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FoxTerrier posted:Oh my God, I'm so excited. I had to read this book in college and it was god awful.
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EmmyOk posted:I love how annoyed she gets at that haha. Those people were the worst in the best possible way. The 'gunshot' is still probably one of my favorite F-Plus moments.
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:I only read the book once, 10 years ago. I listened to the IDEOTV episode today at work and I had forgotten the extent of that book's insanity. I was remembering stuff about it as they were mentioning it and just having a blast recalling all the crazy moments. I think the episode failed because I kinda want to read it now, because it sounds buck-wild. I get the feeling they skipped talking about a whole third of the book because they didn't have enough time to cover it all.
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Snow Crash is basically the book equivalent of a good bad action movie from the 80's, complete with 'biting satirical commentary', dumb one liners, and The Baddest Motherfucker In The World. As they said in the podcast, I first read it when I was like 16; you definitely have to be in a particular dumb mindset to really appreciate the... nuances... of Stephenson's weird cavalier writing style. (the Baroque Cycle books are loving impenetrable)
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Snow Crash is fantastic; it's deliberately crazy-stupid ("Hiro Protagonist"! Mafia pizza!) and sincerely cyberpunk-cool at the same time. I can't fathom why these guys decided to do an episode on it. (hell no i'm not listening to it, why would i spend an hour going out of my way to irritate myself)
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Sham bam bamina! posted:Snow Crash is fantastic; it's deliberately crazy-stupid ("Hiro Protagonist"! Mafia pizza!) and sincerely cyberpunk-cool at the same time. I can't fathom why these guys decided to do an episode on it. It's really bad actually. Long-rear end boring diatribes about faux-philosophy (nerd worship) in between cringe worthy "cool" action
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Sham bam bamina! posted:Snow Crash is fantastic; it's deliberately crazy-stupid ("Hiro Protagonist"! Mafia pizza!) and sincerely cyberpunk-cool at the same time. I can't fathom why these guys decided to do an episode on it. Hearing an opinion that you don't hold shouldn't automatically irritate you. I like Snow Crash, it's dumb fun, but I can also recognize it has a lot of faults, too. And that's OK, I can like things I don't think are perfect, and am fine with other people not liking them.
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Sham bam bamina! posted:Snow Crash is fantastic; it's deliberately crazy-stupid ("Hiro Protagonist"! Mafia pizza!) and sincerely cyberpunk-cool at the same time. I can't fathom why these guys decided to do an episode on it. If it makes you feel better they bring up the counterargument that the book is mainly satire and intentionally stupid, they just don't personally agree with it.
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hoobajoo posted:Hearing an opinion that you don't hold shouldn't automatically irritate you. I like Snow Crash, it's dumb fun, but I can also recognize it has a lot of faults, too. And that's OK, I can like things I don't think are perfect, and am fine with other people not liking them.
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Sham bam bamina! posted:Snow Crash is fantastic; it's deliberately crazy-stupid ("Hiro Protagonist"! Mafia pizza!) and sincerely cyberpunk-cool at the same time. I can't fathom why these guys decided to do an episode on it. It was by far their most reader-requested book.
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I Before E posted:It was by far their most reader-requested book.
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Sham bam bamina! posted:I don't get that either. More requested than Flowers in the Attic? You know the guy in Sideways that's a big snob about merlot? I think Snow Crash is that for a lot of heavy readers, since it's not especially well written, but it's manic, gonzo world makes it popular with more casual readers less concerned with the quality of the prose itself.
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Ixjuvin posted:Snow Crash is basically the book equivalent of a good bad action movie from the 80's, complete with 'biting satirical commentary', dumb one liners, and The Baddest Motherfucker In The World. As they said in the podcast, I first read it when I was like 16; you definitely have to be in a particular dumb mindset to really appreciate the... nuances... of Stephenson's weird cavalier writing style. (the Baroque Cycle books are loving impenetrable) I guess count me in to the 'I like Snow Crash, even if it's not a literary masterpiece' party, since I also read Snow Crash first when I was like 14, and thought it was so cool and that the satire was great, but now I just see it as an enjoyable kind of garbage, like Tango & Cash. If you don't like being taken on an inexplicable and confusing journey, what are you doing in the F+ thread? Also, it's okay to like a book, and also like a podcast that makes fun of that book.
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Afraid of Audio posted:it is not okay to like ready player one 
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MooCowlian posted:Can I liked Twisted!? why wouldnt you?
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Afraid of Audio posted:it is not okay to like ready player one 
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Afraid of Audio posted:it is not okay to like ready player one Strongly concur.
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Afraid of Audio posted:it is not okay to like ready player one This is a universal truth, entirely disconnected from all opinions expressed on or about podcasts.
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MooCowlian posted:Can I liked Twisted!? It's one of the great works of modern fiction.
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But is it OK to like Twiztid?
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 http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/6917/ I saw a Fallout mod today that reminded me of you guys.
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Midnight Voyager posted:
 Going by the page title, though, it's nice to know that Professor Puffynipples has finally made tenure. 
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Sham bam bamina! posted:
Trust me, the page title is all you want to see. It's not near the worst I've seen, but it's kinda unpleasant!
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Sham bam bamina! posted:
Oh, I get that too now. I was surprised it showed me the mod before, I guess the author didn't think puffy nipples were NWS.
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The stupidest part about the puffynips file there is that it's not even a mod. The file is just a set of preset values you would load into another mod/tool Bodyslide. There is a level-of-nipple-puffiness slider in Bodyslide out of the box, meaning you can basically re-create the thing he uploaded simply by moving one slider all the way to the right. Speaking of which, I wonder how No Mutants Allowed is holding up nowadays. Might be too grognard-y to mine any humor out of, but I might poke around and see if there's something worthwhile. NMA trip report edit: Occasionally obnoxious, mostly boring, not especially funny. Oh well. Found one pretty good screed but that was about the only thing I could find that was worthwhile. Best line- Corvega posted:Still if I had to rate the game I would decide it give it 5/10 because I am objectional and professional. Perpetual fucked around with this message at 01:19 on Dec 27, 2015 |
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Perpetual posted:Speaking of which, I wonder how No Mutants Allowed is holding up nowadays. Might be too grognard-y to mine any humor out of, but I might poke around and see if there's something worthwhile. Those guys are as retarded as ever: "I honestly, gave my best to experience this game to the fullest. So after 70 hours of gameplay, solving every quest in the game, except the repeatable ones, I am left out there in the open with nothing smart to do." yeah, because Fallout 1/2 were just exxploding with possibilities once you completed all quests!
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steinrokkan posted:Those guys are as retarded as ever: Couldn't you perpetually make pornos after everything else was done in FO2? Game of the year!!
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That Old Tree posted:Couldn't you perpetually make pornos after everything else was done in FO2? That is also true for every Fallout game, if you install the right mods, that it.
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He even says it's a fun game but because it's not as ridiculously huge as the previous games it's poo poo, I guess? I don't know, I haven't played it yet. I'm sure it's fine. I don't even know what these people consider a good game at this point. Everything that's not indie and retro is terrible to these people as far as I can tell. I'm actually kind of annoyed with how huge games are getting. I love Witcher 3 but I still haven't finished it because it's so loving huge and I'm an adult now.
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HoAssHo posted:I don't even know what these people consider a good game at this point. That's what bugs me about NMA. I agree with them enough that, if they recommended a recent game, I would really take that into consideration. Age lets Fallouts 1 and 2 down more than anything, and 4 deviates way too much from what I liked about 3 and New Vegas, much of which is probably stuff they like. If there's a game that makes them happy, I want in. But no, they're so insular that they apparently ban people for daring to say they prefer one of the two Fallouts that they DO like. They'll never be happy.
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Lou Reads has a new episode, about anonymous confessions on Naughtypost.com.
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Perpetual posted:The stupidest part about the puffynips file there is that it's not even a mod. The file is just a set of preset values you would load into another mod/tool Bodyslide. There is a level-of-nipple-puffiness slider in Bodyslide out of the box, meaning you can basically re-create the thing he uploaded simply by moving one slider all the way to the right. Which means it doesn't change the texture at all, and you have these giant weird protrusions AROUND the areola that look nothing like actual puffy nipples and more like tumors. Never change, Fallout and Skyrim mods. Never change.
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Well, I'm doing it. I've decided to try to make a doc about xoJane's "It Happened to Me" section.
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X-Ray Pecs posted:Lou Reads has a new episode, about anonymous confessions on Naughtypost.com.
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ALL-PRO SEXMAN posted:Well, I'm doing it. I've decided to try to make a doc about xoJane's "It Happened to Me" section. Please tell me you're including the "gluten shamed at the liquor store" story. "That's a full Bieber!"
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Haha, I started an xoJane doc a while ago and never submitted it. There's some great stuff in there. The "titles of articles we didn't get around to reading" segment alone would be amazing. Maybe I should get off my rear end and submit mine.
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