hail satan

[vinney >:D]

who was this again? was this the airhead guy that cafm got laid at the anime con? or is this the mythical schteve i've only heard mentioned in hushed but hallowed tones? why do i keep thinking of a fat leopard...or was it a cheetah...

that sounds awful. how about uh... this thing instead, to tide you over?

 

[vinney >:D]

Did the Website Faux Pas of What Not to do With Your Website ever get released?

it was just before the era where everyone collectively decided to stop making websites and just congregate on the worst social media platforms on the planet instead, so nah, i don't think so

 

[VashTheStampede]

gotta warn someone before you share images with white backgrounds

Skill issue

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Skill issue

 

[Crystal]

gotta warn someone before you share images with white backgrounds

My bad. Look out for those white images!

Did the Website Faux Pas of What Not to do With Your Website ever get released?

No, never did. Thanks to social media, website development sort of slowed down, so no need.

 

[Mark]

No, never did. Thanks to social media, website development sort of slowed down, so no need.

…and there ain’t enough time in the day to cover what people shouldn’t do on social media.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

…and there ain’t enough time in the day to cover what people shouldn’t do on social media.

I wanted to make an edit to Jon Bois' Bulk rules joke, but I'm not dedicated enough to make an edit that works.

2. Don't post on social media, please.

 

[Crystal]

…and there ain’t enough time in the day to cover what people shouldn’t do on social media.

So damn true.

 

[MrDawn]

Hi, welcome to GW.

 

[MC74]

So damn true.

Centralized social media platforms like Facebook & Twitter is one of the worst things to happen to the internet.

 

[vinney >:D]

i wouldn't even say they don't have their place in internet culture, they just have this tendency to be run by the absolute worst fucking people out there

 

[Quagmire]

 

[Fool's Requiem]

So, are we going to start a Satanism club or what? My mom would disapprove, I'm sure.

 

[Quagmire]

So, are we going to start a Satanism club or what? My mom would disapprove, I'm sure.

Satan and I are homies

 

[Fool's Requiem]

 

[Fool's Requiem]

 

[Mark]

So, are we going to start a Satanism club or what? My mom would disapprove, I'm sure.

Wait… Were we supposed to stop disappointing our parents?

 

[Crystal]

Wait… Were we supposed to stop disappointing our parents?

Fuck I hope not, my dad's never stopped being disappointed in his offspring.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

"Have you ever taken a hollowed out skull and sipped blood out of it in the glorious name of Satan?"

 

[Quagmire]

Wait… Were we supposed to stop disappointing our parents?

If my parents only knew half the shit I've done

 

[Lee]

 

[Smacktard]

oh hey i know you

"i work a 9-5 and zoom off to another country as soon as they let me out of the kennel for a week"

cool, what's your favorite country you zoomed to?

 

[vinney >:D]

oh hey i know you

cool, what's your favorite country you zoomed to?

aw hell yeah, wuddup kelly. we've been enjoying our city breaks since stuff opened back up after covid.

my partner's finnish so i dunno if it's fair to say finland 'cos it's too easy. we had this romantic dream of retiring to tampere for the chill city life in our old age, but brexit fucked that opportunity cleanly out of our reach.

copenhagen was super chill but god DAMN that place is expensive. i don't think dublin got a fair run 'cos we landed there a couple of days after the riots last year and the place was absolutely swarming with cops on edge.

we're planning on hitting japan in the autumn, so we'll see if that topples the contenders. had three different groups of friends head over there in the last six months so we've had no shortage of holiday envy.

how about you? i haven't checked facebook in ages but i seem to recall you zooming across the world as soon as you got away from home.

(question's open to everyone btw, travel is fun as fuck even if i'm still a soft little sausage who likes his own bed)

 

[Smacktard]

i don't think dublin got a fair run 'cos we landed there a couple of days after the riots last year and the place was absolutely swarming with cops on edge.

Dublin was fun but I went there in my early 20s so most of my experience was getting drunk as shit and chatting up some Irish lasses. So I don't know if I'd enjoy it as much now, but I will say that the music was incredibutts everywhere I went. Even if there were like 3 people in a bar, one of those people would be a guy with a guitar who's like "hey I'm from Slovakia, just me and my guitar trying to make my way in the world anyway here's the most beautiful song you've ever heard"

my partner's finnish so i dunno if it's fair to say finland 'cos it's too easy. we had this romantic dream of retiring to tampere for the chill city life in our old age, but brexit fucked that opportunity cleanly out of our reach.

Just looked it up, but Tampere looks like a clone of Halifax so I like it already

we're planning on hitting japan in the autumn, so we'll see if that topples the contenders. had three different groups of friends head over there in the last six months so we've had no shortage of holiday envy.

I just got back from Japan recently. Fuckin love that country. It's my #1. Tons of tourists there this year though -- I think 4x the average.

If I have one piece of advice that you prob haven't already heard, it's to stay at Hotel BaliAn Shinjuku Honten when you're in Tokyo. Yes it's a "love hotel" but really it's beautiful, spacious, clean, great location, cheap, and they throw in a bunch of freebies like as much wine as you can drink, and you can take as many facial masks, sponges, tongue scrapers, eyebrow pluckers -- fucking everything you can think of -- as you like. My wife is picky when it comes to accommodation and she said it was the one of the nicest places she'd ever stayed.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Tons of tourists there this year though -- I think 4x the average.

they weren't allowing tourist into Japan for a long time after COVID. Probably having an influx of people who had to put off their Japan trips until they opened their country back up to visitors.

 

[vinney >:D]

yeah, that's why we dodged it this spring. the tourism's usually bad there during sakura season but it's magnified fourfold with the restrictions finally dropping. not sure if it'll be much quieter in autumn but if we wait any longer we'll grow old and turn to dust, so we're committing to it.

Dublin was fun but I went there in my early 20s so most of my experience was getting drunk as shit and chatting up some Irish lasses. So I don't know if I'd enjoy it as much now, but I will say that the music was incredibutts everywhere I went. Even if there were like 3 people in a bar, one of those people would be a guy with a guitar who's like "hey I'm from Slovakia, just me and my guitar trying to make my way in the world anyway here's the most beautiful song you've ever heard"

neither of us really drink (and we're certainly not in our early 20s) but it's not hard to imagine that being a blast. nah, instead we found some nice parks to walk around and spent way too long in the archaeology museum looking at cool artifacts and preserved bog men, then lit up the local coffee shops.

I just got back from Japan recently. Fuckin love that country. It's my #1. Tons of tourists there this year though -- I think 4x the average.

If I have one piece of advice that you prob haven't already heard, it's to stay at Hotel BaliAn Shinjuku Honten when you're in Tokyo. Yes it's a "love hotel" but really it's beautiful, spacious, clean, great location, cheap, and they throw in a bunch of freebies like as much wine as you can drink, and you can take as many facial masks, sponges, tongue scrapers, eyebrow pluckers -- fucking everything you can think of -- as you like. My wife is picky when it comes to accommodation and she said it was the one of the nicest places she'd ever stayed.

holy shit, just looked the place up and this is exactly the kind of fun suggestion i'm collecting for the trip. freebies are definitely welcome when it's already going to be the most expensive trip we've taken from the flights alone, lmao.

i'm about to start assembling a proper plan at last so go ham with the suggestions. we're probably not going to schedule many specific activities, rather plan a route and explore or do things based on vibes each day, so having options is nice.

looks like our timing might coincide with a cat festival...

 

[Andy]

After getting married my wife and I did a couple of days in Riga then a couple in Tallinn then a couple in Helsinki and had a great time. All really easy to travel between too. Tallinn was my favourite of those.

 

[vinney >:D]

we've been talking about taking the helsinki -> tallinn trip forever! it'll probably happen next time we're in finland, assuming we can ever afford a holiday again after japan...

 

[Smacktard]

i'm about to start assembling a proper plan at last so go ham with the suggestions. we're probably not going to schedule many specific activities, rather plan a route and explore or do things based on vibes each day, so having options is nice.

Can't go wrong with that. That's how we ended up finding most of our favorite spots. Pretty much every corner of Japan has something incredible.

For recommendations that you might not find in typical Tokyo guides:
-There's a capybara cafe that's worth checking out if you wanna chill with some capybaras. My wife loved it.
-Yamishiroya. Huge like 8 floor toy store across from Ueno station. Has a bunch of cool souvenirs and merch from games, anime, whatever. Worth going just to see.
-Rokurinsha for ramen in Tokyo station. Best bowl of ramen you'll ever have. Might have to wait 30-45 mins but it's worth it. Some cool shops in the station so one of you can hold a place in line while the other explores.

If you have want to have ONE really good (expensive) meal, make it at Tapas Molecular Bar. Probably the best dining experience I've ever had, but you'll have to book far in advance.

 

[vinney >:D]

capybara café and yamashiroya look great, as does rokurinsha if we're feeling british enough to wait in line. we're probably too chaotic with our appetites abroad to handle something as structured as the tapas, but the presentation of it looks like you're a judge in a goddamn masterchef finale.

well shit, i'm just back from the netherlands and now i'm already excited to go away again.

 

[Smacktard]

well shit, i'm just back from the netherlands and now i'm already excited to go away again.

once that bug bites, it never stops itching

 

[Benzine]

we've been talking about taking the helsinki -> tallinn trip forever! it'll probably happen next time we're in finland, assuming we can ever afford a holiday again after japan...

I've done this as well, it was great. I ate bear in Tailinn, and the alcohol shop next to were the ship docks was incredible for someone like me.

 

[vinney >:D]

whoa. what's bear meat like?

was it a steak or burger or something? we had a similar discussion about reindeer meat recently, when i mentioned that my first taste of it was a reindeer mayo sandwich that i picked up for lunch one day.

e: actually it might have been cream cheese, but "reindeer mayo" is too funny

 

[Benzine]

it was nice, i had it in a stroganoff

 

[Mark]

This thread is now about pissing off the leaf eaters.

I’ve heard that bear is very much like bison, true?

 

[Benzine]

i've never had bison

 

[vinney >:D]

the existence of bear stroganoff implies the existence of twink stroganoff

 

[Shadow.]

Pretty sure I still have you on Steam because your name changes constantly have me wondering who you are lol

 

[Fool's Requiem]

i've never had bison

Bison is a mostly an NA only animal with some supposedly in Europe, so I'm not surprised someone in the Southern Hemisphere hasn't had bison (buffalo) meat. Surprised you've had bear, though. Bison burgers are [relatively] common here in the US and I see bison meat in stores all the time. I don't think I've ever seen bear meat being sold.

Love stroganoff, btw. My mom made it on occasion (with ground beef, not tri tips), and it holds a special place in my heard next to chicken paprikash. Basically, if the recipe calls for sour cream and paprika, I'll probably like it.

 

[Mark]

Bison is a mostly an NA only animal with some supposedly in Europe, so I'm not surprised someone in the Southern Hemisphere hasn't had bison (buffalo) meat. Surprised you've had bear, though. Bison burgers are [relatively] common here in the US and I see bison meat in stores all the time. I don't think I've ever seen bear meat being sold.

Love stroganoff, btw. My mom made it on occasion (with ground beef, not tri tips), and it holds a special place in my heard next to chicken paprikash. Basically, if the recipe calls for sour cream and paprika, I'll probably like it.

It being so common here is why I assumed he would have tried it one of the times he visited, since he’s one of those adventurous eaters. I definitely have not seen bear meat in stores, not even at specialty butchers.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

It being so common here is why I assumed he would have tried it one of the times he visited, since he’s one of those adventurous eaters. I definitely have not seen bear meat in stores, not even at specialty butchers.

Maybe it's a northwest or Alaska thing.

 

[shortkut]

Bison is basically beef

 

[Mark]

Maybe it's a northwest or Alaska thing.

Probably. I wouldn’t know, I stay here in the mid-Atlantic where we steam bugs from the sea floor and season them with rust from the now collapsed Key Bridge.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Probably. I wouldn’t know, I stay here in the mid-Atlantic where we steam bugs from the sea floor and season them with rust from the now collapsed Key Bridge.

delicious

 

[vinney >:D]

Probably. I wouldn’t know, I stay here in the mid-Atlantic where we steam bugs from the sea floor and season them with rust from the now collapsed Key Bridge.

don't even talk to me if you can't offer bug and tetanus-based local cuisine

 

[Mark]

don't even talk to me if you can't offer bug and tetanus-based local cuisine

I’m from Baltimore, dude. You can get all kinds of crabs here, even the ones you don’t want if you ain’t careful.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

I’m from Baltimore, dude. You can get all kinds of crabs here, even the ones you don’t want if you ain’t careful.

Meh, take a shower, trim your bush, use some medication and you're g2g. [I'm definitely missing steps.]

 

[shortkut]

Meh, take a shower, trim your bush, use some medication and you're g2g. [I'm definitely missing steps.]

Speaking from experience?

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Speaking from experience?

negatory

 

[Mark]

Meh, take a shower, trim your bush, use some medication and you're g2g. [I'm definitely missing steps.]

You’ll get E. Coli from the water, have your trimmers stolen by a crackhead, and drop from a fentanyl overdose from the medication.

Congratulations. You’ve died on the B&O.