The Offtopic Christmas Thread....

[DudeistBelieve]

To quote my favorite Christmas song...

"As days go by the more we need friends
And the harder they are to find
If I could have a friend like you all my life
Well I guess I'd be doin' just fine"

Merry Christmas Escapist.... you're still my favorite website on the internet.


...Because I don't want to get hit with a warning, we need discussion value. Tell me what you want for christmas this year.

 

[Kolby Jack]

When I got super down watching the election results, I started looking up Jackie Chan fight scenes because those always make me feel good. Then I saw Every Frame a Painting [https://www.youtube.com/user/everyframeapainting]'s video on Chan, and from there noticed they had a video on Chuck Jones. I was SUPER into classic Looney Tunes when I was a kid, so I watched it. They showed one of his gags from a Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote cartoon and I just broke into laughter for about two minutes straight.

I guess I never really stopped loving classic Looney Tunes even though I stopped watching them, so that night I put Chuck Jones collection Blu-rays on my Christmas list. I look forward to the day when I can share them with my niece and her future sibling whose gender has not been determined yet.

 

[sageoftruth]

Not much, at least materially. If anything, I'd like to get fewer presents than usual, so my place doesn't become a mess and I don't have to deal with post-Christmas cleanup. Also, I did a poor job getting presents this year, so receiving fewer of them would make me feel less guilty.

 

[SupahEwok]

I want to know what love is,
I want you to show me
I want to feel what love is,
I know you can show me

Also I want a textbook on writing poetry, a book on writing poetry in meter, and a book of poetry forms. I know my brother got me the first. I'll get the other two on my own.

 

[Silentpony_v1legacy]

I kinda' just want Xmas to be over with. First off I just want 2016 to be over with without taking anyone else from us, and Carrie Fisher needs to make a full recovery(...sadly not likely. 15mins of oxygen starvation to the brain isn't good.)
Also I gained weight this year and have a diet planned out and a gym membership starting on the 2nd. I know New years resolutions are gauche but in my family at least Xmas is all about cakes and pies and shit, and even though I barely eat any of them, having a house filled with cookies and pie is tempting. I'd sooner just not have them at all.

Although I am enjoying having my brother home, his fiance, not so much.
Gift wise, I feel embarrassed because I think I'm getting damn good gifts this year, because earlier in the year both my dad and brother asked if I wanted a Ps4 and, not or, and a Ipad Mini 2 for Xmas. I said choose one, I don't need both. I hope they only got me one, because I'm probably going to move to Colorado next year and that's a lot of expensive equipment.

 

[Neurotic Void Melody]

Hah. I'm not your favourite website. Or... Am i?
Human friendship, trust and love? Not particularly a wise lifestyle choice, but been strategically numb for too long. Actually, I just neeed some sanity and confidence back. That'll probably be enough. The rest will be easy after that. Also I want to escape.

 

[Scarim Coral]

Hard to say.

Ideally probably a Christmas like my childhood when ALL of my relatives were in one room (when I mean relative I mean my mum side of my family since she has several brothers and a sister aka my uncles and aunt). It very rare to see all of my cousins in one room too! Granted back then that was when my grandfather was still alived.

Also another ideal christmas is actually having more than 2 presents. Ok sure it's 3 now from my sister in law but I rather had a few more presents from friends (we lived far away now) that is unkown to me what is inside. Ok sure the present could suck but it's the thought that count.

 

[Fijiman]

Friends I can reliably and regularly hang out with either IRL or gaming wise would be nice, especially considering the two guys I had on the gaming side have been getting harder to game with.

 

[DudeistBelieve]

Friends I can reliably and regularly hang out with either IRL or gaming wise would be nice, especially considering the two guys I had on the gaming side have been getting harder to game with.

If you play Overwatch on PC, I'm usually game.

 

[Secondhand Revenant]

Hmmm

One ring to rule them all, one ring to bind them, one ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them

 

[Fijiman]

Friends I can reliably and regularly hang out with either IRL or gaming wise would be nice, especially considering the two guys I had on the gaming side have been getting harder to game with.

If you play Overwatch on PC, I'm usually game.

Nope, Xbox One. And it's actually really kind of sad because I have a good number of people on my friends list that I know play either that of Battlefield One, but lord help me if any of them are ever actually online, and more often then not when they are on they get off shortly after I get on. I want to play these games more and enjoy them, but when you don't have someone to play with and like 95% of the people you get matched with think that the mic is just for decoration it gets rather hard.

 

[DudeistBelieve]

Friends I can reliably and regularly hang out with either IRL or gaming wise would be nice, especially considering the two guys I had on the gaming side have been getting harder to game with.

If you play Overwatch on PC, I'm usually game.

Nope, Xbox One. And it's actually really kind of sad because I have a good number of people on my friends list that I know play either that of Battlefield One, but lord help me if any of them are ever actually online, and more often then not when they are on they get off shortly after I get on. I want to play these games more and enjoy them, but when you don't have someone to play with and like 95% of the people you get matched with think that the mic is just for decoration it gets rather hard.

Well theres a reason for that. Just the other day I shut the Overwatch chat off cause someone called me a ******. Why am should I open myself up to abuse in my relax time?

 

[Secondhand Revenant]

Friends I can reliably and regularly hang out with either IRL or gaming wise would be nice, especially considering the two guys I had on the gaming side have been getting harder to game with.

If you play Overwatch on PC, I'm usually game.

Nope, Xbox One. And it's actually really kind of sad because I have a good number of people on my friends list that I know play either that of Battlefield One, but lord help me if any of them are ever actually online, and more often then not when they are on they get off shortly after I get on. I want to play these games more and enjoy them, but when you don't have someone to play with and like 95% of the people you get matched with think that the mic is just for decoration it gets rather hard.

Well theres a reason for that. Just the other day I shut the Overwatch chat off cause someone called me a ******. Why am should I open myself up to abuse in my relax time?

Personally I just discord chat with my friends and don't bother talking to randoms

 

[Fijiman]

Friends I can reliably and regularly hang out with either IRL or gaming wise would be nice, especially considering the two guys I had on the gaming side have been getting harder to game with.

If you play Overwatch on PC, I'm usually game.

Nope, Xbox One. And it's actually really kind of sad because I have a good number of people on my friends list that I know play either that of Battlefield One, but lord help me if any of them are ever actually online, and more often then not when they are on they get off shortly after I get on. I want to play these games more and enjoy them, but when you don't have someone to play with and like 95% of the people you get matched with think that the mic is just for decoration it gets rather hard.

Well theres a reason for that. Just the other day I shut the Overwatch chat off cause someone called me a ******. Why am should I open myself up to abuse in my relax time?

At the same time, I'm more likely to start shouting obscenities at people when I'm audibly calling for help or something and they just ignore me with no reply whatsoever.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

I want the Canadian dollar to not go back up so I can get all the film work I need to survive!

Also I just made rumnog and melted Hershey kisses into the mix. So damn good!

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

A few books that I've been giving hints about because I'm a big ole nerd.

Other than that?

A new iPod touch since the screen is super fucked, but it still works fine. It's a little laggy and it does weird things every now and then without my permission despite what my fingers tell it to do.

 

[Katherine Kerensky]

As every year for, like, a decade now, I've wanted nothing.
...Though, I did treat myself to a nice sabre I've been eyeing for the last few months.
Next up, I might get a bow or crossbow, take up archery.

 

[DudeistBelieve]

As every year for, like, a decade now, I've wanted nothing.
...Though, I did treat myself to a nice sabre I've been eyeing for the last few months.
Next up, I might get a bow or crossbow, take up archery.

Oh shit, Katherine is going all Hunger Games on a ************.

 

[Igor-Rowan]

The only thing I'll ever want is snow. Where I live there is no snow and there'll never be snow, if I ever get to a place where there is snow, I want to my family to be there too, but that'll take a few christmases.

 

[Remus]

My Christmas -
I'm only thankful that we weren't watching middle eastern news this year or talking about it, because eventually someone chimes in "Ya know, HE's coming soon" and everyone nods in agreement or says their bit wondering why they haven't been raptured. I just shake my head wondering if anyone else realizes how crazy they all sound, wishing for the apocalypse.