Hilarious True Story......how my gaming has affected my everyday life.....

[ThePerformer]

So this girl I'm dating calls me up. She always wants to see me but I'm frequently busy or tired and don't want to bother. So, I'm not that inclined to come over, but she says she bought a cupcake from this local cupcake store (seriously....they are amazing: http://www.gigiscupcakesusa.com/) for me. So I figure....hmmm, free chocolate. Worth my trip.

I head over and we watch some tv, fool around, and talk for a while. It comes time for me to go and she says, "Oh my God! I totally forgot your cupcakes at work! I'm so sorry!"

So, without hesitation, I look up at her dejected and say, "You mean......the cupcake is a lie....."

[CptFalcon]

lmao

should explain it to her

[jaguax]

I LOL'ed. :D

[RangerSVT]

...I'll save myself from typing,

http://deadon.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/rabbit_pancake.jpg

[young wing]

wtf?

[wildfire99]

After using TiVo for a while I started getting pissed that I couldn't pause and rewind the radio in the car.

And sometimes, I get jedi-mind-tricked for just a split second as to why I can't just reload from a save point if I forgot something and have to drive back someplace I had already been.

"Life is like an EA game. It's short, repetitive and buggy, but it's the best you're gonna get."

[Blue Falcon]

Damn I need to hurry up and play Portal. I got the free nvidia demo a couple months back, played the hell out of it, promptly bought the Orange Box (was planning to for Episode Two anyway), and then that horrible thing called Real Life (tm) got busy and I just haven't had a chance to play much of anything. In fact I haven't finished Episode Two yet. Pity me! :p

Oh and wildfire, you're not alone on the TiVo Radio thing either... I can't believe they don't come up with something like that already. In fact in this day and age it should be commonplace. Stereo audio doesn't take up much data, why the hell don't they make a head unit with say 64MB of onboard memory? That would be enough to 'rewind' like an hour's worth of stereo audio compressed in typical MP3 fashion. Uh oh, better stop here before I threadjack... :D

[ITSTHINKING]

I don't get the cupcake is a lie thing. I've heard it before just for some reason never understood the joke. I live under a rock.

[leSLIe]

i didn´t understand the joke :(

[Blue Falcon]

I don't get the cupcake is a lie thing. I've heard it before just for some reason never understood the joke. I live under a rock.

SPOILER ALERT!!! SPOILER BELOW (Click and drag over the blank area below to see)


Ever played Portal? GLADoS, the ever-taunting computer brain in Portal promises you deliciously yummy cake at several points in the game. However at the end you discover that the cake..... <sniff>.... the cake is a LIE! :(

[ThePerformer]

^^^^^^^^^^

Thanks for explaining it to everyone. I knew some people wouldn't get it but I love the people that do!

[S0m30n3]

Damn I need to hurry up and play Portal. I got the free nvidia demo a couple months back, played the hell out of it, promptly bought the Orange Box (was planning to for Episode Two anyway), and then that horrible thing called Real Life (tm) got busy and I just haven't had a chance to play much of anything. In fact I haven't finished Episode Two yet. Pity me! :p

Oh and wildfire, you're not alone on the TiVo Radio thing either... I can't believe they don't come up with something like that already. In fact in this day and age it should be commonplace. Stereo audio doesn't take up much data, why the hell don't they make a head unit with say 64MB of onboard memory? That would be enough to 'rewind' like an hour's worth of stereo audio compressed in typical MP3 fashion. Uh oh, better stop here before I threadjack... :D



My sister's fiance has something like that for sirius satallite radio. It kinda looks like this http://www.sirius-radio-satellite.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=3524

[ThePerformer]

My sister's fiance has something like that for sirius satallite radio. It kinda looks like this http://www.sirius-radio-satellite.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=3524
I have that Sirius receiver and it does let you pause, rewind, and save anything you want. Even organizes it all for you since the information is embedded into the music. It's kinda awesome. Except I never listen to Sirius except for Patriots games.

[refraxion]

Hahaha.. nicely done =)

[covertash]

SPOILER ALERT!!!




























Wait, I thought the cake was true after all because after the credits and the song you see a cake with a lit candle. :confused:

In any case, OP, if the girl you're seeing understood the joke too then she is a keeper for sure! :D

[leSLIe]

oh, hehe, well i haven´t played Portal yet

[evilcartman]

In any case, OP, if the girl you're seeing understood the joke too then she is a keeper for sure! :D



Hell yeah! If that is the case I'd say hold on to her as well. :D


If not, then it's a cruel joke that she lured you with a cupcake and failed to deliver. :eek:

[chrispycrunch]

+1 LOL :)

[Megalomaniac]

In any case, OP, if the girl you're seeing understood the joke too then she is a keeper for sure! :D
QFT
but if a girl is that into seeing you, and you like her, make a bit more of an effort.

there were many hits along the game about the cake being a lie....
i liked those creepy rooms that other before you occupied, like the one with the first live fire drones.
oh the joy.

[illuminate]

haha. that made me chuckle (lol) good job. if had some stuff like that happen to me.. lol

[Dark Zero]

You sure your girlfriend hasn't secretively been playing Portal and got the idea from that? Entice you with the idea of cupcakes to come over to only be denied? Next time ask for the cupcakes before anything else :p

[Runedrune]

lolololol

[compslckr]

hahah nice

[General Crespin]

People, what the hell is the point of putting tons of space on top of your post for a spoiler... and then not putting any space UNDERNEATH the spoiler?

This isn't email! This is a discussion board! There's going to be posts UNDERNEATH your spoiler!

That is all. :p

[refraxion]

People, what the hell is the point of putting tons of space on top of your post for a spoiler... and then not putting any space UNDERNEATH the spoiler?

This isn't email! This is a discussion board! There's going to be posts UNDERNEATH your spoiler!

That is all. :p

I guess you got a point with that.. *note to self*

[CKMorpheus]

So you won't go to your girlfriends to get laid, but you'll go for a cupcake?

Get your priorities straight!

[ThePerformer]

So you won't go to your girlfriends to get laid, but you'll go for a cupcake?

Get your priorities straight!
Hehe. The getting laid part was a given. The cupcake was unusual.

[Eagle156]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/Eeeagle/wat.jpg

[evilcartman]

^ ROFL.


I've seen that before....makes me laugh every time!

[KillerTomato]

wat

serously, i lolled and i would guess people were like WTF?

[stevedave]

I was just supplies to seeing (gaming...affected my life....girlfriend) all in the same sentence.

My wife and I always quote pulp fiction lines but every now and then I will pop in a video game quote and get divorced.

[stevedave]

I was just supplies to seeing (gaming...affected my life....girlfriend) all in the same sentence.

My wife and I always quote pulp fiction lines but every now and then I will pop in a video game quote and get divorced.

[Blue Falcon]

People, what the hell is the point of putting tons of space on top of your post for a spoiler... and then not putting any space UNDERNEATH the spoiler?

This isn't email! This is a discussion board! There's going to be posts UNDERNEATH your spoiler!

That is all. :p


I thougght about that, but if I had done it I probably would have got banned for making an obtrusive post. The mods don't like lots of whitespace in posts... but I'll see if I can improve upon my post for you. We need to petition to get Kyle to add SPOILER vbcode tags to his vbulletin installation. There are several awesome and easy to install vbulletin plugins that accomplish this really seamlessly. :)

[Blue Falcon]

People, what the hell is the point of putting tons of space on top of your post for a spoiler... and then not putting any space UNDERNEATH the spoiler?

This isn't email! This is a discussion board! There's going to be posts UNDERNEATH your spoiler!

That is all. :p


I thougght about that, but if I had done it I probably would have got banned for making an obtrusive post. The mods don't like lots of whitespace in posts... but I'll see if I can improve upon my post for you. We need to petition to get Kyle to add SPOILER vbcode tags to his vbulletin installation. There are several awesome and easy to install vbulletin plugins that accomplish this really seamlessly. :)

[SPARTAN VI]

I cracked a smile. :)

My coworkers/buddies appreciate the story. :D

[ThePerformer]

I cracked a smile. :)

My coworkers/buddies appreciate the story. :D
Glad to hear it! :D

[compslckr]

TEST SPOILER

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You can also put the spoiler in a box like this

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[theshad]

I was wondering where that story was going at first.. and I was satisfied with the ending. Very funny.

[jstutman]

Thats funny, P.S those cupcakes do look good.

[Frosteh]

If you don't get the reference to games here, stop whatever you're doing and play Portal.

[mycomputersucks]

pics of gf or shens...

[RX3]

LOL :D

[number69]

"You mean......the cupcake is a lie....."

lol.

[Uberbob102000]

See my GF would get that immediately if I said that.. She loves Portal.

[ghostchamber]

So this girl I'm dating calls me up. She always wants to see me but I'm frequently busy or tired and don't want to bother. So, I'm not that inclined to come over, but she says she bought a cupcake from this local cupcake store (seriously....they are amazing: http://www.gigiscupcakesusa.com/) for me. So I figure....hmmm, free chocolate. Worth my trip.

I head over and we watch some tv, fool around, and talk for a while. It comes time for me to go and she says, "Oh my God! I totally forgot your cupcakes at work! I'm so sorry!"

So, without hesitation, I look up at her dejected and say, "You mean......the cupcake is a lie....."
Win.

Awesome.

[Frosteh]

I'm starting a cupcake up front policy to avoid this...

[madFive]

So, without hesitation, I look up at her dejected and say, "You mean......the cupcake is a lie....."

ya, i know what you mean... i pretty much reflexively reference portal whenever anyone mentions cake of any kind now. it's generally a good segway to ask them why the hell they haven't played it yet?? :D

[inotocracy]

lol good story. I remember one time I was driving on the freeway and I notice a perfectly symetrical patch of purple looking grass in the center of ordinary looking grass and I seriously thought to myself "Fuck! Texture corruption!" :o

[shmitty]

I've been having to play WoW on the lowest settings due to recently moving into the barracks w/ a shared WAN and have 1k+ latency @ times anywho myself and a co-worker were going to lunch and there was a lot of fog off the coast and I immediately wanted to turn the Terrain Distance up.....

[ThePerformer]

lol good story. I remember one time I was driving on the freeway and I notice a perfectly symetrical patch of purple looking grass in the center of ordinary looking grass and I seriously thought to myself "Fuck! Texture corruption!" :o
LOL.

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[pothb]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=the+cake+is+a+lie

thats where it came from. Even before Portal.

[Blue Falcon]

This thread inspired me to finally play through Portal. Took me just over 4 hours and I had a blast!

I think GLADoS might just be the best game boss ever. :D

I just wish the game was longer, but then again what can you expect from something that was supposed to be basically a bonus freebie with HL2:EP2? You can bet your ass they are working on a sequel/expansion pack. :)

[ohgod]

Its so hard trying to explain things like that to other people. People still look at me when I say they get owned..

[halc998]

shouldn't you be back at her house, breakin' this broad off a new one?

[ThePerformer]

shouldn't you be back at her house, breakin' this broad off a new one?
Actually, I already dumped her and moved onto the next warm hole.

Seriously. This new girl is awesome.

[Lethal]

http://hardforum.com/announcement.php?f=85&a=50