Comments on: Enough With The Spoilers! http://jonnynexus.com/2009/10/20/enough-with-the-spoilers/ Jonny Nexus's virtual home and hangout Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:13:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Jonny Nexus http://jonnynexus.com/2009/10/20/enough-with-the-spoilers/comment-page-1/#comment-2092 Jonny Nexus Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:51:31 +0000 http://jonnynexus.com/?p=418#comment-2092 Mind you, it might be a long time before I'm free on a Thursday. I'm guessing you won't be around by the evening? (I'm in London during the day). Mind you, it might be a long time before I’m free on a Thursday. I’m guessing you won’t be around by the evening? (I’m in London during the day).

]]> By: Jonny Nexus http://jonnynexus.com/2009/10/20/enough-with-the-spoilers/comment-page-1/#comment-2091 Jonny Nexus Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:47:58 +0000 http://jonnynexus.com/?p=418#comment-2091 I did hit reply on that one, I did I did I did... but it looks like I didn't. Hmmm... Perhaps my blog is possessed. :) I did hit reply on that one, I did I did I did… but it looks like I didn’t. Hmmm…

Perhaps my blog is possessed. :)

]]> By: Jonny Nexus http://jonnynexus.com/2009/10/20/enough-with-the-spoilers/comment-page-1/#comment-2090 Jonny Nexus Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:46:54 +0000 http://jonnynexus.com/?p=418#comment-2090 No, the forgetting to hit reply was an oversight. When writing a confession about watching Coronation Street, rest assured that I would at least attempt to keep some self-respect by making it look like I know how to operate the comment functionality of my own blog. But I apparently can't. Because I didn't. Meeting up would be cool. Perhaps you can drop me a line on jonny at jonny nexus dot com. No, the forgetting to hit reply was an oversight. When writing a confession about watching Coronation Street, rest assured that I would at least attempt to keep some self-respect by making it look like I know how to operate the comment functionality of my own blog.

But I apparently can’t. Because I didn’t.

Meeting up would be cool. Perhaps you can drop me a line on jonny at jonny nexus dot com.

]]> By: G http://jonnynexus.com/2009/10/20/enough-with-the-spoilers/comment-page-1/#comment-2086 G Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:48:48 +0000 http://jonnynexus.com/?p=418#comment-2086 Firstly, You didn't hit reply which I assume was intentional. hoping i would not come back here so the other 2.2 readers and 3 spambots would assume this last comment of yours closed the conversation off amiably. And socially acceptably. Not so sir. Not so. Secondly I am Italian, grew up in Africa and now live in London (and teach martial arts in Brighton on Thursday mornings, so I stalk closer to you than you know...) and for all that I would say British soap operas are worse. They are the 17th lower circle of hell as opposed to the American ones which can only get to about the 7th lower circle, primarily because they are so fake and over the top that only the mentally infirm (or Americans, though that's sort of redundant to spell out) can confuse them with any kind of reality. Thirdly. You should not just be ashamed. I think you should actually go for an exorcism. Confession and bathing in holy water at least. Also, years of therapy may help reduce the Chthulian damage obviously already caused to your limbic brain and cerebellum. Lastly, I now am self-employed so have almost some time on my hands and if you're ever free on a Thursday let me know and it might be nice to say hello. I have enjoyed your writings on critical miss and there are not many 40 year olds I can discuss things like Original D&D and why it rocks compared to all the new-fangled crap no one actually plays because it has too many damn sub, sub, sub-rules... Firstly, You didn’t hit reply which I assume was intentional. hoping i would not come back here so the other 2.2 readers and 3 spambots would assume this last comment of yours closed the conversation off amiably. And socially acceptably. Not so sir. Not so.
Secondly I am Italian, grew up in Africa and now live in London (and teach martial arts in Brighton on Thursday mornings, so I stalk closer to you than you know…) and for all that I would say British soap operas are worse. They are the 17th lower circle of hell as opposed to the American ones which can only get to about the 7th lower circle, primarily because they are so fake and over the top that only the mentally infirm (or Americans, though that’s sort of redundant to spell out) can confuse them with any kind of reality.
Thirdly. You should not just be ashamed. I think you should actually go for an exorcism. Confession and bathing in holy water at least.
Also, years of therapy may help reduce the Chthulian damage obviously already caused to your limbic brain and cerebellum.
Lastly, I now am self-employed so have almost some time on my hands and if you’re ever free on a Thursday let me know and it might be nice to say hello. I have enjoyed your writings on critical miss and there are not many 40 year olds I can discuss things like Original D&D and why it rocks compared to all the new-fangled crap no one actually plays because it has too many damn sub, sub, sub-rules…

]]> By: Jonny Nexus http://jonnynexus.com/2009/10/20/enough-with-the-spoilers/comment-page-1/#comment-2085 Jonny Nexus Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:51:18 +0000 http://jonnynexus.com/?p=418#comment-2085 Well I would start by saying "I'm not ashamed" but it's a truth universally acknowledged that anyone who starts a defence with that is actually ashamed. :) But I wonder, are you from the states? If so, then British soap operas are a bit different from American ones, much grittier. (Although watching them is still pretty shameful). But the difference between British soaps like Coronation Street or Eastenders and American soaps like Dallas or Dynasty (only ones we've ever watched) is like the difference between Hill Street Blues and LA Law, or Eddie Murphy's character in Trading Places and Dan Ackroyd's. And no, I don't know why I can't think of any examples less than twenty years old. But hey, look, it's not like I really watch them. :) Well I would start by saying “I’m not ashamed” but it’s a truth universally acknowledged that anyone who starts a defence with that is actually ashamed. :)

But I wonder, are you from the states? If so, then British soap operas are a bit different from American ones, much grittier. (Although watching them is still pretty shameful). But the difference between British soaps like Coronation Street or Eastenders and American soaps like Dallas or Dynasty (only ones we’ve ever watched) is like the difference between Hill Street Blues and LA Law, or Eddie Murphy’s character in Trading Places and Dan Ackroyd’s.

And no, I don’t know why I can’t think of any examples less than twenty years old.

But hey, look, it’s not like I really watch them. :)

]]> By: G http://jonnynexus.com/2009/10/20/enough-with-the-spoilers/comment-page-1/#comment-2084 G Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:03:25 +0000 http://jonnynexus.com/?p=418#comment-2084 I used to read critical miss. I used to respect you man. You watch soap operas...? What happened? You were kidnapped by aliens weren't you...that's it!! This has to stop...it's about time we turned tables on them and kidnapped a few aliens ourselves and implanted THEM with cheap taiwanese radios. Just cut the implant out man...you need to be free of soap operas....they are EVIL! I used to read critical miss.
I used to respect you man.
You watch soap operas…?
What happened?
You were kidnapped by aliens weren’t you…that’s it!! This has to stop…it’s about time we turned tables on them and kidnapped a few aliens ourselves and implanted THEM with cheap taiwanese radios.
Just cut the implant out man…you need to be free of soap operas….they are EVIL!

]]> By: James Wallis http://jonnynexus.com/2009/10/20/enough-with-the-spoilers/comment-page-1/#comment-2070 James Wallis Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:26:12 +0000 http://jonnynexus.com/?p=418#comment-2070 Some consumers of media want to know the ending before it happens. They don't like being taken by surprise, particularly by unhappy endings. If you ever see a movie trailer for (say) a courtroom drama, and it includes a shot of the protagonist celebrating on the courthouse steps, then it is not for you, it is 60-year-olds who want to know that the movie has a nice ending that will make them feel all warm inside, and that nice man who played James Bond in it. Different strokes for different folks. Some consumers of media want to know the ending before it happens. They don’t like being taken by surprise, particularly by unhappy endings. If you ever see a movie trailer for (say) a courtroom drama, and it includes a shot of the protagonist celebrating on the courthouse steps, then it is not for you, it is 60-year-olds who want to know that the movie has a nice ending that will make them feel all warm inside, and that nice man who played James Bond in it.

Different strokes for different folks.

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