Have a Seat at the Lounge
Since this is a still a small community and we see the same faces everywhere, I thought it'd be nice to get to know each other. Share as much or as little as you feel comfortable with! You can use the following as a guideline:
- location: New York
- interests/hobbies: philosophy, psychology, guitar, tennis
- 5 music artists: Radiohead, Pixies, Crystal Castles, Pulp, Queen
- 5 films: Oldboy, Gattaca, American Psycho, Fight Club, Spaghetti Westerns
- 5 shows: Game of Thrones, Arrested Development, Archer, Firefly, Twin Peaks
- 5 games: StarCraft, Diablo, Left 4 Dead, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, The Sims 3 (I like to build houses)
- a dream/goal of mine: to go into outer space
- two truths and a lie: (1) I can run 100 meters in 10 seconds, (2) I read at least three books per week, (3) I don't know how to drive
Call people out on their lies :) If you like, you can wait until several people have guessed before revealing the truth.
Follow people who intrigue you or have the same interests. Maybe you can get together and create a tribe.
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* location: Minnesota
* interests/hobbies: computers and tech, web development, writing
* 5 music artists: Pegboard Nerds, Taylor Swift (yep, way too catchy), Owl City, Pentatonix, and of course, Weird Al
* 5 films: Spy, Good Will Hunting, The Matrix, Interstellar, Pitch Perfect 2
* 5 shows: Parks and Recreation, The Office, 30 Rock, Futurama, Rick and Morty
* 5 games: Minecraft, Gran Turismo 5, Billionaire., Clash of Clans (w/ Ultrapowa), and Little Inferno
* a dream/goal of mine: To start my business
* two truths and a lie: (1) I was born in Minnesota, (2) When I was born I almost immediately died from oxygen deprivation, and (3) I hate sleeping, and try to do it as little as possible.
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Our number 2 is the exact same thing haha
Really? Wait, where's yours? (searches)
Edit: Ahaha it is, that's bizarre. Is your #2 the lie or the truth?
Maybe its truth. Maybe its a lie. whhoooo knoooows Edit: It's the truth.
Number 3!
* Location: Denver
* interests/hobbies: astronomy, science fiction, writing, fencing, martial arts, computers, scripting
* 5 music artists: 2 Cellos, Sarah McLachlan, Queen, Mozart, Daft Punk
* 5 films: Return of the Jedi, Matrix, Avengers, Cabin in the Woods, Serenity
* 5 shows: Constantine (RIP), Big Bang Theory, Marvel: Agents of Shield, Firefly, Buffy
* 5 games: Munchkin, World of Warcraft (retired), Master of Orion: Battle at Antares, Dungeons & Dragons, Vampire/Mage
* a dream/goal of mine: to move back to Australia, or at least retire in western Canada.
* two truths and a lie: (1) I hate the cold with a passion, (2) I was born and bred in upstate New York and (3) I should have my book written by the end of the year.
1 (cold) is the lie. You love the cold don't you haha.
Sorry, the cold is not the lie.
I want to guess that you're not writing a book, but for some reason I feel like an asshole guessing that.
I think the lie is that you hate the cold.
I wish that was the lie. :/
Yeah depending on where you lived in Australia, you'll either love or hate the cold. Brisbane, so I love the cold. Screw 40C+ summers. You can dress up for Winter, there's only so much clothing you can take off in public before you're arrested.
Hah. I have the same attitude about the cold. I also thought all of Australia would be hot, so thanks for the education.
Tasmania apparently gets fairly cold in the winter. Had a friend go down there one time and complain about having to go outside for a smoke.
Tassies only think they know cold. Tassies don't know cold.
I was in Brisbane. I loved the heat. I grew up in cold, so I'll take all the heat I can get.
Well I can confirm that it's a nice 20C here atm, feels 15C due to cloud cover.
We're at about 25C here. Next week we're forecasted to be in the mid-30s, and I'm looking forward to it. Of course Denver has a dry heat you might appreciate more.
I'm going to guess number 2, and that you're originally from Australia.
No, I meant it when I said I grew up in the cold. I grew up in upstate New York, the Buffalo south towns where the ground disappeared under snow around November and didn't reappear until May. I learned to hate the cold while delivering newspapers.
Nice. I lived in Rochester for a time so I know all about that snow.
And then you have people like me, who have never seen snow in their lives. For better or worse.
location: Los Angeles
interests/hobbies: music/guitar, gaming, books/comic, film,
5 music artists: Opeth, Cynic, Slayer, Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky
5 films: Pulp FIction, Evil Dead, The Shining, A Clockwork Orange, The Dark Knight
5 shows: Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul (I'll lump these two together), The Flash, South Park, Metalocalypse
5 games: Bioshock (all), Fallout 3/New Vegas, Portal 1&2, Borderlands (all), GTA
a dream/goal of mine: Actually become a professional, working, touring musician
two truths and a lie:
(1) I can play the theremin
(2) I have a Batman tattoo
(3) I snuck a flask full of rum into a showing of Mad Max
EDIT: formatting
Hey, we have the same dream! (Though, I listed a different one.) Electric guitar?
If we cross paths let's jam out to some metal :)
Hell yeah! Yes I play electric and classical guitar :)
Number 2. You would't have a batman tattoo then list the dark knight last.
Nope, I have a Batman tattoo :)
Then number 1
Okay you got it. I wish I could though.
wait so that means you actually did sneak a flask of rum into a Mad Max showing....how was it?
Oh it was awesome. I was taking my buddy, it was my second time seeing it. We were already pretty drunk beforehand so we basically poured the flask into a giant coke and sucked it down. That movie is basically a roller coaster ride as it is so being drunk only enhanced the excitement of it.
Please tell me that it's a sleeve of the scene where Joker comes back to the GCPD to retrieve an item of his.
So much ink... so much :D
Are we talking about the same incarnation of the joker in my user pic? Because New 52 joker would definitely make for a great tattoo.
It's actually pretty small though. I do plan on expanding the tattoo one day but I can't afford what it would cost. Currently it's just a small bat-emblem on my wrist.
I was trying to not give away the scene, but yeah it would be a rather black tattoo with lots of "sounds". Seriously the creepiest scene I've read in that storyline. I've just finished the Death of the Family story arc. Need to get back into reading them.. got a year or so back log I think.
You know we expect a picture now, right :P
https://i.imgur.com/W8vzIZD.jpg
There you go. Sorry if it's not as exciting as you hoped.
Thats pretty cool. Ya, not very exciting, but its a good place to start.
Awesome catch
(2) is the lie.
location: Oceanside, CA
interests/hobbies: music, politics, sports, gaming
5 music artists: Drake, AC/DC, Ariana Grande (dead serious, I think she's awesome), Bruno Mars, Justin Timberlake
5 films: Pulp Fiction, Mad Max: Fury Road, Birdman, Saving Private Ryan, American Psycho
5 shows: Breaking Bad, House of Cards, House, M.D., American Horror Story, The Walking Dead
5 games: Madden NFL, FIFA, Civilization 5, Sly Cooper, Bioshock
a dream/goal of mine: Leave a net positive impact to society
two truths and a lie: (1) I've experienced 9 seizures in life, (2) I've had the same political views for a long time, (3) When I was young, I once did a rain dance shortly before it started raining
Tough one. Is is number 2?
Yeah it's number 2. This time last year I was your typical rank-and-file conservative Republican. Now I volunteer for the Bernie Sanders' campaign.
I want to answer your lie Q but what is "siezes"?
It's supposed to say seizures. It's fixed now
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I know the truth but I'll hold my tongue since I know you haha.
location: Ontario at the moment
interests/hobbies: hockey, sports in general, movies, tv shows, hockey, hockey
5 music artists: Eminem, 2Pac, BIG, Drake, Justin Bieber (JK)
5 films: Shawshank Redemption, Interstellar, American Gangster, Independence day (from when I was a kid)
5 shows: Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad (now converted to Better Call Saul), Walking Dead, Lost (I miss it), Mad Men
5 games: Civ 5, SC 2, DOTA, Any good RPG, Any good FPS
a dream/goal of mine: travel 100 countries (at approx 25 so a long ways to go)
two truths and a lie: (1) I can stay up for 72 hours, (2) I play hockey (3) I've spent time in prison
You're very Canadian :D
I'm gonna go ahead and call you out on number 3. If not that, then number 1. Maybe we can play some StarCraft sometime. Thanks for stopping by.
Haha yea, I forgot to call you out!
My guess is that 2 is a lie. I'd believe 1 or maybe 2, but 3 is a ton of reading.
Haha, you got me. I guess that was a little too obvious.
3 - Canada doesn't have guns, so it doesn't have a need for Prison. -- Joking, I'll say 2 as you would want to play Hockey, an injury sustained in a local moose riding competition meant that your dreams to play were shattered like your femur... ok ok I kid... geeze tough crowd. For realsies I'd say 2 as a legit answer.
So 2 and 3 as the truths and 1 as the lie?
Sorry I mean 2 was the lie. I need coffee stat!
1 (sleep) is a lie. I can't even do 36 hours.
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* Location: Miami * Interests/Hobbies: Biking, Jukely, Sports, Video Games, Netflix * 5 music artists: Grimes, Crystal Castles, Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, Kendrick Lamar * 5 films: The Big Lebowski, The Dark Knight, Star Wars, Pulp Fiction, Blade Runner * 5 shows: The Sopranos, South Park, Breaking Bad, Archer, Louie * 5 games: Binding of Isaac, Hotline Miami, Halo, GTA, Metroid Prime * A dream/goal of mine: To grow wings and fly like a bird * Two truths and a lie: (1) I went to UCF (2) I'm on a reality TV show coming out this fall (3) I've gone to dozens of concerts and festivals
You may want to fix your formatting.
Also, I'm guessing 2, the reality TV show one as a lie.
Nice taste in music :)
I'm also going to guess number 2.
location: Ohio
interests/hobbies: Watching tv, spending time with my son,
5 music artists: Eminem, Staind, Alice in Chains, Journey, Dry Kill Logic
5 films: Finding Forester, Insidious,
5 shows: Game of Thrones, Hannibal, Shark Tank, Luther, Sherlock Holmes
5 games: Tap Titans right now, not much into games
a dream/goal of mine: Own a house
two truths and a lie: (1) I can bench press 275lbs (2) 6 years spent in the Army, (3) Going through a divorce
Well, I hope the divorce is the lie.
Nope, currently going through a divorce.
:(
It's okay, sometimes it is best for people to split.
I also hope number 3 is a lie, but if not that then number 1.
Number 3 is the truth. Soon I hope to bench 275 lbs though :)
Word, I'm sure you'll get there.
3 (divorce) is the lie.
It's the truth.
Oh lets give this a go then.
* Location: Lowestoft, England.
* Interests/hobbies: Words in various shape, size, and form. history, cooking, sociology, psychology, art, urban exploration, nature, the list is huge.
* 5 music artist: David Bowie, Blur, Pulp, The Kinks, Madness.
* 5 films: Monty Python and The Holy Grail, The Life of Brian, Amelie, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Shaun of the Dead.
* 5 shows: Green Wing, QI, Black Books, Bottom, Fry & Laurie.
* 5 games: Does trying to come into contact with as few idiots as possible count? Minecraft, Prison Architect, Europa Universalis IV, but that’s about it.
* A dream/goal: My partner to be fit and healthy again, and for my books to be published. Yeah that is two, but I like to break rules.
* Two truths and a lie:
(1) I once packed a rucksack and left everything else behind to set up home elsewhere, not that I knew where at the time. Ended up in another country and never returned.
(2) At the age of 13 I had my long hair shaved it off to raise money for cancer awareness, never grew it long again and it has been every colour you can think off since.
(3) I was in a group of freestyle BMX riders as a teenager. We appeared on a kids TV show, showcasing our talents, only two hours later I broke my leg and missed out on touring Europe.
May I just add that the 5 best list will change slightly depending on mood, hour, weather, and just because I an indecisive. Oh and any mods out there, i don’t really like to break rules, honest.
You're so edgy, man.
Great to meet another Pulp fan. Blur are great as well. I'm also going to guess number 1 is a lie.
Edgy? I have been called many things, most of them unrepeatable in polite society. But never edgy.
The more details given, the tougher this is. Hmmm I'm gonna guess 1 is the lie but don't answer just yet.
It's been a little time so I guess I shall reveal. Number 3 is the lie, but only a little one. As I was skateboarding, not a BMX rider.
Location: USA
Interests/hobbies: games, art, television
5 music artists: Sia, Nicki Minaj, Regina Spektor, Pentatonix, Daft Punk
5 shows: Orange is the New Black, Weeds, Sense8, Rick and Morty, Steven Universe
5 games: Borderlands 2, Smite, Wakfu, Transistor, Bastion
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Two truths and a lie: (a)I graduated from high school early (b) I have a tattoo on my lower back (c) My hair has been dyed various colors for the past 4 years
Is Sense8 that good? I've been thinking of checking it out.
I'm going to guess that b is a lie. Unless you're not a guy, in which case it becomes a little more likely... Help me out!
I loved sense8, but a lot of people have issues with it being slow. It's less of a TV series and more of a 12 hour movie.
Don't the profile level icons show gender?(that's your help)
Ah, I see now. Then is it a?
I guess it's tough to watch something slow unless you love where it's going. It's so easy to watch crappy shows because they just keep throwing things at you. I'll give it a shot, though.
Answer: b was the lie
D'oh! Congrats on avoiding the tramp stamp.
Way to make it legit tough.
New here, seems like a good first post.
Location: USA
Interests: Animation, Art, Music, Philosophy, Video Games, Books
Music: Oasis, Smashing Pumpkins, Def Leppard, Jimi Hendrix, Livetune
Films: Get Shorty, Madoka Magica Trilogy, Hatari, Rock N Rolla, Touch of Evil
Shows: Peter Gunn, Black Dynamite, Clannad, Jack Benny, Looney Tunes
Games: Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Smash Bros Project M, Donkey Kong Country, NFl Blitz 03, Danganronpa Series, Splatoon (extra cause I'm looking for people to play with)
Dream/Goal: To become a decent artist
2 Truths and 1 Lie
1. I ran from the cops and escaped
2. I destroyed a burger king bathroom
3. I rode an alligator when I was 4 years old
location: Southern California
interests/hobbies: Programming, music, dicking around on the internet
5 music artists: Chvrches, The Hush Sound, Pogo, D.R.U.G.S., Camila
5 films: Mad Max, American Psycho, August Rush, Interstellar, Star Wars
5 shows: Bates Motel, Louie, An Idiot Abroad, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Parks and Rec
5 games: Civ 5, Insurgency, Kerbal Space Program, GTA: SA, Saints Row: The Third
A dream/goal of mine: Travel the world with nothing but the clothes on my back
Two truths; one lie: I have never eaten korean BBQ, I almost died at birth from oxygen deprivation, and I've owned 6 cats in my life.
Damn you I actually don't know any of these. Well #1 is eliminated.....so is #2 the lie?
No. True as well. I have owned well over 6 cats.
1 (korean BBQ) is the lie.
Nope
Yeah Chvrches!
Yeah, Korean BBQ is Cali is a no brainer. I'm going to guess number 3.
You got it!
But ya, Chvrches is the shit. Absolutely addicting music.
- Location: Brisbane, Australia
- Interests/Hobbies: Programming, Gaming, Achievement Hunting
- 5 Music Artists: Black Sabbath, Nine Inch Nails, King Parrot, Mastodon, Baroness
- 5 Films: Dr Strangelove, Bladerunner, Fight Club, Aliens Series, Anything Miyazaki
- 5 Shows: X-Files, Twin Peaks, The Walking Dead, Breaking Bad, LOST
- 5 Games: Final Fantasy Series, Tekken Series, Borderlands Series Life is Strange, Alan Wake
- A Dream/Goal of mine: Run a small profitable company while still allowing me to be a Pro-Gamer.
- Two truths and a lie: (1) I've been a programmer for 28 years, (2) I'm fluent in English and Japanese, (3) I worked in the adult industry
あなたは日本語がわかりますか？日本語も分かります。スナプズが大すきです。 Anyway, all of that aside... My guess is number 3 is the lie.
Even though I've been to Japan 3 times now, I am not fluent in Japanese. I wish that I was. Truth be told that I have a survivalist level of the language and culture. I could live there without much issue, but I would feel very uncomfortable as I wouldn't fit in as well as I would want always feeling like I was a burden due to my lack of language skills. Can read to an extent, speak on the other hand is limited.
(2) is a Lie (as much as I wish it was true, and maybe someday it will).
Leaving (3) as True.
It's not what you think. I've worked for two adult companies who created some of the biggest sites in the late 90's early 2000's before the free video phase too hold. My job wasn't to approve content (like most people joke), I was more at a technical level with the site programming and general upkeep of servers as well as the referral systems for webmasters sending traffic to our sites. For the record, we came down on them hard if we found that they had used exploits, or really dodgy code to "trick" users, or malware'd users computers (I had a webmaster do this to me at one point.. they we're with us for long after that). You'd be surprised to know that most of the stereotypes and ideas of what happens in the industry are so far from the truth that it makes what we actually do sound boring.
I'll take a crack at the lie. The first one. You would have had to start programming in 1987. I didn't have my first PC till the late 90s.
I used to read books from this series religiously as a kid. As a child I had access to Apple ][e and a C64 around 85->88 I used to dabble with the programs provided in the books learning how to change them. In 88/89 I got an Amiga 500 which later went on to learning AMOS, cut to 1993 where I changed up from AMOS to QBASIC (Gorillas was played far to often in that class). Around 1995 I was doing stuff with the web, and from there that lead to VB, ASP, C++, PHP, NodeJS, ObjC and the rest is history.
Even though I don't classify what I was doing as "real" programming back in the lat 80's it technically was as I was experimenting and cutting my teeth in the industry that I now reside in. And to think, I went through most of high school focusing on art rather than computers.
(1) is True (sickening fact is that I've been using computers for more than 7/10th of my life).
Well if they are an older programmer, it doesn't sound too implausible.
I know I had to stop and re-do the math when I first did it. I thought it would land me some time in the 70s.
location: Kingston (Canada)
interests: computer programming, filmography, science fiction, astronomy
5 music artists: Seth Sentry, Eminem, Daft Punk, Dan Bull, Frank Sinatra
5 films: The Matrix, Forrest Gump, Star Wars (IV-V-VI), Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy., Saving Private Ryan
5 shows: Mad Men, The Sopranos, Firefly, Breaking Bad, Chuck
5 games: SW:KOTOR, Mount and Blade, Splinter Cell, Age of Empires, Cannon Fodder
a dream/goal of mine: Move to/work in the U.K.
two truths and a lie: (1)I speak conversational French, (2)I've played the trumpet for 4 years (but I still suck), (3) I've never left North America
Not Kingston Jamaica mon?
Dad! Get out!
Where exactly would you want to go in the UK?
Number 3 is the lie?
Not entirely sure, I am more of a big-city person, having grown up in the country, so maybe London? But the countryside over there sure sounds beautiful. Number 3 is true, I've only been to the U.S. and Canada.
Number 3 is the lie! Or number 2 for being very specific.
Number 3 is true, and unfortunately number 2 is also true. I don't speak a lick of French, having dropped it the first year I could in high school!
Location: Tennessee
Interests/Hobbies: Technology, Video games, Writing, Art
5 Games: Killer Instinct, Skullgirls, MK9, Hearthstone, FTL (even though I suck)
5 Shows: Archer, @midnight, Last Week Tonight w/ John Oliver, The Nightly Show w/ Larry Willmore, The Flash
Yeah Archer! Thanks for stopping by.
Do you want upvotes Moderator? Because that's how you get upvotes. o/
I suspect 2 is your lie. Who has time for that many books anymore? ;)
Bingo! Unfortunately, I do have the time. I just don't make use of it :(
* Location: Eastern North Carolina.
* interests/hobbies: Nature watching, computers, art, playing music,gardening, reading.
* 5 music artists: No longer follow music,but I like Celtic.
* 5 films: First 2 Star wars, Star Trek IV.
* 5 shows: Stargate SG-1,MASH, Babylon 5, Alien Nation, House.
* 5 games: Tabletop Simulator, PokerTH, MInecraft.
* a dream/goal of mine: To have a successful garden.
* two truths and a lie: (1) I hate the cold with a passion, (2) I can play the hammer dulcimer and mandolin (3) I want to learn sky diving.
Another sci-fi fan!
Is it number 1?
First of all... I'm impressed by your counting skills haha. Second, Number 3 is the lie! You are actually afraid of heights.
Hi everyone :)
*Location: Edinburgh
*Interests/hobbies: movies, painting, Japanese
*5 music artists: Foo Fighters, Iron Maiden, Stromae, Florence and the machine, Queen
*5 films: Kill Bill, The Holy Grail, Trainspotting, There will be blood, La cité de la peur
*5 shows: Game of Thrones, Orange is the new black, Stargate SG1, BoJack Horseman, Vikings
*5 games: Don't really play games any more; Devil May Cry, Super Mario Galaxy, Fallout, Sonic, Spiro
*A dream/goal of mine: converse in Japanese
*Two truths and a lie: (1) English is not my native language, (2) I go to work on my bicycle, (3) I am left-handed.
I'll guess number 1 as well!
Sorry, number 2 was the lie!
Number 1 is the lie. You're a proper Englishman, top hat and all.
Maybe I do have a top hat, but I am no Englishman. Number 2 was the lie ;)
My apologies, I am a fool who put Englishman by mistake, I do realise that Edinburgh is in Scotland, you're a proper Scotsman. :p
Loc: The Meadows
Int: Crime, Crime Fiction, Criminology, Sociology, Law
Goal: Recognition for my exploits.
2t/1l: (1) I am Dutch, (2) I am learning two languages, (3) I've lived in three countries.
Tough, but I'm gonna guess number 2 is the lie.
Can you recommend some crime fiction novels that I could check out to get into the genre?