Anyone remember the Nintendo GameCube?

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The Gunner's Dream wrote:Wow, I was about your age when I joined this forum- in 2005!
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So you were 13? You've spent nearly half your life signed up here. \:D/
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14.

Yeah I've been here a long time....
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You need to sort your life out.
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And you? You've been here even longer than me. With almost 3 times as many posts as me, 90% of them curmudgeonly bitching.

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Hudini wrote:
TheEndlessWaters wrote:I should probably rename this "The Nostalgia Thread." It makes much more sense.
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Don't. There's quite a lot of nostalgia threads around here. "Computer Nostalgia Thread" perhaps. But don't take my advice.
You're probably right.
But you said I shouldn't take your advice, sooo....

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The Gunner's Dream wrote:And you? You've been here even longer than me. With almost 3 times as many posts as me, 90% of them curmudgeonly bitching.

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The problem is that whilst I've typecast myself as curmudgeonly I've basically allowed myself to live vicariously through the perceived 'common sense' opinions of older posters on here. I've been clamoring for peer acceptance since I've signed up on here, with only marginal success. I was one of those kids that was a total slacker but knew a few cool scientific facts so I dined out on being 'smart' for far too long. I actually don't know a lot about anything really, but enough to sound smart and intimate people I meet. I guess 'normal' people just see me as overly precious and insular, so I already fend off 80% of people I meet 'at the pass', to use another analogy I'm not actually smart enough to be entitled enough to use.

In the end I will be a characteristically negative person. Not smart, or bitter, just a negative person. People will avoid me, because a simple 'how are you?' type icebreaker question will be my one chance that week to ruminate about all the miserable crap that is getting to me on a personal level that week. I'm one of these people that tend to let my problems slowly destroy me from the inside out.

Anyway, the Game Cube, like a lot of other 'nerd culture' belongs in the echelon of society I would have gravitated towards if I had put in more effort as a human being. Instead I know precious little about it, but I'm sure it is/was cool.
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Having that level of insight and self awareness speaks of your inherent intelligence and honesty. Knowing "facts" about things is not really a sound measurement of intelligence in my mind. It just sounds like you're a little insecure about some things and the natural defense is aggression and hostility. I had/have some of the same social disabilities you described about yourself. About 5 years ago I was at a point that I dreaded even walking down the street at risk of coming in contact with someone, even at the most indirect level of communication. I guess I mellowed a little since then because I don't get mad about anything that superficial anymore. I don't take everything as seriously as I used to, just try to go about my business and do what makes me happy; playing piano and studying music. I don't really care or get bothered by what anyone else thinks. :)
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Well I've mellowed out as well. My current girlfriend has been a great stabiliser for me in that regard. The kicker is that I've become comfortable and don't make as much music any more. In another life I would be a starved artist addicted to something or other. I'm gradually getting better, but it works in waves rather than a continual slope of improvement. Some little tick will start off and suddenly it gets bigger and bigger until I'm getting worked up about something, be it upheaval in my social circle or a gripe with my job or whatever. Chuck in a solid dose of seasonal affective disorder and you're all set. I think my underlying issue probably stems from my overwhelmingly Presbyterian upbringing. I wasn't afforded a lot of privacy as a child or teenager, so this forum was one of the few places I could come and get it out my system. I was also not really encouraged to socialise. If I wanted to see my friends I went to school, but the summer holidays would be the time I didn't see anybody but my siblings for seven weeks. I wasn't afforded a lot of freedom either, so the idea of me cycling to a friends' house was out of the question. Whilst I could haggle some leeway out of my parents in some regards, the usual attitude would be why would you want to do that? Ideas of mine would be accepted but also laughed at or ridiculed. I still have a half-formed fear in my head that the door will open and somebody will come in and criticise whatever I am up to. This makes me nervous in certain social situations still.

Anyway. Game Cube!