Sadness: It's gotten to where I almost always copy my post or comment to the clipboard because as often as not, FriendFeed coughs up an 'Oops' and I have to refresh and try again. Got tired of constantly retyping things so now instead of just hitting enter, I've gotten into the habit of hitting ⌘-A ⌘-C and THEN trying to post or comment.
I have had this happen a number of times
- Melanie Reed
I just realized that it never happens to me when I'm using a third-party client; it only happens in the web interface.
- Akiva Moskovitz
from BuddyFeed
Clients may try-catch and retry. Just a guess though.
- Micah Wittman
from iPhone
These things are really the reason I am not posting new stuff to FF anymore. Unfortunately I have resorted to pushing out through twitter.
- Travis Koger
This is why console gamers can go SAF: you're ruining real PC games. Before you console juggalos came along, we never had to 'unlock' new areas or earn 'achievements'. Now PC games are bottlenecked by your console's weak hardware specs and game control is dumbed down to suit your limited, knobby, little controllers.
Another complaint: console gamers don't care about immersion so console games don't bother which is why console UIs are always so 'game-y'. Dragon Age is really fun but the UI might as well be the front panel of a microwave for how evocative and related it is to the setting of the game itself.
- Akiva Moskovitz
@Amber, you can pretty much just drop a $150 nvidia or ATI card in any PC with a PCI-express slot and enough RAM, done deal. cheaper than a console since you already have the PC - and if you don't mind lower resolutions or visual quality you could go down to $75 instead
- mjc
Don't already have the PC to do that. Haven't you heard my crappy computer rants already? It was just cheaper to get a hold of the console.
- Amber, Random Time Lord
Hahahaha...This rant is so funny. Microsoft comes up with one of the best ideas in gaming in a long time (unified achievements) and you pooh pooh it? Hilarious...Why not diss the steering wheel while you are at it. PC vs console gaming is a no-brainer for me...can't do PC gaming on my 55" TV.
- Alex Scoble
I think the controls are fine. You can use mouse-only or a combo of keyboard/mouse. The interface is MMORPG-like so blame WoW for that. Some games on PC's aren't as immersive due to the controls. There's no equivalent controls on the PC to moving the sticks to change the pace of running/walking/sneaking.
- Rodfather
I would have to disagree. I hate PC gaming, I just can't use the controls on a keyboard. I'm an old Nintendo-Atari-Sega guy. Last game I played on a PC was a DOS game called Prince of Persia. It just isn't the same without my Playstation 3 and my 47 inch HD television.
- Faraz Mullick
Alex, why can't you do PC gaming on your 55" TV? My ancient 42" Sceptre 1080P TV accepts VGA... been gaming on it for 4 years now. I prefer my 22" IPN panel Del monitor to it though.
- Adrian
Home theater PCs are either expensive or underpowered...You can't put a regular PC in a home theater...they are way too loud. And personally, I find console gaming to be much more seemless, and way more immersive...oh and Xbox 360 Achievements are awesomesauce. In short, I completely disagree with Akiva.
- Alex Scoble
I loved gaming on a PC (keyboard + mouse FTW) but I could never justify the costs keeping up with the hardware. I feel like I get my money's worth out of my PS3 (and Xbox 1) before that.
- Matt Mastracci
Sorry, but I hate PC gaming. Dealing with the keyboard and mouse just blows for me. Love my 360
- Holden Page
from iPod
I do agree somewhat console gaming ruining PC gaming. The interface for Fallout 3 PC was basically the same as the console. Such a pain.
- Rodfather
LOL, I still use the all-aluminum Lian Li case I've had for 6 years or so. I've managed to stuff a Core i7 into it. It's fairly quiet but the aluminum cases are not as quiet as a dedicated HTPC case. Frankly doesn't bother me. Mouse / keyboard is still the control paradigm to beat (except in racing / flying / platform games of course).
- Adrian
Consoles should natively support keyboard/mouse gaming for every game. If you can't beat that with a controller, buy a keyboard and mouse. ;)
- Matt Mastracci
I agree with Matt, I can't justify regular hardware upgrades any more. Not to mention having to deal with windows, which i hate. It wasn't that long ago that was on the console-bashing bandwagon, but the games and consoles have come a LONG way.
- dthree
Mass Effect would have been a much better game had it been designed ground up for the PC.
- Adrian
I've never really been a fan of BioWare RPG's. I still think the best were PC RPG's with an isometric view. Fallout 1&2 for example. Dragon Age seems ok so far.
- Rodfather
I play both console games and PC games, though I'm not really a big gamer. I don't really feel like game play is dumbed down or like I'm an idiot for playing console games, but whatever. I'm really commenting to say that I play PC games on my television all the time. In fact, my PC is broken so everything I do on a PC I do on the 'family' one hooked up to the television. We have an I7...
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- joey
It bothers me that media PCs or consoles are in the living room. I would have thought we'd all be using rack-mounted hardware in media closets by now. :( It sucks to have piles of boxes hooked up to a TV with spaghetti wires all over the place. Clearly some companies are missing opportunities. Console controls should work equally well with PCs, and they should all be RF.
- Cristo
Cristo, you're welcome to come set up a media closet for me :)
- joey
joey, I would do it. Unfortunately it's still really, really hard. I'm still trying to figure it all out.
- Cristo
To this day can't play any sort of first person shooter on the consoles. The controls are just no match compared to keyboard / mouse combo that I've had years upon years of experience on. That's sadly all I can contribute to this discussion.
- Jon, the Beartato of FF
Oh, PC gaming. How I remember the love that I felt for you when realising that even though I was well above "minimum spec", the new game still ran like a turd in treacle. The discovery that I would need to update pretty much everything in order to just support the graphics card and RAM upgrades just made things even sweeter. And -oh!- all those commands to remember! Thank $DEITY I have...
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- Andy Bold
Alex, your argument is voided by your use of the word 'awesomesauce'.
- Akiva Moskovitz
from BuddyFeed
I don't hate consoles, but they hold nothing to the graphics of a PC. ;)
- Spencer
Also, I've yet to see any proper refutation of my points. The fact that not one of you has refuted being called a juggalo is seriously concerning.
- Akiva Moskovitz
from BuddyFeed
i cant afford buying the best of the best when it comes to pcs. sure, the console systems are not as flashy but i still enjoy them for what they are, mind you, i have a soft spot for old SNES games, so...... mind you i play WoW . those kinda games are hard to replicate on a console machine. BUT. WoW doesnt require HUUUGEE processing power to play. i think that's the trick with pc games. make more games that don't require lots of hardware to enjoy. remember the good ol fun days of the lucasarts adventures??
- Terry O'Fee
Hey, did you guys have fun modding Fallout 3? Oh, wait, you can't! You're on a console. Oops, sorry!
- Akiva Moskovitz
from BuddyFeed
mind u, im not much of a fan of these ipod touch/iphone versions of games coming out these days. playing doom with a touchscreen just looks silly :P
- Terry O'Fee
I game to enjoy myself. PC gaming is a chore - you have to build a PC, maintain it, patch it, defrag it, buy new hardware for it, run anti-malware on it, etc. Consoles are simple: put a disc in, and enjoy playing a game. I don't want to mod, I don't want to brag about headshots, I certainly don't want to play online with a bunch of assholes. I just want to play a game. Consoles are WAY better at this simplified experience.
- Sparky Crocker
Sparky, are you still living in 1999? I don't have to maintain a PC, patch it, defrag it, or run anti-malware on it. I just boot up, slip the disc in, and go. It's zero maintenance, zero fuss. Perhaps this could be because it's a MacPro and I do nothing on the PC side except play games but even when before I bought the MacPro, I haven't had a need to perform serious maintenance or even...
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- Akiva Moskovitz
The absence of Madden on the PC is what finally pushed me over the edge to pick up an Xbox. It sorta seems to me like PC and console are *almost* complementary: I can't for the life of me play an FPS with a controller, but there are all kinds of "family"/kids games I've never think of buying on a PC, and live head-to-head sports on the big screen TV just isn't very PC friendly. I'll take both, thanks. :-)
- Ken Sheppardson
I'll respectfully disagree; I don't miss the "buy a new game/upgrade your hardware" cycle -since purchasing my Xbox360, I haven't had to purchase and install the latest, greatest video card, or add more memory to my console in order to enjoy the latest, greatest games. Personally, I think Achievements are a nice way to mark and track progress through a game, and I admit, I've become addicted to hearing the "Achievement Unlocked" sound as I'm playing through a game.
- Andrew Terry
Achievements are the Satan of video gaming. It made me quit WoW. I couldn't walk anywhere or open any door without fucking alarms and popups and crazy shit "YOU HAVE OPENED YOUR 5,406 DOOR?!
- Matthew DeVries
Akiva - you just made a point by stating that you use a Mac Pro for gaming. That's a $3000 machine vs. a $200 Xbox 360. It's a machine you have to deal with, install, run updates on, etc.
- Sparky Crocker
You all know this topic is a religious war, no one wins, and you leave scorched earth in your wake? Just checkin'.
- Ed Millard
I'm a life long PC gamer, and I love them but they are pretty flawed. The constant push for more gear is certainly a flaw, also leads to rich gamer advantage. The push for stunning visuals is bad too and seems to afflict all platforms. They end up shorting game play, and driving up game costs. I still love and play ugly Battlefield2 but the cheats you have on PC's seriously damage it. I have a PS3 IBM gave me with Madden 2010 but I just don't like. Football is not a game designed for computers.
- Ed Millard
I could almost see playing football on a computer if you had 22 people playing. It would probably be chaos in practice though. If you actually had a team of 11 people who practiced and worked together and played competitively against other teams like that it might be really interesting.
- Ed Millard
I play with consoles these days mostly, but I have nothing against PC gaming when the hardware is up to date. I wouldn't blame the consoles for dumbing down the games. I guess the reason is money: console games aren't pirated as much so releasing/optimizing for them first makes sense business-wise. About achievements: if they are reasonable, they encourage me to play more. For example, they motivated me to play more Fallout 3 than I otherwise would have played.
- Jemm
from fftogo
Sparky, well, I failed to mention the fact that I have a gaming PC here that I built out several years ago that would trounce my MacPro in gaming. Only reason why I use the MacPro for gaming at all is because I want to play on my 24" LED Cinema Display rather than my years-old 22" Samsung LCD. And that old machine required no maintenance at all: again, the days of XP and FAT are gone;...
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- Akiva Moskovitz
Ed, you're right, this is a religious war that no one can win. It's also trollish comment-bait. Occasionally, I like to rile up the natives (and by occasionally, I pretty much mean daily).
- Akiva Moskovitz
Ed, you do make a good point, though: I don't want to sacrifice game quality just for stunning visuals. However, at least on the PC, you have the option for stunning visuals. Because of consoles, the cutting edge of gaming has been seriously dulled. A good example of this tug-of-war is Oblivion which was clearly console-oriented game but also had ground-breaking graphics at the time....
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- Akiva Moskovitz
Akiva, I figured, LOL. Nothing wrong with that. Religious wars are always entertaining to watch at least up until the crucifixions start, and some people are even in to those.
- Ed Millard
As a proof that it isn't always about pretty graphics, I offer this challenge: as soon as you can play a game like Hearts of Iron III on a console, I'll buy in wholesale. But as long as consoles promote arcade-style play (and I mean arcade in the sense of simple gameplay as well as in the traditional sense of playing to earn prizes/achievements) as well as bottleneck PC gaming, I'll be...
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- Akiva Moskovitz
Akiva, the fact that you used the word 'juggalo' was my favourite part of the post. How could I refute that? My 'juggalo name' is Cutty the Clown, by the way.
- joey
joey, hm, I wonder what my juggalo name would be.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Stunning visuals are expensive to develop. They are great for the immersion, but me I like games for strategy, tactics and competition. The visuals don't add anything to that. Seems to me like too many companies are marketing games just based on "stunning visuals" because they've run out of ideas for the actual game, and too many players fall for it.
- Ed Millard
Akiva, not sure consoles are exactly crippling PC gaming. As others have suggested the PC's openness is its own worst enemy. Not sure "piracy" is entirely it but it is certainly rampant and is punishing developers. For multiplayer games the cheating you have on PC's is really killing them, it sure hammers BF2 and Call of Duty. Not sure how rampant it is on consoles but I assume its either a lot less to non existent.
- Ed Millard
Okay, let me make this easy for all of you: if you agree with me, you're right; if you disagree with me, you're wrong Wrong WRONG!@@@@@@@@@@@@!@#!!!
- Akiva Moskovitz
I'm willing to let Akiva have his Alex Scoble moment.. just because
- Rodfather
Every once in awhile, the hero should enjoy the exploits of his sidekick.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Back to the very first response from Amber, I'm not stupid, I just can't afford to get a PC that can handle full-blown games yet. Maybe I'll reach that level when I replace my circa 2003 HP Pavilion that barely works. And sort of like what joey said, I'm not a very serious gamer, anyway, and I don't think I'm an idiot for using a console. Perhaps some people are, but I'm not. All I have...
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- Kamilah Gill
OK, I think Akiva just had the Nero, "Crucify all the console gamers" moment....
- Ed Millard
Kamilah: Here I am with a system from 2003, with a crappy video card, 1GB RAM, and a single-core P4. And yet I can play lots of great, full games on it. Cost is an excuse.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
Chris, my computer has just gotten hopelessly full of stuff that slows it down. I defrag it, run virus detectors, etc. and it just acts really stupid all the time. I might get it to function well enough if I go through and painstakingly clean out everything in it, but I don't think it's worth the effort. I just need to start over with a clean slate.
- Kamilah Gill
Console FTW because (1) I refuse to run Windows and (2) I refuse to upgrade my PC every 6-12 months. That said, game developers need to realize that we can plug in a keyboard and mouse on our console - at least I can plug one in the PS3, don't know about the Xbox - make that a controller option already and and get rid of dumbed down interfaces!!!
- Haris bin Ali
Yeah, you can plug one in on a 360 as well... There's a folding panel on the right-hand side, similar to the cart slots on old consoles, with some USB ports inside.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
Ok, first of all cutting-edge PC gaming is a hobby, not a thing for the casual gamer. Most gamers build their own rigs. That's part of the hobby. If you don't enjoy that, then by all means stick with consoles, no problem. Yes the gear is pricey but if you play it right you can updgrade incrementally as needed. Certainly consoles have their place and have brought the 3d gaming experience...
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- Adrian
The last time I seriously gamed on a computer, it was on a Commodore 64. If WoW was on a console, I'd totally switch over.
- Victor Ganata
Hey, don't knock the C=64. There are some games for the C=64 that I still play today through emulation. :-) I still love Tower Toppler and Bubble Bobble.
- Jason Huebel
Jason, there's a C64 emulator for Android. ;D
- Adrian
The Commodore 64 isn't a console. But it does remind me: I need to find a Commodore 64, a 1571, and a 1581. I still have nearly all of my discs from back in the day. Same with my Apple ][e and Amiga collections (I do have an Amiga 500 upstairs).
- Akiva Moskovitz
Akiva: There are pretty decent, annual shows in Toronto and Chicago for Commodore fans. Toronto's is next month, at that.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
Toronto's a far distance from me. Ebay's a lot closer.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I still have all my C64 and Amiga disks too. I hope they still work.
- Rodfather
@Adrian Shouldn't the focus be on the games themselves rather than the hardware/OS they run on? Console gaming lets me do that. PC gaming does not.
- Haris bin Ali
@Haris sorry but that's not the case. The focus has been on simplifying the games with the console tech as the lowest common denominator, so even if you have a higher spec pc the game design itself is limited by the console tech, and not just the graphics.
- Adrian
well the differences between a pc game and a SNES/genesis game compared to a pc game and ps3/360 game are a little different. i go into game places now it's usually a wall one side of ps stuff, a wall of xbox stuff, a section of wii stuff and the pc games waaaay on the back wall.
- Terry O'Fee
'According to the Post, Fuchs was attending a benefit party in Williamsburg when he and a friend became stuck in an elevator between floors. The two opened the elevator doors and attempted to jump across the elevator shaft to the nearest floor. The friend made it; Fuchs didn't.'
- Akiva Moskovitz
from Bookmarklet
'Angela' from one of the Windows 7 commercials freaks me out: she looks remarkably like a combination of an ex-girlfriend and Elisha Cuthbert. Every time the commercial comes on, I stare like a cat watching a light slowly move across the ceiling.
Sean, if only I knew. This was delivered directly to me fresh and hot.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Wow, whatever you do, don't google "Asian guys at beach licking" if you want to find the Flickr account for this. No, seriously. Just...don't. o.O
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
changed my life forever...I will always go to the beach with a a few chubby buddies after porking myself up for those bosoms ~ and this image is most definitely going in the ol' spank bank
- sofarsoShawn
Remember ! I bring quality product to Friend Feed !:)
- Akiva Moskovitz
you know what would be funny: ok bear with me, if we blindfolded leather donut (you know the booby man) and...yeah fill in the blanks...something like this http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- sofarsoShawn
Sir, randomly linking to your FriendFeed from one of my posts is oh wait you'll never see this because you're blocked for spamming. Thanks anyway, kaghazrangy.
- Akiva Moskovitz
damn this picture just won't go away - you have forced me to hide it
- William Harryman
Akiva, wasn't that pic taken at your last BBQ?
- Paul
Every time I see this picture I smile. Their joy is infectious, like herpes.
- Sparky Crocker
Paul, I surely do wish I had a beach in my back yard!
- Akiva Moskovitz
Sparky, I'm going to have this blown up to poster-size and attaching it to the ceiling above our bed. That'll cause some infections!
- Akiva Moskovitz
makes me want to grow a rack and diddle with my own, know what I'm saying?
- sofarsoShawn
this. . . .this. . . ugh . . . so fucking wrong.
- Peter Ghosh
Akiva - you can put anything you want above our bed.
- Sparky Crocker
i've been trying to formulate a comment for this for days, but i just...can't.
- joey
I still want to know the motivation here. is this a gay marriage argument? or are we already pushing group social contracts on friendfeed?
- Noah David Simon
oh man this one keeps popping up on ma friendfeed,....must spread virus nao
- Chris Hofmann
I'm surprised no one's noticed old boy's red-framed glasses.
- Akiva Moskovitz
oh right... the glasses are so important when three asian men are licking his nipples and all the comments are by people who think gay marriage has something to do with equality... when it has everything to do with taking protections away from children. the red glass glasses.... um yeah. chicken and Oklahoma with milk
- Noah David Simon
Mark, you have uncovered the dark underbelly of humanity except in this case it isn't dark but is rather a pasty hue somewhere in the vicinity of undercooked flan.
- Akiva Moskovitz
This should be in the default noobie FF stream. Like the first thing anyone who signs up sees. If they stick around they're part of the family.
- Internet's Tad
Perhaps this can replace the kitty pic on the start page for non-members!
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
I'm certain prop8 had nothing to do with Swine Flu
- Noah David Simon
I'm thinking that eventually, it will have been hidden by every user on FriendFeed. It'll be the most hidden post in FriendFeed history.
- Akiva Moskovitz
WHY WHY KEEP BRINGING BACK THE EYES THEY HURT ME
- Neal Jansons
from IM
Herpes (and this): the gifts that keep on giving.
- Sparky Crocker
I wonder if the FriendFeed guys see this and say to themselves, 'Well, this isn't exactly what we had in mind when we started started FriendFeed.'
- Akiva Moskovitz
I look at it and think, "Not again."
- Steven Perez
from IM
Just about the time you FF is getting some class .. Oh well we is what we is.
- Brent - Long Live Rock
I can't believe after all this time some diligent FF'er hasn't dug up the identities (I said "titties") of this bunch and invited them to join the service that made them famous. Mitchell Tsai, get to work!
- Sprague D
i think if you unlike and delete all your comments anna it'll go away, but hide in general would be nice too (this photo makes me smile every time it pops up so don't mind it)...
- mike "glemak" dunn
*sigh* This is never going away, is it? It's gonna end up like James Bond movies and Swedish meatballs - always existing in the same form. never diminshing, never forgotten. :( :( :(
- Steven Perez
from IM
It will go away, to be replaced with photoshops of the original. It's all part of the meme lifecycle.
- Sparky Crocker
I am too new on friendfeed to know anything about record comments.. I love gmail tho, puts all the comments in one threaded email and I can delete them all later in one shot or not if I choose..
- David Gross
from email
well we should aim to beat the record.. i mean jeez there are tons of things that could be said about this.. like.. does it taste like chicken?
- ed fry
I'm gonna have nightmares now. thanks ed. ;)
- Alejandro
ok, in Japanese: "an, an, soko dame!"
- Rick Cogley
You can't close this thread. A lot of people say that this place is a Scoble-fest but, truly, it is this thread that is at the very heart of FriendFeed.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I'm officially going to proclaim that this is the FF equivalent of Goatse or FFoatse if you will. Lets all refer to it as that from this point forward.
- Mark Krynsky
Sparky has left 57 comments. The rest of you are slacking. Hop to it!
- Christopher Harley
Chrisitan just walked by and said "It's too early in the morning for Japanese titty licking." It's NEVER too early for Japanese titty licking.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
THIS is the first thing I see here this morning?
- l0ckergn0me
Chris, you just woke up? C'mon, man! It's 10:30!
- Akiva Moskovitz
I knew he would break eventually - it's fitting that it's on this thread *now to find out how to hide a thread once you've commented....*
- WorldofHiglet
As much as I am loathe to bump this post, I have to do it to say, You, sir, are a master. Well played, sir. Well played. This is why I take every opportunity to say, in my next life, I want to be Akiva. I've already called it! Don't anybody go getting any more ideas.
- ♥patricia♥
I, for one, refuse to "bump" posts...it's very unseemly...
- Live4Emma (L4S)
I wish FF-search allowed to do GROUP BY -aggregations so I could COUNT(*) who are the biggest *bump*ers. :)
- Jemm
Makes me laugh everytime I see it. Such a happy yet silly scene by the sea.
- Toby Graham
There is nothing silly about it. This is serious business.
- Sparky Crocker
The more I see this, the more I like it. Not for the ironic nipple-licking, but because these kids are genuinely enjoying themselves. :) Carry on.
- felicious
This photo looks so much better in iPhone 3.0!#!~
- Akiva Moskovitz
Seriously dude. What do I have to do to get rid of this disgusting picture!? Doh! Now I've just pushed it back to the top... yuck, I'm so sickened.
- Jason Nunnelley
I love this image, because I have no clue why it's happening. Randomness FTW!!
- Jimminy
from twhirl
I'm just thinking of all the new folks coming to friend feed and see this and wonder just what the hell did I get into anyway? And why in Gods name can't I spell Friend correctly the first time - GRRRRRR
- Brent - Long Live Rock
Can't believe I never hit 'like' on this! Consider the situation rectumfied.
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
Oops! I hope I didn't just bump this up again... ;-)
- Sprague D
It's just so refreshing to see genuine juvenile humour at work. These kids are no different from any other, I think it's a great happy image, given all the other shite happening in this world on a daily basis. For those that are too pompous and prudish, 'up yours with brass knobs'
- ImJustCreative
Wow. 666. Nice! Actually, the reason Asashoryu is getting a divorce ( http://ff.im/4T0UA ), is because he wants to spend time with this lot.
- Rick Cogley
To this day, the pic still comes back. Just like Herpes. :D
- Danny Minick
Although unlike herpes this photo is fun to share with friends.
- Sparky Crocker
I would rather go to http://woot.com and buy the Acer Aspire One for $259.99, I do not care that it is a refurb.. but what would I do with two laptops? Maybe #hive knows? hmm..
- David Gross
from email
What's this? A real question in this thread? Two extra laptops? Make them fancy digital photo frames.
- Jordan Hofker
Reason #696 why the Internet can grant you immortality. ;-)
- darnell
from BuddyFeed
I can't believe this thing is still floating around Friendfeed. These poor guys... ha ha ha
- Bradley Farless
@SeanMcGee sorry about the spam, this thread is sorta spammy.. I get the messages in email perfect for replying with any message because it then gets posted on twitter and facebook.. I do not do it all the time, look at my other posts in this stream..
- David Gross
from email
Lactating, males last resort to save ourselves, now that they can create sperm in labs.
- Jimminy
This is the thread that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friend. Some people started feeding it, not knowing what it was, and they'll continue feeding it forever just because...This is the thread that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friend. Some people started feeding it, not knowing what it was, and they'll continue feeding it forever just because...This is the thread that...
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- David Gross
from email
I have 89 :( emails since july 10th.. that includes the ones I sent.
- David Gross
from email
gmail comes in handy, it keeps all the email in conversations, 100 messages at a time but because the subject " :( " it will not filter out so they dont go to inbox.
- David Gross
from email
*THOUGHT FOR THE DAY...* Women are like phones: They like to be held, talked to, and touched often. But push the wrong button and your ass is disconnected.
- David Gross
from email
all this oral stuff is just begging the question of when do they start with the money shots?
- Noah David Simon
I just use this image as a way to announce crap. no one really pays attention to my feed... except my enemies. so when I have something important to say I tell the Asian Titty lickers. it is my strong belief that this thread needs it's very own domain name. something like http://xrl.us/TittyLickers
- Noah David Simon
You know, every time this pops up, since FF hides the middle of the comments of which there are 804 or so, I see Akiva say "I'm sorry." at the top. It makes me wonder about how some things are just not possible to apologize for!
- Rick Cogley
wow, I can't believe tomorrow is Friday :o) no, wait, somewhere in the world it's ALREADY Friday :o)
- David Gross
from email
Thanks Rick, thats what I thought.. does that mean I can start with the #followfriday on twitter or do I have to wait till it is Friday here in NJ? would be funny to post it from this post LOL all my friendfeed goes to twitter..
- David Gross
from email
David - yeah, you can get an early start.
- Rick Cogley
Rick, I am not good at lists or #followfriday but there are lotsa good people in this thread.
- David Gross
from email
the thing that strikes me about this (aside from the obvious) is after seeing this thing pop up like 35-40 times since March its just occurred to me that I don't have any (guy) friends that a) would lick my nipples b) would lick my nipples for a photograph. Maybe I should get out more...
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
I'm a little scared that I've this has gotten more than 800 comments and almost 200 likes over nearly five months and I still haven't clicked "Hide."
- Scott of Two Countries
It's just a bit of fun. I mean watching how many comment, not the picture content (although I suspect that is all that was too!)
- Ian May
Allright, you guys ready to shoot "mirth and girth"?
- Rick Cogley
For the life of me, I'll never understand the emotion people have around this picture for or against. There's no nudity at all, not even implied nudity. Less dude nudity than a beer commercial or cigarette ad, yet there are people who really really really hate this picture.
- Matthew DeVries
I found a way to get a Tit Theme, and it involves this picture.
- Jimminy
Hahahaha! It's like a telethon. And after Joey Bishop goes off stage, they flash this picture on the screen. "Won't you think of the CHILDREN?"
- Spidra Webster
It's been a while, hope the magnetism still prevails...
- Aaman (Clone of FF)
I just had to bump this once more... gives me a whole new excuse to go look at Phoebe again!
- Mark Jepsen
Hmmm, where do you think they're from? My guess is Japan...
- sofarsoShawn
The bumping algorithm includes things like novel people posting to it, in addition to thread age, and rapidity of comments. If the same 3 people are talking in a thread, it quits bumping because it's obviously a closed tea party.
- Matthew DeVries
I forgot, also you're a very handsome guy(saw the wedding images), I don't understand why you don't like to share your face. Rochelle is a lucky lady.
- Jimminy
Jimminy, it's an irrational phobia. No different than people who are afraid of heights, spiders, clowns, or Canada.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Akiva, now I'm LMAO at the fear of Canada. People are actually afraid of Canada, or just the fact they don't know if they're British or French?
- Jimminy
I don't think even Canadians know that difference.
- Akiva Moskovitz
If Friendfeed had sound .. this thread would be all licks and slurps
- Mattb4rd
Sorry Akiva, I think it was the display picture.. I have known male and female Akivas.. Oh and by the way guys I am not afraid of Canada LOL will be there this weekend.. Dave Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes...> - "Even a stopped clock is right twice a day."
- David Gross
from email
I popped the 666 cherry and I will get 1000 also.
- Jimminy
If it gets to 1000 will Akiva lock it so it can sink from our feeds forever? Please?!?
- WorldofHiglet
I think locking this post would be un-FriendFeedian.
- Jason Huebel
This is the immortal post everyone who uses the service must see it so WoH it just wouldn't be good to lock it.
- Jimminy
Not everyone see's it, only the people with true class do.
- Sparky Crocker
It keeps on going and going and going....
- David Gross
from email
In the Hall of Great Posts at the FriendFeed museum, this shall be hung high on the wall with pride.
- Johnny Worthington
I'M THE ROCK AND ROLL CLOWN.. AND I LIKE COCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAINE
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
*Wispering to Murderface* "Seriously man, I do... A LOT of cocaine."
- Matt Stoddard
It is now September 1st, and this has not reached 1000 comments. I am sorely disappointed. Yet, for some reason, I am uplifted by the smile of this young man, who was fortunate enough to have such great friends that fateful day on the beach.
- Josh Haley
Quick let's add some comments... Gee that guy on the far left is not really getting into the swing of things is he?
- Travis Koger
Travis... bear in mind that we don't know what "main chubby guy's" right hand is doing, or where it's doing whatever it's doing...
- Mark Jepsen
BUT WE CAN INFER WHAT "MAIN CHUBBY GUY'S" HANDS ARE DOING. BOTH OF THEM.
- Sparky Crocker
@Mark, of interest (well not really) is the location of Front Left guy's left hand.
- Travis Koger
The photo of Akiva in the jacuzzi with the Texas A&M cheerleaders would be so much more popular. Now if only someone would post it.
- Christopher Harley
Noooooooooooooooooooooo! Posted March 1st and we are still enduring the wrath! "Akiva's posts, now with more staying power than ever before!"
- Nicholas Kreidberg
YAY! OVER 1000 COMMENTS BLAAAARGBLBLLB
- Josh Haley
It feels like Groundhog Day whenever I see this.
- Andru Edwards
Except that unlike Groundhog Day this is AWESOME!
- Sparky Crocker
This thread was how I discovered Akiva. ROFL... Y.M.C.A.! BUMP BUMP BUMP BUMP! GAZE AT IT! DON'T LOOK AWAY! >:O I SED DON'T LOOK AWAY!!! ... ^_^
- Danny Minick
You have nothing to fear - I never look away.
- Sparky Crocker
On Fark, there was this one thread, that just kept growing and growing. On Fark, it was a single page per thread. And you could post images and gif inline. Well the thread wouldn't die, people just kept posting. I forget which one it was. Anyway, it got so monsterous, that few people going to read/post to it per day (which was only a handfull) accounted for 1/3 of the server load of the site. They eventually had to cull that thread.
- Matthew DeVries
I think everyone who has participated in this thread has 'culled' themselves privately.
- Akiva Moskovitz
What with all the copycat images this has inspired I hope our muse continues to stick around and not get lost in the shuffle of so many knockoffs.
- Sparky Crocker
SHUT UP SPARKY!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111!!!!
- Andru Edwards
I refuse to shut up about the glory that is this thread. REFUSE.
- Sparky Crocker
Yes, Vezquex, I'm jealous of those guys, it is warm there, nothing like a warm beatch..
- David Gross
from email
Yes, Sparky, they do not know how good they have it there frolicking on the beach while we freeze up here.. Hard to believe it is only 49 degrees, feels like 29.. I bet it's at least 85 degrees on that beach.
- David Gross
from email
Anyone who doesn't appreciate this thread is clearly not developing a FriendFeed iPhone client because this is a great stress test case. (It crashes BuddyFeed, by the way.)
- Akiva Moskovitz
from iPhone
Also it exercises the crap out of your thumb trying to scroll down to the bottom of it.
- Akiva Moskovitz
from iPhone
Do you need to appreciate the pic in order to appreciate the thread?
- Travis Koger
If I un-collapse this thread, will it break my computer?
- Eivind
Every time this thread gets a bumped, god kills a kitten
- Matthew DeVries
Matthew, you may have given some people more reason to keep bumping this thread.
- Victor Ganata
How does it give you thumb exercise? Whatever you're doing, why don't you either use the keyboard or switch to Linux so you can middle-click the scrollbar to jump to where you want? :P
- Tanath
actually this thread does not bother me because I get it in email and gmail groups them and starts new thread after every 100 comments. I have it autoarchived so I do not have to see on phone lol and just see when I look at my ffeed label in gmail.
- David Gross
from email
This started happening a couple of days ago and now it's increasing in frequency. All online research points to the same thing: take it to the Genius Bar and they'll fuss with it but eventually will replace it. OH JOY I LOVE HANGING OUT AT THE APPLE STORE.
- Akiva Moskovitz
It's Apple's hippie-dippie touchy-feely name for 'tech support'.
- Akiva Moskovitz
What? What were you doing that triggered this message?
- Derrick
Not touching, holding, or interacting with the iPhone in any way. In fact, it just popped up again while sitting dormant on my desk.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I don't even understand this message. I get it all the time when I plug into my car charger.
- Jay
Yeah, I've got to do the same thing soon. Find the site of your local Apple Store and make a reservation for the Genius Bar. That will definitely cut down on the pain of waiting.
- Spidra Webster
happened to me a couple days ago. i got rid of it, ironically enough, by plugging it into the car charger.
- Sarah is Novembery
So, instead of the Geek Squad, are they called the Smug Thugs? Snob Mob? L33t Fleet?
- Josh Haley
Sarah, a lot of people are reporting widely weird 'solutions' to the problem such as plugging it into a car charger (which I don't have), a dock (which I don't have), plugging a pair of headphones in (which I did, with no success), reformatting and reinstalling the iPhone OS (which I don't want to do), etc. For every person who claims that such a solution worked for them, a dozen pipe...
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- Akiva Moskovitz
I get that when I plug it into a set of speakers, which makes sense because the cell frequencies make speakers buzz - it gives you the option to go into airplane mode (turn off the phone antenna) to get better sound with less interference. But just popping up randomly? Yeah, that's weird.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
It would frustrate me to no end to be locked into a closed system like this with zero ability to troubleshoot or correct things on your own.
- veo
Duuuuuust in the poooooort. All we are is dust in the poooooort. Duuuuust in the poooooort. Everything is dust in the poooooooort.
- Josh Haley
Oops, didn't see this the other day but yeah, I could've told you to check the port before you wasted your time at the Genius Bar. Had this issue with my old 3G and it turned out to be a teeny bit of chocolate that had somehow made its way into the port and melted. They replaced it for free anyway but I got a warning to pay more attention to the port. =p
- ronin
Luckily, I didn't even have to wait for the Genius Bar. The girl just said, 'Hold on a sec,' grabbed the iPhone and went to town with it.
- Akiva Moskovitz
this same thing happened to my phone about a month ago & then it stopped just as mysteriously as it began.
- Alexis Hope
Make that sound dirtier Josh, bet you can't
- Matthew DeVries
Totally disagreed. Awesome game, but doesn't play very much like any MMO I've ever played...
- Internet's Tad
Honestly, it looks and feels like LOTRO to me.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Looks similar, but doesn't play or feel like it at all. Lotro is a pretty open world - very little zone loading. You can chose to do pretty much whatever. Dragon Age has a richer, more personal story and you have a lot fewer choices. Not nearly as much button pushing in Dragon Age - combat has a much more automatic feel to it.
- Internet's Tad
I'm just being obstinate this morning :D
- Internet's Tad
I just meant as an overall feel, Tad. You're being obstinate this morning!
- Akiva Moskovitz
Oh, in my "just woke up" state, I thought you were referring to the action of programming F# and not the book with that title. I was going to be super impressed that you were programming with her asleep on your chest.
- Rochelle