The difference, in England at least, is that whining tends to imply a certain tone of voice; 'whine' tends to apply to the sound of whinging. By 'whinging' most Brits understand the same thing as Yanks do for 'whining', except whinging is the act of 'whining' without the accompanying tone of voice.

Whinging, if you appreciate the difference, is more of a criticism levelled at adults when they're complaining about something they perceive as important which is, in fact, not important; whining is something that children do when they can't have sugar-coated things.

me & SYG went trick r treatin

also "arse" sounds like a total d-bag thing to say.

That's fucking ridiculous when you've just said 'd-bag'. Not even 'douche', but 'd'. If you're not using the language, we'll have it back you ungrateful shits.

we'e using it. just streamlining it for our lazy selves.

and spreading it round the globe wherever the ol Brit empire did not touch.

Thanks for the definition glice! I now can be butthurt for 7 years of back whinging. ;)

how old is too old and what counts as popular culture?

i think house started around the same time as techno so i don't think you could call it derivative. you could say that they're both derivative of kraftwerk though probably.

i'm fairly sure it was a comedian (can't remember which one) who said that and not a nintendo CEO

I think that was Bill Bailey.

edit: Actually im fairly sure that was Charlie Brooker

If it was a Nintendo CEO, it would've been funnier.

It would've been even funnier if violence in video games was still a major issue.

I'm sure you'd still be a humourless shit in either case.

Sorry, I just fancied typing that, there's no serious content to it.

that leads to a good question though, what makes pbradley laugh out loud?

I reckon Bradders is like a German. You know, you think they're all serious but they actually just find humiliating videos of people pissing off of buildings onto unsuspecting bystanders hi-lar-i-ous.

stuffed kittens?

Really? That video game joke is that precious? All I said, really, is that it's a bit dated because it is.

I LOLed, of course.

pussy. don't tell him that. he'll know he has you.