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| Topic | Texted a girl she didn't text me back. How do I confront her about it. |
| dancer62 05/28/18 10:53:04 AM #28 | Trespasser2003 posted... iliveforlife posted...TallTamryu posted...Ask if she got your text? Sometimes people miss texts or totally forget to reply to them because they were busy at the time. I mean it depends what you said too though. Needy and sticky are not attractive qualities. Don't act needy and sticky. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Do you like man buns? |
| dancer62 05/27/18 6:25:43 PM #25 | Jimmy Dean's? --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | "Ancient - it was released over 20 years ago" |
| dancer62 05/27/18 10:26:48 AM #5 | Half-Life was released in 1998. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | At what age did you start playing video games? |
| dancer62 05/26/18 8:04:18 PM #21 | I built a simple game for oscilloscope display in 1961, so 15. If you want to count mechanical, non-electronic arcade shooting and driving games, then probably age 10 or so. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Is it your own fault if you're short? |
| dancer62 05/26/18 3:39:12 PM #10 | wwinterj25 posted... Yes. Yes. If you didn't want to be petite, you should have picked taller parents. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Dangit I feel so old when I read some certain Youtube comments : ( |
| dancer62 05/26/18 1:05:53 PM #11 | FrozenBananas posted... dancer62 posted...I don't feel old, and I'm 71. My youngest child turns 40 this year. I've been playing since the mechanical arcade driving games when I was a kid in the 1950s. Games keep improving. 71. Retired. Student pilot, drive a P-type Supra 5-speed, teach adult ed classes for the local state university Human Development Program (Recreational Golf class starts next week), compete in martial arts tournaments- empty-hand and traditional weapons. Still get invited occasionally to do a guest piece in a dance concert. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Dangit I feel so old when I read some certain Youtube comments : ( |
| dancer62 05/26/18 7:43:18 AM #2 | I don't feel old, and I'm 71. My youngest child turns 40 this year. I've been playing since the mechanical arcade driving games when I was a kid in the 1950s. Games keep improving. Cheer up, life just keeps getting better after 50, so at 27 you have a lot to look forward to. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Would you be in support of a one-world government? |
| dancer62 05/25/18 10:41:22 PM #24 | You've got to be kidding! Everything wrong with every current government, taken to the next magnitude worse? If the best and brightest the major political parties could find to represent the US at the last Presidential election were a loudmouth reality TV "star" and the failed Arkansas comedy team of Hil&Billy, imagine the incredible depth of bozos available in the wide world! --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | I'm thinking of a Pokemon. Play 20 questions to see if you can guess which one! |
| dancer62 05/25/18 4:49:09 PM #6 | Is it good breaded and fried with country gravy? --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | I'm freakishly strong. |
| dancer62 05/25/18 2:16:10 PM #14 | A good deodorant might help. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Check your fire alarms |
| dancer62 05/25/18 2:25:34 AM #5 | I have to take the battery out of my smoke alarm every time I broil meat, the cooking smoke will set it off every time. The real trick is to remember to put the battery back in. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Do you like Tuna sandwiches? |
| dancer62 05/25/18 12:22:52 AM #25 | St_Kevin posted... Jen0125 posted...dancer62 posted...and pickle relish Hmm, I didn't know it was possible to make tuna salad without relish, but I read the ingredients on the BumbleBee tuna salad, and they use celery instead. Live and learn, I guess. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Who do you think is the best metal vocalist of all time? |
| dancer62 05/24/18 5:04:08 PM #25 | Sharon DenAdel --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | What 3rd party games do you want on the N64 mini |
| dancer62 05/24/18 11:27:53 AM #5 | Rare, although it was Nintendo-affiliated then, for: Blast Corps. "Time to get moving!" and: Jet Force Gemini Rocket: Robot on Wheels Space Station Silicon Valley Body Harvest Beetle Adventure Racing --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Do you like Tuna sandwiches? |
| dancer62 05/24/18 11:23:08 AM #6 | and pickle relish --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Do you play video games older than you? |
| dancer62 05/22/18 4:42:23 AM #10 | I'm amazed! 33% of gamefaqers are over 40! Born before videogames became popular. Blaqthourne posted... I play Spacewar! occassionally. I never played the original. I did play a titration simulation on the U of Illinois mainframe. And I built a simple pattern matching game with potentiometer controls for oscilloscope display in 1961. The Atari 2600 had a decent version of Spacewar!, but not until 1977? No, 1978. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Which of these three 5th Gen racers do you feel was the best? |
| dancer62 05/20/18 11:57:21 PM #8 | DirtBasedSoap posted... Crash Team Racing Of those, Crash Team. And, of course, Walt Disney. But they are only kart racers. Gran Turismo was revolutionary, real cars, real tracks, not just a toy physics-free steering game. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | What's for supper/dinner/evening sustenance? |
| dancer62 05/20/18 2:58:51 AM #12 | Brisket and baked beans for lunch, wasn't hungry for supper. Leftover brisket on a fresh bakery bun at midnight. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Why should we ban guns? |
| dancer62 05/19/18 12:21:34 AM #19 | When I was a kid, in the 1950s, we had cap guns, water guns, cork guns, BB guns. We ran all over the neighborhood, playing G-men, police, cowboys, soldiers, and nobody thought anything of it. Good guys had guns, guns were used for good, to protect the innocent. Our fathers and uncles won WWII and ended the threat of Hitler and Tojo, with guns. Now, 2018, THE AGE OF STUPID, nobody wants their kids playing with guns, we have people committing suicide-by-cop threatening police with play guns, we have TV news glamorizing school shootings, we have toddlers shooting themselves and siblings, we have gang warfare and drive-by shootings. Obviously we need more laws. Or maybe to actually enforce a few that we already have. Or for the media to stop sensationalizing. Or to do the kind of gun education we picked up from family members and popular culture in the 1950s. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Is it true that most girls think a lot of guys are ugly? |
| dancer62 05/17/18 6:55:33 PM #39 | Sahuagin posted... women are picky maters. Women with even a tiny amount of common sense are necessarily picky maters! A man can have a brief encounter. A woman, since no birth control is 100% effective, has to consider a lifetime commitment: would I want his child, to carry for 9 months, raise for 18 years, and continue to have some responsibility for the rest of my life? --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | I don't like when people ask me what I drive |
| dancer62 05/16/18 8:09:07 PM #11 | Chewster posted... I mean if it's just for their knowledge, that's fine, but sometimes "car people" will ask you and then judge you for it. Like millions of other people, I own a car primarily for function, please leave me alone about how much you love cars and think mine sucks Whatever. Like a lot of car people, I have a couple of interesting cars, plus a utilitarian everyday grocery-getter. Why would people judge you by what you drive, unless it's an intentionally ludicrous clown car? Entirely covered in stickers or carpet, or painted with a broom? --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | I feel like I haven't used my 3DS enough, but man that thing is not ergonomic |
| dancer62 05/16/18 7:42:39 PM #8 | I hate when it folds up on my fingers at the worst possible times during tense gameplay. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | What is the least bad of these infamously bad movies? |
| dancer62 05/16/18 7:29:12 PM #10 | I enjoyed Steel, 1979 movie with Lee Majors, Jennifer O'Niell, Arthur Kennedy, Art Carney, about high steel construction. Why would it be considered bad? Average B-movie for the era, interesting subject and cinematography. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | 45% of gfaqs visitors either listen to radio or not much music at all |
| dancer62 05/16/18 3:10:36 PM #17 | There is no option in the poll for "I listen to CDs and MP3s, not streaming or radio." --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Is it true that most girls think a lot of guys are ugly? |
| dancer62 05/16/18 7:05:03 AM #6 | I find very few guys attractive. Attractiveness, to me, is in his smile, his personality, his sense of fun, and the feeling that he's easy to be with. Conceited, arrogant, know-it-all, immature, epicene, ignorant, uneducated, all fall in the essence of "ugly." --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | How many games are in your backlog? |
| dancer62 05/16/18 6:57:27 AM #12 | Oodles! More than I can count. Between download lists that I'll never download, retro stuff that I found at pawnshops/online/VintageStock/etc., and stuff that I bought with actual intention to play and have never got past booting up to make sure that it works, easily 300+. I agree with @GanglyKhan above. I'll play what I want when I want to. And I've got plenty as sort of a reference library of videogame history, even if I never play them. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Have you ever had Corn Chowder before? |
| dancer62 05/15/18 8:25:05 PM #6 | Mead posted... Corn chowder is pretty common in the southwest for sure This. Flavored with bacon. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | We're whalers on the moon |
| dancer62 05/15/18 8:19:56 PM #2 | but there ain't no whales --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Do you think "toxic masculinity" is really a problem? |
| dancer62 05/14/18 2:34:48 PM #37 | Idiocy is always a problem. I do think that male drama queens are worse than female drama queens. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | The word "pretentious" is losing its meaning |
| dancer62 05/12/18 12:17:26 PM #8 | JOExHIGASHI posted... Same with "ironic". Ferric --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | It really grinds my gears when I hear some Americans pronouncing Audi |
| dancer62 05/12/18 12:48:21 AM #21 | Bugmeat posted... dancer62 posted...How about Porsh-eh vs. Porsh? In the 1960s, us Porsh-eh fanciers called them Porsh-ehs. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | It really grinds my gears when I hear some Americans pronouncing Audi |
| dancer62 05/12/18 12:25:53 AM #19 | Bugmeat posted... I have lived in the U.S. for 41 years and have not heard a single person pronounce it that way. 71 years, but, yeah. I don't remember when Audis were first imported. How about Porsh-eh vs. Porsh? Or Ren-oh vs Ren-alt? EDIT: I've always called it "owdy" but surprisingly, "oddy" as in audible or audit is correct. The name comes from the Latin translation of the name Horch, one of the designers, "audire", to hear. Also, Audi's ancestor in the 1930s was Auto-Union, so "otto" as in Auto would also support the "oddy" pronounciation. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | When did you move on from video gaming? |
| dancer62 05/11/18 10:14:11 PM #22 | 71 years old, built my first homebrew electronic game for oscilloscope display as a teenager in 1961, still active with videogaming. Married for 32 years, divorced, two kids, three grandkids. Doctorate, professional career, retired, let my professional license lapse (no more required annual CEUs and license fees, yay!), still teaching in university extension, retired dancer/choreographer, active tournament martial artist, recreational golfer, student pilot, own and maintain two classic sports cars. I am amused by adolescents who have "outgrown" videogames. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | What are some easy lifestyle choices I can make to... |
| dancer62 05/10/18 8:43:03 PM #6 | Unless you live in a war zone, don't worry, just go about your business. You have more chance of being hit by lightning, snakebit, eaten by a bear or shark, etc. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | What do you tend to waste the most money on, on a consistent basis? |
| dancer62 05/10/18 11:19:00 AM #40 | Food. I end up buying more on sale than I intended. I went in today to get Pillsbury biscuits on sale with free eggs and orange juice. Ended up buying a half-price chuck roast, cheese and sour cream for oven-baked mac&cheese, bacon on sale, hamburger buns, Italian bread, spent $30, intended to spend $5 or $10. Mac&cheese is in the oven, my neighbor is broiling sirloin burgers to go with it, we'll have a nice little feast for lunch, but I still spent more than I meant to. Ramen is 25 cents a package. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Favorite Gaming Generation |
| dancer62 05/09/18 10:04:48 PM #3 | Home consoles? Obviously Sixth gen, no contest. PS2, Dreamcast, Xbox. Portables? Seventh because of the incomparable PSP. Even the weakling DS had some good games. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | What is your favourite movie? |
| dancer62 05/09/18 9:59:13 PM #18 | Aliens. Game over, man! Game over! --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | If you only had one game to play for the rest of your life, what would it be? |
| dancer62 05/09/18 1:57:58 PM #53 | Flight Simulator X, if that's the only video game I can have. I can practice cross-countries before I fly them for real, complete with nav and comm frequencies, set up weather, approaches, etc. Infinite possibilities with real-world application. If I could have a flight sim plus an "only-in-a-game" type of game, my next choice would be one of the Monster Hunters, probably MHFU, lots of flexibility, my current 2500 hours only scratches the surface. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | I wonder what the originally expected lifetime was for old consoles |
| dancer62 05/07/18 7:01:43 AM #6 | Foppe posted... Things were built to last back then. This. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Soft-shell or hard-shell tacos? |
| dancer62 05/06/18 10:22:34 AM #12 | Dos, y fajitas, con cerveza. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Personality Disorder Test |
| dancer62 05/06/18 2:23:10 AM #4 | All low. Attention-seeking: only on stage, so answered that one no, too. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | what is the right age to determine someones gender? |
| dancer62 05/05/18 9:39:16 PM #20 | 99.99 repeating % of the time, sex/gender is obvious at birth. The rare physical intersex or transsexual conditions can be sorted and treated later, and each of those cases is different. You might read the Benjamin Standards. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | C/D do you like beer? |
| dancer62 05/04/18 6:04:28 PM #10 | Yes, preferably craft beer. I like Leinenkugel and Boulevard, among others. I have tried brewing my own, too, with variable results. I rarely drink, a 12-pack will last me for months, so it might as well be good beer. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Why are 'loosers' called betas instead of omegas? |
| dancer62 05/04/18 5:57:39 PM #2 | What are "loosers" and what do they loosen? Or is it some failed attempt to spell "loser"? --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Is it just me or is the entire world getting more and more depressed? |
| dancer62 05/04/18 11:43:20 AM #38 | papercup posted... It's just you. Things are better than they've ever been at any other point in history, and they get better all the time. Very true. No Cold War, no hot war, no draft, no recession. No Air Raid drills in U.S. schools. In many parts of the world, people live in cities. With internet. Cable TV. Electricity. Running water. Flush toilets. OTOH, there are tons of invented "problems" to entertain politicians and keep news services busy. How many of you kids remember stoking coal stoves and furnaces, using outhouses and chamber pots? Drawing a bucket of water from the well? Life before television and air condtioning? When it was rare to take a road trip without stopping to fill the radiator or fix a flat tire? And my family lived pretty well in the 1950s. Would anyone seriously trade today for 60 years ago? 100? 150? 200? --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
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