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Title: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Eel O'Brian on April 30, 2008, 10:49:56 PM

but I don't have the money for a corvette

 :-\

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Rman on April 30, 2008, 10:53:49 PM

Aren't you a young dude?

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Eel O'Brian on April 30, 2008, 10:55:40 PM

define "young"

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Van Cruncheon on April 30, 2008, 10:56:30 PM

put your dick in a teenager

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Eric P on April 30, 2008, 10:57:02 PM

i turn 32 this year and still go to punk shows.

sometimes, i'm one of the few people at the show who is old enough to drink.

i get stared at.

on monday i went to a metal show and wore a sports jacket and my Blue Note records polo shirt.  my companion wore a black dress, black leather boots fishnets and severe make up.

i'm not having a midlife crisis, but it feels as though, to an outside observer, i have the appearance of someone who is.

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Candyflip on April 30, 2008, 10:59:23 PM

^Made me think of

(http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/4930/photo11hiressf4.jpg)

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on April 30, 2008, 11:00:23 PM

Quote from: Eric P on April 30, 2008, 10:57:02 PM

i turn 32 this year and still go to punk shows.

sometimes, i'm one of the few people at the show who is old enough to drink.

i get stared at.

on monday i went to a metal show and wore a sports jacket and my Blue Note records polo shirt.  my companion wore a black dress, black leather boots fishnets and severe make up.

i'm not having a midlife crisis, but it feels as though, to an outside observer, i have the appearance of someone who is.

that happened when Joe and I went to see The Sounds

it was underage bracelet city

we felt like hyperfogeys, and we're just 28

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Rman on April 30, 2008, 11:01:52 PM

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on April 30, 2008, 10:55:40 PM

define "young"

Mid-life is typically considered late 40s to 50s.

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Eel O'Brian on April 30, 2008, 11:03:34 PM

i still look younger than i am

get carded all the time, unless the register person is close enough to see the spiderweb of regret lines around my eyes

i'm just starting to feel like i have missed out on a great deal by busting my ass for 10+ years at a relatively nonprofit business, instead of throwing caution to the wind and traveling like i wanted to do

38, 2 old 4 this 4um

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Eric P on April 30, 2008, 11:04:30 PM

Quote from: Candyflip on April 30, 2008, 10:59:23 PM

^Made me think of

(http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/4930/photo11hiressf4.jpg)

yeah but thankfully i don't try to seem hip or anything.  i just dress casual classic.

well when i'm not dressed like a tard

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Eel O'Brian on April 30, 2008, 11:07:33 PM

i bought some of that high-octane beer tonight, found some pictures i should've thrown away but held onto like a douche

and i rarely drink anymore, i'm a lightweight now

so pardon me for this thread

:emo

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Eel O'Brian on April 30, 2008, 11:11:56 PM

/threadkiller

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: demi on April 30, 2008, 11:13:19 PM

NAW NAW NAW ur old

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Eel O'Brian on April 30, 2008, 11:14:04 PM

yeah

:(

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Laramie on April 30, 2008, 11:15:23 PM

Wow, I post on a forum with some old people.  :'(

You could conceivably be mine or Particle Reality's father.

Edit:  You could drink legally before PR was born.

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Eel O'Brian on April 30, 2008, 11:19:05 PM

i had talent, once

i won acting awards

wrote a play that won a state award here in nc

got a personal note from weird tales magazine telling me the couldn't use my story but asking me to submit again - it was handwritten on the back of their form rejection letter by a cool editor

now i have paint spray clotted in my nose, and a decade of regret for a sense of duty that was, in fact, nonsensical all along

:gun

this beer is pretty good, though

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Van Cruncheon on April 30, 2008, 11:20:45 PM

what's life without truckloads of regrets

if you have no regrets, you ain't risked shit

now get plowed, fall out of your desk chair, and weep until the paramedics arrive

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Eric P on April 30, 2008, 11:21:52 PM

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on April 30, 2008, 11:19:05 PM

got a personal note from weird tales magazine telling me the couldn't use my story but asking me to submit again - it was handwritten on the back of their form rejection letter by a cool editor

ooo, which editor?

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Laramie on April 30, 2008, 11:22:46 PM

Quote from: Eric P on April 30, 2008, 11:21:52 PM

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on April 30, 2008, 11:19:05 PM

got a personal note from weird tales magazine telling me the couldn't use my story but asking me to submit again - it was handwritten on the back of their form rejection letter by a cool editor

ooo, which editor?

Ben Franklin.  It was the original Farmer's Almanac.

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Bildi on April 30, 2008, 11:23:02 PM

I had a 1/3 life crisis when I was coming up on 30 and realised 1/3 of my life is over and I'm not going to be able to justify asking out teenagers anymore.

Reality's a bitch.

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Madrun Badrun on April 30, 2008, 11:23:25 PM

emo thread total.  I thought only us youngones were allowed to be emo.

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Eric P on April 30, 2008, 11:24:16 PM

Quote from: Laramie on April 30, 2008, 11:22:46 PM

Quote from: Eric P on April 30, 2008, 11:21:52 PM

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on April 30, 2008, 11:19:05 PM

got a personal note from weird tales magazine telling me the couldn't use my story but asking me to submit again - it was handwritten on the back of their form rejection letter by a cool editor

ooo, which editor?

Ben Franklin.  It was the original Farmer's Almanac.

poor richard's?

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Eric P on April 30, 2008, 11:24:43 PM

Quote from: Bildi on April 30, 2008, 11:23:02 PM

I had a 1/3 life crisis when I was coming up on 30 and realised 1/3 of my life is over and I'm not going to be able to justify asking out teenagers anymore.

Reality's a bitch.

when you hit 36 you may legally date girls half your age!

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: pilonv1 on April 30, 2008, 11:26:38 PM

Quote from: Bildi on April 30, 2008, 11:23:02 PM

I had a 1/3 life crisis when I was coming up on 30 and realised 1/3 of my life is over and I'm not going to be able to justify asking out teenagers anymore.

Reality's a bitch.

that realisation is coming up on me soon :(

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Eel O'Brian on April 30, 2008, 11:26:48 PM

biggest regret:

held onto a torch for a dozen+ years

through a coincidental google search, the torch found me

held onto the torch for a couple more years until the torch decided that the only thing keeping it lit was the methane vapors from all my bullshit

so i've been hiding ever since

once you blow out your torch, what else is there

:livejournal

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Van Cruncheon on April 30, 2008, 11:27:43 PM

future overextended metaphors, for starters

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on April 30, 2008, 11:28:01 PM

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on April 30, 2008, 11:26:48 PM

biggest regret:

held onto a torch for a dozen+ years

through a coincidental google search, the torch found me

held onto the torch for a couple more years until the torch decided that the only thing keeping it lit was the methane vapors from all my bullshit

so i've been hiding ever since

once you blow out your torch, what else is there

:livejournal

sounds like somebody needs some Elvis Costello

as long as we're being emo, I wish I could get over my ex. I hate her, and she treated me like shit, but I still can't get over her. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: demi on April 30, 2008, 11:29:34 PM

Did he just say he blew a penis?

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Eel O'Brian on April 30, 2008, 11:31:23 PM

Quote from: Eric P on April 30, 2008, 11:21:52 PM

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on April 30, 2008, 11:19:05 PM

got a personal note from weird tales magazine telling me the couldn't use my story but asking me to submit again - it was handwritten on the back of their form rejection letter by a cool editor

ooo, which editor?

i'll have to dig the letter up

i sent out a bunch of stories in 91

got a handful of rejection letters, no lie, all on the same day

crushing

in a fit, i threw everything i'd ever written into the trashcan

decided a few days later that was a bit of overreaction

but my dad had cleaned fish and, well, i had to dig through a bunch of fish guts to get everything out

i'll see if i can find it

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Eel O'Brian on April 30, 2008, 11:32:13 PM

i can always count on abject apathy here

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Bildi on April 30, 2008, 11:32:16 PM

Quote from: Eric P on April 30, 2008, 11:24:43 PM

when you hit 36 you may legally date girls half your age!

In Australia it's 32!  But compare these two conversations:

Conversation 1.
Me aged 29: "I'm going out with an 17 year old!"
My friend: "High five!"

Conversation 2.
Me aged 30: "I'm going out with an 17 year old!"
My friend: "Get away from me you fucking pedo."

:(

Quote from: pilonv1 on April 30, 2008, 11:26:38 PM

that realisation is coming up on me soon :(

Once you hit 30 and accept that wearing track pants in public will make all girls under 20 run from you in fear, it gets easier.

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Eel O'Brian on April 30, 2008, 11:35:43 PM

anyway, goodnight

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Eel O'Brian on April 30, 2008, 11:51:17 PM

locking this was kind of a douche move

mock away

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Eric P on April 30, 2008, 11:53:27 PM

i once wrote and submitted a short story to asimov's science fiction magazine.

i didn't get a rejection letter, i got a rejection postcard.

and i never wrote again.

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Eel O'Brian on April 30, 2008, 11:56:23 PM

out of over a dozen rejection letters I got 3 personal notes

that's a good percentage, but at the time

i wish i had a time machine, and an extra set of balls

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Powerslave on April 30, 2008, 11:57:31 PM

you're 38?



LOL

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Eric P on May 01, 2008, 12:00:21 AM

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on April 30, 2008, 11:56:23 PM

out of over a dozen rejection letters I got 3 personal notes

that's a good percentage, but at the time

i wish i had a time machine, and an extra set of balls

that's ok.  i wish i had the time and concentration to finish my projects.

i have tons of notes and plot sketches but nothing i would even begin to call complete.

all my my most productive times were when i was on the drugs.

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Eel O'Brian on May 01, 2008, 12:01:33 AM

Quote from: Eli Porter on April 30, 2008, 11:57:31 PM

you're 38?



LOL

i remember thinking 38 was ancient

look into the eyes of your future, fetus

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Laramie on May 01, 2008, 12:02:15 AM

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on May 01, 2008, 12:01:33 AM

Quote from: Eli Porter on April 30, 2008, 11:57:31 PM

you're 38?



LOL

i remember thinking 38 was ancient

look into the eyes of your future, fetus

The eyes of my future have cataracts.

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Powerslave on May 01, 2008, 12:03:40 AM

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on May 01, 2008, 12:01:33 AM

Quote from: Eli Porter on April 30, 2008, 11:57:31 PM

you're 38?



LOL

i remember thinking 38 was ancient

look into the eyes of your future, fetus

LOL IM NEVER GONNA BE 38 ID RATHER KILL MYSELF




:P

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Eel O'Brian on May 01, 2008, 12:04:14 AM

Quote from: Eric P on May 01, 2008, 12:00:21 AM

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on April 30, 2008, 11:56:23 PM

out of over a dozen rejection letters I got 3 personal notes

that's a good percentage, but at the time

i wish i had a time machine, and an extra set of balls

that's ok.  i wish i had the time and concentration to finish my projects.

i have tons of notes and plot sketches but nothing i would even begin to call complete.

all my my most productive times were when i was on the drugs.

i'll take this opportunity to publicly apologize for not sending you those CDs

i totally blanked, being the self-absorbed wank that I am

you will have those next week - although not organized, sorry

tell me what comics you want to read on CDisplay, and if I have them I will send them along

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: BlueTsunami on May 01, 2008, 12:04:53 AM

Someone posted that Cricycle vid in the Outside Link thread, it was hilarious.

Found it :lol

Quote from: Drewsy on March 27, 2008, 11:56:20 PM

[youtube=425,350]f-bqDptnT-I[/youtube]

(http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r126/Drewsy_photobucket/Picture7.png)

midlife criscycles
 :lol

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Powerslave on May 01, 2008, 12:08:02 AM

why do some of you guys

talk like this

does the extra space make sure people dont skip anything you say

or something

dcharlie and eric p always type like this

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Eel O'Brian on May 01, 2008, 12:10:23 AM

it's just easier

who gives a fuck, right

it's a messageboard, who wants to expend the energy required to be profound

this shit will disappear within days

everything is ephemeral on the internet

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Eric P on May 01, 2008, 12:10:37 AM

Quote from: Eli Porter on May 01, 2008, 12:08:02 AM

why do some of you guys

talk like this

does the extra space make sure people dont skip anything you say

or something

dcharlie and eric p always type like this

it's there to emulate the break down of thought

a pause

a break if you will

a break if you won't as well

conversational ee cummings

all over your face

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: BlueTsunami on May 01, 2008, 12:11:07 AM

Futami mode set

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Eric P on May 01, 2008, 12:11:54 AM

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on May 01, 2008, 12:04:14 AM

Quote from: Eric P on May 01, 2008, 12:00:21 AM

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on April 30, 2008, 11:56:23 PM

out of over a dozen rejection letters I got 3 personal notes

that's a good percentage, but at the time

i wish i had a time machine, and an extra set of balls

that's ok.  i wish i had the time and concentration to finish my projects.

i have tons of notes and plot sketches but nothing i would even begin to call complete.

all my my most productive times were when i was on the drugs.

i'll take this opportunity to publicly apologize for not sending you those CDs

i totally blanked, being the self-absorbed wank that I am

you will have those next week - although not organized, sorry

tell me what comics you want to read on CDisplay, and if I have them I will send them along

oh, ha ha

the suspense things right?  i totally forgot about those as well.

i don't even recall what else you were going to send and i think i killed my personal messages dealing with them.

*shrug*

inono.  surprise me

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Powerslave on May 01, 2008, 12:15:04 AM

whatever

you

guys

are

just

doing

this

to

annoy

me

but

you

will

not

succeed

I

guarantee

you

go

ahead

and

try

it

this

is

the

longest

post

written

in

this

way

ever

on

this

forum

b

t

w

try

to

beat

this

suckers

ps

38 LOL

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: TVC15 on May 01, 2008, 12:20:12 AM

Quote from: Eric P on May 01, 2008, 12:00:21 AM

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on April 30, 2008, 11:56:23 PM

out of over a dozen rejection letters I got 3 personal notes

that's a good percentage, but at the time

i wish i had a time machine, and an extra set of balls

that's ok.  i wish i had the time and concentration to finish my projects.

i have tons of notes and plot sketches but nothing i would even begin to call complete.

all my my most productive times were when i was on the drugs.

Yeah, I'm pretty much the same way, except I think my output was better when I was just sticking to alcohol rather than doing lots of drugs.  Nowadays it's just notes and things I start and get a few pages into and drop.  Maybe I should start doing drugs again.  I miss them so much :(

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Eel O'Brian on May 01, 2008, 12:24:26 AM

after hiking up my pants in an alley mid-piss and running from the cops i don't miss public alcoholism at all

...yeah, you're right, eli

it is pretty pathetic, grasping for contact like this

bye everyone

have good lives

i have your address via pm, eric, i'll get that stuff out to you soon

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Powerslave on May 01, 2008, 12:25:18 AM

I haven't read the entire thread, dude are you leaving?




DON'T :-\

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Bildi on May 01, 2008, 12:26:25 AM

:lol @ Eli.

I try to keep my posts shorter than the space occupied by my username and avatar etc on the left.   I figure most people probably don't want to read any more garbage than that.

Edit: Don't go Eel.  :(

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Powerslave on May 01, 2008, 12:30:23 AM

Eel O Brian clicked on "Log Out" for added dramatic effect to appear offline for his departure while he continues to read the forum as a guest.

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Powerslave on May 01, 2008, 12:38:57 AM

what ar you taleking about

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Laramie on May 01, 2008, 12:57:20 AM

Quote from: Forgotten Ancient on May 01, 2008, 12:47:41 AM

Quote from: Laramie on April 30, 2008, 11:15:23 PM

Wow, I post on a forum with some old people.  :'(

You could conceivably be mine or Particle Reality's father.

Edit:  You could drink legally before PR was born.

Your avatar is making me go through a different kind of crisis.  Bring back the DOG PLZ

A fucking boner crisis.  Rumer Willis' giant sad chin is here to stay.

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Fresh Prince on May 01, 2008, 01:07:27 AM

In times like this, you need to remind yourself, WWEPD? Eli Porter never gives up.

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Powerslave on May 01, 2008, 01:08:09 AM

lol WWEPD lol

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: ToxicAdam on May 01, 2008, 01:41:32 AM

Well, this thread was depressing.

Look at it this way .. having a mid-life crisis means you still have hope and a desire to better yourself. Some people don't even have that.

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Flannel Boy on May 01, 2008, 01:44:33 AM

Since most people can't possibly improve themselves, that hope and desire will be shattered sooner or later.

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Mr. Gundam on May 01, 2008, 01:51:17 AM

Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on April 30, 2008, 11:00:23 PM

Quote from: Eric P on April 30, 2008, 10:57:02 PM

i turn 32 this year and still go to punk shows.

sometimes, i'm one of the few people at the show who is old enough to drink.

i get stared at.

on monday i went to a metal show and wore a sports jacket and my Blue Note records polo shirt.  my companion wore a black dress, black leather boots fishnets and severe make up.

i'm not having a midlife crisis, but it feels as though, to an outside observer, i have the appearance of someone who is.

that happened when Joe and I went to see The Sounds

it was underage bracelet city

we felt like hyperfogeys, and we're just 28

My wife and I ALWAYS feel old when we go to all-ages shows. I'm 26 and she's 27. The average age is probably 17 or 18...

Thank God for 21+ shows!

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Fresh Prince on May 01, 2008, 01:51:30 AM

Yes the only way to feel good is to buy expensive things to proclaim your worth and cause resentment amongst your peers.

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Flannel Boy on May 01, 2008, 02:09:51 AM

An adult's IQ and personality traits are stable throughout adulthood, and fairly intractable. All other improvements are window dressing, so I will stick to "can't."
 

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Bildi on May 01, 2008, 02:15:05 AM

Quote from: Laramie on May 01, 2008, 12:57:20 AM

A fucking boner crisis.  Rumer Willis' giant sad chin is here to stay.

I didn't know who the fuck you were for a while either.  We're a very visual bunch, you can't just pull this sort of thing on us!

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Powerslave on May 01, 2008, 02:16:51 AM

(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r89/Bildi777/Avatars/Avatar200703.gif)

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Bildi on May 01, 2008, 02:18:45 AM

(http://i28.tinypic.com/zwjjpf.gif)

(this may be the crappiest post I've made on this board yet).

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Powerslave on May 01, 2008, 02:21:47 AM

trust me, it isn't. When compared to the shit you post on a regular basis to which I cry occassionally to because of the sheer failnessity of it, this one is just gold.

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Bildi on May 01, 2008, 02:26:39 AM

That's kind of you to say, but deep down I know you think I failed yet again.

:(

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Powerslave on May 01, 2008, 02:27:47 AM

failurenessityness maximusityness

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Powerslave on May 01, 2008, 02:37:00 AM

(http://i28.tinypic.com/zwjjpf.gif)



doesnt matter if it's a crap post or not. I can take a hit with my extraordinary 4000+ postcount of legendary material.

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Bildi on May 01, 2008, 02:42:50 AM

It takes a lot of balls to make a post that features your own avatar.

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Flannel Boy on May 01, 2008, 02:54:30 AM

Quote from: Forgotten Ancient on May 01, 2008, 02:34:56 AM

Quote from: Malek: King of Kings on May 01, 2008, 02:09:51 AM

An adult's IQ and personality traits are stable throughout adulthood, and fairly intractable. All other improvements are window dressing, so I will stick to "can't."
 

  IQ may be mostly static, but knowledge absolutely is not.  I can't believe you think everything in life outside of IQ and personality is just value-added nonsense.  Just because a lot of people suck and you feel you can't improve your life at all doesn't mean that holds true for everyone.  I've seen a ton of people fail...and I've seen a few turn shit around.  So you can "can't" all you want, but that's more naive, negative, and lazy than some failure who still believes he "can".  God, stop being so fucking depressing.

An increase in crystallized intelligent, which increases for all adults anyway, is not going to affect a meaningful change in a human being whose life outcomes are tied to his or her IQ and personality traits. You may have seen people change their lives, but you have not seen them fundamentally change who they are--because they can't!

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Powerslave on May 01, 2008, 02:54:31 AM

Quote from: Bildi on May 01, 2008, 02:42:50 AM

It takes a lot of balls to make a post that features your own avatar.

(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r89/Bildi777/Avatars/Avatar200703.gif)

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Flannel Boy on May 01, 2008, 03:06:01 AM

The Mavericks could turn anyone into a pessimist.

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Bildi on May 01, 2008, 03:06:20 AM

FA & Malek, if you don't mind, SOME of us trying to have an intelligent conversation here.

Quote from: Eli Porter on May 01, 2008, 02:54:31 AM

Quote from: Bildi on May 01, 2008, 02:42:50 AM

It takes a lot of balls to make a post that features your own avatar.

(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r89/Bildi777/Avatars/Avatar200703.gif)

(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r89/Bildi777/Avatars/Avatar20070318.gif)

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Powerslave on May 01, 2008, 03:33:50 AM

Quote from: Bildi on May 01, 2008, 03:06:20 AM

FA & Malek, if you don't mind, SOME of us trying to have an intelligent conversation here.

:rofl

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Bildi on May 01, 2008, 03:42:56 AM

WTF?

:lol :lol :lol

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Powerslave on May 01, 2008, 03:55:23 AM

Quote from: Forgotten Ancient on May 01, 2008, 03:40:46 AM

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Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Barry Egan on May 01, 2008, 07:19:35 AM

Quote from: Malek: King of Kings on May 01, 2008, 02:54:30 AM

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Quote from: Malek: King of Kings on May 01, 2008, 02:09:51 AM

An adult's IQ and personality traits are stable throughout adulthood, and fairly intractable. All other improvements are window dressing, so I will stick to "can't."
 

  IQ may be mostly static, but knowledge absolutely is not.  I can't believe you think everything in life outside of IQ and personality is just value-added nonsense.  Just because a lot of people suck and you feel you can't improve your life at all doesn't mean that holds true for everyone.  I've seen a ton of people fail...and I've seen a few turn shit around.  So you can "can't" all you want, but that's more naive, negative, and lazy than some failure who still believes he "can".  God, stop being so fucking depressing.

An increase in crystallized intelligent, which increases for all adults anyway, is not going to affect a meaningful change in a human being whose life outcomes are tied to his or her IQ and personality traits. You may have seen people change their lives, but you have not seen them fundamentally change who they are--because they can't!

No one needs to change 'fundamentally'.  Like just about every other chump, you've adopted a self-defeating outlook to keep from making any of the changes you need to be making.

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Eel O'Brian on May 01, 2008, 08:29:23 AM

 :lol

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Laramie on May 01, 2008, 12:06:22 PM

Quote from: Forgotten Ancient on May 01, 2008, 03:40:46 AM

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Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: xnikki118x on May 01, 2008, 04:11:31 PM

How old are you?

My parents are 43 and 47 I think, and they got motorcycles like 2 years ago. Total midlife crisis.

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Tauntaun on May 01, 2008, 04:26:43 PM

Quote from: xnikki118x on May 01, 2008, 04:11:31 PM

How old are you?

My parents are 43 and 47 I think, and they got motorcycles like 2 years ago. Total midlife crisis.

:lol  That's awesome.  When they realize their mistake can I buy one of them cheap? :hyper

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Eel O'Brian on May 01, 2008, 06:48:10 PM

Quote from: xnikki118x on May 01, 2008, 04:11:31 PM

How old are you?

My parents are 43 and 47 I think, and they got motorcycles like 2 years ago. Total midlife crisis.

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Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Powerslave on May 01, 2008, 06:48:53 PM

Denying that you're in a midlife crisis is a perfect sign of being in a midlife crisis.

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Laramie on May 01, 2008, 06:53:22 PM

Young people goof off over pm's.  You're just trying to hold on to youth a little bit longer by goofing off over pm's.  Totally signs of a midlife crisis.

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Eel O'Brian on May 01, 2008, 07:29:50 PM

 :(

corvette, mustang, or camaro

these are the choices i face

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: demi on May 01, 2008, 07:31:12 PM

who goofs off via pm? thats like playing footsie under the table. WILD HOMO

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Eel O'Brian on May 01, 2008, 07:35:30 PM

i was goofing off here, in this thread, based on some pm comments

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Powerslave on May 01, 2008, 07:39:24 PM

more like Eel Ol' Brian.

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Eel O'Brian on May 01, 2008, 07:47:01 PM

 :lol

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Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Bildi on May 01, 2008, 07:49:37 PM

Quote from: Laramie on May 01, 2008, 06:53:22 PM

Young people goof off over pm's.  You're just trying to hold on to youth a little bit longer by goofing off over pm's.  Totally signs of a midlife crisis.

YOU.

You have a new avatar.

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Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Powerslave on May 01, 2008, 07:52:59 PM

uhh that's amazing how did you do that omgfgwwtf

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: Bildi on May 01, 2008, 09:24:36 PM

Lots of time and effort.  Actually I shortcutted by using Word and made the pattern with "O" and "D" and then used the replace function.

I don't want to sound patronising, but I've spent a lot of time around computers so this was actually fairly easy for me to accomplish.  You might want to wait until you get more experience before you try things like this.

Title: Re: I feel a midlife crisis coming on
Post by: xnikki118x on May 02, 2008, 04:10:10 AM

Quote from: Tauntaun on May 01, 2008, 04:26:43 PM

Quote from: xnikki118x on May 01, 2008, 04:11:31 PM

How old are you?

My parents are 43 and 47 I think, and they got motorcycles like 2 years ago. Total midlife crisis.

:lol  That's awesome.  When they realize their mistake can I buy one of them cheap? :hyper

My mom actually hasn't ridden hers since the weather warmed up. She got rear-ended in a car accident about two months ago, and now her neck is really fucked up. Her doctor hasn't cleared her to ride yet; he might never clear her. They're certain she can't ever ride roller coasters again, though, which is pretty devastating to her. :(

Her bike is only a 250cc though. She's tiny like me and probably wouldn't be able to handle much more.