Vilageidiotx

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Game: "Useless" superpowers

You become a political pundit and get your own show on cable news, making money and influencing voters.

The ability to read backwards in any language you know just as easily as you read it forwards.

what song will play when you die and the camera slowly zooms away from your face?

youtube.com/watch?v=6bnanI9jXps

@IntPenDespSword

The haircuts girl knocked it out of the park.

Guild Book Club Suggestions Wanted

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I’ve been in a lot of online discussion groups that have functioned as clubs, so I don’t think they operate too different as offline. But I don’t mean to argue your point. My perspective is that a veto systems at all (this includes caveats) would be counterproductive and a system that works against an open forum of discussion is one that I am not at all interested in volunteering my time to.

@Inkarnate

Is your concern that vetoes can't be discussed at all? I think selections should be debated either way.

Talk about (almost) anything.

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Well I apparently missed some of my brother's favorites. Winter Solider is another one I've yet to see. I'm a little cynical when I go to movies, more often than not. Which only helps the joke, of I hate everything. I straight up did NOT want to see 'The Avengers' in theaters with my friends, but I saw it and it was damn enjoyable. Sort of the same reaction with this movie. Maybe I am a little too cynical. I'll probably never work on it. <.<

How's work going? ;D

@SleepingSilence

See, I didn't like The Avengers. It just felt super generic to me.

Also, work is still endless right now. Thirty hours OT has me at seventy hours per week still. But considering that OT is time and a half, and that some not-too-small parts of what is deducted from my check is in set amounts (Medical insurance, union dues, etc), my take-home pay per check is basically double right now. Sooo, i'm not at all unhappy about it. Tired, but not unhappy.

what song will play when you die and the camera slowly zooms away from your face?

Guild Book Club Suggestions Wanted

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Don't worry, you'll love my mash-up fan fiction, Hitler Shrugged.

Also, I recommend Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut.

@Byrd Man

Or Rand McNally's debut into the German Market, Mein Atlas

I need to read Gilgamesh again for a writing project. Perhaps that could be tossed in the suggestions pile?

Talk about (almost) anything.

Well these weekend, aside from getting sick and learning my cable company again, lied and failed to do anything but piss me off. I got to see Guardians Of The Galaxy 2. I was not really looking forward to it, because I hadn't watched the entire first one yet and people hyped it so much, I had some doubt that it was going to be that good. Plus, I usually don't find comedies very funny.

So...yeah, the movie was fantastic. Best special effects of all the marvel movies, basically every joke worked and was quite funny. Cracked up several times and the musical choices were interesting and wasn't a moment of boredom. (aside from maybe waiting for the FIVE after credit scenes.) The emotional beats actually worked and made me emotional. My family and brother liked it more than the first one and said it was basically better in every way. So, I'd highly recommend it.

Hopefully my sickness goes away quickly, it annoys me I can't take advantage that it's not raining today and go outside. Because I feel like this. (and it's probably not smart to go out anyway.) >.<

@SleepingSilence

I got dragged to see Guardians of the Galaxy back when it came out despite me being completely convinced that the superhero genre is played by now.

Gotta say, that one is pretty good. It didn't feel so generic like all the other ones. It has personality, which is needed for a movie. I'd be up to see the second one tbh.

Guild Book Club Suggestions Wanted

The point of an open discussion, in my mind, is to discuss things no matter one’s disposition going into them. The process you describe feels to me as exclusionary and seems counterproductive in my view when it comes to approaching discussion. In similar clubs (album discussion, etc.) there has never been option to veto for just this reason. People want to discuss a piece. One does not really want to participate in a group if they are excluded. If this is the system you want to prescribe to, that’s ultimately your decision but my interest in participating is definitely reduced if that is the case.

Isn't the point of a discussion group/club approaching works you might not be interested in or dislike?

If our opinions here in this discussion thread are on how we want to proceed I am a hard ‘no’ on any vetoing/voting system.

@Inkarnate

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While I might be tentatively interested in a book club, having a "veto" option is severely unappealing. Honestly, in all book clubs I've been apart of, the whole thing was about finding new books and partaking in conversations and debates about that book. A veto option erased the former. and quite frankly, it takes away the "don't judge a book by its cover" simply because one doesn't like the reputation of said book.

Also, how do you know that people won't like the books that you dislike? I can tell you right now that I've disliked a lot of things that people have told me are great and vice-versa(me liking something that they don't). So, honestly, that's another reason why the 'veto' option isn't a good one.

@Altered Tundra

Whereas I understand where you guys are coming from, a face to face book club involves more personal investment than what we would do here, and as a result too much controversy is more likely to cause this project to fracture.

Perhaps a veto with the caveat that the pro-thatbook side having the opportunity to plead the case of their book would be a workable solution?

Guild Book Club Suggestions Wanted

I'll role with it.