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Café Pedro 11: The Spammish Inquisition
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| Selwink |
Posted on 02-08-2016 09:38
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Bit earlier than expected, but I'm back. Will do a quick catchup on MG as well, so don't be worried about some older threads being bumped 
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 11-08-2016 14:14
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In just a week, I've spend like 350 euros on books. About 35 books so average of 10 euros per book. Sounds like a good deal, I reckon.
Some lovely work to add to my (too small but growing) collection including works of Orwell, Asimov, Nabokov, Arthur Clarke, Saramago, H.G. Wells, Huxley, Lovecraft...
Despite knowing it's a good deal, can't help but feel bad about spending that amount of money so quickly 
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 12-08-2016 07:16
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Nothing bad on spending money on books Ian, all the knowledge of the world lies in books. I love reading and cant stop buying books, even when i dont have much spare room for them left. 
So you bought Lolita right?
I have books from all mentioned authors bar Saramago - 1984 is obviously one of the cornerstone books of 21st century for me, i have read it several times. Huxley is very interesting and rest are masters of sci-fi and horror. Dont like A.C. Clarke much though, Asimov is much better in my opinion. 3
I can also recommend books of Stanisław Lem and well-known Philip K. Dick, these are some brilliant sci-fi authors...
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 12-08-2016 09:35
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Lolita, of course
Yeah 1984 is legendary. Too bad they've used it as a handbook and not as a warning
Had that feeling about Clarke (not being quite at the level of the others) but just ordered one or two books from him. From Asimov a whole lot more.
Thanks a lot for the tips. I'll definitely check into them!
As for Saramago, my favorite book is from this auther. I highly recommend it if you ever come across it. I've read the Dutch translation. In English it's 'Blindness' and in Portuguese (original) it's 'Ensaio sobre a cegueira'.
Can't praise this enough. Fantastic reading material.
PS. Seems I've already ordered a book from Lew. 'Solaris' is on its way |
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| matt17br |
Posted on 15-08-2016 03:27
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I'm so happy everyone, I just reached the biggest milestone I could ever imagine: more than 1000 people have been rickrolled by the fake url shortening link in my profile 
I would like to thank every single user that clicked the link, and instantly mumbled the worst curse words: you contributed to make my whole existence have a point
EDIT: We need more shitposting in Pedro
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 15-08-2016 03:31
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Proud to say I've only done it twice
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
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| Luxemburger |
Posted on 15-08-2016 13:07
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I needed to search the link in your profile for ten minutes to find out what was behind it 
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 15-08-2016 20:44
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matt17br wrote:
I'm so happy everyone, I just reached the biggest milestone I could ever imagine: more than 1000 people have been rickrolled by the fake url shortening link in my profile
I would like to thank every single user that clicked the link, and instantly mumbled the worst curse words: you contributed to make my whole existence have a point
EDIT: We need more shitposting in Pedro
wait it's a bad thing to use that link? I just used it as a shortcut to get to never gonna give you up. pretty much on a daily basis.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 26-08-2016 15:39
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Just finished writing a short story of about 3000 words but I'm very happy with it.
Will still need some polishing work, but very happy with the story and development.
It was a welcome change from the long prose I'm working on and where it seems there's no end to it
Perhaps I'll do more of these shorter stories in the near future.
Maybe I could translate this one into English (Dutch now) and put it on the internet.
It's about a star which drives people insane. Well not completely but something like that |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 28-08-2016 01:19
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What. The. Fuck. Have I just seen? |
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 28-08-2016 08:53
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turtle shell?
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 28-08-2016 20:30
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I'm back! Catching up is gonna take a few days, but i'm looking forwards to it (especially MG). And yes this means we'll get a new Weekly News (but next weekend). And i will need to switch avatars shortly as well (even though i love Anna).
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 28-08-2016 20:42
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are you sure you can go back into this insanity? shit happend, people aren't the same as they used to be. it's like getting out of jail after 20 years of prison.
like arberg has started making valid points or has just repeated the same points so many times people are thinking it's valid, jihardy is literally dead and has reincarnated as someone I refuse to name, then left daily.
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| Luxemburger |
Posted on 28-08-2016 22:17
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This is the saddest news of the day for me.
Kirchen's second account according to Spilak23, 21-07-2016 17:16
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 31-08-2016 09:39
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Ah yes, waking up at 4:30 in the morning for the first day of school in my senior year of high school. I'm so excited!
Kill me please. End my suffering.
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| Luxemburger |
Posted on 31-08-2016 20:07
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I see, you have quite some fun already
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 31-08-2016 20:47
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baseballlover312 wrote:
Ah yes, waking up at 4:30 in the morning for the first day of school in my senior year of high school. I'm so excited!
Kill me please. End my suffering.
just think this, it could be worse. you could be working for instance. it's mostly the same except more.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 31-08-2016 20:59
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SSJ2Luigi wrote:
baseballlover312 wrote:
Ah yes, waking up at 4:30 in the morning for the first day of school in my senior year of high school. I'm so excited!
Kill me please. End my suffering.
just think this, it could be worse. you could be working for instance. it's mostly the same except more.
I have a job too after school...
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 31-08-2016 21:07
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And thus begins a new round of "it sucks more for me", and trust me when i say unemployment ranks pretty highly in this contest 
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 31-08-2016 21:38
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baseballlover312 wrote:
SSJ2Luigi wrote:
baseballlover312 wrote:
Ah yes, waking up at 4:30 in the morning for the first day of school in my senior year of high school. I'm so excited!
Kill me please. End my suffering.
just think this, it could be worse. you could be working for instance. it's mostly the same except more.
I have a job too after school...
can someone please put this man out of his misory,
also @tmm i didnt mind being umemployed that much, if I didnt have such a procasting lifestyle, id go back to being unemployed tbh if I could for a few months
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