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Mans
Sep 14, 2011

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
A bit of context. Goons keep telling people in the Europa Universalis IV thread that the best way to play as an African or American nation is to turn European ASAP and go from there.

Fintilgin posted:

Q: Hey guys, I'm playing Cold War as the USSR, how can I beat America to the moon?

A: Open up the economic management tab and convert to a free market economy. My USSR was extremely successful with this strategy.

Q: I just started a new game of Cold War as Israel. How do I survive the early wars with my neighbors?

A: As soon as you start the game, before unpausing, open the religion tab and convert to Islam. This should prevent your neighbors from attacking.

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Ronwayne
Nov 20, 2007

That warm and fuzzy feeling.
To be fair, the non european nations in that game are hardcoded to suck. Aztec ain't gonna do poo poo until he puts on a tricorn and stops bathing.

Ride The Gravitron
May 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless

Ancient Aroma posted:

Don't be sad OP. I'm in the same boat, except I've been playing Injustice for PS3 online erry night for the last 18 months. I sit and wait for children to battle me and then when I find a taker, I obliterate them.

This is how I'm paying back the Mortal Kombat 9 community for always beating me

It's a pretty sad thing to do erry night

Also consuming 10 beers each night while beating up children drives home the sadness

Just letting you know it can get worse

Neddy Seagoon
Oct 12, 2012

"Hi Everybody!"

Acne Rain posted:

my predictions for 2015:



Ragequit posted:

Best of luck in your new year's resolution of being buried under cocks.

Modern Day Hercules posted:

those are hens you dumb poo poo

ubachung posted:

One of them is definitely a cock. Trust me, I've seen a lot of cocks.

Turtlicious posted:

Hey keep with the diet, and someday you'll see your own :3:

Super Waffle
Sep 25, 2007

I'm a hermaphrodite and my parents (40K nerds) named me Slaanesh, THANKS MOM

Screaming Idiot posted:

Look man, is it so wrong to want to see a crazed, blood-soaked President Obama screaming at a news camera with a knife in his hand yelling, "THIS LIFE TAKEN IS BUT THE FIRST OF MANY, AND WITH THIS MAN'S BLOOD I SHALL SUMMON PURE OBLITERATION!"

I mean, hey, I don't want to see anyone get hurt, but if we're going to initiate a nuclear apocalypse let's at least get some badass Youtube clips out of it first.

Context is a crazy Cold War era plan to put nuclear launch codes under the heart of a presidential aide

Ride The Gravitron
May 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless

Othin posted:

For two brief moments in time, Japan was the mushroom kingdom. :911:

GOTTA STAY FAI
Mar 24, 2005

~no glitter in the gutter~
~no twilight galaxy~
College Slice

Toadvine posted:

sometimes posts make me laugh, sometimes posts make me cringe

Red_October_7000 posted:

Partly because there is a fundamental problem with chest tattoos on women -women's clothing has a huge variety of necklines, so a tattoo that is a complete image in one top is cropped awkwardly by another. This isn't exclusive to big breastbone pieces like the one in the picture, basically anything in any place that is routinely covered in part is troublesome, but it stands out especially with breastbone tattooing on women. This chick in particular has a friggin' ring through her nose like a bull and is wearing birth control glasses; her sense of style is, perhaps, a little confused. All that aside, I can't recall ever seeing a tattoo in that location that looked good on a woman. I'm not against tattooing in general at all; my Ex had something like seven and I've seen girls with full "sleeve" tattoos or pieces that go from ankle to hip which are quite pleasing to look upon indeed, it's just that particular location that is troublesome in my eye.

If you read this post out loud, you instantaneously get your virginity back.

Chichevache
Feb 17, 2010

One of the funniest posters in GIP.

Just not intentionally.

GOTTA STAY FAI posted:



If you read this post out loud, you instantaneously get your virginity back.

Unfortunately it didn't tighten my butthole back up too.

Baron von Eevl
Jan 24, 2005

WHITE NOISE
GENERATOR

🔊😴
Someone in the Arrested Development thread didn't get the family's constant references to "hop-ons;" the family drives the only vehicle that wasn't repossessed which is an airport staircase car. When driving the car about town, sometimes people will hop on the back and bum a ride. This was explained to him and he took it graciously. Then this guy showed up.

Pyroxene Stigma posted:

Some of us are ignorant when it comes to automobiles. I didn't get that joke at first either.

THE PENETRATOR
Jul 27, 2014

by Lowtax

kek

Improbable Lobster
Jan 6, 2012

"From each according to his ability" said Ares. It sounded like a quotation.
Buglord

Jace Madan posted:

My Krokodil Trip report:

Ok, so I bought a 7-11 Slurpee cup full of Krokodil from this one guy. As soon as I got home i got the biggest and rustiest and most hepatitisy syringe I could find and injected some directly into my good arm. (Not sure how much, all of the syringe dosage markers had since rubbed off)

After about 2 seconds I didn't feel any different, so I injected some more. I missed the vein this time, so I repeatedly stabbed my arm with the syringe until i started bleeding really bad. I figured I hit the vein, so I pumped that poo poo in. I spent the next 12 hours in a drooling state while I watched an entire episode of classic Battlestar Galactica on a loop. Then I fell asleep. When I woke up the injection holes were all scaly and green. I figured I was finally turning into a crocodile, so I was really excited. I filled up my little sister's kiddie pool with water, stripped naked and did some death rolls with a garden gnome.

A few days later I noticed I could totally see the bones in my arm, as my skin had turned gray and was rotting away. I was going to go to the doctor, but there was a Resident Evil movie marathon on sy-fy, so I stayed home instead. The next day my leg fell off. I dunno what's up with that.

All in all, an enjoyable experience, would do again.

Subjunctive
Sep 12, 2006

✨sparkle and shine✨


Fish in a barrel.

newreply.php
Dec 24, 2009

Pillbug

Subjunctive posted:

Fish in a barrel.

please, don't disclose my christmas meal

Ride The Gravitron
May 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless

Agag posted:

5 y.o. girl, crying: "Is mommy in heaven now?"

Cool atheist: "No, failtard, she will rot in the ground. She no longer exists, except in your memory, which will also someday cease to exist as you die and rot in the ground."

5 y.o. girl, stoically: "My eyes have been opened this day. I will no longer seek solace in the opiates of the weak. Thank you."

Cool atheist:: "Don't thank me... [turns to camera, puts in shades] Thank logic."

Mans
Sep 14, 2011

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

DoctorWhat posted:

Yeah, that's where we get the expression "Milk and potatoes".

PCOS Bill posted:

That isn't an expression anywhere

IslamoNazi posted:

It's what we call your mum all the time.

Xander77
Apr 6, 2009

Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.



Not sure if this is the thread for "huh, I never thought about it that way, but that makes perfect sense. Let me file that away for future reference" quotes, but:

Halloween Jack posted:

I agree that there's a lot wrong with Achilles, but I think I see a peculiarly modern aspect to your perspective--I've never read ancient literature where an unassuming commoner wins out through hard work and dedication instead talent and privilege. Beowulf, Cu Chulainn, and I think most of the ancient heroes are pretty much "Welp, I'm the handsomest jockest bro and my Dad owns a dealership kingdom, so I'm going to kill this monster and win everything forever, just watch." Ancient Greeks wouldn't have understood Rudy.

Mans
Sep 14, 2011

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Reminder that Achilles was a whiny bitch who abandoned his comrades in a fit, literally crying his eyes out, to call his mother so she could listen to how totally unfair Agamemnon is. He then spends 70% of the book pouting inside a boat.

That's Greece's biggest hero.

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

It's called narrative tension bro, it's the same reason Goku is out of commission for 90% of all DBZ fights. If Achilles was out there he'd wipe the floor with all the Troys so you have to have him off to the side so the other characters have poo poo to do.

GOTTA STAY FAI
Mar 24, 2005

~no glitter in the gutter~
~no twilight galaxy~
College Slice
Achilles wasn't the only whine-rear end--Telemachus ran and tattled to daddy Odysseus that a bunch of skeezeballs were in his house drinking all his wine and trying to gently caress his wife.

"Dad I can't get them to leave! Will you PLEASE take a day off running the dealership and come deal with this"

Mans
Sep 14, 2011

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

zoux posted:

It's called narrative tension bro, it's the same reason Goku is out of commission for 90% of all DBZ fights. If Achilles was out there he'd wipe the floor with all the Troys so you have to have him off to the side so the other characters have poo poo to do.

Goku doesn't go crying to his mom, he gets the poo poo beaten out of him. Big difference and big contrast between Greek and Japanese culture.

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Oct 30, 2009

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I liked Brad Pitt in Troy.

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What I mean is I admired his physical body in the film.

Mans
Sep 14, 2011

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Fatkraken
Jun 23, 2005

Fun-time is over.
brad pitt for goku

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Oct 30, 2009

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(faints)

Fatkraken
Jun 23, 2005

Fun-time is over.
brad pitt for goku

Aphrodite
Jun 27, 2006

To be true to the Dragonball spirit the actor who plays Goku has to have a generic face.

Ideally the same actor plays every character including the women just with different wigs on.

haveblue
Aug 15, 2005



Toilet Rascal
All You Gokus

Lottery of Babylon
Apr 25, 2012

STRAIGHT TROPIN'

GOTTA STAY FAI posted:

Achilles wasn't the only whine-rear end--Telemachus ran and tattled to daddy Odysseus that a bunch of skeezeballs were in his house drinking all his wine and trying to gently caress his wife.

"Dad I can't get them to leave! Will you PLEASE take a day off running the dealership and come deal with this"

The first four books of the odyssey consist entirely of Odysseus's old bros calling Telemachus a worthless bitch

theflyingorc
Jun 28, 2008

ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS
Young Orc

JebanyPedal posted:

I want a porn where a woman is using a Bop-It as a sex toy but still skilfully playing the game.

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

Being social makes me swell!

GOTTA STAY FAI posted:

Achilles wasn't the only whine-rear end--Telemachus ran and tattled to daddy Odysseus that a bunch of skeezeballs were in his house drinking all his wine and trying to gently caress his wife.

"Dad I can't get them to leave! Will you PLEASE take a day off running the dealership and come deal with this"

That's one hell of a valid reason to whine, though.

Shwqa
Feb 13, 2012

Mans posted:

Reminder that Achilles was a whiny bitch who abandoned his comrades in a fit, literally crying his eyes out, to call his mother so she could listen to how totally unfair Agamemnon is. He then spends 70% of the book pouting inside a boat.

That's Greece's biggest hero.

Whelp my slave servants didn't refuse to serve the noblemen that tried to bone my wife. I guess I should torture them to death.

Edit: ah poo poo that is Odysseus. Whatever still a Greek hero.

Shwqa has a new favorite as of 22:29 on Jan 7, 2015

Ride The Gravitron
May 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
From the GBS America thread

Sham bam bamina!
Nov 6, 2012

ƨtupid cat

Bobby Digital posted:

The 2015 solution is more disruptive. All bathrooms will be equipped with Bluetooth, so you can use an app to check occupancy and reserve a stall or urinal. No waiting in line!

I call it Pissr.

Freudian
Mar 23, 2011

Bluepooth

sweeperbravo
May 18, 2012

AUNT GWEN'S COLD SHAPE (!)

Freudian posted:

Bluepooth

gently caress I read this while i was taking a drink

haveblue
Aug 15, 2005



Toilet Rascal
Poober

Literally Kermit
Mar 4, 2012
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Shitter, obviously.

Pope Corky the IX
Dec 18, 2006

What are you looking at?

sweeperbravo posted:

gently caress I read this while i was taking a drink

Is your keyboard okay?

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sweeperbravo
May 18, 2012

AUNT GWEN'S COLD SHAPE (!)

Pope Corky the IX posted:

Is your keyboard okay?

Yes but my pride isn't

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