LGBTAitP - Part 21: BLACKJACK!

[Viera Champion]

You're adorable, you know that?

D'awwwwww... I'm in love. That's what I am.

[Triscuitable]

Charmeleon is pretty cool. I don't know why it had to go grow wings. Wings are lame.

Because Blast Burn.

Also, added alliterative appeal, as all attendees attend as awesome allies. You can call me "A". /GuyFawkes

Just realized, what's the entertainment value of Gay Fawkes? He could be the thread mascot, or something.

[Astrella]

Oh, and I forgot to mention - that avatar's badass.

The Wonder Woman one in the link in my signature?

Ooh, you mean Birch's avatar. I only made the original one, not the genderbent one. O:

[Asta Kask]

D'awwwwww... I'm in love. That's what I am.

I'm not bitter and jealous. Not at all.

It will rain on your first date.

[Coidzor]

Just realized, what's the entertainment value of Gay Fawkes? He could be the thread mascot, or something.

Probably would've caugh on by now if he had that much raw comedic appeal. Then again, I've only heard of him once before and there wasn't even an image macro attached.

[Glass Mouse]

I'm not bitter and jealous. Not at all.

It will rain on your first date.

Whereas I'm thinking back on the time when I was 15 and met my boyfriend. I'm not sure if that's any better, but wow do I feel old XD

[Triscuitable]

Probably would've caugh on by now if he had that much raw comedic appeal. Then again, I've only heard of him once before and there wasn't even an image macro attached.

I just made him up.

[Viera Champion]

I'm not bitter and jealous. Not at all.

It will rain on your first date.

Whereas I'm thinking back on the time when I was 15 and met my boyfriend. I'm not sure if that's any better, but wow do I feel old XD

Same age!

[supernerd]

It's Facebook official now.

Oh my God! That's so cute! I wish you two the best!

... I...

... have not a clue about what you're talking about... *insert appropriate Rage Comic Meme*

I am crushed, you want to create a superteam of Pokémon, but don't know your Pokémon? I admit I'm not 100% on my Unova ones, but anything after Hoenn is generally not worth it.

I know. A lot of people don't, though, so I like to joke like it's weaker than it is.



Shame on you.

There's bound to be a Pokemon wiki or two floating about, but there wouldn't be too much of a point to look them up if you weren't playing any games or anything... :shrug:

I could make a couple of comments on supernerd's list, but mostly I'm thinking that... Well, I forget its name, but the Charmander evolution that comes before Charizard would be pretty cool. Really has this sort of 'tough guy' vibe going on, and he never gets enough attention (as evidenced by my failure to remember his name ).

Also, I think he'd wear sunglasses well.

Well given that Dragonite covers Fly, then Charmeleon is valid. But I really prefer Charizard, however Charmeleon would wear the rainbow scarf better.

Charmeleon is pretty cool. I don't know why it had to go grow wings. Wings are lame.

What did you say about wings?! I love wings!

[golentan]

The unlinked comment Asta tried to post is pretty wonderful.

Have quotes, and thank you asta.

I’ve been forced to explain homosexuality to my kids (aged 3 and 4) because their uncle is gay. This incredibly difficult and traumatic experience went as follows:
Child: Why does Uncle Bob go everywhere with Pete?
Me: Because they’re in love, just like Mummy and Daddy are.
Child: Oh. Can I have a biscuit?
We’re all scarred for life. Scarred, I tell you.

[Caustic Soda]

D'awwwwww... I'm in love. That's what I am.

Yes, and that's very sweet, you know. best of luck you two, and have fun on prom night

The unlinked comment Asta tried to post is pretty wonderful.

Have quotes, and thank you asta.

These quotes are also sweet, and fits well with Astrella's link about the simplicity of (homosexual) love.

[Triscuitable]

The unlinked comment Asta tried to post is pretty wonderful.

Have quotes, and thank you asta.

"We're all scarred for life. Scarred, I tell you."

That is awesome.

[Viera Champion]

Yes, and that's very sweet, you know. best of luck you two, and have fun on prom night

I said I asked him, I never said he gave me an answer. We want to go on a real date or two first.

[Arachu]

Yeah. After wrestling with it for a day or so I decided I was being dumb, so I emailed her back and now we've been having a nice conversation. And I had surprisingly few feelings once we started talking. It's nice.

*Hugs* That's good to hear.

I like it. Yeah, seriously, kids are more likely to get anything than adults because they don't have pre-conceived notions of how things work.

In fact, it seems almost like kids get more confused when they're given those notions...

Page not found. :<

Same here.:/

Bulbapedia, serebii.net, veekun, and so on. There are lots.

Charmeleon is pretty cool. I don't know why it had to go grow wings. Wings are lame.

I wouldn't say they're so lame as they are... Overrated. They're not quite as cool as people tend to assume they are.

Longcoats, on the other hand, would look cool on just about anything with a reasonably-solid form. And tophats don't even need that much to work with.

I grew up with it, so I get most of the Imperial system. Though I never did really get how pounds and pounds are different, and how ounces and ounces are different, and so on. Or any of the volume stuff.

Fahrenheit is just silly. "I'm going to make a temperature scale based on the freezing point of salt water, the freezing point of water, and the temperature of human blood! And I'm going to separate the freezing point of water and the temperature of human blood by sixty-four degrees because I'm lazy and that makes it easier for me to mark my instruments! Whee!"

That explains... Quite a bit.

Technically I grew up with it, but I never really got anything past yards, pounds and... Actually, I think that was about it. I don't even use rulers for drawing lines (I'm actually better-off doing it myself)...

I'm so glad I'm European and never had to learn that weirdness!

Oh, America...

I just got a blank page.

... Even if that isn't the joke, I still get it.

The Wonder Woman one in the link in my signature?

Ooh, you mean Birch's avatar. I only made the original one, not the genderbent one. O:

I was actually directing that to her and referencing the genderbent one, though the original one's pretty awesome too (as are the ones on your DA).

(Also *hugs*. )

[noparlpf]

What did you say about wings?! I love wings!

Wings are lame. (I'm scared of heights, haha.)

The unlinked comment Asta tried to post is pretty wonderful.

Have quotes, and thank you asta.

Haha. That's pretty great.

That explains... Quite a bit.

Technically I grew up with it, but I never really got anything past yards, pounds and... Actually, I think that was about it. I don't even use rulers for drawing lines (I'm actually better-off doing it myself)...

One day I was like, "What the heck is with the Fahrenheit scale!?" So I looked it up. Yeah.

I just got a blank page.

... Even if that isn't the joke, I still get it.

Yeah something weird happened there. Here:

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[The Bandicoot]

I swear to GAWD Shiro youre going to make me die of squee overload.

[Glass Mouse]

I just got a blank page.

... Even if that isn't the joke, I still get it.

Yeah something weird happened there. Here:

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I'm so confused.

Let's try it from Graphjam (picture is kinda big).

[Viera Champion]

I swear to GAWD Shiro youre going to make me die of squee overload.

I'm nowhere near done, you have plenty of time to die later.

Good to know that I have the ability to make grinding adorable though.

[TechnoScrabble]

Dude, I dance like a slutty girl too!.

I love your description, but I think his dancing involved slightly less removal of clothes than yours or mine.

I could be wrong, though.

[Arachu]

I'm so confused.

Let's try it from Graphjam (picture is kinda big).

(That did it) - I knew something was off with our calendars...

I've also been wondering where the hell did we get those units of distance!? Gah, it reminds me of comics I used to read...

[Triscuitable]

I've been feeling down in the dumps lately. I don't know if it's the passive aggression on the Steam thread for off-topic posts (it'd be pathetic), or if it's all the school work, or if it's the emotional aftermath from last week.

Can somebody link me to something that can improve my mood?

[Glass Mouse]

I've been feeling down in the dumps lately. I don't know if it's the passive aggression on the Steam thread for off-topic posts (it'd be pathetic), or if it's all the school work, or if it's the emotional aftermath from last week.

Can somebody link me to something that can improve my mood?

Random, mood-improving links ohoy:
This is adorable.
This is de-stressing.
This is fascinating (I totally did that with the mirror when I was little ).
This and this are just plain feel-good.

I wish I had some links to LGBTA-relevant mood-lifters, but everything I have has already been linked here. Hope these'll do in a pinch, though.


Edit: Oh, and I hope you feel better soon. *hugs if you want them*

[Triscuitable]

Thank you very much. All that makes me want a porcupine. And it and my dog will be best friends.

[Coidzor]

I just made him up.

I rather doubt you're the first person to do so, and am surprised that you would truly think you were.

[Triscuitable]

I rather doubt you're the first person to do so, and am surprised that you would truly think you were.

Because I created him without the intention of him being offensive. I did a quick google search, all results had the fun little character being called rather offensive slurs. Way to ruin fun, internet!

[H Birchgrove]

Shame on you.

There's bound to be a Pokemon wiki or two floating about, but there wouldn't be too much of a point to look them up if you weren't playing any games or anything... :shrug:

I could make a couple of comments on supernerd's list, but mostly I'm thinking that... Well, I forget its name, but the Charmander evolution that comes before Charizard would be pretty cool. Really has this sort of 'tough guy' vibe going on, and he never gets enough attention (as evidenced by my failure to remember his name ).

Also, I think he'd wear sunglasses well.

Sounds fun!

It will be interesting to see what The Succubus cooks up creates!

I realised some might confuse the word cook (as in 'cooking') with either kook or a synonym of rooster.

Britain can be pretty deceptive when she gets around to it, the magnificent bastards...

I've been meaning to pick up more books, but I spent all of my money on Dragon Age and chips. I've been particularly interested in WWI (something about the trenches just 'gets' me, you know?) and ancient Oriental history (which I don't know nearly enough about).

Sounds fun! What parts of Oriental history are you more interested in?

The font in Dictators is actually pretty small, but I'm not sure what the Swedish standard is so I'm not sure whether it's larger or not. I can say that it has a lot of freakin' words per page and enough pages that I can't carry it in my jacket (and I've carried Warhammer books in my jacket ). It's also exhaustively thorough, which explains the page count.

I checked the website and it was actually an English edition I looked at.

From experience, I can tell that Swedish font size tends to be smaller than English font size, especially in soft covers. We also tend to not get softcovers in full size; we get only get hardcovers and pocket books. (Except if it's comics.)

Nightmares and dysphoric curveball aside, it wasn't so bad of a week as it was an uneventful one (though I did finally figure out how to design a binary divider )... Thanks, though. *Hugs*

I understand. *hugs*

Oh, and I forgot to mention - that avatar's badass. [/COLOR]

Thanks to Geomancer and Astrella!

I should change back now... Before people start to think I really am a lady...

I am crushed, you want to create a superteam of Pokémon, but don't know your Pokémon? I admit I'm not 100% on my Unova ones, but anything after Hoenn is generally not worth it.

There seems to be a slight misunderstanding here...

The Succubus wanted to add a Pokémon or Pokémon trainer or similar to a group I've created on deviantART. I approved and added that while anything is appreciated, it would be nice if that character would be a crime-fighter or saviour of some sort, since it would fit the theme of super-heroes and pulp heroes.

The fact I don't know much about Pokémon would just make it more fascinating to me, since I don't know what power levels we are talking about. OoTS (the siege of Azure City story-arc) and Manly Men Who Do Manly Things have given me a few clues, though...

*hugs*

*hugs*

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I found a nice analogue / counterargument to the argument of "explaining non-straight attraction / trans* / etc. is too complicated for kids".

It's a great find! To be fair to "The Reverend"/the instructor, it's often difficult to "translate" from one system to another, even if the second system makes more sense. Just look at Old (French) Franc vs. New (French) Franc, or (any) Franc vs. Euro.

It's Facebook official now.

I saw it! That's awesome!

The unlinked comment Asta tried to post is pretty wonderful.

Have quotes, and thank you asta.

I think I saw it in the original thread! If only I remembered which thread... Can it have been the Wipeout Homophobia group?

I'm so confused.

Let's try it from Graphjam (picture is kinda big).

Must... resist... pointing... and... laughing...

[Coidzor]

Because I created him without the intention of him being offensive. I did a quick google search, all results had the fun little character being called rather offensive slurs. Way to ruin fun, internet!

I still find it rather doubtful even with the implausible scenario of google only yielding up offensive slurs coming to pass. Not everything makes it onto the internet, especially if it doesn't catch on.

[Asta Kask]

Which means you will both have to share the same umbrella... and huddle together very, very closely all evening...

Seriously, you think that will spoil a date if you're both in love? Love makes the date wonderful, not any other circumstances.

[Caustic Soda]

@Lil Shiro: Right. When I said good luck, I meant to imply 'may you hit it off and have a fun relationship'. Which'd include going to the prom together if you both have time that evening.

So let me rephrase: Have fun on prom night, if things work out and you both want to go.

All this just goes to show how silly it is to assume ones meaning is clear in posts, where you don't have body language or tone of voice available, I suppose. Emotes and *actions* are only a substitute, after all. *Embarrased smile*

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As an aside, would people here consider this emote to be smiling, or does its mouth look more like a flat line to you all?

[golentan]

As an aside, would people here consider this emote to be smiling, or does its mouth look more like a flat line to you all?

Clearly smiling to me. As proof, look at the larger version:


Because blushing and embarrassment and sexy feelings should all always be fun.