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Let's see if we can't get another wave of these going. For the new members who have joined us to regail us with their tale of joys and woes and to learn a little bit about us as well.

Hi, I'm Gilgamesh. Also known for a time as Jiarn. I won't bother putting a small bio up here because that's the whole point of an AMA (Ask Me Anything) right? Now the wait.

Yo.

Best insult you can think of.

Come at me broski.

Least favorite fast food restaurant and give your worst experience there.

What do you like best about this forum? Dislike the most?

Assuming the government crumbles (attack, plague, asteroid, whatever) all utilities, internet and phones are essentially gone, law and order are gone, and stores are pretty much empty. What is your plan to survive?

Can we replace you with your sister? At least I used to game with her.

LittleSin said:

Yo.

Best insult you can think of.

Come at me broski.

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For most women, telling them they remind me/starting to look like their mother works pretty well. Other who have good realtionships with their mothers: I'll say they remind me of their sister. One of those usually hits a nerve. For guys? Depends. Alpha males are pretty easy. Call em queer/gay. For gay guys? Most are going to have a pretty thick skin so maybe insult Adele (the new Cher)?

BananaHands said:

Least favorite fast food restaurant and give your worst experience there.

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McDonalds. It was one of my first jobs at 17 years old. Until that point I had been spoiled by my parents and really had never lifted a finger in my life. So what was their genius idea? Put me as a breakfast cook! Then again it wasn't really cooking as much as it was pour this into a shape and then use a press machine cooker.
What made it also my worst experience ever was the fact that during the morning rush, the manager would come to the cooking line and tell us to send food out half-cooked and that it would -finish cooking from the time it got on the bun to the moment they opened the wrapper- Uuuuugh. I'm talking eggs that still had liquid centers, sausage patties that were still part icicle in the middle etc. The only safe breakfast food at McDonalds are the flapjacks because they're frozen and kept in plastic bags for shipping, then microwaved.
Non-Working fast food horrible experience? Getting chicken tenders from Whataburger, biting into it, spitting it out immediately and seeing that the entire tender was raw in the middle but the breading was still fried. Ever since then I cut all my tenders in half from wherever I go before I eat one.

Would you say that Poe is the most awesome, or mostest awesomest?

And please phrase your answer in terms of my awesomeness.

Gilgamesh said:

For most women, telling them they remind me/starting to look like their mother works pretty well. Other who have good realtionships with their mothers: I'll say they remind me of their sister. One of those usually hits a nerve. For guys? Depends. Alpha males are pretty easy. Call em queer/gay. For gay guys? Most are going to have a pretty thick skin so maybe insult Adele (the new Cher)?


McDonalds. It was one of my first jobs at 17 years old. Until that point I had been spoiled by my parents and really had never lifted a finger in my life. So what was their genius idea? Put me as a breakfast cook! Then again it wasn't really cooking as much as it was pour this into a shape and then use a press machine cooker.
What made it also my worst experience ever was the fact that during the morning rush, the manager would come to the cooking line and tell us to send food out half-cooked and that it would -finish cooking from the time it got on the bun to the moment they opened the wrapper- Uuuuugh. I'm talking eggs that still had liquid centers, sausage patties that were still part icicle in the middle etc. The only safe breakfast food at McDonalds are the flapjacks because they're frozen and kept in plastic bags for shipping, then microwaved.
Non-Working fast food horrible experience? Getting chicken tenders from Whataburger, biting into it, spitting it out immediately and seeing that the entire tender was raw in the middle but the breading was still fried. Ever since then I cut all my tenders in half from wherever I go before I eat one.

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Ha, I feel the same way about Taco Bell/KFC since that was one of my first teenage jobs. However, we were way stringent on proper temperature of the chicken before it went out. Also, my gravy was fucking incredible. So much so that I was always the person to make it before long. Huge vats of boiling hot gravy. Fuck that place.

Frank said:

Ha, I feel the same way about Taco Bell/KFC since that was one of my first teenage jobs. However, we were way stringent on proper temperature of the chicken before it went out. Also, my gravy was fucking incredible. So much so that I was always the person to make it before long. Huge vats of boiling hot gravy. Fuck that place.

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I know that feel bro.

All for that sweet 5.90 an hour.

What's the most awkward situation you've caused?

How do you like your steak?

ThatNickGuy said:

What do you like best about this forum? Dislike the most?

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When we all get together to really show how much we care about each other. The Emrys thread, the Figment Pez thread, the North Ranger thread etc etc. We can bicker and argue at times, over some of the silliest things, but when one of us needs a little bit of help/encourgement/good vibes, I've never seen a community come together like this one. Even though I haven't been here for many other situations I'm sure, I'm glad to have been a part of the ones I have.

Dislike the most? My kneejerk reaction would say that I wish we were bigger/had more members but then I wonder if we'd all be as close as we are if that were the case? If I think about it longer, I can say that there isn't much about HF that I dislike, between this place and Reddit, I don't go around the net very much these days and am quite happy about it.

stienman said:

Assuming the government crumbles (attack, plague, asteroid, whatever) all utilities, internet and phones are essentially gone, law and order are gone, and stores are pretty much empty. What is your plan to survive?

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You know, funnily enough, I have moments where I day dream about the reality if this were to happen. I'll be driving to the grocery store or something and think about my family at home.
-What would happen if shit just hit the fan right now?-
I would have to admit that everytime I think that, I get slightly depressed because all I would think of is rushing home to pick up my wife and kids and then probably do the stupid thing and try to drive out of the city. Our current home would be pathetically under fortified, large glass windows on the first floor, large glass sliding door in the back etc.

I feel the smart thing to do would be to try and get out of the major cities, head for the farmlands and hole up somewhere we can defend/see the enemy coming for miles before they arrive. That's where a real plan would come together I think.... if we could make it out of the city in time.

Gilgamesh said:

You know, funnily enough, I have moments where I day dream about the reality if this were to happen. I'll be driving to the grocery store or something and think about my family at home.
-What would happen if shit just hit the fan right now?-

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I do the same thing occasionally and each time wonder how weird I am to be thinking like that.

What electrical or electronic devices do you carry with you or have available to you most of the time?

When was the last time your mind was telling you no, but your body, your body was telling you yeaaaahhhhh?

Follow up: do you see anything wrong with a little bump and grind?

Jay said:

Can we replace you with your sister? At least I used to game with her.

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I'd trade me for her in a gaming situation anytime too. She's a far better gamer than I am. I'm mostly boring and stick to MMOs/Single Player RPGs. I would be lying if I said she didn't carry my ass every damn time we played something Co-Op (Borderlands, Left 4 Dead 1&2, Dead Island) even back in the old NES/SNES days she'd pretty much wipe the floor with me in everything we played.

If you do fancy playing something with a so-so gaming partner, I still use her STEAM account kroenen_elune. I just bought so many games using her account I couldn't go back to my sad little account with next to no games on it, and she rarely touches it these days. Not that I play it much myself unfortunately, but if you see me online feel free to drop me a line there.

Ravenpoe said:

Would you say that Poe is the most awesome, or mostest awesomest?

And please phrase your answer in terms of my awesomeness.

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Well I did create an entire thread to your awesomeness didn't I?

Chad Sexington said:

What's the most awkward situation you've caused?

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I've had my share, you'd think after my post about my sister and I's living arrangement way back when and her sexcapades that would have alot to do with it, but honestly it was never an issue. I once put my foot in my mouth as a waiter though, and to this day I cringe about what happened.

Normally when someone has a b-day party, especially a girl, we all go up to the table, do a small introduction and then sing the b-day song of that restaurant. Well, it's so damn cliche to say -Oh so-and-so is turning 21 today!- and sometimes the b-day girl will actually roll her eyes and correct us when it's way over. So this one time, we come up to a table and the b-day girl introduction is to be done by me. I take one look at her and decide not to do the cliche intro and say -Oh you have to be about 25-26 huh mam?-. You could hear a pin drop in that busy restaurant. Her friend takes one look at me and says -It's her 19th b-day-. Without skipping a beat I thought I'd save myself and just start singing the song but all the other restaurant team members were just as shocked as the family. It wasn't until the 3rd line of the song that I had some help. So fucking awkward

dill616 said:

How do you like your steak?

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Medium Rare. Still cooked enough that it's not raw and still not so over-cooked that it's juicy and meaty. I also will never EVER use a steak-sauce to hide the wonderful steak taste. A simple rub and spices is all it needs.

Liked for steak correctness, especially about sauce.

Frank said:

Liked for steak correctness, especially about sauce.

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My girlfriend has mastered the art of making steak the way I like it, but she STILL insists on pooring sauce all over before serving it. I've told her a thousand times I like the steak, and I like the sauce, but I don't want the two combined. "Oh, but they go so well together!". Yes, yes they do. That's why I allow the sauce on my plate, next to my steak. Sheesh!

Darmok and Jilad?

What's the funniest story you have about you and your sister (that she'd be okay with you telling)?

AshburnerX said:

What's the funniest story you have about you and your sister (that she'd be okay with you telling)?

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And does not make it difficult for the more "Lawfully Good" around here to keep pretending she's just Chaotic Neutral?

You have to have a limp amputated. Which body part goes?

What food would you consider the most like your namesake, the hero of the epic?

Where do babies come from?

stienman said:

What electrical or electronic devices do you carry with you or have available to you most of the time?

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Hm let's see. I have my Razer (Android Phone), my B&N Nook HD+, pretty much attached to me anywhere I go. I simply cannot stand to be anywhere (even a drive-thru window) without having both of them at all times. At home it's my PS3, my gaming PC and our Blu-Ray player that I just couldn't do without. I have more, but those are my must-haves (I would replace any of them instantly if they were to be damaged, my other electronics, not so much)

phil said:

When was the last time your mind was telling you no, but your body, your body was telling you yeaaaahhhhh?

Follow up: do you see anything wrong with a little bump and grind?

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Hm, most recent? Things have been pretty stable for me in the mind vs body department recently but the last time was probably when I had broken up with a very needy girl and horrendously immature girl, always willing to do anything just to spend time with me (including sex on the drop of a dime). I had broken up with her and didn't go out with anyone for a while. She kept calling and calling, offering sex just to spend time with me and as time went on being single it got harder and harder to resist. That was seriously a mind vs body situation.

What book/movie character do you identify with the most?

Calleja said:

You have to have a limp amputated. Which body part goes?

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Always considered this an easy question: A foot or more extreme a leg. I would never choose to lose an arm/hand. I couldn't imagine life without them both.