Topic: Happy Thanksgiving!

So here in America we do this thing where we set aside a day to pretend we're not slavering consumers always wanting more MORE MORE. It lasts exactly one day before we immediately turn every retail outlet into Thunderdome trying to snag up shit we don't need because it's on sale.

Anyway, on this day we're encouraged to express our gratitude for the good things in our life, and I wanted to take the opportunity to be thankful for you guys, the DIF community. I've been around the internet block a few times and been a member of a number of online communities, and this one is really something special.

It's fun, welcoming, thought-provoking, and respectful, able to have disagreements, even strong ones, without flaming -- with a small handful of exceptions over the years in which, it should be noted, the common factor was me. The fact our "unpopular opinions" thread devolved into gifs rather than flames honestly says something to me about the community we have here. I'm proud to be a part of it and glad that all of you are, too.

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Awwww, Dorkman! Group hug! smile

Happy Thanksgiving to all my American DiF friends. I too am thankful for the people on these here forums. You guys are awesome and I know that when I come here I can get good solid thought out debates and gentle fun-poking rather than insults. Another forum I frequent usually dissolves into trolling and name-calling and while I do disagree with some opinions here, I also respect the person for having those opinions because I know they'd respect me for mine.

But then, I am listening to Christmas songs as I type this, so what does the Scottish guy know? big_smile

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Aww, thanks, Dorkman. smile Thankful for all the work you guys have put into the show over the last several years. Hats off, good sirs.
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I've said it many times, but this community really is special, and I'm thankful for everyone in it.

Except for Chang. Fuck that guy. He's a psycho.

Warning: I'm probably rewriting this post as you read it.

Zarban's House of Commentaries

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Also, Dorkman, thanks to you in particular for serving as one of my chief Inspirational Type People over the last several years.  big_smile

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Happy Thanksgiving to my DiF friends. I am truly thankful to be able to rant about movies and still be able to hug about it at the end of the day. We may not always agree but that's ok smile
You guys are great!
And thanks to Dorkman for kicking this off smile

God loves you!

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I'm really thankful for Down In Front. Over the past few years, it's been a driving force in my life, and I've learned a tremendous amount from both everyone on the podcast and everyone on the forums. This is a community full of bold, intelligent thinkers who, unlike most people on the internet, know what they're talking about.

This is such a weird thing to say about a podcast, of all things, but Down In Front really has shaped the course of my life. It filled me with knowledge, yes, but more importantly it filled me with ambition. I might not be on the path I'm on now if I hadn't found this podcast, and this community. It's unprecedented to find a corner of the internet filled with like-minded people who share the same interests who don't spend all their time arguing with each other. There are no DiF "power users." There are just "users." This isn't some secret club. That's incredible. That's something special.

"The Doctor is Submarining through our brains." --Teague

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I love this thread.

Y'all know how I feel about this, it was my contribution at the top of the third anniversary episode. I'm a big fan of this place.

Teague Chrystie

I have a tendency to fix your typos.

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I like you. All of you. Mostly.

So here's to DiF, full of people I could happily have a drink or three with.

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I love this place. I wish it were a cafe we'd all hang out at.

'xept it'd be weird showing people trailers, cool photos, random creations, and pimping our youtube stuff all the time.


..no, wait, it'd be COOL!

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vidina wrote:

I love this place. I wish it were a cafe we'd all hang out at.

But....the Bronies scare me.......


big_smile

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Ya, DIF is awesome, really happy to have this community of nice, thoughtful, fun people. You all rock

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So honor the valiant who die 'neath your sword
But pity the warrior who slays all his foes...

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Happy Thanksgiving to you American DiF'ers.

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Dorkman wrote:

So here in America we do this thing where we set aside a day to pretend we're not slavering consumers always wanting more MORE MORE. It lasts exactly one day before we immediately turn every retail outlet into Thunderdome trying to snag up shit we don't need because it's on sale.

This year it doesn't even last one day. Some places were having pre-Black Friday Thanksgiving sales...

I have to parrot the love for the show. I sometimes forget what a big deal it is, because it feels like it's always been there. It's only been three years and I already take it for granted that there will be a new episode every week and that that episode will be entertaining. It's the only podcast I listen to, and that's because it's the only one I've sampled that consistently left me amused and educated.

And this is easily the best forum I've ever been a part of. I don't post all that much, but that's just how I've always been with forums. I love coming here and reading the conversations that are going on. There's nowhere else like this.

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What Darth Praxus said  big_smile

not long to go now...

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http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdsogqa1KY1qgrifko1_250.gif

I love this community, happy Thanksgiving people.

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I didn't take a new photo yesterday, but my house looked a lot like this again...

http://www.zarban.com/pics/Thanksgiving-at-Zarbans.jpg

The table is an Amish farmhouse table that stretches out to accommodate 11 leaves, making it 18 feet long. We move the furniture to allow it to stretch into the living room.

Since we're a large extended family, we draw names and then give our Christmas list to whichever person drew our name. I thought this forum would appreciate my 14-year-old niece's, hand-written, apparently from memory....

  • Bleach - uncut season 10, 15

  • Tsubasa: season 1, 2, & OVA collection

  • Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE - complete season

  • Black Cat - complete season

  • Claymore - complete series

  • Get Backers - complete series

  • Darker Than Black - 1st and 2nd seasons

  • D. Gray-man - complete seasons 1 & 2

  • Night Raid 1931 - complete seasons

  • Witches and Vampires - DS

  • Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 - DS

Warning: I'm probably rewriting this post as you read it.

Zarban's House of Commentaries

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I have literally never heard of any of those things.

Teague Chrystie

I have a tendency to fix your typos.

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Me niether; Zarban, your niece may be a hipster.

Warm gratitudinous sentiments all around!!

I lurk here more than I contribute, but I try to stay up on the conversations, often checking in several times a day. I'm only a part-time bronie, for the record.

Last edited by drewjmore (2012-11-24 19:06:08)

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Your niece certainly likes anime, which is heartwarming.

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None of you have heard of Bleach? It's apparently pretty huge. Even has some decent fighting games on consoles, too.

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vidina wrote:

None of you have heard of Bleach?

Well, duh, of course I have......

http://www.domestos.co.uk/images/graphics/bleach-products.jpg

What? http://www.empireonline.com/forum/upfiles/smiley/augen14.gif

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Oh, you guys.

I'll be celebrating my first whole year as a DiF member in a few weeks, so I'm kind of a padawan here.
But this community has already brought me so much, and it just won't slow down. The reasons why have already all been brought up in this thread, but as a young french guy, it also brings me an amazing way to be better at speaking english - with actual english speaking people - and live with it. Not that I'd deny where I'm from - let me have my foie gras in peace, et vive la France ! - but I've always been drawn to this whole other world and culture.

Thanks for being here, and a very special thank you to the Guys for making the podcasts and basically justify in themselves why I love this movie world and study for it. I realize it began with RvD and me jerking around in After Effects as a teenager, and this place here is just the natural continuity of it. It's actually because of some of you guys that I am where I am now.

*sheds single manly tear*

Also, I second the Down in Front Cafe. If you ever make one in LA, I move there immediately. I promise I won't be creepy about My Little Pony. Well, not that much anyway.

Sébastien Fraud
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Honestly, I think we'd all fit better at a coffee shop in Amsterdam.

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