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  1. LARiA
    Done.

    You must dance the tango with someone from this website. Who's your dance partner?
    Post by: LARiA, Jun 4, 2014 in forum: The Playground
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    DARE.

    Truth or dare?
    Post by: LARiA, Jun 4, 2014 in forum: The Playground
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    I disagree with this one, as far as punishments go I think it unnecessarily cruel and more or less useless. Forcing a child to go hungry will not make them submissive (which is not the sort of response a parent should hope to incite anyways), in most cases it will simply inspire volatile/angry ill-tempered behavior. The child will not learn anything from it, therefore it is an unproductive measure. They'd just throw a tantrum.

    I believe children aren't very unlike dogs in this case. The alpha/beta/omega dynamic circulated by "renowned" trainers like Cesar Millan is outdated. You don't train a dog by asserting your authority and punishing poor behavior, it's far more effective to encourage good behavior by serving them treats when they perform adequately and ignoring them otherwise.

    I know this is more or less what you were arguing for, but as a child that often starved themselves independent of parental supervision I hold a special distaste for the "no dinner" tactic.
    Post by: LARiA, Jun 4, 2014 in forum: Discussion
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    I left out the part of my being underage. But only two years underage, for the legal drinking age is significantly younger here; eighteen as opposed to twenty-one in America. Thanks for the advice. I've decided to postpone my decision until I've aged a bit, although I've gotten away with ordering wine in public places ordering absinthe might be a different matter entirely (I mean I probably could order it anyways 'cause matters of "legalities" are quite lax here, but I'll wait it out anyways because advancing from wine to absinthe is somewhat of a jump!).
    Post by: LARiA, Jun 3, 2014 in forum: The Spam Zone
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    I am deciding whether or not to drink absinthe. Has anyone tried it? It is perfectly legal here, so I would not be breaking any laws or nothing of the sort.

    P.S. The greatest alcoholic content I have consumed in one sitting is no more than a glass of wine. Straight to the big leagues!
    Post by: LARiA, Jun 3, 2014 in forum: The Spam Zone
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    psst this is the spamzone, no one cares
    Post by: LARiA, Jun 3, 2014 in forum: The Spam Zone
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    'Tis okay, I know I've spent at least 400+ dollars on American comics alone. Although in my defense, it is not exactly difficult by any stretch of the imagination to surpass the $100 dollar mark when volumes often go for approx. 15~20 per issue. If they're published by either of The Big Two, Marvel or DC. I've stopped buying from them as of late because I felt I was wasting my money, and torrents exist.

    What really puts it into perspective is the fact that I managed to buy over twenty volumes of ancient Italian comics for less than $20. American comics are certainly overpriced.
    Post by: LARiA, Jun 3, 2014 in forum: The Spam Zone
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    Thread about collecting stuff. Do you collect anything? Post photographs! There was a thread centred on collector's items a while back, but I feel that by now the topic warrants a revival.

    It's sort of ridiculous how many Italian fumetti I own which I've not even read yet. Italian publisher, Macedonian translations. All of these I've acquired within the past year, none of these I've actually uh... read. When you can claim to owning this amount of paraphernalia without utilizing it in any meaningful way besides allowing it to collect dust on the shelf, such is when you know you might be a collector.

    Not depicted: my collection of American comic books and graphic novels. Three of the items in the first photograph are stacked with eight volumes per stack. 24 total + 13 other volumes = 37 volumes total.

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    I am especially eager to start reading Alan Ford. It's a satirical series from the '70s which parodies aspects of American society whilst simultaneously retaining a regional, distinctly Milanese vibe (it is written and drawn by Italians after all). Plenty of dark humor, plenty of puns, much wit.
    Thread by: LARiA, Jun 3, 2014, 21 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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    Marvel Studios co-president Louis D'Esposito said this about it:

    The obvious issue here is that according to execs at Marvel, recreating an advanced technological African base like Wakanda onscreen is "more difficult" than recreating Thor's fictional Asgardian homeland. I shouldn't have to say what's wrong with his statement. Everyone likes to pretend that Marvel is more progressive than DC, but the reality of it is they simply know what modern audiences value and cater around it; often times blatantly racist statements like those of D'espositio's come out during interviews (belying the real nature thereof). Sexist statements, as well.
    Post by: LARiA, Jun 3, 2014 in forum: Movies & Media
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    Affirmative to all of these.
    Post by: LARiA, Jun 3, 2014 in forum: 2014
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    Unfortunate implications for trans individuals.
    Post by: LARiA, Jun 3, 2014 in forum: Discussion
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    beau vs saxima smackdown
    Post by: LARiA, Jun 2, 2014 in forum: 2014
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    I am not opposed to the notion of Spider-Man in an Avengers film per se, but I do not think Marc Webb's Spider-Man is ready to appear alongside the Avengers. It would be somewhat out-of-place. In comic, Spidey did not join the Avengers as a full-time member until the early 2000s, whereas Webb seems to be replaying story arcs from the '70s (Gwen Stacy). He would have been in his late twenties/early thirties I think. This Peter Parker is too young, not mature enough to commit to a team dynamic.

    Spidey isn't high up on my list of Avengers I'd like to see in film (Janet van Dyne and Hank Pym first! They were founding Avengers for god's sake), but I wouldn't mind an older Peter Parker cameo-- provided it's an alternate Parker, not Webb's. He didn't write his franchise with the intention of merging storylines, and the discontinuities in storyline would show if ever such a thing were to occur.

    Also, as an aside: I would not trust Rob Liefeld's predictions.
    Post by: LARiA, Jun 2, 2014 in forum: Movies & Media
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    It's the poster below you ask.

    I am displeased. :-( You play a rough game.

    Where would you like to live, ideally? Somewhere outside the states I presume.
    Post by: LARiA, Jun 1, 2014 in forum: The Playground
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    Dare?

    Truth or dare, whoever's down there.
    Post by: LARiA, Jun 1, 2014 in forum: The Playground
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    How were you acquainted with Zen Buddhism?
    Post by: LARiA, Jun 1, 2014 in forum: The Playground