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Ever since we got one of those Tempur-Pedic mattress pads (memory foam), I can't feel ANY bed movement. That stuff is amazing.

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You talk like that's a good thing...(?)

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Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
*squeaks under the force of the huggle and rubs her ribs*
'Morning Jimi-bear. And Jonny. And DTH just because I love her and MsG, and anyone else my tired, addled brain has forgotten about...
My internet decided to kick me off for awhile earlier. Don't know why.
Also, I am well on my way to being the Smash Brothers Queen! I have beat 100 man and 3 minute melee with all the characters and now I'm working on getting more than 100 on 3-minute melee. Oh, and I've gotten over 100 and in some cases over 300 KOs in the endless melee with every character! (I don't really expect everyone to understand this, but I'm excited about it!) Next up will be the 15 minute melee, which hence far I have only beat with the invincible Donkey Kong.
That's my news. I can't tell if it's sad that's my news or what...

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I don't understand it but it sounds good.

Anyways hello to everyone. Hope you're all well. I won't give any personal hellos because mostly i can't be arsed.

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Originally posted by FutureMrsFIllion:
*snicker snicker*

You said Winnie the Pooh

*snicker giggle snort*

Sorry, elementary school moment there

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And now for a bit of old business (well not that old; the end of last thread):

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Originally posted by JonnyQuest:
With the possible exception of Hell's Kitten, I think we can agree that cruelty to animals is a bad thing. (HK would ask us to carefully define cruelty and offer up some blah blah about means to an end.)

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Where the f did that come from?

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*JQ digs around madly in his exhaustive FFF.net quote archive*

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Originally posted by Hell's Kitten: ...but it may not be pure coincidence that I work for a company specializing in cardiac implants. and Animal studies are part of the requirements for the devices we develop. (You know. Instead of putting something untested and unproven into some poor, fragile human being.) Guinea pigs are too small for implants; we generally use other animals.... We even saved a race horse! But that's another story and I'm not sure if patient confidentiality would be in play...

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Originally posted by Hell's Kitten:
And so, by that, you figure it's okay to insinuate that I'm all for cruelty to animals?

(Saving the life of a racehorse is cruel? Saving the lives of many canines is cruel?)

You really have no idea what I do for a living, and I don't appriciate your baseless intimations.

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Originally posted by Rhyianan:
I have a question, although it takes quite a bit of setting up to ask...snip, snip...So I put the question to all of you: Are most individuals crude and unintelligent and is it too much to ask that they act like civilized human beings instead of animals? Should I just "get used to it"? Or should I hold my view where the uncivilized are few and far between (but somehow were concentrated in that one spot)?

edit* HK, I believe what he is saying is that from what you have said previously, you would not be opposed to testing products on animals, which some people see as animal cruelty. He is merely suggesting that you might be more prone to split hairs on the definition of cruelty than most of the other people on here.

disclaimer:
(I do not necessarily condone or agree with what he means, but I do understand where he is coming from)

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Originally posted by Rhyianan:
When I began to rather loudly proclaim my low opinion of the behavior I had encountered (making sure that the offending people could hear, even though they were in another room) my bf and close friend that went up there with me said that this was how most people are and that I should get used to it. When I tried to tell them that no, most people are not like that, using examples from my own college, both of them merely said I was spoiled and sheltered. So I put the question to all of you: Are most individuals crude and unintelligent and is it too much to ask that they act like civilized human beings instead of animals? Should I just "get used to it"? Or should I hold my view where the uncivilized are few and far between (but somehow were concentrated in that one spot)?

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Originally posted by JonnyQuest:
do I detect a prejudice against…midgets??? Okay so you’re tall (you’re tall, aren’t you?). So? Are we to find Amazon’s suddenly unattractive simply because of your stature?

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And may all the impondering water coolers have weekends of sunshine, puppy dogs and roses.

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Nope, not really tall, but somehow always surrounded by really not tall men. (I'm 5' 6 1/2")

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Hi Rhyianan...I just wanted to comment on this. While I agree that it would be nice to expect people to be polite...they won't always be. And you proclaiming that they were offensive, was in itself offensive, to them...and to anyone who calls them friends. If you didn't like the behaviour, remove yourself. Tell your boyfriend in private, and no longer spend time in their company. It is the only solution that will keep you from wanting to pull your hair out...and them from thinking you are a total stuffy bitch (which may not matter to you at this point in life...but what happens when it is co-workers who you can't stand?)

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While there, I became increasingly aggrevated by the behavior of his roommate and his friends. They were crude and acting stupid (as in mentally challenged).

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I have a question, although it takes quite a bit of setting up to ask. This last weekend, I went to visit my bf at his school, driving for over 10 hours to get there (one way, I might add). His school is mostly guys, with the ratio being roughly 2-1. While there, I became increasingly aggrevated by the behavior of his roommate and his friends. They were crude and acting stupid (as in mentally challenged). When I began to rather loudly proclaim my low opinion of the behavior I had encountered (making sure that the offending people could hear, even though they were in another room) my bf and close friend that went up there with me said that this was how most people are and that I should get used to it. When I tried to tell them that no, most people are not like that, using examples from my own college, both of them merely said I was spoiled and sheltered. So I put the question to all of you: Are most individuals crude and unintelligent and is it too much to ask that they act like civilized human beings instead of animals? Should I just "get used to it"? Or should I hold my view where the uncivilized are few and far between (but somehow were concentrated in that one spot)?

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Hi Rhyianan...I just wanted to comment on this. While I agree that it would be nice to expect people to be polite...they won't always be. And you proclaiming that they were offensive, was in itself offensive, to them...and to anyone who calls them friends. If you didn't like the behaviour, remove yourself. Tell your boyfriend in private, and no longer spend time in their company. It is the only solution that will keep you from wanting to pull your hair out...and them from thinking you are a total stuffy bitch (which may not matter to you at this point in life...but what happens when it is co-workers who you can't stand?)

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I actually thought about erasing that before I posted, but left it in because it's who I am. I will never have to deal with those people again, so I made my opinions rather well known. I don't believe in talking about people behind their backs....anything I have to say about them, I am more than willing to say to their face (or in a way that they'll hear me say it). I find that more polite than gossiping about them. If this makes me a bitch, so be it. That said, if it was a person I actually had to deal with everyday for the next few years, then I would stay silent and use avoidance tactics, but in the situation I was in, there was nowhere else to go.

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crude jokes about Mario 64... stole a megaphone... looking me over and practically undressing me with their eyes...

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Dirt to work with, huh.

Well, there's the crude jokes that were completely out of place (who makes crude jokes about Mario 64?). One of the guys somehow stole a megaphone and they were going up and down the hallway of the dorms either yelling into it or pressing the button to make it make a feedback noise (high pitched and piercing). People were coming into the room to "meet" me, which for some consisted of looking me over and practically undressing me with their eyes with my boyfriend standing right there. There was more, but I'm sure you can get the picture.


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If someone has a problem with the way I act or something I say, I'd rather hear it from their own mouth in some way or another because then I can either adjust my behavior or talk to that person and attempt to work it out in some way. I'm just applying that principle to the way I deal with others. If you find that to be wrong, ok.

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Thanks, Zeek, you seem to be the only one that truly answered my question ?!?, even if it wasn't the answer I wanted. I guess I must really go to an atypical school then, because last year I was in the co-ed dorm and there was absolutely none of that kind of thing, unlike bf's (which was also a co-ed dorm, in the section that actually had more girls rooms than guys).

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As for guys in dorms. Subhuman species. I know I was one too. Not jest Zeek. Luckily we grew out of it. At least I did. At least I think I did.

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