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Pokestick, good times. July 27th, 2016 1:34 PM

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Yeah, counting
Spoiler:
how many surviving children you have.
Spoiler:
That shouldn't take long.

donavannj July 27th, 2016 6:44 PM

101... I had something witty to post here, but I lost it because I ate a popsicle too fast and gave myself a brain freeze.

JJ Styles July 27th, 2016 7:49 PM

102.

Food.

Socratic July 27th, 2016 8:05 PM

103

Fight your rival here.

JJ Styles July 28th, 2016 3:20 AM

104.

Secks.

Pokestick, good times. July 28th, 2016 5:28 AM

105

Don't be lewd in front of Socrates.

Socratic July 28th, 2016 5:37 AM

106

Maybe he was trying to spell socks?

Master Snowy July 28th, 2016 6:28 AM

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Whoops! *Hides Xin in a closet*

All hail the Socrates! : >

Socratic July 28th, 2016 6:32 AM

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Stop dropping ice pellets on me. I'm no Ice-Type! >:l

Pokestick, good times. July 28th, 2016 7:00 AM

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How can you know for certain?

Socratic July 28th, 2016 8:53 AM

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That's right... I do faint when you punch me, throw rocks at me, light me on fire, or hit me with a metal pipe.. I just might be after all.

Socratic July 28th, 2016 9:53 AM

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It wouldn't do much, Bug-types resist fighting attacks. You are a Karrablast, right?

Master Snowy July 28th, 2016 11:47 AM

And your avatar is... a vibrant bust upon my mansion's door... (Ahh the beauty of Poe! *Gently rubs Poe's poetry on face*) lisping the crisp of paper and the music of poetry... and nothing more

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Lipstick Vogue July 28th, 2016 12:53 PM

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Project CARS? More like Project CRASH.

Are there any other games I should get from the playstation summer sale?

noa July 28th, 2016 2:38 PM

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Today I went into my old twitter from 2013 to see how things have changed, and to get some more reaction images... Yikes! I could barely recognize myself. Have you ever stumbled on an old account of yours by accident like that?

Socratic July 28th, 2016 3:54 PM

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Three years ago, I believed maturity was being a stick-in-the-mud. I still believe it, but that's beside the point :P

Netto Azure July 28th, 2016 5:16 PM

0

I still can tho?

Socratic July 28th, 2016 5:25 PM

1

Boooo.

I'll just keep being a stick-in-the-mud regardless of how large the number is!

Pokestick, good times. July 28th, 2016 5:33 PM

2

Whenever I see an ancient bust or statue, I can't help but wonder how they looked in their original, painted states.

Netto Azure July 28th, 2016 5:38 PM

3

Do they have full arms?

Pokestick, good times. July 28th, 2016 5:58 PM

4

Absolutely.

Check 'em out.

http://i.imgur.com/7jMNG5r.png

Lipstick Vogue July 29th, 2016 12:07 AM

5

You're in the bath house and this girl slaps your 10 y/o bf's ass. What do you do?

Socratic July 29th, 2016 2:58 AM

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You throw ancient statues at her.
Or something.
I don't really know what you're asking.

Lipstick Vogue July 29th, 2016 5:57 AM

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lol

Pokestick, good times. July 29th, 2016 6:08 AM

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Slap her back.
Spoiler:
Double entendre intended.

Socratic July 29th, 2016 6:17 AM

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Back her Slap.

Spoiler:
No double entendres here

Ewery1 July 29th, 2016 2:40 PM

10...

Socratic July 29th, 2016 3:30 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Pokestick, good times. (Post 9342400)
Absolutely.

Check 'em out.

http://i.imgur.com/7jMNG5r.png

ONLY JUST NOW DID I SEE THE PICTURE
THIS IS BEAUTIFUL

Ewery1 July 29th, 2016 3:33 PM

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Lipstick Vogue July 30th, 2016 2:30 AM

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Honestly, I'm a bit disappointed with the response (or lack of) for the post I made yesterday. It was easily one of the dankest memes I've ever posted. Whilst I do primarily meme for myself, some recognition was probably deserved. It was that dank.

Socratic July 30th, 2016 4:17 AM

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How can a Meme be humid and chilly?

I don't know a lot of memes, sorry :( I probably would have said something more relevant if I knew the deeper meaning to it.

Pokestick, good times. July 30th, 2016 11:04 AM

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You'll always be the dankest in my heart, Kei-chan.

Ewery1 July 30th, 2016 4:20 PM

16 ahh

Socratic July 30th, 2016 4:40 PM

17

Dampest and most humid?

Pokestick, good times. July 30th, 2016 4:47 PM

18

Indeed.

I wouldn't describe my dream man in any other way.

Netto Azure July 30th, 2016 4:55 PM

19

Apparently one of the most hated words is moist

Pokestick, good times. July 30th, 2016 5:05 PM

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I'll never get that. "Moist" is a word that manages to flawlessly capture precisely what it's supposed to represent.

Touch something moist. That's exactly what the word "moist" feels like.

Socratic July 30th, 2016 5:50 PM

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^Very true. It's the physical version of an onomatopoeia.

Socratic July 31st, 2016 7:38 AM

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How do you mean?

Socratic July 31st, 2016 4:58 PM

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Maybe. Don't get too down on yourself, we just have to not say anything that the mods will use to make a witty retort about while resetting the number.

Pokestick, good times. August 1st, 2016 1:22 AM

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Hmmm... How would I go about creating an oval shape with my keyboard? I tried making an O, but it was a bit too round for my tastes. I need something more... horizontally squished.

Mods, you're good at computer stuff. Care to help a guy out?

Socratic August 1st, 2016 3:57 AM

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O vs O

This is the Diploma font. Have you tried out any fonts?

donavannj August 1st, 2016 7:19 AM

Just going to ignore the goading because I was already coming into this thread to reset anyway because I'm still sleepy and annoyed that I'm still sleepy.

0.

Lipstick Vogue August 1st, 2016 8:56 AM

1

Sound Shapes went from super comfy to infuriating. Death Mode seems to be about 10% skill and 90% luck.

Pokestick, good times. August 1st, 2016 1:31 PM

2

I have Crunchyroll now.

The "high" streaming quality on Android is shit and the manga app is broken.

Will keep pirating on the side/10

Socratic August 1st, 2016 2:18 PM

3 See, Yarn? Now it's my fault :P

donavannj August 3rd, 2016 1:12 PM

That was a sleepy reset. I have half a mind to reset because I'm still numb in half my face from novocaine from a dentist appointment earlier today, but the Swede's Crunchyroll problem is far more interesting.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pokestick, good times. (Post 9347260)
I have Crunchyroll now.

The "high" streaming quality on Android is shit and the manga app is broken.

Will keep pirating on the side/10

Which app versions are you running, and on what device? Most of my quality issues on Android are tied into my home ISP having persistent performance issues. I don't really notice the resolution issues because my phone screen is only 5.2" in size.

I generally stream Crunchyroll via the PS3 app. Which, while unwieldy to navigate at first (you get used to it as it's the same interface as on the PSVita), I generally do not have issues with. I don't have issues with higher resolutions because I'd rather see something in its native resolution than have to deal with a hastily done upscale.

Then again, I generally have none of the problems that most people complain about with apps for whatever reason.

4.

Pokestick, good times. August 3rd, 2016 2:22 PM

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I use the Android applications.

Image quality is glaringly obvious to me on my 9 inch 1536p tablet's screen. Even more so is the sound quality.
The native resolution of current anime is higher than 720p more often than one might think, as well. 900p and 1080p are both common sights. And even with upscaling, the low bitrate and artefacting of a 720p stream tend to make the picture much less crisp and pleasant than that of a 1080p one. Even if it's downscaled to a 720p screen. Hell, especially then.

I'm sure the possibility exists that the app is limiting itself by how it perceives my connection, in which case I'd wish it to bloody well give me the manual choice instead, since I can watch 1080p video fine on other services over Wi-fi. As for the manga issues, they seem to have to do with how sloppily the application handles the storing of pre-loading data. Many seem to share the issue. (It's not like I got CR for manga anyway, so eh. I just won't use it.)

You know, as I take a look at the Crunchyroll forums (granted, a bad idea to begin with) to read discussions on legitimate usability and quality issues, I find that threads are littered with responses using logic along the lines of "I personally don't mind inferior quality, ergo this is a non-issue", "at least you get to watch anime/it's better than nothing(!), so stop complaining", after which some CR representative dryly posts that there "are no current plans to change this", and that's the end of that.
You know, I think it's this that aggrevates me the most. That people defend the issues, as if someone's doing us a favour, rather than providing a premium service.

I suppose, if anything, it should be considered a success in a company's PR if they have managed to create that kind of view of themselves in the minds of its users. Fuck that, though.

Yes, I'm annoyed.

Ewery1 August 3rd, 2016 3:39 PM

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Pokestick, good times. August 3rd, 2016 5:53 PM

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I installed a fan-made application for CR streaming, and my viewing experience is not only crisp and smooth but also void of unnecessary bs. I'm happy now.

donavannj August 3rd, 2016 7:40 PM

... you can ignore the rant/reply in the spoiler below, then, if you want. Leaving it there because that took a decent bit of time to write up. Because the fan-made app serving their higher quality content probably means one or both of these two things are true:

Android devices are capped because a lot of them cannot actually handle 1080p and Crunchyroll doesn't want to deal with the sea of complaints from users trying to play 1080p on devices that can't play them, or that they are capping the resolution on Android so they avoid getting sued because an idiot watched tons of 1080p content on their capped mobile data connection and wants to deflect the blame away from their own personal irresponsibility and inattentiveness.

Spoiler:
Quote:

Originally Posted by Pokestick, good times. (Post 9350831)
I use the Android applications.

Well, yeah, but which versions of the Android apps? Some devices are stuck on older versions because those devices are stuck on older flavors of Android.

Quote:

Image quality is glaringly obvious to me on my 9 inch 1536p tablet's screen. Even more so is the sound quality.
The native resolution of current anime is higher than 720p more often than one might think, as well. 900p and 1080p are both common sights. And even with upscaling, the low bitrate and artefacting of a 720p stream tend to make the picture much less crisp and pleasant than that of a 1080p one. Even if it's downscaled to a 720p screen. Hell, especially then.

I'm sure the possibility exists that the app is limiting itself by how it perceives my connection, in which case I'd wish it to bloody well give me the manual choice instead, since I can watch 1080p video fine on other services over Wi-fi. As for the manga issues, they seem to have to do with how sloppily the application handles the storing of pre-loading data. Many seem to share the issue. (It's not like I got CR for manga anyway, so eh. I just won't use it.)
The lack of being able to set anything beyond high and low for manual settings is annoying. Though the more I look into it, the more I see that a lot of streaming is capped at 720p across many of their platforms, which makes me think it's either an infrastructure thing on their backend (plus issues getting CDN servers downstream, though this is less likely) or a licensing rights thing where companies don't want to give rights to Crunchyroll for anything that's better than native 720p or upscaled 1080p. Gotta move those BDs somehow, and smart Japanese consumers could save a ton of money by attempting to use VPNs to get access to overseas Crunchyroll streams if they got those rights. I suppose it could also be in how the apps are designed to render the video on the system end.

The manga app pre-loading issues have been around a while as it's probably not a high priority fix since they make dramatically less money off of that than off of anime. When those weren't happening it was certainly usable. Uninstall/reinstall was the longer-term fix.

Quote:

You know, as I take a look at the Crunchyroll forums (granted, a bad idea to begin with) to read discussions on legitimate usability and quality issues, I find that threads are littered with responses using logic along the lines of "I personally don't mind inferior quality, ergo this is a non-issue", "at least you get to watch anime/it's better than nothing(!), so stop complaining", after which some CR representative dryly posts that there "are no current plans to change this", and that's the end of that.
You know, I think it's this that aggrevates me the most. That people defend the issues, as if someone's doing us a favour, rather than providing a premium service.

I suppose, if anything, it should be considered a success in a company's PR if they have managed to create that kind of view of themselves in the minds of its users. Fuck that, though.

Yes, I'm annoyed.
It is a niche service they're providing and one that is generally more convenient than trying to sail the high seas.

Their existence is also seen by some as bucking the "BIG EVIL MEDIA CONGLOMERATES" establishment. That Crunchyroll is one of the better services we have in general (not just in anime streaming; Netflix is clearly the leader in the field, but Crunchyroll could be argued to be in that next tier below it, having lower resolution content than Hulu but being dramatically cheaper for commercial free streaming, while also having a bigger library of content for the price-point than single-network services like HBOGo and CBS Now) speaks volumes about the plodding pace media companies took to get to this point. It also won't get better if they don't have the capital to improve.



... and now I want to figure out what resolution I'm getting to my own PS3 via CR, because according to my TV, the system outputs at 1080p and 60 fps for the home screen, but this Wagamama High Spec stream doesn't quite look 1080p on my TV, though it doesn't really look any different when I pull it up on the website on my Surface with 1080p selected.

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Pokestick, good times. August 4th, 2016 4:26 AM

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It was a nice rant/reply, though.

Oh, and that's just Wagamama High Spec being itself. I mean, it's an advertisement for an adult dating sim. The native content was produced in 720p (tops), and then upscaled and gaussian blurred so the edges wouldn't look weird.

Lipstick Vogue August 4th, 2016 7:40 AM

10

I watched 4 whole anime eps the other day.

and a film about a week before that.

Pokestick, good times. August 4th, 2016 10:01 AM

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For all the talking I do, I don't watch much either.

Most I get done on anime/movie nights with friends. Last time we saw three films and a half, two anime episodes, and 20 short-form anime episodes. Sleep was not had.

Lipstick Vogue August 4th, 2016 1:01 PM

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Think I'll watch some more tonight. wowow

Have just about convinced myself to leave these stupid Death Mode Sound Shapes levels until I've gotten myself a Vita. Did a few but they're too frustrating on a big screen. Main campaign levels are so easy they call them experiences, not a game, but you should play them for the sweet beck levels (one of them is more autistic than the deadmau5 ones).

Pokestick, good times. August 4th, 2016 4:46 PM

13

I worked on a birthday present and totally lost track of time. Well.

donavannj August 4th, 2016 5:34 PM

14. Anime can wait when you're making birthday presents for people.

I'm not doing anything interesting tonight. Just waiting on some dishes to soak in the sink.

A Pixy August 5th, 2016 8:45 PM

15

I'm spending the night the same way I always do.

Watching ''''esports'''', eating Nutella sandwiches and contemplating life.

Oh, and listening to JAMS.


Lipstick Vogue August 6th, 2016 2:41 AM

16

I wish I was an autistic kid that makes money playing video games.

Not just an autistic kid.

Who is 24.

donavannj August 8th, 2016 7:36 AM

17. Making money playing video games requires either immense gaming skill at any multiplayer game with a competitive gaming scene (see those gamers who are part of competitive gaming teams as their full-time job), an entertaining personality (MiniLadd kind of fits here, as does JackSepticEye), or the ability to maintain an entertaining persona (see PewDiePie and SilentDroidd). That or an ability to write entertaining skits and having the patience to set those up and play them out (see SilentDroidd, The Terroriser, and Vanoss Gaming with the skits). Playing a new and popular game helps. And if you're YouTubing, you'll need good video and audio equipment, too, and the video editing skills and patience to go with it. And enough free time to devote to it when you first start out.

As I personally lack pretty much all of the things required, I won't be starting a channel anytime soon.

I am looking into it down the line as a way to earn a tiny bit of money on the side (if I earn enough to fund even one of my hobbies, it's a win), but the first step to that is to get decent video recording equipment.

Lipstick Vogue August 8th, 2016 7:45 AM

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I've seen one of those and I'd say autism a better description than ''entertaining persona''. It's subjective and all that.

I'm on holiday now, waiting for video games and watching sports I don't care about much.

Pokestick, good times. August 8th, 2016 7:46 AM

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The best way to get into vidya youtubing is to play minecraft in early 2011.

Hey, Felix Kjellberg is a pretty chill guy. He just has an immeasurably annoying persona.

Lipstick Vogue August 8th, 2016 8:11 AM

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I should make a niche games yt channel about x11. Would you watch me overreacting to players DJing, don?

Already have some reaady made intro music.



Still struggle to believe this exists, all these years later.

Pokestick, good times. August 8th, 2016 8:13 AM

21

LAKTOSFRI MATLAGNINGSGRÄDDE!

donavannj August 8th, 2016 9:00 AM

22. Holy hell did people really get into that game back in the day. First time I've seen that.

In all seriousness about X11 videos, I would not watch. The game just doesn't lend itself to the video format because it's locked into a real-time clock, so any video content is going to be boring unless it's compiled over an entire season.

Lipstick Vogue August 8th, 2016 9:35 AM

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Yeah, although it was still relatively small compared to some of it's rival sites there were a few really dedicated folk. Mostly gone now but still a few about.

Indeed, it would take a hell of a lot of effort to make something like that watchable. Bet somebody would have tried had the game been peaking now instead of a decade ago mind. Watching somebody livestream themselves staying up 'till 4 waiting for a CR would still be more entertaining than Pewdiepie .

I just hope the game survives long enough for me to see this kid's career out. People in the league laughed when they saw the price I paid, just another year or two until he becomes the demon.

donavannj August 8th, 2016 12:04 PM

People have Livestreamed similarly mundane things in the past. I'm lucky that's only 10 PM in my time zone, so I can check before I go to bed on a typical update night.

That's a much more impressive youth than anything I've ever churned out on any of my teams. Mine all generally are only 19/6s and 19/7s at that age. What did he start at? a 17/5? 16/4? A shame he doesn't have FK taker and Goal Instinct as well. You could totally wreck that league in 3 or 4 seasons if his teammates keep pace.

24.

Lipstick Vogue August 8th, 2016 12:41 PM

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Bought him as a 17/5. The team he's in has given me a string of good players actually, so I signed a few more and have really focused on development.


>Cowdry
>Rimbert (if only he wasn't a defender)
>Narraway
>Khadduri
>Simpson

Also got this freak in another team, he was shortly ffollowed by a vanilla 16/4.


These are all since coming back from my 2 year break, never got this lucky in the past.

donavannj August 8th, 2016 1:48 PM

Nice. Certainly looking better than most of my projects. The only team that even compares right now is the operation in my official league team.

A bit jealous, really. I'd probably be there if I actually took the time to make a roadmap for each of my teams.

I did get lucky over the years and wind up with a string of strong mids in my official team, though none of them were on a better path than the 17/4 path. One of them had 241 points in 252 games played, and probably missed 35 to 40 games strictly because of cards. He had a fleet of SQs like that Norwich City defender of yours. He had FK taker, Cool, Goal Instincts, Hard Trainer for good ones, then tough, cheats, and trash talker for the negative ones. Managed to get him to peak as a 16 skill in his early 30s. On raw talent, my current best midfielder will probably peak higher, but he would have to average nearly 2 points per game to even approach my best midfielder's point total because he's only got the cool SQ. Granted, the highest that ever got me was a 7th place finish in the Power League's Division 2 just after he retired.


26.

Netto Azure August 10th, 2016 9:23 AM

I went crazy and bought the GSC-DPPt PokeSpe box sets *_*

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donavannj August 10th, 2016 11:08 AM

28. The RSE box sets, too? That's pretty pricey. I was going to buy the ultimate Haruhi Collection from Funi until I found out how much a problem on my car (control arms are being problematic on warm, humid days) was going to cost to fix. $900 for the one and $1550 to do all four.

Netto Azure August 10th, 2016 9:05 PM

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Yep. Especially the RSE arc. It's my favorite.

donavannj August 15th, 2016 8:32 PM

30. I do like the RSE arc. Probably my favorite of what I've read so far, too. Though Crystal was a heck of a lot of fun.

Lipstick Vogue August 16th, 2016 5:49 AM

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I've saved a decent chunk of disposable income this month, should probably use that on some weeb stuff.

Arsenic August 18th, 2016 6:07 PM

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How about not.

donavannj August 18th, 2016 7:56 PM

33. Weeb stuff is generally a satisfying use of one's money.

Netto Azure August 18th, 2016 10:01 PM

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Paid off a credit card tho

Twilight-kun August 19th, 2016 11:39 AM

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That's always good to hear

kuzronk August 19th, 2016 11:55 PM

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I'm glad I don't have a region free blu-ray player since I would buy random junk in mass. I own like 15 funko pops and I didn't even have most of them a month ago.

JJ Styles August 21st, 2016 6:27 AM

37.

I just borrowed 37 Pesos from a friend. I needed to buy some juice.

Lipstick Vogue August 21st, 2016 6:33 AM

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From which fruit was your juice squished from?

I'm currently drinking the best juice. A beer.

donavannj August 22nd, 2016 11:56 AM

39. Speaking of juice, I kind of want to have some high pulp orange juice right now.

Lipstick Vogue August 24th, 2016 4:02 AM

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Just ate like half a tub of ben and jerry's ice cream.

Netto Azure August 24th, 2016 6:33 PM

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Living with vegans made me switch to almond milk.

Also, finally moved furniture in and have a real bed rather than an air mattress

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1398/4675/t/14/assets/pokemon-action-figures.png

donavannj August 24th, 2016 8:17 PM

42. I don't envy having to have slept on an air mattress. I've always had a terrible time trying to fall asleep on those things.

Netto Azure August 24th, 2016 11:04 PM

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It certainly was a step up from sleeping bags on concrete flooring though

Tsutarja August 25th, 2016 7:23 PM

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I've slept on the floor before (carpeting). An air mattress definitely beats that.

donavannj August 25th, 2016 7:26 PM

45. That is very true.

Lipstick Vogue August 26th, 2016 4:35 AM

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Just ordered myself a smartphone. Hopefully it lasts longer than my previous one, 2 weeks isn't a dificult target though one would hope.

Netto Azure August 26th, 2016 12:13 PM

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I bought an OtterBox for my phone so I can drop it a lot

donavannj August 26th, 2016 1:20 PM

48. Was it a Defender case? Or a Commuter?

Netto Azure August 26th, 2016 4:15 PM

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It's a Defender

Tsutarja August 26th, 2016 6:08 PM

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I have an OtterBox on my Moto G. Dunno which level it is.

donavannj August 26th, 2016 8:51 PM

51. The Defenders are pretty amazing at protecting phones. I've got one myself, and am actually using it now.

Lipstick Vogue August 27th, 2016 3:42 AM

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If that's best in class and not ridiculously priced I'll certainly be getting one.

Netto Azure August 27th, 2016 7:24 AM

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It was $50 so it's fairly high, but it does protect a lot considering a high end smartphone is $500+

Lipstick Vogue August 27th, 2016 9:58 AM

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Mine cost what would be a little under 400 dollars. I'll get one.

donavannj August 27th, 2016 3:42 PM

56. I've tried its competition on some coworkers' phones (specifically the Lifeproof case), but most people prefer the Otterbox Defender because it's easier to put on and take off than the Lifeproof case, at least of the coworkers of mine that have used both (and my reason for preferring the Defender as well, having to take these cases off of some of these phones sometimes).

Netto Azure August 27th, 2016 4:52 PM

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I've had my case for a year and half now and it's done me good.

Tsutarja August 27th, 2016 5:16 PM

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tbh, I always recommend a phone case, even if it's a cheap one


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