Heliomance's Everchanging Thread Title Random Banter #167

[Mutant Sheep]

Well, I'm pretty sure when you try to kill yourself they let you out. (Into the psych ward, but yeah.)

"We were cursed, beaten, kicked, and compelled to go through exercises to the extent that a few were unconscious for some minutes. They kept it up for the greater part of the afternoon, and then those who could possibly stand on their feet were compelled to take cold shower baths. One of the boys was scrubbed with a scrubbing brush using lye on him. They drew blood in several places.” —Mennonite from Camp Lee, Virginia, United States, 16 July 1918.

Some things never change.

You guys can probably tell, I was horrified by these stories.

I could swear my cousin said that stuff was all exaggeration and lies. What boot camp was this? Stuff for CIA assassins? Cant believe this is normal for modern-land time.

[Tragic_Comedian]

I could swear my cousin said that stuff was all exaggeration and lies. What boot camp was this? Stuff for CIA assassins? Cant believe this is normal for modern-land time.

My friend's in the national guard.

[Mutant Sheep]

My friend's in the national guard.

The blarghaug!?! Jeez. Apparently my cousin went to an easy marine boot camp.

[Cobalt]

My best friend just got out of boot camp, too (Marines, incidentally). Same story, but because we're all weird and it's his thing, it was fun for him, apparently. Eyes on the prize, I guess. And I mean it, same deal, got a similar-ish story from him on the weekend. Though it wasn't happening to him, directly. He actually seemed pretty good at things.



Showers feel very... Good, for the body and soul. Something I enjoy.

[Tragic_Comedian]

The blarghaug!?! Jeez. Apparently my cousin went to an easy marine boot camp.

He could've been lying to you so you wouldn't worry about him.

My best friend just got out of boot camp, too (Marines, incidentally). Same story, but because we're all weird and it's his thing, it was fun for him, apparently. Eyes on the prize, I guess. And I mean it, same deal, got a similar story from him on the weekend.



Showers feel very... Good, for the body and soul. Something I enjoy.

Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

I prefer baths.

[Cobalt]

Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

I prefer baths.

I have to assume you are exclusively referring to the shower comment with both lines here, and therefore must challenge you to a bathe-off. The challenge; to clean oneself more thoroughly than the next man. The stakes; our very lives. Do you accept? You're on your honor.

[Coidzor]

Showers feel very... Good, for the body and soul. Something I enjoy.

I'm pretty sure being scrubbed with lye and bleeding doesn't feel good, even in a shower.

Granted, most of what I know about lye is that drinking it can lead to blindness and death and that it's involved somewhere in the production of soap and is so basic it causes damage to flesh just by being exposed to it.

[Pheehelm]

"We were cursed, beaten, kicked, and compelled to go through exercises to the extent that a few were unconscious for some minutes. They kept it up for the greater part of the afternoon, and then those who could possibly stand on their feet were compelled to take cold shower baths. One of the boys was scrubbed with a scrubbing brush using lye on him. They drew blood in several places.” —Mennonite from Camp Lee, Virginia, United States, 16 July 1918.

When I was at MEPS I saw a poster on the Marines' service counselor's office that went "We'd promise you sleep deprivation, mental torment, and muscles so sore you'll puke...but we don't like to sugarcoat things."

I've had some guys tell me they personally had fun at boot camp. But to be fair, these were sailors.



Sooo I mentioned last thread about I had reserved the Watership Down film in my local library system. A few days after I'd done that, I reserved Toy Story 3. It had multiple holds ahead of mine and I estimated I was in for a wait of several weeks. That was fine, I wasn't in a hurry. Later that week I got the call indicating one of my reserves had come in (for some reason these take the form of hang-up calls from the county government). So I go to the library and pick up...Toy Story 3.

Okay. I pick it up, plop down a reserve for another popular recent movie available in the system, and go home to watch what I've got. Yesterday I took it back and while I was there inquired into Watership Down. Usually it only takes a few days for holds to come in, and this one had no holds on it besides mine. The librarian checked into it for me and determined, through her secret library sciences, that the movie was tagged as unavailable. Most likely damaged, and given their budget situation, not going to be replaced for the foreseeable future.


Anyways. Today, I got more of those hang-up calls not-telling me my reserve was in. I managed to make it into the library shortly before closing, so now I have this to watch:

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Yeah. I don't know what happened either, but I'm not complaining.

[Mutant Sheep]

Things...and stuff...
Anyways. Today, I got more of those hang-up calls not-telling me my reserve was in. I managed to make it into the library shortly before closing, so now I have this to watch:

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Yeah. I don't know what happened either, but I'm not complaining.

Yay Watership down readitdreaditreaditnow!

[Cobalt]

I'm pretty sure being scrubbed with lye and bleeding doesn't feel good, even in a shower.

Granted, most of what I know about lye is that drinking it can lead to blindness and death and that it's involved somewhere in the production of soap and is so basic it causes damage to flesh just by being exposed to it.

I was hoping the multiple blank lines between that and the paragraph on-topic would indicate that it was unrelated, but whatever. You're right. That sounds rather unpleasant.

That was a brief discussion. I'm hungry.

[Mutant Sheep]

I was hoping the multiple blank lines between that and the paragraph on-topic would indicate that it was unrelated, but whatever. You're right. That sounds rather unpleasant.

That was a brief discussion. I'm hungry.

Have a pizza. *hands over a slice of pizza*

*you drop it*

Aw man, you have to get your own now! Blargh cafeteria foodz.

[Tragic_Comedian]

I have to assume you are exclusively referring to the shower comment with both lines here, and therefore must challenge you to a bathe-off. The challenge; to clean oneself more thoroughly than the next man. The stakes; our very lives. Do you accept? You're on your honor.

Well, I generally bathe for the purpose of relaxation, not cleansing. I shower before or after a nice long hot soak.

[Pheehelm]

Yay Watership down readitdreaditreaditnow!

I've, uh, already read it. This is the movie.

Of course, it's on VHS so I have to use one of those VHS players. That's what they were called way back in the day, right? VHS players? I can hardly remember.

There might be one in my basement or something. I'll have to shake the dust out of it. I hope it still works.

I mean, like, my parent's basement. I don't have a VHS player, of course. Heh heh...heh.

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[LaZodiac]

Have a pizza.

I've had pizza for three days *crazy rabid face* so many pizzaaaaa.

[Cobalt]

Have a pizza. *hands over a slice of pizza*

*you drop it*

Aw man, you have to get your own now! Blargh cafeteria foodz.

Now I'm itching for pizza, but it's unlikely that I'll get it tonight. Note to self; make tomorrow a pizza day.

Well, I generally bathe for the purpose of relaxation, not cleansing. I shower before or after a nice long hot soak.

I find certain ways of showering can be relaxing.

None of them involve lye, coincidentally.

[Tragic_Comedian]

I'm pretty sure being scrubbed with lye and bleeding doesn't feel good, even in a shower.

Granted, most of what I know about lye is that drinking it can lead to blindness and death and that it's involved somewhere in the production of soap and is so basic it causes damage to flesh just by being exposed to it.

Some people still make lye soap here, but just for academic purposes, really.

Wash your face with lye soap and you could end up with St. Anthony's Fire. Not joking.

[MoonCat]

I agree with your logic there.

I know how old you are! You're--
*Pinkie Pie shows up on my computer screen* FOREVER!

... It will be a riddle for the ages.

Yes. Unless someone comes and visits me. or if I'm in a particularly good mood and feel like telling someone who asks.

Oh, by the way Blue, this'll amuse you. Two nights ago I was trying to sleep by naming one friend from the forum for every letter of the alphabet. I was stuck on B for an hour and a half before I thought of you.

ION: Guys, what the **** is up with Psychonauts and dowsing rods? Do they WANT you to break your keyboard while digging up deep arrowheads? ****!

[LaZodiac]

ION: Guys, what the **** is up with Psychonauts and dowsing rods? Do they WANT you to break your keyboard while digging up deep arrowheads? ****!

Yes. Pray you don't get the glitch that makes you lose your Cobweb Duster like I did. Since I was playing the PC version, they deleted the cheats. So I had to manually find arrow heads. Was not pleasent

[absolmorph]

Think, man. Are you going to get a straight answer to that question?

Most of her answers to that question have been quite straight. Taken alone, at least.

Ah, but I wasn't paying attention, so I'm more original than you! (Insane troll logic wins if you don't care about others!)

Tsk tsk V



Indeed. Even if I say I skipped grades you'd still all have a vague idea of where I am in time, seeing as I let slip I'm in high school a long time ago.

Seems like a straight enough answer to me.

[Heliomance]

Yes. Unless someone comes and visits me. or if I'm in a particularly good mood and feel like telling someone who asks.

Oh, by the way Blue, this'll amuse you. Two nights ago I was trying to sleep by naming one friend from the forum for every letter of the alphabet. I was stuck on B for an hour and a half before I thought of you.

What was the list?

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

What was the list?

I too am intrigued by this list. A window into the mind of Mooncat, as it were.

[MoonCat]

Yes. Pray you don't get the glitch that makes you lose your Cobweb Duster like I did. Since I was playing the PC version, they deleted the cheats. So I had to manually find arrow heads. Was not pleasent

Oof. all 800? Ouch and ouch again my friend.

Most of her answers to that question have been quite straight. Taken alone, at least.

Seems like a straight enough answer to me.

Of course! What is straighter than "I am a time goddess?"

I love it that I still have people on my side when I am purposely being as wrong as possible.

What was the list?

I don't know, I got stuck on C and got distracted and started singing Sweeney Todd under my breath. Then I started looking for mathematical sequences in my alarm clock, and then I came up with a really good one I didn't want to forget, so I got up and wrote it on both knees, both hands, one foot, and a bookmark by the light of my music player.

ION: Heliomance, are you changing the titles on us? That's twice I'[ve noticed at least.

[Heliomance]

ION: Heliomance, are you changing the titles on us? That's twice I'[ve noticed at least.

Huh? What are you talking about?

[Mutant Sheep]

Huh? What are you talking about?

Thread title.

IT IS DIFFERENT NOW! I DON'T LIKE IT.
ION:Dangit I forgot to make a pizza tonight and its a bit late to make one now. Stupid games and their time-stealing ways.

[Tragic_Comedian]

Thread title.

IT IS DIFFERENT NOW! I DON'T LIKE IT.

How can you be sure it was ever different?

[Heliomance]

Don't open this spoiler if you don't already know the rules of Mornington Crescent!

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Y'know, it would probably be entirely possible to actually have competitive Mornington Crescent games. As declaring Mornington Crescent too early is considered bad form, the best time to announce it is the turn right before your opponent was planning to. This makes it an exercise in psychology, in trying to read your opponent and guess when they're going to go for the win, in order to get there first. And that means it's not luck based, so an actual championship would work.

[Pheehelm]

Take a look at post titles in earlier pages. They default to "Re: [thread title]," and remain unchanged if the thread title changes.

[MoonCat]

Huh? What are you talking about?

Your activities in thread naming.

Thread title.

IT IS DIFFERENT NOW! I DON'T LIKE IT.
ION:Dangit I forgot to make a pizza tonight and its a bit late to make one now. Stupid games and their time-stealing ways.

It was changed before too.

How can you be sure it was ever different?

By looking at earlier posts.

[Mutant Sheep]

How can you be sure it was ever different?

V What he said.

Take a look at post titles in earlier pages. They default to "Re: [thread title]," and remain unchanged if the thread title changes.

Also, the Confusingly Inconsistent gives it away.

Oh yeah. Guys guys! Guess what?!? *HUGS!*

[LaZodiac]

V What he said.


Also, the Confusingly Inconsistent gives it away.

Oh yeah. Guys guys! Guess what?!? *HUGS!*

Yay for hugs! Is your special power hugs?

I ask because I just saw Mystery Men, and it was a great movie.