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General | Posted 15 years agoBecause one always has that niggling feeling that people want to tell you something, but are too afraid to say it.
Tell me things anonymously, no information about you is collected, not even your IP address.
http://anon.aggag.biz/
Tell me things anonymously, no information about you is collected, not even your IP address.
http://anon.aggag.biz/
Watcher Welcome #50
General | Posted 15 years agoEight new watchers in three goddamn days?
WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?!
QUAKER132
Komodo dragons have two penises.
pokemon_inflator2
Indian Ink was invented in China.
Steampossum
Chameleons do not change colour to match their surroundings, they change colour depending on their emotional state.
stormwood
Thomas Edison invented the word "hello".
KyleChimera
Depression is the most commonly treated illness in Britain.
Ceralor
There are more tigers in captivity in the United States than there are wild in the entire African continent.
Glowybits
Yensid is the name of the sorcerer from Disney's Fantasia, "Disney" spelled backwards.
Draco-rex
Chocolate is toxic to parrots.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?!
QUAKER132Komodo dragons have two penises.
pokemon_inflator2Indian Ink was invented in China.
SteampossumChameleons do not change colour to match their surroundings, they change colour depending on their emotional state.
stormwoodThomas Edison invented the word "hello".
KyleChimeraDepression is the most commonly treated illness in Britain.
CeralorThere are more tigers in captivity in the United States than there are wild in the entire African continent.
GlowybitsYensid is the name of the sorcerer from Disney's Fantasia, "Disney" spelled backwards.
Draco-rexChocolate is toxic to parrots.
Watcher Welcome #49
General | Posted 15 years agoProcrastination: Bringing you the same crap I did before but with a large chunk of it missing™.
LexiTheDragon
After death, researchers in Canada found that Albert Einstein's brain was 15% larger than that of an average human.
bluethedragonfan
45 million people visit the YouTube homepage every day.
shadom
Bats have the highest rate of homosexual activity of any mammal.
Randommanelnorse
If your neighbour's house is on fire and you live in Florida, it's illegal to not tell them that their house is on fire.
zigzak
Apples are better providers of energy than caffeine.
samtheslam10
Animals such as deer and cattle have been found to always naturally face north or south whilst grazing and sleeping.
blobbydragon
India has more mobile phones than it does toilets.
Zobe
The most expensive item sold on eBay was a Grumman Gulfstream II jet, which sold for 4.9 million US dollars.
LexiTheDragonAfter death, researchers in Canada found that Albert Einstein's brain was 15% larger than that of an average human.
bluethedragonfan45 million people visit the YouTube homepage every day.
shadomBats have the highest rate of homosexual activity of any mammal.
RandommanelnorseIf your neighbour's house is on fire and you live in Florida, it's illegal to not tell them that their house is on fire.
zigzakApples are better providers of energy than caffeine.
samtheslam10Animals such as deer and cattle have been found to always naturally face north or south whilst grazing and sleeping.
blobbydragonIndia has more mobile phones than it does toilets.
ZobeThe most expensive item sold on eBay was a Grumman Gulfstream II jet, which sold for 4.9 million US dollars.
ConFuzzled is over
General | Posted 15 years agoAnd it was amazing and easily better than any furmeet or personal gathering I've ever had.
Go to it next year or I will kill all of you seriously I will.
<3
Go to it next year or I will kill all of you seriously I will.
<3
Oh yeah, I forgot
General | Posted 15 years agoI'm at ConFuzzled for the next few days! And thus will be online very little.
You can keep up with what I'm doing on Twitter account, otherwise I'm all vanished until Monday 'noon.
kthxbai :3
You can keep up with what I'm doing on Twitter account, otherwise I'm all vanished until Monday 'noon.
kthxbai :3
Welcome to the General Election 2010
General | Posted 15 years agoNow as partisan as I may be, being a member of the Liberal Democratic party, I will not say any particularly opinionated things for... the first few paragraphs, at least. All I ask is that you people who are eligible to vote should go out today and use that power.
Just 150 or so years ago, only the landed gentry were allowed to vote in this country, nowadays that would be like only letting millionaires have a say in how the country is run. Over the last century and a half, uncountable people have put themselves on the line, protested and even died for your right to put a cross in one little box.
Conversely, you have the right to disagree with all the parties, if you are disgruntled with politics to the very core then you can rebel - but this is not done by staying at home, in a democracy you rebel by spoiling your ballot; cross all the boxes, draw a picture, write obscenities - this way, your non-vote is still counted, still processed like any other, but says something very different: "I vote for nobody."
This, my friends, is the only say you have in how this nation is run for the next five years. If you refuse to use your vote now then you lose any right to complain in the future. If you disagree with anything Labour, the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats or any other party does - you are not to utter a word about it. You had the opportunity to stop it, you had the opportunity to rebel, and you refused it. So shut up.
As I stated before, I'm a member of the Liberal Democrats - for those unaware, the Lib Dems are a centre-left political party, currently the third largest in the country, who abide by the ideals of modern liberalism, where the state takes a generally non-interventionist role in social and economic policy however still provides state-run services such as healthcare, schools and benefits to provide a minimum standard of living for all.
I don't think I've ever gone into detail about exactly why I'm a Liberal Democrat, so now is as good a time as any.
The Liberals are just that, liberal - and for those who don't know some basic English, liberal comes from "liberty", which means "freedom". The Lib Dems are the party of the free, their policies are based entirely around stopping intervention into the life of the common man: providing equal opportunities for people of all backgrounds, creeds and races; securing human rights; and letting the economy operate freely (within certain boundaries).
As the child of an immigrant, having lived a significant portion of my life barely above the poverty line, living with a single and being a homosexual; to oppose support for suffering families and immigrants, and opposing equal rights for ... myself, then I would have to be one hell of a hypocritical bastard.
In addition to this, the Lib Dems are much more pacifist and environmentally-aware than other parties; they were the only major party to oppose the war in Iraq, branding it as overly expensive and doomed to failure (to which Charles Kennedy had a very merry "I told you so" moment a few months ago), they're the only major party opposing the renewal of the several hundred billion pound Trident nuclear defence network (which we've never used... ever), and the only major party to propose strict regulations on industry and power plants based on their carbon output.
While I may not be much of a "greenie" myself, I do think the environment matters a significant amount, and would not support a party that did not take the issues of climate change and pollution seriously. However, while I'm not very environmental, I am very pacifist, and have been since before my memory allows. I recall a time some six or seven years ago, at the grand age of 12 when I called myself a conscientious objector for the first time; since then I have consistently refused to have any involvement with the military of any nation, be it school trips to even supporting them - the war in the Middle East is pointless, stupid and deadly, doing nothing but serving the interests of investors.
And, of course, I'm a student. Students have for a long time been the core support of the Liberal Democrats and the party has gladly reciprocated. The Lib Dems probably have the most extensive and comprehensive policies for subjects that affect students and young people, including lowering the voting age, providing better support for young parents and people only just finding their way into the housing market, more money into education, reforming examination practices and - most famously of all - abolishing tuition fees.
Tuition fees have been the bane of students for the last 13 years, leading to record amounts of debt amongst young people and setting them off on a road where they can spend decades paying back what they needed - just to get an education. This to my eyes - and the eyes of every modern liberal out there - is WRONG. All people should have an equal opportunity to succeed and progress through education and imposing a fee to learn is only going to discriminate against the poorest and most disadvantaged people within society.
But then comes electoral reform. Electoral reform is the dealmaker in the event of a hung parliament today - Nick Clegg will only form a coalition government with the Conservatives or Labour on the basis that we change the system we use for voting and change it quickly.
In Britain we currently use the First Past the Post (FPTP) system to elect our public representatives and, while simple, this system not only discriminates (even if Labour come third in the popular vote today, they can still win the most seats in the House of Commons due to being the incumbent party), but wastes votes. While I cannot provide any definitive statistics, under the current electoral system roughly 50-70% of votes will be thrown away. All of that counting, all of that anticipation and effort - only for most of the work to be chucked in the bin?
First Past the Post is fundamentally unfair and is pretty much the whole reason we have a culture of "my vote means nothing" in this country. That is why the Liberal Democrats want to reform our elections to use the Single Transferable Vote (STV), a system that provides much greater proportionality and makes your vote (or rather, two votes under STV) worth something greater than what it is now.
STV is a complex electoral system - much more complicated than FPTP - however provides you with a number of MPs to represent you in parliament and would bring an end to a party running a country, when only 40% of people voted for them to do so in the first place - something that has gone on far too long in the UK. See more about STV on Wikipedia.
General elections are now the only elections in the country to still use FPTP - European elections, regional assemblies and and local government elections all use STV to great effect. FPTP has been phased out in dozens of countries around the world and is now a relic that should be consigned to the history books.
I've just spent an hour and a half writing this journal, I should sleep. Goodnight!
Just 150 or so years ago, only the landed gentry were allowed to vote in this country, nowadays that would be like only letting millionaires have a say in how the country is run. Over the last century and a half, uncountable people have put themselves on the line, protested and even died for your right to put a cross in one little box.
Conversely, you have the right to disagree with all the parties, if you are disgruntled with politics to the very core then you can rebel - but this is not done by staying at home, in a democracy you rebel by spoiling your ballot; cross all the boxes, draw a picture, write obscenities - this way, your non-vote is still counted, still processed like any other, but says something very different: "I vote for nobody."
This, my friends, is the only say you have in how this nation is run for the next five years. If you refuse to use your vote now then you lose any right to complain in the future. If you disagree with anything Labour, the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats or any other party does - you are not to utter a word about it. You had the opportunity to stop it, you had the opportunity to rebel, and you refused it. So shut up.
I DON'T CARE WHO YOU VOTE FOR, JUST USE YOUR DAMN VOTE.As I stated before, I'm a member of the Liberal Democrats - for those unaware, the Lib Dems are a centre-left political party, currently the third largest in the country, who abide by the ideals of modern liberalism, where the state takes a generally non-interventionist role in social and economic policy however still provides state-run services such as healthcare, schools and benefits to provide a minimum standard of living for all.
I don't think I've ever gone into detail about exactly why I'm a Liberal Democrat, so now is as good a time as any.
The Liberals are just that, liberal - and for those who don't know some basic English, liberal comes from "liberty", which means "freedom". The Lib Dems are the party of the free, their policies are based entirely around stopping intervention into the life of the common man: providing equal opportunities for people of all backgrounds, creeds and races; securing human rights; and letting the economy operate freely (within certain boundaries).
As the child of an immigrant, having lived a significant portion of my life barely above the poverty line, living with a single and being a homosexual; to oppose support for suffering families and immigrants, and opposing equal rights for ... myself, then I would have to be one hell of a hypocritical bastard.
In addition to this, the Lib Dems are much more pacifist and environmentally-aware than other parties; they were the only major party to oppose the war in Iraq, branding it as overly expensive and doomed to failure (to which Charles Kennedy had a very merry "I told you so" moment a few months ago), they're the only major party opposing the renewal of the several hundred billion pound Trident nuclear defence network (which we've never used... ever), and the only major party to propose strict regulations on industry and power plants based on their carbon output.
While I may not be much of a "greenie" myself, I do think the environment matters a significant amount, and would not support a party that did not take the issues of climate change and pollution seriously. However, while I'm not very environmental, I am very pacifist, and have been since before my memory allows. I recall a time some six or seven years ago, at the grand age of 12 when I called myself a conscientious objector for the first time; since then I have consistently refused to have any involvement with the military of any nation, be it school trips to even supporting them - the war in the Middle East is pointless, stupid and deadly, doing nothing but serving the interests of investors.
And, of course, I'm a student. Students have for a long time been the core support of the Liberal Democrats and the party has gladly reciprocated. The Lib Dems probably have the most extensive and comprehensive policies for subjects that affect students and young people, including lowering the voting age, providing better support for young parents and people only just finding their way into the housing market, more money into education, reforming examination practices and - most famously of all - abolishing tuition fees.
Tuition fees have been the bane of students for the last 13 years, leading to record amounts of debt amongst young people and setting them off on a road where they can spend decades paying back what they needed - just to get an education. This to my eyes - and the eyes of every modern liberal out there - is WRONG. All people should have an equal opportunity to succeed and progress through education and imposing a fee to learn is only going to discriminate against the poorest and most disadvantaged people within society.
But then comes electoral reform. Electoral reform is the dealmaker in the event of a hung parliament today - Nick Clegg will only form a coalition government with the Conservatives or Labour on the basis that we change the system we use for voting and change it quickly.
In Britain we currently use the First Past the Post (FPTP) system to elect our public representatives and, while simple, this system not only discriminates (even if Labour come third in the popular vote today, they can still win the most seats in the House of Commons due to being the incumbent party), but wastes votes. While I cannot provide any definitive statistics, under the current electoral system roughly 50-70% of votes will be thrown away. All of that counting, all of that anticipation and effort - only for most of the work to be chucked in the bin?
First Past the Post is fundamentally unfair and is pretty much the whole reason we have a culture of "my vote means nothing" in this country. That is why the Liberal Democrats want to reform our elections to use the Single Transferable Vote (STV), a system that provides much greater proportionality and makes your vote (or rather, two votes under STV) worth something greater than what it is now.
STV is a complex electoral system - much more complicated than FPTP - however provides you with a number of MPs to represent you in parliament and would bring an end to a party running a country, when only 40% of people voted for them to do so in the first place - something that has gone on far too long in the UK. See more about STV on Wikipedia.
General elections are now the only elections in the country to still use FPTP - European elections, regional assemblies and and local government elections all use STV to great effect. FPTP has been phased out in dozens of countries around the world and is now a relic that should be consigned to the history books.
I've just spent an hour and a half writing this journal, I should sleep. Goodnight!
Digest #8
General | Posted 15 years agoThe General Election is three days away, ConFuzzled is four days away, coursework deadlines are less than a week away. I'm buzzing see. As it happens, I've spent more time debating politics than I have doing anything else, so I've not got many external things to link to...
Watcher Welcome #48
By god why do people keep watching me?! It's madness!
* To Sir robcat, did you know that Monday is the most popular day to commit suicide?
* Hello there bendor, did you know that the Earth weighs approximately 6,588,000,000,000,000,000,000 (6 sextillion, 588 quintillion) tons?
Grey's Anatomy
Mo' rambling about the Internet
* [VIDEO] Barack Obama is a great comedian
* [VIDEO] Ten minutes of WTF?
* [VIDEO] Jon Stewart mocks the tameness of British political scandals
* [PICTURE] King of the Hill is just the Republican Party in disguise
* [VIDEO] David Cameron hates the common people
Parting Video
Less than three, you and me, typing out our fantasy, meet me here on IRC, LOLOL
https://youtu.be/r1Mh115sj4w
Watcher Welcome #48
By god why do people keep watching me?! It's madness!
* To Sir robcat, did you know that Monday is the most popular day to commit suicide?
* Hello there bendor, did you know that the Earth weighs approximately 6,588,000,000,000,000,000,000 (6 sextillion, 588 quintillion) tons?
Grey's Anatomy
Mo' rambling about the Internet
* [VIDEO] Barack Obama is a great comedian
* [VIDEO] Ten minutes of WTF?
* [VIDEO] Jon Stewart mocks the tameness of British political scandals
* [PICTURE] King of the Hill is just the Republican Party in disguise
* [VIDEO] David Cameron hates the common people
Parting Video
Less than three, you and me, typing out our fantasy, meet me here on IRC, LOLOL
https://youtu.be/r1Mh115sj4w
Digest #7
General | Posted 15 years agoI really need a new avatar, I kinda got bored of all the other ones...
Watcher Welcome #47
The fresh bunch of recruits to my watchers list!
* Hello there Shub-Yoggoth! Did you know that American icons such as the Statue of Liberty and the Liberty Bell were French and English respectively?
* To dragxdarklugia: Did you know that President Harry S Truman didn't have a middle name? The letter S was used to represent his grandfathers Solomon Young and Anderson Shippe.
Grey's Anatomy
Yes, those things.
* [PICTURE] THE CREEPIEST GODDAMN POKEMON YOU WILL EVER GODDAMN SEE
* [VIDEO] "Kids" by MGMT, as played by seven ukuleles and an accordion
* [PICTURE] Unusual pictures of Barack Obama naked with unicorns, Stalin and House MD
* [PICTURE] What anarchy actually means
* [LINK] Thou shalt always vote
The Shaun Hargreaves Info
More political rambling? Of course!
* [PICTURE] Cameron: All day long I think about...?
* [PICTURE] The simpleton's guide on how to vote
* [TEXT] If tea-partiers were black. A hypothetical study.
* [AUDIO] DAVID BOWIE OH MY GOD SOMETHING NOT POLITICAL AT ALL IT'S GODDAMN DAVID BOWIE
* [PICTURE] Right-wing media rigs poll results, I am disappoint
Alexander Grey's Guest Art Gallery
Those awesome people who draw (or write!) about a portly bat-thing
* Ffffffffffffffffffffffffffff...
* My bit in a wonderful little story by zeetheinflator!
Parting Video
HE'S A FUCKING BEAST MAN
https://youtu.be/KTgVRv-X4i4
Watcher Welcome #47
The fresh bunch of recruits to my watchers list!
* Hello there Shub-Yoggoth! Did you know that American icons such as the Statue of Liberty and the Liberty Bell were French and English respectively?
* To dragxdarklugia: Did you know that President Harry S Truman didn't have a middle name? The letter S was used to represent his grandfathers Solomon Young and Anderson Shippe.
Grey's Anatomy
Yes, those things.
* [PICTURE] THE CREEPIEST GODDAMN POKEMON YOU WILL EVER GODDAMN SEE
* [VIDEO] "Kids" by MGMT, as played by seven ukuleles and an accordion
* [PICTURE] Unusual pictures of Barack Obama naked with unicorns, Stalin and House MD
* [PICTURE] What anarchy actually means
* [LINK] Thou shalt always vote
The Shaun Hargreaves Info
More political rambling? Of course!
* [PICTURE] Cameron: All day long I think about...?
* [PICTURE] The simpleton's guide on how to vote
* [TEXT] If tea-partiers were black. A hypothetical study.
* [AUDIO] DAVID BOWIE OH MY GOD SOMETHING NOT POLITICAL AT ALL IT'S GODDAMN DAVID BOWIE
* [PICTURE] Right-wing media rigs poll results, I am disappoint
Alexander Grey's Guest Art Gallery
Those awesome people who draw (or write!) about a portly bat-thing
* Ffffffffffffffffffffffffffff...
* My bit in a wonderful little story by zeetheinflator!
Parting Video
HE'S A FUCKING BEAST MAN
https://youtu.be/KTgVRv-X4i4
Digest #6
General | Posted 15 years agoWatcher Welcome #46
Gosh, quite a lot of people watched me lately, most in the last day... they must all be high on something...
* To ShadowWolf92, I grant this fact: If every person in the world were to eat as much beef as the average American, then you would need a cropfield four times the surface of the Earth to feed all the cows.
* To gillgill, whom I have seen in many a stream, I leave you this fact: Contrary to popular belief, George Washington did not have wooden teeth. His dentures were a combination of gold, lead, ivory & human and animal teeth.
* Sir decker, to you I bequeath this: Ironically, areas of the UK with high levels of support for the British National Party, are also the areas with average or below average net immigration levels.
* leonguy316 shall receive this piece of trivia: Ducks quacks do echo, however are nearly indiscernible to human ears as the soundwave of the echo is nearly the exact same as the soundwave of the quack itself.
* To iceflyer I say this: If you leave a goldfish in the dark for an extended period of time, it will turn white.
* And lastly, to JustAnotherLover, to whom I say: Caffeine is just as addictive as marijuana, but it takes less caffeine to kill you.
Diary of a Fatbat
It's been a little quiet on the blog lately...
* Redecorating
* The politics of slobbishness
Grey's Anatomy
Still as nutty as ever, although a bit slow on the updating.
* [PICTURE] An intellectual comment concerning volcanic ash
* [VIDEO] GI Joe PSAs remixed
* [VIDEO] YGOTAS: Vagina
* [PICTURE] Will it Blend? Blender edition
* [PICTURE] Adobe CS5's content-aware fill fails to live up to expectations
* [VIDEO] Animé Space-Time Adventure DOCTOR WHO
* [VIDEO] Charlie Brooker is right about everything
* [VIDEO] It's time for... the Animation Show! Yaaaaaaaay!
* [PICTURE] Best. Caption. Ever.
The Shaun Hargreaves Info
Aaaargh! Politics! HISSSSSS! *melt*
* [QUOTE] "Looking back on my family history, personal past and my life as it is now - if I were anything but a liberal, I’d have to be a hypocrite."
* [PICTURE] David Cameron and leadership debates
* [LINK] Songs that represent political parties
Alexander Grey's Guest Art Gallery
For some reason keeping you updated whenever someone draws me.
* Some stuff from an oC with minhande
Parting video
In celebration of last week's leadership election debate and increasing political apathy, have the whole thing summed up in 15 seconds.
https://youtu.be/u0QsSoV0SRo
Gosh, quite a lot of people watched me lately, most in the last day... they must all be high on something...
* To ShadowWolf92, I grant this fact: If every person in the world were to eat as much beef as the average American, then you would need a cropfield four times the surface of the Earth to feed all the cows.
* To gillgill, whom I have seen in many a stream, I leave you this fact: Contrary to popular belief, George Washington did not have wooden teeth. His dentures were a combination of gold, lead, ivory & human and animal teeth.
* Sir decker, to you I bequeath this: Ironically, areas of the UK with high levels of support for the British National Party, are also the areas with average or below average net immigration levels.
* leonguy316 shall receive this piece of trivia: Ducks quacks do echo, however are nearly indiscernible to human ears as the soundwave of the echo is nearly the exact same as the soundwave of the quack itself.
* To iceflyer I say this: If you leave a goldfish in the dark for an extended period of time, it will turn white.
* And lastly, to JustAnotherLover, to whom I say: Caffeine is just as addictive as marijuana, but it takes less caffeine to kill you.
Diary of a Fatbat
It's been a little quiet on the blog lately...
* Redecorating
* The politics of slobbishness
Grey's Anatomy
Still as nutty as ever, although a bit slow on the updating.
* [PICTURE] An intellectual comment concerning volcanic ash
* [VIDEO] GI Joe PSAs remixed
* [VIDEO] YGOTAS: Vagina
* [PICTURE] Will it Blend? Blender edition
* [PICTURE] Adobe CS5's content-aware fill fails to live up to expectations
* [VIDEO] Animé Space-Time Adventure DOCTOR WHO
* [VIDEO] Charlie Brooker is right about everything
* [VIDEO] It's time for... the Animation Show! Yaaaaaaaay!
* [PICTURE] Best. Caption. Ever.
The Shaun Hargreaves Info
Aaaargh! Politics! HISSSSSS! *melt*
* [QUOTE] "Looking back on my family history, personal past and my life as it is now - if I were anything but a liberal, I’d have to be a hypocrite."
* [PICTURE] David Cameron and leadership debates
* [LINK] Songs that represent political parties
Alexander Grey's Guest Art Gallery
For some reason keeping you updated whenever someone draws me.
* Some stuff from an oC with minhande
Parting video
In celebration of last week's leadership election debate and increasing political apathy, have the whole thing summed up in 15 seconds.
https://youtu.be/u0QsSoV0SRo
Confessions (on alcohol, fat, sexuality, being boring)
General | Posted 15 years agoI have a lot to get off my chest you know, and tonight seems a fine time to do it, what with having so little to do.
Alcohol consumption
A lot of you (people who attended Birthdaycon or Hirocon... or both) will know that I'm pretty much tee-total on drinking alcohol. I will not drink it, no matter how you wish to bribe or blackmail me. Frankly, having it constantly forced upon me is quite aggravating and at times I've had to restrain myself from slapping you people around when you're shoving cider or whatnot in my face.
I do not drink alcohol for a number of reasons, including but not limited to:
* Lack of tolerance: Eastern Asians genetically have very little tolerance to alcoholic beverages - thus why there's such a stereotype as the drunken Japanese businessman - it doesn't take a lot to get plastered.
* More lack of tolerance: I can only think of two people in my entire extended family who I know drinks alcohol - out of parents, grandparents and some several dozen aunts, uncles and cousins - only two drink alcohol, and not even on a regular basis.
* It does horrible things: I have friends who drink, some excessively. I need not go any further than them stumbling around shouting "I'M NOT DRUNK!" at people, which annoys me extremely.
* I'm mentally insane: I only have a tedious hold on my sanity at the best of times, destroy my inhibitions and I'll probably kill/assault someone or have a mental breakdown. Easily.
Sexuality
For quite a while I've identified myself as gay, before that I said bisexual. In reality, I identify myself as asexual. While it is true that I find men more physically attractive than women, I have never at any point in my life ever desired to have sexual relations with neither man nor woman.
Despite being a bit of a chubby chaser, a person's weight does not play any part in deciding how much I am attracted to them - I base attractiveness solely on personality.
The idea of sexual relations doesn't interest or arouse me at all. That's pretty much the end of that.
Weight gain
This one is the reason why I posted this journal here and not elsewhere - as all my other blogs are watched by people I know in real life, and who are unaware of this little facet of my person.
While it seems I have long been an advocate of gaining weight - for both myself and for others - and a reasonable weight is something I do find attractive, however I have never been sure of gaining weight myself.
Like my rejection of drinking alcohol, the base of thought behind this is spread across many points:
* Health issues: This is not just my complete and utter lack of exercise, but hereditary illness also. My mother's side of the family has a history of heart disease and depression, my father's side in skin conditions and degenerative mental illness. This is not a good base to work off. At age 18, I already have a cholesterol level significantly higher than the recommended and have respiratory and skin issues that will probably cause issues for the rest of my days.
* I'm two-faced: I often support people to grow as big as they can and want to, no matter what fantastical limit they have. In truth, I only find people up to about 240 pounds in any way attractive, over that and I start finding it a little off-putting.
* I'm a reluctant gainer: I am slowly and steadily gaining weight, although I constantly wonder whether I should. Unlike some people, I do not take an active role in trying to put on weight, I just eat when I'm hungry and let that be that. I've never really dedicated any time to actually trying, except for the occasional Wednesday banquet.
Not to say I don't find fatness attractive - I do - but there are limits to it, and I often think that I should probably lose a lot of weight, if only to save myself, which I guess would no longer make me a gainer.
On being boring
I constantly say I'm a boring person and that's not going to change in this journal.
I continually make these claims for a number of factors, which again will be displayed in a list form:
* I don't play games: This is a hurdle that is consistent both inside the fandom and out, I don't "do" computer games. I'm not good at them, I don't understand them, and I don't always find them interesting. I much rather read an encyclopaedia than play games, and I often do. I've been trying to get more into playing games lately (I played Left4Dead for the first time ever on Saturday), but I'm still utterly hopeless at such stuff.
* I have very few interests: Politics. Website design. After that it's pretty much diddly squat from me. These two things probably make up over 90% of everything I do or discuss.
* I cannot hold a conversation: As with my interests, most of my long-lasting conversations are either roleplay, or related to politics or web design. Any other type of conversation tends to die off in under 10 minutes.
* People do say I'm boring: It's not just me saying it, I have legitimately had people (and not just randomers, people I've known for significant periods of time) tell me that I'm not an easy person to talk to, as discussion topics just don't appear.
I think that's enough for now...
Alcohol consumption
A lot of you (people who attended Birthdaycon or Hirocon... or both) will know that I'm pretty much tee-total on drinking alcohol. I will not drink it, no matter how you wish to bribe or blackmail me. Frankly, having it constantly forced upon me is quite aggravating and at times I've had to restrain myself from slapping you people around when you're shoving cider or whatnot in my face.
I do not drink alcohol for a number of reasons, including but not limited to:
* Lack of tolerance: Eastern Asians genetically have very little tolerance to alcoholic beverages - thus why there's such a stereotype as the drunken Japanese businessman - it doesn't take a lot to get plastered.
* More lack of tolerance: I can only think of two people in my entire extended family who I know drinks alcohol - out of parents, grandparents and some several dozen aunts, uncles and cousins - only two drink alcohol, and not even on a regular basis.
* It does horrible things: I have friends who drink, some excessively. I need not go any further than them stumbling around shouting "I'M NOT DRUNK!" at people, which annoys me extremely.
* I'm mentally insane: I only have a tedious hold on my sanity at the best of times, destroy my inhibitions and I'll probably kill/assault someone or have a mental breakdown. Easily.
Sexuality
For quite a while I've identified myself as gay, before that I said bisexual. In reality, I identify myself as asexual. While it is true that I find men more physically attractive than women, I have never at any point in my life ever desired to have sexual relations with neither man nor woman.
Despite being a bit of a chubby chaser, a person's weight does not play any part in deciding how much I am attracted to them - I base attractiveness solely on personality.
The idea of sexual relations doesn't interest or arouse me at all. That's pretty much the end of that.
Weight gain
This one is the reason why I posted this journal here and not elsewhere - as all my other blogs are watched by people I know in real life, and who are unaware of this little facet of my person.
While it seems I have long been an advocate of gaining weight - for both myself and for others - and a reasonable weight is something I do find attractive, however I have never been sure of gaining weight myself.
Like my rejection of drinking alcohol, the base of thought behind this is spread across many points:
* Health issues: This is not just my complete and utter lack of exercise, but hereditary illness also. My mother's side of the family has a history of heart disease and depression, my father's side in skin conditions and degenerative mental illness. This is not a good base to work off. At age 18, I already have a cholesterol level significantly higher than the recommended and have respiratory and skin issues that will probably cause issues for the rest of my days.
* I'm two-faced: I often support people to grow as big as they can and want to, no matter what fantastical limit they have. In truth, I only find people up to about 240 pounds in any way attractive, over that and I start finding it a little off-putting.
* I'm a reluctant gainer: I am slowly and steadily gaining weight, although I constantly wonder whether I should. Unlike some people, I do not take an active role in trying to put on weight, I just eat when I'm hungry and let that be that. I've never really dedicated any time to actually trying, except for the occasional Wednesday banquet.
Not to say I don't find fatness attractive - I do - but there are limits to it, and I often think that I should probably lose a lot of weight, if only to save myself, which I guess would no longer make me a gainer.
On being boring
I constantly say I'm a boring person and that's not going to change in this journal.
I continually make these claims for a number of factors, which again will be displayed in a list form:
* I don't play games: This is a hurdle that is consistent both inside the fandom and out, I don't "do" computer games. I'm not good at them, I don't understand them, and I don't always find them interesting. I much rather read an encyclopaedia than play games, and I often do. I've been trying to get more into playing games lately (I played Left4Dead for the first time ever on Saturday), but I'm still utterly hopeless at such stuff.
* I have very few interests: Politics. Website design. After that it's pretty much diddly squat from me. These two things probably make up over 90% of everything I do or discuss.
* I cannot hold a conversation: As with my interests, most of my long-lasting conversations are either roleplay, or related to politics or web design. Any other type of conversation tends to die off in under 10 minutes.
* People do say I'm boring: It's not just me saying it, I have legitimately had people (and not just randomers, people I've known for significant periods of time) tell me that I'm not an easy person to talk to, as discussion topics just don't appear.
I think that's enough for now...
Digest #5
General | Posted 15 years agoWatcher Welcome
* Hello there to SkyhawkHusky, did you know that searching for "carrot" is banned in China, the word carrot has a Chinese character which is the same as the surname of president Hu Jintao.
* Bonjour kovuthehusky! Did you know that passing wind in a spacesuit damages them? Thus astronautics are forbidden from eating gassy foods.
* DanielTekasui: Did you know that the first couple ever seen in bed together on television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone?
Diary of a Fatbat
Not much been going on here lately, I've been a bit busy busy busy...
* McDonald's milkshake is impossible to drink
* Busy busy busy busy busy busy busy busy busy
* My wing's gone funny
* Bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored
Grey's Anatomy
I've noticed that a few things I've posted lately end up as FA's Link of the Day the day afterwards...
* [PICTURE] How Pixar and Dreamworks make films
* [PICTURE] Actual Batman and Robin
* [PICTURE] Gay Golbats
* [VIDEO] Law Abiding Engineer
* [VIDEO] ATTN #11: Now with 100% more UKIP
* [PICTURE] A comic about healthcare reform
* [VIDEO] Is Google evil?
* [VIDEO] Barack Obama caught lip-syncing speeches
* [VIDEO] Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Game
* [VIDEO] Pixelate the world!
* [LINK] Using your browser history to estimate your gender
* [PICTURE] Stop torturing Charmander! D:
The Shaun Hargreaves Info
It's ALL political!
* [PICTURE] George W. Bush at five-years-old
* [PICTURE] The USA PATRIOT Act is much worse than healthcare reform
* [VIDEO] Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg get remixed
* [VIDEO] Contrary to popular belief, Gordon Brown is an amazing rapper
Parting Fact
* Caffeine is just as addictive as marijuana, and more likely to kill you.
* Hello there to SkyhawkHusky, did you know that searching for "carrot" is banned in China, the word carrot has a Chinese character which is the same as the surname of president Hu Jintao.
* Bonjour kovuthehusky! Did you know that passing wind in a spacesuit damages them? Thus astronautics are forbidden from eating gassy foods.
* DanielTekasui: Did you know that the first couple ever seen in bed together on television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone?
Diary of a Fatbat
Not much been going on here lately, I've been a bit busy busy busy...
* McDonald's milkshake is impossible to drink
* Busy busy busy busy busy busy busy busy busy
* My wing's gone funny
* Bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored
Grey's Anatomy
I've noticed that a few things I've posted lately end up as FA's Link of the Day the day afterwards...
* [PICTURE] How Pixar and Dreamworks make films
* [PICTURE] Actual Batman and Robin
* [PICTURE] Gay Golbats
* [VIDEO] Law Abiding Engineer
* [VIDEO] ATTN #11: Now with 100% more UKIP
* [PICTURE] A comic about healthcare reform
* [VIDEO] Is Google evil?
* [VIDEO] Barack Obama caught lip-syncing speeches
* [VIDEO] Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Game
* [VIDEO] Pixelate the world!
* [LINK] Using your browser history to estimate your gender
* [PICTURE] Stop torturing Charmander! D:
The Shaun Hargreaves Info
It's ALL political!
* [PICTURE] George W. Bush at five-years-old
* [PICTURE] The USA PATRIOT Act is much worse than healthcare reform
* [VIDEO] Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg get remixed
* [VIDEO] Contrary to popular belief, Gordon Brown is an amazing rapper
Parting Fact
* Caffeine is just as addictive as marijuana, and more likely to kill you.
This just in: Fur Affinity is illegal in the United Kingdom
General | Posted 15 years agoAs of yesterday afternoon, it has become illegal to create or possess imagery depicting characters under 18 years of age in sexual acts or with exposed genitalia.
In effect, babyfur pornography is now illegal in the United Kingdom, as is lolicon and any other form of drawn pornography containing children.
Seeing as Fur Affinity allows the hosting of babyfur pornography, it is thus now also illegal to use this website if you are resident in the United Kingdom, as the website is considered to contain images of paedophilia.
More about it on FurteanTimes.com
In effect, babyfur pornography is now illegal in the United Kingdom, as is lolicon and any other form of drawn pornography containing children.
Seeing as Fur Affinity allows the hosting of babyfur pornography, it is thus now also illegal to use this website if you are resident in the United Kingdom, as the website is considered to contain images of paedophilia.
More about it on FurteanTimes.com
April Fool's
General | Posted 15 years agoAll the tricks, pranks and foolings you people have been up to today have been amazing. Really, absolutely beautifully astounding! I laughed my head off at all of them!
Nah, I'm fooling you. They all sucked.
Nah, I'm fooling you. They all sucked.
Digest #4
General | Posted 15 years agoWatcher Welcome
* G'day to GregorGreyhound! Did you know that it's impossible to sneeze in your sleep, as the nerves that control sneezing are also asleep?
* And a howdy to split-persona! Did you know that statistically, people living in New Orleans have the largest penis size anywhere in the United States?
Diary of a Fatbat
* Bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored
* A quick post about dragons and universities
* Do cyborg bats dream of augmented sheep? No, they don't
* I spend some time rambling about slobbishness
Grey's Anatomy
* [VIDEO] The Gifford Children's Choir performs "Still Alive!"
* [AUDIO] If American Pie were about Shakespeare's works
* [PICTURE] The Pinocchio Paradox
* [VIDEO] The Daily Mail Song
* [PICTURE] UNLEASH THE MOTHERFUCKING MOONWALK
* [VIDEO] A love song for Pokémon Red and Blue
* [VIDEO] FarmVille advert, Mafia Wars advert, Café World advert
The Shaun Hargreaves Info
* [TEXT] How I'm so left-wing I fly in circles
* [PICTURE] The BNP ironically plagiarise Barack Obama
ShaunHargreaves.com
* PLUGGING MY WEBSITE IS FUN
Parting Fact
* US President John Adams made it mandatory for navy sailors to purchase health insurance, and levied a small tax so they could do it. That was 212 years ago.
* G'day to GregorGreyhound! Did you know that it's impossible to sneeze in your sleep, as the nerves that control sneezing are also asleep?
* And a howdy to split-persona! Did you know that statistically, people living in New Orleans have the largest penis size anywhere in the United States?
Diary of a Fatbat
* Bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored
* A quick post about dragons and universities
* Do cyborg bats dream of augmented sheep? No, they don't
* I spend some time rambling about slobbishness
Grey's Anatomy
* [VIDEO] The Gifford Children's Choir performs "Still Alive!"
* [AUDIO] If American Pie were about Shakespeare's works
* [PICTURE] The Pinocchio Paradox
* [VIDEO] The Daily Mail Song
* [PICTURE] UNLEASH THE MOTHERFUCKING MOONWALK
* [VIDEO] A love song for Pokémon Red and Blue
* [VIDEO] FarmVille advert, Mafia Wars advert, Café World advert
The Shaun Hargreaves Info
* [TEXT] How I'm so left-wing I fly in circles
* [PICTURE] The BNP ironically plagiarise Barack Obama
ShaunHargreaves.com
* PLUGGING MY WEBSITE IS FUN
Parting Fact
* US President John Adams made it mandatory for navy sailors to purchase health insurance, and levied a small tax so they could do it. That was 212 years ago.
Digest #3
General | Posted 15 years agoOkay, screw the daily part, I'll just update whenever I goddamn feel like it.
Watcher Welcome
* Hello to F1HeroRyotama! Did you know that the world's youngest mother gave birth at five years old? Peruvian Lina Medina reached the age of sexual maturity at 8 months old.
The Diary of a Fatbat
*Grey answers one oft' asked question: "Why are you so fat?"
*Ever eaten a month of food in one go?
*I went to a buffet on Sunday. And then ate a lot more.
*Thoughts on inflation.
*The month yet to come..
Grey's Anatomy
* Japan: The Strange Country
* Joe Biden's big mouth
* Cooking Gaga
* How to send Rush Limbaugh a farewell card
* Who killed John Lennon?
* Why Gary Oak was the good guy in Pokémon R/B
* Hipster Trek: Like Star Trek for overfly cool people
The Shaun Hargreaves Info
* All the political philosophy you'll ever need.
Fun Factoid
* Every year, 1 million children die of malaria. That's equivalent to a jumbo jet of children crashing (and everyone dying) every four hours.
Watcher Welcome
* Hello to F1HeroRyotama! Did you know that the world's youngest mother gave birth at five years old? Peruvian Lina Medina reached the age of sexual maturity at 8 months old.
The Diary of a Fatbat
*Grey answers one oft' asked question: "Why are you so fat?"
*Ever eaten a month of food in one go?
*I went to a buffet on Sunday. And then ate a lot more.
*Thoughts on inflation.
*The month yet to come..
Grey's Anatomy
* Japan: The Strange Country
* Joe Biden's big mouth
* Cooking Gaga
* How to send Rush Limbaugh a farewell card
* Who killed John Lennon?
* Why Gary Oak was the good guy in Pokémon R/B
* Hipster Trek: Like Star Trek for overfly cool people
The Shaun Hargreaves Info
* All the political philosophy you'll ever need.
Fun Factoid
* Every year, 1 million children die of malaria. That's equivalent to a jumbo jet of children crashing (and everyone dying) every four hours.
Daily Digest #2
General | Posted 16 years agoToday has been a very plain day.
Diary of a Fatbat
A day in the life. Alex draws a quick comic about how a typical blubberbat spends their day.
Grey's Anatomy
Giant seagulls, theme tunes and... a cheese version of Steve Jobs' head?
The Shaun Hargreaves Info
Viacom vs. YouTube, how one of them is a hypocritical bastard.
Twitterings
"As much as I like Star Trek, sometimes the acting isn't very believable..."
"Yes, there's a radiactive plasma fire right in front of you in a room full of explosive barrels. So calmly talk through the situation."
Diary of a Fatbat
A day in the life. Alex draws a quick comic about how a typical blubberbat spends their day.
Grey's Anatomy
Giant seagulls, theme tunes and... a cheese version of Steve Jobs' head?
The Shaun Hargreaves Info
Viacom vs. YouTube, how one of them is a hypocritical bastard.
Twitterings
"As much as I like Star Trek, sometimes the acting isn't very believable..."
"Yes, there's a radiactive plasma fire right in front of you in a room full of explosive barrels. So calmly talk through the situation."
Daily Digest #1
General | Posted 16 years agoHere's a bit of a different experiment. Instead of updating watcher people once a week and posting other random junk every now and again, let's just condense it into one journal and get it over with.
Watchers: Hey there GreenDragon101010! Did you know that, aside from being the patron saint of Ireland, St Patrick is also the patron saint of Nigeria, Montserrat, New York, Boston, engineers and paralegals?
Diary: Today has been really dull. Diary of a Fatbat has also become my kinda daily doodling repository. So for art that'll never see FA's eyes, look on there!
AGGAG: The ConFuzzled conbadge by blue got uploaderised!
Grey's Anatomy: A year ago today, this was still the in-thing.
Watchers: Hey there GreenDragon101010! Did you know that, aside from being the patron saint of Ireland, St Patrick is also the patron saint of Nigeria, Montserrat, New York, Boston, engineers and paralegals?
Diary: Today has been really dull. Diary of a Fatbat has also become my kinda daily doodling repository. So for art that'll never see FA's eyes, look on there!
AGGAG: The ConFuzzled conbadge by blue got uploaderised!
Grey's Anatomy: A year ago today, this was still the in-thing.
Watcher Slapfest #1
General | Posted 16 years agoThe only people who watched me this week were gullible and fatglaz.
Seeing as they've re-watched me just to get more fun facts (in direct contradiction to what I said in my watcher welcome last week) they will not receive fun facts.
They will instead receive the opposite: hard slaps.
gullible
*slap*
fatglaz
*slap*
That is all.
Seeing as they've re-watched me just to get more fun facts (in direct contradiction to what I said in my watcher welcome last week) they will not receive fun facts.
They will instead receive the opposite: hard slaps.
gullible*slap*
fatglaz*slap*
That is all.
The Diary of a Fatbat - a project
General | Posted 16 years agoI posted on Twitter that I was thinking of writing a blog or diary of sorts from the point of view of Mr Alexander Grey.
So from last night, I am. The Diary of a Fatbat is pretty much a blog from the point of view of the fatassed, slovenly bat you've all come to know and love. And seeing as it's from the point of view of a fictional character, he may just be a little more interesting than I am!
There's not much going on yet, but hey, there might be some story arc appearing at some point (if I can think of one).
http://aggag.biz/diary/
So from last night, I am. The Diary of a Fatbat is pretty much a blog from the point of view of the fatassed, slovenly bat you've all come to know and love. And seeing as it's from the point of view of a fictional character, he may just be a little more interesting than I am!
There's not much going on yet, but hey, there might be some story arc appearing at some point (if I can think of one).
http://aggag.biz/diary/
Oh hey, AGGAG
General | Posted 16 years agoAlexander Grey's Guest Art Gallery has moved to http://aggag.biz/
Not that any of you people care.
If you read this then have a cookie, otherwise you suck.
Not that any of you people care.
If you read this then have a cookie, otherwise you suck.
Watcher Welcome #42
General | Posted 16 years agoSome people keep rewatching me again and again just to get more facts.
You people suck.
Gullible
The number 42 not only frequents books written by Douglas Adams (who wrote that 42, was the answer to life, the universe, and everything), but also the works of Lewis Carroll.
truckthepolarbear
From beginning to end, a rainbow always follows a 42 degree angle.
fraccoon
If one were to travel through the Earth in a friction-less tunnel, using only the power of gravity to accelerate and decelerate, it would always take you 42 minutes to travel - regardless of where in the world you were going.
mikespenis
Dr House claims his favourite number is 42.
Tyroflame
The digits of pi, from 242,422 to 242,429 decimal places, are 42424242.
You people suck.
GullibleThe number 42 not only frequents books written by Douglas Adams (who wrote that 42, was the answer to life, the universe, and everything), but also the works of Lewis Carroll.
truckthepolarbearFrom beginning to end, a rainbow always follows a 42 degree angle.
fraccoonIf one were to travel through the Earth in a friction-less tunnel, using only the power of gravity to accelerate and decelerate, it would always take you 42 minutes to travel - regardless of where in the world you were going.
mikespenisDr House claims his favourite number is 42.
TyroflameThe digits of pi, from 242,422 to 242,429 decimal places, are 42424242.
Watcher Welcome #41
General | Posted 16 years ago
mirpin65 people become millionaires every day.
ShinFoxrooSemen is one of the most fattening substances known to man.
Wolfgang210Human stomachs are capable of digesting themselves. They prevent this by generating a thick layer of mucus every two weeks.
Laptop adaptor is still kaputski
General | Posted 16 years agoDisregardé! I got a new adaptor from Maplin's :D
Looks like I might not be online much for a few days/a week or so - my laptop adaptor, which so valiantly held on for about 5 days has now died completely (complete with sparks and arcing electricity!). I got the new one I ordered off Amazon today... and it's the wrong one.
So now I've fired off an email to get it replaced/refunded, and will have to try again in a few days. That or I might pop down to Maplin's later and see what they can do for me.
Until this is sorted however, I'm pretty much computer-less. My mobile phone (after some coaxing) can get some Internet's on it, so I might make appearances on MSN and whatnot on occasion, but otherwise I'd solely be operating on...
So now I've fired off an email to get it replaced/refunded, and will have to try again in a few days. That or I might pop down to Maplin's later and see what they can do for me.
Until this is sorted however, I'm pretty much computer-less. My mobile phone (after some coaxing) can get some Internet's on it, so I might make appearances on MSN and whatnot on occasion, but otherwise I'd solely be operating on...
<<< TWITTER! >>>Laptop adaptor has gone kaputski. [SORTED]
General | Posted 16 years ago gullible donated the full amount! He'll be getting some awesome luffings! <3The cable for my laptop adaptor (you know, the thing that goes between the laptop and the magic electrical wall plug) has severed. Badly in one place and to lesser extents in two more. The cable, while valiant in trying, can no longer hold a reliable charge; and thus my laptop is currently on it's last 1 hour, 16 minutes of battery life.
Thus, I need a replacement, namely a "ADVENT ACER LAPTOP AC ADAPTOR POWER SUPPLY 19V - 3.42A" (I actually have an Acer Aspire, but all the details match up anyway), which costs a lean £19.80.
Unfortunately, my current budget is a £2.
My allowance next month is also going nearly entirely towards paying website fees, so the most I'll have then is still far short at £6.
My laptop is not just a device I use for browsing
If you're feeling generous, put some bread in my jar by Paypal-ing shaun.hargreaves@gmail.com, otherwise I might be disappearing for a few days, if not weeks. I might draw something for you people generous enough (I of course cannot guarantee any modicum of quality in this matter).
I can still get a bit of charge out of the cable if I wrap it in sticky tape and hold it in a certain way, but I doubt the cable will last until the end of the week, especially at the rate it's degrading. If this is the case, then au revoir, mon frères, may we meet again some day. </overdramatic>
Watcher Welcome #40
General | Posted 16 years ago
TheLonelyDragon65More children are poisoned by house-plants than cleaning products.
KhressVenatorAnimals are said to have their own "years" (e.g. dog years, cat years, etc.) due to their different metabolic rates, which makes their body cells decay at different rates to humans.
shirikoThe strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. It is also the only muscle that's only connected at one end.
BretTheBlackheartThe average person living in the Czech Republic will consume 156.9 litres (41.4 gallons) of alcohol per year.
Flyboy3Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling took inspiration for the Dementors from her own spells of severe depression.
thedareThe UK postal service delivers 75 million items of mail every day.
deadboy180Emus cannot walk backwards.
jd-wDogs only have sweat glands on their paw-pads. They get rid of most excess body heat through panting.
Ouendanmario64A cockroach can live without a head. The only reason one dies at all is because it dies of starvation and not from injuries.
