The Official Psychoanalysis GAF Thread

[Cascade]

[Shadow Mod]

Apparently his family fought his brother's wish to donate his organs. No way I'm shit stirring with that on GAF but wow.

Wait, so did his brother want his organs donated or not?

Aaron was an organ donor, you have to opt in. His family fought that wish apparently.

[ToxicAdam]

Charity is so tricky. It's real easy to look at this guy and assume he doesn't need quite as much as he is asking for, but I write a check to March for Babies and Ronald McDonald House every year and have no real idea how much of that money is actually being put to good use or spent efficiently.

I've been a top money raiser a few times and have been allowed to go to special events that are fully catered, w/ entertainment and you wonder if that's the best use of the donation money. Especially to the person who just writes a 20 dollar check and expects every cent to goto families in need.

You just have to have some faith and not get too crazy in what you donate. I kind of wince when people front multiple hundreds of dollars of their own money for these kinds of things.

[Shadow Mod]

Charity is so tricky. It's real easy to look at this guy and assume he doesn't need quite as much as he is asking for, but I write a check to March for Babies and Ronald McDonald House every year and have no real idea how much of that money is actually being put to good use or spent efficiently.

I've been a top money raiser a few times and have been allowed to go to special events that are fully catered, w/ entertainment and you wonder if that's the best use of the donation money. Especially to the person who just writes a 20 dollar check and expects every cent to goto families in need.

You just have to have some faith and not get too crazy in what you donate. I kind of wince when people front multiple hundreds of dollars of their own money for these kinds of things.

Mostly I just don't like them being peddled like legitimate charities on the forum but it's not my decision. Also the link if anyone is interested.

http://www.amazon.com/review/R1G1W92QNJ39F8/ref=cm_cr_pr_viewpnt#R1G1W92QNJ39F8

[king of the internet]

Anyone else find this Seth C thing to be kind of sketch? I just don't trust these kickstarter like donation drives through forums.

Yeah. I'm not a super cynical guy, but even I can see how it's sketchy. He's obviously not running a straight up scam, but why would I want to donate money to someone so he can upload his "acts of kindness" to youtube and bask in all the praise. Seems more about himself and milking his fifteen minutes than anything else at this point.

[Purple Filth]

GAF is fucked or is it just me?

[archnemesis]

I'm getting database errors ("mysql_connect(): Too many connections").

Edit: It's just a bit slow. I can still load some of the pages. Try to refresh.

[Sman]

Mostly I just don't like them being peddled like legitimate charities on the forum but it's not my decision. Also the link if anyone is interested.

http://www.amazon.com/review/R1G1W92QNJ39F8/ref=cm_cr_pr_viewpnt#R1G1W92QNJ39F8

What was the thing Aaron Collins "did"?

[Joe Molotov]

Charity is so tricky. It's real easy to look at this guy and assume he doesn't need quite as much as he is asking for, but I write a check to March for Babies and Ronald McDonald House every year and have no real idea how much of that money is actually being put to good use or spent efficiently.

I've been a top money raiser a few times and have been allowed to go to special events that are fully catered, w/ entertainment and you wonder if that's the best use of the donation money. Especially to the person who just writes a 20 dollar check and expects every cent to goto families in need.

You just have to have some faith and not get too crazy in what you donate. I kind of wince when people front multiple hundreds of dollars of their own money for these kinds of things.

Yeah, but this isn't even a charity, it's just giving money to random people who may not even really need or deserve it. Just think, drew could be getting that money. That's not something I can support.

[Shadow Mod]

Some fucking dipshits in this thread already:

http://neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=513903

"Always online? Not a problem at all! I have an internet connection, lolz."

Fucktards.

These are the people who Halo 4 was made for.

[parallax]

Opiate straight crushing in the Kate Upton thread. I can't understand how y'all don't find him entertaining.

I don't understand why the wife of a Prince of England, or whatever his title is, poses for so many swimsuit pics.

I make this mistake often

[archie4208]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=513914

I'm loving all the console wars threads.  Things are going to get crazy after the 20th.

[Shadow Mod]

Has a mod said how many bans there have been in the past couple days on gaming side? Let's see those numbers. That's far more interesting.

[Shaka Khan]

I found this biography when I attempted to add an increasingly annoying junior to my shitlist: "A guy with long hair, a high IQ, and a kid's voice who makes video games. Nintendo fan, hates Apple."

I have a good eye for spotting these shitters.

[ToxicAdam]

Yeah, but this isn't even a charity, it's just giving money to random people who may not even really need or deserve it. Just think, drew could be getting that money. That's not something I can support.

Hehe, that's a great point.

[Flannel Boy]

I bet his IQ isn't that high.

It often isn't when a poster brags about it on a message board.

[Shadow Mod]

Hell it might even be high but that means fuck all if he's socially distinguished mentally-challenged.

[Shaka Khan]

but thar be money in them hills.

I can picture Green Shinobi's doctor uttering "100," only to raise it a 10 every time his mother laid a Benjamin on the table.

[Flannel Boy]

most psychologists will, in a clear and honest moment, tell you that IQ and EQ mean very little.  they're a half-step up from a quiz in cosmo magazine.  but thar be money in them hills.

I can't believe you're lumping the two together. EQ scores, unlike IQ scores, can be faked and have no real predictive power. Hell, most psychologists can't agree on what it is, whether it exists, or whether it can be measured.

[Broseidon]

I bet it was closer to the Forrest Gump scenario.

[Shadow Mod]

Wish I came up with Seth's idea. Pay me to eat and leave fat tips.

[radioheadrule83]

Why do people bother making threads like "Nintendo, What's so bad if they go 3rd party?"

It's around about the dumbest thing a person on a videogame forum can do beside posting a picture of their shemale folder or regaling everyone with a tale about sucking dicks for cash.

The first question people who entertain the idea should ask themselves is - do they believe Nintendo make good games, games so good they'd like to play them on another platform? Or maybe just different styles of game that they'd like to play on other platforms? If yes, how do Nintendo afford the time and freedom to make those games as good or as different as they are? Is it anything to do with making money hand over fist selling plastic peripherals, not paying royalties to anyone on their own games but being paid royalties by everyone who makes games for their platforms? Is it anything to do with the unique, privileged exposure and popularity that being the console manufacturer brings? And what would sound better to any company in the world? Having the potential to be a huge money making content provider in the future, renewing their fanbase cyclically with a bite at the cherry every 5/6 years OR being another budget driven publishing entity struggling to take risks in a blockbuster oriented gaming market?

Not to mention Nintendo building consoles and controllers tailored to their games and ideas. Maybe they being lower tier in terms of tech because it means they can spend money elsewhere and make more fun products?

It's not that it would be bad if they went third party, some people would love it I'm sure. They'd just be a different company with a different set of economics if they went third party. Even entertaining the idea shows a fundamentally distinguished mentally-challenged understanding of the industry. And Nintendo <> SEGA. What's the argument for Sony remaining first party? That they make huge expensive consoles that aren't as bleeding edge as a tip top PC and that they want to hook us into a shitty eco system where they can sell us music, movies and other shit we're not interested in? That they want to rule the living room? What a fantastic argument. Take my money Sony, you great innovator!

Nintendo want to make fun, popular games, competitively, affordably, differently. God forbid we can't play their fun and entertaining stuff on our all in one wonder box and god forbid we can't force the parents of young kids to shell out 500 quid or something.. How dare Nintendo be held in such high regard that they can survive being the only corporate cock gobbling monster making money on their own ideas! The horror!


I'm banned at GAF, if anyone has an acct or an alt, feel free to use my words above to stoke that threads fire.

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=513914&page=100000

[Shaka Khan]

How long is your ban, Radiohead?

[headwalk]

Why do people bother making threads like "Nintendo, What's so bad if they go 3rd party?"

It's around about the dumbest thing a person on a videogame forum can do beside posting a picture of their shemale folder or regaling everyone with a tale about sucking dicks for cash.

The first question people who entertain the idea should ask themselves is - do they believe Nintendo make good games, games so good they'd like to play them on another platform? Or maybe just different styles of game that they'd like to play on other platforms? If yes, how do Nintendo afford the time and freedom to make those games as good or as different as they are? Is it anything to do with making money hand over fist selling plastic peripherals, not paying royalties to anyone on their own games but being paid royalties by everyone who makes games for their platforms? Is it anything to do with the unique, privileged exposure and popularity that being the console manufacturer brings? And what would sound better to any company in the world? Having the potential to be a huge money making content provider in the future, renewing their fanbase cyclically with a bite at the cherry every 5/6 years OR being another budget driven publishing entity struggling to take risks in a blockbuster oriented gaming market?

Not to mention Nintendo building consoles and controllers tailored to their games and ideas. Maybe they being lower tier in terms of tech because it means they can spend money elsewhere and make more fun products?

It's not that it would be bad if they went third party, some people would love it I'm sure. They'd just be a different company with a different set of economics if they went third party. Even entertaining the idea shows a fundamentally distinguished mentally-challenged understanding of the industry. And Nintendo <> SEGA. What's the argument for Sony remaining first party? That they make huge expensive consoles that aren't as bleeding edge as a tip top PC and that they want to hook us into a shitty eco system where they can sell us music, movies and other shit we're not interested in? That they want to rule the living room? What a fantastic argument. Take my money Sony, you great innovator!

Nintendo want to make fun, popular games, competitively, affordably, differently. God forbid we can't play their fun and entertaining stuff on our all in one wonder box and god forbid we can't force the parents of young kids to shell out 500 quid or something.. How dare Nintendo be held in such high regard that they can survive being the only corporate cock gobbling monster making money on their own ideas! The horror!


I'm banned at GAF, if anyone has an acct or an alt, feel free to use my words above to stoke that threads fire.

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=513914&page=100000

just as one andrex leaves....

[Flannel Boy]

malek: i'm lumping them together because IQ scores are pretty shitty predictors and are unfortunately far more accepted than any measures of EQ.  heck, i'll throw in stuff like the GRE as well.  it's all crap.

Since many variables determine social and life outcomes, a single one, imperfectly measured, isn't going to have great predictive value. EQ, however, has no predictive value (this is not to say personality traits aren't extremely important).

Why do people bother making threads like "Nintendo, What's so bad if they go 3rd party?"

Because it gets attention, especially after horrific sales figures?

[Broseidon]

Andrex left? I knew I was detecting a fall in my whimsy levels

[Shadow Mod]

the whole point of that topic is trolling, to induce pain and fear in the stupid fucking saps that actually care about whether companies make consoles and laugh at them endlessly

its fucking video games. not world hunger. maybe i just enjoy  watching people flip out over minutiae

I'd rather all the consoles be successes and not pieces of shit with gimmicks but then you have people who for whatever reason need to jackoff about a singular console and ruin earnest discussion for the rest of us.

[radioheadrule83]

How long is your ban, Radiohead?

Caught a Jan to March ban. I wouldn't be surprised if that gets extended or goes perma if people have read some of my bitching here / elsewhere.

I don't know why I even read some threads there, it must be some kind of masochistic desire to see how stupid it'll be. I'm not just talking gaming side. I've posted there from about 2003 or 4 and I think its worse to read now than its ever been. Its roughly IGN Vestibule level for me ATM. Procrastinating and reading forums when I'm meant to be working used to be fun. Now I... Prefer working

[Joe Molotov]

Not to mention Nintendo building consoles and controllers tailored to their games and ideas. Maybe they being lower tier in terms of tech because it means they can spend money elsewhere and make more fun products?

Nope.

[Broseidon]

Radiohead I hope if you get unbanned you drop by UK PoliGAF. That place got overrun with the worst Tory scum.

[pilonv1]

rulez

[Flannel Boy]

I like the people in that thread who claim that Nintendo would never go third party--that they'd stop making games and just sit on their IPs. How is that good for employees, shareholders, or the corporation as a whole? Now, a voluntary liquidation/winding up + a selling of their devs and IPs might actually be a good idea for shareholders (and forum trolls).

[Shadow Mod]

Reading that thread, is Gaming Side pre-school?

[radioheadrule83]

Radiohead I hope if you get unbanned you drop by UK PoliGAF. That place got overrun with the worst Tory scum.

Aye, if I do, I will. CyclopsRock and Zomg have assembled a clique I guess! Depressing to read some people championing this Chancellor - richboyGAF is obviously out of touch with the greater UK

[pilonv1]

Reading that thread, is Gaming Side pre-school?

Trying to undo years & years of bad posting habits that were allowed and encouraged

[Shadow Mod]

I thought it was mostly gender and Halo threads that were shit piles. I guess good threads and good posts are basically unicorns.

[brob]

clicked on the metal gear rising thread and found people seriously mad at the moves list being located in the help menu.

Also the timer apparently only counts in-game time, which means no one has any grasp of how long the game is, I guess.

 

[headwalk]

DAE think GAF is a shithole full of dumb idiots and virgins?

(upvote this post)

[thisismyusername]

clicked on the metal gear rising thread and found people seriously mad at the moves list being located in the help menu.

To be fair: Ninja Gaiden has it's movelists on the weapons. But Rising only has one weapon/the blade with various powerups/textures for said blade as "variety" right? So I guess dumping it in the help menu makes sense there.

Besides, it's there even if it's out of the way. Can't say the same for most of Devil May Cry's moves.

[Great Rumbler]

Not to mention Nintendo building consoles and controllers tailored to their games and ideas. Maybe they being lower tier in terms of tech because it means they can spend money elsewhere and make more fun products?

Nope.

Surely you couldn't have missed all those big budget games Nintendo put out last generation when they were rolling money!

[Momo]

Only thing I like on GAF are threads about retro games and consoles. The audience for these threads tend to be better.

[headwalk]

DAE think GAF is a shithole full of dumb idiots and virgins?

(upvote this post)

Its not all that bad. it's just that at times like these, the worst of Gaming side acts like GameFAQs. People will chill out in 2 years when the Wii U is in a cold dead grave, Durango seizes the casual market with some core, and the PS4 seizes the core market with some casual.

it was supposed to be a comment on the joyless utility with which some people round here feel impelled report back their most troubling finds.

i liked the idea of this thread as consequence free riff-trax on the insalubrious empire across the street, not a humourless dumping ground for people to regurgitate the same old revelations that a giant video game forum has a certain population of fuck ups, crazies and children. i'm not saying the antics of said fuck ups, crazies and children can't make for a great time, but when all humour and insight are amputated, all you are left with is a cloying obsession with a place you get no joy from.

even worse when those same people seem to use the echo chamber properties of this place to validate the opinion they expressed over there, but weren't satisfied with the reaction.

[Atramental]

I can't even read video game related threads anymore. It's just not interesting to me at all. Makes me wonder why I even bother with GAF because I'm not really a "gamer" now. I basically go months without playing any video games.

I guess I just like to observe, sometimes praise, but mostly complain about the social dynamics of video game and nerd culture.

And all the OT does for me now is remind me of what I could've ended up as if I didn't get my mental and physical issues all sorted out. Hell, even my 2009 to early 2012 posts show me how much of a loser I was.

[Himu]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=513964



THIS THREAD



my childhood

[Shadow Mod]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=513964



THIS THREAD



my childhood

Threads like this remind me how overrated Nirvana is.

[Himu]

Nirvana sucks

SMASHING PUMPKINS

[Momo]

Stone Temple Pilots destroy Nirvana, Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Bush and all them other nuccas

[fistfulofmetal]

90's alt-rock is terrible. it's the reason we have such garbage ass music today.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

DAE think GAF is a shithole full of dumb idiots and virgins?

(upvote this post)

Its not all that bad. it's just that at times like these, the worst of Gaming side acts like GameFAQs. People will chill out in 2 years when the Wii U is in a cold dead grave, Durango seizes the casual market with some core, and the PS4 seizes the core market with some casual.

it was supposed to be a comment on the joyless utility with which some people round here feel impelled report back their most troubling finds.

i liked the idea of this thread as consequence free riff-trax on the insalubrious empire across the street, not a humourless dumping ground for people to regurgitate the same old revelations that a giant video game forum has a certain population of fuck ups, crazies and children. i'm not saying the antics of said fuck ups, crazies and children can't make for a great time, but when all humour and insight are amputated, all you are left with is a cloying obsession with a place you get no joy from.

even worse when those same people seem to use the echo chamber properties of this place to validate the opinion they expressed over there, but weren't satisfied with the reaction.

GAF is a bunch of fucked up nerds pretending that they're not a bunch of fucked up nerds.  This thread is all about exposing the facade for the bullshit that it is.  Sometimes it is done humorously, sometimes it is done seriously.  Having been around in GAF on various forms since 2000, this is the probably the worst it has been.  That is what you get when you open the doors up to Redditards and /b/tards.  Nobody should be upset or shocked that the collective IQ dropped like a sack of bricks over the course of the past 5-6 years.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, and Stone Temple Pilots were all great.  Listening to Alice in Chains was like shooting up a hot syringe full of black tar heroin into your veins.

I dislike Nirvana and Pearl Jam.  I hate the Smashing Pumpkins.

[Momo]

Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, and Stone Temple Pilots were all great.

You chose my favorite three

[nudemacusers]

Hating on 90s alt what on earth

[ToxicAdam]

Hating on 90s alt what on earth

Internet. You can't stop the inevitable backlash to everything.

[nudemacusers]

You also can't stop the inevitable nostalgia at stuff that was never that good.

The Melvins being a prime example.

And devo why would you dirty that thread with Puddle of Mudd and then call nirvana overrated?

[Sman]

Since the Bore is going nostalgic with music, what is your take on Styx and Mr Roboto?



It's like a futuristic Bohemian Rapsody, probably the signature song for the band, but the band hated it so much, they disbanded over it. The current members of the band never play it in concerts. Just a weird situation.

mandatory youtube link:

[nudemacusers]

  I don't hate the melvins but all of my stoner friends back in the day were obsessed to deadhead levels.

[Huff]

Styx are great. Seen them multiple times.

One of the times it was just one of the singers and a back up band, and I think he did play mr roboto

[nudemacusers]

I've never known anybody who worshipped The Melvins or even gives a shit about them so I guess I lucked out.

I grew up about an hour from where they formed.

On that subject it's really weird to see the 'come as you are' sign when driving through Aberdeen, WA. Instant flashback.

[headwalk]

DAE think GAF is a shithole full of dumb idiots and virgins?

(upvote this post)

Its not all that bad. it's just that at times like these, the worst of Gaming side acts like GameFAQs. People will chill out in 2 years when the Wii U is in a cold dead grave, Durango seizes the casual market with some core, and the PS4 seizes the core market with some casual.

it was supposed to be a comment on the joyless utility with which some people round here feel impelled report back their most troubling finds.

i liked the idea of this thread as consequence free riff-trax on the insalubrious empire across the street, not a humourless dumping ground for people to regurgitate the same old revelations that a giant video game forum has a certain population of fuck ups, crazies and children. i'm not saying the antics of said fuck ups, crazies and children can't make for a great time, but when all humour and insight are amputated, all you are left with is a cloying obsession with a place you get no joy from.

even worse when those same people seem to use the echo chamber properties of this place to validate the opinion they expressed over there, but weren't satisfied with the reaction.

GAF is a bunch of fucked up nerds pretending that they're not a bunch of fucked up nerds.  This thread is all about exposing the facade for the bullshit that it is.  Sometimes it is done humorously, sometimes it is done seriously.  Having been around in GAF on various forms since 2000, this is the probably the worst it has been.  That is what you get when you open the doors up to Redditards and /b/tards.  Nobody should be upset or shocked that the collective IQ dropped like a sack of bricks over the course of the past 5-6 years.

fucked up nerds are largely self-immolating. with a little patience, most people on the internet are self-immolating; anyone who saw it as their duty to joylessly shoot neck-bearded fish in a barrel as part of some crusade of exposure into a forum they disdainfully cling to, i would consider truly doused.

it wouldn't be so bad if there was a little conflict around here, a little spice. not just a positive reinforcement tug-club.

[ToxicAdam]

You also can't stop the inevitable nostalgia for stuff that was never that good.

I generally like cheesy 80's music so its cool.

Uhhhmm ...


We just have different tastes. I found most of the 80's, early 90's music to be completely self-indulgent, overproduced shit.  If it wasn't power ballads it was music without any soul that had lyrics that even made AC-DC roll their eyes.