Hive Confessions

[Geneva]

Hey, how ya doin'?

For flash, the animation is amazing and has a lovely spring to it that mixes well with the bright colouring and McCracken-esque minimalism in the style. It just sort of came together really well. The fact that it was My Little Pony only added to it too as it really had no business being as good as it was.

The fandom great back in the early days. There was a sort of self-deprecating humour to everything and it was hilarious how many petty squabbles emerged - mostly in good fun though. Then it started getting weird with bronies treating themselves like they were an oppressed minority or something. After a while I just jumped ship on the whole 'brony' thing but I still enjoy the first two seasons of the cartoon. Especially the Mandy Mc Carthy episodes where random characters just went inexplicably nuts.

[glassiya]

Aug 1, 2014 18:56:04 GMT Geneva said:

Then it started getting weird with bronies treating themselves like they were an oppressed minority or something.

You know, that just reminded me an old russian anecdote (or shall I say - joke?).

[Silegy]

Well, bronies started to act like an opressed minority for a reason. Because they were an opressed minority. For a reason. Most of the "I am brony" kind of guys were utter douchebags. And later on, the internet has transformed into a place full of stupid "Im brony, Im so proud of how cool I am" and ton of more or less unprovoked hatred towards the entirety of My Little Pony.

Btw if you dont know him, I recommend thi epic dude who goes by the name of MisterDavie:

[glassiya]

Aug 1, 2014 19:16:07 GMT Silegy said:

Well, bronies started to act like an opressed minority for a reason. Because they were an opressed minority.

*sigh* Now I just HAVE to tell that joke.
Sincerely apologize to anyone who'll feel offended, but...

Sir Henry Baskerville rests in hs mansinon, but suddenly hears some noise outside.

-What is it, Barrymore?
-A Pride Parade, sir.

-Parade? And what do they want?
-They want free love, sir.

-Do someone forbid them doing that?
-No, sir.

-So, why do they make all this noise?
-Faggots, sir.

Btw if you dont know him, I recommend thi epic dude who goes by the name of MisterDavie:

Best PMVs I saw were either Weird Al polka medleys

or Brian Warner's "Sweet Dreams" version (this actually made me to check the show - I couldn't believe it's just another kid cartoon)

Oh. Or this.

[Silegy]

Weird Al Yankovic is a motherf.... genius. Together with the video, that was a straight murder
The dreams are robably the best PMV Oh man.. I wouldnt think you can make soemthing so scary out of MLP. I had some cool PMVs too.. In my liked... And YT keeps only 100 of these.. Got only two in my favourites, Everyone thinks Rainbow Dash is gay and Rainbow Dash - Like A Boss.
The DotA 2 trailer is just brilliant!


But hey, stop the nonsense, this is a 40k forum.

[yoritomo]

This is not a my little pony thread. If you guys try and make it one then it will be locked. You have been warned.

[Silegy]

OK, so, human failure called Silegy strikes back!
Last year I screwed up my high school leaving exams so I had to repeat them. I failed the entrance exams to one of the universities I was interested in and rejected by the other two because of the failed school leaving exam. So I was just hanging around for a year.

This year, I was successful at entrance exams. Actually, I even succeeded exams to the ebst university in my country. And yea, with flying colours! I also got accepted by the one I failed to get to the last year and because I knew this, I ditched the exams for the third one, because it probably the worst public university in this country and I had it only as a safety measure.

Guess what? There is this day, I dont know how to call it properly, where you have to attend to confirm your enrollment to the university. Well, I messed up the date and (please do not swear) missed it! And everyone is taking their compulsory vacation! So I am (please do not swear).

Holy (please do not swear), I never realised just how dumb I am...

[Inquisitor Stingray]

(please do not swear), I'm sorry to hear that. I had to do a 'similar' thing when applying for university in Denmark, only you had to simple confirm it via the school's intranet. That really sucks, surely there must be some way to circumvent this or explain it?

[Silegy]

Aug 10, 2014 21:48:34 GMT Inquisitor Stingray said:

(please do not swear) I'm sorry to hear that. I had to do a 'similar' thing when applying for university in Denmark, only you had to simple confirm it via the school's intranet. That really sucks, surely there must be some way to circumvent this or explain it?

Well I am not entirely sure how am I supposed to explain that I am an irresponsible idiot. I made some phone calls and it really doesn't seem good. The only thing that could save me it seems is that I would have to make up an excuse such as hospitalization and try to mail the vice-dean for student matters, BUT... earlier I have sent an email regarding this problem to the head of Student matters department so after she comes back from vacation.. ggwp..
I think Ill just try to tell how dumb I am to the dean and see if he is interested in having someone like me on their prestigeous university... 

[Squire]

Eh... I don't feel a lot of shame.

A couple of years ago I was at my desk working and let out a fart because no one was in the room, and mere seconds later I hear footsteps and in walks a coworker who proceeds to stand there chatting to me for several minutes while the smell lingers and lingers. She must have thought I'd soiled myself. I was very nonchalant about it though, acted as if nothing was amiss and by the next time I ran into her it was out of my mind completely.

Walked into a pane of glass right in front of my boss and a few other people thinking it was an open doorway.

Sick on the bus the morning after a heavy night of drinking and had to get off in the middle of town, staggering out across a busy junction throwing up whilst traffic was forced to stop for me.

Performance anxiety with women.

A genuinely mortifying one was when me and a couple of pals slept overnight on a building site we were working at and decided to smash up an abandoned car left by whoever had sold the property. The next day the boss comes over and asks us what happened to (whoever it was)'s car and we had to explain the situation...

Another bad one was when I was in 6th form and broke up with a girlfriend in front of a bunch of people when they told me she'd kissed another guy at the weekend while I was passed out from smoking too much, and after storming out I went back in about 30 seconds later because I'd left my jacket. Why didn't I have the sense to just leave it???

Anyway, as you get older you realise these sorts of things happen to everyone and, really, who cares?

[Geneva]

Hey, how ya doin'?

Aug 9, 2014 17:30:06 GMT Silegy said:

OK, so, human failure called Silegy strikes back!
Last year I screwed up my high school leaving exams so I had to repeat them. I failed the entrance exams to one of the universities I was interested in and rejected by the other two because of the failed school leaving exam. So I was just hanging around for a year.

This year, I was successful at entrance exams. Actually, I even succeeded exams to the ebst university in my country. And yea, with flying colours! I also got accepted by the one I failed to get to the last year and because I knew this, I ditched the exams for the third one, because it probably the worst public university in this country and I had it only as a safety measure.

Guess what? There is this day, I dont know how to call it properly, where you have to attend to confirm your enrollment to the university. Well, I messed up the date and (please do not swear) missed it! And everyone is taking their compulsory vacation! So I am (please do not swear).

Holy (please do not swear), I never realised just how dumb I am...

Ugh... Sorry to hear about that. That's some rough luck to be sure. I had similar misfortune after I repeated. I passed mathematics so didn't have to do them over but when the time came for applying for university it looked like I'd never finished maths because I forgot to include the previous year's results too. I managed to get in on a late acceptance (someone else dropped out and I was first in line for the placement) because I acted on the day so if you get in contact with them soon enough you might be able to arrange a compromise. It might not guarantee you a place but it will certainly give you a fighting chance. Not everyone actually ends up going to the place they apply to so there could be a few openings.

Also, try not to beat yourself up too much. I had more than a few earfuls on how much of a (please do not swear) up I was for making the mistake even from the people who I had to get in contact with about it. It kinda sucks. But putting yourself down doesn't fix the problem either. You've got it bad enough trying to get this mess sorted without having the Looming Shadow of Plummeting Self Esteem hovering over you too. Just learn from the mistake and do what you can. Once you get it sorted you can regale people with the story of how you had to fight the odds to get into higher education. It makes for a good underdog story on night's out.

[gman25639]

I am estranged to one extant or another from half my family. My parents are divorced and I love both of them very much, but my dad has a tendency to be a complete idiot at times (doesn't know what his plans for the weekend are 3 days in advance, never communicates about things, can never give a straight reason for anything, etc.) Anyway he got re married a while back and she is a total (please do not swear). I can't stand to be around and her as she seems to think my presence is a threat to her authority, as she apparently makes all the decisions and my dad has to clear everything with her, and on top of that she has a lot incredibly short fuse and yells and screams about EVERYTHING! ( honestly don't know what they see in each other) and she has the audacity to ridicule me about being rude when I make a joke, when she is rude for real about everything. Anyway due to all this tension I have not lived with my dad for over 2 years, and when I go to do stuff with him and my siblings it is really tense at times as she is so cranky all the time. To give an example we were on a camping trip in Idaho, and on the way back we stopped at Cabela's to spend gift card see had been saving. I picked out a new decoy and a box of shotgun shells for turkey season this coming spring, and she starts bugging me about it:
"What's that for? We aren't going turkey hunting!"
"Well, YOU might not be,but I am."
"How are doing that?"
"Well, I'm 18 and therefore an adult capable of doing things on my own, and my mom agreed she would accompany me, and might hunt herself."
At this point she just gave me this bug-eyed look she gets when she's pissed (usually happens when I prove her wrong/ make her appear like a spluttering idiot when she starts yelling and I keep my cool) and she starts nagging my dad about it, and hr just replies
"He's 18, he can get whatever he wants, not up to us."
To which I added "plus that means I can buy ammo on my own"
And she just tells me "shut up and buy your (please do not swear)"

That's just one instance, on many occasions she has laid into one of my siblings (often my younger brother) for something that a reasonable person wouldn't see as a problem, and I have come to his defence only to have her lay into me. Anyway the rest of her family is nice, and I enjoy seeing them on the rare occasion we head over towards Montana, where most of them live, but I don't understand how such a nice family spawned such a crazy person. Also my dad's parents seem oblivious to the fact that she is crazy makes it hard to be around them for extended periods of time. Despite this I am probably on better terms with my dad as I only see him for fishing and stuff and not the day to day insanity my siblings tell me about on their weeks at our mom's (where I live full time).

[Exocrine NzL]

I remember fondly one assembly at intermediate school during prize giving, my mates noticed I was completely zoned out so when a award came up for someone that was absent... They were like "go up there they called your name,for that certificate", and I was like ok sweet I won something... But yeah it wasn't for me, so I slinked back to my chair after in front of the whole assembly. That sort of thing of thing stays with you at that tender age