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I might, but I'll have to see how it works out with me and my cousin sharing the ps4. He's a very selfish person and I rarely get to play anything. I'm gonna put my foot down on this, but he might just pester me into submission.
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
Aye Matey!

DeathMagnetic80 posted...

Tropic_Sunset posted...

DeathMagnetic80 posted...

Why do they have to be "somebody"? Who were Obi Wan's parents? Mace Windu's? Yoda's? Anakin's mother was just a slave that the force "chose". There's literally no pre-requisite for force sensitivity. It chooses who it chooses.

That's kind of the point. It doesn't matter, so why did they stress it so much in the movies if it doesn't matter?

I mean, it was Rey wanting to know who her family was, if they were ever coming back for her. Not because of some legacy, but because she's been alone most of her life. It's about her search for belonging somewhere.

What about the parts stressing their importance when she's not around? Like Kylo Ren already keeping tabs on her and being upset when she leaves with Finn. Or Maz's conversation with Han after Finn and Rey leave the room, and she asks who Rey really is, and Han gets a concerned look on his face as it cuts away. It's not just Rey, it's most of the important characters in TFA who keep a focus on who her parents are.
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
Aye Matey!

Berenstain and c3po's leg got me.
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
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Chicken posted...

wtf is ID4? Shouldn't people be calling it ID2?

This. I assume it's Independance Day that's being discussed. Where'd the 4 come from?
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
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AllstarSniper32 posted...

That makes no sense. You can't say Rey saying it made it so her parents were special cause of course she'd sound like that, they're her parents.

In the scene when Kylo says her parents are nobody, he does so by asking if she knows about them. She answers by saying they were nobody, and he agrees. That's what I meant, if it's a lie, he's not the one who told it. That makes me think it could turn out to be true after all. I still feel it's likely wrong, or he capitalized on her misunderstanding her vision or whatever though. *shrug*

The thing I said about it implying her parents were important were from the force awakens. When Kylo Ren is already aware of her and becomes furious when she leaves with Finn, if she was just a random nobody he wouldn't care and they weren't aware that she was his counter balance at that point. Then the scene with Maz and Han, when she asks him who Rey is and it cuts away before he answers.

The movie itself is wanting us to ask who her parents are, because it keeps bringing it up. Then the big reveal is just "haha, you expected an answer? You're dumb."
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
Aye Matey!

Busty Muffintop.
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
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I'd be fine with them being nobodies if the force awakens hadn't heavily implied they were special somehow. As it is, the only thing making me think it may be true is that Rey said it first. He had a lot to gain at that point by convincing her she was nobody. I'm leaning towards it being a lie.
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
Aye Matey!

No, I barely move at all.
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
Aye Matey!

I'm excited for monster hunter. Have it pre-ordered.
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
Aye Matey!

Yeah, because I'm still struggling to get things sorted and failing.
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
Aye Matey!

Honestly, I wish I had another inch or so. :/
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
Aye Matey!

Switch is awesome, I play it all the time.
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
Aye Matey!

Yeah, I'm alone, just like every night of my life. T_T
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
Aye Matey!

L0Z posted...

KogaSteelfang posted...

If the A.I. in the future can precisely predict future events, wouldn't it have predicted his arrival there? Also, if they can only go back in time invisibly and are unable to alter the past, how did he manage to fully return and blow the whistle?

he claimed they were flying in invisible ships and they couldn't leave the ship but now he's gone rogue

Ah, my bad. I didn't watch the video, just read the article. It made it seem different than that. Still, shouldn't they have known this would happen with their prediction machines? Unless it can't predict future events that occur in the past, which is a confusing concept anyway.
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
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If the A.I. in the future can precisely predict future events, wouldn't it have predicted his arrival there? Also, if they can only go back in time invisibly and are unable to alter the past, how did he manage to fully return and blow the whistle?
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
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Yeah, he's a cool guy.
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
Aye Matey!

I dare you to post within the next 5 minutes.
*posts 3 minutes later*
No, that was definitely more than 5 minutes. You didn't account for the 20 seconds it took to post my message.

...
>_>'
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
Aye Matey!

My parents already only consider me to be expendable income to them. So that would definitely intensify. They'd expect a free ticket to anything they want. If I'd refuse, things would likely turn nasty because I could afford it. Then there'd be the usual family beggars who only show up when they want something. I'm sure that'd include my brother and his wife, probably expecting a huge handout whenever they want.

Seriously, if I ever got rich, I'd just have to cut ties with everyone I know and leave. At least I'd be able to afford such a move then, but I'd be even more alone afterwards. So yeah, not great options.
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
Aye Matey!

MegaTech posted...

And yea Koga, you look similar still just with facial hair. You still look young man. I forget youre 30+

Yeah, I'm not really glad I'm so old already. At least nobody can tell.
My face filled out a bit in my low-mid 20's then stopped. That's still where I'm at, but I'm sure age will eventually hit me and I'll just be a lonely old man. lol
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
Aye Matey!

Veggeta_MAX posted...

And falls for you?

No.
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
Aye Matey!

There aren't really many pictures of me before about 3-4 years ago when I started posting them here. These are way older than 10 years. First one is me at 4 "graduating" pre school. Next one is me at 15, my brother is on the left. Ignore the crud on them, I think it's birdseed.

Little me.


Uh, like 19 years ago. >_>'
School photo, I'm on the right.

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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
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MegaTech posted...

Should make a topic like "what you looked like 10 years ago compared to now"

I scrolled through Facebook and I look like the biggest fucking Melvin lol

I look the same. Aside from geting some gray hair, I've barely changed at all. When I encounter someone from high school, they often remark that I haven't aged at all since then. It's weird, because most of them look really different. I also don't know how to respond to that.
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
Aye Matey!

When I was taking medication, I wasn't going to tell anyone. My mom did though, she called everyone and told them. It was awkward and annoying going to church and having people who haven't spoken to you in 5 years run up and ask how you're feeling. Yeah yeah, leave me alone nosy people.
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
Aye Matey!

First time wearing a hat and glasses in like 20 years. lol
Taken a couple weeks ago. Just being dumb.


Next one is a little older, about 4 months old. Posted it before, in FaceApp, but no filter is on it.

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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
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17.
>_>'
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
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Myself, through a bad personality. Ugly on the inside counts, right?
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
Aye Matey!

trappedunderice posted...

Ill be a wingman for @KogaSteelfang

Heh.
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
Aye Matey!

Yeah, and other times I want to die.
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
Aye Matey!

Anony1125 posted...

Well I hope you'll listen to me as somebody who's in a situation that's not so different from yours. At 27 I'd had no experience with women, but stumbled into a quasi-relationship with an oddly persistent woman. She was unattractive and selfish. She was a liar, and a thief. She was heavily into drugs, including heroin now if I credit what I hear. She was jaded and cynical and never happy. She would constantly lie to me and solicit suggestive pictures that she would turn around and show to other people. She was an absolutely awful idea on my part. Just atrocious. I let her use me as a doormat for a while before she threw me away as disdainfully as she possibly could.

I'm not sure if I could overstate how grateful I am to her. Her coming into my life was one of the best things that ever happened to me. I'd had this conception of relationships and love as something remote, something on a pedestal, something miles away from me. She took a needle to that bubble with sadistic glee, and it was liberating for me. It got me out of my own head a little and helped me stop overthinking about these things. Just getting some experience, however embarrassing it ultimately was, was really valuable.

It's been just over a month since that absurd experiment ended, and I haven't magically turned into a 'Chad'. I'm still an ugly, awkward, lonely loser. But I'm much happier now than I have been in a long time, and I have absolute faith that I'm going to find somebody better. It's really not so hard after all when we tear down these walls we put up around ourselves. I really think you should just find somebody. Anybody. Not Ms. Right, just somebody as lonely as you are, because that's not so rare as you might think. Just something different to pull yourself out of that rut and to get some experience and to hopefully change your whole perspective on these things. If I can do it, I find it difficult to believe that you can't.

I'm glad that happened for you. I wouldn't want you to end up like me. Now you're 7 years younger than me, with more experience, and ready to gain more. Soon you'll be with someone better, and be happy.
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
Aye Matey!

Anony1125 posted...

KogaSteelfang posted...

That's what I thought too, that everyone has something. That we could help each other, and that we'd grow closer through that. No ones perfect, I would never expect anyone else to be. I thought that kind of thing was just part of the territory, and you have to learn to support each other.

I've been told I'm wrong by multiple people, on multiple boards and in pm's, all of whose are kind and helpful posters. They all have way more experience with this kind of thing, so I'm inclined to believe they know more than I do, and what I was hoping for just doesn't exist for me.

These kind and helpful people are telling you that nobody would want to be with you and that you should just give up?

No, just that I'm unfit to be with as I am. That I need to fix myself before I can consider being with anybody. It just feels like they're saying I'm not worth being with, and it seems like half my issues are from being unwanted anyway. I thought being with somebody be good, but I guess not.
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
Aye Matey!

King Rial posted...

Everyone has baggage, brother. And they take it into their relationships. You deserve to find someone as much as anyone. And while you shouldn't unload everything on someone as soon as you get into a relationship, it's okay to share a bit. You can, if things go right, end up helping each other become stronger together.

I was never planning on unloading anything, at least not until things were becoming serious. And only then so they'd know what they were in for. I never intended to use anyone just to help myself, but apparently thinking I'd feel better if I managed to find someone means exactly that, and I'm being selfish, and unfair.
It doesn't even matter because it's not ever going to be an issue anyway. I'm never going to find anyone, and that's that.

Anony1125 posted...

And what about the issues that 'poor innocent sap' would burden you with? Nearly all of us have issues, even the ones who look like they have everything together. To me it seems far more fulfilling and meaningful to help each other work through things and to learn to love someone for their issues than for two perfect people who don't need each other to be boring and perfect together. I don't for a moment believe that it's impossible to find someone who would be happy to be burdened with you and all that you are.

That's what I thought too, that everyone has something. That we could help each other, and that we'd grow closer through that. No ones perfect, I would never expect anyone else to be. I thought that kind of thing was just part of the territory, and you have to learn to support each other.

I've been told I'm wrong by multiple people, on multiple boards and in pm's, all of whose are kind and helpful posters. They all have way more experience with this kind of thing, so I'm inclined to believe they know more than I do, and what I was hoping for just doesn't exist for me.
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
Aye Matey!

Anony1125 posted...

KogaSteelfang posted...

Because looks apparently aren't enough to get any romantic interest, I don't have the social skills to utilize what I have, and I'm not worth being with anyway.

The only way to get more social skills is to put yourself in more social situations. All about practice, like everything else. Why aren't you worth being with?

I'm just not. I've been told it's unfair to burden someone else into helping me deal with my issues. I assumed being with someone would boost my confidence and self esteem, but nope, it'd just be me being a burden on some poor innocent sap who was dumb enough to be interested in me.
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
Aye Matey!

Anony1125 posted...

KogaSteelfang posted...

Anony1125 posted...

KogaSteelfang posted...

I'm single, but I don't want to be. I've never been with anybody, physically or relationship wise. There's no point trying any more.

Says the guy who's like an 8/10. You're bumming me out.

Thanks, but looks are wasted on someone like me.

Why is that?

Because looks apparently aren't enough to get any romantic interest, I don't have the social skills to utilize what I have, and I'm not worth being with anyway.

King Rial posted...

Single for life. Over 30 years. Both by choice and also not by choice, if you know my deal. It's not that I absolutely can't date, but I clearly, probably shouldn't. Safer for everyone if I'm alone, ya dig?

I guess I don't know your deal. This surprises me a lot.
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
Aye Matey!

Anony1125 posted...

KogaSteelfang posted...

I'm single, but I don't want to be. I've never been with anybody, physically or relationship wise. There's no point trying any more.

Says the guy who's like an 8/10. You're bumming me out.

Thanks, but looks are wasted on someone like me.
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
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Hairy-man posted...

KogaSteelfang posted...

Hairy-man posted...

Do you guys want to see what I look like?

Yeah. Post another.

Here you go mate.

Me and my paps

Sweet, thanks. You look very nice.
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
Aye Matey!

My parents had an Atari when I was little. I remember playing centipede and joust.
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
Aye Matey!

I'm single, but I don't want to be. I've never been with anybody, physically or relationship wise. There's no point trying any more.
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
Aye Matey!

No. >_>
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
Aye Matey!

Hairy-man posted...

Do you guys want to see what I look like?

Yeah. Post another.
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
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Far-Queue posted...

And you may want to consult a doctor about blood thinners or something if aneurysms run in your family. Thats scary stuff.

I know, it's not looking to good as of now. My mom's father died of an aneurysm, then my dad almost did. They said his was likely due to lifelong chain smoking, but could be genetic too. They said my brother and I need to be checked for them, and get rechecked every 5 years. Now she has one, and I don't recall if she even smokes.
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
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Thanks. I haven't heard any news about my aunt yet except she's in the same hospital my dad was sent to.
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
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Far-Queue posted...

Does no one on your dads side of the family know how to use a phone?

I guess this is the way things are done now. When my uncle died in late 2016 my aunt called to tell me.

They call when they need something. Or just stop by his place, since most of them live like 5 minutes from there. I don't get it either.
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
Aye Matey!

MachoManSavage posted...

Giant_Aspirin posted...

im 35 and i dont think i could.

yeah, i recognize the girl in the OP is attractive and 10 years ago i woulda hit that like the fist of an upset deity, but now it would be too weird

This made me sad for some reason.

Me too, but for a different reason I think. :/
@Giant_Aspirin
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
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Christmas Eve 3 years ago, he woke up to go to work. My mom checked Facebook before he left, and saw posts about his mother having died. So yeah, that sucked but we were told that it happened early and they didn't want to wake people up at 4am with the news and that they were contacting everyone at a more reasonable hour.

Well, last week he got on Facebook in the afternoon and saw that his brother had died. He'd been very ill, so it wasn't unexpected. Still, his family had all day to contact him and didn't. He just randomly saw it from Facebook. He texted other me,bears of his family and they had no idea still.

Again, yesterday he checks Facebook. Turns out his sister has been hospitalized with an aneurism, like the one that nearly killed him a year ago(just realized today is actually exactly 1 year from then, weird). No one bothered contacting him, they just slap a post on Facebook and assume that's good enough.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not close to that side of the family at all. It's just kind of surprising at the complete lack of consideration and respect they all seem to have. If I were my dad, or his much more respectable brother who also never gets contacted, I'd be completely pissed.
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
Aye Matey!

Wow.
I won! *dances*
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
Aye Matey!

tommybel89 posted...

32? Christ almighty. It happened late for me (21) but that's just another level.

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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
Aye Matey!

No, but I'd like to. It's about a 6 hour drive from here.
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
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Thrilling.
*bites nails*
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
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RedWhiteBlue posted...

With and without glasses. I want honest opinions, because the nearly universally agreed upon rating irl is roughly a 3. Side profile is my weakness, double damage and super effective.

Dude, you're actually really good looking imo. I agree that the glasses kinda detract a bit, but honestly, you're handsome.
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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
Aye Matey!