AoD Review: Golden Boy (Essential Anime) [Archive]

Galt

06-27-2004, 09:30 AM

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Fencedude said:
You'd never seen Goldenboy before?

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Are you referring to Chris? He wrote the original reviews of Goldenboy back in 2002.

Galt

Gatts

06-27-2004, 09:31 AM

Reviewed By: Luis Cruz

Fencedude

06-27-2004, 09:40 AM

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Gatts said:
Reviewed By: Luis Cruz

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Gah...I always forget to check that.

jrutz

06-27-2004, 09:57 AM

I'm currently watching it for the first time as well. What a pleasant surprise! I'm so used to the kind of fan service we get with anime produced today. This one really is "golden," and a sure sign they don't make 'em like they used to.

The story is surprisingly engaging and smarter than I thought it would be. Not at all superficial, the gags all come with a dose of intelligence. Well, not all (bounce bounce bounce! /images/graemlins/noseblee.gif )...

What surprised me most was the quality of the animation. WOW! Totally fluid. The CG in OVAs today can't compare with how traditional, hand-drawn animation looks, especially if it's done with care like Golden Boy was. Amazing!

Jeremy

Njr Scrawl

06-27-2004, 10:19 AM

Well, it has Hiromi Tsuru VA as the president....

untoldsorrow

06-27-2004, 10:52 AM

Of course a positive for me, this is great classic stuff...should be part of any collection.

06-27-2004, 11:39 AM

My fave ECCHI episode would have to be the motorcyle one (for obvious reasons for those that know what I am talking about).

But my REAL fave would have to be the last episode because anime doesn't cover the anime industry that well and this episode does it with spades. Plus the anime they were working on is funny as hell! /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

Enhance the Trance,
Curse

rubyeye

06-27-2004, 01:00 PM

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Curse_7781 said:
My fave ECCHI episode would have to be the motorcyle one (for obvious reasons for those that know what I am talking about).

But my REAL fave would have to be the last episode because anime doesn't cover the anime industry that well and this episode does it with spades. Plus the anime they were working on is funny as hell! /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

Enhance the Trance,
Curse

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I love how they cut live action footage of the animator's desks when Keitaro was cleaning it. That was a million times funnier than Animation Runner Kuromi. /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

ooga

06-27-2004, 01:59 PM

I can't remember which episode it was (I think the one about the noodle shop) where the incorrect credits were used. Was this fixed in the anime essentials version? If so I might ditch my regular copy and "upgrade". /images/graemlins/happy.gif

I loooooooove goldenboy. /images/graemlins/noseblef.gif

jrutz

06-27-2004, 02:57 PM

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Curse_7781 said:
My fave ECCHI episode would have to be the motorcyle one (for obvious reasons for those that know what I am talking about).

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Yeah, just got done watching that one... /images/graemlins/noseblee.gif

All I can say is WOW...hot stuff...

Jeremy

Mark

06-27-2004, 02:59 PM

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ooga said:
I can't remember which episode it was (I think the one about the noodle shop) where the incorrect credits were used. Was this fixed in the anime essentials version? If so I might ditch my regular copy and "upgrade". /images/graemlins/happy.gif

I loooooooove goldenboy. /images/graemlins/noseblef.gif

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Only the first pressings had that error. Later discs had the correct credits for the episode.

Legion

06-27-2004, 03:43 PM

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Mark said:
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ooga said:
I can't remember which episode it was (I think the one about the noodle shop) where the incorrect credits were used. Was this fixed in the anime essentials version? If so I might ditch my regular copy and "upgrade". /images/graemlins/happy.gif

I loooooooove goldenboy. /images/graemlins/noseblef.gif

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Only the first pressings had that error. Later discs had the correct credits for the episode.

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Yep, I can confirm that. I got the original DVDs long after they were first released and all six episodes have the correct actor information.

Jigen_Daisuke

06-27-2004, 06:34 PM

Sold off old copies to get new ones. Positive.

ObiKenobi

06-27-2004, 06:34 PM

Big positive especially for only paying 10 bucks for this. Hope we get more and more shows under the "Anime Essentials" line.

joelgundam01

06-27-2004, 06:46 PM

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ObiKenobi said:
Big positive especially for only paying 10 bucks for this. Hope we get more and more shows under the "Anime Essentials" line.

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Ditto on that we see more titles become AEs. I'm getting really tempted to buy this title. I did the same thing (as others did), I just over looked it (maybe because of the trailer I saw, or the name of the title).

AbeChinchilla

06-27-2004, 07:39 PM

Damn. I was hoping the reversed side would feature the same front cover without the annoying Anime Essentials bar.

For Golden Boy, as well as Cutey Honey, the chapter listings really isn't necessary considering they all have the same amount and same type of chapter stops (OP, Act 1, etc.).

Damn!

ObiKenobi

06-27-2004, 07:54 PM

This just popped into my head from yesterday night watching the first disc. I noticed they had the "clean ending animation" as an extra. Am I the only one who thinks this is completely pointless since all it is is a blank screen with music playing? I mean there's no animation at all to it.

CuriouslySane

06-27-2004, 08:00 PM

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joelgundam01 said:
Ditto on that we see more titles become AEs. I'm getting really tempted to buy this title. I did the same thing (as others did), I just over looked it (maybe because of the trailer I saw, or the name of the title).

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It's one of the first anime titles I ever saw and remains one of my favorites. There's nothing else like it.

06-27-2004, 08:28 PM

For under $10 I might double dip, since I already own the 2 original DVDs. I guess I'll double-pack the first two discs together... the remaster sounds tempting, but is the 5.1 in English, or Japanese? I can assume that it'd be for English...

AbeChinchilla

06-27-2004, 08:52 PM

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sys2021 said:
For under $10 I might double dip, since I already own the 2 original DVDs. I guess I'll double-pack the first two discs together... the remaster sounds tempting, but is the 5.1 in English, or Japanese? I can assume that it'd be for English...

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5.1 English, 2.0 Japanese, like the other ADV Anime Essential DVDs.

Isuzu Inugami

06-28-2004, 11:56 AM

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ObiKenobi said:
This just popped into my head from yesterday night watching the first disc. I noticed they had the "clean ending animation" as an extra. Am I the only one who thinks this is completely pointless since all it is is a blank screen with music playing? I mean there's no animation at all to it.

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Little do you know, that clean black screen ending had to be painstakingly reconstructed frame by frame because the original black screen ending was lost by the Japanese licensor. Thus it is one of the rarest of extras and proof that ADV loves us with a purity matched only by Michael Jackson's love for 12 year olds.

p.s., the whole thing was a big joke.

populuxe

06-28-2004, 12:12 PM

Like you, I had been passing on this title for quite a few years, but I finally gave in to the AE rerelease, and I'm glad I did. All of the episodes were fun, but my favorite, for obvious reasons, was the motorcycle one. Hearing the young miss saying "But men who ride motorcycles are the worst" cut me to the quick. I'll race her down that mountain any time.

I do think they missed a gold opportunity at the end, though. They should have allowed all the women to finally catch up with Kintaro and ravage him, just so we could hear him say one last time, "This is so educational!"

06-28-2004, 12:13 PM

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martialstax said:
Like you, I had been passing on this title for quite a few years, but I finally gave in to the AE rerelease, and I'm glad I did. All of the episodes were fun, but my favorite, for obvious reasons, was the motorcycle one. Hearing the young miss saying "But men who ride motorcycles are the worst" cut me to the quick. I'll race her down that mountain any time.

I do think they missed a gold opportunity at the end, though. They should have allowed all the women to finally catch up with Kintaro and ravage him, just so we could hear him say one last time, "This is so educational!"

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I blush everytime I see a woman on a motorcycle now because of that episode. /images/graemlins/shy00000.gif BEMO BABY! /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

populuxe

06-28-2004, 12:23 PM

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martialstax said:
Like you, I had been passing on this title for quite a few years, but I finally gave in to the AE rerelease, and I'm glad I did. All of the episodes were fun, but my favorite, for obvious reasons, was the motorcycle one. Hearing the young miss saying "But men who ride motorcycles are the worst" cut me to the quick. I'll race her down that mountain any time.

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I blush everytime I see a woman on a motorcycle now because of that episode. /images/graemlins/shy00000.gif BEMO BABY! /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

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I've been riding motorcycles since 1982, and not once have a found someone riding a motorcycle quite the way Miss Reiko does. I can still dream, though. And yes, I want to be her Bimo-baby!

dlw

06-28-2004, 12:36 PM

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martialstax said:
I've been riding motorcycles since 1982, and not once have a found someone riding a motorcycle quite the way Miss Reiko does. I can still dream, though. And yes, I want to be her Bimo-baby!

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Well everyone has their own way of riding... I once heard of a guy who rides while wearing Najica panties on his head... /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

Illusion

06-28-2004, 01:18 PM

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dlw said:
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martialstax said:
I've been riding motorcycles since 1982, and not once have a found someone riding a motorcycle quite the way Miss Reiko does. I can still dream, though. And yes, I want to be her Bimo-baby!

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Well everyone has their own way of riding... I once heard of a guy who rides while wearing Najica panties on his head... /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

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That wouldn't happen to be you, would it? /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

populuxe

06-28-2004, 01:42 PM

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Illusion said:
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dlw said:
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martialstax said:
I've been riding motorcycles since 1982, and not once have a found someone riding a motorcycle quite the way Miss Reiko does. I can still dream, though. And yes, I want to be her Bimo-baby!

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Well everyone has their own way of riding... I once heard of a guy who rides while wearing Najica panties on his head... /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

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That wouldn't happen to be you, would it? /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

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No, of course not. (http://www.wrexgrafix.com/anime/aodgallery/pics/martialstax.htm)

The big difference is that no one will spend $20 to watch me ride my bike with Najica panties on my head. On the other hand, it's almost worth $20 per viewing to watch Miss Reiko "ride" her Bimo-chan.

jrutz

06-28-2004, 01:55 PM

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martialstax said:I do think they missed a gold opportunity at the end, though. They should have allowed all the women to finally catch up with Kintaro and ravage him, just so we could hear him say one last time, "This is so educational!"

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Yeah, although the ending is pure otaku, I thought it fell a little below the standards set by the previous five episodes. Golden Boy deserved a better fate.

Jeremy

Mark

06-28-2004, 10:22 PM

Since David's replied to this thread, I have to ask him: is there any chance of a manga release or ADV co-producing any more episodes?

dlw

06-28-2004, 11:02 PM

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Mark said:
Since David's replied to this thread, I have to ask him: is there any chance of a manga release or ADV co-producing any more episodes?

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I like to think anything is possible but I can neither confirm nor deny.

Mark

06-28-2004, 11:12 PM

Well, as long as you guys know that there's a lot of people willing to pay good money to see more of this series.

jrutz

06-29-2004, 10:42 AM

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dlw said:
I like to think anything is possible but I can neither confirm nor deny.

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And I did not have sexual relations. And I did not inhale. And no new taxes. /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

Jeremy

06-29-2004, 11:23 AM

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dlw said:
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Mark said:
Since David's replied to this thread, I have to ask him: is there any chance of a manga release or ADV co-producing any more episodes?

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I like to think anything is possible but I can neither confirm nor deny.

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Either way, more Golden Boy would be excellent!

Enhance the Trance,
Curse

Thanatos

06-29-2004, 03:33 PM

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martialstax said:
No, of course not. (http://www.wrexgrafix.com/anime/aodgallery/pics/martialstax.htm)

The big difference is that no one will spend $20 to watch me ride my bike with Najica panties on my head. On the other hand, it's almost worth $20 per viewing to watch Miss Reiko "ride" her Bimo-chan.

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My mental image of you is now shattered forever.

I will forward you the insurance claims for therapy.

Thanatos

06-29-2004, 03:41 PM

By the way, can anyone who owns with the original and remastered versions tell me if the rainbows (especially in the hair and other fine black lines) that marred the original release are still present in this volume? The reviewer says he didn't notice rainbows but I'd like to hear from someone with both. Thanks.

ObiKenobi

06-29-2004, 04:27 PM

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Thanatos said:
By the way, can anyone who owns with the original and remastered versions tell me if the rainbows (especially in the hair and other fine black lines) that marred the original release are still present in this volume? The reviewer says he didn't notice rainbows but I'd like to hear from someone with both. Thanks.

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The video still has the rainbowing and dot crawl of the original, as I'm assuming they just used the exact same masters. The major difference is that the encoding is better with a higher bitrate, and I believe they've restored all the original title cards with soft subs. I don't remember if the original dvds were the same way as its been forever since I watched my friend's old dvds.

Thanatos

06-29-2004, 05:15 PM

ObiKenobi

06-29-2004, 05:17 PM

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Thanatos said:
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ObiKenobi said:
This just popped into my head from yesterday night watching the first disc. I noticed they had the "clean ending animation" as an extra. Am I the only one who thinks this is completely pointless since all it is is a blank screen with music playing? I mean there's no animation at all to it.

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They should have had "original ending" for the extra.

Suck about the rainbows and dot crawl still there. Remaster, no. Reencode, yes. It seems.

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Well, the sound is remastered to 5.1 is about it, but its the same way with the other anime essentials. Basically a reencode with a new 5.1 english mix.

Thanatos

06-29-2004, 05:20 PM

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ObiKenobi said:
Well, the sound is remastered to 5.1 is about it, but its the same way with the other anime essentials. Basically a reencode with a new 5.1 english mix.

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We both know audio only doesn't count. ^_^

ObiKenobi

06-29-2004, 05:21 PM

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Thanatos said:
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ObiKenobi said:
Well, the sound is remastered to 5.1 is about it, but its the same way with the other anime essentials. Basically a reencode with a new 5.1 english mix.

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We both know audio only doesn't count. ^_^

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True, but its funny when they say "Digitally Remastered in 5.1" on the covers, almost leading you to suspect that the video has been remastered too.

Thanatos

06-29-2004, 05:31 PM

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ObiKenobi said:
True, but its funny when they say "Digitally Remastered in 5.1" on the covers, almost leading you to suspect that the video has been remastered too.

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Yeah, it would be more accurate and less deceptive to list it as "English audio remastered in 5.1".

Luis Cruz

06-29-2004, 05:40 PM

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Thanatos said:
The reviewer says he didn't notice rainbows

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One must always keep in mind that the video portion of my reviews must be taken with a grain of salt. I just do not have the eye for spotting these things that others do. Cross coloration I can spot better in live-action material than I can in animation. Things like dot crawl have to be particularly bad for me to notice them while viewing a show.

Best rule of thumb is this; if I say there appears to be a problem, the trained eye will likely hurt while watching it. Otherwise, YMMV. /images/graemlins/happy.gif

Thanatos

06-29-2004, 05:50 PM

You need a review disclaimer. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

"YMMV"???

Luis Cruz

06-29-2004, 06:01 PM

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Thanatos said:
You need a review disclaimer. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

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Warning: The following reviewer is representative of the average anime viewer. Those who have trained themselves to spot every minor digital flaw in a disc should ask Chris his opinion. Either that or donate some money to the reviewer so he can buy better equipment. /images/graemlins/wink.gif

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"YMMV"???

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YMMV @ dictionary.com (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=ymmv)

Thanatos

06-29-2004, 06:43 PM

Jesus, THAT'S an acknowledged acronym? /images/graemlins/stunned0.gif

populuxe

06-29-2004, 06:54 PM

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Thanatos said:
Jesus, THAT'S an acknowledged acronym? /images/graemlins/stunned0.gif

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What, are you new to the internet? I never use acronyms and even I know what it means.

gunsmithcat

06-30-2004, 11:33 AM

Like you, I had been passing on this title for quite a few years, but I finally gave in to the AE rerelease, and I'm glad I did. All of the episodes were fun, but my favorite, for obvious reasons, was the motorcycle one. Hearing the young miss saying "But men who ride motorcycles are the worst" cut me to the quick. I'll race her down that mountain any time.

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I blush everytime I see a woman on a motorcycle now because of that episode. /images/graemlins/shy00000.gif BEMO BABY! /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

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I've been riding motorcycles since 1982, and not once have a found someone riding a motorcycle quite the way Miss Reiko does. I can still dream, though. And yes, I want to be her Bimo-baby!

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I second that notion.......ride baby ride!!!!!! I want to see more of this hilarious series.

Thanatos

06-30-2004, 11:43 AM

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Thanatos said:
Jesus, THAT'S an acknowledged acronym? /images/graemlins/stunned0.gif

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What, are you new to the internet? I never use acronyms and even I know what it means.

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Been using it since 1996 and didn't stumble on it since yesterday. Weird shit happens, and ya can't know everything, can ya? /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Sensuifu

06-30-2004, 01:08 PM

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Thanatos said:
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martialstax said:
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Thanatos said:
Jesus, THAT'S an acknowledged acronym? /images/graemlins/stunned0.gif

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What, are you new to the internet? I never use acronyms and even I know what it means.

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Been using it since 1996 and didn't stumble on it since yesterday. Weird shit happens, and ya can't know everything, can ya? /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

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I was once in that predicament. "What the fuck is WTF?" /images/graemlins/wink.gif