts!  It can't be offensive cuz that's what gay means!"
I think the problem with this is that there is a value judgment in there somewhere.  You wouldn't say "that book cover is so heterosexual ha ha ha," for instance.  Maybe there's a tasteful way to imply that the cover is a little over-the-top with its presentation of virility or masculinity, but I don't think it includes reference to the phrase "gayer than 8 guys blowing 9 guys."