| | Happy New Year Posted on: Mon Jan 09, 2012 6:53 pm |
Happy New Year! |
| | Merry Christmas Posted on: Sun Dec 25, 2011 12:38 am |
To all! |
| | Had my wisdom teeth pulled! Posted on: Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:13 pm |
I had been having problems with them for some time. I am 28 years old....apparently the younger one is the better the healing and the less damage the wisdom teeth can do, but at this point n time in my life the problem tooth, which was impacted, did the damage it was going to do and i needed to get a bone graph in the area where the tooth ground away the bone in my jaw. Didn't hurt when they did it...they put me to sleep. I have been recovering since the 6th of Dec. and let me tell you it fucking hurts if your wisdom teeth are impacted. The other 3 wisdom teeth don't hurt one bit, it is the one that came out sideways (impacted) that hurts and still hurts. If your wisdom teeth give you problems...get them out ASAP, which won't hurt much if they're not impacted...if they're impacted, you're in for misery, like i am right now!...BTW I got the four teeth saved in a bag...a keepsake....this is costing me about $2300 (with insurance covering $1800) |
| | little help Posted on: Sun Nov 20, 2011 5:22 pm |
Whats up everybody ? Just a quick question how the hell do you download music for free these days ? Years ago I used napster then limewire but I believe those are all gone so if anyone has any input please let me know thanks. ![]() |
| | Linguistics 444 Life - An Essay about KPF Posted on: Tue Nov 15, 2011 1:41 pm |
LiveX^5 had to write a paper for his anthropology class recently and chose to write about our wonderful forum. Here it is: Quote: Griffin Smith (LiveX^5) Introduction to Anthropology and Culture 12:00-1:15 Papavasiliou 11/15/2011 Ethnography 2 Linguistics 444 Life With the ever-increasing globalization of the world today, there exists this common idea that all of the cultures contained within it are, in fact, homogenizing; This, we are coming to discover, is a fallacy. The reality is this natural push towards homogeneity is catalyzing an inverse relationship to culture. It is effectively causing cultures to diverge, subdivide, and in some instances, the complete creation of new cultures. Today, the common global public space is the internet, and with its exponential expansion, you are seeing an ever-increasing expansion of forums for these subcultures at a rate that exceeds the rate at which these cultures are created. One such major cultural domain found here is one for gamers. Virtual gaming is now several decades old. Accordingly, it has produced now thousands, perhaps even tens of thousands of games. One such game, released in 1999 as a computer console game, is named Kingpin: Life of Crime. This is a multiplayer, first person shooter or FPS game. It is not amongst the first generation of FPS's, but it is an older game, and at the time of its inception, it gained popularity amongst a very particular group of people, people who relish in the risque, perverse, and out of the ordinary. Kingpin, in a sense, was a one of a kind game at the time, as it contained explicit content, built around the virtualization of mobster culture; Things such as coarse language built into the game play was one such common feature which attracted this group of people. There is also a nostalgic component to the appeal of the game. It maintained its appeal with many players well after gaming technology had advanced forward, as it used a format, an engine based off of the game, Quake 2, a game which had a game play style that remained near and dear to many gamers' hearts. Like many games an eventual forum was created for the players of this game. This included threads specific to the game itself, but became a venue for humor and free speech not widely seen anywhere else in the world. Eventually, this forum, now known as kpforum.net, has expanded to an egalitarian venue for anyone interested in “1980's era entertainment, music, movie clips, classic console gaming, and humor.” It is still a venue for the original Kingpin game, but now that there is only a handful of gamers left, so it has expanded its doors to players of other games such as Left for Dead, Left for Dead 2, Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty 5, and Tetris for NES. It is evident, after several years in existence, kpforum.net stands as a shining beacon of light to all persons interested in the perverse, profane, satirical, and eccentric. A front line for the harsh critics to anyone and everyone. In this unholy arena, absurdity and failure is exposed and humorously criticized on a global scale. This forum has created its own unique speech community. Surprising to some that you might find any sort of rules or systems of conformity amongst this site, as its participants constitute the miscreants, outcasts, slackers, and deviants of society. However, the unconscious communal choice to conform to these linguistic standards lies in this knowledge that everyone in this community shares this common bond of social status. They choose to buy into it because it is their own particular brand of language, largely based around their common goal, satirizing and demeaning others. It should be noted, however, that most who exist outside this social status, do not typically understand this mentality. Ostensibly, it appears mean-spirited, but myself being a part of this community, I can attest that underneath it purely exists just some good natured ribbing; There isn't necessarily a component of pure malice associated with it. This ribbing or ridiculing, so to speak, is particularly prevalent when criticizing one another. Here are two examples: The first and most prevalent use of a unique linguistic in their dialect is using “444 life” to connote an extreme enthusiasm and support for something. In this world of constant disappointment and lackluster, the occasional emergence of something profound or novel is celebrated in a glorious fashion. i.e. Kingpin 444 Life! Another example is the use of the term, “ERROE.” Once again, as failure is celebrated and ridiculed in abundance on this website, the history behind this term might be the quintessential example. The story goes that within the programming of Kingpin, there was an error which evolved into one on multiple levels. According to an avid game player of the game, if you typed in the word “ERROR” into the command prompt of the game, the game would automatically abort you, however, to the other players, it showed up that you were unplugged or were disconnected. Because of this extraordinarily convenient feature, it was widely used, as you could abort your game if you were losing badly, while at the same time saving face as you could always write it off to a loss of connection. The way the actual term “ERROE,” came about was in one instance of game play, one of the players was losing horribly, so in an attempt to abort the game promptly, he quickly entered in the prompt. However, in his haste, he must of accidentally typed the word “ERROE” instead of “ERROR,” so instead of aborting him from the game, his blunder just showed up as text in the game as exactly that...”ERROE.” It was in a sense a failure upon a failure, so ever since this magnificent blunder, the word “ERROE” has been used by other contributors to the forum in their threads whenever someone's failure is to be highlighted. Much like “444” is enthusiasm and greatness to the next level, “ERROE” is its equivalent failure. The language used on kpforum.net is not a pure language, it is a code-switched language, incorporating components of the English language also into its unique dialect; Perhaps, even other languages as there are many non-American players and contributors where English is not their native language. However, typically these individuals are ridiculed for their improper usage of the English language when an attempt is made and used incorrectly. In summary, it can be said that the unique speech community of kpforum is a perfect amalgam of values and linguistics. If the common bond between all contributors of kpforum.net is ridicule and humor, every word, thus far, created by this community has carried a connotation to further fortify this bond. |
| | The Seattle Superhero Posted on: Thu Oct 13, 2011 1:56 pm |
SEATTLE — The self-proclaimed Seattle superhero who goes by the name Phoenix Jones unmasked himself Thursday morning at a court hearing. Prosecutors have filed no charges, but Jones, 23, whose real name is Benjamin John Francis Fodor, appeared in a court wearing a charcoal-colored mask and a superhero uniform under a black and gray striped shirt. A court officer asked him to remove the mask and he complied but put it back on after the hearing to speak with reporters — at which point, he dramatically removed it again to reveal his true identity. Haha, have you seen this d00d running around Seattle, Dub??? Watch the video, its FUNNY as fuck. LOL @ girl taking her shoe off and chasing him with it! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44891979?gt1=43001 |
| | WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO THREAD? Posted on: Wed Sep 28, 2011 12:33 pm |
Thread says it all. What are you currently listening to music wise? I'm always on the look-out for something new to head-nod to. I've had K-Dot on rotation for awhile...Post that shit! |

