Rocket technology hadn't been developed, so I don't think anybody knew how to accomplish it. But it wasn't physically impossible according to the science of the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by megladon8
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Rocket technology hadn't been developed, so I don't think anybody knew how to accomplish it. But it wasn't physically impossible according to the science of the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by megladon8
Wouldn't that still be science fiction?Quote:
Originally Posted by Melville
Sure, but I was bypassing that term because it's not very specific.Quote:
Originally Posted by Winston*
Is Virgin still making that hotel that orbits the Earth and costs $1,000,000 to stay in?
haha, one of my friends, if we're on a team and i help someone else on the other team in any way she gets upset. i got punched once. it doesn't matter how far ahead we are.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mara
My god Andy Dick is such a scumbag.
What did he do this time?Quote:
Originally Posted by megladon8
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Originally Posted by Mara
Grabbed a bouncer's crotch at a club.
He's been arrested on two charges of sexual assault.
Seriously, he pulls crap like this all the time. How is he not in jail constantly?
I'm sort of pissed off. I went to a party yesterday with a couple of friends. Only one of them knew someone at the party, so we bought some wine as an entrance present. Nice, big party, with plenty of booze. Eventually we're talking with a bunch of people and one girl gets obsessed with who we are and who do we know. "Why are you here? Who is your friend? Do you guys even know anyone here?" She keeps repeating it like a fucking mantra, eyeballs open like she's about to die of fright that we entered the house.
Meanwhile, we eventually locate the owner of the house and she's a nervous wreck because one of her girlfriends threw up on the stairs. Well, we continue to drink merrily in the party, one of my friends leaves with girl X and then I knock over an ashtray and it smashes the floor of the kitchen. I humbly ask the homeowner for a broom and a shovel to pick up the mess myself and that seems to spark up her worst fears. "Don't you think it's a little late to still be here? I think I'm gonna ask everyone to leave now". The worst part is that there's still at least 25 other people besides us at the party, and "everyone" seems to mean us only. At this point I think I got a little pissed and started a shouting match with the girl until my friend strongly suggested leaving.
Stuff like that bugs me. If you have a huge-ass house and you want to throw a big party, be aware that you're throwing a big party. Someone might puke. An ashtray or a glass might be broken. And, unless you specifically say so in the invitations, the party isn't limited to your closest friends only.
Define invitations because I don't think people really mail these things out anymore. I've thrown big parties for friends and acquaintances and had people who I knew were bad news before try to crash (not saying you're bad news). I didn't know them personally but I knew them through reputation. I told them before entering that they were not welcome and after a bit of arguing they finally left. If the homeowner asks you to leave do it. I'm not sure why you think they owe you anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grouchy
Tangentially, but the last party I had (only like a 30 person affair) one of my roommates (very naive) invited a few friends over. One of her friends asked if she could bring 6 other people who we don't know. I told my other roommates I was against it but if they were willing to take responsibility for the shit they broke and stole then whatever. I was outvoted. They came and stole and broke shit as I predicted. Luckily they only stole alcohol and they only broke glasses (accidentally but through negligence) but I know well enough now that people you don't know don't give a shit about you. I have no interest in having strangers in my house. Unless it's like one friend of a friend.
If on the other hand it's a frat house rager or someone is just throwing an open party that's another story. But just because it's a big party (40+) doesn't mean it's an open party. Just to be clear though I'm sure your intentions were good. I don't mean any of this against you but I also don't agree with your position on the rules and norms of party throwing.
I don't think I could ever throw a big house party because I don't like the idea of stuff being broken/puked on.
So, maybe that girl should have like, had second thoughts about the whole "let's having dozens of people get drunk here!" scenario.
Plus, ever since a friend of mine threw a party and his house was utterly trashed by "friends"*, I could never gain the interest/courage to have one of those myself. Here's a list of the things the people did to his house:
-super glue poured into toaster and used to seal toilet seats and household appliances shut
-money and jewelry stolen from his parents' bedroom
-his car's windows were smashed and the tires slashed
-kitchen faucet snapped off and put in clothes dryer with other pieces of heavy metal and wood, before being turned on
-bed sheets and bath towels thrown into lake
So yeah, not really my bag.
*I realize this isn't typical of house party behaviour, but it's a road I'd rather not even bother taking the risk to go down.
After some careful consideration, I don't think I've ever been to a large house party (with alcohol) in my life. I don't think I'd like it.
Actually, strike that. I went to one in high school by accident, but I didn't like it. I went outside in the dark and made a snowman until my friend could take me home.
My rule is pretty simple. You want to bring someone I don't know to my house party, call and ask my permission first.
Most of the time I won't care and say yes anyway, but then at least I know who they are.
Well, yeah, I don't think she actually mailed invitations. But, if the party was limited to people she knew, she didn't make it clear enough. We rang the bell and the door was open for us inmediately, even before we had shown our wine tribute.
I know the homeowner doesn't owe me anything. But she doesn't have to be rude to me either, specially when I'm trying to clean up my own screw-up. I've been to parties that ended up wrong, with broken or stolen stuff. That wasn't one of them - all the girl had to suffer was a friend vomiting and a broken goddamn ashtray. I had my own camera with me because I had been working before, I concealed it on the bedroom, never even checked twice on it and everyone kept their hands away from it. It really didn't warrant her hysteria.
I've never been to a party gone as bad as the one meg describes, though. I picture the guests as a bunch of Vikings.
I used to throw house parties, but only good friends were invited, and if anyone else showed up we didn't let them in. Though everyone was aware of this already. Never had any problems, never got caught, always was prepared for the arrival of the police and thwarted their efforts by turning off all the lights and being very quiet until they left. We had some fantastic times. Broke a few things, but I covered them up well. No one puked anywhere other than the bathroom, and if they did they wouldn't have been able to leave without cleaning it up first, though any friend of mine would have offered to clean it before anything was said.
Watch this. It will blow your mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spinal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAVjF_7ensg
I've had a house party. Kept everything in the kitchen/garage so that things wouldn't get messed up, and if there were to be puke, it would be easy to clean. I had trustworthy people, so I didn't have to worry about anything getting stolen.
It was a pretty fun time, and I've been asked to have parties since, but just haven't.
I have formal dinner parties a couple of times a year, and I absolutely hate that I always have one or two friends who think the events are casual. They don't RSVP, or they show up two hours late when dinner is far over.
This is what the game means, but saying more might spoil stuff that happens in the third act, and I don't know how far you are in the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by megladon8
i've been to a bunch of big parties, they can be fun, they can be awful, like anything else, it depends on the people. i don't think i would go to a party i didn't know the host of though, unless it was made clear i was welcome ahead of time.
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Originally Posted by Stay Puft
Moving this here.
I love these kinds of things. I've also seen the one that shows the scale of universal bodies, from Pluto to Betelgeuse, and that one similarly dwarfs the mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by bac0n
It's probably a blessing that our minds can't truly comprehend such things - suicide would go up a gazillion percent.
I'm thinking the "Beyond the Infinite" section of 2001. We probably couldn't commit suicide, because we'd immediately go insane.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dead & Messed Up