No, that's bullshit.

[Owyn_Merrilin]

No, but we get free public transit.

That's all buses, all commuter trains, and all subways.

Meaning the University of Alberta is a FREE thirty minute commute from anywhere in the city. Perfect for when you live in the city.

I think room and board is $2000 dollars extra, unless you're on disability.

That's nice. We barely even have public transportation outside of major cities in the U.S.. Washington D.C. has the best public transit system I've ever seen, but here in Florida, we're lucky to get a bus that runs once an hour, which seriously sucks when you're 20 and you still have no driver's license. If the $5,000 includes books, and the $2,000 for room and board includes a meal plan, the Canadian education system is a great bargain. If it's just tuition and the room itself, the prices are fairly comparable, although the free transportation, not to mention free health care, make Canada attractive in other ways.

As an aside, this conversation is flowing naturally, but it's pretty off topic for the thread title. Are we in danger of incurring moderator wrath over this?

 

[Blimey]

One of my friends is always going on about how Macs are better than PCs. The rest of us either ignore him, punch him or just tell him "no". Seriously, some people are so deluded right?

My friends always go on about how PCs are better then Macs.

I usually slaughter them and adorn my Mac with their ears. Its the only option I have.

OT: Yes, I hear bullshit from this one fellow at work all the time. But I let it slide because its actually really funny to hear him one-up everything I say. We usually make up a story of our own, just to hear his one-up. Instance: one of my co-workers had a black-eye, and when I asked him how he got it, he said he had gotten in a little scuffle at the bar the night before. Suddenly, Mr. Bullshit just up and tells us that at the bar he went to last night, he slit a guys throat for looking at his gf. Scarily funny stuff.

 

[Hashime]

I always speak up, really. I am the person in my group of peers who will "touch" anything in conversation. As a result there is a skisim within my peers, those who down right hate me, and those who respect me. There is no middle ground. I will call anyone on anything "fishy", and expect the same from them.

 

[lacktheknack]

No, but we get free public transit.

That's all buses, all commuter trains, and all subways.

Meaning the University of Alberta is a FREE thirty minute commute from anywhere in the city. Perfect for when you live in the city.

I think room and board is $2000 dollars extra, unless you're on disability.

That's nice. We barely even have public transportation outside of major cities in the U.S.. Washington D.C. has the best public transit system I've ever seen, but here in Florida, we're lucky to get a bus that runs once an hour, which seriously sucks when you're 20 and you still have no driver's license. If the $5,000 includes books, and the $2,000 for room and board includes a meal plan, the Canadian education system is a great bargain. If it's just tuition and the room itself, the prices are fairly comparable, although the free transportation, not to mention free health care, make Canada attractive in other ways.

As an aside, this conversation is flowing naturally, but it's pretty off topic for the thread title. Are we in danger of incurring moderator wrath over this?

Not quite. Only if we pull the entire thread off its wheels and refuse to go back.

 

[TimbukTurnip]

I still remember years ago back at primary school, one of my friends used to say he did judo, despite the fact he was quite a fatty. I can't remember if he was a black belt or not - if he did that would've been bullshit too. But the biggest bullshit part was when he would say he had to bow to his sensai/teacher with his head looking forward instead of facing down - otherwise the teacher would hit him on the neck or head or some bullshit like that.
He even got his dad to confirm he did judo to people who asked (which I did) but it was obviously not true.
If you knew this guy when I did, you'd know he was obviously lying.

 

[Mr. Mike]

One of my friends is always going on about how Macs are better than PCs. The rest of us either ignore him, punch him or just tell him "no". Seriously, some people are so deluded right?

My friends always go on about how PCs are better then Macs.

I usually slaughter them and adorn my Mac with their ears. Its the only option I have.

But if your Mac is covered in blood and ears, then the one thing it's got going for it (aesthetically pleasing exterior) is now moot. Deluded man is deluded.

Since no one can detect my sarcastic tone over the internet, I'm being sarcastic. As I was with my previous comment.

 

[Mr.Pandah]

Well I had one where I actually commented about something.

Well, this girl who was basically always a ***** to me in high school had posted something on a friend's facebook. It popped up in the "News Feed" for my page. I commented on it saying how silly the group was, and how dumb a lot of the groups are nowadays. She said in a snarky attitude back to me "Its a joke. Get over yourself." To this, I was about to say okay whatever, and blow it off, but I decided to actually tell her that I understand its a joke, but a very bad one, and that it was fair game for me to comment on it. She had no reason to blow up about it, which she shortly did after even more and then even had someone else comment on it to support her.

Yeah, she can go fuck herself. Stupid *****.

Sorry about that guys. I just hate people who think they're so damn high and mighty.

 

[Flamezdudes]

I have these moments, i just cannot stop myself from butting into people's conversations and giving them the correct answer. And then they get annoyed at me...

 

[Toriver]

Yes, that self-diagnosis thing is so annoying. If you haven't gone to a mental health professional and actually had it verified that you do have it, you don't know so don't claim you do. And I have "that's BS" moments all the time. At times I think I see more posts of BS than I do believable ones. But that's the internet.

I know I have Extreme ADD (I did not diagnose that, a doctor did...who sent me to a specialist, who confirmed it, I wanted a certificate I could frame, but they wouldn't give me one (jk of course))

I really do think I have mild OCD though, I count all of my steps to a multiple of 6, and if I get where I am going and have not stepped in a multiple of 6 steps, I will take a few more steps. Ok, maybe it's not that mild...

Is that the only thing you do that could be considered OCD? Usually people with real OCD go through a lot more than that. That just sounds to me like an annoying habit. I'd say if you're worried, just go ask a doctor about it. Though if that's all you've got, doesn't sound to me like anything worth fussing or claiming you have OCD over.

There's an annoying piece of slang around here where people who are very clean or just a bit fussy are "OCD" (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). Even "loving having baths" would be considered OCD. It's not an insult, they call themselves it!

*Someone lines all their pencils up on the desk to be in line. I look bemused*
Them : "Lol, yeah, I'm totally OCD"

Sounds like this to me.

 

[OmegaXzors]

when fat people say 'im really careful with what i eat'

Hahaha! I saw a trio of fat chicks at a Subway restaurant compare the calories of what they were eating. One got like extra meat and shit and thought because it was turkey, it'd be less fattening. Stupid fatties.

 

[Nouw]

What are you talking about, OP?

I really have gone 17 days without sleep, have an IQ of 283, have had sex with 379 people since I was 12, suffer from borderline syndrome, and have the top score in every game ever!!!1

Check your facts before you go say something is bullshit!

Go say? something? Yes, yes indeed

Countless things like I have guns in my house! Note that young kids were talking

Yeah, and I have a pet Trygon

 

[Corvuus]

When i was 'younger', I went to gaming conventions (Gencon) and played games during the entire convention. It is 'impossible/improbable' to go without ANY sleep for 3 days but I (and a few people I know) went with a few hours (about 5-6 hours total for me, others claimed less) of sleep over the 3 days/2nights.

If your eyes are tired, you're going to crash. If everything but your eyes are tired, then generally you can power through it and keep going until you no longer feel tired. Crashing when your eyes are tired and power napping for an hour or two, you can wake up feeling 'refreshed' enough to keep going.

3 days straight with no sleep -> BS
3 days straight with 2-3 hours scattered -> I can buy.

This is for gaming convention. Sin keeps you awake!
I could also cite the korean guy who passed away in a lan cafe from lack of food/sleep.

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I try to be polite when I call people on it. I do get seriously annoyed/flustered when people call BS to me when I am right, polite and trying to contribute.

Most recent case: Group of friends were talking about salad dressings (don't ask why) and Thousand Island came up. I've made Thousand Island from scratch so I mention that it is ketchup, mayo and other ingredients mixed together and everyone calls BS on me and says I have no idea what I am talking about since that sounds unhealthy/nasty.

Ugh, such BS when you point out something and get called on it. "This way is north!". "BS". "uhh... but... it is north...". "I disbelieve!" "look, there is the sun in the east, there is the ocean, the freeway (in U.S. for the most part) are odd-numbered so north/south, etc. etc.". "BS".

C

 

[Icecoldcynic]

When i was 'younger', I went to gaming conventions (Gencon) and played games during the entire convention. It is 'impossible/improbable' to go without ANY sleep for 3 days but I (and a few people I know) went with a few hours (about 5-6 hours total for me, others claimed less) of sleep over the 3 days/2nights.

If your eyes are tired, you're going to crash. If everything but your eyes are tired, then generally you can power through it and keep going until you no longer feel tired. Crashing when your eyes are tired and power napping for an hour or two, you can wake up feeling 'refreshed' enough to keep going.

3 days straight with no sleep -> BS
3 days straight with 2-3 hours scattered -> I can buy.

This is for gaming convention. Sin keeps you awake!
I could also cite the korean guy who passed away in a lan cafe from lack of food/sleep.

Thanks for being one of the few who understood what I was talking about in the OP. Some people really do just make shit up. I mean yeah I can understand having a very busy week and having scattered sleep for 5 days, but to have literally none... No, just no.

 

[Blimey]

One of my friends is always going on about how Macs are better than PCs. The rest of us either ignore him, punch him or just tell him "no". Seriously, some people are so deluded right?

My friends always go on about how PCs are better then Macs.

I usually slaughter them and adorn my Mac with their ears. Its the only option I have.

But if your Mac is covered in blood and ears, then the one thing it's got going for it (aesthetically pleasing exterior) is now moot. Deluded man is deluded.

Since no one can detect my sarcastic tone over the internet, I'm being sarcastic. As I was with my previous comment.

As was I. Personally, I don't care what people think about the brand of computer I use. Nor am I unstable enough to get mad over what someone else thinks.

But you would be surprised at how nice these ears are. Seriously.

 

[triggahappyhaza]

Stupidest thing i've heard in a while was some kid in my class"My motorbike goes 300MPH"
me and several other people swiftly ridiculed him for this.

 

[Danpascooch]

Yes, that self-diagnosis thing is so annoying. If you haven't gone to a mental health professional and actually had it verified that you do have it, you don't know so don't claim you do. And I have "that's BS" moments all the time. At times I think I see more posts of BS than I do believable ones. But that's the internet.

I know I have Extreme ADD (I did not diagnose that, a doctor did...who sent me to a specialist, who confirmed it, I wanted a certificate I could frame, but they wouldn't give me one (jk of course))

I really do think I have mild OCD though, I count all of my steps to a multiple of 6, and if I get where I am going and have not stepped in a multiple of 6 steps, I will take a few more steps. Ok, maybe it's not that mild...

Is that the only thing you do that could be considered OCD? Usually people with real OCD go through a lot more than that. That just sounds to me like an annoying habit. I'd say if you're worried, just go ask a doctor about it. Though if that's all you've got, doesn't sound to me like anything worth fussing or claiming you have OCD over.

There's an annoying piece of slang around here where people who are very clean or just a bit fussy are "OCD" (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). Even "loving having baths" would be considered OCD. It's not an insult, they call themselves it!

*Someone lines all their pencils up on the desk to be in line. I look bemused*
Them : "Lol, yeah, I'm totally OCD"

Sounds like this to me.

I'm not WORRIED, it's just a bit annoying, and with psychological problems like OCD, there are a whole range of symptoms that can be exhibited, the "Monk" stereotype isn't the only one that's true, (the Escapist actually just did an article on a really OCD messy gamer)

just something I've noticed is all, OCD people strive to have things a certain way for no logical reason other than it makes them uncomfortable to not have things that way, though they don't know why. For me, that "way" is stepping in multiples of six, yeah, I'm pretty freaking weird (that's not my only habit that makes me think I may have a bit of OCD, but it IS the most prominent one)

 

[Kazzak]

Once someone tried to convince me that he was allergic to water.

Humanity never ceases to amaze me.

Well it's not actually impossible if that's what you're saying. Still, it's so rare i'd be extremely skeptical of anyone who claimed they were.

I doubt it is possible considering we are something like 80-60% Water.