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Quote from: Verbatim on August 07, 2017, 10:51:06 PM

i also just don't believe someone who drinks as often as you do has any room to question what other people drink

it's kinda fucking dumb in the eyes of people who think it's all equally retarded, because it is

like why do you care

you understand why people get drunk, and you understand that there are people crazier than you

put 2 and 2 together please

holy shit shut the fuck up nobody cares

you're a fucking retard if you drink alcohol

if you smoked some weed and drank some alcohol, you'd be a much happier and well adjusted person. unfortunately, sobriety has turned you into an insufferable angry
CUNT

legit

if happiness is only attainable through drugs, then happiness isn't worth it

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Quote from: Aria on August 08, 2017, 01:58:30 AM

I think that being 100% honest is just as fruitless as trying to know everything in Decartian logic. People aren't honest or liars, just shades of liar. The most honest person is someone who lies without meaning to (like guestimating things when recounting a story from a long time ago), the least honest is a compulsive liar.

All the more reason to believe that people are generally more "real" on the Internet, if you ask me.

Nah. Since everyone is a liar, relaxing social conventions puts less of an emphasis on being honest. Outside of the absolute sticklers on honesty (Mr. Shares-His-Address-And-Real-Name), everyone is more comfortable with lying when it both has less of an impact on the people they're talking to and nets them more attention with little-to-no extra effort.

i forgot to respond to this

Sure, but nothing you described here is exclusive to the Internet—people aren't uncomfortable with lying in person, and you'd be incredibly naive to believe otherwise. The movie Liar Liar tends to highlight just how often the average joe tends to lie on a day-to-day basis, notwithstanding the Internet.

You could try to argue that the Internet makes it easier, and I wouldn't disagree, but I would argue that just because it's easier doesn't mean it's more frequent. It's just streamlined, I guess.

I also think there are more "absolute sticklers on honesty" than you choose to acknowledge, but that's speculative.

Either way, my mind is pretty much decided on this subject. Not to sound arrogant, but there's pretty much no chance of you changing my mind—you seem to be arguing from personal opinion, whereas I'm arguing from what I'd consider to be facts of reality. All rooted in what I believe to be the ultimate form of communication.

i get a lot of flack for liking them but jesus christ find a more morbidly hilarious lyricist i dare you

hmm

nick cave

herbatim

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Quote from: Snake on August 08, 2017, 03:36:48 AM

i mean i didnt take you to have such thin skin being close with verb and all so i apologise if i got on your nerves.

it was really all in good fun. ive had a few laughs with some of my sep7 friends at least.

i think its kind of weird that it bothered you so much but yeah, sorry i guess. didnt mean to actually piss you off.

i wouldn't say thin skin

she's actually been remarkably patient with you, to a fault

a simple pm would have sufficed

considering shes pretty passive to begin with i didnt even begin to realise she was annoyed until just now

maybe its just misreading on both accounts idk but i thought it was just fun and games. no one said anything to me.

sensitive may be the better word im not sure

i actually thought about saying something, but i didn't wanna come across like a fuddy-duddy white knight or whatever the fuck

it was funny but it got weird when you started saying stuff like "i'm meeting you whether you like it or not" and that's when i started thinking "hmm, maybe he's taking it too far lmao, maybe i should say something"

and then i didn't, that was my mistake—though in fairness, she could've been more assertive earlier on

but it's whatever, we can stop talking about it now

i mean i didnt take you to have such thin skin being close with verb and all so i apologise if i got on your nerves.

it was really all in good fun. ive had a few laughs with some of my sep7 friends at least.

i think its kind of weird that it bothered you so much but yeah, sorry i guess. didnt mean to actually piss you off.

i wouldn't say thin skin

she's actually been remarkably patient with you, to a fault

what an embarrassment of a thread

describe to me in detail what's so embarrassing about it

i see

i was hanging out with a few of my nin friends and i was talking about the early look of trent reznor. i said he was remiscent of robert smith's faggy late 80s look and got hounded for it by one of the bisexual girls even though i was just quoting something trent said himself.

idk why im bringing this up now but it felt like a decent moment to get your thoughts on sexual terms being used disparagingly

yeah, it's pretty whatever imo

i do say "faggot" a lot and i'm trying to stop because it's honestly not a great word to use, but it's such a potent insult that i don't care

white people saying nigga will always be turbocringe though and there's no excuse for it

Quote from: Verbatim on August 08, 2017, 03:00:52 AM

fuck this gay earth tbh

do you ever get hounded for using the word gay in this way

never because i normally know not to use it myself

but sometimes it slips out, especially on the interwebs, because i know no one gives a shit anyway

it's not a big deal, and the only people who get offended by it are straight people, go fucking figure

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satisfaction

I would not feel this from meeting someone from the internet

The only feeling I'd feel is a bit weirded out, likely

From a purely neutral standpoint this is quite the assumption to make. On a base level I believe communication in person is different than through text so to make the decision prior to even considering who it is, is a tad irresponsible.

Set aside all of the weird shit I've already said on it

Meeting someone you've talked to, but never spoken to, is weird to me and it would throw me off a little to say the least

theoretically, you could use something like discord to help ease into it

not that you will or should, just saying, it's possible

taking that a little too literally there

i mean, how else was i meant to take that

maybe you just have a weird definition of weird

I could have said "meet someone you'e known for years for the first time" and it would have been the same thing. It's not weird because it's someone from the internet, it's weird because you both know them but don't. I can't really find the right words to explain it, beyond that it's weird on a more meta level.

i'm normally great with words, but i can't really help you with that since i don't share your perspective

that said, i think i still understand what you mean? a little bit?

but that requires me to think back to how i thought about this several years ago, and that's not a mentality i really want to have again, because it seems dated

if i could just live on the internet and be a virtual being, i would—and who wouldn't

fuck this gay earth tbh

these are fixable issues that you've created by yourself, but have no interest in fixing, and that's fine

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despite it maybe being a tad awkward.

At risk of backtracking, this is why I wouldn't do it first and foremost. I don't try to intentionally put myself in awkward situations without a clear benefit, and I don't see any clear benefit from this. It would be a story, and that's about it.

well, it's not like you live a life where you only do things that 100% benefit you...

but w/e, i said i was satisfied lol

Bish I'm 100% about me

I help a friend move because he gives me food afterwards

I talk a friend through a rough patch because I'm gonna need them for emotional support sooner or later

I chose a salad because I celebrate my health

It's all about the ego

gross

also not what i meant; you'll do things that hurt you if it means temporary satisfaction

Sarcasm from her I'd assume?

maybe idk

she's only so-so at that

boo hiss

It's a half-joke; nobody is selfless, everything you do is for some sort of fulfilment, blah blah blah

well, it's one thing to admit that, but another to be proud of it

not that you are

just saying

i'm sure lots of people take that logic and abuse it

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Quote from: Verbatim on August 08, 2017, 02:17:09 AM

despite it maybe being a tad awkward.

At risk of backtracking, this is why I wouldn't do it first and foremost. I don't try to intentionally put myself in awkward situations without a clear benefit, and I don't see any clear benefit from this. It would be a story, and that's about it.

well, it's not like you live a life where you only do things that 100% benefit you...

but w/e, i said i was satisfied lol

Bish I'm 100% about me

I help a friend move because he gives me food afterwards

I talk a friend through a rough patch because I'm gonna need them for emotional support sooner or later

I chose a salad because I celebrate my health

It's all about the ego

gross

also not what i meant; you'll do things that hurt you if it means temporary satisfaction

t's a pretty fine line to walk explaining to someone that you both never want to meet them in person and also don't mean anything personally for it, and "I have enough friends" sounds like the most lame excuse ever.

It's not even actually that simple (I do have plenty of idiosyncrasies), but if that's the one that works then alright.

Maybe we can talk about those some other time then, but yeah, I just needed something that I could personally relate to. Just one thing, and I got it. I have two close in-person friends—that's it. That's all I need, and all I really want.

Now, would meeting Snake in person mean that I have to consider him a close in-person friend?

No, not necessarily. But it would be an interesting experience that I wouldn't necessarily fear or regret having, despite it maybe being a tad awkward. It's nothing I haven't endured before, but I can respect that you just don't feel the same way.

I think that being 100% honest is just as fruitless as trying to know everything in Decartian logic. People aren't honest or liars, just shades of liar. The most honest person is someone who lies without meaning to (like guestimating things when recounting a story from a long time ago), the least honest is a compulsive liar.

All the more reason to believe that people are generally more "real" on the Internet, if you ask me.