Uh... I'm not following. What's your thought process behind denying your friend something at once innocuous and that he finds helpful?
Here's how I've dealt with friends coming out to me (and I've had several over the years, yeah, I'm fucking old): "I don't care one way or the other, as long as you're happy, we're good." End of conversation.
I had a friend come out to me, but this was rural South Carolina where technically it's still legal to "beat a man about the head and torso with a stick or branch for the offense of a queer look or queer view on a Friday or Saturday night in the vicinity of womenfolk." I treated it as an upgrade to our friendship, because he obviously trusted me not to flip out, but I didn't choose that moment to quiz his gaydom. I did explain the situation my lesbian aunt had to deal with, counselled him to break the news to his family extremely carefully and to be prepared for some ignorant shit to follow if he came out publicly. I also was present when my best friend's little sister drunkenly confessed to her mom and brother that she was indeed a lesbian. Considering that her brother and father were unrepentant cooze hounds, I suggested that it simply ran in the family to love pussy. Her mother's death stare still haunts my dreams.
The conversation went well, no big deal. In other news, Ray J (Brandy/Moesha's) little brother released a diss track towards Kim Kardashian called "I Hit It First". This song is great for numerous reasons. Primary is that he's right and he has the tape we've all seen to prove it. That's some shit. The question is what makes a man decide to make this song and release it when the woman in the song is knocked up by another man. Why wait until the 3rd dude after you? So many questions. Spoiler The beat is a little catchy.
For any people who like the sky at night, be outdoors in November for the brightest comet we will ever see. It's called ISON and it could be bright enough to be seen even in the day. Many times brighter than and larger Halley's or Hale Bopp. And it's coming right at us, and has zombies with machine guns riding on it.
Thats why I save all questions I have until the show is over or the season is over and I read the corresponding book. I mean I HATE people that ask questions through out shows/movies but GoT is a little different. 900 character with interweaving plots and backstories can get tedious to keep track of. Fuck Ive tried to get a friend into the show, forget the books, and he has grown glassy eyed both times I've tried getting him to watch the first episode. Question about the show thow.... The coin that Jaquen Haager gave Ayra. I was under the impression that if she gave it to anyone from Assahi that theyd change into one of these faceless assassins? My buddy who read the books claims it's just for passage in a vessel to the city? (Keep it to the first two books/seasons please)
Just the BACKSTORIES on all the characters that lived hundreds of years before the book could have their own series when this is over. Christ, I just read up on the Targeryans alone from when they turned Harrenhal into flambe and every single generation has a whole history catalogue, how they looked, what they did, which sister they fucked, how many thousands they burned alive, etc. That's ONE FAMILY, all of these people dead before the first book took place. It's insanely detailed.
He's more right than you are but: -it's Braavos not Asshai (Asshai is where Melisandre is from, it's far far east of Westeros, not a lot known about it in the books really) -if you say valar morghulis (all men must die) with the coin to anyone from Braavos they'll take you there free of charge to learn from the Faceless Men. -not all Braavosi are Faceless Men and not all Faceless Men are Braavosi. It's where the guild is but anyone can learn if they've got the aptitude and willingness. -he gave it to Arya so if she was really serious about learning she could go and try
Whats up with nerds getting mad about GoT being called nerdy? So sorry that your favorite form of pop culture is the mainstream now. You didn't see me get mad in the 80's when being a jock was awesome.
Knocked up by another man and still currently married to a completely different man. I feel certain your "third dude" estimate is very low.
Don't usually do mainstream....but this guy, makes music I can't help but like. ACM album of the year...Eric Church; Chief. I like it. Spoiler http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs4TIdfJaag Bonus track for Crown... Spoiler http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxWjtWONuGc
Wack pop music dressed up as country. Popular enough that if it's your thing, you've already heard it. If it's not, there's absolutely nothing about it that will change your mind.
Picking favorites is boring. I liked On The Impossible Past, Ceremonials,Provincial, and literally dozens of others. Were those even released in 2012? I don't know, but that's when I heard them first. Holy fuck this is boring. If you honestly give a shit about my musical taste you can search my user name in the WHAT I'M CURRENTLY LISTENING TO THREAD.
Nah third dude period. I remember having this conversation about Paris Hilton when everyone was like "She's a slut! ERMAGERD!" I bet neither her nor Kim were blowing through dudes. Its not like just because their famous and they just start craving strange cocks. If women did that, the world would be a much better place. Plus any time they are into a dude, there were 500 paparazzi standing at their doors. They have no secret affairs. If any dude rolled out of her apartment that wasn't a long time friend or known boyfriend, tabloids would just stand outside throwing 100-500 bucks for the scoop, every time. There would be a bunch of dudes out there claiming "I'm fucking Kim K" just to get paid. On top of the fact I bet her mom has a pretty tough say on who gets in that pussy and who doesn't. That's her cash cow, (see what I did there?) only the rich and famous dudes she can get to come on the TV and use to make money get that P. Ray J doesn't count, but she's famous ONLY because he made that tape.
This. We're starting Season 3 (yes, I know we have a thread, but I'm drunk) and OMG! I AM NOT GOING TO EXPLAIN THE FIRST TWO SEASONS TO YOU! I read the books in order of coming out (yeah, see my I was in Korea 20 years ago post) and reread when the last came out. If you get into the wikis, etc. man, yeah, I need sleep.
Seriously, I'm late to the party on this one but how the fuck can you possibly argue that Game of Thrones is a nerd show? 1. How can your argument for it being a "nerd show" be that they "dress up like medieval times"? By that logic, Boardwalk Empire, Deadwood and Rome are all "nerd shows" because they're in period costume, and Gladiator, Braveheart and Spartacus are all nerd movies too. What, do you only watch documentaries? You know, even in those modern-day dramas, those are all (gasp!) ACTORS, wearing COSTUMES. Fucking nerd make-believe shit, I'm telling you. Disgusting. 2. Claiming that anything that involves some form of magic or fantasy in its source material is "nerd stuff" is so closed-minded and reductive it literally makes my fucking brain hurt. Do you also extend that to sci-fi? Is Alien a nerd film to you? Is 2001: A Space Odyssey what you think cheeto-encrusted fatasses living in their family basements weave intricate fan-fiction about? 3. "A nerd (adjective: nerdy) is a person, typically described as being overly intellectual, obsessive, or socially impaired. They may spend inordinate amounts of time on unpopular, obscure, or non-mainstream activities, which are generally either highly technical or relating to topics of fiction or fantasy, to the exclusion of more mainstream activities". Note the "unpopular, obscure, or non-mainstream activities". Game of Thrones's Season 3 premiere was watched by 6.7 million households with HBO in the US alone, not counting the other millions worldwide and the millions upon millions of illegal downloads which have made it the most pirated TV show of all time. It is very much in the mainstream now; it's basically a media phenomenon. And all those highbrow critics who write for them fancy newspapers, who're usually the first to piss all over "nerd stuff"? They fucking love it. It's got a 90 rating on Metacritic with almost half the professional reviewers giving it a perfect 100. 4. I don't count because, in many respects, I'm a nerd. I'm a PhD student and I love Lord of the Rings and all that bullshit. I'm also a college athlete, ex-team captain and climb mountains so I can camp out in wet subzero temperatures for fun, but hey, you wanna call me a nerd, go for it. That being said, I know dozens of people who watch this show who're the anti-nerd. They hate Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and anything you might think of as remotely "nerdy". Yet they eat Game of Thrones the fuck up, because guess what? It's great. Any preppy girl I've shown it to, any meathead jock on my rugby team that I've bullied into watching it, they all love it. If you're too insecure to watch something because of its source material in case you end up enjoying a "nerd show" and have to hide it from your bros in case you get excluded from their next PBR-fuelled Fast & Furious marathon, well, that makes YOU the one with the problem. Moral of the Story: Don't be a closed-minded cunt.
Why not? It saves so much time for me in having to think or form opinions based on fact. Like I have time for that shit. Nerd.
All seriousness, it's a nerd show in the sense that it came from a nerdy book and incorporates many classical nerd elements, it's not a nerd show in the sense that it's become mainstream and features many universal elements, and this is a silly argument.