Salka

i love you nick

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cJOZp2ZftCw http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=N7IZmRnAo6s Seriously cool guy.

Yeah, it's actually insane how 40 minutes of a cutscene can be spent discussing one tiny detail that I don't even care about. It's so frustrating to me. It wears me out. I'll turn on the game, play it for 30 minutes, then have to endure a 40 minute cutscene, and by the end of it I'm so bored and frustrated that I'll have to turn it off and do something else. It's especially frustrating because I really love the gameplay. I think I'm going to start skipping the cutscenes because do I really care? I'm not sure. Maybe it would even help cut out some of the absolutely bollocks storylines I've been encountering. I mean come on, You know, I've been dreading the ending since about Act II. It's going to be such a nause, I know it. I'm going to hate it. DISCLAIMER: I love MGS4.

Yeah I don't know for certain. He could have been the only one who refused to go to war, and the others slaughtered each other in a pointless and bloody battle... and then the last one alive went mad with all the horrors he had witnessed during the war, spun himself up and ate himself. I let the lil war criminal go earlier, so he is safe.

Yeah by the way I've since started to time the MGS4 cutscenes and the end of an act/mission briefing/beginning of a new act cutscenes... it's like a 40 - 45 minute solid block of cutscenes. So fuck that shit. I thought I was just bored watching them and exaggerating how long they were in my head. But no.

Okay here's a cute little story. Last week I stopped Spaff from vacuuming up about 30 little money spiders that were living on our ceiling, presumably after coming off our Christmas tree. I promised that I'd catch them all in a jar and release them outside, because I didn't want them to lose their tiny little lives. Well I was reading this thread and just remembered that I'd said I'd do it, so I went downstairs and fished out a jar and a ladder. On closer inspection I discovered that the 30 money spiders had turned into 1 money spider with 29 little dead money spiders hanging in the web around it. Oh, I guess this story isn't so cute after all. I now have the one living money spider in a jar. I feel like I should avenge the others by killing it, but I don't know. I don't know which would be worse for my karma - killing a little spider or letting this tiny war criminal go free. Thoughts?

I'd just like to point out that I can't remember the last time I purposely killed a gnat or a spider or a fly or anything... I always catch them and release them outside. I can't even kills wasps even though I hate those fuckers. Fuck those guys. Seriously. I don't think there is any killing instinct left in me, and you'd think this would have gained me some serious karma points and that my life would currently be fantastic, but it's fucking not, it's shite.

I'm an atheist so I don't believe humans have some special purpose or anything like that. I don't believe my life is any more important in the grand scale of things, than the life of an ant. I don't think it's worth more, in fact with all the destruction and pollution etc that humans cause, I think it might be more advantageous to squish a human than an ant. But 'cos we're humans and empathise with each other more than we do an ant, my life is perceived to be more important by other humans, and I perceive other peoples lives to be more important than say, my lovely cat Raz even though I loveeee him. If an alien landed on earth tomorrow and he had to squish either a human or my cat, he would probably squish a human 'cos the cat looks cuter and makes a better pet. Humans would make rubbish pets... we are hairless (mostly). Hang on, what am I talking about? If I had to choose between squishing a human or a chicken, I would choose to squish the chicken but only because I perceive other human lives to be more important. But really they're not. If there WAS some kind of god and he had to squish a human or a chicken he'd probably squish the human. The conversation would probably go a bit like this: -- "Listen," said God, "Bad news. I'm afraid that I have to squish one of you. And since I rather like chickens, I suppose it will have to be you, human." "No way!" The human protested, "My life is obviously worth more than a chicken!" "To who?" "Well to... my family and my friends. Who's going to care if the chicken dies?" "Well, I like chickens," God replied, "they make far better pets than humans. I've never met a human who wasn't a bit of a twat." "But I'm great! I have all kinds of complex emotions and things, I can empathise with other living creatures, feel love, and pain, and all sorts! Can the chicken do that?" "Not that I'm aware of, but then, isn't it amazing that considering it doesn't have any empathy and you do, you're an utter cunt and the chicken is quite nice?" God said, "I mean, not even just to other animals that you supposedly feel empathy for, but to each other. Watching you guys fight and lie and cheat and kill and bully each other and other animals from heaven really fucks me off. So I'm afraid that, while you may think amongst yourselves that you're very important, I much prefer the chicken and so you'll have to be squished. Besides, the world could do with a few million less people, given how good you are at destroying everything. On the grand scale of things, I think it would be beneficial to have more chickens and less humans, don't you? Besides, I'm more closely related to chickens on the evolutionary scale than I am to humans, so I feel inclined to protect my winged friend as I perceive her life to be more important that yours." "Alright." agreed the human reluctantly, "I guess that makes sense. And I admit, I really am a bit of a shite." -- I don't care about gnats as much because I find them harder to emphasise with than your average cow, 'cos I've witnessed behaviours in cows that have more in common with humans (fear, curiousity, pleasure, contentedness... the pleased look they have when they manage to scratch an itch real good, etc). The only time I've ever met a gnat he's just come off as being a bit of a twat really. But I still think the life of a gnat is no more or less important than my own life really to anybody except other people, and maybe Raz because if I die then he might not have his dinner on time every day. If aliens came to inspect the planet earth, I'm sure they'd be fascinated with humans and our bizarre little habits and our funny little obsession with cleanliness in the same way that I was fascinated with how my pet hamster only went to the toilet in one corner of his cage, or how my cat lines her own litter tray with my clothes if it becomes too dirty. They'd be all like, "Look at these funny little people and how they dress themselves in funny different-coloured clothes!" in the same way that I am amused at how my cat only plays with toys that are orange and shaped like carrots. Then they'd realise that we don't make very good pets for the same reasons that some people don't like having chimpanzees as pets - we have attitude problems and little opposable thumbs that enable us to cause more trouble than say, a fluffy little cat or a round little hamster. We're too big for most alien households, we're difficult and slow to breed, we suffer from all kinds of complex emotional problems and we're louder than a Siamese fucking cat. Not to mention all the dietary requirements. So they'd probably keep a few of us in a zoo, use some of us for laboratory testing for their new medicines and cosmetics, and the rest to intensive farms to fatten up to make food for the cats. Isn't it amazing, they'll say, that we saved this planet Earth from these horrid little rats that were running rampant all over it. And all the other animals will say "Yes! Well done you guys! Though we'd like to point out that rats are actually really cool and only humans think that they're shit, and they only think that for teh same reason they hate seagulls and pigeons - their own slovenly, dirty and wasteful behaviour encouraged these animals to live in the human towns where they became pests and spread disease because of the gross conditions that humans created. So as we were saying, rats are awesome, don't hate rats!" And the rats will say SQUEAK SQUEAK and all the animals will be really pleased, except for Raz and Lili who will be sad because they'll have to eat me. I don't know what I'm talking about, btw.

Here is an example ¬¬ http://www.buffetlibredjs.net/flou.mp3 I thought it was interesting to browse, also that french electropop version of that Joan Jett song amused me lots http://www.buffetlibredjs.net/index.php !

River Cottage places? oh oh oh... that guy! I bought two of his books recently, one about meat and one about fish... he's really excellent, I respect him loads. I totally recommend those books. He makes a nice change from some of the absolute fuckers who are celebrity chefs at the moment... Who's the one who professes to hate vegetarians? Gordon Ramsey was it? Or Antony Bourdain? Probably both? Anybody who makes a blanket statement about hating vegetarians needs a punch in the fucking face. Spaff used to be this way, however he's mellowed out with age and is now quite a nice, affable person.

Actually I don't think turkeys make very good dinner at all. I'm sure I'm not alone in saying this. They make wayyy better pets than they do dinner. Turkey meat is rubbish.

See?!? They're SO awesome! Turkeys make awesome pets, they're so cool, I love them

Right, exactly, they still do have a choice, they just mightn't be aware that they do, but my point is still entirely valid. I know why it still sells, that's not the point of this thread, I'm not confused as to why people buy it. I understand where the problem is, that's why I started this thread to raise awareness for people that mightn't ever have given it some thought. Nick go fuck yourself you scrounger.

Yeah, high nutrition shmition (¬¬ what), my entire family (besides me) is vegetarian. My mum is a single mum with four little girls, doing her PhD, and they live on a very cheap budget whilst buying free range eggs, soya milk instead of real milk and no meat at all. My partner and I have been unemployed for four months have are going into debt, we still only buy free range or if we can't afford it, no meat at all. It doesn't matter what your income is, it is always a choice. You might have more incentives to buy the cheaper stuff if you have less money, but you still choose to do it, you don't have to. If you say that a lack of money is the reason that you buy intensively farmed meat then really, it's not... it is one of the reasons you choose to buy it. Hmm after re-reading that sentence I sound more opinionated than I meant to... but I still solidly stand by the fact that people choose to buy it whether they're poor or not. They may have reasons but it's still a choice and one that they don't have to make. Man you are right though, education about this whole thing is not good. Most people don't seem to be informed at all, and I'm sure that if most people who eat intensively farmed meat had any kind of a realistic idea of where their food was coming from and how it suffered, they'd try harder to buy ethically. Having rescued a turkey from a battery farm... jesus, it was disgusting, covered in open infected wounds and covered in lice and eugh eugh eugh, not something the average person would be able to stomach the thought of eating. Oh darn, I already kinda replied to this above. Well all I was gonna say was, my mum is a perfect example of that... She is vegetarian partly because of her concerns about animal welfare (and partly because she's slightly OCD but annnnyway ¬¬), and chooses her milk and eggs with that in mind. And as I said about, man, she couldn't really BE on a tighter budget. So though I think it is still -- jesus christ I'm repeating myself, I'm boring myself... uh... so yeah basically... everyone has a choice about it and it's not as difficult as one might thing to make ethical decisions. If someone chooses to buy intensive farmed meat it is because they place the importance of animal welfare below that of their family eating a piece of (cheap crappy ¬¬) meat... which personally is not something I'd do, I understand that other people would do it although I don't agree with their choice 'cos I know it's one that is so easily avoided. Okay I'm going to stop repeating myself now, woohoo!!! Yeah Marek, Jeez. PS. I also have a brother! I totally forgot that. He lives at home with my mum and is not vegetarian, my mother makes sure she always buys him meat that is free range. My mother is in university at the moment and soley supporting a large young family so she's what most people would consider to be super super poor, but she can still afford to buy ethical food, so it can be done I'd also like to add that my mum is hot, and a scientist. And very intelligent. Just in case anyone was wondering. Jesus this post is massive, sorry, I'm going to bed now.

See I'm not so sure about that. I've been unemployed for 4 months now, I've had £0 in my bank account for about two months, and this month I can't afford to pay my rent (stupid credit crunch). But I still haven't bought any meat that isn't free range. I've bought less meat, sure. But I still wouldn't buy anything non free range, I'd rather go without. I'd rather buy some cheap vegetables instead... pasta or rice or bread is all cheap and filling (and incidentally making up a large portion of my diet these days ¬¬) So I don't buy this "not being able to afford a few extra bucks" thing (damn I'm sure there's a joke in that sentence somewhere). I really can't afford it, so I don't . People might have less money sure, so they choose to buy the cheaper stuff, but it's still their choice, and they don't have to do it. Wow there also seems to be a really deep discussion about the value of empathy going on.

WOWWWWWWWWWW!!!! !

Yeah I see your point. For now I'm content with people just treating the animals with respect before their death, but ultimately yeah, the argument about whether it's actually right to eat them or not could go on and on. It's interesting how people will happily eat a cow, for instance, but if you offered them dog meat they would be horrified. Pig Matrix... hahaha.

The thing that's put me off massively so far is the acting. I was so happy to find Willow and Dr Horrible in the cast, and I didn't even mind the canned laughter so much, but the acting is too much to bear. It's so ... man I don't even know what the word is ... It's proper crappy sitcom acting. I'm so eloquent today Hmm I guess I will try it a bit more, I've never sat through an entire episode because it's so initially offputting. Do you recommend starting from er... the start?

I think it's pretty natural to eat meat, and a fair thing to do - hey, even we're a food source for some animals. The thing I protest is the unnecessarily cruel treatment of animals leading up to their deaths. We're clever creatures, right? We can empathise and stuff, so why do we inflict such misery on less powerful creatures than us? Some people argue that they don't feel fear or pain in the same way, but I think that's a dangerous assumption to make - I've lived around lots of animals and I believe that they are far more emotionally complex than people give them credit for. Turkeys for instance... they're awesome birds, but very few people see them as anything other than meat (you don't hear cute stories and see cute movies about cute turkeys) and so people are more willing to see them being horribly abused. We probably all should eat less meat. In Ye Olden Days when intensive farming didn't exist, people managed. We're all so wasteful these days... even I (despite feeling very strongly about this kinda thing) sometimes buy meat and then let it go off in the fridge without eating it. The other week I threw out an entire chicken. A whole chicken, wasted (and died for no reason). I think most of us are pretty wasteful like that, even when we try not to be. Anyway er I'm rambling now... I guess my point was that I'm sure we could live without intensive farming. Sure not all the animals would have thousands of lush acres to roam around on... but they wouldn't be jammed in cages or a dark shed for their entire lifetime. And hopefully at some point someone will outlaw the fast-growing types of chicken they often use for meat... they grow so fast that their own skeletons can't support their weight. Eugh. I'm sleeeeepy I'm gonna go nap. I don't know what I'm saying. PS vegetables are nicer than people give them credit for... especially if you dip them in humous. Nom nom nom!

This is a lovely sentence.

Actually I saw this and I really really want it. I think it sounds fun and amusing and I could waste lots of time playing with it. It wish it was on DS though, imagine it as a DS game... awesome!

It was very accurate of Irish priests actually ¬¬ Also often a painfully accurate representation of some parts of Ireland...

I hate those people. I've often been sat in pubs where everyone has just been talking about stupid WoW crap. I've played and enjoyed WoW but it still winds me up.

I like those posters that might make me weird Hmm, this reminds me... I remember reading once about a study that was done, that showed people are less likely to steal if there are posters of people watching them on the walls. Whoa I worded that badly. I mean, if there is a poster of say, some eyes, it subconciously discourages people from stealing, apparently. Sorry I can't remember where I was going with this

Screw all of the above, I'd be more concerned about the fact as they believe WoW is the pinnacle of awesomeness, they deny that MMOs can be any better or achieve any more than WoW already has, and insist that the gameplay is awesome and that they enjoy grinding really and actually it's really good that 10 bears will only have 1 Bear Flank between them and so on. Actually I don't think I've ever met a WoW player with poor social skills, everyone I know who plays it seems fairly normal.