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Soldati Senza Confini
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Postby Soldati Senza Confini » Sat Sep 24, 2016 12:35 pm

Galloism wrote:I think relatives are basically punishment.


Depends.
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Postby Galloism » Sat Sep 24, 2016 12:35 pm

Soldati Senza Confini wrote:
Galloism wrote:I think relatives are basically punishment.


Depends.

Not my relatives.
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Postby Veceria » Sat Sep 24, 2016 12:36 pm

Galloism wrote:
Soldati Senza Confini wrote:
Depends.

Not my relatives.

Born and bred for this specific task, they were.
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Postby Vassenor » Sat Sep 24, 2016 12:37 pm

It's always fun when the reference art doesn't show what sort of base shoes I should be looking for.

I mean I know I need black ankle boots, but I can't tell if I need heels or flats.
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Postby Ethel mermania » Sat Sep 24, 2016 12:39 pm

Galloism wrote:I think relatives are basically punishment.


Trade them in for new ones.
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Postby Abserdia » Sat Sep 24, 2016 12:39 pm

Vassenor wrote:It's always fun when the reference art doesn't show what sort of base shoes I should be looking for.

I mean I know I need black ankle boots, but I can't tell if I need heels or flats.

Flats.
Look at the transparent box on the bottom of the first image.
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Postby Ethel mermania » Sat Sep 24, 2016 12:40 pm

Galloism wrote:
Soldati Senza Confini wrote:
Depends.

Not my relatives.


That's good, changing those suckers is a bitch.
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Postby Kannap » Sat Sep 24, 2016 12:41 pm

Veceria wrote:
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You mean to tell me TET isn't a glowing bastion of bright, glorious sunlight?

It's only when you're here.


Flattery will get you nowhere.
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Postby Galloism » Sat Sep 24, 2016 12:41 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
Galloism wrote:Not my relatives.


That's good, changing those suckers is a bitch.

I mean it doesn't depend. They are punishment. Pretty much all of them.
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Postby Vassenor » Sat Sep 24, 2016 12:41 pm

Abserdia wrote:
Vassenor wrote:It's always fun when the reference art doesn't show what sort of base shoes I should be looking for.

I mean I know I need black ankle boots, but I can't tell if I need heels or flats.

Flats.
Look at the transparent box on the bottom of the first image.


Yeah, it was kind of hard to see behind the text. Someone else just sent me a picture of her figma that shows that much clearer.

Think these are probably gonna be my base.
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Postby Balkenreich » Sat Sep 24, 2016 12:41 pm

Kannap wrote:
Veceria wrote:It's only when you're here.


Flattery will get you nowhere.


Thats were bribery comes in, dude.
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Postby Kannap » Sat Sep 24, 2016 12:43 pm

>Posts liberal ideas about the situation in Charlotte.
>Mother's bigoted and racist friend responds with a wall of bullshit nonsense.

My years in NSG prepared me for this...
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Postby Greater Orensta » Sat Sep 24, 2016 12:43 pm

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Maybe it's just not popular in Louisville.

Most likely
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Postby Kannap » Sat Sep 24, 2016 12:44 pm

Balkenreich wrote:
Kannap wrote:
Flattery will get you nowhere.


Thats were bribery comes in, dude.


Bribery will get you nowhere either
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Ethel mermania
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Postby Ethel mermania » Sat Sep 24, 2016 12:44 pm

Galloism wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:
That's good, changing those suckers is a bitch.

I mean it doesn't depend. They are punishment. Pretty much all of them.


Move someplace civilized, then you only get them for short doses.
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The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion … but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.
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--H. Kissenger
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Postby Balkenreich » Sat Sep 24, 2016 12:44 pm

Kannap wrote:
Balkenreich wrote:
Thats were bribery comes in, dude.


Bribery will get you nowhere either


What about.....

Favors....

[SLY WINKING INTENSIFIES]
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Galloism
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Postby Galloism » Sat Sep 24, 2016 12:44 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
Galloism wrote:I mean it doesn't depend. They are punishment. Pretty much all of them.


Move someplace civilized, then you only get them for short doses.

I wonder if going antipodal would put me in an ocean or on land.

EDIT: Bwahahaha, I love the internet. There's a website for that!
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Venicilian: wow. Jesus hung around with everyone. boys, girls, rich, poor(mostly), sick, healthy, etc. in fact, i bet he even went up to gay people and tried to heal them so they would be straight.
The Parkus Empire: Being serious on NSG is like wearing a suit to a nude beach.
New Kereptica: Since power is changed energy over time, an increase in power would mean, in this case, an increase in energy. As energy is equivalent to mass and the density of the government is static, the volume of the government must increase.

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Postby Hurdergaryp » Sat Sep 24, 2016 12:51 pm

Immoren wrote:I think that potato spammer is still one of my *favorite* spammer incidents.

Oh yes, I remember that guy. So many potatoes. Well, it was actually one picture of a modest number of potatoes, repeated over and over and over again.


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Postby Ethel mermania » Sat Sep 24, 2016 12:52 pm

Galloism wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:
Move someplace civilized, then you only get them for short doses.

I wonder if going antipodal would put me in an ocean or on land.

EDIT: Bwahahaha, I love the internet. There's a website for that!


I was thinking more maine or oregon, but sure half a planet away works too.
https://www.hvst.com/posts/the-clash-of ... s-wl2TQBpY

The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion … but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.
--S. Huntington

The most fundamental problem of politics is not the control of wickedness but the limitation of righteousness. 

--H. Kissenger
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Postby Ethel mermania » Sat Sep 24, 2016 12:53 pm

Hurdergaryp wrote:
Immoren wrote:I think that potato spammer is still one of my *favorite* spammer incidents.

Oh yes, I remember that guy. So many potatoes. Well, it was actually one picture of a modest number of potatoes, repeated over and over and over again.


I would have had more respect if they had used different potatoes.


Wasn't that kari?
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The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion … but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.
--S. Huntington

The most fundamental problem of politics is not the control of wickedness but the limitation of righteousness. 

--H. Kissenger
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Postby Immoren » Sat Sep 24, 2016 12:53 pm

Hurdergaryp wrote:
Immoren wrote:I think that potato spammer is still one of my *favorite* spammer incidents.

Oh yes, I remember that guy. So many potatoes. Well, it was actually one picture of a modest number of potatoes, repeated over and over and over again.


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Postby Dalviric UIA » Sat Sep 24, 2016 12:54 pm

Kannap wrote:>Posts liberal ideas about the situation in Charlotte.
>Mother's bigoted and racist friend responds with a wall of bullshit nonsense.

My years in NSG prepared me for this...

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Postby Galloism » Sat Sep 24, 2016 12:55 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
Galloism wrote:I wonder if going antipodal would put me in an ocean or on land.

EDIT: Bwahahaha, I love the internet. There's a website for that!


I was thinking more maine or oregon, but sure half a planet away works too.

Unfortunately that puts me in the Indian Ocean.

It's fairly close to Amsterdam Island, though.
Venicilian: wow. Jesus hung around with everyone. boys, girls, rich, poor(mostly), sick, healthy, etc. in fact, i bet he even went up to gay people and tried to heal them so they would be straight.
The Parkus Empire: Being serious on NSG is like wearing a suit to a nude beach.
New Kereptica: Since power is changed energy over time, an increase in power would mean, in this case, an increase in energy. As energy is equivalent to mass and the density of the government is static, the volume of the government must increase.

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Postby Kannap » Sat Sep 24, 2016 12:57 pm

Balkenreich wrote:
Kannap wrote:
Bribery will get you nowhere either


What about.....

Favors....

[SLY WINKING INTENSIFIES]


I need an adult.
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Postby Danceria » Sat Sep 24, 2016 12:57 pm

So... this isn't the advice thread?

I dig it.
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