The Off-topic Thread

Please define what you mean when you "Tried 5 times".

Shane wrote:

Wouldn't work, already tried it five times in 2011 in September.

Did you pause it, turn the computer off, then turn it on again?
Or did you try on five different days?

A few characters I wanted to give away....For no reason. Do what ever you want.

My college had just been hacked by Anonymous!

KarjamP wrote:

My college had just been hacked by Anonymous!

And that last word is a link, by the way.
And that's horrible!
So what now?

Kim wrote:

Shane wrote:

Wouldn't work, already tried it five times in 2011 in September.

Did you pause it, turn the computer off, then turn it on again?
Or did you try on five different days?

The latter. Turning the computer on and off would be stupid.


...


And more negativity: my home is being invaded by ants. And worse of all, they're all going after me, not after food or anything.

Shane wrote:

And more negativity: my home is being invaded by ants. And worse of all, they're all going after me, not after food or anything.

Hey what a coincidence! MY home is being invaded by ants too! But at least they're not after me...

Shane, you DO know people can think of you being deluded with what you say?

Like, for example, "ants are coming for you".

Keep that in mind when you announce stuff that seems impossible like what you've said.

And don't be surprised when people don't believe you.

Not trying to say I don't believe you (in fact, I believe that from your point of view, you're telling the truth), but just to keep in mind this when people react in ways or say things you don't like (like, calling you insane).

If I've offended you when I said this, then I'm sorry. I don't want to hurt your feelings. In fact, I wanted to give advice that may inform you why others react may weirdly about you or talk weirdly about you.


I think your mind's playing tricks on you: Ants aren't sapient to know to come after you, unless you have what they want, and I don't think you do.

Okay, about the downloads thing, what did you do to pause the thing before turning off the computer?

EDIT: Dr. Time ninja'd me.

KarjamP wrote:

Shane, you DO know people can think of you being deluded with what you say?

Like, for example, "ants are coming for you".

Keep that in mind when you announce stuff that seems impossible like what you've said.

And don't be surprised when people don't believe you.

Not trying to say I don't believe you (in fact, I believe that from your point of view, you're telling the truth), but just to keep in mind this when people react in ways or say things you don't like (like, calling you insane).

If I've offended you when I said this, then I'm sorry. I don't want to hurt your feelings. In fact, I wanted to give advice that may inform you why others react may weirdly about you or talk weirdly about you.


I think your mind's playing tricks on you: Ants aren't sapient to know to come after you, unless you have what they want, and I don't think you do.

Okay, about the downloads thing, what did you do to pause the thing before turning off the computer?

EDIT: Dr. Time ninja'd me.

Well, everywhere I go, there are ants, and they keep biting me, and it prevents me from sleeping (I was unable to sleep as a result, so I'm basically awake for more than 36 hours now).

Doesn't mean they're really after you.

Something must've attracted the ants.

What do you think caused them to come in the first place?

Sugar lying about can cause it.

What about any other food or something?

Your parents must be really sick in their heads if they don't get pest remover or pesticide for their home when there's an ant infestation, so tell them about it.

Asking about getting it may be suicide for you, due to threats if you ask for stuff (or even suggest stuff that can help).

KarjamP wrote:

Doesn't mean they're really after you.

Something must've attracted the ants.

What do you think caused them to come in the first place?

Sugar lying about can cause it.

What about any other food or something?

Your parents must be really sick in their heads if they don't get pest remover or pesticide for their home when there's an ant infestation, so tell them about it.

Asking about getting it may be suicide for you, due to threats if you ask for stuff (or even suggest stuff that can help).

No sugar lying about, no food lying about, and pest remover/pesticide in a house full of 4 cats and 7 kittens isn't a good idea...

Said cats are my mothers (except for the kittens, which will be given away sometime in the future).

Thanks for the edit

Then lock the cats outside/take them somewhere else when applying pesticide.

KarjamP wrote:

Then lock the cats outside/take them somewhere else when applying pesticide.

Last time that happened, everyone had to wait outside for almost twelve hours. :/

As a result, I got grounded for a week.

I mean, deliberately leave them somewhere else as your parents spray pesticide.

Why not telling them of an ant infestation?

Even if they DO punish you for the ant's presence, they'd be stupid NOT to get rid of the ants.

KarjamP wrote:

I mean, deliberately leave them somewhere else as your parents spray pesticide.

Why not telling them of an ant infestation?

Even if they DO punish you for the ant's presence, they'd be stupid NOT to get rid of the ants.

Because they think that everything I say is a lie.
This is why I stopped speaking - because if they think everything I say is a lie, what would be the point of even saying anything at all?

Why don't you show the ants, then?

KarjamP wrote:

Why don't you show the ants, then?

Because I already tried and I got hit over the head for it. My parents hate being disturbed by an "over-emotional nonsense-spouting idiot".

Regardless, you can't stop me!
* unleashes Limit Break *
* it starts raining icicles *
* icicles hit ground, exploding into lightning bolts that strike all foes *
== It's super effective against everyone except Shane and Kim!!!! ==
== It doesn't affect Kim... ==
== Everyone except Shane and Kim faint! ==
... Apparently, Kim can stop me

Ants follow you, you said?

Then why don't they notice it?

And about the "over-emotional nonsense-spouting idiot" part, have you tried to be calm when you speak to your parents as well as try to speak properly while not sounding to them like an idiot who sprouts nonsense? (not saying you are an "nonsense-spouting idiot").

KarjamP wrote:

Ants follow you, you said?

Then why don't they notice it?

Probably because they would rather let the ants eat me or something like that, I dunno.
Possibly, because most of the house has black or other dark colours that makes it hard to see ants.

KarjamP wrote:

And about the "over-emotional nonsense-spouting idiot" part, have you tried to be calm when you speak to your parents as well as try to speak properly while not sounding to them like an idiot who sprouts nonsense? (not saying you are an "nonsense-spouting idiot").

It's hard to be calm after what happened on 3 March. :/

Shane wrote:

It's hard to be calm after what happened on 3 March. :/

Well, there's one of your problems.

Try to be calm when talking to your parents.

Shane wrote:

Probably because they would rather let the ants eat me or something like that, I dunno.
Possibly, because most of the house has black or other dark colours that makes it hard to see ants.

They'd probably didn't notice.

Is the ants red or something?

Fire ants can also be called red ants, and those are the only ants I know of that can "sting".

Of course, not all fire ants are red.

Try showing the ant stings to your parents.

They should be visible, as they usually inject some form of venon into one's skin, which can cause swelling.

They may investigate the problems, as they may have problems with social workers if they do come around if they don't (as I don't think they're allowed to mistreat their children as long as the children are under their care and they're under 18).

Shane (paraphrased) wrote:

Kim keeps getting 500 errors.

So the site's glitching out on Kim?

Oh God,today my mother uncovered one of the main "bases" of the invading ants!
Thousands of them behind my wardrobe,including eggs.
Cleaned them up,no more ants.

Why not try to find areas that are not easily accessible in your house,Shane?They may have colonies like in my house,and cleaning could pretty much solve it.

KarjamP wrote:

Shane wrote:

It's hard to be calm after what happened on 3 March. :/

Well, there's one of your problems.

Try to be calm when talking to your parents.

Shane wrote:

It's hard to be calm after what happened on 3 March. :/

It just won't leave my memory, I'll probably remember it forever and be unable to be calm ever.

KarjamP wrote:

Shane wrote:

Probably because they would rather let the ants eat me or something like that, I dunno.
Possibly, because most of the house has black or other dark colours that makes it hard to see ants.

They'd probably didn't notice.

Is the ants red or something?

Fire ants can also be called red ants, and those are the only ants I know of that can "sting".

Of course, not all fire ants are red.

Try showing the ant stings to your parents.

They should be visible, as they usually inject some form of venon into one's skin, which can cause swelling.

They may investigate the problems, as they may have problems with social workers if they do come around if they don't (as I don't think they're allowed to mistreat their children as long as the children are under their care and they're under 18).

The ants are black, although I didn't mention "sting" anywhere. They bite, and there's no "bite marks" (whatever the correct word is).

KarjamP wrote:

Shane (paraphrased) wrote:

Kim keeps getting 500 errors.

So the site's glitching out on Kim?

Looks like it.

Dr. Time wrote:

Oh God,today my mother uncovered one of the main "bases" of the invading ants!
Thousands of them behind my wardrobe,including eggs.
Cleaned them up,no more ants.

Why not try to find areas that are not easily accessible in your house,Shane?They may have colonies like in my house,and cleaning could pretty much solve it.

That'd be pretty much the entire yard, then. If I had to guess, the ant nest could be directly under the house, or directly under a next door neighbor's house.

Not that the neighbors would believe me.

I don't know, Shane.

The only thing I know of is to risk getting punished by telling/asking your parents about it.

Yeah,I agree.If they bother you,so they much definitely must bother your parents too.
Pretty much you will have to tell your parents.

KarjamP wrote:

I don't know, Shane.

The only thing I know of is to risk getting punished by telling/asking your parents about it.

Dr. Time wrote:

Yeah,I agree.If they bother you,so they much definitely must bother your parents too.
Pretty much you will have to tell your parents.

And risk getting a punishment that'll last until I'm 18?
That'd mean that I would be away from the forums for a very long time, and by then anything could happen - even the forums getting deleted somehow if somebody manages to hack my account while I'm very inactive.

That, and it'd mean that the RPGs would be on hold until then, that Kim would never be able to work on her mod (as I'm helping her with the spriting) and who knows what else.

Heck, I could even forget about these forums if I'm away for a long time, I almost forgot about all the forums that I was a member of when I was away between 21 June and 23 July 2012 because of no electricity!

Shane wrote:

KarjamP wrote:

I don't know, Shane.

The only thing I know of is to risk getting punished by telling/asking your parents about it.

Dr. Time wrote:

Yeah,I agree.If they bother you,so they much definitely must bother your parents too.
Pretty much you will have to tell your parents.

And risk getting a punishment that'll last until I'm 18?
That'd mean that I would be away from the forums for a very long time, and by then anything could happen - even the forums getting deleted somehow if somebody manages to hack my account while I'm very inactive.

That, and it'd mean that the RPGs would be on hold until then, that Kim would never be able to work on her mod (as I'm helping her with the spriting) and who knows what else.

Heck, I could even forget about these forums if I'm away for a long time, I almost forgot about all the forums that I was a member of when I was away between 21 June and 23 July 2012 because of no electricity!

Gosh, your parents are horrible to treat you like that D:

Shane wrote:

KarjamP wrote:

Shane (paraphrased) wrote:

Kim keeps getting 500 errors.

So the site's glitching out on Kim?

Looks like it.

Not anymore

Shane wrote:

KarjamP wrote:

I don't know, Shane.

The only thing I know of is to risk getting punished by telling/asking your parents about it.

Dr. Time wrote:

Yeah,I agree.If they bother you,so they much definitely must bother your parents too.
Pretty much you will have to tell your parents.

And risk getting a punishment that'll last until I'm 18?
That'd mean that I would be away from the forums for a very long time, and by then anything could happen - even the forums getting deleted somehow if somebody manages to hack my account while I'm very inactive.

That, and it'd mean that the RPGs would be on hold until then, that Kim would never be able to work on her mod (as I'm helping her with the spriting) and who knows what else.

Heck, I could even forget about these forums if I'm away for a long time, I almost forgot about all the forums that I was a member of when I was away between 21 June and 23 July 2012 because of no electricity!

Did your parents tell you you're going to get punishment that long if you ask?

Because if not, either you're paranoid (for good or bad reasons), or you know your parents well enough to actually KNOW they'll do it.

(Shane, I think your story is MUCH bigger than both of us realise, as we all don't know your parent's side of your story and thus, we can't accurately tell how they react unless you said it {and we only hear it from a person who's highly paranoid about his life and therefore might not know how your story properly apart from your pospective} )

KarjamP wrote:

Shane wrote:

KarjamP wrote:

I don't know, Shane.

The only thing I know of is to risk getting punished by telling/asking your parents about it.

Dr. Time wrote:

Yeah,I agree.If they bother you,so they much definitely must bother your parents too.
Pretty much you will have to tell your parents.

And risk getting a punishment that'll last until I'm 18?
That'd mean that I would be away from the forums for a very long time, and by then anything could happen - even the forums getting deleted somehow if somebody manages to hack my account while I'm very inactive.

That, and it'd mean that the RPGs would be on hold until then, that Kim would never be able to work on her mod (as I'm helping her with the spriting) and who knows what else.

Heck, I could even forget about these forums if I'm away for a long time, I almost forgot about all the forums that I was a member of when I was away between 21 June and 23 July 2012 because of no electricity!

Did your parents tell you you're going to get punishment that long if you ask?

Because if not, either you're paranoid (for good or bad reasons), or you know your parents well enough to actually KNOW they'll do it.

(Shane, I think your story is MUCH bigger than both of us realise, as we all don't know your parent's side of your story and thus, we can't accurately tell how they react unless you said it {and we only hear it from a person who's highly paranoid about his life and therefore might not know how your story properly apart from your pospective} )

I know my parents that well.
They actually gave me a punishment for five years in 2003 when I asked them if I could get some sweets (I wasn't allowed to watch TV, or play video games).

Try doing a Gambit to get them to realize the ants.

OH shi-- er, shotgun!
Sorry, Shane, didn't see your visitor message

I give up with the Cave Story forums.
It's impossible for me to register.
First, the Capture thing doesn't show up.
Then, when I finally managed to register, I don't get an activation e-mail and I keep getting HTTP 403 Forbidden errors.

Guess it's useless for me to try and continue, then.
When I release my mod, Shane, will you post it there for me?

Try later.

Could be your internet messing up.

You know that the chatbox and the spoilers weren't missing and then came right, and then the site gave you 500 errors but stopped?

Could be related.

Also, the email doesn't have to come immiediatly.

In fact, it could take a couple of minutes for you to recieve it if you don't recieve it immiediatly.

If you don't recieve it within 24 hours, then try the following:

Since you've finally registered, try to "reset password" or "activate account" or something (try logging in and you may recieve a notice telling you to activate your account. if that doesn't appear, then try to reset your password).

KarjamP wrote:

Try later.

Could be your internet messing up.

You know that the chatbox and the spoilers weren't missing and then came right, and then the site gave you 500 errors but stopped?

Could be related.

Also, the email doesn't have to come immiediatly.

In fact, it could take a couple of minutes for you to recieve it if you don't recieve it immiediatly.

If you don't recieve it within 24 hours, then try the following:

Since you've finally registered, try to "reset password" or "activate account" or something (try logging in and you may recieve a notice telling you to activate your account. if that doesn't appear, then try to reset your password).

I haven't received it yet, and it's impossible for me to log in or reset password or anything like that - I KEEP GETTING 403 FORBIDDEN ERRORS.

Try again later, then.

Also, try waiting a bit for the email.

The site could be glitching, which is why you're recieving the "forbidden" errors.

KarjamP wrote:

Try again later, then.

Also, try waiting a bit for the email.

The site could be glitching, which is why you're recieving the "forbidden" errors.

For me, but not for Shane, since when I asked him, he said that it happens to him when he tries accessing my profile page.

I think it may be glitching according to different people.

IE, some recieves the glitches, while others don't.

It's possible your internet's causing it.

The Cavestory Tribute site forums?
Can you not go to the site? Or just not register?

Mvskoke wrote:

The Cavestory Tribute site forums?
Can you not go to the site? Or just not register?

I managed to register, but (1) I can't get an activation e-mail (still haven't gotten it yet) and (2) now that I've registered, before just now, I kept getting 403 errors.

Now, when I try to log in, I keep getting 403 errors.

Shane already asked andwhyisit (the main administrator of those forums), and he hasn't answered yet.

Is anyone home?

KarjamP wrote:

Is anyone home?

Kim was busy murdering me with spriting requests.

Sofia from Rune Factory 3, a Critter (as a playable character) and Sakura from Naruto.

AND she did something that I didn't even know she could do. Speak Afrikaans.

That's something.

Either she's a South African, or she's learning it for you.

I fell asleep at 7:15 PM (GMT+2)... and got nightmare'd.

I dreamt that my father broke both my arms, making it impossible for me to use the computer. So I went outside (using my legs to open the door and the gate) and waited for a car to come, and then leapt in front of it, getting run over...

When I woke up, I had quintuple vision (not double vision)... and it felt as though a car really did run me over...

KarjamP wrote:

That's something.

Either she's a South African, or she's learning it for you.

Her time zone is UTC -07:00 and she said it's been that since she was born... so possibly, her parents were South African...




Kim, which Sakura should I sprite?

Shane wrote:

I fell asleep at 7:15 PM (GMT+2)... and got nightmare'd.

I dreamt that my father broke both my arms, making it impossible for me to use the computer. So I went outside (using my legs to open the door and the gate) and waited for a car to come, and then leapt in front of it, getting run over...

When I woke up, I had quintuple vision (not double vision)... and it felt as though a car really did run me over...

Oh no... D:
I hope you'll be fine, Shane...

Shane wrote:

KarjamP wrote:

That's something.

Either she's a South African, or she's learning it for you.

Her time zone is UTC -07:00 and she said it's been that since she was born... so possibly, her parents were South African...

Actually, you misread. I said "since I was ready". Which would be 2005. I used the Internet to learn.

Ernstig, Shane, you really ought to get glasses or something.

Shane wrote:

Kim, which Sakura should I sprite?

Oh, any one you wish to. Maybe even both
Once your x5 vision clears up, that is... but that's the first I've heard of such a thing. Double vision, that I know of. But not triple or quadruple or even quintuple...

Seeing as rule 15's optional, I'm skipping it until I get an LF2 avatar of my choosing.
It's Kai from Phantasy Star 0...

Kim wrote:

Shane wrote:

I fell asleep at 7:15 PM (GMT+2)... and got nightmare'd.

I dreamt that my father broke both my arms, making it impossible for me to use the computer. So I went outside (using my legs to open the door and the gate) and waited for a car to come, and then leapt in front of it, getting run over...

When I woke up, I had quintuple vision (not double vision)... and it felt as though a car really did run me over...

Oh no... D:
I hope you'll be fine, Shane...

Yeah, x5 vision happens sometimes.

Kim wrote:

Shane wrote:

KarjamP wrote:

That's something.

Either she's a South African, or she's learning it for you.

Her time zone is UTC -07:00 and she said it's been that since she was born... so possibly, her parents were South African...

Actually, you misread. I said "since I was ready". Which would be 2005. I used the Internet to learn.

Ernstig, Shane, you really ought to get glasses or something.

Interesting. And glasses? Already tried once, but after somebody punched me in the face and broke them, I stopped wearing glasses for good. Even sunglasses.

Kim wrote:

Shane wrote:

Kim, which Sakura should I sprite?

Oh, any one you wish to. Maybe even both
Once your x5 vision clears up, that is... but that's the first I've heard of such a thing. Double vision, that I know of. But not triple or quadruple or even quintuple...

Well, I actually did it the following day. Sofia was on the same day as the x5 vision.

Have you tried Contact lenses, Shane?

Unlike glasses, you put these directly on your eyes, and are therefore are not as obvious when you wear them as when you wear glasses.

I think it has better protection, you know, for being on your eyes instead of over them

KarjamP wrote:

Have you tried Contact lenses, Shane?

Unlike glasses, you put these directly on your eyes, and are therefore are not as obvious when you wear them as when you wear glasses.

I think it has better protection, you know, for being on your eyes instead of over them

No way, I'm never putting those things on!

What do you mean?

Better safe than sorry - wouldn't want to poke my eye out. I know someone who actually did while putting a contact lens in... and then asked some friends to beat me up because I got blamed for it.

Wouldn't want a horrible reminder of that every day. Who would?

Not me...
Like the avatar, prin-- er, Shane.

I got cave story in English today. I don't know how to get out of the mimiga village level! I went to every door possible, but it says that Sue is in the house at the bottom. I can't go to the grave yard because of the stupid bunny standing there. It says Arthur house is locked. Help please?