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Postby Hurdergaryp » Thu Aug 18, 2016 2:56 pm

Italios wrote:I missed the end of the last thread again.

It was actually somewhat better than the beginning of the new thread.


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Postby Philjia » Thu Aug 18, 2016 2:57 pm

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Italios wrote:I missed the end of the last thread again.

It was actually somewhat better than the beginning of the new thread.


Thread starts and ends are always awkward. Then the conversation and booze starts flowing.

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Postby Thermodolia » Thu Aug 18, 2016 2:58 pm

Hurdergaryp wrote:
Italios wrote:I missed the end of the last thread again.

It was actually somewhat better than the beginning of the new thread.

Went on for like 11+ pages after 500. In the end it started to look like the gaming thread
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Postby Thermodolia » Thu Aug 18, 2016 2:59 pm

Philjia wrote:
Hurdergaryp wrote:It was actually somewhat better than the beginning of the new thread.


Thread starts and ends are always awkward. Then the conversation and booze starts flowing.

What do you mean "starts"?
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Postby Sovaschka » Thu Aug 18, 2016 2:59 pm

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Sovaschka wrote:No, don't hide that. D:

Give me that!!! I'll show you smut!

You...you can have it. :blink:
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Postby Italios » Thu Aug 18, 2016 3:00 pm

Svebia wrote:
Italios wrote:I missed the end of the last thread again.

It was pretty lit fam

That's what I was thinking. You know, Reppy, it would only take a moment to change the title to "TET's More Like Lit"...
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Postby Svebia » Thu Aug 18, 2016 3:01 pm

Italios wrote:
Svebia wrote:It was pretty lit fam

That's what I was thinking. You know, Reppy, it would only take a moment to change the title to "TET's More Like Lit"...

Yeah, Reppy! Do it!
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Postby Thermodolia » Thu Aug 18, 2016 3:02 pm

Italios wrote:
Svebia wrote:It was pretty lit fam

That's what I was thinking. You know, Reppy, it would only take a moment to change the title to "TET's More Like Lit"...

That's an awful title
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Postby Italios » Thu Aug 18, 2016 3:03 pm

Thermodolia wrote:
Italios wrote:That's what I was thinking. You know, Reppy, it would only take a moment to change the title to "TET's More Like Lit"...

That's an awful title

Well, you got anything better?
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Postby Individual Thought Patterns » Thu Aug 18, 2016 3:06 pm

Italios wrote:
Thermodolia wrote:That's an awful title

Well, you got anything better?

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Postby Thermodolia » Thu Aug 18, 2016 3:06 pm

Italios wrote:
Thermodolia wrote:That's an awful title

Well, you got anything better?

I like the current one
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Postby Svebia » Thu Aug 18, 2016 3:07 pm

Individual Thought Patterns wrote:
Italios wrote:Well, you got anything better?

TET: I'm Rick Harrison and this is my pawn shop

TET: Here comes dat boi
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Postby Soldati Senza Confini » Thu Aug 18, 2016 3:10 pm

Thanks for leaving the link to the next TET on the last page Reppy. :p
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Postby Svebia » Thu Aug 18, 2016 3:14 pm

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Postby Ethel mermania » Thu Aug 18, 2016 3:15 pm

Italios wrote:
Thermodolia wrote:That's an awful title

Well, you got anything better?

Yes, yes I do


Some inTETed evening, you will see a stranger.
You will see a stranger across a crowded room
And you will know and you will know even then
That you will see her again and again....
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Postby Italios » Thu Aug 18, 2016 3:17 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
Italios wrote:Well, you got anything better?

Yes, yes I do


Some inTETed evening, you will see a stranger.
You will see a stranger across a crowded room
And you will know and you will know even then
That you will see her again and again....

I will say it again and again, it should be "We're All TETerosexual Here."
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Postby Sovaschka » Thu Aug 18, 2016 3:17 pm

Svebia wrote:
Individual Thought Patterns wrote:TET: I'm Rick Harrison and this is my pawn shop

TET: Here comes dat boi

lol
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Postby Hurdergaryp » Thu Aug 18, 2016 3:21 pm

Thermodolia wrote:
Hurdergaryp wrote:It was actually somewhat better than the beginning of the new thread.

Went on for like 11+ pages after 500. In the end it started to look like the gaming thread

Not that it is uncommon for TET to talk about games, but it is indeed peculiar how much TET looks like the gaming thread during those episodes.


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Postby The Serbian Empire » Thu Aug 18, 2016 3:28 pm

Italios wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:Yes, yes I do


Some inTETed evening, you will see a stranger.
You will see a stranger across a crowded room
And you will know and you will know even then
That you will see her again and again....

I will say it again and again, it should be "We're All TETerosexual Here."

But that might get ironic with me around.
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Postby Gallade » Thu Aug 18, 2016 3:28 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
Hurdergaryp wrote:It is rather sad to see how some people still think that 'first' is actually material enough for a whole post. Such behaviour used to be discouraged by certain moderators with thinly veiled threats, but unfortunately that policy seems to have been watered down.

Beheadings would be better.

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Postby Val Halla » Thu Aug 18, 2016 3:30 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
Hurdergaryp wrote:It is rather sad to see how some people still think that 'first' is actually material enough for a whole post. Such behaviour used to be discouraged by certain moderators with thinly veiled threats, but unfortunately that policy seems to have been watered down.

Beheadings would be better.

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Postby The Serbian Empire » Thu Aug 18, 2016 3:30 pm

Gallade wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:Beheadings would be better.

Contre nous de la médiocrité
L'étendard modérateur est levé

Sounds romantic.
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Postby Kannap » Thu Aug 18, 2016 3:35 pm

Thermodolia wrote:
Kannap wrote:Damn it Reppy, that song is going to be stuck in my head the rest of the day now

What song?


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