Allamorph

[quote name='Jabberwocky][FONT="Palatino Linotype"']I have bigger and better things to worry about then my identity....[/FONT][/quote] [FONT=Arial]Right, and that's basically what I was getting at in my post, except that no one should have to "worry about their identity" at all. Who you are is already there. It's not defined by an external thing or a speech pattern or a set of styles, even though it might encompass any one of those things. So if you're (generic, not you; I dislike second person sometimes) having to spend time figuring out who you are, not only does that indicate to me that you are very bad at self-appraisal (and probably don't have that great a self-worth), but you're also wasting time you could be using to move forward or, you know, have fun with other people. So we're on the same wavelength. Also, [COLOR="DarkRed"]Gavin[/COLOR], that is the single best thing I have heard in four weeks.[/FONT]

[quote name='Jabberwocky][FONT="Palatino Linotype"']Now I'm too worried about school and family to worry about being myself or anyone. :animesigh[/FONT][/quote] [FONT=Arial]This makes no sense. If you have to try to be who you are, then who are you when you don't try? Someone else? Nobody at all? I quit worrying about that kind of crap years ago. I am not who I am. Simple as that.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]I'll third the [B]Mass Effect[/B] mention just because I think the concept of a third-person shooter RPG is what the RPG genre has needed for a long time. And I wasn't aware of any before this one. Plus it's got a similar engine to KOTOR (made by the same people so kinds obvious there) and a fairly good squad system. You said [B]GoW1[/B], and you should also grab the sequel. Gameplay in 2 is smoother, graphics are smoother, stuff is overall smoother, and your AI allies may rezz you if your partner isn't around during coop. (Which is really the strongest point of the game, imo.) I'm also going to recommend a completely ludicrous game just because it's so bad it's amazingly fun. [B]Earth Defense Force 2017[/B] is a terribly cliche alien-shooter with Japanese propaganda (inorite?) filtered through it. Basically the point of the game is to pour bullets and explody things into all the monstrously oversized enemies on the map without dying. The AI are decent; they have their moments of awesomeness and then they just suck on the downswing, but their comments to each other are hilarious. "I need ammo!" "Get it yourself!" The most fun part of the game, though, is the sheer volume of ridiculous, completely impractical weapons you get. Assault rifles that shoot 60 rounds a second, grenade launchers that fire a spread of grenades, shotguns that fire 6 rounds a second, rockets as slow as the grandma in the left lane that do ungodly amounts of damage if they hit their target ever, acid sprayers, flamethrowers, missile launchers that fire twenty shots at once, all homing on the same target (it's hilarious to see a giant ant killed by seven of the missiles and then its body getting chased around the sky as the rest of them continue to home and detonate one after the other), so on and so on. Also if you shoot the giant robots with giant cannon arms, they will shoot gansta at you. My friends and I spent at least 80% of the time we played EDF laughing ourselves to death. I suggest getting just to have a silly time playing a crappy game. Kind of like watching MST3K.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]Got a peculiar problem that's driving me nuts. I can't connect my tower to the internet. It's funny, because when I came home I remember connecting it on the fourth day back, and we haven't changed hardware yet. But I attempt to do it now, and all I get is a discovered modem, and unidentified network, and no internet. And aggravatingly, the laptop being used currently is completely fine, as evidenced by me posting right now. I've powered the modem down, I've reset the LAN adaptor, I've gotten new IP settings. I dunno what's going on, unless the modem is just locked into this particular laptop or something.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]Just wanted to note that I'm really enjoying the actual discussion that's resurfaced again, and that no one seems to feel the need to bother with the "you suck for listening to this type of music" crap that you can find about a year back in this thread. Nickelback's [B]Dark Horse[/B] album showed up in the mail recently for no reason. Any essential thoughts from anyone before I give it a listen? (Might as well, you know. No reason not to.) How generic have they gotten, if they're generic at all? Scanned through the lyrics, and nothing seems to jump out impressively. My eyebrow went up a couple of times, though. Currently: [URL="http://www.last.fm/music/Mythos/_/Icarus"][COLOR="Blue"][B]Icarus[/B][/COLOR][/URL], Mythos. Love the bass. Too bad I can't hear it on this laptop. :animeangr[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]I think Nero's blandness and the unmemorable quality of his plan and his crew were mainly due to the brevity of the film and the focus on the crew of the Enterprise. The entire backdrop for Nero was given in the brief mind-meld flashback sequence, and each major instance involving him spent more time looking other places. In the first sequence with him our attention is directed to Kirk's parents; in the second it's more about [spoiler]Kirk and Spock butting heads[/spoiler]; then you have the brief bit on the drill platform; [spoiler]Pike's interrogation, which was really the only time we ever got to see behind Nero and which wasn't lengthy, though that seemed more real to me than a Bond-esque reveal-all monologue[/spoiler]; [spoiler]Kirk and Spock bonding, after a fashion[/spoiler], and so on. The movie didn't need Nero specifically. In fact, I think the only reason he even had a name at all was to give the crew something to refer to him by other than "that Romulan dude". No one else who wasn't important to the movie had a name. The green girl didn't get a name, the red-shirt dead dude (who saw that one coming?, raise your hand) had a name for about thirty seconds; even Nero's second barely got a name, and who remembers him? We would have been fine with any other villain with the same motives and material. Nero was just there to shake the universe up a bit, is all. And that's all that was needed, I think. However, if Abrams does a second movie on this new timeline, I'd like to see him take some liberties with his time limit and do something a little more intensive. I wouldn't mind sitting two hours or so now that I know someone's trying.[/FONT]

[quote name='John']Is it intense? Sure, but it just feels like a cartoon intensity to me--a bunch of 20-somethings trying to make something more spectacular of themselves than they really are.[/quote] [FONT=Arial]Sums up my feelings pretty well. But I've started experimenting around and looking for names that aren't (or weren't) household, and looking for taste over marketing. I'll get back on that note when I find/get into something I can set down more definitely. On a related note (not genre), heard a song today with the line [I]"I don't want to be anything other than what I've been tryin' to be lately"[/I]. I laughed so hard I about drove off the road. I mean, really? That's, like, normal. Why are you singing about it like it's amazing? I love fail!lyrics. Currently: [B]Sun Rises Down[/B], Acroma. (imeem is being funky at the moment. Nothing on YouTube. Otherwise I'd have a link.)[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]Got a silly math problem forwarded to me in the email today. Along with it was a general statistics statement: [INDENT][I]It is said that Engineers take 3 minutes to resolve this, Architects 3 hours and Doctors 6 hours.[/I][/INDENT] It took me a little over forty seconds, mostly because I got caught up in some math from [U]A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy[/U]. (Base 13 stuff; I'm a nut, I know.) 1, 2, 6, 42, 1806, ______? Have fun.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]You know, I understand the general sentiments and intent behind most church marquee blurbs, but some of them are downright foolish. Like, I passed one last night on my way home, and . . . well . . . "The Bible is a banquet, not a snack tray." . . . AHH HA HA HA HA OM NOM NOM[/FONT]

[quote name='James][font=franklin gothic medium]I think the fact that the relationship between [spoiler]Spock and Uhura[/spoiler] mirrored the relationship between [spoiler]Spock's mother and father[/spoiler] gave the whole thing some weight. This is especially true when [spoiler]Spock's father said that he married his mother because "he loved her" and not just because it was logical. I also liked that Uhura seemed to be the only person who felt so terribly for Spock's loss... after all, losing almost all of your race in one single moment would have to be one of the most horrific things someone could go through.[/spoiler'][/font][/quote] [FONT=Arial]Right, which is why I'm not actually against it. It just struck me as initially strange, is all. I mean, like I said, there could have been some unspoken stuff during the three years at the academy, and since we skipped over that time we won't know for certain--until someone writes a stopgap fanfiction. :p Also somewhat telling was [spoiler]Uhura reassigning herself to the Farragut[/spoiler], so we have the interaction there to further our speculation if we so wish. And since they're going that direction, I expect it to be decently played.[/FONT]

[quote name='taperson][SIZE="1"][COLOR="RoyalBlue"]Star Trek, in essence, is about the development of relationships.[/COLOR'][/SIZE][/quote] [FONT=Arial]I would say more along the lines of social commentary, but yes, that plays a large part. The only thing that put me off about that relationship is that I'm not a fan of fast relationships. Ever. However, the alternate timeline card does a lot for making up for what I viewed as almost a cater to fanfiction (almost), and there could very well have been something unspoken in the three years at the academy we didn't see. So I'm not going to go ape over it. I'd like to see it develop more emotionally, psychologically, and/or spiritually (if that works in this context), instead of immediate physical gratification, which seems to be the current best-selling dominant trend and really comes off as unthought and James Bond-esque. In other stuff, I like the portrayal of the Romulans, and I think a Star Trek universe with [spoiler]no Vulcan[/spoiler] is going to be rather interesting. The ship design was fantastic, especially the contrast between the bridge and engineering, and I approve of the new take on the tech and weapons. As far as casting, I'm going to go ahead and jump on the Urban/Pegg bandwagon; those two were spot on in their roles. I think Pine was a good Kirk, and he might have been glossed over because Shatner was such a . . . individual actor that it's hard to match him, good or bad. In fact, the only casting decision I really question was Uhura. I just can't reconcile her with the image of slender, slinky, supermodel. I mentioned her to my father (who remembered the name of the Kobayashi Maru test before I got finished trying to remember what it even was) and he said "Yeah, she was definitely more of a buxom chick". That and the ponytail kinda screamed JRPG-length hair to me. :p But other than that one minor glitch--and a very minor, very overlookable glitch it is--I am totally satisfied with this movie, and I feel safe saying that any Trekkie who thinks otherwise has their head stuck way too far up where the sun don't shine. Also Red Matter = Strawberry Jam. :animesmil[/FONT]

[quote name='Rachmaninoff']It just looks like more finger pointing in an effort to pin blame elsewhere if you ask me. One of these days, someone will do something and just admit it, therefore sending everyone into shock since they didn't deny it. =P[/quote] [FONT=Arial]Tell me about it. The Blame Game is like a perpetual-motion merry-go-round. It just keeps spinning in circles and doesn't stop until everyone's been thrown off on their butt, reeling and puking and out of commission for about a decade.[/FONT]

[quote name='Raiha][COLOR="DarkOrchid"][FONT="Times New Roman"]I only cyberbully Allamorph.[/FONT'][/COLOR][/quote] [FONT=Arial]And here I always thought that was your playful side. Oh, right. It is. [quote name='Rachmaninoff']The biggest issue I see with this is most states already have laws against harassment, so creating an additional one is overkill.[/quote] There's a phrase we use here in the engineering world: "overanalysis leads to paralysis". In legal terms, that means making so much legislation to deal with and prevent specific circumstances that you tie your hands in your ability to actually exercise good judgment. I think the bill was made with people's hearts in the right places. But I also think that there aren't many people at present who can think with both their heart and their head and not pass out from the strain.[/FONT]

Should have answered your question before it was asked. :p Abu Gharib or no, I find it very strange to actually photograph an torture session you are conducting, unless the point is to humiliate and mentally browbeat the subject. And even then, why not just use a camera with no film and not tell the subject? Pictures are tangible proof, and tangible proof of unethical and morally funky conduct wouldn't seem like a bright idea. I'm not attempting to cast aspersions on the ACLU for trying to bring something like this to light, be sure. If they're right, then they're right, and some people been authorising some nasty things. And like I said, it's only the one half of me wanting to question. The other half, like I said, was congratulating the photographer for proving he had the intellect of a two-year-old. (I'm sorry to keep repeating "like I said', but, you know, I did say it once already. :p) Depends on your take on it. I think the ACLU could explain their reasoning better than I could. I think, though, you can either spin it as a measure to keep our troops and administration morally accountable (ironic, that); or, if you're cynical, to throw more crap at the Bush administration. In other words, just standard politics. Oi, that sounded a lot more bitter than I meant it to. I'm not a mindless Republican defender, I promise. (Almost typed "Reblublican" there. o_O)

[FONT=Arial]Still got this headache. Also the dog has now eaten three of my headphone pairs, and two within the past two days. The only thing that's saving my mood right now is Annie Lennox.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]Back at the end of April, the current administration agreed, at the American Civil Liberties Union, to release photographs of alleged abusive interrogations done in Iraq. ([URL="http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/04/23/Obama-to-release-interrogation-photos/UPI-94901240542264/"][COLOR="Blue"]Brief news article.)[/COLOR][/URL] But apparently president Obama was somewhat against the decision, and now several senators are urging the president's administration to [URL="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/12/lawmakers-urge-obama-fight-releasing-photos-detainee-abuse/"][COLOR="Blue"]fight the release[/COLOR][/URL], saying doing so will hurt us both in the short and long run. The ACLU is not terribly happy with these people. My only question in all of this: who in their right mind photographs an interrogation session? Unless you happen to get off on torture. And if that's the case, why were you allowed a camera while in the room in the first place? Half of me wants to question the legitimacy of interrogation photos period since I would like to believe no one is stupid enough to have them and get them leaked. And then the other half is thinking "smooth move, ex-lax".[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]I have had this headache for four days. It is beginning to impair my ability to avoid dyslexic misspellings. If it turns into a migraine I believe I might go on a rampage and slaughter slamm fury woodland creatures. Um. Slamm. Small. SMALL. And my mother just burned her muffins. I rescued them from being completely inedible, I hope. I like muffins. :([/FONT]

[quote name='Ikillion'][COLOR=#35160f][SIZE="1"][FONT="Trebuchet MS"] Wat? Okay, I ╙╚ess ҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̔̕̚̕̕̚̕̚҉ ҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̕̚̕AFE H 「████ѪՁᓁᕰᓿᘟѺᗥϡϟ▇▃▇▇█╙╚███▅██▄▃▃▅▅▄▂▃▂▂ . . . ▃▃▅▅█▇▇██▅ ▇██[RIGHT]█▇▇ԶᑓϟᐝЉᙰᔒ▅▅▄▂▃!!! WAT? ҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̔̕̚̕̕̚̕̚҉ ҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̕̚̕ oh҉҉ ̵̡̢̛̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̿̿̿̚ ҉ ҉҉̡̢̡̢̛̛̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̕̚ ̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̕̚̕̚ ̡̢̛̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̚ ̡̢̡̢̛̛̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̕̚̕̚ ̔̕̚̕̚҉ ҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̕̚̕̚͡͡҉wa҉҉ ̵̡̢̛̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̿̿̿̚ ҉ ҉҉̡̢̡̢̛̛̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̕̚ ̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̕̚̕̚ ̡̢̛̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̚ ̡̢̡̢̛̛̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̕̚̕̚ ̔̕̚̕̚҉ ҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̕̚̕̚͡͡҉҉[/RIGHT] ̛̛̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̕̚ ̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̕̚̕̚ ̡̢̛̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̚ ̡̢̡̢̛̛̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓ b ̡̢̡̢̛̛̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̕̚ ̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̕̚̕̚ ̡̢̛̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̚ ̡̢̡̢̛̛̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏ ̡̢̡̢̛̛̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̕̚ ̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̕̚̕̚ ̡̢̛̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̚ ̡̢̡̢̛̛̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓ HOW D⎳D THI ┆ ┈█▂╵▁ID T┄▜╵░▞[CENTER]▘┼▙▃▇▒ TH IS iSv█▇▇ ▄▃▂▅▄██▇▅█▇ ▇[/CENTER]▅▄▃▂!╘╙╚╛ ͇̿☱͇̿⎳☵͇̿ЮѨ͇̿☳͇̿☱ҊҖ☴͇̿☶͇̿☷͇̿☲͇̿☳͇̿ ͇̿☴͇̿☶͇̿☷͇̿☲͇̿☳͇̿☱͇̿☵͇̿ha ̡̢̛̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̌̍̎̏̊̋̌̍̎̚ ̡̢̛̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̕̚g̡̢̛̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̚ ҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̕̚̕̚͡ ͡҉҉ ̵̡̢̛̗̘̙̜̝éc ̡̢̛̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̌̍̎̏̊̋̌̍̎̚ ̡̢̛̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̕̚g̡̢̛̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̚ ҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̕̚̕̚͡H G ̡̢̛̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̌̍̎̏̊̋̌̍̎̚ ̡̢̛̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̕̚g̡̢̛̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̚ ҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̕̚̕̚͡D ̡̢̛̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̌̍̎̏̊̋̌̍̎̚ ̡̢̛̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̕̚ ҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̕̚̕̚͡i am ͡҉҉ ̵̡̢̛ ̡̢̛̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̌̍̎̏̊̋̌̍̎̚ ̡̢̛̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̕̚g̡̢̛̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̚ ҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̕̚̕̚͡ ͡҉҉n ̡̢̛̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̌̍̎̏̊̋̌̍̎̚ ̡̢̛̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̕̚g̡̢̛̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̚ ҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̕̚̕̚͡ ╜╝╞╟ ⎳[RIGHT]╠╠╡╢╣╤╥╦[/RIGHT]╧╨ ̛̛̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̕̚ ̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̕̚̕̚ ̡̢̛̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̚ ̡̢̡̢̛̛̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐ [CENTER]Okay.[/CENTER][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/QUOTE] [FONT=Arial]Needs more orange juice. [COLOR=#EDEDED]Not enough? wtf[/COLOR][/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]Considering the deadline for voting is Monday, I'd appreciate it if it could remain open until the end of Monday. I'll be visiting someone for most of tomorrow, but I believe the evening will be enough for me to get something done.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]I would very much like to beat that person in the head with a two-by-four until either she or it breaks.[/FONT]

[quote name='Vicky][size=1]It irks me to no end. [i]I hate little children[/i'].[/size][/quote] [FONT=Arial]Little children are fine until they're taught to be morons. Which is why all of us people who "hate little children" should probably have some of our own so we can train them properly and get people to stop irrationally hating little kids who are just acting like they think they're supposed to. Lead by example. (Also a firm hand, but only when necessary. I hate seeing parents stop and whale on their kid in the middle of Wal-Mart for walking down the wrong aisle.)[/FONT]

[quote name='Nerdsy][COLOR=deeppink']"The above sentence" doesn't have to mean "the first sentence directly above." [/color][/quote] [FONT=Arial]Yes it does. Antecedents are quite specific. [quote name='Botar][COLOR="DarkGreen"']Are we bashing on Ace? Cool![/COLOR][/quote] I'm bashing on [COLOR="DarkRed"]Nerdsy[/COLOR]. I dunno what you guys are going on about. :p[/FONT]

[quote name='Nerdsy][color=deeppink']Dude, that is pretty harsh. [/color][/quote] [FONT=Arial]I was about to make a similar "witty" remark until I realised that his saying "[I][U]the[/U][/I] above sentence" pretty much takes any line of thought that direction and says "Haha, you're a dick" to it. And [I]that's[/I] harsh.[/FONT]

[quote name='Sara][size=1]...but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either [B][U]go mad from the revelation[/U][/B']....[/size][/quote] [FONT=Arial]Umm . . . yeah. About that.[/FONT]

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