Names, big picture of things of the things I did last week, ideas with giant red "delete" tag attached to them in my head.
Poll: So, my topical forum-goers! What subject just slides right off your brain?
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Names; I realize that you have a name and I definitely have a name but if you tell me your name, there's a 95% chance that I'll forget your name literally as you're telling it to me. To help combat that, I don't generally tell people my name and can work around conversations in a way that circumvent the need to use anybody's name. If I'm around you a lot I'll eventually get your name down but there are people who I work with (and have been working with for 2+ years) whose name I'm only about 80% sure of.
As for bigger things, I have no idea what the gamergate thing is, how it started, how close it is to ending, how many sides are involved, who's on what side, why the sides are against each other, what the end-goal of each side is, etc. Maybe it's because I don't have a PS4 yet but this whole GG thing that's been going on has just flown right by me and I don't really care about it, I'm just vaguely curious...and not even the kind of curious that I was when I decided to say "fuck it" and play through Final Fantasy XIII.
As for bigger things, I have no idea what the gamergate thing is, how it started, how close it is to ending, how many sides are involved, who's on what side, why the sides are against each other, what the end-goal of each side is, etc. Maybe it's because I don't have a PS4 yet but this whole GG thing that's been going on has just flown right by me and I don't really care about it, I'm just vaguely curious...and not even the kind of curious that I was when I decided to say "fuck it" and play through Final Fantasy XIII.
The thing with me is that I can remember inconsequential crap from years ago but then sometimes I forget super important information that I will definitely need at some point in the future. It just disappears into the ether the moment I stop focusing on it. So that's fun.
I'm really bad with place names and names of streets. I have like a top down mini map in the back of my mind most of the time and have a pretty good sense of direction but because I never memorize street names I'm complete shit at giving directions.
Also because I can't remember place names I usually don't remember the names of places and bars in conversation so I can't ever recommend places to go eat.
I used to be really bad with names but when I got into real estate for a while the first thing I would do is write down the person's name and it really, really helps. If you jot a person's name down once you'll probably never forget it and look like a champ who has their best interest at heart.
Also because I can't remember place names I usually don't remember the names of places and bars in conversation so I can't ever recommend places to go eat.
I used to be really bad with names but when I got into real estate for a while the first thing I would do is write down the person's name and it really, really helps. If you jot a person's name down once you'll probably never forget it and look like a champ who has their best interest at heart.
I to would like to know.FalloutJack said:
OT: As someone in R&P usually the topic of gay marriage would be the one because I know I'm outnumbered by an overwhelming margin so it's just maddening.
For me it's anything past basic algebra. Regular math I'm good at; start throwing letters in with the numbers and I get lost real fast.LostGryphon said:
Ah well, either he'll explain or it's the Griswold Treatment for him.Xan Krieger said:
OT: In my case, I also have to say that Gamergate is just a 'thing' to me. Doesn't affect anything I do, hurt or benefit me in any way, shape or form, so it's just byyyeee...
But that's not the big one, in my case. There's plenty of smaller ones, but the big one has to be...half of everything I've seen at the local anime club I go to. Not everything I've ever seen is a winner there, and what we see is up there on a vote, which means SOMEBODY wanted it there. None of this was really the NSFW stuff, except maybe a few scenes out of many, but I think some of it was just blah to me or I hated it and out it goes from the memory bank.
Depictions of women in gaming(Note: Not women in the work place, or women gaming journalist or female gamers. Those are legit, arguable and debatable issues). Call me a dick but my eyes just glaze over and I just fall into a trance. I mean we get it, you're not as pretty as Lara Croft, powerful/confident as Samus or even as likable as Ellie(who isn't very likable). Move on!
Yes, Yoko whatever has an "unrealistic body shape" and what's her face has "no acne and she's 16!"
Don't see me filling up every forum with my insecurities about Kratos having a bigger dick than me or Batman having more money.
Also anything to do with Magic the Gathering. Its a bygone game from an era where E.T. for the Atari 2600 had the best graphics in the world. The whole purpose of the art on the card was to let you imagine what was happening. And we have graphics now for just such a thing!
I dunno...to me its like having Skyrim, but your PC can't run Skyrim, so you get the Skyrim board game. Then 5 years later you have a decent PC and instead of getting Skyrim, you get the Steam version of Skyrim The Board Game. You get the video game version of the board game substitute of the video game you couldn't get.
It defeats the purpose if you see what I mean.
Someone please make a Magic version of Pokemon Stadium!
Yes, Yoko whatever has an "unrealistic body shape" and what's her face has "no acne and she's 16!"
Don't see me filling up every forum with my insecurities about Kratos having a bigger dick than me or Batman having more money.
Also anything to do with Magic the Gathering. Its a bygone game from an era where E.T. for the Atari 2600 had the best graphics in the world. The whole purpose of the art on the card was to let you imagine what was happening. And we have graphics now for just such a thing!
I dunno...to me its like having Skyrim, but your PC can't run Skyrim, so you get the Skyrim board game. Then 5 years later you have a decent PC and instead of getting Skyrim, you get the Steam version of Skyrim The Board Game. You get the video game version of the board game substitute of the video game you couldn't get.
It defeats the purpose if you see what I mean.
Someone please make a Magic version of Pokemon Stadium!
I'm not so sure about this. I think this may be the real source of all his implacable rage. And don't gimme that malarkey about Aphrodite. She's a fertility goddess. A eunich would get a hard-on in her presence!Silentpony said:
...I don't like where this discussion's going.
I am going with this one as well. The moment someone mentions their significant other I tend to lose interest and I just sort of hear some kind of white noise coming out of their mouths. I am a person who thinks that what happens in someone else's love life is private and really no concern of mine.Silvanus said:
Let me think.
-Anything that does not fall somewhere or in between my list of interest
-Can't remember names
-Can't remember faces (I still can recognise people when I see them)
-Subtile emotions
-Facial expression
-Anything that does not fall somewhere or in between my list of interest
-Can't remember names
-Can't remember faces (I still can recognise people when I see them)
-Subtile emotions
-Facial expression
Literally anything about *insert newest trans/gay/sexist/whateverthefuck-ism thing that is going around at any given moment. My brain just goes "nope, I just cannot be arsed with this"
It's not like I dislike or like gay/trans/spaghetti people, it's just that those threads are seriously just not fun you know? Total killjoys. I'll discuss other topics fine but you might as well roll a d20 when posting in once of those threads cuz you'll either offend someone massively, offend someone a bit or roll a Natural One and get the entire thread throwing insults at you.
I'm good with faces though, so that's nice. I also try to listen to any friend who is talking about something I have no interest in (as long as it's not sports,) I might find something new I like that way. 'S how I got into playing Yugioh online. Newest update is a bit... ehhhh, on one hand they released the first XYZ Traptrix monster which the Traptrix archtype has desperately needed for ages and as a Traptrix player I am so happy (Traptrix Rafflesia new waifu) but then they released the entire god damn Broken Tier Majespecter archetype. Konami. You done fucked up.
It's not like I dislike or like gay/trans/spaghetti people, it's just that those threads are seriously just not fun you know? Total killjoys. I'll discuss other topics fine but you might as well roll a d20 when posting in once of those threads cuz you'll either offend someone massively, offend someone a bit or roll a Natural One and get the entire thread throwing insults at you.
I'm good with faces though, so that's nice. I also try to listen to any friend who is talking about something I have no interest in (as long as it's not sports,) I might find something new I like that way. 'S how I got into playing Yugioh online. Newest update is a bit... ehhhh, on one hand they released the first XYZ Traptrix monster which the Traptrix archtype has desperately needed for ages and as a Traptrix player I am so happy (Traptrix Rafflesia new waifu) but then they released the entire god damn Broken Tier Majespecter archetype. Konami. You done fucked up.
Sports. I can only muster a mild interest in international rugby, MotoGP and occasionally Formula 1 (if only it wasn't so dull to watch most of the time). I struggle to understand how worked up people get about it, even rugby- When the Six Nations was on my Scottish flatmate just rooted for anyone playing England. What the fuck? How unsporting is that? Sports are just a bit of fun, if you're going to be so mean-spirited about it, you're taking it far too seriously.
I guess I just don't give enough shits. Football especially- It doesn't help that 90% of anyone involved in it seems like a massive twat, but it's a dull sport to watch.
I guess I just don't give enough shits. Football especially- It doesn't help that 90% of anyone involved in it seems like a massive twat, but it's a dull sport to watch.
Maths.
Mutter that shit to me, and I'll go into "silent protagonist" mode.
Where I'll traverse the land with no words, until I sleep until the next day.
Then I'll forget all about that experience.
Or if we're slightly more unlucky.
I'll forget about said person, or that said person will be buried.
Yeah, don't talk to me about maths.
Mutter that shit to me, and I'll go into "silent protagonist" mode.
Where I'll traverse the land with no words, until I sleep until the next day.
Then I'll forget all about that experience.
Or if we're slightly more unlucky.
I'll forget about said person, or that said person will be buried.
Yeah, don't talk to me about maths.
Hmmm... Soccer/Football. My GOD is it boring for me to watch. But for some strange reason I get really excited whenever there's a World Cup on the horizon. Well... up until i've watched the first 10 minutes of the first game and go wash my socks, fill out my tax returns, watch paint dry or whatever. Everything else is more interesting to me than Soccer/Football.
Pretty much this!TheRightToArmBears said: