05/12/2007: SNT #1020100210.
Don’t know if anyone’s around for this directionless SNT, but if you want it, here tis here tis.
Discussion Thread: 223 comments 
*walks through, sweeps some Pringles cans off to one side*
I think everyone got et by ghosts.
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Akito @ 05/12/2007 9:56 PM EDT
Yeah, fuck…..I’m here.
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Bill @ 05/12/2007 9:57 PM EDT
Directionless SNT for the win!
The Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L lens. Discuss.
Point-and-shooters need not apply.
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Jeff @ 05/12/2007 10:04 PM EDT
topic: is Jamaican jerk chicken made by taunting the chicken while it’s still alive? thus turning it into a perturbed jerk? a rude, annoyed, spicy-with-rage chicken? yes? okay nevermind.
Matt you should go to the Delhi house for a good weekend. I think you could use it.
For anyone who’s interested I uploaded Jaws yesterday on the tubes.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kpMOHbG-TAM
If anyone doesn’t own it, it’s the perfect season to watch. 
Happy SNT everyone.
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Penmissile @ 05/12/2007 10:11 PM EDT
So, um… yeah, hi. How’s everyone. Me, I’m fabulous.
I’m around, and it looks like I’m going to be one of the first ten to post tonight. Too bad I’m on the brink of falling asleep.
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Astro Zombie @ 05/12/2007 10:15 PM EDT
I’m here! I just got back from work.
New SNL tonight!
I’m reading the google ads at the top of the page…what does “Pluck Powers social media” mean? Let alone…what does it do?
Ok Topic…with all the crap merchandise out there now tieing in to every movie, what do you think would be the weirdest/most random kind of merchandise would any movie endorse?
For an example (though not a movie): I think it’ll be hard to beat the idea of a Krusty Crowd Control Barrier.
Anybody else seen the Chiller network on DirecTV? Totally rules … great old school horror movies and TV … Freddy’s Nightmares … Friday the 13th the series … American Gothic … the original Jaws is on right now.
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SikkiNixx @ 05/12/2007 10:25 PM EDT
I’m here, and I’m bored fucking shitless. I’ve spent almost all day watching a marathon of America’s Next Top Model season 8. The most I did today was pick up all the junk on my floor and throw it into a box. Now I have a box full of junk on my floor.
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Mystie @ 05/12/2007 10:27 PM EDT
SikkiNixx , why yes, yes I have. I watch it almost everyday. Friday the Thirteenth the Series and Tales From the Crypt, watch them everyday after Snorks and Smurfs on Boomerang.
ugh, tonight is not fun. Too much studying, haha. Just how I wanna spend my saturday night!
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Ralph @ 05/12/2007 10:34 PM EDT
How did I neglect to mention Tales From The Crypt?
I’m convinced Freddy’s Nightmares was actually conceived, written and directed by David Lynch. Very trippy, non-linear storytelling.
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SikkiNixx @ 05/12/2007 10:38 PM EDT
I just got home, too….debating about giving SNL another chance tonight… {fist in air} IT WILL BE THE LAST!
My mind is awake but my body is tired; we went to play tennis in the drizzle; the balls get f’n heavy….
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Shuanfu @ 05/12/2007 10:49 PM EDT
jeff- I have a Pentax K-1000. yes, that is the one they teach you on in photog. 101.
okay we need a new topic.
I am kinda excited about SNL. Molly Shannon was never my most favorite, but she’s alright. Happy SNT fellow bored people.
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kb @ 05/12/2007 10:49 PM EDT
I’m here, off on a Saturday for once. There’s a series of thunderstorms soaking South Jersey tonight. I’d rather be here than out in them.
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starwenn @ 05/12/2007 10:55 PM EDT
I’ve got nothing to say
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=ItsJustSomeRandomGuy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collyer_brothers
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The Manimal @ 05/12/2007 11:08 PM EDT
My friend wants a Monocle really bad. He doesn’t need glasses for both eyes and he always wanted one. I told him that he should get a top hat & cane too and call him “Mr. Peanut.”
What I’m trying to say is…Does anyone know if monocles are expensive?
jeff
I’d kill for an L lens. Okay, well maybe not kill, but I might cut guy’s arm off or something.
I love directionless threads every now and then, but unfortunatley I’m dead tired from going to graduation parties for friends all day today and I’m going to have to call it a day early. Happy SNT!
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Cameron T. @ 05/12/2007 11:16 PM EDT
Manimal, do you mean the Collyer brothers who were reclusive hoarders, or the Collyer brothers who were English game designers?
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Thomas @ 05/12/2007 11:17 PM EDT
Reclusive hoarders. We are throwing down on the clutter in the house so…one thing led to another.
I think someone ripped Matt off when they posted the 1987 MARVEL T-Giving Day float on YouTube. 
G’night
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The Manimal @ 05/12/2007 11:19 PM EDT
Invader Norbert, when you find out about those monocles, let me know. It would improve my teaching by AT LEAST 33% if I had one.
Good night for real.
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The Manimal @ 05/12/2007 11:21 PM EDT
Matt,
Tell me you’re thinking about the new Halloween design (/jukebox)?
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TOG @ 05/12/2007 11:31 PM EDT
Here’s a bunch of WWF wrestlers from the 80s singing “If You Only Knew.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7XqT_lDvd4
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JLAJRC @ 05/12/2007 11:31 PM EDT
First SNT I’ve made in awhile..GO SABRES!!!!
I need a Nong Shim bowl to go along with this…
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Another Matt @ 05/12/2007 11:32 PM EDT
you know my name, look up de numbah…
hey, yo. Happy SNT, just got home from a fire, drinking Rolling Rock and Corona. Not too buzzzed, but I still skipped the marshmallows. Oh well.
Got a Cliffjumper today, the new one, I don’t even know what flavor, but he’s got this cool little trailer behind him. I like it. hehe.
Watched Disorderlies with the Fat Boys the other day, way funny. I remember watching that when I was a kid. And then we just watched Rosemary’s Baby, and I finally realized that Dr. Sapirstein was Ralph Bellamy. I guess the only things I’ve seen him in were Trading Places and Disorderlies. Pretty wild.
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kidneyboy @ 05/12/2007 11:35 PM EDT
Have been too busy for awhile so just caught up with the site. Coincidentally, Matt himself says he hasn’t been doing much with it lately, which really worked out for me. Thanks! 
Oh, in case anyone cares, I was busy getting married. So, we’re official. Since we’ve been together five years, it isn’t that exciting…but what *is* exciting is that with the wedding cashola, we bought a Wii and damn, that thing is fun. I haven’t played a video game since back in the NES days, but I’ve been playing Super Paper Mario like my days on this earth are numbered. My husband can’t decide if he should be excited that I’m finally into gaming (sorta) or if he should pout that he’s not getting enough face time to play Zelda and Spiderman 3.
I’m pretty sure I get bonus good-wifey points for using wedding money for a video game console though…
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purplegirl247 @ 05/12/2007 11:43 PM EDT
ugh.. happy snt.
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Andrew @ 05/12/2007 11:48 PM EDT
Sabres edit: fuck, fuck, fuck.
Fuck Ottawa and the refs they rode in on…
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Another Matt @ 05/12/2007 11:54 PM EDT
I checked out of Target today with the Super Mario Bros. Super Show DVD set, a plush of Red from Fraggle Rock, and a little tin of Jones Soda candy. I felt awesome.
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jazzy @ 05/12/2007 11:55 PM EDT
Happy Mothers Day KB! And all other mothers too, of course.
What’s your personal Hell? Mine is an eternal wait in a Cracker Barrel gift shop. All the homemade candy, crafts, country music and books-on-tape one can handle…………forever.
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Bill @ 05/12/2007 11:56 PM EDT
“My mind is awake but my body is tired; we went to play tennis in the drizzle; the balls get f’n heavy….”
i remember this problem, when i used to play.
this is my first post to discussion ever, although ive been having mental sex with this site for years. hope everyones night is better than mine. ill be here, disappointed by snl, thinking how they need my freshly graduated ass to write for them.
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jessie @ 05/13/2007 12:17 AM EDT
When I get stuck in the Cracker Barrel waiting for someone I either go out and play da big checkers on the ‘porch’ with the kids or, if that fails, entertain myself by rearranging the items on the shelves…it’s a good time killer…
And SNL is turning out okay..seems like ‘hyper girl night’….
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Shuanfu @ 05/13/2007 12:28 AM EDT
Ooh, Personal Hell Topic! Good one!
Mine is waiting in a long line for a coaster at 6 Flags…on a hot summer day…While music from the Lawrence Welk Show was playing on the speakers…To find out that the line you waited on WAS the ride. And you’re forced to go back on line again for eternity. And the sodas are $3.50 for a can.
thanks Bill!
My hell is the dentist, and I know that’s an easy answer, but I am a freak and the epinephrine (sp?) That they put in novacaine makes me pass out so I have to have this weak form of it and can usually feel the drilling the entire time. And telling new dentists that you are the freaky weirdo who cannot handle novacaine is always a treat too.
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kb @ 05/13/2007 12:41 AM EDT
Hyper girl night, that’s funny!
Norbert, I’ve had dreams like that, holy shit. That would suck.
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kidneyboy @ 05/13/2007 12:41 AM EDT
I shot guns today, hooray!
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Mad Cow @ 05/13/2007 1:05 AM EDT
I’ve never shot a gun because I’m a poor unfortunate bitch. But I’m going to a gun show next weekend, so that should be an interesting experience.
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Mystie @ 05/13/2007 1:18 AM EDT
i have to get my mits on that ‘Chiller’ channel. It sounds excellent. Do they edit the movies for TV?
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Joker @ 05/13/2007 1:32 AM EDT
28 Weeks Later was awful. Time to invest in a tripod, kiddos. Sound scares and shaky cams aren’t scary.
I have to go with Purplegirl on this one. After a day of nothing but Twilight Princess, I made the mistake of putting in Wii Sports.
Me and my mother bowled all evening long, and after she went to bed, and I gave TP 30 minutes of my time, I was back at Tennis and the training exercises. Jesus I feel dumb for being a Sony fanboy for so long 
Let me know how Spidy 3 is, Purplegirl if you’re still around. I’ve been itching to buy it just because
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K- @ 05/13/2007 2:03 AM EDT
That’s a shame about 28 Weeks Later; the first movie was pretty damn good.
I played Wii Sports for the first time at a party with some friends last night. It was a lot more awesome than I expected. However, there’s something to be said about the fact that we only played one game of bowling and ended up playing Sonic the Hedgehog on the virtual console…
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Annette @ 05/13/2007 2:06 AM EDT
Well see what it is, is that I haven’t set up my new router yet. Though, at this point I think I’m just going to snag Link to the Past and Ocarina of Time to mess around with after I finish Twilight Princess.
Being able to play Gamecube games has me wanting to snag Smash Brothers and RE4 to be honest.
Oh the possibilities!!
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K- @ 05/13/2007 2:44 AM EDT
I used to love Friday the Thirteenth the Series. I remember watching that and Amazing Stories on the Sci-Fi channel while eating delicious burgers and fries from the neighborhood restaurant The Peach Pit. My childhood was, clearly, awesome.
Wii Sports is great, but I loved Wario Ware more! I’m currently very addicted to Pokemon Diamond for DS.
My evening consisted of shopping at Goodwill (I got two dresses and some really cute shoes for less than $15) and then to the Japantown mall to pick up some sickingly cute Japanese felt craft books and have dinner at one of my favorite restaurants, On the Bridge. I had curry and a bottle of Sayuri, which is officially my favorite sake. Then I got a crepe. Life is good! I’ll spend the rest of the evening playing Pokemon and watching Evil Dead or Dario Argento movies on Netflix (did you know you can now stream movies on the site? And it’s included in the regular plan? Oh yes.)
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Ariel @ 05/13/2007 2:59 AM EDT
K– You might want to hold off on RE4 because they’re coming out with a Wii version that has remote control (so to speak). I have a copy that’s still shrinkwrapped and I’m debating whether or not to open it. I may not, and just keep it in that condition…hey, it’s RE4.
If more people here are getting Wiis, it’s time to friend-code again.
My code: 2260 5896 1202 7531
Matt’s code: 3953 7680 2757 0003
Other codes: http://x-entertainment.com/upd...do-wii-week-1-part-1/#comments
Matt, however, has never added anyone.
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Mars @ 05/13/2007 3:00 AM EDT
sumbitch, I can’t sleep. Craptastic. I wish I had the concentration to fall asleep playing mind-chess. Then again, if I fell asleep that would be shitty concentration. And I never learned how to play chess so the whole thing is a wash.
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Bill @ 05/13/2007 3:08 AM EDT
Oh, that’s right, Mars! I forgot about that. Well I was just going to borrow it from the Colonel anyway 
Bill, it’s posts like that that make me glad that you are around
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K- @ 05/13/2007 3:16 AM EDT
uh happy snt yizall, thiszall probably get dizleted cause mizatt hates me. ok i have to many stellas (belgum beer).
but uh, corey haim and corey feldman will have tgheir own reality show on a and e, damn that will eb sweet,, hollar if u hear me.
How bout that Pepsi Summer Mix?
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Diego @ 05/13/2007 7:05 AM EDT
hey Mystie I saw this “toy” and I thought of you 
maybe because of the word crown in the name of your website and all…who knows. click my name for the link ok?
For everyone working/going to school happy SNT!!
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Goob @ 05/13/2007 8:30 AM EDT
Thanks K! I finally fell asleep. I had to go with the less sophisticated, “mind-checkers.”
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Bill @ 05/13/2007 10:19 AM EDT
Is it really your 1020100210st thing? If not, I think we all deserve a bit of monetary compensation.
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Ben @ 05/13/2007 10:58 AM EDT
Is it really your 1020100210st thing? If not, I think we all deserve a bit of monetary compensation.
Matt’s just joking, we all know there’s no such thing as 2.
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Mystie @ 05/13/2007 12:49 PM EDT
McDonaldland action figures:
http://www.toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=1&itemid=11253
Also, that Pepsi Summer Mix pretty much tastes like Pepsi with Hawaiian Punch mixed in.
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Luap @ 05/13/2007 12:49 PM EDT
K, the hubby is enjoying Spidey 3. Getting used to using the controllers to web left and right was tough. Oh, and the other night the game got “stuck” and he fought this one battle for seriously over half an hour. I was like, “uh, I don’t think this is the way this is meant to go.” The boss character just kept repeating the same things over and over and more minions kept dropping off the helicopter.
Husband finally died, had to restart from where he had left off and yeah, it was a *two-minute* fight. I laughed and laughed, especially since he bitched how much his arms hurt from punching with the nunchuk or whatever.
So, yeah, bugs on Spidey 3. Other than that, a decent game. Seems awfully similar to the other ones to me…
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purplegirl247 @ 05/13/2007 2:49 PM EDT
Personal hell. Hmm. Just one? :O) Well, getting stuck in a small place, like the bus, while the person next to you, pretty much yells their entire life story into a cell phone ( or even worse: a headpiece)about things I never would never want to know about them and everyone they now , right into my ear, for the duration that the bus is stuck in traffic, so loud I can hear it even with my headphones on. God I hate them.
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citygirl @ 05/13/2007 4:22 PM EDT
Personal hell? That would be having to re-do TODAY over and over….last night I got ridiculously drunk at a cabin on a lake- like, ridiculously. I wound up puking in a plastic bag and had to sleep sitting up because the bed was spinning so much I thought I was going to die laying down. Then I had to drive an hour this morning and go to work with the WORST HANGOVER OF MY LIFE…I just got home, thank god. At least I didn’t puke on any customers. I need a nap.
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Muppet Baby @ 05/13/2007 5:56 PM EDT
KB - try telling the dentist ‘I have a sensitive mouth, which gives me a quick gag reflex. But don’t worry, I’ll warn you before I throw up!’
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Moony @ 05/13/2007 6:51 PM EDT
Hey, just sayin since evryone is still talkin about Spiderman 3. If you wanna see a GOOD movie, go see 28 weeks later. BEST Zombie flick I have seen in years. Has EVERYTHING snipers, gunfights, flamethrowers, choppers, i mean everything! GO see it skip spderman.
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Dirty D @ 05/13/2007 7:19 PM EDT
Has anybody seen these new Doritos yet?
http://x13d.doritos.com/
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Jen @ 05/13/2007 7:34 PM EDT
Well I hate to keep mentioning my action figure theater but since the topic became about youtube than half about action figures head over to youtube.com/vkmtv (have 22 videos up). If you enjoy please favorite it up and vote 5 stars (HBO: Help a brothah out)
Personal Hell for me would be having to live in the area that had the Kid’s Bop kids filming the music video for there remake of Chicken Noodle Soup.
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Ranger Joe @ 05/13/2007 8:46 PM EDT
Well, just when you thought you could not dust for vomit, you can. This is because it is covering the new Tomato Basil Triscuts. F minus plus! Bad Cracker.
Matt, do you also write for ING?
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Bill @ 05/13/2007 9:56 PM EDT
I mean IGN.
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Bill @ 05/13/2007 10:02 PM EDT
My personal hell would be not being able to pee for a very long time. For reasons I won’t go into, I’ve found myself in this situation before, and it’s all kinds of painful.
That, or Baptist church.
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jazzy @ 05/13/2007 10:04 PM EDT
What are you talking about, D? Spidy 3 was fantastic. Please be advised that I have moved from the “I like it” phase to the “I FUCKING LOVE IT BECAUSE SOMEONE IS BASHING IT” phase.
It’s what I do
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K- @ 05/13/2007 10:13 PM EDT
“Please be advised that I have moved from the “I like it” phase to the “I FUCKING LOVE IT BECAUSE SOMEONE IS BASHING IT” phase.”
That’s the best way to combat negativity. Seems like I have to that way too often.
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Ranger Joe @ 05/13/2007 10:51 PM EDT
I think so, RJ. If D is displeased, just check the last thread, and know that what I said still holds. I respect his opinion completely. He just happened to be the first bashing I’ve heard since seeing the film. I of course heard plenty before hand.
Not really about him at all
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K- @ 05/13/2007 11:24 PM EDT
Jen,
YES I found the X13-D doritos!!! I tried to post about them a couple days ago but my posts kept not going through. Anybody who hasn’t tried these needs to go get some right now.
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Lilly @ 05/14/2007 1:12 AM EDT
Jen,
X13-D Doritos!!! YES! I tried to post about them in the last thread but all my comments keep not going through.
If you haven’t tried these, go find them NOW. You will regret it if you don’t.
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Lilly @ 05/14/2007 1:15 AM EDT
Society, by and large, sucks…
We went to play tennis again today. We play at a park where the courts are next to the main park: a huge lake with a walking track around it. On the other side of the lake is a pavelion sort of deal, and today someone was having a huge-and loud-family type gathering.
A group of kids from the gathering started to walk around the lake and when they got around to us, they started to yell out things (could not understand) then they started to chase and scream at the ducks and geese -something the park has had since I was a kid- and they scared the critters into the road that runs by the lake. I was pissed. Me and my friend started telling the kids to stop, but we never yelled in anger or said anything insulting other than “stop scaring the animals”. Then a car came a screeched to a halt, almost killing the family of geese. We started to run over to get the animals off the road and back to the lake. The kids started yelling at us as they walked off; the older kids were screaming curse words and such while the younger ones were laughing. It was just disgusting. After they finally were gone, we got the birds back to the lake -with the help of a nice fisherman- and went back to our game.
After we finish we usually walk a lap around the lake as a cool down. When we got nearby the party, a rather large fellow walked out and said, in a very angry tone and with colorful words that I’ll leave out “are you the _______ man who yelled at my _____ ______kids?”….I just shook my head and kept on walking…he said something else, but I don’t really speak clear idiot, so we kept walking…..I was more pissed…felt like I should have decked him, and if he would have tried to grab me our my friend -which we thought he was gonna do when he walked up- I might have….but man…the display of total ignorance just made me sick….some people should not be allowed to have kids….
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Shuanfu @ 05/14/2007 2:43 AM EDT
The boss character just kept repeating the same things over and over and more minions kept dropping off the helicopter.
Husband finally died, had to restart from where he had left off and yeah, it was a *two-minute* fight.
i lol’ed.. that might be a personal hell, spending an eternity on endless video game boss fights
shuanfu that sucks. ignorant parents always seem to assume that their kids are never at fault also, which only eggs on their bad behavior
Shuanfu That just shows they have no compassion for other living things and that shows on several levels their character. Kids learn all the time so I am assuming they learned that’s ok from their parents or other adults.
I hate it when kids are screaming and throwing food in a resturant and things like that and the parents act like the world revolves around them and their bratty kids. When I have kids they will know the value of a dollar, the value of hard work, and they will be polite to adults. Good luck right? lol but I will definitely make them say Ms. and Mr. and help out around the house. Some kids feel just because they are cute and young they can do whatever they want (and they get away with it)
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Goob @ 05/14/2007 6:28 AM EDT
Shuanfu: A similar thing happened to my friend, kinda, and this was the advise I gave him. So ok, here’s what you should have done:
So the kids are scaring the geese into the road?
First: Grab the smallest child and punt him into the lake, than, when one of the largest kids comes running at you (the leader) chokeslam him through the rest of the kids.
Second: When the large man walks up to you and says something, proceed to eat one of the kids infront of him. He’ll be so shocked he’ll barf out his heart.
I’m not making fun, these are just the things I think about doing when people piss me off :/
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flabslapper @ 05/14/2007 8:08 AM EDT
Shaunfu: I agree totally. And yet when you suggest sterilizing everybody at birth and only turning on their gonads again once they’ve passed a test certifying their ability to raise children not to be complete boils on the arse of society, people start calling you a Nazi.
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Jedoc @ 05/14/2007 8:46 AM EDT
I also saw Spiderman 3 over the weekend. I actually thought it was pretty good. Screw critics, I’ve ignored them since the two thumbs down for Star Wars. Well that’s not entirely true, if they hate the movie I’m first in line, if they love it wild horses couldn’t drag me to that pile of crap.
Personal hell is packed into a slow elevator having to take a whizz, crammed full of overweight gassy people. All to the toon of awful Muzak.
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Wenthral @ 05/14/2007 11:38 AM EDT
I totally agree, Goob. I plan to raise my kids to respect everyone, no matter what. I think that comes from being a teacher. And if I become one of those parents that is so blind to think their kids are never wrong and can do no evil -I hope someone will slap me back into reality sooner rather than later. I’ve seen so many kids get away with murder -well, not really, but pretty damn close- at schools because the parents only believe their kid’s side of the story and they fight that their kid is right all the way up to the higher powers. And once the parents -and by association, the kids- learn that, in most school systems, “he who bitches the loudest gets their way” then all repsect for the administrators and especially the teachers is lost. I could give so many examples but I won’t waste everyone’s time….
To add to the discussion: My personal hell would be to live or work in a world that is controlled by obvious idiots….oh, wait…shit
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Shuanfu @ 05/14/2007 12:24 PM EDT
“Screw critics, I’ve ignored them since the two thumbs down for Star Wars. Well that’s not entirely true, if they hate the movie I’m first in line, if they love it wild horses couldn’t drag me to that pile of crap.”
So you’re the one that went to see Gigli!
Hey K I see the Wii came in, hope you’re enjoying it.
My Mii-code is posted on a “Hi, my name is..” picture on my myspace (linked in my name) if you’re interested in that garbage, just msg me or let me know here if you’ve added me so I can do the same.
Anywho, I went to Wal Mart this weekend and checked out the aisle-o-spiderman/shrek crap. If I wasn’t moving I was going to buy just about every spiderman food item on the shelf, but I settled for the Alter Ego Salsa Pringles just because the name of the flavor alone is worth the $.94.
Hmm, potential flaw in my system? Nah, didn’t go to that for a whole host of other reasons. Though I must admit a morbid curiosity about that movie. No, I didn’t see that one because I think I may be the only one on the planet that thinks Jennifer Lopez is a mediocre singer and actress (at best) that is only getting by on her looks. Once those are gone no one will ever remember her. Except for Gigli. ;) Sign me up for the DareDevil/Electra double feature before anything with JLO. I happen to like them both and purchased them to prove it.
man it took me forever to find to correct spelling of mediocre. I was spelling it so bad my spell checker gave up.
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Wenthral @ 05/14/2007 2:10 PM EDT
Jazzy, I’ll second your personal hell of withholding pee, and will never do it again. True Story: I once held it so long at a meeting at work (after drinking about a gallon or so of water), that I passed out at the urinal when I finally went. I woke up about ten minutes later to EMTs standing over me and was taken to the emergancy room for testing. I was fine, just pinched a nerve or something with my bladder. The most embarrasing part is I hve no idea who zipped me back up or when. I’m pretty sure my package was just laying out for every one to see, even the females who piled in the bathroom.
It was such a terrible experience, that now in situations like the movie theatre, I try my best to get the smallest soda possible if any, and use the stall if I have that tingly feeling.
Now I’m sure this is probably TMA for most of you, but I like to tell it as a moral lesson. “When you gotta go, you gotta go!”
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Timbo @ 05/14/2007 2:44 PM EDT
Every other day of My Own Personal Hell is tourists asking me where they can find “some real Indians that still live in teepees.” And me with no legs to kick ‘em in the collective butt.
Every fourth day is Gigli.
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kingklash @ 05/14/2007 2:45 PM EDT
No, I was the one that saw Gigli. I liked it. Well I liked Ben and the other guy. J-Ho, not so much
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K- @ 05/14/2007 4:13 PM EDT
I still hate Jedoc.
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Mahcoc @ 05/14/2007 4:19 PM EDT
Random food spout:
While at Wal Mart to buy the Alter Ego Salsa Pringles, I also picked up Tuscan Red Pepper and Olive Oil (meh, good, nothing great though) and Italian Bruschetta.
Like SpaghettiOs? Try Italian Bruschetta Pringles. Tastes just like SpaghettiOs, metal can flavoring and all!
Huge KUDOS to you, Shuanfu! Not only did you save the lives of the geese, but also the lives of any motorists who might have hit them. The breastbones of geese and turkeys are very hard and literally go through windshields like bullets, so if any goose had flown up…let alone that they might have been rear-ended trying to stop for the geese.
Luckily my brother, having seen how our generation sucks so bad at parenting (speaking generally) has created ‘Most Annoying Polite Boy’. His three year old kid will even stand there and repeat ‘Thank you’ until you reciprocate with ‘You’re welcome’!
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Moony @ 05/14/2007 6:14 PM EDT
Those Doritos scare me for some reason.
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SikkiNixx @ 05/14/2007 7:37 PM EDT
While I’m back here … Spider-Man 3 was an awesome action movie, but a lousy Spider-Man movie. All of the “little Spider-Man things” that were so glorious in the first movie were completely ignored and non-existent in this movie. And if you weren’t going to bring in Gwen Stacy in the first movie - why do it now in a nothing role? And Venom was a complete throwaway character late in the movie … ugh.
I thought the first 2 plots were excellent arcs … and this screenplay went completely sideways.
But the action was fun. No doubt there.
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SikkiNixx @ 05/14/2007 7:41 PM EDT
Hope everybody had a good weekend. I’m back in from four days in Vegas and I can report that unlike last time I was there and I didn’t see a single machine, this time I saw THREE distinct versions of the Star Wars slot machines (regular, Dark Side and Empire Strikes Back). I actually made $80 on the Dark Side machines at the Mandalay Bay thanks to the awesome “EMPIRE IN PURSUIT” bonus. I lost $30 of it the next day on the Strikes Back machines at the Four Queens though :?.
I don’t know how many/if any of you even still watch The Sopranos? But last nights episode was harsh. Not “Long Term Parking” harsh, but still. What a show…I’m really going to miss it.
(we now return you to the Spiderman 3 debate already in progress)
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squee4242 @ 05/14/2007 10:39 PM EDT
totally random, but I thought you all, and especially Matt would be interested in these:
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/menu.aspx?menu=1391
enjoy, my set is already pre-ordered.
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Double G @ 05/14/2007 10:40 PM EDT
“I think I may be the only one on the planet that thinks Jennifer Lopez is a mediocre singer and actress (at best) that is only getting by on her looks.”
Nah, I think we can all pretty much agree on that.. but man, have you seen that ass!
“I passed out at the urinal when I finally went. I woke up about ten minutes later to EMTs standing over me and was taken to the emergancy room for testing. I was fine, just pinched a nerve or something with my bladder. The most embarrasing part is I hve no idea who zipped me back up or when. I’m pretty sure my package was just laying out for every one to see, even the females who piled in the bathroom.”
sorry for the double post, but that was hilarious! I could totally see that appearing in one of the better Ben Stiller movies
***SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT***
See, Soprano’s just feels so lame now. Especially last nights. Oh let’s kill someone every episode this mini-season,oooooh. I knew they were going to crash the second they were in the car. And what, AJ’s emo and in-touch-with-the-world now? I’m sorry, I don’t care.
***END SPOILERS END SPOILERS***
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K- @ 05/14/2007 10:51 PM EDT
I know there are a few other theatre-heads around here, so don’t forget the Tony niminations are announced tomorrow (Tuesday) morning…here’s hoping Spring Awakening is well represented. If you are into musicals and haven’t heard the show yet….best new show in years…seriously….
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Shuanfu @ 05/14/2007 11:48 PM EDT
Hey Mat, off topic question, but what’s the name of the TV series based on laser tag (horrible blue screen effects and bad acting are highlights you pointed out) you reviewed…maybe two years ago? I know it’s an off question but I can’t think of the title to save my life..I was hoping it might have been commemorated on youtube.
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Severe Repugnance @ 05/14/2007 11:55 PM EDT
Well there’s Lazer Tag Academy, but that article is from 7 years ago.
I’ll keep looking, but know that the scroll box on the front page goes back like 3 years.
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K- @ 05/15/2007 12:04 AM EDT
LOL, K-, I should have guessed you were one of those. I’m not hating, it’s just that for me there are certain shows where I’m in for the long haul and I make a choice to just go with it and enjoy. Heck, Test Dream and the whole Finnerty saga are some of my favorites, but I can see how they’re not everyone’s cup of tea. But come on, you gotta admit AJ’s always been emo. Remember Nietzsche?
Severe Repug, welcome! There’s a blurb about Lazer Tag Academy in a really old article, but I believe you’re looking for Photon - The Television Series: http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0740/index.html
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squee4242 @ 05/15/2007 12:08 AM EDT
LOL, K-, I should have guessed you were one of those. I’m not hating, it’s just that for me there are certain shows where I’m in for the long haul and I make a choice to just go with it and enjoy. Heck, Test Dream and the whole Finnerty saga are some of my favorites, but I can see how they’re not everyone’s cup of tea. But come on, you gotta admit AJ’s always been emo. Remember Nietzsche?
Severe Repug, welcome! There’s a blurb about Lazer Tag Academy in a really old article, but I believe you’re looking for Photon - The Television Series. If I put the link I’ll get spam blocked so you’ll have to do a site search to find the article (it was posted Valentine’s Day ‘03).
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squee4242 @ 05/15/2007 12:12 AM EDT
First off I want to say this is a fantastic site. I found it about a week ago and have been reading it ever since. I have never posted here before, but I was wondering if you guys could help me with some info on a toy.
I was reading about the Spiderman merchandise and that somehow got me thinking about the Batman movie from 1989. I would’ve been about 4 at the time, but I remember playing with this toy all through my childhood. It was was one of those games that takes a bulb to light up the backround screen. It was kind of shaped like the Batmobile, and it had a shifter, a key that was the power switch, a bunch of stickers of gauges, the Batman logo, and the Joker. It also had a steering wheel, but it was shaped like one in a plane.
The game itself was just some sort of shooting game where you controlled a helicopter and shot other helicopters. I don’t really remember playing the game that much, but I played with it as a toy car for way more years than I care to admit.
I had totally forgotten about it until I read this site, but any of you guys who read this blog have any idea what this is that would be awesome. I have searched the internet but the only thing I can find is a Tiger handheld. This wasn’t a handheld, as it was probably about a foot wide and 8-10 inches long. Like I said, any info would be great.
PS Sorry for the ginormous length and the insane amount of commas.
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Pet Sounds @ 05/15/2007 12:15 AM EDT
Not sure, Severe Repugnance, but are you refering to Captain Power?? Even if your not, damn I used to love that toy…at least I was reminded of that…
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Shuanfu @ 05/15/2007 12:28 AM EDT
I took a nap earlier and I had this awesome dream that my cat was in the tub taking a bath and really enjoying it. She was all splashing around and swimming, it was the cutest dream ever. Way better than that dream I had a few weeks ago about My Little Ponies. I dreamt there was a pony locked up in a tower and the other ponies came to rescue her with a big blanket for her to jump into, except she missed and just splatted the fuck all over the pavement.
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Mystie @ 05/15/2007 2:00 AM EDT
Shaunfu: Good for you. Even though I will always have a soft spot in my heart for Goob, I have to go with Flabslapper. I would love to see a guy clean heartbarf off his shoes.
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Bill @ 05/15/2007 2:02 AM EDT
Thanks Bill… and your ‘girls=bears’ advice from a few weeks backs still makes me and some friends crack up….
I think I want some of whatever it was you had, Mystie
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Shuanfu @ 05/15/2007 2:16 AM EDT
Welcome Severe Repugnance and Pet Sounds!
Hey K- you night wanna add in your spoiler alert what show you are spoiling
And to Bill and Shaunfu: Girls are not bears unless bears are sugar and spice darnit.
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kb @ 05/15/2007 8:43 AM EDT
Totally off topic (if there really is a topic)…there’s bubble gum flavored ice cream, bubble gum soda, and now there’s bubble gum flavored donut holes made by Entenmann’s (don’t know if they’re regional or not). I bought a box, but haven’t had the stomach to try them yet.
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DeeJay @ 05/15/2007 9:16 AM EDT
I always love the random topics that come up on directionless SNT’s…
Shuanfu: Good for you for standing up for those poor geese. I myself have often wondered when behavior like that became acceptable for children (well, children in general).
My own personal hell would have to be sitting behind a desk for 8 hours a day inside a mauve carpet covered cube in an office that doesn’t allow you to listen to music…That, and a trip to the doctor’s or anything involving a hospital. Not a very creative hell, I suppose, but a definitely sucky one.
Happy SNT everyone…On a Tuesday.
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Mary Mary @ 05/15/2007 9:35 AM EDT
You sure the show wasn’t “Photon”?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photon_%28TV_show%29
because that was HORRIBLE.
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Double G @ 05/15/2007 9:43 AM EDT
All this talk about how kids today have no respect reminds me of the way my grandparents talked about my parent’s peers when they were young, and how my parents talked about my peers and how our childeren will talk about our grandchildren’s peers…..
What happened with Shanfu is a parent misunderstanding and being a jerk. My son has a few times had a tantrum from hell in the most public of places. You get your kid outta there ASAP. The fellow parents look at you with sympathy and understanding and the non-parents look at you as though you must control your little brat you stupid worthless mother, as though I had every intention of ruining their eating out experience. Yeah there’s exceptions but in general, that’s how it goes. I recall being about seven and my mother would not let me have the Punky Brewster shoes at the shoe store and I had a COW. I am sure I embarressed my mother profusely, and when I got home I was punished big time. You don’t always see everything that occurs in parenting.
Sorry off soap box now.
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kb @ 05/15/2007 10:08 AM EDT
On a serious note I really do think kids are getting worse though, just my opinion and I could certainly be wrong. But the world of today is vastly different than most times throughout history, with the internet, ipods, Gameboy, MTV, etc, etc.. I think all the tech and the ways of the world today are vastly changing things, where as before there was a perceived notion of things getting worse (they probably were, little by little). Now we have kids cursing at their teachers, in extreme cases shooting up schools. My mom claims to have never dealt with any of this.
I think starting in the 1950s the role of the teenager and by extension their younger siblings started to change drastically, progressing furthur through the following generations and the way society has changed with the changing world by motions set forth after the second World War (the increasing role of television, the increasing disposable income of those under 18, the changing attitudes toward discipline, and increasing habit of parents spoiling their kids, single teenagers having babies at 15, 16, 17 not knowing how to properly raise a child, etc..).
I agree, kb, that I didn’t see everything, however in this case I did see the older kids teaching the younger kids horrible behavior and that parents being angry at us for “yelling at their kids”. I also listened to the older kids, once again, screaming rude things at us during and after the ‘confrontation’ with the parent…and no adult said anything and, in fact, it was funny to the adults -aka parents- of these kids that they were being so rude and what they were yelling to us as we “ran away scared”…I know I’m leaving part of the story out, mainly because I don’t want to be a total ass about it…but my overall point was that the older kids and adults -in this case- were being horrible examples to the younger kids, at least in my opinion, by allowing that type of behavior in general.
And I can only except the whole “only parents understand what it’s like to be a parent” card to a certain extent, but only because I’ve taught for so many years. I’ve seen kids at their best and their worst behavior over the years. I’ve also had to be the person at times to show and teach correct behavior to students. And I’ve been on both sides of that…some parents who thank you for your work with the kids and others who hate and despise everything you do. What most parents don’t realize while they are yelling at the teachers is that many teachers -especially drama teachers :)- spend more time with their kids on a weekly basis than they ever would have a chance to. Now, I don’t say that to say I know what it’s like to be a parent, nor does that make me the “correct behavior” policeman of the world, but I have had my hand in helping to raise a few kids here and there…
And, you have to agree at least a little, that there are some horrible parents out there… the ones that just don’t care at all what their kids do or what kind of trouble they get into…either because their kids are ‘perfect’ and can do no wrong or, the more common case, they just flat out don’t give a damn….
Reminds me of an example: At the old school I worked at there is a kid who should graduate this Saturday. His parents, however, gave up on him years ago. There was a group of us (teachers, his friends, etc.) that did our best to make sure he got back on, and stayed on, track. Hopefully this week I’ll hear as to whether or not he passes his final class and, in turn, high school. His parents? Told most of us to ‘f*&% off’ when we called to help him out and could care less about him graduating…in fact I think they are going out of town because they can’t be bothered…those are the kind of people I think most of us are refering to, not all the awesome parents that are out there :P!
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Shuanfu @ 05/15/2007 10:58 AM EDT
I wrote a really nice reply to you, kb but when I hit ‘post’ it vanished….oh well….but the gist of it was:
-A part of the story I left out was when the adults were laughing at the kids yelling at us as we “ran away” after the dad came up to us…I’m leaving lots of it out to not seem like a total ass :)…my original point was that, at least in this case, the parents and older kids here horrible examples to those young kids.
And, as a teacher of many years, I’ve dealt with both amazing parents and completely shitty parents. I’ve also had those kids that I felt like I helped to raise over the years because -as a drama teacher- I saw some of those kids way more than their parents ever did…
I think you can agree that there are horrible parents out there that think their kids can do no wrong or, even worse, just don’t give a damn about their kids or the trouble they get into…
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Shuanfu @ 05/15/2007 11:11 AM EDT
Why won’t my posts…uh..post?
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Shuanfu @ 05/15/2007 11:11 AM EDT
Sucks..I wrote two really nice posts..both disappeared when I hit post….:(….oh, well, I’ll revisit the topic later
Forgiveness for the double post, please, and even more if the other two -and longer- posts appear wihout my knowledge….
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Shuanfu @ 05/15/2007 11:13 AM EDT
mua hahahaha it was ME - The Postmaster!!!
Shuanfu Well with an ignorant parent or not, atleast you were able to successfully defend innocent animals. Of course I wonder how the dad would’ve reacted had you ran after him screaming like his kid(s) did to the geese.
Today is a “touch me, sue you” world. Parents can’t be arsed to punish their kids anymore in fear of all the legalities that come with raising children these days.
I’m only 24, I have no kids, so maybe I don’t understand, but growing up, my parents were very open minded. I grew up with my dad listening to Alice Cooper and watching A Clockwork Orange, playing video games, and having a fairly lax curfew. I caught on to rock music and enjoyed 1-on-1 Doom frag sessions with my dad. I don’t walk around abusing animals, I’ve never shot anybody, I’ve never been arrested, or anything else “bad kids” do when they listen to heavy metal music. I wasn’t forced to, but by choice I only played video games when it was rainy or cold out, or only for maybe a couple hours a week. The rest of my free time was spent outside playing with firecrackers, ramping my big wheel off insanely unsecure ramps, climbing trees, etc…
Parents these days seem to blame problems of youth on TV, music, and video games yet overlook the fact that Little Johnny just lit the neighbors cat on fire and your only course of action was sueing MTV. Yes I know, a little extreme, but play along.
I had all the bad influences in my life; open minded parents, rock music, video games, r rated movies, etc… yet one thing my parents did to make sure I was a productive citizen was teach me discipline and responsibility.
If I mouthed off, I got slapped or a mouthful of soap. If I acted up, I got my ass paddled. If I wanted a new baseball bat or video game, my parents gave me chores around the house to do for a couple weeks to earn it.
I am everything I am today because of the respect, discipline, and responsibility my parents taught me.
Parents are either too busy or fear lawsuits to raise kids these days. Yet when kids act out, people seem to go into Sherlock Holmes mode and investigate which bad influence it was that caused it, totally ignoring the fact the kids’ parents didn’t swat their kids’ ass, ground him/her, etc.. Everyone else is to blame for my problems. An attitude that has more risk than investing the time to actually raise your children.
I’ll shut up now, I spent the last 45 minutes typing this up in different pieces in between working, and I haven’t proof read it, so if anything doesn’t make sense just point it out and I’ll clear it up.
“The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.”
~Socrates, circa 400 BC
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Jedoc @ 05/15/2007 11:37 AM EDT
Socrates?!? Wasn’t he the smart dude from the “Princess Bride?” Of course, he did drink the poison so how smart could could he have been….
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Wenthral @ 05/15/2007 11:53 AM EDT
I’m sure society’s gone through lots of ups and downs since 400 BC!
On the other hand, what the hell was this school thinking?! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18645623/
Who likes buttermilk pancakes?
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Cakes @ 05/15/2007 12:51 PM EDT
I absolutely LOVES ME some buttermilk pancakes! Especially with chocolate chips and chocolate syrup…mmm…I just had a chocogasm
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flabslapper @ 05/15/2007 12:55 PM EDT
which makes it look like i shit myself D:
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flabslapper @ 05/15/2007 12:55 PM EDT
Crap-tastic!
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citygirl @ 05/15/2007 2:10 PM EDT
Wow dallasmovie, that’s ridiculous. Those teachers should have known better than that. e_e
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Annette @ 05/15/2007 2:49 PM EDT
Dallasmovie:
Words escape me for a situation like that. If that was my kids school I probably would be hauled off to jail for knocking some serious sense into that principle and then sue the shit out of them. I am not by nature a very hostile or sue happy person, but good god would this be tempting.
My kid is already scared to death if it even sprinkles outside because of the over dramatization of the news and weather. What were they striving for here, fear of school?
I’m surprised one of the kids didn’t call 911 which would have been justice all by itself. Scared kids is one thing but cops fearful of said scared kids would not be a happy happy joy joy moment.
Shit, I’m ranting. Go to happy place, go to happy place. Scoobie doobie doo where are you we need some help from you now.
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Anonymous @ 05/15/2007 2:54 PM EDT
fistpittingnork, right on! I was raised with a pretty easy going Mom, looking back at my childhood I think that was the best way to go about it. It’s all about respect. If you teach your kid respect and at the same time respect them, the kids will respect you and others.
When I was a young teen I knew I was very lucky to have very little to almost no rules, but I knew better than to do something stupid to ruin the trust I had with my mom. My Husband on the other had had a mom that used the “you are guilty until proven innocent, even if you’re not in trouble right now you will be later because you are a rotten kid” Of course he wasn’t a bad kid either, but is cousins were raised the same way but they didn’t turn out to be respectful people with good values.
My personal hell would be stuck in a small space and I couldn’t leave when I wanted too. I only get claustrophobic when I know I can’t leave places right away or when I want to. If I go on an airplane I have to tell myself that if I really wanted them to I could get the plane to land so I could get off.
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IHAQ @ 05/15/2007 3:10 PM EDT
IHAQ - I totally relate on the trapped feeling. I’m not usually claustrophobic, but if I’m trapped in anything - a social situation, a place - and I know I have no control, I freak out.
As for that school - what are they trying to teach kids? That adults/teachers can’t be trusted? How messed up.
IHAQ, I’m the same way! I’m not afraid of enclosed spaces per se, but I start getting really nervous if I feel like I can’t get out or get away (like if someone is holding me down and tickling me).
There’s got to be a separate syndrome for that, doesn’t there? It’s not claustrophobia exactly because I’m fine in an elevator (as long as it doesn’t break down!).
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purplegirl247 @ 05/15/2007 4:10 PM EDT
IHAQ I was the same as a teen. I didn’t have many (very very few at that) rules to live by. By that point I had shown my parents I know right from wrong and I could go hang out with my friends for the night or the weekend and my parents didn’t worry much because they trusted me, and I never did anything to gamble away that trust.
Your airplane comment reminds me of when I flew to Denver a couple years ago. I’m 6′1″ so I always try to nab an aisle seat. I was sat next to a middle aged married couple. The husband had the window seat, the wife had the middle seat, I in the aisle seat. I overheard her discussing with her husband her fear of flying and her claustrophobia. As more people started piling into the airplane, I could notice her hands starting to shake and her breathing becoming heavier. I looked over at her and introduced myself and started up a conversation to get her mind off what was going on. I lied to her and told her I hate aisle seats and offered my seat to her so she felt like she was in a more open area, she accepted, I offered the middle seat to the husband so he could sit next to his wife and comfort her and his response was “Ah she’ll be alright”.
So I sat in the middle and continued my conversation with her. It seemed to work until we started pulling onto the runway. She started grasping her arm rests really tight and mumbling “Oh my God oh my God oh my God”. So I grabbed her hand and she nearly broke every bone in my left hand in doing so, but she started saying a prayer and even though I’m not religious whatsoever, I joined in with her until we basically started to level off. Once we did, she seemed to really calm down and she gave me one of the most sincere thank you’s I’ve ever received and I just felt so sorry for her that her husband couldn’t be bothered to peel his eyes off the window while his wife is borderline freaking out.
IHAQ, purplegirl: What you describe sounds more like agoraphobia than claustrophobia. While pop psychology has managed to distort the public perception of agoraphobia into “fear of open spaces” or “fear of crowds,” the actual basis of agoraphobia is a fear of being in a situation, physical or social, that you can’t escape. Since such feelings are more likely to arise in cramped or crowded places, it is often mistaken for claustrophobia or social anxiety disorder.
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Jedoc @ 05/15/2007 4:39 PM EDT
JessicaMarie and purplegirl I’m glad I’m not alone. I don’t even like crowed lines that move really slow. I also agree with the tickling, my dad was so bad for that, he wouldn’t stop till I started to cry!
nork (is that the short form?) You sound like a stand up guy! I can’t even believe the husband didn’t care about his wife, wouldn’t it bother him that a total stranger was the one comforting her? It sounds like something my ex boyfriend would do.
Off topic, but does anyone watch King of Queens, I watched the last show last night, is it me or did they just leave it up in the air about Holly being pregger with nowhere to live? It’s really bothering me.
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IHAQ @ 05/15/2007 4:53 PM EDT
Thanks Jedoc I think I’m a hypochondriac, so I already knew I had it!
That reminds me of a comic I saw with a wife coming out of the doctors office and telling her husband that he was wrong, she knew something was wrong with her, the doctors says she’s a hypochondriac.
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IHAQ @ 05/15/2007 4:58 PM EDT
Jedoc - My agoraphobia is just an extension of a bunch of anxiety issues I have. Interesting to know about the real definition of agoraphobia.
fistpittingnork - That woman’s husband was a jerk. I HATE flying and once got separated from my husband on a flight and if I hadn’t been able to trade seats I would have been so embarrassed to be freaking out next to a stranger. I’m glad you did the right thing. Cue sappy music.
I wish I could spend a day throwing waffles at Venom.
Razor-sharp sonic ninja waffles.
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kingklash @ 05/15/2007 5:53 PM EDT
first off thanks Bill!! I love you too buddy!!
But I just want to clear up thanks to fistpittingnork
My kids will be able to watch rated R movies, horror movies, play mature games like grand theft auto, and I will have the “i am a cool mom if you follow my rules” type of attitude. My cousins I feel I had a parent role in somewhat I tried to have an adult influence (their mom my cousin left after she had 4 of them saying it was too much for her and came back every now and then for 6 months or so, she became a drug addict too among other things) feeling I wanted to fill a void of their mom as much as I could giving them advice and listening to them, they stayed saturday night most weekends. I let them see raunchy jokes, I told them, we all told them about video games, esp. after they were past puberty. I don’t think it’s that big of a deal as long as you don’t force them to watch porn or something. I was rolling around in my head last night of the boys after puberty when they are really horny, after 1 hour of homework allowing them to have 5 mins of porn watching. Hmm? lol
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Goob @ 05/15/2007 7:27 PM EDT
Yesterday my local high school went into lock down and they found an explosive device planted by a 14 year old…it was on the front page of the Globe & Mail (canadian national paper). I can’t believe this. I live in New Brunswick for God’s sakes! This isn’t even a city! Unbelievable…
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Muppet Baby @ 05/15/2007 8:12 PM EDT
New Brunswick? You’re not far from my husband’s family, they’re like an hour north of Bangor, Maine. Also not a city.
Jessica Marie- I actually live in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada: New Brunswick is the province. I am always forgetting that you guys have a New Brunswick in New Jersey. Anyways, we are a quiet little university town…this is a real shocker.
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Muppet Baby @ 05/15/2007 8:36 PM EDT
Sorries, kb. Bet you thought I was doing a Spidy spoiler. That occured to me after I did it, but I thought, if somone doesn’t want to be spoiled they’ll just avoid any spoilers. Then I realized that people who aren’t worried about Spidy probably just pushed through.
It wasn’t much of a spoiler anyway, I didn’t give any names But will do in the future.
Also, I guess I am that kind of guy, Squee. It just isn’t holding my attention anymore. Where can you go in two (three?) eps from here. I would have expected shit to already hit the fan in a BIG way by now.
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K- @ 05/15/2007 10:03 PM EDT
I have tried to post a bunch of times but it won’t go through. I just want to say to everyone:
BUY THE X13-D DORITOS!!! Do it now or I am sure you will regret it when everyone else is talking about it.
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Lilly @ 05/15/2007 10:05 PM EDT
Whoever posted that Socrates quote: It’s all his fault anyway! Damn fool has been corruptin’ the youth!
(Who will get this?)
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Cameron T. @ 05/15/2007 10:24 PM EDT
Wow, you know you have been reading X-E too long when you go into the bookstore to buy a NY Times and walk out with a Star Wars cookbook. Seriously. I can now make Tuscan Raider Taters, Wookie Cookies and Yoda Soda. This was on a Saterday night too.
Yoda Soda looks alot like Yoda piss. The force must flow through you.
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Bill @ 05/15/2007 10:40 PM EDT
Muppet Baby - it’s cool - I knew that New Brunswick is a province, and that it’s just a bit north of Maine. I thought that all that went on up there concerned crazy hermit men.
Damn. I also just figured out that I have been spelling Saturday wrong for, well, probably ever. And come to think of it, I have been singing that Bay City Rollers song wrong too.”S-A-TER-DAY NIGHT!” shit
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Bill @ 05/15/2007 11:02 PM EDT
Jessica Marie: Bangor, Maine is where we first stopped on our flight to Iraq. It’s also the place where author Stephen King is from. Surprised he wasn’t there to greet us. Oh well, he was probably busy trying to find a good plot for his next book. Of course, what better place to get material for a novel than an airport? i can just think of what type of plot he could give with our situation. Hmm, “Vietnam vet goes crazy and kills a bunch of returning soldiers making a stopover from Iraq because they’re getting the treatment he never received and thinks he deserves!” Hey wait, what am I doing typing this on here? This is the Internet and word like this goes around fast. Someone may take my idea and steal it!!!! Perhaps Stephen King will get the idea and write the novel before I will. Oh I hope he’s not a regular visitor to this site!
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BJ @ 05/15/2007 11:31 PM EDT
On our local news tonight there was a story about a guy who was rear-ended by another guy…when they got out of their cars, the guy in the front beat the hell out of the guy that hit him….{sigh}…I think that proved my point about society, once again….
On a more positive note: a kid that a group of us (teachers, friends, etc) have been working with for four years now and whose parents gave up on him years ago (drugs, money, and other crappy parents shit) found out today that he (barely :)) passed his last class and he will be graduating with his class this weekend! The only down side: he called his parents to invite them to dinner to celebrate with the rest of us and they said they were busy…oh well; our next mission is to get him into the local college and find him a new place to live….and please don’t think I keep coming here to post my ‘good deeds’ and what not; just like to share with the X-E fam…it’s also obvious that I’m stocking up on the good deeds to cover all the evil I’z got planned for the summer…
And Bill, why are we always on the same wavelength? I’ve looked at that same Star Wars book everytime I go into the book store -I like to cook- and think how awesome it would be to own it…but at least I knew how to spell ‘Saturday’
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Shuanfu @ 05/15/2007 11:46 PM EDT
It’s okay Bill - we all have moments like that. A few years ago I figured out that “for all intensive purposes” is actually “for all intents and purposes.” D’oh.
That’s a great survey question for thread - embarrassing grammatical misconceptions.
I’ve not yet seen these mentioned here, so here goes: Has anyone else tried the new X-13D flavor of Doritos? I bought them in hopes of it being Salsa remade due to the bag coloration, but they’re not salsa. Still taste rather good, though.
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Ragnarok @ 05/16/2007 12:11 AM EDT
The force must flow through you.
That’s two, Bill. YOU RULE THIS THREAD.
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K- @ 05/16/2007 3:32 AM EDT
We have a Sesame Street cookbook at my bookstore, with the interesting title of “Recipes from the Street”…which I really enjoy.
Shuanfu = That’s awesome! Good stuff.
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Muppet Baby @ 05/16/2007 8:18 AM EDT
Shuanfu:
Great job, I tip my hat to you. Far to many people would not take the time to help people anymore.
Hell, I heard in the traffic report this morning (not the news) of a motorcycle accident where the guy dumped his bike in the middle of traffic and nobody stopped to even see if he was ok. They just drove around… WTF
Do not ever think that we wouldn’t want here good news like that.
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Wenthral @ 05/16/2007 10:00 AM EDT
Where’s Matt again?
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meepy @ 05/16/2007 12:21 PM EDT
I am always amazed at how many grammatical or spelling errors find their way past the proofreaders of newspapers’ online presences. (I don’t read the paper version of newspapers, so I don’t know if it happens a lot in the print version.) One example that, for some reason, really bugs me, is when they will use “reign” when they mean “rein”. As in “the government has tried to reign in spending this quarter.” What, they are trying to rule over spending?
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Old Jim @ 05/16/2007 12:28 PM EDT
It’s amazing to me that the fires in Florida and South Georgia are causing us to have “smoke and haze” warnings where I live….power of mother nature I guess….
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Shuanfu @ 05/16/2007 1:16 PM EDT
Hello everyone. Sorry I haven’t commented in a while, but I’d like to report I recently bought a Super NES off eBay. Can anyone recommend some favorite SNES titles? I’ve already got Wheel of Fortune, Zoop, and Power Rangers: the Fighting Edition.
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Hoverbored @ 05/16/2007 4:17 PM EDT
Due to a freak accident involving a bolt of lightning, a bolt off a ‘62 Ford, a bolt of neon-green polyester, and a circus freak, Matt has temporarily assumed my power of saving the world when no-one’s looking. So don’t look at him.
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kingklash @ 05/16/2007 4:26 PM EDT
Hoverbored Legend of Zelda: A Link to the past for sure. I swear I’ve played that game through 50 times since it’s come out. And Super Mario World, of course. I’d also say Bart’s Nightmare, MarioKart, Yoshi’s Cookie, and MK3.
Also this one time my brothers and I rented Mario Paint from the local video store, and the person before us left an animation on of a woman performing fellatio.
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Mystie @ 05/16/2007 7:24 PM EDT
SNES games? Mario World, F-Zero, Zelda: LttP, Yoshi’s Island (one of the best platformers EVER), Donkey Kong Country 1 & 2, Star Fox, and probably dozens more I can’t think of right now…
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Cameron T. @ 05/16/2007 7:25 PM EDT
Try to find a copy of Super Mario All-Stars (all NES Mario games in one) and TMNT: Tournement Fighter or Turtles in Time….Actraiser was also one of my favorite games of all on SNES
clicky on my name for a more opinions from another source….
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Shuanfu @ 05/16/2007 7:59 PM EDT
Funny that you say that, considering I’m going to hook up my router tonight. Virtual Console, HERE I COME!!!
I recommend:
Link to the Past, as Mystie already said.
Super Metroid
Illusion of Gaia
Secret of Mana
Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy VI
Mega Man X
How many other people held a ruler up to their tv’s because they thought it would help them draw straight lines in Mario Paint?
Just me? I’m so freakin’ stupid
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K- @ 05/16/2007 8:02 PM EDT
ZOMG (did it again, Mystie)!!! Mario RPG!!!!
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K- @ 05/16/2007 8:04 PM EDT
Crap, Everyone said all my fav SNES games!
Ok, here’s one I love that everyone missed: Kirby Super Star. It’s probably the best Kirby game ever made. It has the most single abilities in probably all of Kirbydom (not counting the cembo abilities in Kirby 64). Not only do you get moves like the classic Beam, Ice, Sword, Hammer and Cutter, you also get kickass ones like Jet, Plasma, Feather, Ninja, and my personal favorite Mirror. Theres 7 games in all (4 are available at the start), as well as 3 minigames.
I too recommend the first 2 Donkey Kong Country games, Mario Paint, Super Mario World, Super Mario All-Stars (or, like the one I have, the version that also has SMW on it), Mario RPG, Ultimate MK3, Yoshi’s Island, not to mention the 2 Clayfighter games.
I’ve never played it, but I’d highly recommend Chrono Trigger if you’re up for a good RPG thats not Mario or Final Fantasy.
For PR Fighting Edition, hold X&Y together while pressing start on any character to get Ivan Ooze (he only has 2 moves but he’s freaking hard to beat)
Dammit, how did I forget Chrono Trigger? Though it technically is a FF, Norbert. Lest we forget it is part of FF Chronicles
DS code: 0337-9102-6815-5000
Anyone willing to trade letters with me over Mognet in FF III? Alright, I’m heading to the living room to connect the Wii.
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K- @ 05/16/2007 11:00 PM EDT
Just thought I’d kinda “swoop in” on this.
Yeah Invader Norbert, Kirby Superstar is definately the best Kirby game. Though it didn’t have the most abilities, even discounting the combos in Kirby 64. I do believe the honor goes to Nightmare In Dreamland/ Kirby’s Adventure. 26 versus 24 (though I thought Superstar actually had less than that..and 64 has the most of all). Still, the best part of it was the fact that with each one you could do like 6 different things. Brilliant game. I was supposed to get it from my cousins, until we stopped talking to them. Goddamn world!
K- You should put slashes n’ explanations next to FFIV and FFVI, y’know since theres the whole naming thing and they’re II and III (respectively) on the SNES. Unless you expect our friend Hoverbored to get Famicom cartridges imported, and break the clips and what have you.
(Aah, I’m just being a prick and giving you a hard time :P)
I wanna reccomend Claymates. Fun, clay-graphic platformer. Didn’t age as well as I’d hoped, but its still not bad. And The Twisted Tales of Spike McFang. Kinda like Zelda, but not nearly as expansive.
Anyways, I need to get back to Math. God graduatings a bitch. I can’t wait until the end of the year when I can be on here all the time again.
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Tutsuro @ 05/17/2007 12:40 AM EDT
I guess you’re right, Tutsuro. But, I’m FF l33t and all, been playing since the beginning, yada, yada, yada. It’s a status thing, I have to call them IV and VI
I honestly can’t believe I got this router up and running. I found out that my cd rom drive is shot, but I had the bright idea of downloading the installation wizard from their website. So, as swore previously, I got Ocarina of Time. I also snagged Super Mario Bros. since it’s my mom’s birthday today
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K- @ 05/17/2007 1:28 AM EDT
Didn’t read any of the above posts, but I just saw something that I thought would be of note to most people here. There is some new mystery flavor of Dorito called X13-D. I had the chance to try it, and as far as I can tell, the flavor is cheeseburger. Interesting. Not great, but interesting.
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miroshima @ 05/17/2007 2:46 AM EDT
I’ve lived FF…all my life.
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meepy @ 05/17/2007 9:20 AM EDT
snes games = Street Fighter 2 Turbo, Jurassic Park, Super Mario Kart, and I remember Secret of the Mana being pretty good, if you like RPG’s.
When I was a kid I had set up a surround sound setup in my room and used to play Jurassic Park with the lights off. The parts where you go in the buildings kinda reminds me now of a slow paced Doom, probably the best movie adaptation I’ve ever played.
As some have already mentioned, I’ll re-mention some to stress the “must-have” factor.
Donkey Kong Country games
Super Mario All-Stars w/SMW
Super Mario Kart
Zombies Ate My Neighbors
Killer Instinct
Yoshi’s Island
B.O.B
Super Metroid
Castlevanias
Earthworm Jim
Contra
Uniracers
Clay FightersLemmings 1 & 2
Mega Man games
Monopoly
Primal Rage
Sim Ant
Sim City games
Sim Earth
Star Fox games
Street Fighter games
Wario’s Woods
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego
Worms
Zelda: LttP
I’m aware some of these games outright suck, but growing up I loved playing all of them.
Some games not mentioned:
Zombies Ate My Neighbors
Uniracers
Primal Rage
Killer Instinct
Worms
Sim Ant
Wario’s Woods
Mortal Kombat
Clue
Monopoly
Mega Man games
Lemmings games
Earthworm Jim games
Contra 3
Arkanoid
Castlevania games
Bomberman games
B.O.B
Yes, I’m aware some of these games absolutely suck (B.O.B) but these were my favorites (besides what has already been mentioned) while growing up.
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