What 5 things would you put in Room 101?

[JayB]

My boyfriend recently had this come up on the forum that reads, and I thought it would be interesting to see other peoples thoughts. Please nothing anime related like annoying opening themes!

For those who dont know, Room 101 is where you meet all your worst nightmares.

Mine are:

1. All Cyclists, as a motorist and pedestrian they annoy the hell out of me.

2. Linda Barkers "always cutting prices" advert, just plain annoying

3. People who take over the pavement either by walking 2+ wide or stopping in the middle of the pavement with no warning.

4. Spam emails, and I think everyone would agree on that one

5. "Only Fools & Horses", I detest this show

[Flash_Squirrel]

No "What type are you?" threads allowed
A thread is a "What type..." thread if it requests some sort of trivial information from the members of the forum. (Such as "What is your height?") These threads serve no purpose.

Now, honestly, do you think I should close this thread or not?

[dragonz20]

CLOSE IT!!!!.....

although I would post on this thread because it seems interesting... how about some leniency Flash-Squirrel-sama?... :)



No "What type are you?" threads allowed
A thread is a "What type..." thread if it requests some sort of trivial information from the members of the forum. (Such as "What is your height?") These threads serve no purpose.

Now, honestly, do you think I should close this thread or not?

[Flash_Squirrel]

That's why I'm asking. Let's see where this thread goes.

Note: Motivate your answers.

[MwyC]

room 101 is from 1984
the 'final' torture room thing
yah..for winston it was rats

[JayB]

I thought the idea of general chat was to discuss things which are interesting and not related to anime and manga?

I looked through the list of topics and felt there really wasn't too much that was off topic so I was trying to stimulate some good conversation.

Sorry if that doesnt fit in with your plans

[u&t]

Me the bike rider would put the motorists away. Those lazy fatasses have this uncanny ability to not look around while doing these incredibly complicated things like doing a right turn. Getting hit by cars hurts a lot...

The pedestrians are ok. When they decide the bicycle lane is a better place than the sidewalk, they step out in front of you and you hit them it usually hurts them more than it hurts you... plus it's kind fun of seeing how close you can go by at 30 km/h.

Cant comment on the rest. Don't watch TV, don't walk much (cos I have a bike) and I don't get spam.

[dragonz20]

1. cockroaches and mosquitos... if anything should be wiped out from the face of this planet, it would be these two species. could you imagine a roomful of them?. i'd go insane...

2. spam mail, pop-ups, viruses.. anything that will prevent my computer from working efficiently. :frustrated:

3. if I was blind or/and deaf... this was covered on another thread asking what would u rather be.. blind, deaf, or mute...? if you think about it... that's terrible!!! if i was blind, wouldn't be able to play games, watch anime, shows, sports, do physically fun activities (basketball, football). And if I was deaf, I wouldn't be able to hear music... I love music... :(

4. if someone very close to me passed away... it is the worst feeling in the world. that is my ultimate nightmare.


can't think of anything else...

[Tzurial]

http://server5.uploadit.org/files/Toastess-dalitom.jpg
aww..you must love the rats

for me it'd be untoasted bagels

[Flash_Squirrel]

Sorry if that doesnt fit in with your plans

No point in acting snobbish like that. I said we will see where this thread goes.

I guess it's a big jump of quality from the usual close+paste rule, or isn't it?

[Kyoji]

1: channel 5's annoying 'subliminal message' eyecatch thing (i must watch channel 5 :love: )
2: the woman with linda barker on those adverts
3: eggs (possibly the nastiest things ever)
4: peanuts (just a little bit less nasty ~_~)
5: dog poo (@____________@)

[Dark_Voodoo]

1. George W Bush (the pain....)

2. If the room was filled with darkness and I could se nothing, hear nothing or feel nothing (thou It would eliminate the Bush problem ^_^ )

3. thousands of small bugs (cant stand small bugs, big ones okey, small? no no no no no )

4. A group of extreme religius fanatics bent on converting non-belivers ( Salvation buggs the hell out of me)

5. Anyone or anything related to "Big Brother" (Get it the *__* away from me )

[xris]

I thought the idea of general chat was to discuss things which are interesting and not related to anime and manga?

The point is that this sort of thread normally just generates one line/word replies which in themselves are pretty much pointless. The (deleted) post by boneyjellyfish is typical of this, and it's those sort of replies which degrades the entire thread.

Flash_Squirrel didn't close the thread straight away because at least you did put some thought and gave some explanation to your replies (or at least, I assume that was the reason he didn't close it outright :) ).

At least Dark_Voodoo gave some (but not much) reasoning. Kyoji's post was a bit borderline. But at the end of the day I have to ask, what are you going to do with this information? Does it really make interesting reading, does it make you stop and ponder the meaning of life, the universe and everything.

So if people want this thread to continue, please justify it's existence!
:)

[NightWish]

5. Anyone or anything related to "Big Brother" (Get it the *__* away from me )Oh the irony :p
This is a free for all Trolling thread.No. It isn't. Re-read xris's post again.

[Lambda]

Trying to keep at least somewhat in the spirit of the TV show:

1) Horseracing. It thinks it's a sport. And more irritatingly, other people think it's a sport too. You can be watching something that actually is a sport like athletics, and suddenly someone pops up and says "we're going to go to a horserace now". But it's not a sport. It's a glorified gambling event. In what other sport do you get betting odds prominently flashed up next to competitors at all times? In what other sport do they abandon it if the bookmakers are forced to close? And yet people still think it's a sport. Grrr.

2) Michael Grade. (TV executive). The person who cancelled Doctor Who. The person who then went on an interview on TV and lied about its ratings to a presenter who wasn't knowledgeable enough to correct him. The person who, over 15 years later, appeared on "Room 101" and put Doctor Who in, showing just what a professional fact-based decision it had been when he cancelled it. And could only give "it was made really cheaply" as a reason, something that was the fault of people like him, since it was, surprisingly, BBC management which decided the budget, not the production team. The person who hates science-fiction in general. The person who doesn't understand that imagination and invention that can often only be found outside of "real life" is the foundation of great television, and still gets put in charge of it.

I conclude by referring the reader to Chris Morris' subliminal comment in Brass Eye.

3) While we're on the subject of TV, "wallpaper television". Television is quite possibly the greatest medium for entertainment and information ever invented. So why does 99% of what is put on it have to be designed for nothing more than keeping its viewers semi-comatose?

4) The notion of smart dress. Who decided that wearing a vaguely snakelike piece of fabric hanging from your neck is smart? Who decided that jeans are scruffy? What gives people the right to decide what someone else's dress symbolises? Uncomfortable clothes don't signify "respect" or "seriousness" when I wear them, they signify "not me". People who try to tell other people what to wear (except when there's a good reason, like uniforms for employees dealing with customers) are evil.

5) Shoelaces. We've invented velcro. Why do we still have to fiddle with laces? Most inventions which make life easier we adopt, why did we have to ignore that one? It's stupid. I want velcro fastening shoes!

[JayB]

The point is that this sort of thread normally just generates one line/word replies which in themselves are pretty much pointless. The (deleted) post by boneyjellyfish is typical of this, and it's those sort of replies which degrades the entire thread.

I apologise if I sounded off with my earlier reply, Xris' explanation was quite clear and I am now aware of what was potentially wrong with the thread. I am still new to this so I will be more careful in future.[FONT=Arial]

[Flash_Squirrel]

I guess some ppl like showing off...
Right. Care to spoon-fed me where the problem exactly is?

[JAppi]

2) Michael Grade. (TV executive). The person who cancelled Doctor Who. The person who then went on an interview on TV and lied about its ratings to a presenter who wasn't knowledgeable enough to correct him. The person who, over 15 years later, appeared on "Room 101" and put Doctor Who in, showing just what a professional fact-based decision it had been when he cancelled it. And could only give "it was made really cheaply" as a reason, something that was the fault of people like him, since it was, surprisingly, BBC management which decided the budget, not the production team. The person who hates science-fiction in general. The person who doesn't understand that imagination and invention that can often only be found outside of "real life" is the foundation of great television, and still gets put in charge of it.

I conclude by referring the reader to Chris Morris' subliminal comment in Brass Eye.

Yes he deserves to die a horrible torturous death. DAMN YOU MICHEAL GRADE KONEKO!11!

[Cammie]

1. 350 Kindergarteners " That yells out my name constantly" *note* I see 2 kindergarten classes a day in my lab! Each class has about 25 students.

2. All iMAC/Apple computers! These computers drive me crazy!

3. My younger brothers obnoxious big mouth. ( I do love my brother )

4. Fear Factor! ( reality TV show )

5. Bird poop, don't you hate it when you just washed your car and a mad bomber poops all over your nice clean car. Your car is the only one that gets targeted out of the entire parking lot. :( *** I always get crapped on! LOL :confused:

[gravitation]

In no order of importance i would put in:

[/1\] squeaky balloon noises, its the sound i hate most, it makes me cringe.
[/2\] religous ppl who knock at the door trying to convert you
[/3\] rude trendy thug like people that mug you and stuff
[/4\] The bad actress woman who is on the "ocean finance" advert...she is old and when she is on the camera looks to the side occasionally
[/5\] My friend Chaz.

[Ketsu-Kun]

1 - Whoever has the power to make a second series of Martian Successor Nadesico, a second series has so much possibility. They damn near PROMISED it at the end of the first, Ruri said a sequel was inevitable! She was along the same lines at the end of the movie as well.

2 - The guy who gave the order to stop making Lemon Scampi Nik Naks, those things rocked.

3 - Sites which will only load at a certain time on a certain date provided you are using a browser certified by Satan. They will load approximately 272 pop-ups and have a multitude of banners combined with 2 channel Midi music embedded within the page. Of course we must not forget the flaming text which is really proclaiming that they are God and we must obey.

4 - Gravitation, just because I want to steal the Sonic in his banner and avatar. Sonic rocks and Gravi stole him first. :(

5 - Room 101, just to make sure the stuff in Room 101 stayed within the recesses of nothing.

[bassmanG]

Thank you Flash_Squirrel for keeping this on, it's interesting and funny. I respect your leniency.

My top 5

1.) A room full of nokia cellphones playing the nokia tune over and over...
2.) A never-ending celine dion concert
3.) Disney Channel marathon
4.) A showing of the movie the exorcist, that movie scares the crap out of me
5.) Finding out that one of my family members has been turned into something. (When I was younger, I was always afraid of losing a family member or (after seeing my first horror zombie flick) having them turn into a zombie)

[d0d0lee]

1)Nothing to entertain me and i get bored
2)WWIII
3)Everything getting infected so we're forced to eat nutrient pills
4)Losing my loved ones
5)Losing any of my five senses and/or mobility and/or being broke



sigh... my worries sure are grounded in reality

[Biohazard]

1) I myself ( i really hate myself more than anything, for varous reasons ... )

2) My ex. ( No comments needed, right? )

3) The people of my school ( They are a bunch of idiots, they only listen to music in the charts ignoring their own likes and dislikes for the sake of the group. I myself have my own mind, and i wont slave it just to be part of the group. I like what i like, i dislike what i dislike, they can't live with me having this kind of setting, so they bug and annoy me )

4) Fishes and Insects ( Buargh *pukes* )

5) Eternal Lonelyness ( Nothing is sadder than being lonely ... unfortunatly i've been lonely for all my life... )


4.) A showing of the movie the exorcist, that movie scares the crap out of me

The theme of the movie is great however ;)
( i love that track ^_^ )

4 - Gravitation, just because I want to steal the Sonic in his banner and avatar. Sonic rocks and Gravi stole him first.

He's using a dark avatar now, so you can request a sonic sig at the chibi's workshop too! hehehe :)

[trowachess]

1) Ignorant People - These people never know what is going around them or they just pretend to know what is going one. They take the term 'ignorance is strength' too literally.
2) People who blame teens for all car accidents - don't you ever notice that whenever a teen is in an accident, people always blame them first and say that they are the menance of society. Have you ever taken a look at the stats and seen that adult drivers kill and cause more accidents then teens.
3) People who say guns kill people - ugh, need I say anymore or should I say that it is the person who chooses to kill, not a non-sentient lifeform.
4) Parents who compare their kids to other people - those parents never seem to get the idea that their kid is different because of many other factors. Does it ever occur to them that they should stop trying to live their dreams through the kid.
5) Stupid Consumers - I wish these people would fry in heck. Workers have feelings too, have you ever thought of that?

[Lexander]

1) The Bush administration
2) Grapefruit Juice
3) A horde of Etards trying to strike conversations with you at the same time
4) 12 hours of Progressive Trance
5) 12 hours of Gabber

Edit: The person that isn't too fond of dubbya either, should pm me :D

[Slade]

Humm

This is easy.

I'd have my legs and arms cut off and be hanging up on a meat hanger that's impaled on my back.

I'd be surrounded by girls from the valley(the voice man, the voice!) and they'll be mumbling the most non-sensical/dumb things at each other constantly. In the midst of this I'd be taught Japanese 2 by Professor Urabe who I believe is the devil herself. Oh, and there's one dork ass mother-fu%$^er that keeps saying internet phrases like "LOL", "LMFAO" and "NOOB" every second.

Oh ya, also add spiders(i hate spiders) all over my body and richard simmons dancing in the background yelling "get that bun moving honey!".

I don't remember much but I believe I actually stabbed myself with my own pen to ease the pain of my japanese one class with her. :twitch:

[choowee]

Keep the thread going! Its getting to be amusing :)

Ok, I also want to say the Bush administration, but, then again, I've been itching to give them a piece of my mind, so it might be not that bad. :bash:
(sorry for offending anyone)

ok, my list:

1. Spiders
plenty of big hairy spiders, and the small kind too. People have mentioned other insects, but c'mon, spiders is the definition of the earthly manifistation of satan's pleasure.

2. Having to make a nobel prize acceptance speach in you pajamas
everyone has had one of those, right? this goes along with those nightmares of forgetting to study for your exam, sleeping in on the day of an important interview, etc..... ok, this isn't a "thing", but people are breaking that rule anyways, so, oh well. May be I should make it Simon Cowell (is that how you spell his name?) judging me. :hmm:

3. Fire
seriously, this is a big deal for me. i can't deal with tiny little burns from the tea kettle, so the idea of being trapped in a room with a raging fire scares the bjeeses out of me :upset:

when I figure out the other two, I'll post, but all I can think of are really really freaky/ sad things that I'm afraid I'll have a nightmare about if I post them :heh:

[Jinto]

I would paint this room pitch black. Fill it up with that liquid one can breathe (the rl LCL :D) and heat it up to 37 degrees celcius (bodytemperature). Besides the room must be shirmed of any voice or noise (absolute silence). It has to be equiped with a system that can do artificial feeding. (the complete loss of nearly all senses... but full conscoiusness)

[LoveOfAnime]

Omg you guys are funny. Here are mine. Don't worry they are just as funny

1. George W. Bush speaking on anything.- Oh man don't get me started.....
2. Drowning - I fell out of a blowup raft as a kid in a swimming pool and the memory scares the hell out of me.
3. Satan - I have recurrent nightmares reminiscent of the "The Melting Man" movie
4. Spiders - I am seriously arachnophobic?(Spelling). Keep them all in there.
5. All bio chemical weapons - the fear of my flesh rotting off as I die a slow and painful death keeps me awake at night sometimes.

[Slade xTekno]

THis is mine for people. I should do others for objects, verbs, etc. later.
1] George W. Bush. *edit* The Bush Administration [from a post above].
2] Religious people who knock at the door trying to convert you [from Gravitation's post]: They will keep Bush company.
3] My little brother. He's a freshman in high school and about 3 years into pop culture. He doesn't seem to be stopping. Plus, I think he has bipolar...
4] My friend's little brother Derek. He is an 8th grader with the voice of a 2nd soprano. When my friends and I get together to play D&D or have fun, he finds the need to stick around and annoy/distract us as we play in hopes of us letting him play [fat chance. We let him and he [tried to] cheat trought the session]. Plus, he's a momma's boy.
5] Man-Faye. Hopefully he will have some "fun" with the others in the room with his butt-hair tentacles... [the concept of demons:tentacles::Man-Faye:ass hair was introduced to me in a IRC chat room. Still scares me].

[Dopeskills]

1) Slow Drivers. They need to get off the road and out of my way.

2) Mayonaise. If anyone taints my sandwich with mayo, i will kill them...

3) Country Music. If my roomate plays his country music any louder I will have no choice but to blow my brains out.

4) The Quiznos Subs commercial. If you've seen it, then you'll understand.

5) People who complain all the time. This means anyone who spends the better part of thier time whining about stupid stuff.

[Lexander]

4) The Quiznos Subs commercial. If you've seen it, then you'll understand.



What if you ordered a Mariachi Band and lifesize versions of those things showed up :D. I'd be scurd too :( *hold me*