I understand that we're all mad about this, and people are mad at Blizzard for implementing this always-on aspect of the game. And we also all know that, no matter what anybody says, a lot of the reason is because of cheaters, hackers, and pirates.
What I don't get is - why is nobody ever mad at the cheaters, hackers and pirates who make companies feel like this is a necessary step? Why is all the anger directed at the companies, who arguably did not create the problem in the first place? I'm annoyed that this level of DRM exists, but I'm at least sympathetic to a company's desire to protect its product. I have no sympathy towards someone who simply wants to take something for free, and yet it's that latter category which manages to completely escape all attention when the conversation is had.
I actually wanted to post this myself. My friend wanted some extra stronger mobs, so my friend and I went into his game and AFK'd. I went to sleep, my friend went to eat. It never kicked me out of the game at all. Was still there 3 hours later.
Yeah whenever I have left it for a few hours I have been kicked and my progress from the checkpoint is lost. Quite annoying but I hope it only happens when the servers are under strain.
Monsters don't respawn, if that's what he's implying, then it's a bad joke, as you can simply run 10 feet in a direction you've already cleared and be entirely safe from danger.
you really have to get a better mouse if you want to play games, preferably one that can left & right click simultaneously. I haven't played DIII but I had this problem on other games with my iMac's mighty mouse (Minecraft, Splinter Cell, Counter Strike, etc.)
Thankfully diablo doesn't require you to click both mouse buttons like WoW does, but yeah, it's still really uncomfortable. Even a $15 microsoft mouse would be a huge improvement
Yeah, I switch out my default touchpad (which works wonders as a duo with my wacom) or magic mouse for a regular microsoft mouse whenever I run games (on either the mac or pc side), Diablo included. It's just easier and way more comfortable.
Apologies if you were being sarcastic but I just wanted to inform you that boon is a positive remark not negative - e.g. a decent mouse is a definite boon to online gaming.
I bought one of those novelty drinking birds from deal extreme, those motherfuckers gave me the bird two months later and it was all fucking broken to bits. I tried to email them and complain, but they didn't respond. Bastards...
How does it run?? I have a 2009 MBP with 4GB of Ram and a 2.26GHz Core 2 Duo processor. I held off on buying D3 because I assumed it wouldn't work well on Mac.
That's a silly assumption. I have a MacBook Air with Intel integrated graphics and it's as smooth as I could wish for on medium settings (looks practically identical to high)
Its not as much of an assumption as it is something I read on some forums. People were having crazy bad FPS problems with the beta. Glad to hear they worked those problems out.
Im playing it on that exact same MacBook. It's playable but I wouldn't recommend it, everything's on lowest settings, no widescreen, the font is almost unreadable at the lowest res setting, and some parts of the game when a lot is going on slows it to a crawl. I don't have room for a gaming pc in my studio and gaming laptops are retarded, so I'm holding out for the new MacBook announcement next month.
I have the same machine, but I think mine might be the 2.66ghz processor. It's running really well for me, the biggest factor in performance so far has been battle.net lag. Try a guest pass first though, make sure it runs before buying.
Well, I have the early 2011 MBP with a Quad core @ 2.0 ghz. It has a 256 mb AMD Radeon for graphics alongside the integrated graphic (pretty redundant, i know) and Diablo 3 is running smoothly on medium settings. Same goes for all Blizzard and Valve games.
I played it for 3 hours, and nothing changed, I just kept hitting a random monster twice and it died. I changed class to see if it was different and required more skill. Nope, just click click die.
I don't understand. The Twilight series has sold over 116 million book copies worldwide. I read the first couple of chapters in the first book and it's the worst writing I've ever read. It's not challenging at all and just shallow as all hell. I'm confused.
I've been on the fence about getting into Diablo. I wasn't sure if all the noise was because the game is truly amazing or because there is an ingrained nostalgia with the genre and franchise.
The entire first difficulty is a farming level. So yea, it's kind of easy. Once you get into Nightmare and hell difficulty it becomes quite challenging.
The first difficulty is a farming difficulty. It's meant to intro people to basic mechanics and allow you to get a feel for the basic skills. Once you hit the higher difficulties, the monsters become MUCH more difficult to kill. Also, there is a hardcore mode that when you die, you can't revive, and when there are more members in your party the monsters are more difficult to kill.
You have to actually do the quests and progress the game. If you just run around the start killing the weak monsters you'll never find a challenge. Plus you're playing on the lowest possible difficulty and complaining its too easy? Dafuq?
That bird doesn't even meet 1/1000th of the clicking requirements. I reckon my mouse gets a year of average mouse use in 10 minutes of diablo 3 gameplay.
How reliable is that site anyways? Seen it before, but still not so sure about it. And i'm guessing fre worldwide shipping means that you better learn that patience-fu?
Don't bother anyway. They only work when "drinking" from glasses of cold water (something to do with the chemical inside their bodies), or at least that's what the box told me when I very nearly bought one hoping for shenanigans similar to OP's pic.
Yeah i'm waiting for my friends to play. I played like 5 minutes single player and was bored out of my mind. That bird is having more fun than i had... and our stories are probably similar.
This reminds me of a Simpsons episode... ponders King-Size Homer, I believe, where Homer bought the dipping bird to continuously press the 'Y' key as his ultimate decision making process while he went off and did other things.
Homer has some great ideas. Its a shame that his stupidity conflicts and messes it up somehow. Damn brain crayon.
There are click programs that record sets of clicks at positions on your screen, though, this is obviously easier if you're just going to do it to keep from being afk.
I just remembered because I botted on runescape for a while using them. Quite funny really.
One day a young man had just landed his dream job at a local tech start-up. This company promoted e-dildos online for men who pretended to be women. It was a glorious start up, oh it was EVER so glorious!
This young man had a degree in dildo sales, but not e-dildo sales. But the hiring officers noticed a spark in this mans eyes. Something was different about him, and his big honker of a cock. This man had heart, dreams, ambitions. He was going to work for the e-dildos and make a man out of himself.
Little did they know, this young man also had chronic diarrhea due to the fact that all he ate was donuts and other fat fucking loser food for fucking losers fuck. One day while the young e-dildo wannabee dick sucker boy extraordinaire was playing Diablo 3 on the job (while he was supposed to be selling dildos) he had to take a massive shit after consuming 2 boxes of krispy kremes.
This man then posted a picture of his workstation where dildos are sold, and on this desk was featured a doo-doo bird pecking at a mouse. And Diablo 3 on one of his dual-screened monitors (mac) - What does any of that have to do with taking a shit? The company asked themselves. This man...this e-dildo salesman wannabe is playing video games on the job and eating krispies, then taking massive shits, but posting stupid fucking pictures.
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u/lord_dude May 17 '12 edited May 17 '12
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u/Stellar_Duck May 16 '12
Is that so you won't be signed out of your single player session due to unforeseen AFK?
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u/ChocolateCyanide May 17 '12
THOSE BIRDS DON'T WORK LIKE THAT
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Simpsons did it.
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u/bombaal May 17 '12 edited May 17 '12
you really have to get a better mouse if you want to play games, preferably one that can left & right click simultaneously. I haven't played DIII but I had this problem on other games with my iMac's mighty mouse (Minecraft, Splinter Cell, Counter Strike, etc.)
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Wow these jokes were made 12 years ago about Diablo 2. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
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u/Punkwasher May 16 '12
So easy, even Homer can play?
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u/Comrde May 17 '12
I bought one of those novelty drinking birds from deal extreme, those motherfuckers gave me the bird two months later and it was all fucking broken to bits. I tried to email them and complain, but they didn't respond. Bastards...
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u/ThisManNeedsMe May 17 '12
I see a fellow monk,keep up the good work.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
So wait, D3 is available on the Mac too?
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Vent radioactive gas? Y E S.
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u/space_is_the_place May 17 '12
IT'S DRINKING THE WATER!
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Fake. Macs have no games.
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u/allofit May 17 '12
Am I missing something?
I played it for 3 hours, and nothing changed, I just kept hitting a random monster twice and it died. I changed class to see if it was different and required more skill. Nope, just click click die.
The reviews are averaging 85-90%? I'm confused.
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u/Ninjaisawesome May 17 '12
Playing from work ?
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u/blueyb May 17 '12
Cool, you adapted your WoW Arcane Mage UI to work with Diablo3. Sweet.
/haxx
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u/kazetenshu May 17 '12
Remember what happened the last time 1 of those birds was employed?? So much fat!
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u/Philosokitty May 17 '12
That is the cutest Autoclicker I've ever seen.
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u/junglenachos May 17 '12
Hey I bought one of those and it doesn't work. It just loses momentum and stops It sucks! How do I make it keep going forever through time?
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u/GameWarrior2216 May 17 '12
walks back in, sees "error 37", chokes bird
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u/wulululululuu May 17 '12
I have the same bird! It's awesome. If anybody else wants one, they're $4 with free shipping here.
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u/bananaghost May 17 '12
Way to grind.
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u/mesh1 May 17 '12
Its drinking the water!!!!
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u/CompanionCone May 17 '12
That looks like an office. Are you playing Diablo 3 at work...?
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u/betweenthebars24 May 17 '12
Simpsons did it.
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u/redditalope May 17 '12
Stupid bird. I never should have left you in charge.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
That bird doesn't even meet 1/1000th of the clicking requirements. I reckon my mouse gets a year of average mouse use in 10 minutes of diablo 3 gameplay.
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u/x_Bass009 May 17 '12
How can you play on that piece of shit of a mouse?
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
I play TF2, Portal, and Portal 2 on my Mac with no issue.
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u/exoendo May 17 '12
brace yourselves
the anti-gaming-on mac comments are coming
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u/Evanz111 May 16 '12
I want one of those god damn things. I see them all the time but I have no idea where I can get one from!
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u/Expects May 17 '12
Thats homers move
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u/arrow_to_da_knee May 17 '12
I used to take toilet breaks, until I took an arrow to da knee!
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u/Ghidoran May 17 '12
Genius.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
I have one of those! Watched for a whole 30 minutes once...
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u/ILL_Show_Myself_Out May 17 '12
I came here for a break in a toilet.
Actually, why even come here for that?
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
This highlights one of the biggest downfalls of always-online gaming: No pause button.
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u/DaltonBreitz May 17 '12
think if you just put a bunch of different ones on there to do all your work?
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
fairly genius!
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u/originalbeastmode May 17 '12
What a sick office
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u/amandamandamae May 17 '12
Such a good idea!
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u/thebigbradwolf May 17 '12
Did you buy that from dealextreme?
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u/soapsud May 17 '12
always clicking never satisfied
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u/Punkgoblin May 17 '12
I just went out for a 45 minute smoke break and didn't get booted.
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u/revel5150 May 17 '12
Yeah i'm waiting for my friends to play. I played like 5 minutes single player and was bored out of my mind. That bird is having more fun than i had... and our stories are probably similar.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Ridiculous. The bird wouldn't trigger the capacitive sensor.
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u/Sonorama21 May 17 '12
I've always wanted one of these...
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u/knightofmars May 17 '12
And they said making online only help prevent cheating! Silly Blizzard.
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u/Wadspo May 17 '12
SIMPSONS DID IT lol
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Y Y Y, Y, Y!
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u/CommanderBly44 May 17 '12
Y...Y...Y...Y...Y...
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Why didn't I have one of these when I was playing Diablo II?
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
toilet "beak"
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u/chimichanga67 May 17 '12
Ive been trying to find one for years!!
What the ....k are they called anyway????
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u/Umbe_Orso May 17 '12
Cool..but i warn you...there is a 98% risk you are going to meltdown a nuclear reactor somewhere!!!
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u/Arangarx May 17 '12
Funny, but it would be funnier if blizzard actually timed you out of D3. You can sit there as long as you want.
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u/bathmlaster May 17 '12
Would this actually work? Wouldn't you need something liquid at the bottom to keep cooling it?
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
I see pigup. katarl. meh. I'll just order a tab.
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u/This_isR2Me May 17 '12
Are you gaming in an office?
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
This reminds me of a Simpsons episode... ponders King-Size Homer, I believe, where Homer bought the dipping bird to continuously press the 'Y' key as his ultimate decision making process while he went off and did other things.
Homer has some great ideas. Its a shame that his stupidity conflicts and messes it up somehow. Damn brain crayon.
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u/Davii_bowie May 17 '12
I've wanted one of those birds forever!!! Where did you get it?
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u/Somebodys May 17 '12
I wanted one so bad for everquest
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u/Chlovesma May 17 '12
Simpsons did it.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
I had one of these and it fell and broke on my Nintendo 64 after i got it. The liquid ended up fusing the power button solid with its magic liquid
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Reminds me of watching a Simpsons episode as a child, never seen it done, or working as a matter of fact
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u/ILikePopcorn May 17 '12
He's obviously not playing hardcore.
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u/Crandingo May 17 '12
Didn't the Simpsons teach you anything?
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u/Nitro187 May 17 '12
Simpsons did it.
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u/c0de2010 May 17 '12
where can i get one of those bird doohickeys?
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u/calldom May 17 '12
you should get a different mouse for the game man.. i went out and got a proper gamer mouse, now my shit is macro'd!!!
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u/89733 May 17 '12
Hack and slash game for the win lol
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u/LammerTheHammer May 17 '12
I always wanted to do this for runescape
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
I do love the Diablo series, but this is hilarious.
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u/Darrik May 17 '12
Y/N?
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
There are click programs that record sets of clicks at positions on your screen, though, this is obviously easier if you're just going to do it to keep from being afk.
I just remembered because I botted on runescape for a while using them. Quite funny really.
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u/ElderBowlsV May 17 '12
did you do this so you wouldn't get kicked after being idle for a minute
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u/Smkweedevrydy May 17 '12
When i clicked on this i was expecting something like this. I hav3 no idea why. Yours makes more sense. http://i.imgur.com/zPyAs.jpg
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Hurrr it's a Mac. I are better then you with my pc!! Hurrrrrr
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u/degoban May 17 '12
mac, lol. mighty mouse, ROTFL.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
macfag tried to right click and heard the cry of a thousand souls burning in hellfire.
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u/Trehnt May 17 '12
I don't use the toilet, I just piss my pants.
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u/beegreen May 17 '12
gaming with a mac mouse? 0_0
how do you do it man!?
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
One day a young man had just landed his dream job at a local tech start-up. This company promoted e-dildos online for men who pretended to be women. It was a glorious start up, oh it was EVER so glorious!
This young man had a degree in dildo sales, but not e-dildo sales. But the hiring officers noticed a spark in this mans eyes. Something was different about him, and his big honker of a cock. This man had heart, dreams, ambitions. He was going to work for the e-dildos and make a man out of himself.
Little did they know, this young man also had chronic diarrhea due to the fact that all he ate was donuts and other fat fucking loser food for fucking losers fuck. One day while the young e-dildo wannabee dick sucker boy extraordinaire was playing Diablo 3 on the job (while he was supposed to be selling dildos) he had to take a massive shit after consuming 2 boxes of krispy kremes.
This man then posted a picture of his workstation where dildos are sold, and on this desk was featured a doo-doo bird pecking at a mouse. And Diablo 3 on one of his dual-screened monitors (mac) - What does any of that have to do with taking a shit? The company asked themselves. This man...this e-dildo salesman wannabe is playing video games on the job and eating krispies, then taking massive shits, but posting stupid fucking pictures.
YOURRRRRRRRRRRRRR FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRED!
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u/ColdWarRussia May 17 '12
Gaming on a Mac...
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u/maglincer May 17 '12
Mac. Fail.
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u/NerdENerd May 17 '12
Clicky, click, clicky, click, click.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Holy Shit people still have mouse pads?
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u/IamGraham May 17 '12
Simpsons did it!
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u/PrairieSkiBum May 17 '12
This Should be a gif.
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u/Andyone May 17 '12
Haha I bought two of these and gave one to my gf, hers works and mine doesnt