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Levitz9



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 6:41 am Reply with quote
This makes me so happy that some small cons in my areas have banned 'free hugs' signs. Too bad they can't do anything about the losers who walk around screaming "I lost the game!".
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irishninja



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 8:27 am Reply with quote
Haha! Thanks for the good long laugh this morning. Very Happy
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Chrno2



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:09 am Reply with quote
Too funny. Well, folks will see that tomorrow.
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The Bard



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 11:43 am Reply with quote
And that's why I stay the hell away from people with free hug signs.
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belvadeer





PostPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 2:35 pm Reply with quote
Leon Evolon wrote:
The implosion creates a singularity within the void. And then that infinitely small point containing everything in the universe feels kind of lonely. It looks around and see's another tiny point nearby. Overcome by emotion the singularity leaps forth and glomps its neighbor -- the resulting explosion became known as The Big Bang II. After billions on years a small planet forms around an average star in an average corner of an average galaxy. Slowly the little blue sphere develops more and more complex forms of life until the planet is crawling with Otaku! Our story begins on a small island in the northern hemisphere, where our hero, a young boy named ___ has just woken from a full night's rest...

Great comic Robin -- it get's the mind up and active! lol


Dude that sounds like a new anime pitch! Anime hyper
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Richard J.



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 10:36 pm Reply with quote
Yorozuya wrote:
My dad felt really uncomfortable when he took me and my little brother to a convention in London and all these young teenage girls kept asking him for free hugs. It creeped me out too really...
I'm sure someone will take this as evidence that there's something wrong with me (accurate assessment for inaccurate reasons) but personally I'd have been kinda emotionally pleased by that. I'd have taken it as a compliment.

I mean, I recognize there is an inherent sexual component to hugging but I think the emotional aspect is far more important here. Plus, consider this: how many of those girls didn't have their fathers with them? Maybe seeing an older man with his kids, clearly displaying familial bonds, made those girls kinda jealous. Maybe the reason they wanted to hug your dad was because their own dads weren't huggable?

But that's probably me being far too serious. Too much law school.

Heck, I'm not sure I believe that story anyway, the only Free Hug people I've ever seen were guys! Sad Wink

Guess it doesn't matter since the singularity will destroy us all anyway. Who knew hugging was so dangerous. Twisted Evil
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sailorspazz



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 11:31 pm Reply with quote
Levitz9 wrote:
This makes me so happy that some small cons in my areas have banned 'free hugs' signs. Too bad they can't do anything about the losers who walk around screaming "I lost the game!".


Oh, god, yes. You know, I really feel like going up to them and going, "oh, yeah, you know what? I won the game. I WON THE GODDAMN GAME!"

But that might also create a rift in the universe from their minds being blown.
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Teriyaki Terrier



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 11:45 pm Reply with quote
sailorspazz wrote:
Levitz9 wrote:
This makes me so happy that some small cons in my areas have banned 'free hugs' signs. Too bad they can't do anything about the losers who walk around screaming "I lost the game!".


Oh, god, yes. You know, I really feel like going up to them and going, "oh, yeah, you know what? I won the game. I WON THE GODDAMN GAME!"

But that might also create a rift in the universe from their minds being blown.


I'd ask them what game they were talking about and why they feel the need to broadcast their loss. I am going to leave it at that.


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Zac
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 11:48 pm Reply with quote
Teriyaki Terrier wrote:

It's simply rather quite perplexing and I am not sure there is a simple answer.


This gimmick is getting old and wasn't all that funny to begin with, knock it off please.
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Teriyaki Terrier



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 11:56 pm Reply with quote
Zac wrote:
Teriyaki Terrier wrote:

It's simply rather quite perplexing and I am not sure there is a simple answer.


This gimmick is getting old and wasn't all that funny to begin with, knock it off please.


The first time was a joke and the second time I actually was serious. But since you asked, I'll stop. Sorry if this caused any frustration or angered you or anyone else.

Again, I do apologize for any stress that might have been caused.
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Akatsukiwolf



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 3:25 am Reply with quote
That's sucks. Very Happy
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DanQ



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 3:06 am Reply with quote


(not long ago I made this d-mot... coincidence? or just weird con experience? )
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