"There's always someone getting slaughtered by a bigger stack of splinters somewhere."

[greygirlbeast]

Still overcast, but warmer today. Oh, wait. I see a glimmer of sunlight

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[greygirlbeast]

People daily torture lucid thought and language.

That's almost a definition of humanity.

music

[kurtmulgrew]

Me and my girlfriend are going to see Rasputina in Greenville next week then The Dresden Dolls on Nov. 13 in Atlanta. You've probably seen them many times? I witnessed a Rasputina recital a few years ago in Asheville after being a huge fan since about 7 years ago. They are my favorite.

Re: music

[greygirlbeast]

Me and my girlfriend are going to see Rasputina in Greenville next week then The Dresden Dolls on Nov. 3 in Atlanta. You've probably seen them many times?

I've seen Rasputina twice, and the Dresden Dolls twice. I don't go to a lot of shows.

Re: music

[kurtmulgrew]

I don't go to too many shows either cause I hate crowds.

[ex_kaz_maho]

Are gamers today, as a group, really this homophobic?

I don't know about gamers (as I'm not one), but online in general, especially in forums for stupidity like YouTube? Yeah. Totally homophobic - or maybe just ignorant when it comes to what actually constitutes an insult. It's very sad. YA author & 'vlogger' John Green did a video about this last year when he got sick of seeing it in comments:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsVgk9oMyx8

[greygirlbeast]

That was frakkin' funny. I'm going to post it here later,

[ex_kaz_maho]

The whole thing is funny, but I particularly love how he replaces curse words with the names of American poets. Heh.

[greygirlbeast]

I was especially fond of the your vs. you're bit.

Pumpkin Beers

[lemonlies]

I don't know if Spooky likes stouts but I found the Fisherman's Pumpkin Stout from Cape Anne Brewery to be my favourite this year. I do agree that Saranac is weak.

Re: Pumpkin Beers

[greygirlbeast]

I'll pass this along to her.

Re: Pumpkin Beers

[unknownbinaries]

Dogfish Head's Pumpkin offering (Ale?) is pretty good, too.

Re: Pumpkin Beers

[greygirlbeast]

That's the one that's Spooky's favorite.

[stsisyphus]

Are gamers today, as a group, really this homophobic?I can't claim to speak with any authority on this as I tend to game with people who are reasonably mature (even those who are fairly young), and those who start using hate speech are the ones I start ignoring proto or make at least a token attempt to point out they are being fuckwits before ignoring them. I think much of it has to do with the baseline maturity level of internet users - which is greatly influenced by the mean average age and social experience level of internet users (which scales low). Do I think that gamers are largely homophobic? Ehhh... not specifically, but I think that gamers as a population are largely unexperienced youths who are ignorant about what it is like to be an "outsider" member of society. Also, take into consideration the Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory, which is explodes expotentially in forums and environments where competitiveness and "trash talk" are not discouraged

[greygirlbeast]

I think much of it has to do with the baseline maturity level of internet users - which is greatly influenced by the mean average age and social experience level of internet users (which scales low). Do I think that gamers are largely homophobic? Ehhh... not specifically, but I think that gamers as a population are largely unexperienced youths who are ignorant about what it is like to be an "outsider" member of society. Also, take into consideration the Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory, which is explodes expotentially in forums and environments where competitiveness and "trash talk" are not discouraged.

Very thoughtful reply. Thank you.