@escapecar that was back in the day when the Wells Fargo Wagon would roll in from Gary, bringing all sorts of goods to the townsfolk. But, ever since Harold Hill’s “Think System” went awry, Gary went to shit.
Gary McKinnon used to be known to many (myself included) by his Internet handle, “Solo.” Using that name, he coordinated what would become the largest military computer hack of all time. The allegations are that he, over a 13-month period from February 2001 to March 2002, illegally gained access to 97 computers belonging to the U.S. Armed Forces and NASA.
McKinnon claimed that he was only searching for information related to free energy suppression and UFO activity cover-ups. But according to U.S. authorities, he deleted a number of critical files, rendering over 300 computers inoperable and resulting in over $700,000 in damages.
Being of Scottish descent and operating out of the United Kingdom, McKinnon was able to dodge the American government for a long time.
As of today, he continues to fight against extradition to the United States.
If you know Gary - you know he didn’t delete shit.
@DrWorm Are you crazy? “The Fifth Element” is bloody marvelous, I watched it many times. The Batman trilogy plain sucks. Luckily, other than that, Oldman is pretty selective with his roles.
@MehnofLaMehncha Man, he’s an AWESOME chess player. I wanted to be like him when I was young. Shame he’s a crook and a corrupted politician these days.
@serpent yeah, just like the Germans annexing the Sudetenland and invading Poland had nothing to do with rebuilding their empire, right? That makes perfect sense.
@MehnofLaMehncha I once got stuck repeating the word “cabin” to myself for about ten minutes straight during a standardized test. It just sounded wrong after the tenth time I read it.
I went to college with a guy named Gary who had two of the bushiest eyebrows I’ve ever seen. Think two west highland terriers (one over each eye) and you’ll get the picture. So now I can’t hear the name Gary without thinking of eyebrows.
Gary Larson, The Far Side creator. My whole family would have laugh attacks around the dinner table from his work. Got peas in the potatoes. Messy epic.
I’m pretty sure Gygax has had the biggest effect on my life - a pioneer of the RPG genre; my favorite games (by far) to this very day.
/image role playing game
My brother Gary. An amazing dude.
@lordbowen I agree.
@lordbowen Hey, Gary is my brother, too! Does that mean you and I are related?
@macromeh Possible, yet doubtful.
Gary, Indiana? No one likes THAT Gary. No one.
@capguncowboy Professor Harold Hill (Gold Medal Class of '05) begs to differ.
@escapecar that was back in the day when the Wells Fargo Wagon would roll in from Gary, bringing all sorts of goods to the townsfolk. But, ever since Harold Hill’s “Think System” went awry, Gary went to shit.
Gary McKinnon used to be known to many (myself included) by his Internet handle, “Solo.” Using that name, he coordinated what would become the largest military computer hack of all time. The allegations are that he, over a 13-month period from February 2001 to March 2002, illegally gained access to 97 computers belonging to the U.S. Armed Forces and NASA.
McKinnon claimed that he was only searching for information related to free energy suppression and UFO activity cover-ups. But according to U.S. authorities, he deleted a number of critical files, rendering over 300 computers inoperable and resulting in over $700,000 in damages.
Being of Scottish descent and operating out of the United Kingdom, McKinnon was able to dodge the American government for a long time.
As of today, he continues to fight against extradition to the United States.
If you know Gary - you know he didn’t delete shit.
Gary Gygax gave me lots of sleepless nights in my friend’s basement through middle school.
Edit: roll for initiative
@melonscoop Freddy Krueger also gave me lots of sleepless nights when I was young, but I’m hoping it was different than your experience.
@melonscoop anyone who answered Gygax has his nerd card validated for another year
@Boiler3k I am honestly surprised that he’s not one of the top three Garys. Garies?
Baba Booey
@f00l strong name to post ratio
@chr
<blush>
Gary Johnson #feelthejohnson
Lol, he has my vote though.
Gary Oak fans, represent!
@jonburan
/image gary gnu
Gary Oldman is the best - “The Fifth Element” is amazing. He was also in that awful Batman trilogy, but I hope he just did it because of the money.
@serpent Surely you accidentally swapped your amazing and awful adjectives, right?
@DrWorm Are you crazy? “The Fifth Element” is bloody marvelous, I watched it many times. The Batman trilogy plain sucks. Luckily, other than that, Oldman is pretty selective with his roles.
I consistently mix up Gary Oldman and Gary Coleman in my mind. It’s embarrassing.
Gary Oldman is
Kasparov
@MehnofLaMehncha Man, he’s an AWESOME chess player. I wanted to be like him when I was young. Shame he’s a crook and a corrupted politician these days.
@serpent Why, because he doesn’t like what Putin’s doing to Russia?
@Dweezle Not only (though that too). He also tried to screw FIDE and bribed people.
@serpent So it’s a good thing that Russia is trying to recreate the Soviet Union. Gotcha.
@Dweezle It’s only trying to recreate the Soviet Union if you believe neocon warmonger hawks (like Hillary or Ted Cruz or McCain) and their media.
@serpent yeah, just like the Germans annexing the Sudetenland and invading Poland had nothing to do with rebuilding their empire, right? That makes perfect sense.
Fuck I did not see Gary the snail first time around. I clicked other. Forever unclean.
@connorbush how’s my favorite mollusk!?
@connorbush I also picked Gary the Snail, but Gary the Goat was not included. https://www.youtube.com/user/jimboandgary
Gary is one of those words that looks fine the first time, odd the tenth, and by the 20th you’re swearing it’s spelled wrong.
@MehnofLaMehncha I once got stuck repeating the word “cabin” to myself for about ten minutes straight during a standardized test. It just sounded wrong after the tenth time I read it.
@melonscoop
For me it’s always four letter words.
Foot. foot. foot foot foot foot
Looks misspelled and I got no idea how to pronounce it.
I prefer another Gary. One with two R’s:
Well I bought one of your batteries so I guess tonight I won’t complain about it not being a REGION FREE BLU-RAY PLAYER
@xego what do we want? REGION FREE BLU-RAY PLAYERS! When do we want them?
@PocketBrain before Pangea split!
@chr
Not really before the split. Right at the moment of.
Before the split, all Blu-Ray players were perfect.
/giphy REGION FREE BLU-RAY PLAYER
@Fish_Kungfu Fuck yeah!!!
Laugh In wouldn’t have been the same without Gary Owens.
And also…
@Mehrocco_Mole From beautiful downtown Burbank!
Fallout’s Vault-Gary. The only mug who can populate an entire vault with he, himself, and him, and do it with class.
Gaaaaary? Gary. Gaaaarry!
@Venato Same. Gary? GAAAARY?!? GARY!
Jean-Baptiste Emmanuel Zorg.
me!
I picked Gary Gygax just because I always thought that was a cool name.
I went to college with a guy named Gary who had two of the bushiest eyebrows I’ve ever seen. Think two west highland terriers (one over each eye) and you’ll get the picture. So now I can’t hear the name Gary without thinking of eyebrows.
/giphy big eyebrows
A lot like these.
/image Glengarry Glen Ross
Gary from Fallout
Gary Dell’Abate. Aka “Baba Booey”
@gfreek
The very face of Grace and Beauty
Garry Trudeau, duh. Two R’s are the upgraded model.
Gary Rossington.
Ace’s partner.
No question.
(Sadly, when I saw him live earlier this year, he didn’t have the little go-kart.)
Close on spelling, but clear favorite.
/giphy Gyarados
Let’s try again
/image Gyarados
Wow, I guess I didn’t have to stay up 'til launch to be the first to say Gary Cole.
/giphy Gary Cole
Was going to go with Kasparov but turns out he’s a Garry. Hell of a chess player though.
I like Gary Walsh from Veep.
Gary Dell’Abate!
Gary Larson, The Far Side creator. My whole family would have laugh attacks around the dinner table from his work. Got peas in the potatoes. Messy epic.
Gary Sinise for his support of veterans.
I’m pretty sure Gygax has had the biggest effect on my life - a pioneer of the RPG genre; my favorite games (by far) to this very day.
/image role playing game
Reverend Gary Davis
@cercopithecoid
That’s serious stuff. Thx.
I would expect more gygax supporters on here. But my devotion is to that weirdo Gary Larson.
And who would vote for Gary Glitter? He may have written the greatest jock jam of all time, but still.
I have a cat named Gary. He’s a total Gary. And he’s low key Instagram famous.
Wow. Just… wow.
How is it 24 hours later and no one has added Gary Burghoff? Or as otherwise known,
/image Radar O’Reilly
/image Gary Burghoff
/youtube Radar O’Reilly Ah Bach
@baqui63 I loved Radar/Gary, but Gygax is still my favorite