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Life is a bit of a pain.
2006-07-05, 10:47 PM #41
...

What?

What the hell are you talking about now?
D E A T H
2006-07-05, 10:51 PM #42
I said people should genuinely care about your response if they ask you "what's up?" Instead, they expect you to give a canned response and they don't really care about your answer. They just want to portray that they care about you by asking you the most impersonal question possible.
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2006-07-05, 10:52 PM #43
The argument is moot. Free already looks like an axe murderer.
2006-07-05, 11:07 PM #44
Originally posted by Freelancer:
I said people should genuinely care about your response if they ask you "what's up?" Instead, they expect you to give a canned response and they don't really care about your answer. They just want to portray that they care about you by asking you the most impersonal question possible.

...

Yeah, I think this pretty much ends the thread right here.
D E A T H
2006-07-05, 11:08 PM #45
:psyduck:
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2006-07-05, 11:12 PM #46
"What's up" is more of a greeting than an actual question. A real answer's not expected, sure, but they're not "portraying that they care" any more than an atheist who says "bless you" to someone who's sneezed is "portraying" that they're religious.

Is it just me, or is this thread on drugs?
2006-07-05, 11:14 PM #47
It's you, me, and everyone around us, man.

*gazes into the Aether*

Allrighttt :cool:
2006-07-05, 11:15 PM #48
And what is the point of a greeting?

"Hi, I see you there, lol!"

I mean... just shut up unless you want to say something meaningful. That's my stance. Especially since I have to hear these stupid "greetings" 50 times a day.
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2006-07-05, 11:16 PM #49
Originally posted by Freelancer:
And what is the point of a greeting?

"Hi, I see you there, lol!"

I mean... just shut up unless you want to say something meaningful. That's my stance. Especially since I have to hear these stupid "greetings" 50 times a day.

"ALL UNNECCESARY ACTIONS SHALL BE STOPPED.

WE ARE THE BORG.

ASSIMILATE."

Grow a ****ing brain dude.
D E A T H
2006-07-05, 11:16 PM #50
Get yourself an iPod or a mobile phone and then you can ignore and irritate people in a socially acceptable fashion! ;)
2006-07-05, 11:18 PM #51
[QUOTE=Dj Yoshi]"ALL UNNECCESARY ACTIONS SHALL BE STOPPED.

WE ARE THE BORG.

ASSIMILATE."

Grow a ****ing brain dude.[/QUOTE]
You don't understand. I'm all about increasing meaningful interaction, which meaningless smalltalk threatens to destroy.
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2006-07-05, 11:38 PM #52
Originally posted by Freelancer:
You don't understand. I'm all about increasing meaningful interaction, which meaningless smalltalk threatens to destroy.

Have you ever had a girlfriend? Or even talked to a girl? Seriously, you sound like some 40 year old internet nerd who's trying to "increase the efficiency of human interaction roflcopter".
D E A T H
2006-07-06, 12:13 AM #53
"pick a little talk a little pick a little talk a little cheap cheap cheap talk a lot pick a little more"
-Music Man
Fincham: Where are you going?
Me: I have no idea
Fincham: I meant where are you sitting. This wasn't an existential question.
2006-07-06, 12:15 AM #54
Life can be a pain in the arse, but so is colonoscopy.

:ninja:
Star Wars: TODOA | DXN - Deus Ex: Nihilum
2006-07-06, 7:20 AM #55
I agree with Freelancer 100%.

"What's up?" derives (ultamately behind "How are you?") from mid 18th century small talk when people would ask "How are your bowels?" Back then, the question truly had meaning and people answer the question directly. It was believed that your bowels were a direct indicator of your health. This later evolved into simply "How are you?" (which, at the time, people still sincerely meant and received a direct answer to). This ultmately evolved into the rediculous "What's up?" (most likely from "What's going on?") question...which makes little sense at all beyond the fact that "How are you?" had already evolved to a simple greeting by this time and did not generally result in a responds to the question directly.
"The solution is simple."
2006-07-06, 7:25 AM #56
I'm naked +1
Was cheated out of lions by happydud
Was cheated out of marriage by sugarless
2006-07-06, 7:26 AM #57
It's actually pretty funny.

I was reading an article about cultural differences recently, and it gave this specific example of how Dutch people have a reputation of being rude because they often answer seriously to simple greetings like 'how are you?', or 'what's up?' with lengthy complaints about what's going on in their lives. :v:
ORJ / My Level: ORJ Temple Tournament I
2006-07-06, 8:09 AM #58
Phone rings

Free picks up phone

Free:

Person on the other end: Hello?

Free: Why do you keep saying that?

Person: Eh? I just wanted to say happy birthday!

Free: I know it's my birthday!

Free hangs up

Person: ....
2006-07-06, 8:12 AM #59
"Hey", "How are you?", "What's up?" and other forms of greeting simply serve the function of "Hello, I acknowledge your presence." Feel free to go around ignoring people you know; I'm sure they'll understand.
the idiot is the person who follows the idiot and your not following me your insulting me your following the path of a idiot so that makes you the idiot - LC Tusken
2006-07-06, 9:04 AM #60
whats wrong with telling people they look like an axe murderer?

i'm sure i told someone they looked like a rapist last night.
2006-07-06, 9:41 AM #61
Originally posted by CaptBevvil:
I agree with Freelancer 100%.

"What's up?" derives (ultamately behind "How are you?") from mid 18th century small talk when people would ask "How are your bowels?" Back then, the question truly had meaning and people answer the question directly. It was believed that your bowels were a direct indicator of your health. This later evolved into simply "How are you?" (which, at the time, people still sincerely meant and received a direct answer to). This ultmately evolved into the rediculous "What's up?" (most likely from "What's going on?") question...which makes little sense at all beyond the fact that "How are you?" had already evolved to a simple greeting by this time and did not generally result in a responds to the question directly.

Half-baked concepts on the laws of society as well as the laws of physics! :v:
D E A T H
2006-07-06, 11:32 AM #62
I usually answer pretty truthfully when asked "How are you?" - depending on who asks of course. If I'm going for a job interview and the interviewer asks how I am, I'm not going to go into a lengthy description of my menstrual cramps and such, but if someone i'm familiar with or someone I don't really care about asks me, it's usually "I'm fine, how are you?" - because I usually am just fine, or "busy, tired and hungry, how about yourself?"
Fincham: Where are you going?
Me: I have no idea
Fincham: I meant where are you sitting. This wasn't an existential question.
2006-07-06, 11:36 AM #63
I often answer, "Horny."
Was cheated out of lions by happydud
Was cheated out of marriage by sugarless
2006-07-06, 11:37 AM #64
[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v622/DivineIQ/other/pain.jpg]
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2006-07-06, 11:47 AM #65
I killed a community of squirrels when I hit puberty, and I showed no emotion as I decapitated them one by one with a rusty knife.

Oh wait... :v:
2006-07-06, 11:49 AM #66
we should see how many posts obi_quiet can make in a row that contain glaring typos.
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Lassev: I guess there was something captivating in savagery, because I liked it.
2006-07-06, 12:48 PM #67
Originally posted by Homicide:
[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v622/DivineIQ/other/pain.jpg]

You are not funny or cool. Stop posting.
D E A T H
2006-07-06, 12:51 PM #68
[QUOTE=Dj Yoshi]You are not funny or cool. Stop posting.[/QUOTE]
You are not funny or cool. Stop posting.
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2006-07-06, 12:52 PM #69
Props to you, Freelancer. :)
Star Wars: TODOA | DXN - Deus Ex: Nihilum
2006-07-06, 1:02 PM #70
Originally posted by Freelancer:
You are not funny or cool. Stop posting.

Difference is, every post I make doesn't have some internet picture or phrase which is highly ****ing annoying. Not only that, but I'm not an idiot.

But of course, what would you know about cool :v:
D E A T H
2006-07-06, 1:12 PM #71
Asleep all day, out all night!
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2006-07-06, 1:14 PM #72
Huh. Déjà vu.
2006-07-06, 1:18 PM #73
[QUOTE=Dj Yoshi]Difference is, every post I make doesn't have some internet picture or phrase which is highly ****ing annoying. Not only that, but I'm not an idiot.

But of course, what would you know about cool :v:[/QUOTE]

You can't gauge your own idiocy. Accurate idiocy measurements come from others. Let me tell you, I don't think you'd get many positive votes.
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2006-07-06, 1:29 PM #74
Originally posted by Freelancer:
You can't gauge your own idiocy. Accurate idiocy measurements come from others. Let me tell you, I don't think you'd get many positive votes.

Not from you, but from people who aren't idiots themselves...well...
D E A T H
2006-07-06, 1:29 PM #75
I just find you hilarious, Yoshi. Every time I say anything, you always spout something about how my intellegence is lacking.

I love you Yoshi. If we made babies, they would be enough pure hatred mixed with ruthless elitism to take over the world.

I'll meet you in the bedroom. Bring the fish.

[HEY KYLE IN THE POST BELOW CAN YOU HEAR ME STOMPING ON MY FLOOR? IT IS YOUR CEILING ROFL]
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2006-07-06, 1:29 PM #76
This thread is what happens when school gets out and kids have too much time on their hands.
Stuff
2006-07-06, 1:31 PM #77
[QUOTE=Dj Yoshi]Not from you, but from people who aren't idiots themselves...well...[/QUOTE]
If everyone who gives you a negative vote is an idiot, then Massassi is full of Yoshi-deemed "idiots," sure. :rolleyes:
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2006-07-06, 1:33 PM #78
You guys both get negative votes.

Quit bickering.
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Lassev: I guess there was something captivating in savagery, because I liked it.
2006-07-06, 1:34 PM #79
I just want to manlove Yoshi.

Because green dinosaurs with saddles get me all hot.
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2006-07-06, 1:35 PM #80
where has the massassi love gone? as interesting as these arguments generally are and/or aren't, its getting just about as annoying as the stupid internet pictures yoshi likes to complain about.
My girlfriend paid a lot of money for that tv; I want to watch ALL OF IT. - JM
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