Buy Less Things

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 2:21 pm

Seriously, you don't need to pay 150$ for the black Unicron variant. Seriously.

In a recent eBay auction, I appear to have scored, in addition to a bunch of other comics and toys, the original twelve issues of Marvel's Generation 2. Now I believe there are people here who still have not read this series. So speak up if you want it, no charge, no annoyance save the slowness of media mail. Preference will be given to frequent transfans posters who have made entertaining posts in the past.

This is THE way to experience the series, with the original Yaniger foldout cover and the always entertaining 90s ads and letters pages.

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 2:30 pm

Buy less things.

Buy less things?

For frak's sake, man. I thought you were a writer?!

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 4:01 pm

I am a lesser writer.

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:40 pm

http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-commonly- ... rc=fanpage

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 9:24 pm

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bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 9:58 pm

Brendocon wrote:Article won't load.

For frak's sake, man, I thought you were a computer genius!

http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-commonly- ... -mistakes/

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 10:31 pm

You thought that? You suck!

Yeah, that's what I did to the url. Still doesn't work. Or maybe it's not meant to, hrrmmmm?

Post by **Kaylee** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:10 am

Interesting read but jejune I think. Several of the assertions fall into conflating a living, organic language with one that has no rules, so everything is acceptable all the time. In my opinion, obviously.

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 2:46 pm

Ohhhh, it's a "language operates by mutual consensus, therefore so long as we all know what we mean we can say what we want article"?

Yeah, hate those. That sort of thinking will have us all typing phonetically and embracing txtspk.

Post by **Kaylee** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 4:17 pm

Brendocon wrote:Ohhhh, it's a "language operates by mutual consensus, therefore so long as we all know what we mean we can say what we want article"?

Yeah, hate those. That sort of thinking will have us all typing phonetically and embracing txtspk.

For the record I just want to say: phonetics is stuff and nonsense.

Case in point:

Ke ne eh eh: knee

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 4:57 pm

Proscriptive, descriptive. The English language is a living thing, Britpeeps. You can no more stop its slow decay than you can stop me from pronouncing all the Rs, in all the words, everywhere.

Post by **Kaylee** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:05 pm

Prescriptive, you noodle.

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:49 pm

bumblemusprime wrote:The English language is a living thing, Britpeeps.

Yes. So stop murdering it.

Hot Shot · Post by **Hot Shot** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:55 pm

Brendocon wrote:
bumblemusprime wrote:The English language is a living thing, Britpeeps.
Yes. So stop murdering it.

Best of Anime Engrish Compilation

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 8:03 pm

Brendocon wrote:
bumblemusprime wrote:The English language is a living thing, Britpeeps.
Yes. So stop murdering it.

After two months of considering a reply, I cede this round to you.

Hot Shot · Post by **Hot Shot** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:01 pm

I think "Buy less things" has become a lot easier with Hasbro throwing figure quality in the ****ter. Prime Airachnid is horrible, and the 3.75 scale Avengers figures are garbage.

With the long gaps between Marvel Legends and Universe waves, I probably just spend around $100 a month on collectibles. I remember spending around $300 three years ago.

But it's not like I've had a choice. When your single parent gets an $8000-a-year paycut because some franchise bought your job, it's hard to just pay the bills. And when you wear your car out doing said job(Pizza Hut delivery), they still expect you to replace your dying transmission.

Oh, and get this: If you claim tips, they take them out of your paycheck. And that "delivery charge" on your ticket? They get it.

I swear, it's the closest thing to modern slave labor in the first world.

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:15 pm

My collecting has taken a weird twist the past few years. I see something I like and go "Wow! I must have that!", pay hundreds of dollars for it, it arrives at my doorstep and I take it in....and never open it.

What the hell? I thought Masterpiece Grimlock was so great, and yet he remains in the box, unopened.

Either I've become a real collector who wants to keep things in mint condition or I'm a wasteful jackass who could be using that money to feed poor people.

I'm hoping it's the former.

Hot Shot · Post by **Hot Shot** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 12:00 am

Yaya wrote:My collecting has taken a weird twist the past few years. I see something I like and go "Wow! I must have that!", pay hundreds of dollars for it, it arrives at my doorstep and I take it in....and never open it.

What the hell? I thought Masterpiece Grimlock was so great, and yet he remains in the box, unopened.

Either I've become a real collector who wants to keep things in mint condition or I'm a wasteful jackass who could be using that money to feed poor people.

I'm hoping it's the former.

*obligatory "Send them to MEEEEEEEE" comment here*