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The Rose Dragon

2013-07-10, 05:42 PM

So, random banter. The Collective strikes once again, with its gracefully simple thread titles, and claims this place for its own. As compensation, I give you this song (http://www.stereomood.com/song/52129) for you to listen to as you read the most insightful and intelligent conversation that is sure to take place within the confines of this thread.

List of Previous Random Banter Threads:

Amotis' Random Banter #1 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13484)
Dhavaer's Random Banter #2 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13401)
PhoeKun's Random Banter #3 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13319)
Rei Jin's Random Banter #4 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13205)
Toxic Avenger's Random Banter #5 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13146)
Jibar's Random Banter #6 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13026)
Ego Slayer's Surrogate Random Banter #7 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12939)
Sneak's Random Barroom Brawl #8 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12918)
Sophistemon's Solemnly Random Banter #9 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12855)
Vaynor's Very Random Banter #10 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12834)
Bookman's Blathering Random Banter #11 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12809)
Gralamin's Glorious Random Banter #12 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12785)
Rilik's Resplendently Random Raillery #13 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12766)
Gezina's Growling Grazing Random Banter #14 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12747)
The Zerglings Utterly And Geeky Random Banter #15 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12740)
jaqueses Truthfully Randomly Fireside Banter # 16 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12735)
Jack Squat’s Jubilantly Quixotic Random Banter #17 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12693)
Cardel's Banter of Cookie Jubilation #18 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12668)
Archonic's Chaotically Random Banter of Rods #19 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12657)
The Rod's Inanimate Temple of RANDOM banter #20 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12638)
Lucky’s Loquaciously Loud-Mouthed Random Banter#21 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12630)
Deckmaster's Divinely Delightful Random Banter #22 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12614)
Saithis' Soliloquy of Random Banter #23 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12598)
Loveable Lianae's Ludicrous Lampooning Lottery #24 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12578)
NEO|Phyte's Neolithic Nest of Weasel Banter #25 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12544)
Target's Random Banter of "non-violence" #26 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12533)
Tarnag40k's Random banter of "grammar errors" #27 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12515)
Kyrian's Random Banter of ADHDness #28 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12507)
El Jaspero's Random Drunken Ramblings #29 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12503)
Boss Smiley's Eloquently Eggy Banter #30 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12494)
Lykan's Looney Explosionarama & Random Banter #31 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12482)
Iames's Iambic Yarn of Yammering #32 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12468)
Dispozition's Deviously Distressed Banter #33 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12458)
CP's Copiously Combusting Banter of Carnage #34 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12445)
Alarra's Altar of Random Banter #35 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12432)
Eloquent Rune's Electrifying Rambling Banter #36 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12423)
E_P's Very Own Quite Popular Random Banter #37 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12419)
Hydrogelic's Foolish Mortal Random Banter #38 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12413)
Ink's Smudgy Splotchy Random Banter #39 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12405)
Azrael's Big Black Book of Banter #40 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12397)
The Logic Vampire's Rational Random Banter #41 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12387)
Shiny's Shimmering Space-hitchin Random Banter #42 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12376)
ZombieRockStar's Random Banter #43 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12360)
Nostrabel's Realm of Cookies and Random Banter #44 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12342)
Charity's Cheery Chatter Circle #45 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12328)
Samiam's Spontaneous Scintillating Soliloquy #46 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12310)
LLama's Masked Mysterious Random Banter #47 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26599)
Ravishing Rydia's Recumbentibus ^_^ Random Banter #48 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27622)
Penguinizers Perilous Random Banter #49 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28083)
Death's delightfully morbid surrogate random banter #50 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28444)
Wayril's wonderfully weird surrogate random banter #51 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28990)
Rawhide's Deck of Random Banter (52 Cards) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29697)
Korith's Sorrogate Random Banter of Zombie Killing #53 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30353)
Surrogate thread of random Bor-dom #54 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31109)
Rex Idiotarum's Painfully Pogoing Thread #55 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31512)
The Wrath of KHAAAAAANtalas’s William Shatner Flavored Random Banter # 56 (Surrogate) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32080)
EmeraldRose's Random Banter of Lashing Wit #57 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32494)
Captain van der Decken's Surrogate Ship of Random Loot (Banter) #58 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32847)
SDF's Neverending I-Don't-Have-an-OotS-Avatar-Yet Story Banter #59 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33465)
Mauril's Surrogate Dwelf Banter of Fantasy Race Confusion 60th Edition (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34165)
Rockphed's Dice Rolling Toga Party of 61 Drunken CIA Analysts (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34568)
var Lord_Magtok = Random(Banter*62) + Surrogate (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34801)
Jibar's Retro Random Banter #63 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35014)
Malina's Random Spanish Banter #64 of morphical annoyance (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35256)
Mr. E's Random Banter #65 of Cane Toting and Hat Tipping (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35418)
Ego Slayer's Hellishly Random Banter #66.6 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35596)
Purple Gelatinous Cube o' Doom's bowl of bantery j-e-ll-o randomness #67 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35859)
Zephra's Random Banter of Ghostly Wailings, and Howling Fun#68 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36317)
Cobra Ikari's Random Banter #69 of Rampant Hugging, Guttermindedness, and ;-) Kinky. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36977)
Scorpina's Random Banter #70 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37480)
Raistlin1040's Super Special Awesome Random Banter #71(Now with 20% more tacos) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37824)
Uberblah's Random Banter #72 Of Caffeine And Sleep Deprivation Induced Randomness (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38225)
Lucky’s Random Banter #73 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38987)
Castaras's Random Banter #74 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37836)
D'anna Biers RB #75 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39495)
Zeb The Troll's RB#76 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39801)
Eldpollard's RB #77 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40128)
Gezina's and Calamity's Random banter #78 of double entendre and doom (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40410)
Random Banter #79 In Loving Memory of Hexa_Regina (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40909)
Zeratul's random banter #80 of throwing puppies off bridges (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41778)
Vespe's Random Banter #81 of singing dolphins and mostly harmless planets. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43254)
CSK's Giant in the Playground Forums Addicted Anonymous, Random Banter #82 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44919)
Iames's Ramblingly Erratic Belldandy-Charged Random Banter #83 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47592)
Serpentine's Scintillating Sensually and Sinuously Seductive Stochastic Satire #84 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49048)
Radikalskippy's Random Banter #85 of lost ideas and where to find them... (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50658)
Moon Called's Random Banter #86 of Sexy Anime Boys and Fangirl Squeals (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51825)
Lilly's Lovely Random Banter #87 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52783)
FdL's Fuzzbox-Fueled Random Banter #88 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=54612)
SweetRein's Sugary Restrained Random Banter #89 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=59668)
Midnight's Mutant Motorcycle Madness Random Banter #90 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62430)
Em's Extremely Extraordinarily Epic Random Banter #91 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65645)
Dragonrider's Random Banter in Conjunction with the Weighted Cube #92 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67629)
Bushranger's Bodaciously Buffed Random Banter-y Rooster #93 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=69425)
Haruki's Historically Hilarious Honey-covered Random Banter #94 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71161)
North's Maple Syrup Flavored Non-Alliterative Random Banter #95 Eh? (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73464)
Wadledo's Weirdly Warbling Watercress Watching Washing Machine Only Random Banter #96 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75946)
SMEE's Random Banter #97 of gender bending and closet bursting (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78694)
Raiser's Rambunctiously Rambling Random Banter #98 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=81626)
Dr. Bath's Random Banter, dripping with daring deeds of dastardly deipnosophists #99 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84068)
VOTE, the Democracy Demon's Devilishly Devious and Decidedly Diabolical Desultory Derision (Random Banter) #100 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84914)
Jack Squat's Justlessly Juxtaposed Random Banter #101 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=87577)
Dallas-Dakota's Dundering Dandelion's Devilish Damsel's Distress Random Banter #102 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4790602#post4790602)
Destro Yersul's Dangerously Distracting and Doubtlessly Disturbing Random Banter #103 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4903962#post4903962)
Aziraphales Actually Alliterative and Awesomely Affluent Random Banter #104 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92718)
Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=94491)
Dish's Delightfully Deranged and Deliciously Deliquent Random Banter # 106 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95905)
Slayer's Seemingly Sweet and Socially Silly Random Banter # 107 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=97703)
Zero's ambrosial and aberrantly adventitious, abstemiously erudite Random Banter #108 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=99100)
Coplantor's Completely Creative Cautious and Contemplative Random Banter #109 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=100414)
Rutskarn's Roly-Poly Rebellious and Rejected Random Banter #110 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101156)
TwoBitWriter's Tubular Tracts of Thought-Talking Random Banter #111 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5600540#post5600540)
Phase's Phully Phormed, Phalangeal, and Phantasmagorical Random Banter #112 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101988)
Wolfbane's Wonderfully Wacky and Wildly Wandom Random Banter #113 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=102865)
The Kiwi's Kinkily Knotted and Kookily Kickass Random Banter #114 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103674)
Jude's Judgmental Jugular Jab and Jibber Jabbery Random Banter #115 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=104480)
The Throne of Thufir's Thoroughly Theoretical and Therapeutic Random Banter #116 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=105584)
Random Banter #117 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=106698)
Dragonprime's Dynamically Dangerous Dextrous and Destructive Random Banter #118 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=107882)
Farmer Felix's Fantastic FRandom FBanter #119 (may contain traces of fnuts) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=109007)
Groundhog's Random Banter of Weather Prediction and Anti-Gopherness (part one) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=110963&page=50)
Groundhog's Random Banter of Weather Prediction and Anti-Gopherness (part two) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=113197)
Mrmud's Mixed-Up and Minimally Mechanized Random Banter #121 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=114623)
Dogmantra's Dastardly, Despotic and Dangerous Random Banter #122 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=116660)
Alteran's Amazingly Anachronistic, Altruistic, and Antagonistic Random Banter #123
(http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=118380)Admiral Euphoria's Random Banter Thread of Delusional Grandeur #124 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6614894)
Fred's Flying Fishy, Fighting, Fiery, Fantastic Face Off Random Banter #125 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121385)
Cyrano’s Non-Alliterative Inaugurational Random Banter #126 To Usher In The Future (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=122977)
Thanatos's Tharmturges Present: Tropical, Tipsy, and Typically Random Banter #127
loopy's Legendary and Long-Awaited Lollipop Fuelled Random Banter #128 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=123816)
Shadow's Shady Shop of Sharks, Shingles, Shammies, Shiny and Random Banter #129 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=125667)
KataraAltinaII's Premature Not So Short & To-The-Point Random Banter #130 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=126557)
Supagoof's Supa-Sensational Silly Symphonies Set Sizzingly On Fire Random Banter #131 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=128570)
Pyrian's Pyrotechnic Pyre of Pyrrhic Pyros with Pyrotic Pythics Random Banter #132! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=130459)
Perenelle's Pleasantly Playful and Passionately Peculiar Random Banter #133 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=131814)
Rpgsr4me's Ravenous, Roaring, Raging Rampage of Random Banter #134 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7373844#post7373844)
Il'deav Ilah'naie's Indiscreet Intimacies on Indigo Iceboats Random Banter #135 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=134438)
Recaiden's Resplendent and Rotating Realistic Random Banter #136 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=136879)
Jibar's Random Banter #137: Return of the Cat-muffin (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=138879)
Edge's Effluence of Extravagant and Effulgent Random Banter #138 (”http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7876065”)
Zeb The Troll's Zecond Go At Ze Random Banter #139 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8061505&postcount=1)
Curly's Rambunctious and Erudite Random Banter #140 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=148462)
Deth Muncher's Destructive and Meandering Random Banter #141 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=150904)
A Thread in Which Banter Most Random is Expulsed Into Existence, By Ravens_cry #142 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=8722755)
Several Silly Sealions Stuffed Seaweed Southward Swiftly (Or, Random Banter #143) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=159998)
The thread that changed name one last time, with style. (Random Banter #144) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=161407)
Banjo’s Bodacious & Boosted Bumper Bulletproof Box of Banter Most Random #145 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=162819)
Masa's Massively Masterful Message Medium - Random Banter #146 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=164224)
KuReshtin's Vociferously Ruminating Harbinger of Random Banter - #147 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=166664)
Archonic's Archaic Acronymical Antidisestablishmentarianism Random Banter - #148 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=169890)
Skeppio's Splendidly Strange & Superbly Scintillating Random Banter - #149 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=173056)
Teddy's Turbulent and Topicless Random Banter #150 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=175338)
Fifty-Eyed Fred's Ferociously Fanatical and Fabulously Fascinating Random Banter #151 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=178205)
Rae's Really Rascally and Ridiculously Rowdy Random Banter #152 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=181296)
Haruki's Hot n' Holy Random Banter #153 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=10176275#post10176275)
MoonCat's Magnificently Mythopoeic Random Banter #154
(http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=187576)Eadin's Exchange of Extraterrestrial Excuses AKA Random Banter #155 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=190034)
Happy HalfTangible's Horrific Hail of Random Banter #156 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=10629167#post10629167)
AtlanteanTroll's Atrocious and Terrific Arcade of Terror - RB #157 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=196302)
LaLa’s Laughably Silly Random Banter Thread – RB #158 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=198767)
Zaydos's Zany Zooetic Random Banter - RB #159 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=200208)
Blue's Blessed and Blissful Random Banter - RB #160 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=201653)
Absolmorph's Azoic Arete of Adventitious and Aimless Random Banter - RB 161 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=202546)
Gwyn's Gloriously Green Garrumphing Garter of Garrulous Gabble! Random Banter #162 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=203954)
Eruantion's Euphoric, Elephant-filled Elevated Epoch of Eurhythmic Random Banter #163 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=205487)
ATW's Awesome Androgynous Avaricious Azure Ardent Adamant Alluvial Random Banter #164 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=207269)
Cynical Avocado's Absolutely Admirable Accumulation of Random Bantering #165 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=209860)
August's Pink Plushy and Phantasmagorically Random Banter Thread #166 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=212011)
Heliomance's Everchanging Thread Title Random Banter #167 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=213053)
Tragic_Comedian's Tremendously Tropical Random Banter #168 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=215180)
Qwertystop's Quickly Quilted, Quip-filled Random Banter #169 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=217326)
Thufir's Thupremely Thatithfying Thecond Random Banter With a Lithp #170
(http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=219654)Feytalist's Fantastically Freakish First Random Banter #171 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=222713)
Dragonprime's Dashing Delight-fu Dazzling Dualistic Random Banter #172
Castaras' Random Banter #173: Bringing back your nostalgic Great Old Ones (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=229164)
Pokemon-freak89's Random Banter number eleventy-twelve... uhh... I mean... number 174 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=231235)
Dark Elf Bard's Random Banter #175:Playin' Underdark Jazz since the Drow went dark. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=235950)
Mutant Sheep's Post Septaquintaquinquecentennial ApRiL fOoLs Random Banter: #176 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=238117)
Elemental's Excitingly Excellent Random Banter: No.CLXXVII (177) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=13163770)
Amiel's Appeasingly Appropriate Arbitrary Amusement (Random Banter): No.CLXXVIII #178 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=245179)
"Your Angel of Banter Awaits." ThePhantasm Presents Random Banter #179 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=13535351)
Serpentine's Secretly Sapphic Salacious Sacrarium of Random Banter #180 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=253047)
Dimonite's Decidedly Draconic Devious Discussions: Random Banter #181 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=254409)
Mercenary Pen's Meticulously Planned Machine of Prose Random Banter #182 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=255754)
Mynxae's Maliciously Magnificent Random Banter #183 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=257322)
Kneenibble's Knack for Knightly Knickers: a Knell for Random Banter #184 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=258878)
Coid's Crowing Conundrum of a Canticle of Crookedly Random Banter #185 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=260837)
Amidus Drexel's Alliterative and Awe-Accentuating Anvil of Random Banter CLXXXVI (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=262894)
Absolmorph's Awkwardly Amorous Albeit Alliterative Advances of Random Banter #187 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=265267)
Wombat's Whimsical Wonderland of Random Banter #188 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=267137)
Death's Daunting but Daring Denouement of Random Banter #189 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=270487)
Dragon Eggs in Lederhosen and Burning Drakes with Random Banter (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=274807)
Devmaar's Notably Unalliterative Random Banter #191 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=278435)
Cuthalion's Creatively Created Cranny for Random Banter #192 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=280998)
TaiLiu's Tea-Filled Tome of Random Banter #193 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=283292)
FinnLassie's Fantabulous Facade of Random Banter #194 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=286018)
Taet's Acrostic: Everyone's Tuned into Random Banter #195 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=289349)

How To Random Banter:
Rules of the Random Banter Thread

1. Spam. For the purposes of RB, one word posts are generally considered spam. Likewise, posts that are nothing but *actions like this* are also be considered spam. Remember that the quality of the post's content is much better than the speed of your response.

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3. If it's already a thread, don't bring it to RB. RB has such a huge range of subject matter even restricted to the little snippets that probably don't warrant their own thread, it doesn't need legitimate thread topics cluttering it up as well. The exception to this is to bring something that is off-topic from one thread, but on-topic for RB and the subject doesn't warrant a thread of its own.

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9. Thread Creator must include the words "Random" and "Banter" as well as the thread #. Try to be concise as well.

10. Every post should contain two visible, legible complete sentences, Subject and Predicate. C'mon, make your old English teachers proud.

11. Remember, Random Banter is not your IM client. If you want to have a back and forth discussion with just one person, look in their contact information for IM details.

12. Whenever a new thread is created, all "first post", "first page", and all posts of that nature will be deleted by the administrators. Please avoid doing this, as it is frustrating for them to deal with one-lined posts like this.

13. Double-posting is not your friend. We have edit buttons for a reason.

14. Once you have made a Random Banter thread, you must wait 50 threads before making another one.

15. If you can avoid dibs calling on making the next thread, that will avoid people needing to wait if the thread hits 50 pages while the dibs-caller is asleep.

_/_/_/_/

Aaaaaand... go!

Teddy

2013-07-10, 05:46 PM

Oh! I think I should bid farewell to this thread, then... Oh, it's been fun times, Taet's thread! *hugs the thread*

Yeah, this must be the first time since an eternity when I actually got to witness the thread creation. And by "eternity", I probably mean "back to #150", which was the thread I created...

Hattish Thing

2013-07-10, 05:52 PM

I claim this thread for myself. >_>

Thufir

2013-07-10, 05:52 PM

Copied over from last thread:

:smalltongue:

Reasons not to come:
1. Still in Finland.
2. No moneys.
3. No meetups for me.

Well, come to the next one that happens while you're in the UK. Or get enough money to travel from Finland for one some time!

I'm just having some sort of a life crisis. Everyone seems to be getting married & having kids but me.

I kind of get that. Not so much people getting married and having kids (Though some of my friends have), but people generally getting on with their lives.

Well, she's more in the "**** tier" of in it for the evulz, which is only barely trumped by guys like Ganon who are just doing it for power. Or maybe it's basically the same tier. Ozymandias is god tier since his motives are arguably better than those of the actual protagonists. I think sympathetic villains who we can still acknowledge as inarguably worse than the protagonists are the next step down and then there's meh stuff like evil because crazy or nature.

Eh, I'd say it varies. Sometimes it's interesting to have a villain with a bit of a tragic backstory or whatever, or at least some explanation for why they are the way they are, but sometimes the purity of a "for the evulz" villain can be more fitting and compelling in an entirely different way.

Yes, and Taet is saying RD isn't on the list as having ever made one, contradictory to his statement as having made one in the past.

Au contraire. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=106698)

Curses, my secret is discovered!

Wait, that wasn't even a secret. I was totally referring to something else with that evil laugh.

Sorry to spoil your fun, but I like being the know-it-all.

Yesh, the second and third are great! The fourth is... meh.

I would disagree. The second was a bit ,eh in places, the third was good with some spectacular moments, and the fourth was more or less back to the good quality of the first.

Edit @^: Um... no?

FinnLassie

2013-07-10, 05:53 PM

Yeah, this must be the first time since an eternity when I actually got to witness the thread creation. And by "eternity", I probably mean "back to #150", which was the thread I created...

*wipes tear from the corner of her eye*

Sniff, Nalle, the creation of a Random Banter thread... It's such a beautiful thing, isn't it?

Let's just all admire this gorgeous event. So. Beautiful.

MoonCat

2013-07-10, 05:53 PM

Blech, Ew. Naked Johnny Depp. :smallyuk:

He is very talented, though.

Oh, was he actually naked? My mum must have been self-censoring, she always said it was a shirtless scene.

Oh, yes, definitely. Can we just forcibly separate him from Tim Burton?

Au contraire. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=106698)

That;s not au contraire, that's exactement ainsi. I said he wasn't on the list, not that he hadn't made a thread. And on the old list, RB #117 is jsut called that, missing the name of RD. Which is inconvenient for archive purposes.

FinnLassie

2013-07-10, 05:57 PM

Well, come to the next one that happens while you're in the UK. Or get enough money to travel from Finland for one some time!

I kind of get that. Not so much people getting married and having kids (Though some of my friends have), but people generally getting on with their lives.

Sorry, I doubt. I'd feel too uncomfortable with it.

My buddies from the UK aren't really marrying and the acquaintances that are, well, they've graduated this summer. But man, here in Finland, everyone's just settling down and multiplying. Scary.

Drakeburn

2013-07-10, 06:00 PM

Really? :smallconfused:

Just, "Random Banter"?

Is that all you could come up with? :smallannoyed:

Thufir

2013-07-10, 06:01 PM

That;s not au contraire, that's exactement ainsi. I said he wasn't on the list, not that he hadn't made a thread. And on the old list, RB #117 is jsut called that, missing the name of RD. Which is inconvenient for archive purposes.

Except it's not contrary to his claim to have made one before, because he did make one before.
And how is it inconvenient for archive purposes?

Really? :smallconfused:

Just, "Random Banter"?

Is that all you could come up with? :smallannoyed:

He is under no obligation to come up with an elaborate title, which I do not doubt he could if he so wished.

Teddy

2013-07-10, 06:09 PM

*wipes tear from the corner of her eye*

Sniff, Nalle, the creation of a Random Banter thread... It's such a beautiful thing, isn't it?

Let's just all admire this gorgeous event. So. Beautiful.

Like a firework of untapped potential... :3

Really? :smallconfused:

Just, "Random Banter"?

Is that all you could come up with? :smallannoyed:

I for one find it delightfully short, a welcome change of pace in its originality, like a brief winter to refresh your summer spirit (or vice versa)...

Except it's not contrary to his claim to have made one before, because he did make one before.
And how is it inconvenient for archive purposes?

Well, it makes it harder to enforce the "50 threads minimum" rule, but for as long as only one person is doing it, it should be fine...

ION:
No, now it's bedtime for teddybears. Good night, friends! :smallsmile:

Taet

2013-07-10, 06:24 PM

My buddies from the UK aren't really marrying and the acquaintances that are, well, they've graduated this summer. But man, here in Finland, everyone's just settling down and multiplying. Scary.

Yes it is scary. Every bridal shower and baby shower might be the last time the people ever see that girl. And of course you're not supposed to say it and scare her. So that thought just sits there but it shows up anyway.

I mean, I could never see you again after this. But there was no good reason to think that would happen. It would be OK but not saying goodbye when death is coming is not OK.

Dying is scary even if someone is just dying in the spirit. Even if you will only never see her again.

FinnLassie

2013-07-10, 06:34 PM

Yes it is scary. Every bridal shower and baby shower might be the last time the people ever see that girl. And of course you're not supposed to say it and scare her. So that thought just sits there but it shows up anyway.

I mean, I could never see you again after this. But there was no good reason to think that would happen. It would be OK but not saying goodbye when death is coming is not OK.

Dying is scary even if someone is just dying in the spirit. Even if you will only never see her again.

Bridal shower? Baby shower? What are they?

You're a silly wee thing, aintcha.

Qwertystop

2013-07-10, 06:46 PM

Yeah... I looked through the archives, and it hasn't been this simple since the very start.

Mutant Sheep

2013-07-10, 06:46 PM

I am too lazy to bring quote over from last thread (*boogie*, by the way.:smallcool::smallwink:), but the second and third Pirates movies are pretty horrible. A pathetic excuse for a time jump, random characterization changes, and the installment of a non intimidating villain who is blackmailing Sushiface.:smallmad: The first one at least pretended to be funny, and didn't let Depp do... Whatever he wanted. ALSO, IT DIDN't NEED A SEQUEL. ESPECIALLY NOT TWO MOVIES THAT BARELY EVEN share... The...same setting...*cries*

Taet

2013-07-10, 07:09 PM

Bridal shower? Baby shower? What are they?

You're a silly wee thing, aintcha.

They are parties before the wedding or before the baby and everyone is required to bring a gift for her. Maybe it's an American idea. So I don't know if the answer is "you will find out soon" or maybe you don't have them at all where you live.

I have lost friends that way even if they are still alive. If I call her and try to talk she is not the same person any more. We're strangers. I am grieving. That's OK. We can grieve together about our own woes. The classic grief drink is something stronger than tea though.

I claim this thread for myself. >_>

Copied over from last thread:
Au contraire. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=106698)

Edit @^: Um... no?

Oh. I see now. And why not. It seems OK to me now to have a different person make the thread and claim the thread. What did The Rose Dragon call it? A surrogate, that was it.

Drakeburn

2013-07-10, 07:20 PM

Thufir

2013-07-10, 08:57 PM

Yeah... I looked through the archives, and it hasn't been this simple since the very start.

Au contraire. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=106698)

@Mutant Sheep: What did you think of the fourth one?

TaiLiu

2013-07-10, 08:58 PM

Who knew how much fun poultry can be.
You have some wild chicken, yes.

Rawhide

2013-07-10, 09:18 PM

I almost missed this thread, without the elaborate title. I almost said that this was a trend that harkened back to the classics, but even they included the creator's name which this one does not. Though, this wasn't the first time he's done this... (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=106698)

ION: I'm still listening to that Rihanna cover by Steam Powered Giraffe (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU-VJOzb-10) which I posted last thread.

Also, the Killing Floor 80% off sale (http://store.steampowered.com/app/1250/) ends very soon. Grab it now.

Rain Dragon

2013-07-10, 09:18 PM

Really? :smallconfused:

Just, "Random Banter"?

Is that all you could come up with? :smallannoyed:

RB: the Vanilla version. Clever, huh? I see no issue.

I would not be surprised if those chickens could escape from Alcatraz. :smallsigh:

Who knew how much fun poultry can be. Top that, budgies! :P

You know, chicken Alcatraz would be a line of chalk on a bit of concrete with a row of chickens stuck staring at it.

Poultry is even more enjoyable when the city kids decide to try to catch the chickens. Usually you do not need to. Just herding them into the coup is good enough. Just like ducks, you probably do not want to cuddle them; they will leave presents running down your front. Baby chickens are very cuddly though (just be careful as they are a little fragile).

Now if you want an affectionate bird, you need budgies. (Cockatiels still make better companions however, and ravens are quite smart.)

TaiLiu

2013-07-10, 09:25 PM

RB: the Vanilla version. Clever, huh? I see no issue.
Besides the lack of a name, of course. :smalltongue:

Mutant Sheep

2013-07-10, 09:52 PM

@Mutant Sheep: What did you think of the fourth one?

Was afraid to see it. So I didn't.:smalltongue: (The whole "Actually decent villain" coming back from the first movie annoyed me when I saw the second ones end. Them making this -quel of "roar Blackbeard, looks like squid face, but less squid (evil goons recycled) just looked so intolerable..:smallsigh: But I actually liked the first movie. So contaminated demands of purity can be ignored.:smalltongue:

LaZodiac

2013-07-10, 10:23 PM

Hello friends! I return from work! How you are all doing?

Rain Dragon

2013-07-10, 10:27 PM

Hello friends! I return from work! How you are all doing?

Hallo. Hmm, friends of whom? I myself am doing reasonably well. Despite construction going on next door, I seem to have slept well. Which is good because I have work in a couple of hours.

TaiLiu

2013-07-10, 10:30 PM

Hello friends! I return from work! How you are all doing?
I'm doing maths, comrade.

LaZodiac

2013-07-10, 10:32 PM

Hallo. Hmm, friends of whom? I myself am doing reasonably well. Despite construction going on next door, I seem to have slept well. Which is good because I have work in a couple of hours.

I've got a few specific friends here, but I meant all my peeps, but they associates, people I don't know, or people I've just met.

I'm doing maths, comrade.

I feel so sorry. Unless you like maths, in which case yay!

TaiLiu

2013-07-10, 10:34 PM

I feel so sorry. Unless you like maths, in which case yay!
I'm conflicted, myself. I like mathematics, but these problems are very long.

LaZodiac

2013-07-10, 10:42 PM

I'm conflicted, myself. I like mathematics, but these problems are very long.

Ahh, sounds frustrating.

I'm totally bad at math XP

Amidus Drexel

2013-07-10, 10:42 PM

I go away for two days and there is a new thread.

*golf clap* I'm proud of you, RB. Keep it coming. :smallcool:

I think I skipped a few things that I thought were hilarious but didn't feel like dragging up. So, Coid, Dimo, & Enderlord; y'all made me laugh. :smallamused:

It's not just your corner! It's all of our corner! I'm just making it nicer so people can visit this place more! Idiot! I-i-it's not like I wanted to be here anyways, someone sent me here to cry in the first place! :smallmad: I have a hard time remembering who made me cry but I BET IT WAS YOU. >=|

Oh no, you're sitting there right now! Chaining you down now, darn it. :smallmad: Hrmmphm..

My greyblue pen is in Scotland. That's the jean colour I'd put on you instead of a hideous screaming bright blue... Hrmph.

Oh, anyone? :smalltongue: And yeah, you're totally horrible.

With you it's the same thing.

Gahahahahahahah :smallbiggrin: Serves you right. no, wait, the bard's leaving! crap! ;_;

But have you ever bloodied your knuckles trying to open a bottle? Try topping that.

ET WAS MAH CORNAH TAH BUHGIHN WITH! :smalltongue: :smallamused: It was, and I'm not sure how you forgot. :smallertongue:

Mwahahahahahaha :smallbiggrin:

Hrm... I'm tempted to mess with the resolution on this monitor to see if I can get rid of the blue. :smallamused:

And damn proud! :smallcool:

Nah. I complain about everything, whether there's a problem with it or not. I only point out inaccuracies that are there. :smalltongue: :smallwink:

I enjoyed myself. :smalltongue: Mwhahahahaha :smallertongue:

No. I know how to open a bottle, and I don't try to do that when I'm angry. :smalltongue:

Implying you've gotten to hear Amidus play when he hoards it away from the rest of us. :smalltongue:

Mwhahahaha :smallbiggrin: And you'll never know, will you?

Wait. Is it true that people don't read a reply unless there is a quote box from their own post on top of it?

I guess I'll never get an answer to that if the answer is "yes" but it would explain a lot.

Some people don't. It's a useful way to keep track of who's talking to you. I normally read through everything unless it's obviously not of interest to me, unless I've got a bunch of pages to catch up on, and then I just skim through the posts until I see my name or something funny.

CurlyKitBoy (When will you change that???), no one knows what you're talking about anymore.:smalltongue: All we have is the MAKEOUT corner for Finn and Amidus. (It's also a scribble center):smallbiggrin:

Oh, yeah. What Curly said fits word better. It can be negative, but it does mean a rather clever and effective, if cynical, plot. Machiavellian plots are plots that work, after all. (Though, considering what the Prince actually is, shouldn't the word mean something else?:smallconfused::smalltongue:)

Quoting, Bolding, good ways of getting the conversation with someone else going. Coidzor induced Spoilered-conversations... Weird. Don't do those.:smalltongue:

You may not want to let Finn-tsun know you said that. You'll have all sorts of stuff scribbled on your face. :smalltongue: :smallamused:

I would always treat it as a compliment, but I do that for most things. You, sir, are welcome. :smallcool: Also, yay for satire!

He can spoiler them as much as he wants; I still skim the ones that aren't to me and respond in a full wall of unspoilered text. :smallamused:

Argh, then there's that. The silliest friends actually being in steady relationships, cohabitating... sambo! sambo! :smallwhitetongue:
*dies as an old cat lady* /jk

If you're the least silly of all of your friends, then you know some crazy people. :smalltongue: :smallamused:

My ancient neighbour said that, once upon a time when she took care of the garden for the disabled man who lived here, the strawberries were there. This means that I have pulled the plug on several decades of descendants. The plants were very handsome, too, and the roots smelled sweetly like berries as I tore them up. ;___; Am I a monster?

What a horrible thing for you to do, Kneenibble. I'm sure his progeny will never forgive you. :smalltongue: :smallamused:

Yes it is scary. Every bridal shower and baby shower might be the last time the people ever see that girl. And of course you're not supposed to say it and scare her. So that thought just sits there but it shows up anyway.

Dying is scary even if someone is just dying in the spirit. Even if you will only never see her again.

Depending on the person, I'd probably be jumping for joy. :smallamused:

Dying isn't scary. It's other people dying that sucks. As soon as I have a rough estimate of when I'm going to die, I'll start burning bridges. I'll enjoy pissing them off, and they'll enjoy waiting for me to kick the bucket. Win-win. :smallcool:

Then again, I may have a bit of a skewed perspective on this. :smallamused:

I'm conflicted, myself. I like mathematics, but these problems are very long.

What math are you studying?

ION: So, WVA and stuff. I'll get to it in a bit.

TaiLiu

2013-07-10, 10:53 PM

Ahh, sounds frustrating.

I'm totally bad at math XP
It is!

What math are you studying?
I have no idea. The problem I am doing involves finding the perimeter of a triangle with only a slope and a point.

I've never encountered anything like this before.

ION: So, WVA and stuff. I'll get to it in a bit.
Oo, exciting!

Drakeburn

2013-07-10, 10:56 PM

You know, chicken Alcatraz would be a line of chalk on a bit of concrete with a row of chickens stuck staring at it.

Poultry is even more enjoyable when the city kids decide to try to catch the chickens. Usually you do not need to. Just herding them into the coup is good enough. Just like ducks, you probably do not want to cuddle them; they will leave presents running down your front. Baby chickens are very cuddly though (just be careful as they are a little fragile).

Now if you want an affectionate bird, you need budgies. (Cockatiels still make better companions however, and ravens are quite smart.)

These are really smart chickens. Their intelligences matches the chickens in the movie Chicken Run. What they lack is the ability to speak English.

And I've had my fair share of chicken poop. Made the mistake of having one on my lap. Next thing I know, there was a large stain on my lap.

And I've held a baby chicken in my hand before. Only, it actually pooped in my hand and it splattered onto one of my shoes that I had replaced a really long time ago.

By the way, where have you been Hatter!?!? *hugs* It has been quite a while.

Rain Dragon

2013-07-10, 11:03 PM

By the way, where have you been Hatter!?!? *hugs* It has been quite a while.

Lurking. I lost the will to post a while ago and ended up with a job as well. So, you missed my posts? :smallconfused:

enderlord99

2013-07-10, 11:05 PM

I have no idea. The problem I am doing involves finding the perimeter of a triangle with only a slope and a point.

I've never encountered anything like this before.

The term is "trigonometry."

Would it be cheating to ask someone over the Internet and just use the answer they/I gave you?

EDIT: Wait, one slope and one point? And nothing else? I believe that is completely impossible, at least if the term "slope" was used correctly.

Hattish Thing

2013-07-10, 11:08 PM

Oh, was he actually naked? My mum must have been self-censoring, she always said it was a shirtless scene.

Oh, yes, definitely. Can we just forcibly separate him from Tim Burton?

That;s not au contraire, that's exactement ainsi. I said he wasn't on the list, not that he hadn't made a thread. And on the old list, RB #117 is jsut called that, missing the name of RD. Which is inconvenient for archive purposes.

Oh? I actually kinda like him...

TaiLiu

2013-07-10, 11:11 PM

Lurking. I lost the will to post a while ago and ended up with a job as well. So, you missed my posts? :smallconfused:
Huh. I thought you already had a job.

The term is "trigonometry."
Ah; I figured.

Would it be cheating to ask someone over the Internet and just use the answer they/I gave you?
Well, it's not a test or anything, and I'm already searching the Internet... :smalltongue:

EDIT: Wait, one slope and one point? And nothing else? I believe that is completely impossible, at least if the term "slope" was used correctly.
Hm.

enderlord99

2013-07-10, 11:14 PM

Well, it's not a test or anything, and I'm already searching the Internet... :smalltongue:

Well? What's the question?

Rain Dragon

2013-07-10, 11:15 PM

Huh. I thought you already had a job.

I stopped posting around August/September last year and only started posting again a month or so ago. So at the time I stopped posting, no I did not have a job.

TaiLiu

2013-07-10, 11:21 PM

Well? What's the question? I CAN ANSWER IT!!!1!
I like your enthusiasm. :smalltongue:

Ahem. "Find the perimeter of the triangle OPQ."http://s8.postimg.org/6k658rolx/Math_problem.png

I stopped posting around August/September last year and only started posting again a month or so ago. So at the time I stopped posting, no I did not have a job.
Ah! I see.

Rawhide

2013-07-10, 11:24 PM

*le sigh*

Slowly going through and activating all the "pay what you want" bundles and other such games I haven't activated on Steam yet from over the past several months.

Coidzor

2013-07-10, 11:26 PM

TaiLiu

2013-07-10, 11:26 PM

*le sigh*

Slowly going through and activating all the "pay what you want" bundles and other such games I haven't activated on Steam yet from over the past several months.
These "pay what you want" bundles... Is zero dollars an option?

Amidus Drexel

2013-07-10, 11:28 PM

I have no idea. The problem I am doing involves finding the perimeter of a triangle with only a slope and a point.

I've never encountered anything like this before.

Oo, exciting!

Oh, triangle trig. The stuff that makes sense, where you don't have to memorize a bunch of useless formulas. I liked that stuff.

Yeah, but you'll wish you had it back when you get to trig with circles. :smallamused:

Not really. I mean, it was relaxing, but that's because we didn't do much. Some parts are very pretty back there. Honestly, most of the state reminds me of this county, except the towns are smaller or nonexistent. I tried to take some pictures, but they didn't turn out particularly well (for a few reasons: 1) I am no photographer, 2)We were riding in a car, on some fairly rough roads, and 3) Even where the roads were pretty nice, there were trees lining the sides of them nearly everywhere), but I may post some later, if any were any good.

First interesting place we went was an old coal mine they'd turned into a museum sort of thing. (out near Beckley, I think). They had a few buildings (either rebuilt or moved from somewhere else) dressed up like they would have been back in the early 1900's when the mines were booming, complete with the sort of things miners back then would have had with them. There was a church, a schoolhouse, a superintendent's house, a 1-room house, and a 3-room house; all full of things from that era (or that looked like they were, anyway). The really interesting part, though, was that they had a cart that went down into the old mines, and a guide would stop at a few places underground and show you things about how mines worked back then.

Speaking of coal, there are exposed rock faces in WVA (from where they blasted the mountains to build roads) where you can see layers of coal between the other rocks. It's pretty cool.

My father's mother's side of the family is from WVA (and she came along on the trip), and basically we went and drove down around where her family used to live back in the 50's. Have you ever heard of a "town" called Isaban (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaban,_West_Virginia)?

If you haven't, you share something with well over 7 billion people. :smallamused:

There isn't much there; it's a few houses on the side of a mountain. There are actually a lot of little towns like it (some bigger, some slightly smaller) down in that area; we drove through a whole bunch of 'em. (We crossed into KY and southwestern VA some too). Most were very similar to some of the hollers around here; you've got two ridges, a road, a creek, and houses in between. (sometimes the houses are on the opposite side of the creek as the road, sometimes not). There were some fairly nice houses back there, though there were some that were little better than shacks.

I like your enthusiasm. :smalltongue:

Ahem. "Find the perimeter of the triangle OPQ."http://s8.postimg.org/6k658rolx/Math_problem.png

~11.217 units, although you may want to check me on that.

Anyway, that's not so much trig as it is algebra; I thought you meant something like: for a triangle ABC, angle ABC=32*, angle ACB=57* and side AC=5. Solve for the remaining angles and sides of the triangle. (that should be possible to do... someone that's done this recently may correct me).

Rawhide

2013-07-10, 11:32 PM

These "pay what you want" bundles... Is zero dollars an option?

Considering that some of that goes to charity (and you can set the amount up to 100% to charity), that would be absolutely heartless.

You can pay only a few cents if you want (don't, the developers and charities deserve better than that), but for the Humble Bundles you must pay at least $1 USD in order to get the Steam keys, and you must pay more than the current average to get every game in the bundle.

ION: Just activated The Walking Dead! Woo!

enderlord99

2013-07-10, 11:34 PM

I like your enthusiasm. :smalltongue:

Ahem. "Find the perimeter of the triangle OPQ."http://s8.postimg.org/6k658rolx/Math_problem.png

Triangle OPQ?:smallconfused: The image is that of a dog-eared piece of paper with a hill and a cloud on it.

TaiLiu

2013-07-10, 11:37 PM

Yeah, but you'll wish you had it back when you get to trig with circles. :smallamused:
Aw, darn it.

Not really. I mean, it was relaxing, but that's because we didn't do much. Some parts are very pretty back there. Honestly, most of the state reminds me of this county, except the towns are smaller or nonexistent. I tried to take some pictures, but they didn't turn out particularly well (for a few reasons: 1) I am no photographer, 2)We were riding in a car, on some fairly rough roads, and 3) Even where the roads were pretty nice, there were trees lining the sides of them nearly everywhere), but I may post some later, if any were any good.

First interesting place we went was an old coal mine they'd turned into a museum sort of thing. (out near Beckley, I think). They had a few buildings (either rebuilt or moved from somewhere else) dressed up like they would have been back in the early 1900's when the mines were booming, complete with the sort of things miners back then would have had with them. There was a church, a schoolhouse, a superintendent's house, a 1-room house, and a 3-room house; all full of things from that era (or that looked like they were, anyway). The really interesting part, though, was that they had a cart that went down into the old mines, and a guide would stop at a few places underground and show you things about how mines worked back then.

Speaking of coal, there are exposed rock faces in WVA (from where they blasted the mountains to build roads) where you can see layers of coal between the other rocks. It's pretty cool.

My father's mother's side of the family is from WVA (and she came along on the trip), and basically we went and drove down around where her family used to live back in the 50's. Have you ever heard of a "town" called Isaban (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaban,_West_Virginia)?

If you haven't, you share something with well over 7 billion people. :smallamused:

There isn't much there; it's a few houses on the side of a mountain. There are actually a lot of little towns like it (some bigger, some slightly smaller) down in that area; we drove through a whole bunch of 'em. (We crossed into KY and southwestern VA some too). Most were very similar to some of the hollers around here; you've got two ridges, a road, a creek, and houses in between. (sometimes the houses are on the opposite side of the creek as the road, sometimes not). There were some fairly nice houses back there, though there were some that were little better than shacks.
Hm. Interesting terrain.

~11.217 units, although you may want to check me on that.
...Teach me your magic. (Alternately, link me to a website that will, since I can't seem to find any...)

Considering that some of that goes to charity (and you can set the amount up to 100% to charity), that would be absolutely heartless.

You can pay only a few cents if you want (don't, the developers and charities deserve better than that), but for the Humble Bundles you must pay at least $1 USD in order to get the Steam keys, and you must pay more than the current average to get every game in the bundle.
Ah, I see!

Triangle OPQ?:smallconfused: The image is that of a dog-eared piece of paper with a hill and a cloud on it.
I'm... I'm not sure how you're seeing that.

LaZodiac

2013-07-10, 11:39 PM

*le sigh*

Slowly going through and activating all the "pay what you want" bundles and other such games I haven't activated on Steam yet from over the past several months.

"I have too many games since I donated to charity" is a problem that is itself not much of a problem :smalltongue:

Also, The Walking Dead game is fantastic.

enderlord99

2013-07-10, 11:39 PM

I'm... I'm not sure how you're seeing that.

Because I'm using Chrome. If I was using IE, it would probably be a red X.

LaZodiac

2013-07-10, 11:40 PM

Because I'm using Chrome. If I was using IE, it would probably be a red X.

Huh. It's not a Red X for me. For me it's...a triangle. Since it's a triangle XP

Rain Dragon

2013-07-10, 11:40 PM

Ahem. "Find the perimeter of the triangle OPQ."http://s8.postimg.org/6k658rolx/Math_problem.png

...Teach me your magic. (Alternately, link me to a website that will, since I can't seem to find any...)

I feel I am missing clearly visible information. What does the 'm' refer to? Is it the full length of the side or only to the point? The point at 2,1 is a good clue. So that is two across the bottom and one high. The triangle is right angled, right? Now I am highly curious!

EDIT: I am using Google Chrome as well and the picture is loading fine.

TaiLiu

2013-07-10, 11:41 PM

Because I'm using Chrome. If I was using IE, it would probably be a red X.
Ah; I'm using FireFox.

Does this link show you the picture? (http://postimg.org/image/wsh9y58pd/d3d04b6f/)

I feel I am missing clearly visible information. What does the 'm' refer to?
The slope of side PQ.

Is it the full length of the side or only to the point?
The former, I suppose.

The triangle is right angled, right?
Yes.

Now I am highly curious!
Indeed!

enderlord99

2013-07-10, 11:45 PM

Huh. It's not a Red X for me. For me it's...a triangle. Since it's a triangle XP

...Of course. It fixed itself right after I posted those posts, and now I look like a liar. Typical. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finagle's_law)

Amidus Drexel

2013-07-10, 11:46 PM

Hm. Interesting terrain.

...Teach me your magic. (Alternately, link me to a website that will, since I can't seem to find any...)

Far from it! :smallbiggrin: I kid. It's very pretty back there.

Uh... gimme a minute. It's past midnight, and my math is going to be suspect until I make sure I've triple-checked that I'm doing it right. I'm prone to making hasty mistakes even when I'm fully awake...

I feel I am missing clearly visible information. What does the 'm' refer to? Is it the full length of the side or only to the point? The point at 2,1 is a good clue. So that is two across the bottom and one high. The triangle is right angled, right? Now I am highly curious!

EDIT: I am using Google Chrome as well and the picture is loading fine.

m is the slope of the line. You have everything you need to know. First, you solve for what x-value the line crosses each axis. (in this case, it crosses at (2.5,0) and (0,4). Then you use the pythagorean theorem (a2+b2=c2) to find the third side, and you add the three together.

And that's one of the more endearing eccentricities, aye.

Well, no, not without asking nicely and trusting in actually getting a straight answer. And I already know there's no point in asking that of either of you. :smalltongue:

Nahh, she's on to us thinking it's endearing, she'll probably spit the poor ship and roast him into shwarma. mmm.... shwarma....

*narrows eyes* :smallamused:

Heheheh, all of my answers are as straight as Elton John! :smallcool:

Mmm... roast mutton... On second thought, Sheep, keep talking. :smallamused:

Compliments are good, after all.

I find it a refreshing reminder not to be too proud, really. :smallwink:

Never crossed my mind. :smallcool:

...It's time to put you back in your cage, isn't it? :smallamused:
Aw hell naw!
Comeere! *clicks and whistles* :smalltongue:

Depends on the method of death. I don't relish the idea of drowning, for instance. Doesn't rate very high on my list of fears though, I'll admit.

Hope you caught up on your sleep. Or enjoyed yourself.

I hear it's relatively painless, after you're too tired to struggle.

BAHAHAHAHAHAHA That will never happen. :smallbiggrin:

I did enjoy myself, though. No plan=relaxing.

Dimonite

2013-07-10, 11:47 PM

*gavottes*

So much happens when I take a day off from the forums to focus on Star Trek Online.

@old thread stuff:
Sweeny Todd is awesome, and yes that includes the Tim Burton version; I should probably watch this Black Butler thing that makes Moonie freak out so much; and Frollo is in fact the best Disney villain ever by dint of being voiced by the late, great Tony Jay.

Oh, and Maleficent is awesome because she commands this vast horde of creatures and has the ability to TRANSFORM INTO A FRIKKIN' DRAGON and all she uses it for is to spite the neighbors who were rude to her. I'm pretty sure if I was going to put some effort into it, I could make the case that she's the protagonist of that movie.

Taet

2013-07-10, 11:49 PM

The straight lines of the graph have zero in them somewhere. A plain graph like that has its lines where zero is and that the center is 0,0 unless it is labeled different. And the teacher likes to label those lines different on the very last question to see if you understand that. Putting zero into the equation and solving it gets you information even if there's no zero in the problem. That much I remember. But I don't remember what those lines are called.

These are really smart chickens. Their intelligences matches the chickens in the movie Chicken Run. What they lack is the ability to speak English.

And I've had my fair share of chicken poop. Made the mistake of having one on my lap. Next thing I know, there was a large stain on my lap.

And I've held a baby chicken in my hand before. Only, it actually pooped in my hand and it splattered onto one of my shoes that I had replaced a really long time ago.

By the way, where have you been Hatter!?!? *hugs* It has been quite a while.

I am afraid of cuddling a bird of any size. They seem so delicate. Even the bones of a chicken cut up on the dinner table seem soft. If you say they hold up to a hug, I believe you both, but don't truly believe.

Depends on the method of death. I don't relish the idea of drowning, for instance. Doesn't rate very high on my list of fears though, I'll admit.

Drowning is terrible! Water in your lungs makes them ache in every split path in them once there's water inside. So there is pain and there is also total confusion not knowing which way is up. Everything that you know is gone once you don't know which way is up. I don't know how space pilots survive.

MoonCat

2013-07-10, 11:50 PM

Oh? I actually kinda like him...

Who?

@old thread stuff:
Sweeny Todd is awesome, and yes that includes the Tim Burton version; I should probably watch this Black Butler thing that makes Moonie freak out so much; and Frollo is in fact the best Disney villain ever by dint of being voiced by the late, great Tony Jay.

Oh, and Maleficent is awesome because she commands this vast horde of creatures and has the ability to TRANSFORM INTO A FRIKKIN' DRAGON and all she uses it for is to spite the neighbors who were rude to her. I'm pretty sure if I was going to put some effort into it, I could make the case that she's the protagonist of that movie.

No, the Tim Burton version is terrible. Yes, watch Black Butler, I recommend the dub for the brilliance of J. Michael Tatum and others. Yes, Tony Jay is made of win.

Okay, try. I honestly want to see how you spin a woman trying to murder a child because she didn't get invited to a party as the hero.

LaZodiac

2013-07-10, 11:51 PM

Who?

The...the guy who played Jack Sparrow. Forget his name!

Also, hello Moony!

MoonCat

2013-07-10, 11:53 PM

The...the guy who played Jack Sparrow. Forget his name!

Also, hello Moony!

Johnny Depp? I like Johnny Depp, where'd I say I didn't like him?

Hi.

TaiLiu

2013-07-10, 11:54 PM

Far from it! :smallbiggrin: I kid. It's very pretty back there.
:smalltongue:

Uh... gimme a minute. It's past midnight, and my math is going to be suspect until I make sure I've triple-checked that I'm doing it right. I'm prone to making hasty mistakes even when I'm fully awake...
Oo, exciting!

m is the slope of the line. You have everything you need to know. First, you solve for what x-value the line crosses each axis. (in this case, it crosses at (2.5,0) and (0,4). Then you use the pythagorean theorem (a2+b2=c2) to find the third side, and you add the three together.
Ah, I see.

The straight lines of the graph have zero in them somewhere. A plain graph like that has its lines where zero is and that the center is 0,0 unless it is labeled different. And the teacher likes to label those lines different on the very last question to see if you understand that. Putting zero into the equation and solving it gets you information even if there's no zero in the problem. That much I remember. But I don't remember what those lines are called.
Your description matches Amidus Drexel's, I think.

LaZodiac

2013-07-10, 11:54 PM

Johnny Depp? I like Johnny Depp, where'd I say I didn't like him?

Hi.

WAit, wait, no, I misunderstood. He meant Tim Burton. Sorry!

*hugs!*

Dimonite

2013-07-10, 11:57 PM

No, the Tim Burton version is terrible.

Now, are we saying terrible for a movie or terrible for a SWEENY TODD movie? Because while I disagree with both, I could at least see where you're coming from with the latter.

Yes, watch Black Butler, I recommend the dub for the brilliance of J. Michael Tatum and others.

Isn't that the guy who voiced Isaac in Baccano? *internets* Why yes it is! I love that guy!

Yes, Tony Jay is made of win.

Which reminds me: any other ReBoot fans out there? Man, that show was a huge part of my childhood. Megabyte is the only reason I understand the concept of Lawful Evil.

Okay, try. I honestly want to see how you spin a woman trying to murder a child because she didn't get invited to a party as the hero.

Maybe once I've had some sleep. :smalltongue:

enderlord99

2013-07-10, 11:59 PM

Rawhide

2013-07-11, 12:01 AM

Ok, I think I've got them all added. But not all of them were from the Humble Bundles, and I have the sneaking suspicion I've missed one of the places I purchased from.

No idea why I got the Serious Sam collection, or why they decided to include a different Steam key for each game rather than a single key for the base games and a second for beat the average.

LaZodiac

2013-07-11, 12:05 AM

MoonCat

2013-07-11, 12:06 AM

WAit, wait, no, I misunderstood. He meant Tim Burton. Sorry!

*hugs!*

Oh. Okay...?

<hugglattackles!>

Now, are we saying terrible for a movie or terrible for a SWEENY TODD movie? Because while I disagree with both, I could at least see where you're coming from with the latter.

Isn't that the guy who voiced Isaac in Baccano? *internets* Why yes it is! I love that guy!

Maybe once I've had some sleep. :smalltongue:

I can't judge it as a movie on its own, but as an adaptation of Sweeney Todd, it was ****. What makes you disagree? I honestly can't fathom anyone who knows other versions not hating the 2005 one.

Yep. He also does a podcast and hosts other voice actors from the same company. It's amazing.

Sleep is for losers.

TaiLiu

2013-07-11, 12:07 AM

Sleep is for losers.
:smalltongue:

LaZodiac

2013-07-11, 12:08 AM

Oh. Okay...?

<hugglattackles!>

Yha. So basically he's asking why you don't like Tim Burton. I must admit, I too am curious!

Uwah! *hugs tightly to try and block the hug attack!

Hattish Thing

2013-07-11, 12:08 AM

Who?

No, the Tim Burton version is terrible. Yes, watch Black Butler, I recommend the dub for the brilliance of J. Michael Tatum and others. Yes, Tony Jay is made of win.

Okay, try. I honestly want to see how you spin a woman trying to murder a child because she didn't get invited to a party as the hero.

I was talking about Burton actually. And Helena wasn't a great casting choice for Lovett. Though that she was banging Burton certainly must have helped. :smalltongue:

MoonCat

2013-07-11, 12:11 AM

I was talking about Burton actually. And Helena wasn't a great casting choice for Lovett. Though that she was banging Burton certainly must have helped. :smalltongue:

Johnny Depp should be forcibly separated because of his incredible talent being wasted on the tediously repetitive and over-hyped work of Burton.

HBC was a bad choice, and so was Depp. I love the actor, but his vocal range was not wide enough to play Sweeney.

Hattish Thing

2013-07-11, 12:15 AM

Johnny Depp should be forcibly separated because of his incredible talent being wasted on the tediously repetitive and over-hyped work of Burton.

HBC was a bad choice, and so was Depp. I love the actor, but his vocal range was not wide enough to play Sweeney.

Weeeell. Sometimes I like to see his odd works, even if they are repetitive.

Yeah, they both were. Alan Rickman and Sacha Baron Cohen were great though.

LaZodiac

2013-07-11, 12:15 AM

Johnny Depp should be forcibly separated because of his incredible talent being wasted on the tediously repetitive and over-hyped work of Burton.

HBC was a bad choice, and so was Depp. I love the actor, but his vocal range was not wide enough to play Sweeney.

I completely agree with this. Tim Burton is...pretty much a one trick pony and it's kind of sad.

MoonCat

2013-07-11, 12:17 AM

Weeeell. Sometimes I like to see his odd works, even if they are repetitive.

Yeah, they both were. Alan Rickman and Sacha Baron Cohen were great though.

I've yet to see anything he's adapted at least that hasn't been terrible.

Yes.

I completely agree with this. Tim Burton is...pretty much a one trick pony and it's kind of sad.

Yes.

Rain Dragon

2013-07-11, 12:19 AM

m is the slope of the line. You have everything you need to know. First, you solve for what x-value the line crosses each axis. (in this case, it crosses at (2.5,0) and (0,4). Then you use the pythagorean theorem (a2+b2=c2) to find the third side, and you add the three together.

I see. The line '-2x + p'. The question was not clear enough to me. (The rest you mentioned I had figured, fear not.)

I can't judge it as a movie on its own, but as an adaptation of Sweeney Todd, it was <bad>. What makes you disagree? I honestly can't fathom anyone who knows other versions not hating the 2005 one.

I wanted to like the movie adaptation of Sweeney Todd, I really did... Alas, I could not like it, however I cannot condemn it and have lent the DVD to some of my friends. Some people want to watch Johnny Depp attempt to sing as the blood runs as if glistening rivers of bright, bright red. Depp did not do too badly, but the casters could have chosen a cast with outstanding vocal talents.

A spoiler box for spoilers? What is this?!
Following the variants on story of Sweeney and the Pie Lady (I never cared enough for her to learn her name) may be interesting for those willing to watch multiple versions of the same musical.

EDIT:

HBC was a bad choice, and so was Depp. I love the actor, but his vocal range was not wide enough to play Sweeney.

It seems you beat me to it; I agree.

Hattish Thing

2013-07-11, 12:24 AM

Weeeeeeell. I thought Alice in Wonderland was very nice... Actually. >_>

LaZodiac

2013-07-11, 12:26 AM

Weeeeeeell. I thought Alice in Wonderland was very nice... Actually. >_>

That was one of the worst movies I saw that year.

Hattish Thing

2013-07-11, 12:28 AM

That was one of the worst movies I saw that year.

Let me rephrase that, I liked The Mad Hatter. And... Um... Okay. I may have only liked it for the make-up and my massive crush on Anne Hatheway. :smallredface:

LaZodiac

2013-07-11, 12:29 AM

Let me rephrase that, I liked The Mad Hatter. And... Um... Okay. I may have only liked it for the make-up and my massive crush on Anne Hatheway. :smallredface:

The Mad Hatter was probably the worst aspect of that movie. The costume design was pretty good though. I just really didn't like the movie.

Hattish Thing

2013-07-11, 12:30 AM

The Mad Hatter was probably the worst aspect of that movie. The costume design was pretty good though. I just really didn't like the movie.

I liked his make-up. >_>

And Christopher Lee was there! Briefly... Reeeally briefly.

Rain Dragon

2013-07-11, 12:35 AM

Let me rephrase that, I liked The Mad Hatter. And... Um...

The book never named him did you know? I won't spoil the rest for you, but he makes a brief reappearance in Through the Looking Glass. :smallwink:

Hattish Thing

2013-07-11, 12:37 AM

The book never named him did you know? I won't spoil the rest for you, but he makes a brief reappearance in Through the Looking Glass. :smallwink:

It's my username. I read the books. :smalltongue: Everyone calls him simply Hatter. I just like his longer title.

That Tarrance Hightop business made me laugh out loud, by the way.

Rain Dragon

2013-07-11, 12:46 AM

It's my username. I read the books. :smalltongue: Everyone calls him simply Hatter. I just like his longer title.

My username is a nickname coined for myself during high school (my name and I had a fight). This was before I had read the books, and even after I had read them I was a little confused as to why people named him 'Hatter'. Apparently a lot of people do not use the phrase 'mad as a Hatter' as often as I.

I am glad you read the books. It seems most people I talk to have simply watched the Disney movie and not bothered, which is a crying shame if you ask me.

Coidzor

2013-07-11, 01:40 AM

*narrows eyes* :smallamused:

Heheheh, all of my answers are as straight as Elton John! :smallcool:

Mmm... roast mutton... On second thought, Sheep, keep talking. :smallamused:

It's plain to see. Evil inside of me is on the rise.~

Like a sir. :smallcool:

Mutton today, mutton yesterday, and blimey if it don't look like mutton tomorrer. :smallcool:

Never crossed my mind. :smallcool:

...It's time to put you back in your cage, isn't it? :smallamused:
Aw hell naw!
Comeere! *clicks and whistles* :smalltongue:

I hear it's relatively painless, after you're too tired to struggle.

BAHAHAHAHAHAHA That will never happen. :smallbiggrin:

I did enjoy myself, though. No plan=relaxing.

Oh, you.

Nah, our next appointment's not till next week, sillybilly. :smalltongue:

Well, yeah, actually dying is after you fall unconscious. It's just the terror of knowing what's going to happen and feeling one's lungs burn regardless of whether one is able to futilely try to save one's self or not.

Me being too tired to struggle or me getting a chance to struggle? :smalltongue:

Chillaxing is always good.

Hattish Thing

2013-07-11, 01:43 AM

Mutton today, mutton yesterday, and blimey if it don't look like mutton tomorrer. :smallcool:

That made me squee. I feel so happy now.

LaZodiac

2013-07-11, 01:44 AM

New pokemon info out guys!

Goronda, the Aggressive Pokémon. Goronda is the evolution of Pancham and is Fighting/Dark-type. 2.1m tall, weighs 136kg, and has the ability Iron Fist. It knows Hammer Arm.

Maika, the Revolution Pokémon. Dark/Psychic-type. 0.4m tall, weighs 3.5kg, and has the abilities Contrary or Suction Cup.

Karamanero, the Reversal Pokémon. Karamanero is the evolution of Maika and is Dark/Psychic-type. 1.5m tall, weighs 47kg.

The villains are Team Flare, red haired red sunglassed business suit wearing men and women (the suits are also red. Their hair is fire shaped.)

Kneenibble

2013-07-11, 01:47 AM

*sneeeeeaks into the new thread, leaving replies for tomorrow*

*kidnaps Storm for cuddling purposes*

*sneeeeeaks out of the new thread, leaving replies for tomorrow*

Coidzor

2013-07-11, 01:48 AM

That made me squee. I feel so happy now.

It's my first memory of my dad doing special voices while reading a story to me as a chillen. :smallredface: Kinda stuck with me for some reason.

Hattish Thing

2013-07-11, 01:50 AM

It's my first memory of my dad doing special voices while reading a story to me as a chillen. :smallredface: Kinda stuck with me for some reason.

Aw. That is the most adorable thing. Ever. Seriously.

I want to be a father so terrible badly.

TaiLiu

2013-07-11, 01:52 AM

LaZodiac

2013-07-11, 01:53 AM

Oh, man! That type combination...

On the other hand, I just see the new villains as a cheap knock-off of Team Magma.

More Pokes!

Shushupu, the Perfume Pokémon. Fairy type. 0.2m tall, weighs 0.5kg, and has the ability Healer. Shushupu also knows Aromatherapy.

Peropuff, the Cotton Candy Pokémon. Fairy type. 0.4m tall, weighs 3.5kg, and has the new ability Sweet Bell which prevents it from falling asleep. Peropuff also knows a new move called Drain Kiss.

Xerneas is a pure Fairy type Pokémon, and knows the new ability Fairy Aura which powers up Fairy type moves. It also has an exclusive move called Geo Control.

Yveltal is a Dark/Flying type Pokémon, and knows the new ability Dark Aura which powers up Dark type moves, much like Xerneas' Fairy Aura does for Fairy types. It has an exclusive move called Death Wing.

Also, Team Flare is...probably going to be fire bombing the hell out of Pokefrance.

Amidus Drexel

2013-07-11, 01:54 AM

It's plain to see. Evil inside of me is on the rise.~

Mutton today, mutton yesterday, and blimey if it don't look like mutton tomorrer. :smallcool:

Quickly, build a turbine and generate some electricity! Dammit, we can turn raw evil into profit!

*golf clap* Splendidly done, sir. :smallcool:

Nah, our next appointment's not till next week, sillybilly. :smalltongue:

Well, yeah, actually dying is after you fall unconscious. It's just the terror of knowing what's going to happen and feeling one's lungs burn regardless of whether one is able to futilely try to save one's self or not.

Me being too tired to struggle or me getting a chance to struggle? :smalltongue:

Chillaxing is always good.

I think he's been out enough. Time to pretend to be humble for a few more weeks. :smallamused:

And that, sir, is what shotguns are for. :smallwink:

You know I meant catching up on sleep. :smalltongue:

Indubitably. :smallcool:

*sneeeeeaks into the new thread, leaving replies for tomorrow*

*kidnaps Storm for cuddling purposes*

*sneeeeeaks out of the new thread, leaving replies for tomorrow*

*sets ON STAGE WITH PYROTECHNICS*

TaiLiu

2013-07-11, 01:57 AM

More Pokes!

Shushupu, the Perfume Pokémon. Fairy type. 0.2m tall, weighs 0.5kg, and has the ability Healer. Shushupu also knows Aromatherapy.

Peropuff, the Cotton Candy Pokémon. Fairy type. 0.4m tall, weighs 3.5kg, and has the new ability Sweet Bell which prevents it from falling asleep. Peropuff also knows a new move called Drain Kiss.

Xerneas is a pure Fairy type Pokémon, and knows the new ability Fairy Aura which powers up Fairy type moves. It also has an exclusive move called Geo Control.

Yveltal is a Dark/Flying type Pokémon, and knows the new ability Dark Aura which powers up Dark type moves, much like Xerneas' Fairy Aura does for Fairy types. It has an exclusive move called Death Wing.

Also, Team Flare is...probably going to be fire bombing the hell out of Pokefrance.
I'm neutral on the new pocket monsters. Team Flare, on the other hand: *shakes fists*

LaZodiac

2013-07-11, 02:04 AM

I'm neutral on the new pocket monsters. Team Flare, on the other hand: *shakes fists*

...okay so apparently their goal is "make ALLLLLL the money", so they're like Team Rocket except businessmen. Okay.

Kneenibble

2013-07-11, 02:04 AM

*sets ON STAGE WITH PYROTECHNICS*

AUGH **** SPEEDASAURUS *an awkward and horrible jumble of feathers*

TaiLiu

2013-07-11, 02:06 AM

...okay so apparently their goal is "make ALLLLLL the money", so they're like Team Rocket except businessmen. Okay.
Bah! At least Team Magma had a noble - if misguided - goal. These people are just corrupted jerks.

LaZodiac

2013-07-11, 02:08 AM

Bah! At least Team Magma had a noble - if misguided - goal. These people are just corrupted jerks.

By my understanding this is what people wanted.

Also, Team Magma is...okay, look, Team Galactic tries REALLY HARD to be dumber then Team Magma is, but Team Magma has a dude who literally burns his ear to a crisp due to staying too close to lava, and every plan they had involved them getting killed at the end of it. And when they had to pick between which color to control their huge red monster, they picked a blue orb.

I gotta respect their outfits though.

TaiLiu

2013-07-11, 02:12 AM

By my understanding this is what people wanted.
Huh. This is interesting. So, regular citizens try to stop the protagonist from taking the villains out?

Also, Team Magma is...okay, look, Team Galactic tries REALLY HARD to be dumber then Team Magma is, but Team Magma has a dude who literally burns his ear to a crisp due to staying too close to lava, and every plan they had involved them getting killed at the end of it. And when they had to pick between which color to control their huge red monster, they picked a blue orb.
Also, the whole 'land mass' thing probably isn't the best idea.

I gotta respect their outfits though.
Yeah, the outfits are great. I want to join just to wear them.

LaZodiac

2013-07-11, 02:15 AM

Huh. This is interesting. So, regular citizens try to stop the protagonist from taking the villains out?

Also, the whole 'land mass' thing probably isn't the best idea.

Yeah, the outfits are great. I want to join just to wear them.

I...I meant people in the real life, TaiLiu. People in our reality wanted villains who were focused on making money.

Magma's Best Strategy Ever

Plan 1: Get ontop of volcano, use science to make it erupt. While we're on the lip of the volcano.

Plan 2: Get a space ship, load it with all the jetfuel we can find, and ram spaceship into a volcano to blow it up. While on the space ship since we need to pilot it

Plan 3: Reawaken the red pokemon who focuses on fire and land, who gave us inspiration for our red colours and red, lavay, mountain emblem. Control it with the blue, watery coloured orb.

It's actually kind of hilarious. Team Aqua had one very long, sensible, amazing plan. And no resources to do it. Team Magma was, pun intended, FLAMING IDIOTS, who had all the cash and resources in the world to throw at suicidal plans.

I would too, truth be told.

AsteriskAmp

2013-07-11, 02:19 AM

I...I meant people in the real life, TaiLiu. People in our reality wanted villains who were focused on making money.

Magma's Best Strategy Ever

Plan 1: Get ontop of volcano, use science to make it erupt. While we're on the lip of the volcano.

Plan 2: Get a space ship, load it with all the jetfuel we can find, and ram spaceship into a volcano to blow it up. While on the space ship since we need to pilot it

Plan 3: Reawaken the red pokemon who focuses on fire and land, who gave us inspiration for our red colours and red, lavay, mountain emblem. Control it with the blue, watery coloured orb.

It's actually kind of hilarious. Team Aqua had one very long, sensible, amazing plan. And no resources to do it. Team Magma was, pun intended, FLAMING IDIOTS, who had all the cash and resources in the world to throw at suicidal plans.

I would too, truth be told.Team Aqua plan brilliantly involved using rain to fill the oceans... by forgetting that rain COMES FROM THE OCEANS IN THE FIRST PLACE (in almost its entirety).

Ironically Groudon would have better served their plans by melting the polar caps and flooding the world.

LaZodiac

2013-07-11, 02:21 AM

Team Aqua plan brilliantly involved using rain to fill the oceans... by forgetting that rain COMES FROM THE OCEANS IN THE FIRST PLACE (in almost its entirety).

Ironically Groudon would have better served their plans by melting the polar caps and flooding the world.

I contest that since Kyogre is a magical whale monster it can generate the rain needed to do this.

Also I feel really bad for Team Aqua. Team Magma can afford a dozen drill tanks, a science machine that can make volcanoes erupt, super fast transportation across the world. Team Aqua can't gather up the funds needed to get them into the Muesem(sic). For the record the fee is like 5 cents. It takes them about an hour to find the money to get them all in.

TaiLiu

2013-07-11, 02:22 AM

I...I meant people in the real life, TaiLiu. People in our reality wanted villains who were focused on making money.

Magma's Best Strategy Ever

Plan 1: Get ontop of volcano, use science to make it erupt. While we're on the lip of the volcano.

Plan 2: Get a space ship, load it with all the jetfuel we can find, and ram spaceship into a volcano to blow it up. While on the space ship since we need to pilot it

Plan 3: Reawaken the red pokemon who focuses on fire and land, who gave us inspiration for our red colours and red, lavay, mountain emblem. Control it with the blue, watery coloured orb.

It's actually kind of hilarious. Team Aqua had one very long, sensible, amazing plan. And no resources to do it. Team Magma was, pun intended, FLAMING IDIOTS, who had all the cash and resources in the world to throw at suicidal plans.
...Huh.

Team Aqua plan brilliantly involved using rain to fill the oceans... by forgetting that rain COMES FROM THE OCEANS IN THE FIRST PLACE (in almost its entirety).
It's magic rain, though. :smalltongue:

Also I feel really bad for Team Aqua. Team Magma can afford a dozen drill tanks, a science machine that can make volcanoes erupt, super fast transportation across the world. Team Aqua can't gather up the funds needed to get them into the Muesem(sic). For the record the fee is like 5 cents. It takes them about an hour to find the money to get them all in.
Yeah, the line into the museum was hilarious.

AsteriskAmp

2013-07-11, 02:28 AM

I contest that since Kyogre is a magical whale monster it can generate the rain needed to do this.Drizzle is always active, by this logic even when you catch it, suddenly the water level for the world will keep rising.

Endless energy through hydroelectric dams.

Also I feel really bad for Team Aqua. Team Magma can afford a dozen drill tanks, a science machine that can make volcanoes erupt, super fast transportation across the world. Team Aqua can't gather up the funds needed to get them into the Muesem(sic). For the record the fee is like 5 cents. It takes them about an hour to find the money to get them all in.Team Aqua doesn't even have uniforms; Team Magma uniforms are practically body armour.

LaZodiac

2013-07-11, 02:31 AM

Drizzle is always active, by this logic even when you catch it, suddenly the water level for the world will keep rising.

Endless energy through hydroelectric dams.

Team Aqua doesn't even have uniforms; Team Magma uniforms are practically body armour.

Good point.

I like to imagine that like, Team Aqua spent most of it's budget at a Hot Topic to buy those outfits.

TaiLiu

2013-07-11, 02:36 AM

I like to imagine that like, Team Aqua spent most of it's budget at a Hot Topic to buy those outfits.
A waste, especially since those outfits don't even look good.

Amidus Drexel

2013-07-11, 02:36 AM

AUGH **** SPEEDASAURUS *an awkward and horrible jumble of feathers*

MOAR FIRE! :smallcool:

ION: I make bad decisions at 3am. I would do well to remember that. With any luck, I won't be too sore tomorrow. I'd rather like to use that hand at some point.

Good night, all.

LaZodiac

2013-07-11, 02:39 AM

A waste, especially since those outfits don't even look good.

At least it conveys that they are pirates?

Also, I recall that the Team Aqua grunts start actually recognizing you. Because you never fight more then a certain amount, the idea being that every grunt you fight is a grunt you've fought before, since they've only got like 12 dudes, including the two admins and the leader.

Meanwhile Magma's got like, 50 guys all willing to literally stand so close to a pit of lava for so long that his ear burns to a crisp and his reaction is TO CONTINUE STANDING THERE.

TaiLiu

2013-07-11, 02:44 AM

Also, I recall that the Team Aqua grunts start actually recognizing you. Because you never fight more then a certain amount, the idea being that every grunt you fight is a grunt you've fought before, since they've only got like 12 dudes, including the two admins and the leader.
Oh, yes. One even hands you a TM and runs away from you.

Meanwhile Magma's got like, 50 guys all willing to literally stand so close to a pit of lava for so long that his ear burns to a crisp and his reaction is TO CONTINUE STANDING THERE.
They are certainly loyal.

LaZodiac

2013-07-11, 02:49 AM

Oh, yes. One even hands you a TM and runs away from you.

They are certainly loyal.

These guys are willingly going to their deaths, standing at the edge of a volcano, trying to blow it up. Loyalty isn't the EXACT word I'd use in this situation :smallamused:

I actually cannot even begin to emphasize how crazy that plan is. Plan one. PLAN ONE. Detonate a volcano while we're on the mouth of the volcano. This was plan one.

Anyway, I DO wonder how the fandom will take the villains of X and Y being...completely mundane, not insane businessmen.

TaiLiu

2013-07-11, 03:08 AM

These guys are willingly going to their deaths, standing at the edge of a volcano, trying to blow it up. Loyalty isn't the EXACT word I'd use in this situation :smallamused:

I actually cannot even begin to emphasize how crazy that plan is. Plan one. PLAN ONE. Detonate a volcano while we're on the mouth of the volcano. This was plan one.
Oh, I'm sure they had extensive escape plans and all.

Anyway, I DO wonder how the fandom will take the villains of X and Y being...completely mundane, not insane businessmen.
Well, I'm disappointed. :smalltongue:

Feytalist

2013-07-11, 03:29 AM

Heheh. Pokemon is becoming more realistic?

What is the world coming to.

Deathkeeper

2013-07-11, 05:10 AM

Speaking of Teams, was I the only one thr thought BW2 had a bit of a cop-out by having 90% of the bad guys reveal "lol all the moral ambiguity that made us interesting was a lie, we were all as evil as the boss all along" instead of how the first game implied that it wasn't nearly that many people?
That and it made those stupid ninjas gods who can petrify me while I have a seven foot dragon next to me.

LaZodiac

2013-07-11, 08:22 AM

Oh, I'm sure they had extensive escape plans and all.

Well, I'm disappointed. :smalltongue:

It's...actually explicitly mentioned that they don't.

Speaking of Teams, was I the only one thr thought BW2 had a bit of a cop-out by having 90% of the bad guys reveal "lol all the moral ambiguity that made us interesting was a lie, we were all as evil as the boss all along" instead of how the first game implied that it wasn't nearly that many people?
That and it made those stupid ninjas gods who can petrify me while I have a seven foot dragon next to me.

Well, you see, the Team Plasma members who aren't actually crazy and evil, moved on to New Team Plasma. The current, fully evil Team Plasma, are the last remnants of it, the people who were infact evil and crazy. Also the moral ambiguity was revealed as a lie at the end of the first Black an White game :smallamused:

All the ninja did was an advanced teleporting ninja technique. They're really fast and stuff. I do admit that it's kind of silly they can do this, but it's Pokémon so I can live with it. Ninja's are awesome.

Dimonite

2013-07-11, 08:28 AM

I can't judge it as a movie on its own, but as an adaptation of Sweeney Todd, it was ****. What makes you disagree? I honestly can't fathom anyone who knows other versions not hating the 2005 one.

I just like seeing Depp be a crazy person. :smalltongue:
No, I agree that it could definitely have been done better, but I wouldn't have the first clue who to cast to make that happen. Except maybe Kristin Chenoweth as Mrs. Lovett, due to her amazing voice and the tie-in with Pushing Daisies.

Yep. He also does a podcast and hosts other voice actors from the same company. It's amazing.

This does sound fairly awesome.

Sleep is for losers.

... That's just hurtful. :smalltongue:
Actually, having slept, I realize that I may have... misremembered some key details from that story. :smallredface:

Johnny Depp should be forcibly separated because of his incredible talent being wasted on the tediously repetitive and over-hyped work of Burton.

Only some of it is repetitive and overhyped. Remember Nightmare Before Christmas? That movie was FANTASTIC. Although, oddly enough, that one didn't have Depp in it.

HBC was a bad choice, and so was Depp. I love the actor, but his vocal range was not wide enough to play Sweeney.

Thing is, he sort of has to cast HBC in things. She's his wife. If she wants a part, it would be kinda awkward for him to not give her the part.

I've yet to see anything he's adapted at least that hasn't been terrible.

How about Batman? The one with Nicholson as the Joker is, hands down, the best Batman movie that's been made. Although again, it didn't have Depp and did have Danny Elfman. Maybe Burton should just work with Elfman instead of Depp?

Rawhide

2013-07-11, 08:28 AM

Wait, Team Plasma? You mean they weren't just a made up group for the hilarious PETA parody?

Deathkeeper

2013-07-11, 08:33 AM

Eh, Ghetsis (who is the worst villain ever IMO.) made it sound like he fooled a whole ton of people, including his own members. And new plasma being a tiny fraction compared to Plasma Remnant made it seem like most of them were in on it.

I mostly liked the ninjas, but it's just that they're literally the only reason the plot happened almost four times. And it's not even clear what they do. It's implied they grab your arms so you can't toss a pokeball, but they play that card so many times it just infuriated me. Because when they finally fight you they're pathetically easy. My scrafty didn't even take damage. For all three.
Plus, while I can see them trying to make N Chillest Guy Ever, him letting his dad get away again after he explicitly refused to learn his lesson and move on TWICE without even taking away his minions was so annoying to me I never even bothered to finish the game.

LaZodiac

2013-07-11, 08:46 AM

Wait, Team Plasma? You mean they weren't just a made up group for the hilarious PETA parody?

Yha, Ghetsis (who is actually kind of great, since at the end of the second game he just tells his legendary pokemon to kill us, instead of pokemon fighting us) and Team Plasma are not, infact, PETA. They claim they are, and some people ARE generally trying to do good (and after Plasma is disbanded they go on to realize pokemon are good and become good guys, running an orphanage for abused pokemon) but for the most part, Team Plasma is full of jerks who are doing this to rule the world. The idea is that N will have his dragon, and they'll use the "if you don't get rid of your pokemon, we'll dragon kill you" plan to make it so that only Plasma has pokemon.

In the second game, Ghetsis drops the act and basically becomes terrorist group.

Eh, Ghetsis (who is the worst villain ever IMO.) made it sound like he fooled a whole ton of people, including his own members. And new plasma being a tiny fraction compared to Plasma Remnant made it seem like most of them were in on it.

I mostly liked the ninjas, but it's just that they're literally the only reason the plot happened almost four times. And it's not even clear what they do. It's implied they grab your arms so you can't toss a pokeball, but they play that card so many times it just infuriated me. Because when they finally fight you they're pathetically easy. My scrafty didn't even take damage. For all three.
Plus, while I can see them trying to make N Chillest Guy Ever, him letting his dad get away again after he explicitly refused to learn his lesson and move on TWICE without even taking away his minions was so annoying to me I never even bothered to finish the game.

The idea is that, being beaten this second time, neutered Ghetsis. His mind broke because his plans have been stopped by a bunch of teenagers again and now he's just broken mentally.

Deathkeeper

2013-07-11, 08:50 AM

Okay, that makes a lot more sense. I suppose it was supposed to be shown by him yelling like a six year old at N, but he seemed so immature before that I didn't notice the change.

I(Somewhat)ON: now that gen VI names are being released I have to start coming up with punny names. Although I might have peaked in Black. I don't know if I can beat Samurott Jack, Zoruarksine and Elektrik Slide.

LaZodiac

2013-07-11, 08:52 AM

Deathkeeper

2013-07-11, 08:59 AM

LaZodiac

2013-07-11, 09:06 AM

I wonder if TF will be focusing on Fire types or it's just a name. Most of the teams besides Aqua/Magma seem to focus on Normal, Poison, and Dark, but maybe they'll mix it up.
They should bring back the artifact hunter trainers (what were they called?) with the hats whose name I can never remember either from RSE so we can make Safari jokes.

I want to say that, since the image on their belt buckle is a fire, and all their clothing is red, and their hair is styled to be fire, that they will, infact, be using fire type pokemon. However since they're evil they'll likely be using dark poison and normal pokes in the early to middle game, with some of the stronger ones having fully evolved pokemon of that type. Like how Maxie from Team Magma had Camerupt, Mighteyna, and Crobat.

However, I REALLY hope that, since these guys aren't as far as I can tell actually EVIL, persay (they DO just want to make money. Maybe they're not wholy evil?) they'll use other types.

Deathkeeper

2013-07-11, 09:09 AM

Well, they could go for a slightly less evil Rocket route. Like, they might be really annoying and maybe even break a few laws but they're just really greedy and not totally dangerous until they start messing with legendaries.
Whereas Rockets pretty clearly hurt lots of people with their crimes.

Feytalist

2013-07-11, 09:19 AM

LaZodiac

2013-07-11, 09:24 AM

The Ruin Maniacs? There was something... they pointed the way to the legendaries or something? I forget.

They were always located near a place where a legendary would be. Since they only showed up in R/S/E, that meant they were around the places where the Braille Golems where.

Deathkeeper

2013-07-11, 09:29 AM

They were always located near a place where a legendary would be. Since they only showed up in R/S/E, that meant they were around the places where the Braille Golems where.

I seem to remember there being one in the vicinity of the waterway either for the cave that opened the Golems' doors or Rayquaza as well. Probably the former.

Feytalist

2013-07-11, 09:29 AM

They were always located near a place where a legendary would be. Since they only showed up in R/S/E, that meant they were around the places where the Braille Golems where.

Oh yeah, that's right. I had to read a guide to get that bit.

Braille Golems. Heheh.

Deathkeeper

2013-07-11, 09:37 AM

If the new region is France, though does that mean more people will speak French? Because the ones that did in Black 1 had pretty bad grammar at times.

LaZodiac

2013-07-11, 09:38 AM

If the new region is France, though does that mean more people will speak French? Because the ones that did in Black 1 had pretty bad grammar at times.

Theoretically the people who speak French will speak English due to translation convention.

Qwertystop

2013-07-11, 02:40 PM

LaZodiac

2013-07-11, 02:52 PM

Well. Discoveries have been made:

Unless I'm way off in proportion-estimation, Lavos' spikes can't actually fit how they do.
A desire for precison is a curse.
Especially if you have a good eye for color.
Maya breaks too much for too little.
Saving is really important.

Lavos, being some kind of horrific space Terrasque, can break reality enough to have his spikes fit how they do.

Not sure what you mean for the Maya thing.

Everything else is literally 100% true.

Qwertystop

2013-07-11, 03:07 PM

Lavos, being some kind of horrific space Terrasque, can break reality enough to have his spikes fit how they do.

Not sure what you mean for the Maya thing.

Everything else is literally 100% true.

Maya is the industry-standard 3D modelling program.

I think you can work out where the list's coming from now you've got that info.

I'll upload a few renders when I finish the last bit, and again when I finish the animation.

LaZodiac

2013-07-11, 03:08 PM

Maya is the industry-standard 3D modelling program.

I think you can work out where the list's coming from now you've got that info.

I'll upload a few renders when I finish the last bit, and again when I finish the animation.

Ooooh, you were trying to make a 3D model of Lavos. Interesting...also cool!

Qwertystop

2013-07-11, 03:13 PM

Ooooh, you were trying to make a 3D model of Lavos. Interesting...also cool!

Trying? All I still have to do is the feet (and a bit of refinement on the face - started the program this week and that was the first bit I do), and then i'm done with modelling and just need a texture for the red-veins-on-green before it's done. Then I make it roar.

(anyone know a good texture for the thin veins? I can tweak the colors if necessary)

LaZodiac

2013-07-11, 03:18 PM

Trying? All I still have to do is the feet (and a bit of refinement on the face - started the program this week and that was the first bit I do), and then i'm done with modelling and just need a texture for the red-veins-on-green before it's done. Then I make it roar.

(anyone know a good texture for the thin veins? I can tweak the colors if necessary)

Feet? Oh cool you're doing the inner core as well, sweet!

Qwertystop

2013-07-11, 03:31 PM

Feet? Oh cool you're doing the inner core as well, sweet!

No, I don't have the time for that. Maybe later if I can get indefinite/permanant access to the program instead of access that lasts to midday on the 19th. Are the brown ground-level spikes not feet?

FinnLassie

2013-07-11, 03:34 PM

Me, in today's boasting glory, in drawn form:
http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/y387/smathsinfionnghal/c2c6c0cf-053d-4a79-bbd4-fe9a0cac3d26_zps6c6325a2.jpg

a-a-a-a-chooh!

LaZodiac

2013-07-11, 03:48 PM

No, I don't have the time for that. Maybe later if I can get indefinite/permanant access to the program instead of access that lasts to midday on the 19th. Are the brown ground-level spikes not feet?

Ah, so they are. I never really noticed that. Nice.

Me, in today's boasting glory, in drawn form:
http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/y387/smathsinfionnghal/c2c6c0cf-053d-4a79-bbd4-fe9a0cac3d26_zps6c6325a2.jpg

a-a-a-a-chooh!

*snuggles* feel better soon Finn! Where am I in those blankets :small amused:

Amidus Drexel

2013-07-11, 03:56 PM

I haven't played pokemon in quite a while... I'm a bit lost here.

Me, in today's boasting glory, in drawn form:
http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/y387/smathsinfionnghal/c2c6c0cf-053d-4a79-bbd4-fe9a0cac3d26_zps6c6325a2.jpg

a-a-a-a-chooh!

Feel better!

LaZodiac

2013-07-11, 04:05 PM

I haven't played pokemon in quite a while... I'm a bit lost here.

Long story short, new type lots of new cool pokemon and a new enemy team.

FinnLassie

2013-07-11, 04:08 PM

*snuggles* feel better soon Finn! Where am I in those blankets :small amused:

I'm trying!

I think you've sunken in those used tissues. :smalltongue:

I haven't played pokemon in quite a while... I'm a bit lost here.

Feel better!

The last game I played was Red. I don't even care anymore. :smallcool:

Your corner's filling up with my tissues.
Thanks.

LaZodiac

2013-07-11, 04:14 PM

I'm trying!

I think you've sunken in those used tissues. :smalltongue:

The last game I played was Red. I don't even care anymore. :smallcool:

Your corner's filling up with my tissues.
Thanks.

Good! I'm rooting for you! *snuggles*

Oh noes~

Anyway, I'm off to work.

MoonCat

2013-07-11, 04:48 PM

I just like seeing Depp be a crazy person. :smalltongue:
No, I agree that it could definitely have been done better, but I wouldn't have the first clue who to cast to make that happen. Except maybe Kristin Chenoweth as Mrs. Lovett, due to her amazing voice and the tie-in with Pushing Daisies.

... That's just hurtful. :smalltongue:
Actually, having slept, I realize that I may have... misremembered some key details from that story. :smallredface:

Only some of it is repetitive and overhyped. Remember Nightmare Before Christmas? That movie was FANTASTIC. Although, oddly enough, that one didn't have Depp in it.

Thing is, he sort of has to cast HBC in things. She's his wife. If she wants a part, it would be kinda awkward for him to not give her the part.

How about Batman? The one with Nicholson as the Joker is, hands down, the best Batman movie that's been made. Although again, it didn't have Depp and did have Danny Elfman. Maybe Burton should just work with Elfman instead of Depp?

He wasn't crazy enough in Sweeney Todd! My major issue with him was that he was directed to play an incredibly reserved and quiet type, instead of the laughing-mad filled-with-fury revenge-desirous character Sweeney is supposed to be!

I'm not the greatest with movie actors, but I'm certain one could be found who'd have been able to play her correctly. Chenoweth seems just too young though.

Which story? I'm blanking on all of yesterday.

Nightmare Before Christmas wasn't directed by Burton. :smallamused: What I'll give Burton is that he can design incredible looks (even if they're always the same look and are completely inappropriate to what he's supposed to be designing a look for.) for a film, which he did do. However, the director? That was Henry Selick, who also directed Coraline, which I personally find to be the absolute winner in all stop-motion animation. (Thufir, before you point out Coraline was written by Gaiman, I'm clarifying that I found the book he wrote boring and a waste of a good plot. The movie took that plot and made it amazing.(And I read the book first, this isn't bias based on having seen the movie first.))

NEPOTISM IS NOT AN EXCUSE FOR MAKING MOVIES ****TY.

I've never seen it, so I can't argue with you.

Drakeburn

2013-07-11, 05:15 PM

The last game I played was Red. I don't even care anymore. :smallcool:

Yeah, it has been years since I've played Pokemon. I can't remember if I last played Gold, Silver, or Crystal. Kids and their 3DS's these days. :smallsigh:

And I hope you feel better soon. Being sick is no fun at all. :smallfrown:

Amidus Drexel

2013-07-11, 05:23 PM

Long story short, new type lots of new cool pokemon and a new enemy team.

I think I'd caught some of the hype from the internet. I guess with the new Dark type, Psychic won't be the best anymore. :smallamused:

Is the new enemy team going to even make an attempt at being evil or competent, or are they just going to follow in Magma/Aqua's footsteps? :smallamused:

The last game I played was Red. I don't even care anymore. :smallcool:

Your corner's filling up with my tissues.
Thanks.

Hrm... the game I've most recently played was Blue. The most current game I've played, however, was Emerald, although I've since lost my cartridge for it. Gen 1 is still my favorite, though; it's hard to beat those beautiful glitches. :smallcool:

Connotations! :smallbiggrin:

AsteriskAmp

2013-07-11, 05:35 PM

I think I'd caught some of the hype from the internet. I guess with the new Dark type, Psychic won't be the best anymore. :smallamused:Nah, the surge of 5th gen of FIGHTING types means it still will be king, I mean it's not like anything else can properly resist it, Alakazam is totally godly since like 1st gen. Which is probably why so many NORMAL pokemons will become FAIRY, because the amount of FIGHTING pokemons is starting to make NORMAL rather crappy from the mediocre it used to be.

Is the new enemy team going to even make an attempt at being evil or competent, or are they just going to follow in Magma/Aqua's footsteps? :smallamused:Apparently they aren't trying to be evil so much as finding evil the most efficient method for acquiring their goal.

Hrm... the game I've most recently played was Blue. The most current game I've played, however, was Emerald, although I've since lost my cartridge for it. Gen 1 is still my favorite, though; it's hard to beat those beautiful glitches. :smallcool:

Connotations! :smallbiggrin:Not to mention the amount of creepypasta around them.

Dimonite

2013-07-11, 05:53 PM

He wasn't crazy enough in Sweeney Todd! My major issue with him was that he was directed to play an incredibly reserved and quiet type, instead of the laughing-mad filled-with-fury revenge-desirous character Sweeney is supposed to be!

... But Sweeny is only occasionally meant to be that. The scariest crazy is the crazy that isn't there all the time - or to be more accurate, is there all the time, but mostly hides beneath the surface.

I'm not the greatest with movie actors, but I'm certain one could be found who'd have been able to play her correctly. Chenoweth seems just too young though.

"Young" is a problem that can be solved with makeup. :smalltongue:

Which story? I'm blanking on all of yesterday.

Sleeping Beauty.

Nightmare Before Christmas wasn't directed by Burton. :smallamused: What I'll give Burton is that he can design incredible looks (even if they're always the same look and are completely inappropriate to what he's supposed to be designing a look for.) for a film, which he did do. However, the director? That was Henry Selick, who also directed Coraline, which I personally find to be the absolute winner in all stop-motion animation. (Thufir, before you point out Coraline was written by Gaiman, I'm clarifying that I found the book he wrote boring and a waste of a good plot. The movie took that plot and made it amazing.(And I read the book first, this isn't bias based on having seen the movie first.))

It's true, he did write it and not direct it. My point is mainly that Burton's stuff isn't all as terrible as you make it out to be.

NEPOTISM IS NOT AN EXCUSE FOR MAKING MOVIES ****TY.

You're right, it's not. It's a reason. Nepotism gets the wrong person in the wrong role and the movie suffers for it. Even the best director in the world - and Burton definitely isn't that - can't cover for having the wrong actors.

I've never seen it, so I can't argue with you.

And if you had seen it, you wouldn't anyway. :smalltongue:

MoonCat

2013-07-11, 06:04 PM

... But Sweeny is only occasionally meant to be that. The scariest crazy is the crazy that isn't there all the time - or to be more accurate, is there all the time, but mostly hides beneath the surface.

"Young" is a problem that can be solved with makeup. :smalltongue:

Sleeping Beauty.

It's true, he did write it and not direct it. My point is mainly that Burton's stuff isn't all as terrible as you make it out to be.

You're right, it's not. It's a reason. Nepotism gets the wrong person in the wrong role and the movie suffers for it. Even the best director in the world - and Burton definitely isn't that - can't cover for having the wrong actors.

And if you had seen it, you wouldn't anyway. :smalltongue:

Depp's Todd never rose to the surface. Listen to his Epiphany, the song where he's supposed to be raging at the world, the heavens, fate, himself. He sings it in a ****ing monotone. And the final scene!He is supposed to be furious when he discovers how Mrs. Lovett tricked him. He just flatly says "You lied to me," and throws her in the oven. He doesn't even cry at the body of the wife he accidentally murdered! If Sweeney were a cold calculating villain, I'd say he didn't make it clear he was intelligent enough, but that he was far closer to that than the type of character Sweeney is actually supposed to be!

Sure. Although I'm sure there are plenty of middle0aged actresses who would also do.

Right.

I make it out that he is progressively getting worse, and whenever he adapts something, it's a million times worse than anything he creates himself, and what he does have a hand in is always in the same style that bores me for its repetitiveness.

He could have turned her audition down. It's inexcuseable he does this in every movie, always with the same damn actors, no matter where they fit and don't fit, no matter how much access he has to actors who would work well in the roles he gives because the nincompoop can't work with anyone else.

Maybe. Maybe not.

CurlyKitGirl

2013-07-11, 06:47 PM

Help. Have become addicted to Steam powered Giraffe's work, especially 'Diamonds', 'Honeybee', 'Automatonic Electronic Harmonics' and 'Fire Fire'. Their harmonies and guitar work make my mood really mellow and I'm failing to do my job and actually pay attentions to what I'm reviewing.
That my other two new books arrived today, and I'm a quarter of the way through God's Philosopher's even though I'm making notes is the other problem. SPG is really good music to read and research to.
Halp.

ION:
Have to buy Tony(?) Morrison's Beloved for Little Sister, but if I do I'll get, shock and horror, modern, non-fantasy/sci-fi fiction in my Recommended lists!
That book was made into a film wasn't it? About incest and murder and things? You know, the usual themes found in books studied by (UK) college (and un) students. I think there was a class my A Level year that did that book.
The film had Leonardo di Caprio in it didn't it? Or am I mixing up all those annoyingly interchangeable books of that genre?

IOON:
Raspberry cheesecake for a midnight snack. And in an amusing inversion of my longest-runnng keyboard problem, my i key is now jamming. Should J start substjtutjng as J djd before? :smalltongue:

EDJT:
Also, whjle J love Burton's stuff, he does tend to sacrjfjce substance for hjs partjcular style and preferred actors. Mr. Burton, don't be afrajd to change your formula; jt's gettjng old.
Stjll love Njghtmare Before Chrjstmas though. A lot.

Rawhide

2013-07-11, 06:55 PM

CurlyKitGirl

2013-07-11, 07:03 PM

I'm sorry. :smallfrown:

I am looking at you with my saddest face Rawhide.
*insert a very sad face here*
Such a good band, such catchy songs; still, I thank you for introducing me to them. Seriously, I'm sitting here complaining they're too good.
I'll just watch some mindless Minecraft videos. They make good background noise, and are easy to watch because they don't really demand much attention from you.

Plus putting off my internet 'work' is kind of fine. It's too hot, and based on the reactions of the other posters in that thread I'm dreading what's coming up.
When it's so hot hoovering and changing your bedding needs you wanting a shower, you know ice cream, laziness, cool drinks and a book await.
Except in this case, switch ice cream for cheesecake.
Mmmmmm, cheesecake.

Rawhide

2013-07-11, 07:09 PM

I am looking at you with my saddest face Rawhide.
*insert a very sad face here*

http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/comics/00000644.jpg (http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=644)

CurlyKitGirl

2013-07-11, 07:17 PM

http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/comics/00000644.jpg (http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=644)

Yes, that's the face. Look upon it, and know that it's all. your. fault. [/guilt trip]
:smalltongue:

There's something about the phrase 'the saddest face' that automatically makes me think of Gunnerkrigg. Now, that phrase isn't all that distinctive, so it must be the joke itself. It's a really good visual gag, but I've seen better; it must be the bathetic nature. It's so very sincere, but also mockable, dancing that fine line.

Yeah, I'm well in my analytical/research mode.
It's too hot to think, yet I think anyway. It's a wonder my brain isn't made of liquid goo.

Coidzor

2013-07-11, 07:27 PM

Yes, that's the face. Look upon it, and know that it's all. your. fault. [/guilt trip]
:smalltongue:

There's something about the phrase 'the saddest face' that automatically makes me think of Gunnerkrigg. Now, that phrase isn't all that distinctive, so it must be the joke itself. It's a really good visual gag, but I've seen better; it must be the bathetic nature. It's so very sincere, but also mockable, dancing that fine line.

Yeah, I'm well in my analytical/research mode.
It's too hot to think, yet I think anyway. It's a wonder my brain isn't made of liquid goo.

I would have to agree with you completely in that regard. Sincere-ish bathos is always a weird feeling, but good when done right.

TaiLiu

2013-07-11, 07:34 PM

It's...actually explicitly mentioned that they don't.
Huh. Really?

a-a-a-a-chooh!
Oh, dear. Feel better soon!

Anyway, I'm off to work.
Have fun!

Coidzor

2013-07-11, 07:44 PM

Also, you can thank Finn-Lassie for getting the Studio Killers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGjHsLnUO1U) stuck in my head. X_X

Aw. That is the most adorable thing. Ever. Seriously.

I want to be a father so terrible badly.

It does seem to have its moments, though it also seems to age a man terribly. My dad managed to weather my older sibs well enough, but after me he went from being an adult to middle-aged before his time. It's so weird to me to talk to people who have memories of their parents being youngish and attractive, since my parents have been old to me even before they were 40... But that might just be my hang-ups and fear latching onto an obscure bit of trivia to discourage me from dying as a free man and becoming something more but also different. Or maybe I'm just an overly-romanticizing buffoon. :smalltongue:

Quickly, build a turbine and generate some electricity! Dammit, we can turn raw evil into profit!

*golf clap* Splendidly done, sir. :smallcool:

I think they've already figured out how to do that and beat us to the punch, love.

*bows* Thank'ee, guv'nah.

I think he's been out enough. Time to pretend to be humble for a few more weeks. :smallamused:

And that, sir, is what shotguns are for. :smallwink:

You know I meant catching up on sleep. :smalltongue:

Indubitably. :smallcool:

It's an important and useful skill at times, aye.

They're an important and useful tool at times, aye.

An important and useful sentiment at times, aye.

*sets ON STAGE WITH PYROTECHNICS*

Good lad. :smallpleased:

ION: I make bad decisions at 3am. I would do well to remember that. With any luck, I won't be too sore tomorrow. I'd rather like to use that hand at some point.

Me too. Especially with regards to women. More the damn fool me.

A waste, especially since those outfits don't even look good.

I think that's part of the joke about Hot Topic's quality and their taste in the finer things of life.

TaiLiu

2013-07-11, 07:46 PM

I think that's part of the joke about Hot Topic's quality and their taste in the finer things of life.
Hm. I've never been to one, but it doesn't seem like the quality of their clothing is particularly bad...

Coidzor

2013-07-11, 07:49 PM

Hm. I've never been to one, but it doesn't seem like the quality of their clothing is particularly bad...

Quality varies. Usually about as much so as any retailer that can't afford too much bad press but can get by on inertia as well.

More about style and taste and the quality of aesthetics than the actual material quality and durability of their goods I should say.

TaiLiu

2013-07-11, 07:50 PM

Quality varies. Usually about as much so as any retailer that can't afford too much bad press but can get by on inertia as well.

More about style and taste and the quality of aesthetics than the actual material quality and durability of their goods I should say.
Ah, I see.

AsteriskAmp

2013-07-11, 08:27 PM

Thufir

2013-07-11, 08:35 PM

And in an amusing inversion of my longest-runnng keyboard problem, my i key is now jamming. Should J start substjtutjng as J djd before? :smalltongue:

I don't know, this way round is considerably weirder to read.

Teddy

2013-07-11, 08:48 PM

It's a quarter to 4 in the morning. I just spent 3 hours writing a single post. Just. What?

Finn posted an adorable picture and should totally get well soon, and Curly is growing another batch of amusing yet presumably frustrating text impediments.

Also, I'm hungry. Now to restart my computer.

Rawhide

2013-07-11, 08:57 PM

And in an amusing inversion of my longest-runnng keyboard problem, my i key is now jamming. Should J start substjtutjng as J djd before? :smalltongue:
You could always use one of those many programs that will let you remap a key you rarely use to the letter i. Say, one of the Windows keys, any infrequently used symbol, or that button that opens a context sensitive menu that nobody uses.

CurlyKitGirl

2013-07-11, 08:58 PM

I would have to agree with you completely in that regard. Sincere-ish bathos is always a weird feeling, but good when done right.

Yup. Not to mention that while the first time or so is used in semi-comic situations, that one time where it's mentioned during that shock chapter makes it more than just a joke about robots.

I don't know, this way round is considerably weirder to read.

Yep! Which is why I only used it for that one post; I'd never had the intention of taking that up anyway. But honestly, the chances of breaking my back-up 'j' like that is rather uncommon.

It's a quarter to 4 in the morning. I just spent 3 hours writing a single post. Just. What?

Was it a very long post? Were you doing other things at the same time?

Finn posted an adorable picture and should totally get well soon, and Curly is growing another batch of amusing yet presumably frustrating text impediments.

The 'i' still works, but it requires additional force, so I end up retyping words two or three times to get the 'i's in them. Fingers crossed this'll be a short-lived text impediment.

Also, I'm hungry. Now to restart my computer.

Toast.
Toast is always a good snack if you can have it hot.

EDIT:

You could always use one of those many programs that will let you remap a key you rarely use to the letter i. Say, one of the Windows keys, any infrequently used symbol, or that button that opens a context sensitive menu that nobody uses.

But . . . but . . . complicated? No, it probably isn't; but it's an easy work around that's already fairly intuitive. Just got to remember to map the typing so that my right middle finger always hits the 'i' when doing most of the typing because that's my brawniest finger.
That and my right index.
Besides, the problem should be easily remedied in a few days when I do a full clean up of my laptop. Stupid screwdriver.

Rawhide

2013-07-11, 09:08 PM

But . . . but . . . complicated? No, it probably isn't; but it's an easy work around that's already fairly intuitive. Just got to remember to map the typing so that my right middle finger always hits the 'i' when doing most of the typing because that's my brawniest finger.
That and my right index.
Besides, the problem should be easily remedied in a few days when I do a full clean up of my laptop. Stupid screwdriver.

Five options (most exceptionally simple) listed right here: http://lifehacker.com/5883003/the-best-key-remapper-for-windows

Taet

2013-07-11, 10:08 PM

Isn't their business model predicated in cheap rather than good clothing?

Yes. That is why there are independent goth shops making the same clothing to last and charging the higher prices that it needs to make them last and surviving. I can find shops like that in Old Town Sacramento which is the boutique district but not the arty one. It is odd because it is a district where college student level shops like independent goth shops can afford it too. Art shops have not pushed them out yet. Of course there is also the San Francisco bay area where there are boutiques everywhere. It's a good area to try and be independent. People will sell your stuff. Now I just need to get the shops to buy it. :smallyuk:

LaZodiac

2013-07-11, 10:15 PM

Is the new enemy team going to even make an attempt at being evil or competent, or are they just going to follow in Magma/Aqua's footsteps? :smallamused:

Diamond/Pearl/Platinum and Black/White Black2/White2 actually had rather compontent villains, in comparision. I'm going to assume Team Flare will be much smarter.

AsteriskAmp

2013-07-11, 10:20 PM

It's a quarter to 4 in the morning. I just spent 3 hours writing a single post. Just. What?It's either a massive post or massive post.

Also, I'm hungry. Now to restart my computer.I really hope those two circumstances aren't somehow linked.

*munches on RAM while tasting USB port*

Yes. That is why there are independent goth shops making the same clothing to last and charging the higher prices that it needs to make them last and surviving. I can find shops like that in Old Town Sacramento which is the boutique district but not the arty one. It is odd because it is a district where college student level shops like independent goth shops can afford it too. Art shops have not pushed them out yet. Of course there is also the San Francisco bay area where there are boutiques everywhere. It's a good area to try and be independent. People will sell your stuff. Now I just need to get the shops to buy it. :smallyuk:Where exactly is this interesting shopping area? Any street address for anyone doing tourism is such an area?

Diamond/Pearl/Platinum and Black/White Black2/White2 actually had rather compontent villains, in comparision. I'm going to assume Team Flare will be much smarter.Also a lot more profound and actually well thought out as well (ignoring Ghetsis the second time around and putting Colress in some spectacular pedestal made of tablets and a Genesect).

I do however hope for version dependent teams; with some counterpart to team flare for the version which doesn't get them.

LaZodiac

2013-07-11, 10:31 PM

Also a lot more profound and actually well thought out as well (ignoring Ghetsis the second time around and putting Colress in some spectacular pedestal made of tablets and a Genesect).

I do however hope for version dependent teams; with some counterpart to team flare for the version which doesn't get them.

Yha.

Hmm, that'd be cool. though I'd hope they have different plots, because Aqua in Sapphire version trying to erupt a volcano is...not smart.

Skeppio

2013-07-12, 12:05 AM

Yha.

Hmm, that'd be cool. though I'd hope they have different plots, because Aqua in Sapphire version trying to erupt a volcano is...not smart.

That's why Emerald was far better. Aqua erupting a volcano, and Groudon being at the bottom of an ocean cave made absolutely no sense. :smallsigh:

TaiLiu

2013-07-12, 12:14 AM

That's why Emerald was far better. Aqua erupting a volcano, and Groudon being at the bottom of an ocean cave made absolutely no sense. :smallsigh:
There's no Surskit in Emerald, though. I was greatly saddened when I found out.

AsteriskAmp

2013-07-12, 12:17 AM

There's no Surskit in Emerald, though. I was greatly saddened when I found out.You LIKE Surskit? Or Masqueraine?

Or better put, Surskit elicits an emotional response in you other than indiference? I never found it remarkable or notable at all, very forgettable; at least for me.

LaZodiac

2013-07-12, 12:22 AM

There's no Surskit in Emerald, though. I was greatly saddened when I found out.

I...am pretty sure there is, actually.

You LIKE Surskit? Or Masqueraine?

Or better put, Surskit elicits an emotional response in you other than indiference? I never found it remarkable or notable at all, very forgettable; at least for me.

It elicited one emotion from me. Rage.

1% Encounter Rate is literally the worst.

TaiLiu

2013-07-12, 12:22 AM

You LIKE Surskit? Or Masqueraine?

Or better put, Surskit elicits an emotional response in you other than indiference? I never found it remarkable or notable at all, very forgettable; at least for me.
Oh, definitely. The typing - water/bug - is unique, and I've always found the bubble attacks amusing.

Mutant Sheep

2013-07-12, 12:27 AM

Oh, definitely. The typing - water/bug - is unique, and I've always found the bubble attacks amusing.

Krabby! Use Bubble!
The opponent's Executor fainted!
What's this? Your Krabby is evolving!

TaiLiu

2013-07-12, 12:29 AM

I...am pretty sure there is, actually.
I suppose a more accurate reply would be that Surskit is not available to be captured normally, and can only be found in swarms.

Krabby! Use Bubble!
The opponent's Executor fainted!
What's this? Your Krabby is evolving!
Mm. Delicious, delicious crab meat.

AsteriskAmp

2013-07-12, 12:32 AM

Oh, definitely. The typing - water/bug - is unique, and I've always found the bubble attacks amusing.I always found gimmicky typing just for the sake of it to be... gimmicky I suppose.

As for bubbles... I guess competitive battling ruined some of the charm of pokemon for me.

Krabby! Use Bubble!
The opponent's Executor fainted!
What's this? Your Krabby is evolving!
Wobbuffet! Use Encore!
Wobbuffet! Use Encore!
Wobbuffet! Use Encore!
Wobbuffet! Use Encore!
Wobbuffet! Use Encore!
Wobbuffet! Use Encore!
Wobbuffet! Use Encore!
Wobbuffet! Use Encore!
Wobbuffet! Use Encore!
Wobbuffet! Use Encore!
...
...
...
...
...
Wobbuffet! Use Mirror Coat!
...
...
...
...
ten hours later
...
...
Wobbuffet! Use Struggle!

Amidus Drexel

2013-07-12, 12:34 AM

I think they've already figured out how to do that and beat us to the punch, love.

It's an important and useful skill at times, aye.

They're an important and useful tool at times, aye.

An important and useful sentiment at times, aye.

Me too. Especially with regards to women. More the damn fool me.

Who has? We can probably steal it. :smallamused:

Someone hit Coid, he's in a loop. :smalltongue:

Ah, but you give yourself opportunities to be such a fool, whereas I would never get that far before collapsing into a ball and twitching.

[COLOR="Blue"]
Not to mention the amount of creepypasta around them.

It's some of the best stuff, really. I love Missingno. and M. And infinite master balls/TMs/rare candies, and catching pokemon over lv100. :smallcool:

Diamond/Pearl/Platinum and Black/White Black2/White2 actually had rather compontent villains, in comparision. I'm going to assume Team Flare will be much smarter.

Ah, well that's good.

It elicited one emotion from me. Rage.

1% Encounter Rate is literally the worst.

Funny, I managed to catch one fairly early in my playthrough of Ruby. I might even have two... not sure.

Kneenibble

2013-07-12, 12:34 AM

Forgive me for raking through the ashes of an old fire; there are yet coals smouldering therein worthy of breath, which I shall presently vent.

These no doubt sound like our European blueberries, but I don't know. Wikipedia makes no mention of them growing overseas. For the record, when I'm speaking of "European blueberries", I talk of what Wikipedia call "bilberries" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilberry), a name I find so stupid and rootlessly demeaning (I.e. Wiktionary lacks an etymology entry for it) I won't stoop down to take in my mouth ever again.

European blueberries have always been native to Europe and probably Asia as well (but I'll keep calling them European, because I'm European myself), and notoriously hard to garden. Besides, I doubt any engineered blueberries would have a fighting chance in the wild...

This is a curiously complex knot of crossed languages and names and histories which I shall endeavour to unravel. It may take a while though. For I know this name which you expectorate "Bilberry" as a creature unrelated to our blueberries, a thing taken in exotic supplements as amulet against disorders of the eye. It is not what I pick in the woods: and nor is that knee-high shrub you inveigh. Let us reconvene on this topic at a future date, armed with further herbalisms, to best circumscribe the genera and the species of our object.

The end of an era is always a sad one, but nothing is eternal. Bravest of humankind's warriors, are mum and the conservators who stand by her side, fighting the inevitable in a battle they can't win, so that future generations yet may know the past, but we all must know that nothing lasts forever, and sometimes, the past has to make side for a brighter future.

;___; I have begun a new era, I hope, with all the beautiful or delicious things I have planted to take their venerable place. Your mother and I are in complementary professions, and I imagine we would get along.

Speaking of the past: I learned recently that the Ulfilas Gospels are kept in your city, that pricelessly luxurious manuscript inscribed in silver and gold on purple-dyed foetal vellum. Do you know of this item?

Yes. This is page 50.

If the birds stole that many strawberries there are probably new strawberry plants growing all over your neighborhood right underneath their nests. Also they are strawberries. They might sprout again unless you are careful with your compost. Also I would gladly have traded for those strawberries. The vines in my backyard were false strawberries and even the birds refused to eat those berries. I am ripping them out but they keep coming back.

Where do the fluffy sparrows nest? I do not know: they are nomads, ever present with their tiny round bodies I wish so dearly to press against my face. You speak as one used to the perennial fecundity of California, not knowing how inhospitable a 6-month winter is to natural propogation. But it is not just the sparrows, it is also the squirrels and, in the damp summers, the slugs. I have a tiny property: a 4' space devoted to a single handful of berries in our year's fruitive sliver is an unacceptable investment. You may take all the plants you are able to transport from me, mysterious moonlike Taet, as they are likely even now taking indomitable root in my compost heap as you admonish.

This False Strawberry is not known to me. I am sorry for your plague of such vines, for I know the pain of pernicious weeds that arise, and arise, and arise, no matter how keenly they are razed. My dying spit upon Motherwort.

Well, everybody was in a panic just a moment ago. One of the chickens managed to get into one of the garden beds AGAIN.

And right after we thought we got all the chickens, right when I was coming back inside, I saw 3 chickens loose in the yard. The first one was easy, since it ran right into the netting that we use to protect the vegetables and flowers from the chickens and got stuck in it. So, that one was a major cakewalk for me, but it got harder with the other two. But it wasn't hard for very long.

I would not be surprised if those chickens could escape from Alcatraz. :smallsigh:

Who knew how much fun poultry can be. Top that, budgies! :P

Tee hee hee! It sounds so adorable. I'll bet the chickens were super fluffy to the touch as you took them back to their determined area. No, budgies could never reach that level of mischief, but can a chicken sit on your glasses frames and preen your eyebrow?

Now if you want an affectionate bird, you need budgies. (Cockatiels still make better companions however, and ravens are quite smart.)

We must differ in this regard, for I will take a budgie as companion any day. If for no other reason than that budgies smell sooooo good.

Not to say that I will stop trying to kidnap Storm. I'd still scritch a cockatiel behind the crest any day of the week, but for permanent bonding, I'm a budgie man through and through.

Today on my bike ride after work I saw some ravens bathing in a puddle. I love watching birds bathe, how they fluff out and just kind of nuzzle the shallow water. It reminds me of giving my childhood budgie baths under the kitchen tap in my hands, and he would just fluffily *nuzzle* into my spread palms under the running water.

Ravens are also fluffier than crows, and have little bristly beards around their beaks. These qualities alone render them more desirable.

ION: I make bad decisions at 3am. I would do well to remember that. With any luck, I won't be too sore tomorrow. I'd rather like to use that hand at some point.

Good night, all.

None of these statements can be misconstrued. None.

LaZodiac

2013-07-12, 12:34 AM

Oh, definitely. The typing - water/bug - is unique, and I've always found the bubble attacks amusing.

It evolves into a bug flying.

AsteriskAmp

2013-07-12, 12:37 AM

It's some of the best stuff, really. I love Missingno. and M. And infinite master balls/TMs/rare candies, and catching pokemon over lv100. :smallcool:Pokemon Lost Silver.

TaiLiu

2013-07-12, 12:38 AM

I always found gimmicky typing just for the sake of it to be... gimmicky I suppose.
Heh. That's true.

As for bubbles... I guess competitive battling ruined some of the charm of pokemon for me.
Ah, that's unfortunate. I've never really battled competitively, since I stuck with Pokémon Emerald until I got Pokémon Black.

Wobbuffet! Use Encore!
Wobbuffet! Use Encore!
Wobbuffet! Use Encore!
Wobbuffet! Use Encore!
Wobbuffet! Use Encore!
Wobbuffet! Use Encore!
Wobbuffet! Use Encore!
Wobbuffet! Use Encore!
Wobbuffet! Use Encore!
Wobbuffet! Use Encore!
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Wobbuffet! Use Mirror Coat!
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ten hours later
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Wobbuffet! Use Struggle!
This also reflects the Ralts training experience; you obtain it at level four, and it learns its first offensive move at level six...

It evolves into a bug flying.
Unfortunately true, which is why I keep it a Surskit.

...My team would be crushed if it comes to competitive battling, yes.

LaZodiac

2013-07-12, 12:44 AM

...My team would be crushed if it comes to competitive battling, yes.

I once went through SoulSilver with all but one of my teams suspectible to horrific earthquake goodness.

But that's quite okay, since competitive play doesn't need to get into the main game of Pokémon.

AsteriskAmp

2013-07-12, 12:47 AM

Ah, that's unfortunate. I've never really battled competitively, since I stuck with Pokémon Emerald until I got Pokémon Black.I started with Pokemon Colosseum and it illuminating me in the ways of actual competitive play rather than merely level gap abusing.

Have kept up since back then.

This also reflects the Ralts training experience; you obtain it at level four, and it learns its first offensive move at level six...But at least you can open with it, swap, and win with the other pokemon.

Two wobbuffets, back when shadow tag didn't allow you to swap out if caught in a shadow tag; meant two wobbuffets were effectively going to have to wait out for the 150pp approx they had (Mirror Coat, Counter, Encore and Protect/Taunt). There was absolutely no other option and with two very stubborn players it was essentially several hours for it to finally boil down to zugzwang.

Amidus Drexel

2013-07-12, 12:48 AM

Forgive me for raking through the ashes of an old fire; there are yet coals smouldering therein worthy of breath, which I shall presently vent.

None of these statements can be misconstrued. None.

Nay, sir; do not apologize! For through raking the ashes, beginning a new fire is simpler and expedited by the again-present heat of smouldering coals.

Something makes me think you mean exactly the opposite of what you say. :smallamused:

I once went through SoulSilver with all but one of my teams suspectible to horrific earthquake goodness.

But that's quite okay, since competitive play doesn't need to get into the main game of Pokémon.

True, perhaps, but I can see the fun in the strategy. I just never got into it myself; over-leveling and overwhelming challenges was my forte. :smallcool:

Hattish Thing

2013-07-12, 12:50 AM

I hope Lone Ranger is good...

LaZodiac

2013-07-12, 12:50 AM

Two wobbuffets, back when shadow tag didn't allow you to swap out if caught in a shadow tag; meant two wobbuffets were effectively going to have to wait out for the 150pp approx they had (Mirror Coat, Counter, Encore and Protect/Taunt). There was absolutely no other option and with two very stubborn players it was essentially several hours for it to finally boil down to zugzwang.

Thankfully, they've fixed that. Arena Trap and shadow Tag and the like allow you to run away, even if an effect kept you in the fight.

@The Mad Hatter: Spoilers it's not :smallfrown:

TaiLiu

2013-07-12, 12:55 AM

I once went through SoulSilver with all but one of my teams suspectible to horrific earthquake goodness.
Oh, my. No Flying types?

I started with Pokemon Colosseum and it illuminating me in the ways of actual competitive play rather than merely level gap abusing.
Ah. Level gap abuse is probably the only thing keeping most of my pocket monsters alive.

Two wobbuffets, back when shadow tag didn't allow you to swap out if caught in a shadow tag; meant two wobbuffets were effectively going to have to wait out for the 150pp approx they had (Mirror Coat, Counter, Encore and Protect/Taunt). There was absolutely no other option and with two very stubborn players it was essentially several hours for it to finally boil down to zugzwang.
A most vexing scenario!

Kneenibble

2013-07-12, 12:56 AM

Nay, sir; do not apologize! For through raking the ashes, beginning a new fire is simpler and expedited by the again-present heat of smouldering coals.

Something makes me think you mean exactly the opposite of what you say. :smallamused:

True, friend; and hotter the blaze blown with embers than flint and green tinder.

Nay but you know me, Speedasaurus: I only say precisely what I mean, and mistrust all secondary meanings in discourse.

Speaking of coals, I meant to comment also on your peregrine tale of visiting the coal mine and the old-timey town. It sounded like a real neat holiday. Did you get a chance to handle any coal? I find it a tactiley interesting substance, myself.

AsteriskAmp

2013-07-12, 01:06 AM

Thankfully, they've fixed that. Arena Trap and shadow Tag and the like allow you to run away, even if an effect kept you in the fight....you can't run from battle against other players, just DC, which means admitting defeat.

They fixed it by allowing you to change pokemon if both had Shadow Tag or Arena Trap.

Ah. Level gap abuse is probably the only thing keeping most of my pocket monsters alive.During the main game? This, so much.

After it... actual competitive battling team (which suck for main game normally)

A most vexing scenario!A most lasting scenario testing the very essence of human willpower.

Amidus Drexel

2013-07-12, 01:09 AM

True, friend; and hotter the blaze blown with embers than flint and green tinder.

Nay but you know me, Speedasaurus: I only say precisely what I mean, and mistrust all secondary meanings in discourse.

Speaking of coals, I meant to comment also on your peregrine tale of visiting the coal mine and the old-timey town. It sounded like a real neat holiday. Did you get a chance to handle any coal? I find it a tactiley interesting substance, myself.

Well, if you're using green tinder, you're only going to get smoke and steam, no matter what you use to light it. :smallwink:

Why, of course. How could I forget? Sometimes I am distracted by your mastery of figurative language, and forget that you only speak in the true literal meaning of what you say. :smallamused: :smalltongue:

I did not, although I have before. There were a few pieces that were dug up when the garden was planted two years ago; probably dumped from a coal furnace by the previous owners of the house. It was hard coal, though, not soft coal (which is most of what they mined), so I imagine they have a different feel to them. The mine was quite damp, but it was just as comfortable as any natural limestone cave I've been in. The ceiling is low, though (about 5ft high or so), and it definitely is no place for the claustrophobic.

Oh, something I didn't add earlier: the guide demonstrated how to use a few of the old methods of getting light down into the mines (lamps/candles of various sorts), and with the final demonstration (carbide lamps (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbide_lamp)) he turned off the electric lights so we could see just how little light the lamp provided. Then he cut off the lamp. :smallamused:

Hattish Thing

2013-07-12, 01:19 AM

Thankfully, they've fixed that. Arena Trap and shadow Tag and the like allow you to run away, even if an effect kept you in the fight.

@The Mad Hatter: Spoilers it's not :smallfrown:

It's not?! :smallfrown:

And, wow. Blue eyes are the sexiest things alive.

TaiLiu

2013-07-12, 01:24 AM

During the main game? This, so much.

After it... actual competitive battling team (which suck for main game normally)
Yeah, I find that HMs are not the best for competitive battling.

A most lasting scenario testing the very essence of human willpower.
It's probably boring to watch, though.

ShadowFireLance

2013-07-12, 01:34 AM

So, yeah, this is my first RB post...I suppose from reading it, quite truely is random, isn't it?

Anyways, Random thing that just happened;
So, I'm sitting here, sipping the last of my nice, ice cold Mt. Dew (Lol, at 1:30 AM) and this really, really loud humming noise started up, (Like Loud as in really loud, not insect noise loud, like that driving down the highway guy next to you has bass through the roof loud) And ended about 4/5 minutes later.......And frankly, I'm more then a little on edge, any ideas on what it is?

Kneenibble

2013-07-12, 01:35 AM

Well, if you're using green tinder, you're only going to get smoke and steam, no matter what you use to light it. :smallwink:

Why, of course. How could I forget? Sometimes I am distracted by your mastery of figurative language, and forget that you only speak in the true literal meaning of what you say. :smallamused: :smalltongue:

Smoke and steam seems to adequately describe most of my posts here, yes indeed. How's that for figurative language?

I did not, although I have before. There were a few pieces that were dug up when the garden was planted two years ago; probably dumped from a coal furnace by the previous owners of the house. It was hard coal, though, not soft coal (which is most of what they mined), so I imagine they have a different feel to them. The mine was quite damp, but it was just as comfortable as any natural limestone cave I've been in. The ceiling is low, though (about 5ft high or so), and it definitely is no place for the claustrophobic.

Oh, something I didn't add earlier: the guide demonstrated how to use a few
of the old methods of getting light down into the mines (lamps/candles of various sorts), and with the final demonstration (carbide lamps (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbide_lamp)) he turned off the electric lights so we could see just how little light the lamp provided. Then he cut off the lamp. :smallamused:

Coal is so neat! I have a cast iron bucket filled with coal pieces from my late grandparents: I would say it is soft coal probably, because it is easy to break and has a visible milles-feuilles rather than a solid mass. How old is your house, though? The idea of a coal stove seems so ancient, I mean I would expect to find coal pieces around my place which is perhaps eleventy years old, but I thought your house was rather newer than that.

Hoo boy, I bet a thick saturating darkness enveloped the mine when the lamp went off. Damp, cramped, and utterly dark... that's a great way to make a Kneenibble soil his tailored trousers. Must have been a wild experience.

So, yeah, this is my first RB post...I suppose from reading it, quite truely is random, isn't it?

Anyways, Random thing that just happened;
So, I'm sitting here, sipping the last of my nice, ice cold Mt. Dew (Lol, at 1:30 AM) and this really, really loud humming noise started up, (Like Loud as in really loud, not insect noise loud, like that driving down the highway guy next to you has bass through the roof loud) And ended about 4/5 minutes later.......And frankly, I'm more then a little on edge, any ideas on what it is?

I have a flock of budgie agents training in your area. Sorry for the upset -- it was a few dozen hard-boiled birds fluffily practicing their flight maneouvres. I'll let them know to take it elsewhere.

FinnLassie

2013-07-12, 01:36 AM

*rises from the dead*

Ajsgkldj pqofjl hrrmmrmrmffmfmmmm? :smallsigh:
[*Why is it so hard to be up at half nine?]

*falls back asleep in the corner*

Rain Dragon

2013-07-12, 01:38 AM

So, yeah, this is my first RB post...I suppose from reading it, quite random, isn't it?

Anyways, Random thing that just happened;
So, I'm sitting here, sipping the last of my nice, ice cold Mt. Dew (Lol, at 1:30 AM) and this really, really loud humming noise started up, (Like Loud as in really loud, not insect noise loud, like that driving down the highway guy next to you has bass through the roof loud) And ended about 4/5 minutes later.......And frankly, I'm more then a little on edge, any ideas on what it is?

One had best hope it is not your impending doom.

TaiLiu

2013-07-12, 01:38 AM

So, yeah, this is my first RB post...I suppose from reading it, quite truely is random, isn't it?
Your first post should be celebrated with fried rice.

Anyways, Random thing that just happened;
So, I'm sitting here, sipping the last of my nice, ice cold Mt. Dew (Lol, at 1:30 AM) and this really, really loud humming noise started up, (Like Loud as in really loud, not insect noise loud, like that driving down the highway guy next to you has bass through the roof loud) And ended about 4/5 minutes later.......And frankly, I'm more then a little on edge, any ideas on what it is?
Eek. Perhaps it is the humming from a nearby air conditioner that was opened then shut off?

*rises from the dead*

Ajsgkldj pqofjl hrrmmrmrmffmfmmmm? :smallsigh:
[*Why is it so hard to be up at half nine?]

*falls back asleep in the corner*
I'll shake you vigorously. Are you awake now?!

ShadowFireLance

2013-07-12, 01:41 AM

Your first post should be celebrated with fried rice.

Eek. Perhaps it is the humming from a nearby air conditioner that was opened then shut off?

I'm hoping so, It might be that, but Tiamat it was LOUD.

Hattish Thing

2013-07-12, 01:45 AM

I'm hoping so, It might be that, but Tiamat it was LOUD.

I'm hiding under your bed. That was the battle cry of my people. >_>

Coidzor

2013-07-12, 01:54 AM

It's probably boring to watch, though.

Only if they have good willpower.

A most lasting scenario testing the very essence of human willpower.

Indeed. Seeing who'll break down and devolve into a fist-fight first is always interesting.

Kind of contrary to the spirit of Pokemon, mind, but then again so is getting into that situation in the first place.

FinnLassie

2013-07-12, 01:55 AM

Your first post should be celebrated with fried rice.

Eek. Perhaps it is the humming from a nearby air conditioner that was opened then shut off?

I'll shake you vigorously. Are you awake now?!

*feels something shaking in her sweet slumber*

wh-wheehblrblbl...

eueueuuöööehhbk... wh-what? huh? Tai, whatcha doin'?! :smallsigh:

I'M AWAKE I'M AWAKE :smalleek:

*wobbles back to corner and bangs head on the wall*

Coidzor

2013-07-12, 01:58 AM

*feels something shaking in her sweet slumber*

wh-wheehblrblbl...

eueueuuöööehhbk... wh-what? huh? Tai, whatcha doin'?! :smallsigh:

I'M AWAKE I'M AWAKE :smalleek:

*wobbles back to corner and bangs head on the wall*

*offers some tea and a biscuit*

Who has? We can probably steal it. :smallamused:

Someone hit Coid, he's in a loop. :smalltongue:

Ah, but you give yourself opportunities to be such a fool, whereas I would never get that far before collapsing into a ball and twitching.

Um... Gates, Jobs, Bacon, Jackson.... Pretty much the modus operandi, really.

We are Coid, we are always looping. :smallwink: Granted, someone's always hitting us too.

Well, that usually happens afterward, at any rate. :smallamused::smalltongue:

Rain Dragon

2013-07-12, 01:58 AM

*feels something shaking in her sweet slumber*

wh-wheehblrblbl...

eueueuuöööehhbk... wh-what? huh? Tai, whatcha doin'?! :smallsigh:

I'M AWAKE I'M AWAKE :smalleek:

*wobbles back to corner and bangs head on the wall*

The Hatter gently, but firmly stops Finlassie's head with his left hand and looks kindly at her.

You may hurt your head that way. Were I able, I would offer you tea. It helps me feel more awake of a morning.

PS. Hehe, umlaut 'o's.

FinnLassie

2013-07-12, 02:15 AM

*offers some tea and a biscuit*

Um... Gates, Jobs, Bacon, Jackson.... Pretty much the modus operandi, really.

You can't even make proper tea! *wobbles her hands*

This list made be read Bacon, Jackson... as "Bacon Jackson? What? There's a Jackson brother I had not heard of? Do they taste nice?"

The Hatter gently, but firmly stops Finlassie's head with his left hand and looks kindly at her.

PS. Hehe, umlaut 'o's.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhHH! Stop touching my head! Don't touch my head! *holds on tightly to the corner*

Welcome to Finland. :smallcool:

LaZodiac

2013-07-12, 02:16 AM

Oh, my. No Flying types?

Ah. Level gap abuse is probably the only thing keeping most of my pocket monsters alive.

A most vexing scenario!

...wait, two pokemon then :smallredface:

...you can't run from battle against other players, just DC, which means admitting defeat.

They fixed it by allowing you to change pokemon if both had Shadow Tag or Arena Trap.
During the main game? This, so much.

After it... actual competitive battling team (which suck for main game normally)
A most lasting scenario testing the very essence of human willpower.

...right, I meant this. Tonight's a good night for Zodi, it appears :smallredface::smallredface:

It's not?! :smallfrown:

And, wow. Blue eyes are the sexiest things alive.

It's not, sorry. It gets everything so wrong, so much.

Thanks!

*rises from the dead*

Ajsgkldj pqofjl hrrmmrmrmffmfmmmm? :smallsigh:
[*Why is it so hard to be up at half nine?]

*falls back asleep in the corner*

*glomps.

Hattish Thing

2013-07-12, 02:18 AM

Aww... I had high hopes! :smallsigh:

I... Wasn't talking bout you, I've never seen you. You have blue eyes?

I dunno. I just have a huge thing for blue, grey, and light green eyes. :smalltongue:

Rain Dragon

2013-07-12, 02:25 AM

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhHH! Stop touching my head! Don't touch my head! *holds on tightly to the corner*

Welcome to Finland. :smallcool:

I suppose I ran into that one, however at the very least you are holding onto the corner rather than proceeding to bash your head against the wall.

I dunno. I just have a huge thing for blue, grey, and light green eyes. :smalltongue:

I have not yet met anyone with a 'huge thing' for grey eyes yet. It seems as though my eye colour is something everyone misses. I was teasing one of my friends earlier this year about being very unobservant. I asked what colour my eyes were. He guessed hazel, as my parents' eyes are hazel and brown.

He was wrong, needless to say.

Coidzor

2013-07-12, 02:29 AM

Aww... I had high hopes! :smallsigh:

I... Wasn't talking bout you, I've never seen you. You have blue eyes?

I dunno. I just have a huge thing for blue, grey, and light green eyes. :smalltongue:

Coincidentally I've had my eyes go through all of those at various lifestages and moods/seasons. :smallamused:

You can't even make proper tea! *wobbles her hands*

This list made be read Bacon, Jackson... as "Bacon Jackson? What? There's a Jackson brother I had not heard of? Do they taste nice?"

Welcome to Finland. :smallcool:

You know nothing, Finn Snow. :smalltongue:

Of course he tastes good. He's made of bacon! :smallcool:

Sounds like a magical place full of exotic vowels and tar, to hear you speak of it. :smallamused:

Hattish Thing

2013-07-12, 02:33 AM

I have not yet met anyone with a 'huge thing' for grey eyes yet. It seems as though my eye colour is something everyone misses. I was teasing one of my friends earlier this year about being very unobservant. I asked what colour my eyes were. He guessed hazel, as my parents' eyes are hazel and brown.

He was wrong, needless to say.

Mm. I have eyes that are the right shade of hazel to look gold. I love my gold eyes. So much. xD But only because saying to someone I have good eyes, and them actually seeing it is priceless.

Grey eyes are rare, but super attractive. Grey eyes and black hair, for one, is a great combination.

Coincidentally I've had my eyes go through all of those at various lifestages and moods/seasons. :smallamused:

Well, good for you. Kinda jealous... :smalltongue: My personal favorite is light green and red hair.... Perfect Scottish lass.

Coidzor

2013-07-12, 02:42 AM

Mm. I have eyes that are the right shade of hazel to look gold. I love my gold eyes. So much. xD But only because saying to someone I have good eyes, and them actually seeing it is priceless.

Grey eyes are rare, but super attractive. Grey eyes and black hair, for one, is a great combination.

Well, good for you. Kinda jealous... :smalltongue: My personal favorite is light green and red hair.... Perfect Scottish lass.

Golden eyes are always fun, aye. Some browns can be tawny enough to pass for a sort of wolfish gold as well, which is interesting to see.

True grey is rare, but ice blue that borders on grey or blue-grey that borders on ice depending upon the lighting isn't super rare. Yeah, I suppose I'd have to agree with you about that particular combination of raven locks and grey eyes working well together.

Not a ginger myself, so it would seem my soul, such as it is, is still clinging on by a few fetters.

I have not yet met anyone with a 'huge thing' for grey eyes yet. It seems as though my eye colour is something everyone misses. I was teasing one of my friends earlier this year about being very unobservant. I asked what colour my eyes were. He guessed hazel, as my parents' eyes are hazel and brown.

He was wrong, needless to say.

Grey eyes do tend to be a bit more vulnerable to being glossed over as I recall, though, amusingly enough, that's actually been why people have commented on it when my eyes have gone grey, because apparently they were striking enough as blue that their absence made them try to figure out what was different about me. Either that or I've been really oblivious to a strange way of expressing interest. XD

Hattish Thing

2013-07-12, 02:46 AM

Golden eyes are always fun, aye. Some browns can be tawny enough to pass for a sort of wolfish gold as well, which is interesting to see.

True grey is rare, but ice blue that borders on grey or blue-grey that borders on ice depending upon the lighting isn't super rare. Yeah, I suppose I'd have to agree with you about that particular combination of raven locks and grey eyes working well together.

Not a ginger myself, so it would seem my soul, such as it is, is still clinging on by a few fetters.

Mhm. Gold is an interesting color, and most of my female friends seem to agree an have pretty eyes. Which is good.

Mhm. I've only known two people with grey eyes, and they were two male twins. Ice blue is good... Kinda... Alarming, but nice to look at. Mhm, those muted colors work well. Espescially with pale skin.

Also, is that odd? I like pale skin. Tan skin is.... Not at all attractive to me. Same with big, full lips. I like thin lips... Maybe I'm weird.

Rain Dragon

2013-07-12, 02:46 AM

Coincidentally I've had my eyes go through all of those at various lifestages and moods/seasons. :smallamused:

Sounds like a magical place full of exotic vowels and tar, to hear you speak of it. :smallamused:

My sisters' eyes did that too Coidzor.

Mm. I have eyes that are the right shade of hazel to look gold. I love my gold eyes. So much. xD But only because saying to someone I have good eyes, and them actually seeing it is priceless.

Grey eyes are rare, but super attractive. Grey eyes and black hair, for one, is a great combination.

Eyes similar to Tywin Lannister, huh?

I have wanted to dye my hair to a colour close to black or black for a very long time and my family has tried to dissuade me from it for a very long time. When it is wet my hair is fairly close to black, but dry it is a golden-brown. Not dirty blonde by the way, as it is a few shades off. It definitely looks brown to everyone except my sister. Then again, sisters were created to be annoying. :smallfurious:

I do think now I have a bit of a tan very dark hair would suit me. Ahh, no way to be sure without getting some sort of non-permanent hair dye. Even those last several weeks however and I am not sure about that.

True grey is rare, but ice blue that borders on grey or blue-grey that borders on ice depending upon the lighting isn't super rare. Yeah, I suppose I'd have to agree with you about that particular combination of raven locks and grey eyes working well together.

Grey eyes do tend to be a bit more vulnerable to being glossed over as I recall, though, amusingly enough, that's actually been why people have commented on it when my eyes have gone grey, because apparently they were striking enough as blue that their absence made them try to figure out what was different about me. Either that or I've been really oblivious to a strange way of expressing interest. XD

My brother has very bright blue eyes which most people notice. The opinions I get on my gaze is simply that it is intense.

Perhaps more it is the expression behind the eyes than the colour that pull people in initially. For a reason best unexplained during childhood I did not do eye contact. I learned it later in life, so when talking to me I will be bordering on staring. It makes some people uncomfortable for sure, but for some reason a lack of eye contact makes even more people uncomfortable. (Australia by the way. Not in the indigenous community however, as some of the indigenous tribes don't feel it is as big a deal.)

Actually, if I could find the video I would link it. Most predators' eyes lack the easy-to-see whites of ours. Our eyes are designed so we can easily tell where each other are looking. Interesting, no?

Also, is that odd? I like pale skin. Tan skin is.... Not at all attractive to me. Same with big, full lips. I like thin lips... Maybe I'm weird.

Ahh, do not move to Australia. We are all burned and slightly browned. Interestingly, even though I am tanned compared to the stereotypical European look people still assume I am not from Australia due my paler skin. To be fair, it takes 3-4 hours in the sun for me to burn, and I certainly do not do that often as it is incredibly unhealthy.

Actually, I have a lot of European features but nobody has ever commented on them as a reason for asking if I am foreign... Only my skin colour.

Hattish Thing

2013-07-12, 02:48 AM

My sisters' eyes did that too Coidzor.

Eyes similar to Tywin Lannister, huh?

I have wanted to dye my hair to a colour close to black or black for a very long time and my family has tried to dissuade me from it for a very long time. When it is wet my hair is fairly close to black, but dry it is a golden-brown. Not dirty blonde by the way, as it is a few shades off. It definitely looks brown to everyone except my sister. Then again, sisters were created to be annoying. :smallfurious:

I do think now I have a bit of a tan very dark hair would suit me. Ahh, no way to be sure without getting some sort of non-permanent hair dye. Even those last several weeks however and I am not sure about that.

Yes, exactly. Though mine are slightly darker.

Meh, my hair is dirty blonde, and I've always liked it. Meeeheheh. Pale skin and dark hair works well as a contrast with blue or grey eyes. Tan and black looks odd to me. Maybe I have weird tastes.

Feytalist

2013-07-12, 02:57 AM

I've got slate grey eyes. Although everyone seems to think it's very blue.

Guys. The moon last night looked like the Cheshire Cat's grin. Totally cloudless as well. Wish I took a picture.

Rain Dragon

2013-07-12, 02:58 AM

Yes, exactly. Though mine are slightly darker.

Meh, my hair is dirty blonde, and I've always liked it. Meeeheheh. Pale skin and dark hair works well as a contrast with blue or grey eyes. Tan and black looks odd to me. Maybe I have weird tastes.

That is pretty badass if you do not mind me saying so.

I have nothing against dirty blonde, I was simply explaining my hair colour.

Actually, by slightly tanned I mean not as white as the forum background. I also like the contrast, but I don't particularly want my appearance to cause difficulties with family and work.

I've got slate grey eyes. Although everyone seems to think it's very blue.

Guys. The moon last night looked like the Cheshire Cat's grin. Totally cloudless as well. Wish I took a picture.

Yes, I never really looked in the mirror until recently. My Mum always said I have blue eyes and I took her at face value, however she is the only one who looks at them and sees blue. It is interesting.

I always regret when I see something visually effective and my camera is out of batteries.

DJ Yung Crunk

2013-07-12, 03:01 AM

I'm not dead, guys. Just in case you were worried.

Hattish Thing

2013-07-12, 03:02 AM

That is pretty badass if you do not mind me saying so.

I have nothing against dirty blonde, I was simply explaining my hair colour.

Actually, by slightly tanned I mean not as white as the forum background. I also like the contrast, but I don't particularly want my appearance to cause difficulties with family and work.

Oh, thank you.

Why would having pale skin affect your work? My skin is about as pale as the "forum" bar on the site, er... Slightly paler. So, with my gold eyes and blonde hair it all works pretty well. (I'm Californian.)

The woman I dated until recently had long red hair and green eyes, but hers were speckled with gold. Which was always super attractive. I was very lucky.

Rain Dragon

2013-07-12, 03:05 AM

Why would having pale skin affect your work?

The woman I dated until recently had long red hair and green eyes, but hers were speckled with gold. Which was always super attractive. I was very lucky.

Pale skin would not affect my work. Black or close to black hair would. As it is I find it difficult to sell books as people are too intimidated to come ask me questions.

Yes, you sound lucky indeed.

Hattish Thing

2013-07-12, 03:06 AM

Pale skin would not affect my work. Black or close to black hair would. As it is I find it difficult to sell books as people are too intimidated to come ask me questions.

Yes, you sound lucky indeed.

Ah. Makes sense. In that case, yeah. Black hair probably wouldn't work. :smalltongue:

I was lucky. Was. :smallannoyed: It didn't work out.

Rain Dragon

2013-07-12, 03:10 AM

Ah. Makes sense. In that case, yeah. Black hair probably wouldn't work. :smalltongue:

I was lucky. Was. :smallannoyed: It didn't work out.

Alas, if only it were not so.

Well, unless the entirety of your time together is a painful memory it sounds a valuable experience. Who knows where you will be next? You could 'get very lucky' once more in the very near future.

Hattish Thing

2013-07-12, 03:15 AM

Alas, if only it were not so.

Well, unless the entirety of your time together is a painful memory it sounds a valuable experience. Who knows where you will be next? You could 'get very lucky' once more in the very near future.

A seven year relationship doesn't heal that fast, considering she was the woman of your dreams, and she dumped you for someone else. :smallmad::smallsigh::smallfrown:

I can't think too much about the pleasant memories, seeing as my brain keeps replaying my memories with another in my place... :smallfrown:

Coidzor

2013-07-12, 03:25 AM

My sisters' eyes did that too Coidzor.

I have wanted to dye my hair to a colour close to black or black for a very long time and my family has tried to dissuade me from it for a very long time. When it is wet my hair is fairly close to black, but dry it is a golden-brown. Not dirty blonde by the way, as it is a few shades off. It definitely looks brown to everyone except my sister. Then again, sisters were created to be annoying. :smallfurious:

I do think now I have a bit of a tan very dark hair would suit me. Ahh, no way to be sure without getting some sort of non-permanent hair dye. Even those last several weeks however and I am not sure about that.

My brother has very bright blue eyes which most people notice. The opinions I get on my gaze is simply that it is intense.

Perhaps more it is the expression behind the eyes than the colour that pull people in initially. For a reason best unexplained during childhood I did not do eye contact. I learned it later in life, so when talking to me I will be bordering on staring. It makes some people uncomfortable for sure, but for some reason a lack of eye contact makes even more people uncomfortable. (Australia by the way. Not in the indigenous community however, as some of the indigenous tribes don't feel it is as big a deal.)

Actually, if I could find the video I would link it. Most predators' eyes lack the easy-to-see whites of ours. Our eyes are designed so we can easily tell where each other are looking. Interesting, no?

Actually, I have a lot of European features but nobody has ever commented on them as a reason for asking if I am foreign... Only my skin colour.

Ahh, sisters. Never had one, but heard so much about them.

Well, there's something like costumer's dye which is supposed to wash out immediately, and only sometimes holds to the hair IIRC. :smallconfused:

A bit of both for me, I suppose. I've gotten a fair measure of BS for having thicker eyebrows than is usual so people tend to think I'm more aggressive or angry due to them and my mouth naturally turning downwards in a slight frown which is exacerbated by the way my facial hair tends to grow.

I usually defaulted to looking between the eyes because alternating between left eye and right eye gets hypnotic/annoying/distracting.

Hm... I'm trying to remember if I've heard that before. Makes sense though, and is a bit interesting, yeah. Dogs are very different from baseline wolves in that they actually know to seek out and look at facial expression and eyes for emotional cues.

Well, it's like looking European in the U.S. or Canada or New Zealand, isn't it? The majority is of European descent so looking like them is expected. :smallconfused:

Mhm. Gold is an interesting color, and most of my female friends seem to agree an have pretty eyes. Which is good.

Also, is that odd? I like pale skin. Tan skin is.... Not at all attractive to me. Same with big, full lips. I like thin lips... Maybe I'm weird.

Certainly not an every day one, aye. :smallamused:

Tastes are... ephemeral, really.

Pale skin would not affect my work. Black or close to black hair would. As it is I find it difficult to sell books as people are too intimidated to come ask me questions.

I guess, yeah, if you were going for unnatural levels of black that might be an issue. :smallconfused:

Why would having pale skin affect your work? My skin is about as pale as the "forum" bar on the site, er... Slightly paler. So, with my gold eyes and blonde hair it all works pretty well. (I'm Californian.)

The woman I dated until recently had long red hair and green eyes, but hers were speckled with gold. Which was always super attractive. I was very lucky.

I think the parts of me that never see sun might be that pale, when they're not so pale that they're pink or red from the blood vessels underneath. Was called a vampire a lot when I was a chillen due to my pale skin and growing up in a sunny region and not really tanning despite being outside all the time. Arms have finally darkened up at some point between puberty and adulthood, though that may just be a trick of the boar's bristles growing out the back of my arms. Most of me tends towards ruddy though, if I recall the term correctly. Only really turning white when it's cold out and the color drains from me.

Mmm, all I've managed is to get some yellow flecks in my eyes that disappear when they go pale.

I'm not dead, guys. Just in case you were worried.

Ah, welcome back! I was wondering where you'd gotten off to.

DJ Yung Crunk

2013-07-12, 03:41 AM

Ah, welcome back! I was wondering where you'd gotten off to.

Sometimes I just don't care to do internet things for a while. These gaps come and go. Best to just roll with the punches and don't make any long term plans with me.

Rain Dragon

2013-07-12, 03:42 AM

A seven year relationship doesn't heal that fast.

My apologies.

Hatter offers the Mad Hatter a book to borrow, to read. It seems to be about Ulysses.

Ahh, sisters. Never had one, but heard so much about them.

A bit of both for me, I suppose. I've gotten a fair measure of BS for having thicker eyebrows than is usual so people tend to think I'm more aggressive or angry due to them and my mouth naturally turning downwards in a slight frown which is exacerbated by the way my facial hair tends to grow.

I usually defaulted to looking between the eyes because alternating between left eye and right eye gets hypnotic/annoying/distracting.

Hm... I'm trying to remember if I've heard that before. Makes sense though, and is a bit interesting, yeah. Dogs are very different from baseline wolves in that they actually know to seek out and look at facial expression and eyes for emotional cues.

Well, it's like looking European in the U.S. or Canada or New Zealand, isn't it? The majority is of European descent so looking like them is expected. :smallconfused:

I guess, yeah, if you were going for unnatural levels of black that might be an issue. :smallconfused:

I only have one, but one is more than enough.

Yeah, my mouth does the same thing but while growing up people assumed I was sad. Now I am not sure it is as noticeable. I also have dimples, so I have to dodge being called 'cute' and 'adorable' all the time. My eyebrows are a lot darker than my hair for some reason, so a fair few people seem to think I have a secret hair dying technique for very effective golden-brown hair.

I don't focus on anything that small unless I need to, so this eyes thing is not an issue for me. Though when I am very tired and not concentrating, my lazy eye does wander a little which I am sure is worse than being hypnotic.

Your fact about dogs is interesting too, but why we have chihuahuas and similar tiny dogs will forever baffle me. They have rather irritating personalities if you ask me.

For some reason, I do not 'look Australian'. Which to be honest is ridiculous as in school we are taught to take pride in our multicultural nation.

Well, I am not looking for unnatural black as it would not look as sharp.

Coidzor

2013-07-12, 03:55 AM

I only have one, but one is more than enough.

Yeah, my mouth does the same thing but while growing up people assumed I was sad. Now I am not sure it is as noticeable. I also have dimples, so I have to dodge being called 'cute' and 'adorable' all the time. My eyebrows are a lot darker than my hair for some reason, so a fair few people seem to think I have a secret hair dying technique for very effective golden-brown hair.

I don't focus on anything that small unless I need to, so this eyes thing is not an issue for me. Though when I am very tired and not concentrating, my lazy eye does wander a little which I am sure is worse than being hypnotic.

Your fact about dogs is interesting too, but why we have chihuahuas and similar tiny dogs will forever baffle me. They have rather irritating personalities if you ask me.

For some reason, I do not 'look Australian'. Which to be honest is ridiculous as in school we are taught to take pride in our multicultural nation.

Well, I am not looking for unnatural black as it would not look as sharp.

That seems to be the consensus, aye. :smallamused:

Ah, yeah... I don't even want to conjecture whether it's worse to be seen as a bit intimidating or adorable for that kind of thing. :smalleek: I think my eyebrows are darker as well, though it's hard to tell whether that's legit the case or just a product of the different textures of the hair, but the rest of my hair is dark as well except for the obligatory blond, golden brown, and red beard hairs.

I've found that people tend to think I'm bored if I don't focus my eyes to some extent while I'm talking to them, at least in an "eyecontact" context.

Toy dogs baffle me as well, and it amuses me that the larger the dog is, the more it wants to be held and loved on like only a small dog could be, but that smaller dogs can't really deal with that kind of treatment as it stresses them out and leads to them being high-strung and given to panick and biting. :/

It's always interesting seeing how Australia can be similar to the U.S. in some ways and different in others. I'd say that this is definitely one of the ways in which our xenophobias align though.

I'm not really seeing the problem with natural-looking black hair though. :smallconfused: Is it some kind of cultural association in Australia? All I could think of was that ink-black would get parsed as some kind of goth-a-like subculture and evoke those sorts of prejudices...

Sometimes I just don't care to do internet things for a while. These gaps come and go. Best to just roll with the punches and don't make any long term plans with me.

Ah, that'd be nice to be able to imitate, actually. Way too addicted right now...

DJ Yung Crunk

2013-07-12, 04:14 AM

Ah, that'd be nice to be able to imitate, actually. Way too addicted right now...

I'd agree if I actually accomplished a damn thing during my 'hiatus'.

MoonCat

2013-07-12, 04:14 AM

Coidzor

2013-07-12, 04:19 AM

Eye things. My whole life I was informed that my eyes were very, very blue, and then I went to high school. According to them, my eyes are grey, green, hazel, and "grey-ish blue with cool gold rings on them."

Meanwhile, I'm just miffed my eyes don't look like the trademark shade of blue that my Dutch family has.

And I've found pictures of me with brown eyes from when I was younger, which only serves to confuse the matter more.

Heh. Yeah, people started to have more diverse reactions to my eyes in high school too. I think it was mostly because most of them were out of the initial stages of puberty by that time, if you catch my drift.

Hmm... Secret Mooncat Changeling!? :smallamused:

MoonCat

2013-07-12, 04:20 AM

Heh. Yeah, people started to have more diverse reactions to my eyes in high school too. I think it was mostly because most of them were out of the initial stages of puberty by that time, if you catch my drift.

Hmm... Secret Mooncat Changeling!? :smallamused:

Hmm, nope, drift flying over my head. They looked into your eyes more?

Me or the brown-eyed MoonCat? :smallamused:

Coidzor

2013-07-12, 04:37 AM

Hmm, nope, drift flying over my head. They looked into your eyes more?

Me or the brown-eyed MoonCat? :smallamused:

Highschool is when girls started to notice me back.

You've ever heard of a child swapped for a changeling getting returned? :smallamused:

Feytalist

2013-07-12, 04:37 AM

Unless the real one came back later, that would make you the changeling. :smallbiggrin:

Since we're speaking of eyes, my dad has the weirdest pale green eyes. Like, washed out. I've never seen anything quite like it.

My mum has brown eyes. Guess I'm just a genetic throwback, heh.

factotum

2013-07-12, 06:26 AM

You've ever heard of a child swapped for a changeling getting returned? :smallamused:

Maybe that's exactly what happened--they took baby Moonie but found she was far too awesome for them, so they swapped her back again? :smallbiggrin:

Deathkeeper

2013-07-12, 07:07 AM

I used to have bright blue eyes as a kid. They've dulled to a sort of slate-gray/blue. I can't tell if it's a physical manifestation of me losing the bright spark of youth or they're just getting paler until they turn completely gray/white and I get ghost powers. Those are the only options.

My sister's went from green to hazel when she was very young, so I guess it's a common thing for us?

ION: Pacific Rim is out today but I'm stuck at work for 11 more hours (including commute). Nooo!

Feytalist

2013-07-12, 07:14 AM

Okay, I must have been living under a rock for the past couple of months. I had no idea what Pacific Rim was. Just checked it out. Sounds awesome. That one's getting on my to-watch list.

Shame it only starts over here the 2nd of August.

LaZodiac

2013-07-12, 08:07 AM

Aww... I had high hopes! :smallsigh:

I... Wasn't talking bout you, I've never seen you. You have blue eyes?

I dunno. I just have a huge thing for blue, grey, and light green eyes. :smalltongue:

Yha, sorry about that.

And yes, I know, but a compliment's a compliment, even if it's not intended :smallwink:

Eye things. My whole life I was informed that my eyes were very, very blue, and then I went to high school. According to them, my eyes are grey, green, hazel, and "grey-ish blue with cool gold rings on them."

Meanwhile, I'm just miffed my eyes don't look like the trademark shade of blue that my Dutch family has.

And I've found pictures of me with brown eyes from when I was younger, which only serves to confuse the matter more.

As has been elaborated, eye colour can change as you grow.

ION: Pacific Rim is out today but I'm stuck at work for 11 more hours (including commute). Nooo!

There's a chance that my theatre isn't getting it. I REALLY hope this is just their website glitching cause it's showing Now Playing movies in the coming soon area. I really really hope that's just a glitch.

Cuthalion

2013-07-12, 08:23 AM

Well, everybody was in a panic just a moment ago. One of the chickens managed to get into one of the garden beds AGAIN.

And right after we thought we got all the chickens, right when I was coming back inside, I saw 3 chickens loose in the yard. The first one was easy, since it ran right into the netting that we use to protect the vegetables and flowers from the chickens and got stuck in it. So, that one was a major cakewalk for me, but it got harder with the other two. But it wasn't hard for very long.

I would not be surprised if those chickens could escape from Alcatraz. :smallsigh:

Who knew how much fun poultry can be. Top that, budgies! :P

Our parrots have escaped and flown off multiple times, this is the reason that we only have one, instead of two, as we used to live across the street from an open space.

Our chickens, on the other hand, aren't full grown yet, and are slippery and incredibly difficult to catch. I would imagine that as they get older and their mass increases, they're easier to grab.

FinnLassie

2013-07-12, 08:29 AM

Today:

http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/y387/smathsinfionnghal/91b6a36f-d695-4d2f-8011-6a2e9261e08c_zps014a84e6.jpg

No more fever. Just a whole lotta sneezin'.

Teddy

2013-07-12, 08:33 AM

Was it a very long post? Were you doing other things at the same time?

It was long, but not excessively so, and I didn't do anything in the meantime. It was, however, a very thought-intensive post, and I think I may've read it all through at least three times. And probably closer to five or above for the most critical sections...

The 'i' still works, but it requires additional force, so I end up retyping words two or three times to get the 'i's in them. Fingers crossed this'll be a short-lived text impediment.

Fingers crossed indeed.

Toast.
Toast is always a good snack if you can have it hot.

Toast is good, but I prefer it for my breakfasts, since it requires a minimum of effort. I settled for a piece of dry bread with butter on top. Spartan, but at least no effort was required in making it.

It's either a massive post or massive post.

Or a large but really invested post.

I really hope those two circumstances aren't somehow linked.

*munches on RAM while tasting USB port*

Do any two sentences in that post look like they're related? :smallwink:

This is a curiously complex knot of crossed languages and names and histories which I shall endeavour to unravel. It may take a while though. For I know this name which you expectorate "Bilberry" as a creature unrelated to our blueberries, a thing taken in exotic supplements as amulet against disorders of the eye. It is not what I pick in the woods: and nor is that knee-high shrub you inveigh. Let us reconvene on this topic at a future date, armed with further herbalisms, to best circumscribe the genera and the species of our object.

Do you perchance know the Latin name of your wild blueberries?

Also, I shall put my best dwarves on it.

;___; I have begun a new era, I hope, with all the beautiful or delicious things I have planted to take their venerable place. Your mother and I are in complementary professions, and I imagine we would get along.

Let us all hope so. You have my blessing.

Speaking of the past: I learned recently that the Ulfilas Gospels are kept in your city, that pricelessly luxurious manuscript inscribed in silver and gold on purple-dyed foetal vellum. Do you know of this item?

Ulfilas Gospels? Oh, the Codex Argenteus! Of course I know of it.

Anyways, Random thing that just happened;
So, I'm sitting here, sipping the last of my nice, ice cold Mt. Dew (Lol, at 1:30 AM) and this really, really loud humming noise started up, (Like Loud as in really loud, not insect noise loud, like that driving down the highway guy next to you has bass through the roof loud) And ended about 4/5 minutes later.......And frankly, I'm more then a little on edge, any ideas on what it is?

With no further information on how it sounded and where it seemed to come from, no. If it happens again, get up and try to follow it. It'll probably lead out of your house, so you don't have follow it all the way, but just so you get an idea of where it comes from. Knowing the source can usually be rather reassuring, and if it isn't, it's because you've found something in need of fixing.

Coincidentally I've had my eyes go through all of those at various lifestages and moods/seasons. :smallamused:

Yeah, me too, more or less.

Eye things. My whole life I was informed that my eyes were very, very blue, and then I went to high school. According to them, my eyes are grey, green, hazel, and "grey-ish blue with cool gold rings on them."

This may be because of your eyes actually changing colour by the time you went to high school. It's actually rather common, especially for us with grey-green eyes. I mean, my started out as blue, and the only constants to my eye colour have been the small brown specks which have been there for as long as I can remember...

EDIT:
Ninja'd by LaLa, and I think Finn may have posted another adorable picture. I'm glad to see you're getting better, Finn! :smallsmile:

LaZodiac

2013-07-12, 08:44 AM

Today:

http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/y387/smathsinfionnghal/91b6a36f-d695-4d2f-8011-6a2e9261e08c_zps014a84e6.jpg

No more fever. Just a whole lotta sneezin'.

Woo, glad you're feeling better! Now...gotta get all those tissues off me XP

Your art style is really adorable, you know.

Thufir

2013-07-12, 08:50 AM

And, wow. Blue eyes are the sexiest things alive.

Eh. I'd say eyes can certainly be attractive, but I wouldn't describe them as sexy.
Also, strictly speaking the eyes themselves aren't alive (I AM PEDANT HEAR ME ROAR CONTRADICT YOU IN A MILDLY AGGRESSIVE FASHION)

Also, is that odd? I like pale skin. Tan skin is.... Not at all attractive to me. Same with big, full lips. I like thin lips... Maybe I'm weird.

No, you just have certain tastes. Everyone has their own personal tastes. 'Cause they're, y'know, personal.

I'm not dead, guys. Just in case you were worried.

Curses! Must hire better assassins in future.
I mean, uh... hi. I... missed you? (Because I'm a terrible shot with a sniper rifle?)

ION: I am disappointed by the character limit on names in Dungeons of Dredmor. When I create a big game hunting viking wizard clockwork knight, I want to name him something like Sir Wolstein Humdinger!

Deathkeeper

2013-07-12, 08:58 AM

FinnLassie

2013-07-12, 09:02 AM

Ninja'd by LaLa, and I think Finn may have posted another adorable picture. I'm glad to see you're getting better, Finn! :smallsmile:

Nalle, you need to get back to ninja school!

Better is a funny subject... <.< *has started throat ripping coughing*

Woo, glad you're feeling better! Now...gotta get all those tissues off me XP

But you're such a good tissue holder!

--- a big game hunting viking wizard clockwork knight ---

I, what.

LaZodiac

2013-07-12, 09:06 AM

But you're such a good tissue holder!

True, but I want to be a Finn holder! I bet I'd be good at it too :smalltongue:

FinnLassie

2013-07-12, 09:09 AM

True, but I want to be a Finn holder! I bet I'd be good at it too :smalltongue:

:smallconfused:

I can find you some other Finn to hold... :smallconfused:

LaZodiac

2013-07-12, 09:18 AM

:smallconfused:

I can find you some other Finn to hold... :smallconfused:

What I mean is that I want to cuddle you to help make you feel better and stuff.

Just me being silly, as always :smalltongue:

Teddy

2013-07-12, 09:40 AM

ION: I am disappointed by the character limit on names in Dungeons of Dredmor. When I create a big game hunting viking wizard clockwork knight, I want to name him something like Sir Wolstein Humdinger!

Yeah, any character name restrictions under 50 or so characters have always struck me as a bit silly. I mean, is your performance so critical that you can't afford to allocate another 30 bytes for those who want a really long name?

The worst examples, however, are those websites who put an upper bound on password length. Especially since the strongest passwords generally are long, mostly arbitrary phrases of ordinary words, not 8 characters of non-memorable mumbojumbo. Especially since you'll probably manage a greater typing speed for the former, making it harder for an observer to follow.

Nalle, you need to get back to ninja school!

Yeah, you're right, my Fingers of the Raptor technique could probably use some work...

I'm a master at walking silently, though. And skipping through rough terrain.

Better is a funny subject... <.< *has started throat ripping coughing*

Yeah, it's a sign of recovery, but not a desirable one. If I possessed the formula for cough panacea, I'd send it to you unconditionally, but now I can only give you well wishes...

Qwertystop

2013-07-12, 09:53 AM

The worst examples, however, are those websites who put an upper bound on password length. Especially since the strongest passwords generally are long, mostly arbitrary phrases of ordinary words, not 8 characters of non-memorable mumbojumbo. Especially since you'll probably manage a greater typing speed for the former, making it harder for an observer to follow.

No, the worst are the ones that put a limit on password length and work out what happens when you type too long a password differently for making an account and logging in - one situation drops the extra, the other does that weird thing where it replaces your last character each time you put a new one over the limit, or pushes the first character off the list. Or the two fields have different upper bounds.

Amidus Drexel

2013-07-12, 10:27 AM

So, I'm sitting here, sipping the last of my nice, ice cold Mt. Dew (Lol, at 1:30 AM) and this really, really loud humming noise started up, (Like Loud as in really loud, not insect noise loud, like that driving down the highway guy next to you has bass through the roof loud) And ended about 4/5 minutes later.......And frankly, I'm more then a little on edge, any ideas on what it is?

Air conditioning? From someone else's house, possibly? Could be neighbors were just starting up their car for whatever reason.

Smoke and steam seems to adequately describe most of my posts here, yes indeed. How's that for figurative language?

Coal is so neat! I have a cast iron bucket filled with coal pieces from my late grandparents: I would say it is soft coal probably, because it is easy to break and has a visible milles-feuilles rather than a solid mass. How old is your house, though? The idea of a coal stove seems so ancient, I mean I would expect to find coal pieces around my place which is perhaps eleventy years old, but I thought your house was rather newer than that.

Hoo boy, I bet a thick saturating darkness enveloped the mine when the lamp went off. Damp, cramped, and utterly dark... that's a great way to make a Kneenibble soil his tailored trousers. Must have been a wild experience.

Painful to inhale and made mostly of soot? :smalltongue:

The house was definitely built before the 1960s (the 2x6s in the rafters are actually 2 inches wide; they changed the standard in '61), and very likely much earlier than that. I don't know exactly how old it is, though; it's been remodeled and added onto several times.

Indeed it was. I rather enjoyed it myself. (but I like the dark, and I'm not claustrophobic). It was nice and cool in the mine, and when we came back up after the tour was finished, the air seemed even more hot and humid.

*rises from the dead*

Ajsgkldj pqofjl hrrmmrmrmffmfmmmm? :smallsigh:
[*Why is it so hard to be up at half nine?]

*falls back asleep in the corner*

That says 2:30am for me... Heh, I would have just gone to bed. :smallamused:

I don't know about your sleep schedule, but I have trouble being awake that early because I would've only been asleep for a few hours.

Um... Gates, Jobs, Bacon, Jackson.... Pretty much the modus operandi, really.

We are Coid, we are always looping. :smallwink: Granted, someone's always hitting us too.

Well, that usually happens afterward, at any rate. :smallamused::smalltongue:

I'd be impressed if Jobs was still running one of those... :smallamused:

Yes, to keep you in line. :smalltongue:

Only if they're good or exceptionally bad, I would imagine. :smallwink:

Perhaps more it is the expression behind the eyes than the colour that pull people in initially. For a reason best unexplained during childhood I did not do eye contact. I learned it later in life, so when talking to me I will be bordering on staring. It makes some people uncomfortable for sure, but for some reason a lack of eye contact makes even more people uncomfortable. (Australia by the way. Not in the indigenous community however, as some of the indigenous tribes don't feel it is as big a deal.)

Actually, if I could find the video I would link it. Most predators' eyes lack the easy-to-see whites of ours. Our eyes are designed so we can easily tell where each other are looking. Interesting, no?

Yeah, there's an easy way to mess with people: when you talk to them, stare at their hairline. It's just slightly off from their eyes, so they won't immediately know what's wrong, but it's just as uncomfortable. :smallamused:

I remember reading an article (or was it a video? Maybe we're thinking of the same thing) that had something to do with eye contact and human social evolution or something like that... I wonder where I saw that...

Today:

http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/y387/smathsinfionnghal/91b6a36f-d695-4d2f-8011-6a2e9261e08c_zps014a84e6.jpg

No more fever. Just a whole lotta sneezin'.

Heheheh... I see you've trapped someone underneath your tissues. :smalleek:

FinnLassie

2013-07-12, 10:40 AM

What I mean is that I want to cuddle you to help make you feel better and stuff.

Just me being silly, as always :smalltongue:

You can cook me some steak or something. :smallamused:

No wait, bad idea, I don't have an appetite. :smallsigh:

Yeah, it's a sign of recovery, but not a desirable one. If I possessed the formula for cough panacea, I'd send it to you unconditionally, but now I can only give you well wishes...

Coughing is horribad. :smalleek:

That says 2:30am for me... Heh, I would have just gone to bed. :smallamused:

I don't know about your sleep schedule, but I have trouble being awake that early because I would've only been asleep for a few hours.

Heheheh... I see you've trapped someone underneath your tissues. :smalleek:

Well, you do live 7 hours back in time from me right now, you know. :smalltongue:

I haven't been sleeping too well lately, but I think I managed to sleep at least 7 to 8 hours last night... I think. Hmm. Being back in Finland has totally ruined my sleep though, back in Scotland I would sleep from midnight to 8am.

Oh, it's just Zoozie! She's fine down there. :smallbiggrin:

LaZodiac

2013-07-12, 10:43 AM

You can cook me some steak or something. :smallamused:

No wait, bad idea, I don't have an appetite. :smallsigh:

Okay! Oh wait no, okay to that then!

Anyway, I'm off to see if Pacific Rim is in theatre!

factotum

2013-07-12, 10:52 AM

Yeah, any character name restrictions under 50 or so characters have always struck me as a bit silly. I mean, is your performance so critical that you can't afford to allocate another 30 bytes for those who want a really long name?

In games at least, I don't think they do it for performance reasons so much as for UI reasons--e.g. they've got to fit the name on that display somewhere! Using "patented fantasy font #727" doesn't help, because you usually can't read it unless it's big enough for the florid curves and tails on the letters to be recognisable...

CurlyKitGirl

2013-07-12, 11:09 AM

This is a curiously complex knot of crossed languages and names and histories which I shall endeavour to unravel. It may take a while though. For I know this name which you expectorate "Bilberry" as a creature unrelated to our blueberries, a thing taken in exotic supplements as amulet against disorders of the eye. It is not what I pick in the woods: and nor is that knee-high shrub you inveigh. Let us reconvene on this topic at a future date, armed with further herbalisms, to best circumscribe the genera and the species of our object.

I too, have never heard of bilberries. In fact, while I knew you could get American blueberries, European (actually [European country] blueberries and so on, I thought it was simply where that specific punnet of fruit was harvested. I think I've only ever had American blueberries once or twice because they were so, not bland, but mild. There was scarcely any taste to them.

Speaking of the past: I learned recently that the Ulfilas Gospels are kept in your city, that pricelessly luxurious manuscript inscribed in silver and gold on purple-dyed foetal vellum. Do you know of this item?

*jawdrop*
Now excuse me while I go envy Teddy darling.
Oh, but before I go dear, have you ever heard of the Catalogue of Digitised Manuscripts (http://manuscripts.cmrs.ucla.edu/index.php) with over three thousand manuscripts in their database?
I hadn't until the fabulous Saint Ridley linked me to it; it is now one of my dear friends.

Coal is so neat! I have a cast iron bucket filled with coal pieces from my late grandparents: I would say it is soft coal probably, because it is easy to break and has a visible milles-feuilles rather than a solid mass. How old is your house, though? The idea of a coal stove seems so ancient, I mean I would expect to find coal pieces around my place which is perhaps eleventy years old, but I thought your house was rather newer than that.

*raises hand*
Coal stoves, coal fires, agas and the like are still used over here fairly frequently. All but two of the houses in my street have coal fires and/or wood/coal fire stoves. Not that they all use them.

Eye things. My whole life I was informed that my eyes were very, very blue, and then I went to high school. According to them, my eyes are grey, green, hazel, and "grey-ish blue with cool gold rings on them."

Those are kind of like mine!
I rather derisively say I have cat eyes because they have a large yellow/gold centre, bordered by blue, surrounded by a very dark grey ring. In various lights they look gold, grey, blue, hazel, yellow and rarely green.
We should found the Kaleidoscope Eyes Club.

It was long, but not excessively so, and I didn't do anything in the meantime. It was, however, a very thought-intensive post, and I think I may've read it all through at least three times. And probably closer to five or above for the most critical sections...

Well that explains it; you don't want to misconstrue your meaning, so extra thinking and reading occurs. Probably better than my 'start writing and stop when you stop' method where I seldom re-read or retype my words.

Fingers crossed indeed.

Seems to be behaving a little better today.

Toast is good, but I prefer it for my breakfasts, since it requires a minimum of effort. I settled for a piece of dry bread with butter on top. Spartan, but at least no effort was required in making it.

Toast is a good breakfast food; but I like bacon more. Also porridge. Porridge and a bacon sandwich, mmmm.
Also bacon bites for lunch. Ever had a bacon bite? It's puff pastry with bacon and cheddar cheese placed diagonally in the middle, with the two corners folded over on top. Hideously fatty, and even the pastry contains layers of fat, but so delicious.

ION: I've probably listened to this song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojYK6CW8gdw) about forty times in the two days since I've discovered it. It reminds me a little of the song 'Why Do Birds Suddenly Appear' as arranged in Mirrormask and a lot of really good barbershop quartets.

Teddy

2013-07-12, 11:15 AM

In games at least, I don't think they do it for performance reasons so much as for UI reasons--e.g. they've got to fit the name on that display somewhere! Using "patented fantasy font #727" doesn't help, because you usually can't read it unless it's big enough for the florid curves and tails on the letters to be recognisable...

Hmm, apart from very few fields (like on top of character sheets and the like), this shouldn't be a problem...

Speaking of name fields in games, I noticed that when naming a something in Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, if you move the writing prompt too far to the right, you'll suddenly get a lot of metadata into your naming field. Interesting, but it made me fear messing something up horribly, so I canceled pretty quickly...