25 random things...

[LilyBart]

I play a lot of online games so you have to figure out the emoticons. I did not understand the heart at first... but now I use it a lot. I tend to shy away from BB type smileys wink: :blush: etc) because they don't work on every BB or in every chat program that I use.

I like some of the smiley faces that you dont have to turn your head for ^.~ and -__- etc

Not moaning, just trying to follow the conversation. Think of this as asking for the definition of a word in the absence of a dictionary.

I'll pass on the squinting. Since the only thing that matters is the intent of the one who tried to express the emotion in shorthand form, asking seems more sensible than guessing to me.

OK...moaning was probably not the best of choice words. Debating the use of emoticons might be a better descriptor.

If you look at zoe8's emoticons, imagine two eyebrows surrounding a nose or mouth. Does that make more sense?

I have lived in emoticon land for too long, probably. However I still like the old-fashioned X's and O's.

~.- Still waiting for your 25 things.

;-)

LB
XO XO

 

[JMohegan]

If you look at zoe8's emoticons, imagine two eyebrows surrounding a nose or mouth. Does that make more sense?

I understand the concept. Again, I was just asking what she's trying to say.

 

[LilyBart]

I understand the concept. Again, I was just asking what she's trying to say.

So the first one is the "one raised eyebrow" look. The look that questions. The second will be posted after the JM 25 random things.

(And asking is fair).

 

[Homburg]

What kind of online games need emoticons? I've heard of people playing online chess and monopoly and such - is there conversation that gets typed alongside?

Quite a few. Many games are text-based, or have full-fledged chat clients with the game.

 

[Shankara20]

Oh well, the district couldn't afford dildos.

would they be willing to work with a more-then-willing live model

 

[intothewoods]

would they be willing to work with a more-then-willing live model

I'll put in a good word for you.

 

[zoe8]

What kind of online games need emoticons? I've heard of people playing online chess and monopoly and such - is there conversation that gets typed alongside?

And the translation for those two non-tilting "smiley faces" is ..... ?

I appreciate the thought.

Sorry to frustrate you with the lack of definition. And I also apologize as this is pretty off-topic. Though it is 25 random things and I suppose this is random.

Almost all online games have a chat system. Think of it like IRC alongside your game. I play MMO's (a lot of people in one game) but even 1vs1 games (like chess or strategy games) require text communication with the other people. You could just play the game but I think the whole point of playing online games with others is the ability to communicate.

Different smiley faces can mean different things to different people. Lily interpreted ^.~ to mean a raised eyebrow. I am used to that meaning a happy wink. An eye shaped like ^ is usually considered happy in Japanese anime and that has spilled over into internet smileys. Changing one eye to a ~ is the wink. This face -_- means frustrated or tired. I also see that one as coming from Japanese anime. The popularity of these Japanese smiley faces (one focusing on eyes to display emotion instead of the mouth) seemed to come from the online roleplaying game Final Fantasy VI, when Japanese players and English players had to play on the same server.

How I use them to communicate is alongside my text. For example I would type out something that might be sarcastic or silly and put a : + P next to it so someone would understand that I was kidding. People use these in the same way on forums. Hearts <3, confused :?, grins , winks ^.~ or , embarrassment *'_'*, and so on. Text can sometimes be hard to interpret and these emoticons helps people understand the intention of your text.

also a link to the wikipedia article detailing the difference between western smiley faces (sideways) and asian smiley faces (using eyes for emotion)

 

[JMohegan]

Sorry to frustrate you with the lack of definition. And I also apologize as this is pretty off-topic. Though it is 25 random things and I suppose this is random.

Almost all online games have a chat system. Think of it like IRC alongside your game. I play MMO's (a lot of people in one game) but even 1vs1 games (like chess or strategy games) require text communication with the other people. You could just play the game but I think the whole point of playing online games with others is the ability to communicate.

Different smiley faces can mean different things to different people. Lily interpreted ^.~ to mean a raised eyebrow. I am used to that meaning a happy wink. An eye shaped like ^ is usually considered happy in Japanese anime and that has spilled over into internet smileys. Changing one eye to a ~ is the wink. This face -_- means frustrated or tired. I also see that one as coming from Japanese anime. The popularity of these Japanese smiley faces (one focusing on eyes to display emotion instead of the mouth) seemed to come from the online roleplaying game Final Fantasy VI, when Japanese players and English players had to play on the same server.

How I use them to communicate is alongside my text. For example I would type out something that might be sarcastic or silly and put a : + P next to it so someone would understand that I was kidding. People use these in the same way on forums. Hearts <3, confused :?, grins , winks ^.~ or , embarrassment *'_'*, and so on. Text can sometimes be hard to interpret and these emoticons helps people understand the intention of your text.

also a link to the wikipedia article detailing the difference between western smiley faces (sideways) and asian smiley faces (using eyes for emotion)

Thank you! This explains a lot. I have zero knowledge of anime, and am therefore way behind the curve when it comes to this stuff.

I appreciate the link; it was bizarrely fascinating. No way I'd ever remember all that. Most of them seem like more trouble than they're worth, but that embarrassed symbol at the end of your post is really cute.

I use this in a straightforward way, but only ever use the other images when I'm foolin' around. This doesn't mean I'm angry; I just use it to amplify a goofy exclamation point.

Anyway, thanks again. I appreciate the thorough response. As for whether this is off-topic or not, my personal opinion is that people listing 25 things that no one subsequently talked about would be a rather boring and pointless thread.

 

[katt_g]

1. i used to post a lot in the playground, but have mostly lurked in the BDSM forums.
2. i haven't posted much in BDSM forums because i am so inexperienced and feel out of my league.
3. despite numbers 1 and 2, i feel that most people here seem quite nice.
4. i am insecure.
5. i hate how lit times me out so quickly if i don't "do" anything. (i got timed out while writing this list......aaaarrrrggghhhh!)
6. i have 7 tattoos and have two more planned in the next month.
7. i have a paralyzing fear of heights.
8. i am learning to play guitar.
9. i ride a motorcycle, but mine doesn't run at the moment which irritates me.
10. i worry that people will read my post and say "who the heck is that?" (see number 4).
11. i am a bit of an exhibitionist, which i think is a bit odd (see number 4).
12. this is harder than i thought it would be.
13. i love nascar.
14. i am addicted to coffee.
15. i spend way too much time on my computer.
16. my stepfather and my grandmother died 10 days apart in january. i have been a little depressed ever since.
17. i am taking a trip in one week. my first long weekend just for me since october.
18. i hate to type with capital letters.
19. my favorite color is black.
20. i write poetry, but i rarely show it to anyone.
21. right now i am fighting a bit of a headache.
22. i hate that i gained 10 pounds during the time when my stepfather was dying. at the same time, the thought makes me feel impossibly self-absorbed.
23. i am a grandmother.
24. i am addicted to american idol.
25. i wish i enjoyed working out more.

 

[LilyBart]

JM,
Does it make you feel any better to know that I have no idea what IRC means? Or MMO? Or, from an other thread...what the hell does SP mean? (I really want to know).

Maybe I am a visual person. I just don't get letters....


<3 (Less than 3 just cracked me up...I will remember to use that sometime in future texts with spawn....)

~LB

 

[midwestyankee]

JM,
Does it make you feel any better to know that I have no idea what IRC means? Or MMO? Or, from an other thread...what the hell does SP mean? (I really want to know).

Maybe I am a visual person. I just don't get letters....


<3 (Less than 3 just cracked me up...I will remember to use that sometime in future texts with spawn....)

~LB

In a sense, "less than 3" is one way of saying "2" and so is actually a mathematically tentative way of describing the connection between two people.

Okay, that's a stretch. Two sips of coffee so far this morning, so give the crusty old one a break, ok?

 

[PatchIsMe]

1. i used to post a lot in the playground, but have mostly lurked in the BDSM forums.
2. i haven't posted much in BDSM forums because i am so inexperienced and feel out of my league.
3. despite numbers 1 and 2, i feel that most people here seem quite nice.

16. my stepfather and my grandmother died 10 days apart in january. i have been a little depressed ever since.

20. i write poetry, but i rarely show it to anyone.

1,2,&3, ~ I readily agree with you on these 3.

16. ~ I'm sorry you lost two family members.

20. ~ You should make an alt. and submit it.

 

[katt_g]

1,2,&3, ~ I readily agree with you on these 3.

16. ~ I'm sorry you lost two family members.

20. ~ You should make an alt. and submit it.

thank you for the kind thoughts. my #4 was leading me to believe no one would read my post...lol.

 

[intothewoods]

JM,
Does it make you feel any better to know that I have no idea what IRC means? Or MMO? Or, from an other thread...what the hell does SP mean? (I really want to know).

Maybe I am a visual person. I just don't get letters....


<3 (Less than 3 just cracked me up...I will remember to use that sometime in future texts with spawn....)

~LB

Sarah Palin.

IRC = Internet Relay Chat? I just googled. I guess they are referring to a chat feature within the online multi-player games. Speaking of which, MMO = massively multiplayer online game, I think? I googled that too. I didn't know what it stands for, but I do have friends who play these big online games with tons of players.

The heart thing was obvious to me. I'm extremely visual.

ETA - ok, duh, I just read zoe's post more closely!

 

[Albee]

1. I’m 5’2”, but never think of myself as short unless I’m standing next to someone at least 6’3”.
2. I’m a millionaire.
3. More than anything in the world, I love my wife and kids.
4. My wife sleeps with other men. It totally turns me on..
5. In a M/s relationship with my wife, I’m the M.
6. I’m a nurse in an inner city housing project. I’ve walked out of buildings and into groups of people lying on the ground riddled with bullet holes.
7. I led my Little League in home runs and wins.
8. I moved from Westchester (an affluent New York City suburb) to Florida when I was 15 years old, but I say I’m from Florida because I hate Westchester.
9. I lost my virginity to a shy, freckly girl with a limp. Even then, she reminded me of Piper Laurie in The Hustler.
10. I discovered mountain biking at 47.
11. I discovered Joan Jett the year before I found mountain biking. Recently, I did a list of my 3 sexiest celebrities. This was my list: 1) Joan Jett 2) Joan Jett 3) Joan Jett.
12. My wife is the only woman who makes me cum, even when I’m fantasizing.
13. I was a professional comic from 1985-88. I did 120 shows a year in 31 states. Most of them were in penitentiaries.
14. I love big, thick thighs. I think cellulite is sexy as hell.
15. I’ve been married for 21 years. It was the best decision I ever made.
16. In Westchester, my grade had 100 kids. 2 of the kids were murdered. 3 parents committed suicide. 2 parents were murdered. Between them, 2 parents murdered 5 people. One kid went to prison for murder.
17. I’m Jewish.
18. When I get wistful, I pine for unrequited loves more than ex-girlfriends.
19. I play fantasy baseball.
20. I wouldn’t change a single thing I did in my life because any change could have infinitesimally changed the timing of sperm meeting eggs, giving us different kids. Never, ever would I want that.
21. I’m an only child.
22. My father was a bomber pilot in WWII and Korea.
23. My mother was the best friend I ever had.
24. While I was still in high school, I moved out of my mother’s house and into an apartment I shared with a gay guy who picked me up hitchhiking. We didn’t have sex.
25. My wife is so much prettier than I am that, upon first meeting her, people are often incredulous. They say things like, “Your wife is beautiful. What a surprise!” This is a hell of a cross to bear for 21 years.

 

[katt_g]

1. I’m 5’2”, but never think of myself as short unless I’m standing next to someone at least 6’3”.
2. I’m a millionaire.
3. More than anything in the world, I love my wife and kids.
4. My wife sleeps with other men. It totally turns me on..
5. In a M/s relationship with my wife, I’m the M.
6. I’m a nurse in an inner city housing project. I’ve walked out of buildings and into groups of people lying on the ground riddled with bullet holes.
7. I led my Little League in home runs and wins.
8. I moved from Westchester (an affluent New York City suburb) to Florida when I was 15 years old, but I say I’m from Florida because I hate Westchester.
9. I lost my virginity to a shy, freckly girl with a limp. Even then, she reminded me of Piper Laurie in The Hustler.
10. I discovered mountain biking at 47.
11. I discovered Joan Jett the year before I found mountain biking. Recently, I did a list of my 3 sexiest celebrities. This was my list: 1) Joan Jett 2) Joan Jett 3) Joan Jett.
12. My wife is the only woman who makes me cum, even when I’m fantasizing.
13. I was a professional comic from 1985-88. I did 120 shows a year in 31 states. Most of them were in penitentiaries.
14. I love big, thick thighs. I think cellulite is sexy as hell.
15. I’ve been married for 21 years. It was the best decision I ever made.
16. In Westchester, my grade had 100 kids. 2 of the kids were murdered. 3 parents committed suicide. 2 parents were murdered. Between them, 2 parents murdered 5 people. One kid went to prison for murder.
17. I’m Jewish.
18. When I get wistful, I pine for unrequited loves more than ex-girlfriends.
19. I play fantasy baseball.
20. I wouldn’t change a single thing I did in my life because any change could have infinitesimally changed the timing of sperm meeting eggs, giving us different kids. Never, ever would I want that.
21. I’m an only child.
22. My father was a bomber pilot in WWII and Korea.
23. My mother was the best friend I ever had.
24. While I was still in high school, I moved out of my mother’s house and into an apartment I shared with a gay guy who picked me up hitchhiking. We didn’t have sex.
25. My wife is so much prettier than I am that, upon first meeting her, people are often incredulous. They say things like, “Your wife is beautiful. What a surprise!” This is a hell of a cross to bear for 21 years.

12. My wife is the only woman who makes me cum, even when I’m fantasizing.
25. My wife is so much prettier than I am that, upon first meeting her, people are often incredulous. They say things like, “Your wife is beautiful. What a surprise!” This is a hell of a cross to bear for 21 years.

obviously, you and your wife have something special...so i say screw those people who say #25!...lol

nice list...

 

[Shankara20]

In a sense, "less than 3" is one way of saying "2" and so is actually a mathematically tentative way of describing the connection between two people.

well done - I now have a pleasant smile on my face and think I can actually deal with work today...

 

[intothewoods]

1. I’m 5’2”, but never think of myself as short unless I’m standing next to someone at least 6’3”.
2. I’m a millionaire.
3. More than anything in the world, I love my wife and kids.
4. My wife sleeps with other men. It totally turns me on..
5. In a M/s relationship with my wife, I’m the M.
6. I’m a nurse in an inner city housing project. I’ve walked out of buildings and into groups of people lying on the ground riddled with bullet holes.
7. I led my Little League in home runs and wins.
8. I moved from Westchester (an affluent New York City suburb) to Florida when I was 15 years old, but I say I’m from Florida because I hate Westchester.
9. I lost my virginity to a shy, freckly girl with a limp. Even then, she reminded me of Piper Laurie in The Hustler.
10. I discovered mountain biking at 47.
11. I discovered Joan Jett the year before I found mountain biking. Recently, I did a list of my 3 sexiest celebrities. This was my list: 1) Joan Jett 2) Joan Jett 3) Joan Jett.
12. My wife is the only woman who makes me cum, even when I’m fantasizing.
13. I was a professional comic from 1985-88. I did 120 shows a year in 31 states. Most of them were in penitentiaries.
14. I love big, thick thighs. I think cellulite is sexy as hell.
15. I’ve been married for 21 years. It was the best decision I ever made.
16. In Westchester, my grade had 100 kids. 2 of the kids were murdered. 3 parents committed suicide. 2 parents were murdered. Between them, 2 parents murdered 5 people. One kid went to prison for murder.
17. I’m Jewish.
18. When I get wistful, I pine for unrequited loves more than ex-girlfriends.
19. I play fantasy baseball.
20. I wouldn’t change a single thing I did in my life because any change could have infinitesimally changed the timing of sperm meeting eggs, giving us different kids. Never, ever would I want that.
21. I’m an only child.
22. My father was a bomber pilot in WWII and Korea.
23. My mother was the best friend I ever had.
24. While I was still in high school, I moved out of my mother’s house and into an apartment I shared with a gay guy who picked me up hitchhiking. We didn’t have sex.
25. My wife is so much prettier than I am that, upon first meeting her, people are often incredulous. They say things like, “Your wife is beautiful. What a surprise!” This is a hell of a cross to bear for 21 years.

Oh man, so may of those are so totally sweet! Except for the assholes who say "what a surprise" to you! Eff them, seriously.

 

[Bi_Kitty]

1. I found out that I have a heart condition by passing out at one of my great aunt's funeral.
2. I have a Golden Retriever at my parent's house. I am the ONLY one he listens to.
3. I am the oldest of 3 (2 step-siblings).
4. I was the first of my family to graduate high school. And college.
5. I have been attack by dogs twice in my life.
6. My head ALWAYS gets hurt!!! My brother hit me in the back of the head when I was 12 with a baseball bat; I was in the ER for 4 hours.
7. I have had staples, 3 to be exact, in my head. (That will NEVER happen again as long as I am alive.)
8. I bite my nails, something awful and I know I need to quit.
9. I hate being first at anything.
10. I hate being last at anything.
11. Lighting that strikes the ground screams the living hell out of me. Yet I like thunderstorms.
12. I played Varsity Basketball in high school until I had to quit due to my bad knees.
13. I have played both fast and slow pitch softball.
14. When I was 11, I was the first girl on our softball team to do the windmill pitch.
15. I broke my left pinkie and thumb, my right index finger all from playing basketball in PE.
16. I have a degree in Accounting and 9 hours from having a Economics degree after this semester.
17. I collect coins.
18. Almost every bone in my body pops.
19. I was told I have "small" kneecaps.
20. I use BiBunny's boobies as hand warmers.
21. I like to bite.
22. I like to be bitten.
23. I like a little bit of orange juice with my vodka.
24. I drive a convertible.
25. I love pasta and cheesecake.

 

[minx1]

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[intothewoods]

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BAD MINX!



btw:

26. One of you is on ignore because some items in your 25 list were so icky gross gross that I became physically ill just looking at your name. Sorry, you are otherwise quite lovely.

 

[cockteaser22]

1.my hair is purple
2.i love watermelon flavored lip gloss
3.my tits are 48 dd
4.my dog is a lesbian
5. i am bi
6. i love wrestling
7. i have a fetish for clowns
8. i love to give blow jobs
9.i live in an old hotel
10.i have my tongue pierced
11. i love sugar daddys
12. married men is a turn on
13. i love to tease
14. i love to cook
15.skinny dipping is my fav sport
16.im obsessed with boondox
17. im very sexua
18.my own voice turns me on
19.i wear raver pants
20. love bondage
21. my fav pop is rootbeer
22. im an intern for a radio show
23. i wear skirts over jeans
24. i actually have a pair of 80's fluffly leg warmers
25. i call my grandma granny or g ma

 

[zoe8]

1. I reread this thread trying to figure out who ITW put on ignore
2. I didn't figure it out.
3. Reading everyone's list made me want to write my own.
4. My cat is named Cheetos
5. Her last name is Forever
6. My three year old named her
7. I make fused dichroic glass jewelry for a living.
8. It's dull work.
9. I'm going to school so I don't have to keep making jewelry.
10. I built a snow fort today.
11. I hate when there is old gooey ketchup on the ketchup bottle lid.
12. That pet peeve was printed in my local newspaper when I was in high school. I was surprised at how many people came up to me and admitted they also hate it.
13. I spend too much time on the internet.
14. I obviously know too much about internet smilies.
15. I promised myself I wouldn't be one of those people to own exercise equipment and never use it.
16. I never use my exercise equipment.
17. I like writing.
18. I love reading erotica.
19. I can't write erotica cause I get to jazzed up and can never finish it.
20. I can't drink coffee if its been on the burner more than 20 mins.
21. I once had a pet chicken.
22. I love singing in the car. I have music on my mp3 player just for singing in the car.
23. I can't eat meat off a bone.
24. I've never been able to consistently write in a journal/blog even though I have started like 20 of them.
25. If I watch a TV show I have to watch every single episode in order. Thank god for DVD and the internet.

 

[be_ignited]

1. My socks have not matched since I was twelve. They are all colorful.
2. I am the only person in my family with green eyes (including extended).
3. I can fit into a child's size 4 shoe, but I mostly stick to women's 6's.
4. I can't wear rings because I take them off, fiddle with them, set them down, and forget where I put them. I worry about the implications of this when I get married.
5. When I was home for winter break, I had to file a missing persons report for my mom. (We found her)
6. I have trouble believing people when they tell me that they love me.
7. I am a bibliophile. At home, I have 4 full bookshelves. I have only actively disliked two books: Billy Budd by Herman Melville and Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy O'Toole.
8. I play along with Jeopardy at home and often "win".
9. In exactly three weeks I will be 21.
10. I have a midterm the next day, so I can't celebrate.
11. I am originally from Baltimore. I love John Waters movies, Old Bay and Maryland Crabs. I don't consider myself a southerner.
12. I have one tattoo on my left foot. It's a line from a Mary Oliver poem. Last year I met her and told her about my tattoo. I think she was terrified. Afterwards, the man behind me in line approached me and asked if he could see it, so I took off my shoe to show him. He got down on the ground and put his face next to my foot in the middle of Harvard Square.
13. I don't own a single pair of plain white underwear.
14. I am the oldest of three children. My parents were married for eight years before I was born, separated, dated other people, and then got back together and split up again five years later.
15. Dogs and small children tend to like me.
16. My boyfriend and I were Humbert Humbert and Lolita for Halloween. No body got it.
17. I am a closeted attention-whore.
18. My father gets angry when I correct his grammar. He did it to me all through my childhood; I'm just better (or more pedantic, depending on your perspective) at it than he is now.
19. I harbor a strong dislike for the exclamation point.
20. My brother, sister and I have lived with our father since I was 14 and our mother burnt our house down.
21. I have never been drunk.
22. Coloring (like with crayons and a coloring book) is incredibly relaxing.
23. I sucked my thumb until my teen years. I don't need it to fall asleep anymore, but sometimes I still wake up in the middle of the night with my thumb in my mouth.
24. I am a night owl.
25. If I thought I could make a living at it, I'd be a writer.

 

[unregistered]