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the_tyrant
10-27-10, 02:35 PM
Almost every minute when I'm awake I am on some forum.
Right now I have 6 tabs dedicated to the forums i go on, Is there Anybody else with this habit here?
No...:haha:
I got a life thanks...:yeah:
I like forums but it's a fool who would let them run his life.
The Third Man
10-27-10, 02:48 PM
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Takeda Shingen
10-27-10, 03:01 PM
No, I do not dedicate every waking hour to the forums.
You're asking this question on a forum.
I sense failed irony.:O:
AVGWarhawk
10-27-10, 03:10 PM
I use the forums for one of two things, 1. information and answers 2. interaction with others with like interests.
SS qualifies as a forum I enjoy interaction with others of like interests and some good conversation as well as off the wall crazy crap.
I'm also a member of two VW Passat forums that I use to get questions answered or find out about any fixes for problems with my car.
So if you change your car, it only gets Subsim left, just think how much time you get over, :DL
SteamWake
10-27-10, 03:16 PM
Good lord therapy may be in order here. :o
AVGWarhawk
10-27-10, 03:24 PM
So if you change your car, it only gets Subsim left, just think how much time you get over, :DL
Nah, my next car would find me on that cars forum for question and answer period. It is a vicious cycle.
SS is really the most frequented forum for me. Then again my outlandish post count would indicate that.
AVGWarhawk
10-27-10, 03:29 PM
Good lord therapy may be in order here. :o
SS is a therapy for some in a small but significant way. I have seen threads started on a member questioning joining the armed forces. Members getting dumbed my girlfriends. Family members that pass away. Forums such as SS go beyond just written thoughts and conversations. There is SS meets. Neal hosts work days at the Cavalla. I have met a few at the Torsk. For most I believe SS is very much more than just a forum. Hell, SS with the help of a few members got me to stop smoking. That in itself is a feat!
the_tyrant
10-27-10, 04:16 PM
My forum habits
I wake up at 6:30
I go on Cracked forums and the Marilyn Manson, WWII and honker paste bars(tieba, its a type of simplified forum system)
7:00, I eat breakfast. So no forum usage
8:00-9:20 math class. Lots of forum usage, mainly paste bars(you guys aren't here yet)
9:25-10:40 science class. This class is slightly hard for me, so not a lot of forum usage. But I usually check here and anti-online once during this period.
10:45-12:00 Computer engineering class. Lots of forum usage, i mainly hangout here and on the Honker forums
12:00-13:20 Lunch. Little to none forum usage since I usually go to the mall or burger king
13:25-14:40 French class. No forum usage, since I am stuck in a portable classroom with no WIFI for French class.
15:15-16:00 break, so lots of forum usage. I come here, and go on the cracked forums.
16:00-18:00 Practice piano, have dinner etc, some forum usage.
18:00-22:30 gaming, hanging out with friends etc, lots of forum usage
The forums:
Subsim: Here I am simply me, but just a bit odder, and a tint weirder ;)( I will try to be nicer in the future though)
Antionline: the nice version of me
Cracked: the funny version of me
Marilyn Manson paste bar: the horny version of me(chicks there did good english skills:up:) I moderate here too
WWII paste bar: the Badass version of me(hard to imagine eh?)
Honker Forums: I have a ton of aliases, 11 of my aliases are mega trolls, 1 of them is a "nice guy" who give bad ideas but also participated in technical discussions.
As for Facebook, I'm not a big fan. I use a toolbar for it
Takeda Shingen
10-27-10, 04:16 PM
SS is a therapy for some in a small but significant way. I have seen threads started on a member questioning joining the armed forces. Members getting dumbed my girlfriends. Family members that pass away. Forums such as SS go beyond just written thoughts and conversations. There is SS meets. Neal hosts work days at the Cavalla. I have met a few at the Torsk. For most I believe SS is very much more than just a forum. Hell, SS with the help of a few members got me to stop smoking. That in itself is a feat!
+1 :up:
SteamWake
10-27-10, 04:52 PM
All I am saying is that he seems to be eschewing personal interaction and relationships with relationships on forums.
Sure you develop friendships and relationships with pepole on the fourums but there are other pepole in your life.
the_tyrant
10-27-10, 04:56 PM
All I am saying is that he seems to be eschewing personal interaction and relationships with relationships on forums.
Sure you develop friendships and relationships with pepole on the fourums but there are other pepole in your life.
Have you considered that many people that I know in real life are also on the same forums as you?
Its not the first time that I have met a friend(from real life) at a forum meeting
GoldenRivet
10-27-10, 05:06 PM
I have two forums i frequent.
I check them both in the morning before i start my day. (of course i also read news, check e mail and maybe chat with a friend for a minute)
I check in with subsim about a dozen times a day - (if i am somewhere boring and i have my phone, or if there is a very interesting discussion going on... I will check in more frequently)
nikimcbee
10-27-10, 05:44 PM
No...:haha:
I got a life thanks...:yeah:
:hmmm:
Really? 12,800 posts says otherwise.
But that's okay, we love you anyway:woot:.
Then there' Jim...
nikimcbee
10-27-10, 05:46 PM
I have two forums i frequent.
I check them both in the morning before i start my day. (of course i also read news, check e mail and maybe chat with a friend for a minute)
I check in with subsim about a dozen times a day - (if i am somewhere boring and i have my phone, or if there is a very interesting discussion going on... I will check in more frequently)
Now here's a question, as a new-found Irishman, do you post drunk?:hmmm:
Then there' Jim...
My thoughts exactly when saw the thread title. Jimbuna, dowly, nikimcbee, frau kaleunt...and some many others...
Sailor Steve
10-27-10, 07:27 PM
No. I come here because I love naval history, and the Silent Hunter series is currently the only way I can pretend I'm living it. Like Jim and some others, most of my posts are on the actual game forums, discussing the games or the history that led to them. When I'm not here I'm either playing the game or working on research, or playing music.
I've been a member on a few other forums, mostly dedicated to other subjects I like. The lustre faded from all of them for me.
So no, I don't run to a lot of different forums, or any for the most part.
krashkart
10-27-10, 07:35 PM
This be the only forum that I'm active on. I'm probably more of a coffee junkie than forum junkie.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=258&pictureid=2286
Yes Niki, Jim is definitely a forum junkie, but I have to admit that I am as well, I probably spend several hours a day on various forums!:oops: and yes KK, coffees go down well while perusing!:D http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=258&pictureid=2286
Castout
10-27-10, 08:04 PM
Don't be offended . . . . .it's my situation too perhaps.
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u116/zack2778/ComputerFriendsFunny.jpg
I think I was born in the wrong part of the world. That must be it.:O:
Most people in the region are either a coward, a corrupt, or a fool.
Now they can be a cowardice religious/ corrupt religious /foolish religious or either corrupt politician / foolish politician / cowardice politician or cowardice nobody / corrupt nobody / foolish nobody. China and her ways will be embraced with wide open hearts naturally by most SEA countries. And most of them are ready for dictatorship despite the claim. The society just doesn't understand **** about rights and democracy both the elites and the most of common people. And what rule of law?
Human and civil and individual rights and democracy are still largely western values largely not internalized nor appreciated by most Asians whose ancestors were used to kow towing(kneeling and bowing) to some emperor [SIGH]. To put it bluntly Asians are largely less civilized . . . .(I can't be racist for saying that because I too am Asian)
Er... Yes!... I think!:oops::doh::yep:
But then again...:hmmm:
Platapus
10-27-10, 08:30 PM
Well since there is no denying that I am a dinosaur, I feel free to ask the cogent question:
What is a "paste bar"? I have never heard that term before. :88)
Now here's a question, as a new-found Irishman, do you post drunk?:hmmm:
As a new found Irishman how could he tell?
the_tyrant
10-27-10, 08:33 PM
Well since there is no denying that I am a dinosaur, I feel free to ask the cogent question:
What is a "paste bar"? I have never heard that term before. :88)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baidu_Tieba
aka, Chinese forum
Platapus
10-27-10, 08:38 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baidu_Tieba
aka, Chinese forum
Wow, learn something new when I come to Subsim. :yeah:
Sledgehammer427
10-27-10, 09:11 PM
SUBSIM.com is my homepage. And since I'm a moderator (even if it's on a forum that doesn't see much action) I'm on it quite often.
I used to be a member of the wrestlingchaos.co.uk forums, but that was a long time ago, I was about to become the GT forum moderator there.
But this is really the only forum I frequent, like AVGWarhark, I go on a forum that deals with my car, but I'm not a member, Having a problematic GM seems to be a family tradition.
Castout
10-27-10, 10:56 PM
Er... Yes!... I think!:oops::doh::yep:
But then again...:hmmm:
Well the first part is a joke
The latter part is just my dissenting view but all is fair :DL
Sailor Steve
10-27-10, 11:58 PM
Have you considered that many people that I know in real life are also on the same forums as you?
Its not the first time that I have met a friend(from real life) at a forum meeting
I'm just the opposite. I joined one forum because several of my friends were already on it. I still see them, but I don't go there anymore.
On the other hand, I did get to one of the Subsim meetings, but had to miss three others. It was fun talking to people I knew from here, and I really regret the missed opportunities to meet some of the others.
The reason I faded from other forums but stick with Subsim is, quite simply, the number of people who are willing to act as if we were actually sitting in a room talking to each other. I find respect, reason and companionship here like no other internet site I've been on.
GoldenRivet
10-28-10, 12:12 AM
Now here's a question, as a new-found Irishman, do you post drunk?:hmmm:
I posted drunk as an old-found Irishman :()1:
Guilty as charged sitting in OIA 0500 oct 28 2010 messin with you guys
Herr-Berbunch
10-28-10, 06:58 AM
Over the years I've dropped in the odd forum to get an answer to a specific technical question, but subsim is the only one I've used regarding a game, and the only one to even make me want to come back. The others just seem to be very 'I'm better then you because I know the answer.' This was very much apparant in one other forum I visited after having such a good time here - almost every single new person's question was aggresively directed towards another part of the forum.
I'll stick with you guys and gals :yeah:
Yes of all the forums I am a member of and have perused Subsim is by far the friendliest and most helpful of all, a gem in the rough!:yeah:
krashkart
10-28-10, 07:49 AM
It's almost unusual to find a decent place to hang out online. The last awesome forum I remember sticking with for any length of time was a Myst fan forum. Then I found Subsim. What a stroke of luck. :DL
Or is it? :hmmm: This could just be a really good dream, and when I wake up I'll actually be trapped in a hostile 'tweener forum. :o:wah:
frau kaleun
10-28-10, 08:01 AM
This could just be a really good dream, and when I wake up I'll actually be trapped in a hostile 'tweener forum. :o:wah:
*pinches Krashkart*
OMG have you, like, seen the new Justin Bieber video? He's, like, totally dreamy!
and BTW I finished the Twilight books you loaned me - OMG OMG TEAM JACOB!!!1! you were so right about that - so I'll bring them when I see you at the Miley Cyrus concert.
krashkart
10-28-10, 08:10 AM
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=179&pictureid=3183
http://imgur.com/ZeTaa.jpg
nikimcbee
10-28-10, 12:10 PM
I freebase subsim with a lot of diet coke.:woot:
Once you've met "the Buna" there's no going back.:woot:
Takeda Shingen
10-28-10, 12:29 PM
Umm....I'm not quite sure what to make of Vendor's picture.
frau kaleun
10-28-10, 12:45 PM
Umm....I'm not quite sure what to make of Vendor's picture.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1310/5123919344_190aace724.jpg
Umm....I'm not quite sure what to make of Vendor's picture. ...1-24
Umm....I'm not quite sure what to make of Vendor's picture.
+1???:hmmm:
three people who do not take that it is Christmas soon, fantastic, :woot:
nikimcbee
10-28-10, 08:55 PM
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1310/5123919344_190aace724.jpg
:har::salute:
kiwi_2005
10-28-10, 09:40 PM
Simple rules I try to keep while in cyberspace:
* Try to be on good terms with everybody.
* Never argue to the point where its getting nowhere and just ends up flinging angry words at each other.
* Respect the moderators: They are there cause they earned it and have direct contact with the admin. No point arguing.
* What you might think is a funny post you just put up might be an insult to others. Be careful here. ;)
* And last but not least that X up top in the right hand corner is there for a reason. Use it if your having a bad day. :DL
Takeda Shingen
10-28-10, 10:31 PM
Very good rules, kiwi. I wish more people would adhere to the last one; it saves the forum a lot of mess, the moderators a lot of work, and saves the poster a lot of embarassment and apologies after he or she calms down and/or sobers up. A lot of effort is wasted and reputations ruined by posting when drunk or angry.
Platapus
10-29-10, 01:28 PM
One more rule. You don't have to hist the post button.
I can't tell you how many times I write scathing posts and then decide not to post them. It helps, you feel better writing your feelings down but you don't piss off people by posting them.
One more rule. You don't have to hist the post button.
I can't tell you how many times I write scathing posts and then decide not to post them. It helps, you feel better writing your feelings down but you don't piss off people by posting them.You too!! I have written some very long posts only to delete them knowing full well that I would be attacked and have to respond with a lot more posts,:doh: so I opt for the easy way out! - coward!!:yep:
But sometimes I just can't let it go, I become obsessed and turn into the ultimate forum junkie, and nothing stops me:
http://www.jabulela.com/files/imagecache/thumb/media/toilet-computer-symptoms-dependence.jpg
:hmmm:
Really? 12,800 posts says otherwise.
But that's okay, we love you anyway:woot:.
Then there' Jim...
Yea that was a few years ago when I was here every day before my long break, what a wast of life that was. I'm not here everyday now, glad I got my life back. :yeah:
Knew you abstinence during the time you took a break, :hmmm:
Jimbuna
10-30-10, 02:45 PM
The reason I faded from other forums but stick with Subsim is, quite simply, the number of people who are willing to act as if we were actually sitting in a room talking to each other. I find respect, reason and companionship here like no other internet site I've been on.
Rgr that from me also :yep:
:hmmm:
Really? 12,800 posts says otherwise.
But that's okay, we love you anyway:woot:.
Then there' Jim...
I freebase subsim with a lot of diet coke.:woot:
Once you've met "the Buna" there's no going back.:woot:
LOL :DL
What's a forum and a life? :hmmm::doh:
In most cases they can be combined with work and leisure, although time is not always sufficient for forums and work, there's a live outside also..
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