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Libre gave you some good links. HP laptops do have overheating issues (I have one) but that's really true of most laptops these days. Because we're trying to make them smaller and smaller, heat dissipation isn't as good. If you're gaming at a desk you might want to invest in a cooling pad.

We pick from the topic suggestions when we need to; we don't really rule any out in case we want to discuss them at a later date. Everyone is welcome to submit more than one topic.

OH MAN DON'T EVEN GET ME GOING ON ASS EFFECT FIGS... THE LIARA AND FEMSHEP ANINE STYLE ONES

There's no need, just hit play

Oh I definitely would. I've actually never seen the bust art on the box before and I really like it, that's reason enough.

If it makes you feel any better I hold an unrelenting passion for this fig http://outerhavenproductions.weebly.com/uploads/1/9/3/3/1933173/6088167_orig.jpg
of course my fave character in all of one piece would be one of the rarest
sells for around $500 these days

excellent plan

I do love the character (even if I am kinda meh on the figure, it doesn't resemble her much imo) and I was just promoted at work which means a helluva lot more money so I am treating myself a bit. But yeah I just don't want to be the type of person who just sits around in a room filled with packaging, I want to enjoy my toys. It doesn't help that I really like the black series packaging tho

I bought a Star Wars figure of my fave character ever

Spoiler

The vintage collection run of it sells for a lot of money in its original packaging ($100+ which isn't that much in the realm of SW figures but still), but this is the Black Series. It was only $30 but I can't decide if I want to

• Leave it in the packaging and preserve it
  
• Remove it from the packaging and have fun
• Buy a second one because **** moderation and keep one in the packaging and remove the other

what do

Right!? They're such mixed messages. On one hand we have the beauty that is Hildegarde and on the other we have Ivy's rack, front and center.

there's plenty of him to share 8)

Well first of all the movie isn't out yet so I can't really judge just yet. That said, I have heard many people criticizing how it once again uses a) scary foreign brown guys as the enemy and b) makes frequent jokes over the civilian version of said brown guys's inability to speak English. Yet, a lot of people's (even women's!!) reactions to it were to say "HELL YEAH FEMALE LEAD WOO"

Which I mean... don't get me wrong. I'm glad people are noticing that and want more female leads. But we should probably try not to make progress towards eliminating sexism but just allow racism to continue unchecked.

FOR REAL I WILL, I WILL SEND YOU A SHITLOAD

It was listed as "nue," so this (I'm assuming): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nue
Though speaking of Kill la Kill, I have been considering watching it! I am not really an anime person (not kawaii enough I guess) but lesbians

lesi is an amazing couple name im cry. almost as good as stabby. almost

Yeah I like a spacious case, especially for a first build. How was the cable management?

Oh man I really like the Shinobi, if I was going to build I would probably use it. I'm partial to the Prodigy too but I don't fancy mini itx, at least not for my first build.

Oh god I can't STAND when people have fugly cases. I like BitFenix and NZXT personally, Lian Li makes some nice ones but I've hard crappy things about the quality.

We've asked people to take down gifs that are too flashy before, so if there's a particular one you're talking about then feel free to report it. Obviously it will need to be a reasonable complaint but flashy gifs are unnecessary.

omg because you were just like randomly there in mine too WE'RE IN EACH OTHERS DREAMMMMS

lexi you and this TV appeared briefly in my dream last night

I think the point about resembling the character you have in your avatar is a good once, but that it's not necessarily attached to the avatar.

To speak from personal example, I love characters. Not just "oh these are my favorite characters," but as a student of literature and a heavy consumer of character-centric media, I love to see how characters grow and interact and relate. I in particular develop heavy attachments to certain characters, usually because I relate to their struggles or personality heavily. I go through phases where I'm obsessed with one character for a while and then usually choose to represent that in my avatar (here at least -- on other sites I don't change my icon as much but I also don't visit other places as frequently, aside from tumblr but I'll get to that). The avatar reflects my headspace at the moment.

Illustrating by example, Princess Bubblegum and Marceline. This is a slightly unique example because I otherwise rarely utilize avatars with more than one character in them, but even so: they represent two sides and various traits I see in myself. PB is sweetness and warmth, but also a lack of emotional expression and connection to others, treating people as test subjects, madness, and responsibility. Marceline is the side of my that tries to affect a cool and breezy composure but ends up acting like a petulant child at times -- but also a creative side, one that draws heavily on emotion, sometimes to a fault & surprising even myself. Representing them together I think relates to a romantic side of me, and a desire to see all those traits married together, even though they may collide and conflict.

I'll use Bastila from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic a lot as well. I find myself most drawn to her when I am struggling with emotion, when I am adopting that hard exterior and attempting -- in vain -- to hide what rumbles beneath. The avatar in particular that I use for her is a bit sexual I feel, in expression, for a few reasons: it's repressed sexuality and a desire to express that. I also use this icon on tumblr, I've never changed and don't plan to, because I feel it is most representative of who I am on there.

Then there's Leia from Star Wars, who is intensely political and motivated, who will fight and place herself in direct danger for her causes despite having a privileged life. But she's also a bit of a pain! She's so superior and condescending.

And then finally Bellemere from One Piece, who represents optimism for me, and elements of motherhood. Hope and love.

There is a lot of overlap here but I feel which character I choose to represent me reflects which struggle or values are most important or relevant to whatever is happening in my personal life at the time. In that vein I wouldn't say that the avatars affect my posting style, but rather, that my emotional and psychological state do, and my avatars are just another way of expressing that. I gravitate towards them because there's something in them that my previous avatar doesn't express that I now want to.

And if they look cool.