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The Old Hack

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  1. Story: Thursday, July 14, 2016

    I disagree. What makes for a hero isn't success or failure but the act of entering danger in order to protect others, if need be at the price of one's own life. A fireman who is killed the first time he enters action is still a hero. I fully agree with the tragic part, mind you. *sigh*
  2. What Are You Listening To?

    Ah yes. Cats. This is something I've seen so many cats do. My own cats when they were young did just that. They'd gallop frantically around for a while, then get into a massive kitfight with each other, and two minutes later they would be fast asleep on top of one another. Later, they got more calm and staid, especially the male. My wife used to say of him then that he had two speeds, Stop and Neutral.
  3. Story: Monday July 11, 2016

    Even today it is no sure bet. My best friend just died of cancer. He was fifty-one.
  4. Story: Monday July 11, 2016

    No, but the older child got into a serious streetbrawl with a unicorn and eventually they got drummed out of town.
  5. NP Tuesday July 12, 2016

    Actually, some supposedly 'non-lethal' games can be surprisingly brutal. I remember playing Thief once, in which the entire idea was that you would never get spotted and manage to steal things without ever having to hurt anyone. The catch was -- this only applied to you and not the NPCs. Those buggers had no compunction whatsoever about using lethal force if they caught you. Best example: I'd managed to raise the alarm and was in trouble. Guards were walking around with increased alert level, poking into every nook and cranny looking for me and calling out stuff like, "He has to be here!" or "Come out and surrender!" I was desperately trying to escape when a guard walked out right in front of me, yelled "THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING!" and killed me. I suppose he was right. It was my last warning ever.
  6. Political Discussion Thread (READ FIRST POST)

    I do not intend to discuss it in public.
  7. The Weather.

    I have Copenhagen Syndrome with respect to the Danish Parliament. It manifests itself in an urge to purchase a gasoline-powered chainsaw and charge inside while Parliament is in session, and not stop while anything in there is still moving. So far, I have been able to keep this urge in check. Barely.
  8. Story Comic for Tuesday, May 3, 2016

    The Moderator: Please don't revive old threads that have been inactive for around two weeks or more. If you wish to debate a thought related to a matter here, start a new thread in the General forum, or possibly add a comment in the 'Noticed upon Reread' thread. Thank you. ~tOH.
  9. NP: Friday, July 8, 2016

    Ever since the old forums, the one 'Delete' option has been to message the moderator (me) and ask the lazy sod to do it. Which you should all feel free to, I really don't mind.
  10. Things that make you worried.

    I once saw Scotch advertised that had matured for sixty years. The prices started at around ten thousand dollars a bottle.
  11. Things that make you worried.

    I'll stick to crocolate.
  12. The Weather.

    And worst of all: San Diego Con.
  13. Political Discussion Thread (READ FIRST POST)

    Then there is nothing more to say. I am saddened that this is how you see things but I will not further intrude on you with a viewpoint you find unacceptable.
  14. Story Friday July 8, 2016

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I think that is the best laugh I've gotten in quite a while, and Lord did I need one. Oh man, I absolutely LOVE that last frame.
  15. Political Discussion Thread (READ FIRST POST)

    Unfortunately, that is precisely what you are doing by rejecting Islamophobia as part of the topic. I am not saying that Islamophobia is all you should look at. Merely that by excluding it and refusing to examine it, you are acting much like a man who wants to know everything about submarines except anything that involves water. The book I recommended you contains many of the answers you are looking for. It is entirely up to you whether you want to read it or not. I just wish you wouldn't allow a single word you don't like to scare you away from it.
  16. Political Discussion Thread (READ FIRST POST)

    ... ... ... ...that's a little bit like saying that you want to talk about fish but that you have absolutely no interest in the watery environment they are swimming in.
  17. Political Discussion Thread (READ FIRST POST)

    I do not normally enter here but this time it is to make a book recommendation. If you want to learn more, allow me to commend Arsalan Iftikhar's book 'Scapegoats' to your attention. It is an excellent introduction to the topic of Islamophobia and well worth a read.
  18. Story Wednesday July 6, 2016

    Don't be hard on him. It's this economy and good curses are expensive. In the old days when the Pharaohs swam in wealth, they could easily afford face-melting curses that stretched across several generations and family lines. These days they can barely afford five feet tall pyramids and the only kind of curse they have the money to put on them go along the lines of 'bugger off.'
  19. Story Wednesday July 6, 2016

    Err, would you mind repeating that in Coptic cursive?
  20. NP Wednesday July 6, 2016

    Because the world is a cruel place and now I want Germahn Labs to play a major part in an upcoming storyline.
  21. Story Wednesday July 6, 2016

    That kid? A peasant? Are you JOKING? If he was from around half a millennium ago or more, he came from a wealthy family. He had a BELT. He had a tunic AND a kaftan. And that stuff all looked brand new, not second hand. Anyway, if I were Pandora and wanted a good laugh, I'd pick a self-important rich kid and not a hapless peasant boy. Who would almost certainly be barefoot anyway.
  22. Political Discussion Thread (READ FIRST POST)

    Making references to it should preferably be done in a non-hurtful manner. Discussing the actual referendum itself should be done solely in the political thread. As always, remember the discussion rules.
  23. What Are You Ingesting?

    There! See, JML? You need to have a word with your dishwasher!
  24. EGS Fandub [canceled]

    True enough. Even so, a healthy awareness of the fact that one does not know all there is to know and a willingness to learn make for a good protection against the latter. So far you seem to be doing fine.
  25. NP: Friday, July 1, 2016

    Ahhh. This strip reminds me of the fall of the Broman Empire. Bliss, bliss.