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2020-07-15, 11:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-07-16, 12:10 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Sermil and the Banter of Randomness: Random Banter #228
So, now with my starting a new thread after the previous one hit 50 pages, I'm kinda curious: Why do we have a 50 page limit on threads?
I heard it was a technical reason[citation needed], but I'm curious as to the technical reason.
The site says it runs on vBulletin. vBulletin says it runs the Steam forums, but I don't see a similar restriction there. So I assume it's not a hard limit. Of course, Steam has near-infinite resources for paying for lot of hosting compute power, and giantitp.com doesn't, so it could be a soft limit...
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2020-07-16, 12:25 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Sermil and the Banter of Randomness: Random Banter #228
My apologies pelee, will continue in IM!
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2020-07-16, 12:59 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Sermil and the Banter of Randomness: Random Banter #228
My guess is that the tools the moderators use for splitting bad posts out of threads etc. just work slower and slower the more posts are there--that's how a forum I used to moderate years ago worked, at any rate. So limiting the number of pages in a thread means the moderators can still work on it as necessary.
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2020-07-16, 01:06 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Sermil and the Banter of Randomness: Random Banter #228
A quick google says that the original reason had to do with load times. Probably also does have something to do with moderation, and just having more and more things chaining off the same points. I very much have only a rudimentary knowledge of the fundamentals here, though. So foot may be in mouth.
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2020-07-16, 01:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Sermil and the Banter of Randomness: Random Banter #228
It looks like I'm at a Youtube War by so many idiots due to my recent video that I mentioned that my friends and I are accused of cyberbullying all because we call out on another Youtuber cyberbullying and harassing a teenager girl.
It's time to get my Magikarp on!
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2020-07-16, 01:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Sermil and the Banter of Randomness: Random Banter #228
Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
Number of times Roland St. Jude has sworn revenge upon me: 2
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2020-07-16, 01:20 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Sermil and the Banter of Randomness: Random Banter #228
Get your physics out of my D&D!
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2020-07-16, 02:13 AM (ISO 8601)
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The stars predict tomorrow you'll wake up, do a bunch of stuff, and then go back to sleep.~ That's your horoscope for today.
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2020-07-16, 05:46 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Sermil and the Banter of Randomness: Random Banter #228
That was nice, my employers gave me a £100 Amazon gift card for my upcoming 50th birthday!
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2020-07-16, 07:36 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Sermil and the Banter of Randomness: Random Banter #228
Yes, I am slightly egomaniac. Why didn't you ask?
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2020-07-16, 08:05 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Sermil and the Banter of Randomness: Random Banter #228
I'm conflicted because that is actually pretty good a gift in general, but there's a good chance your place of employment could give you something better as a gift, and if youj happen to work for a company owned by Amazon that's effectively being payed in scrip.
But on the third hand that means you have money to buy my book and I'm nothing if not a slave to my desires, so I present that as a fun option for your recent funds.
All jokes aside I'm of two minds on gift cards as they pertain to actual gifts. For me there is this implicit feeling that a gift card implies I'm not being trusted with money, or that they only WANT me to buy at this place instead of anywhere else I could use money at. But it has become increasingly obvious that since I live in the middle of nowhere, gift cards are actually fairly useful if they can be used for online shopping. And restaurant based gift cards typically only get given out after you've proven that you're a regular of specific places so it's like "we know you're going to go eat here anyway, here's 50 Boston Pizza bucks". So yeah, conflicted. Ultimately I'd ust prefer to cut out the middle man and get the gift I'd buy with the gift card though.Last edited by LaZodiac; 2020-07-16 at 08:07 AM.
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2020-07-16, 08:08 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Sermil and the Banter of Randomness: Random Banter #228
I just want to open presents, myself, which is why I maintain an updated list year-round.
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2020-07-16, 08:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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Last edited by Peelee; 2020-07-16 at 09:43 AM. Reason: Thought of a better joke
Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
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2020-07-16, 08:24 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Sermil and the Banter of Randomness: Random Banter #228
FYI, posts per page were half the current amount back then, so it was technically 25 pages, adjusted for inflation!
We've kept the amount at 50 because it keeps managing threads much easier. Also, who the heck is going to read a 1000+ page thread? You would melt faces!
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2020-07-16, 08:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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Hah – never noticed the RB thread rules still talk about IM-ing.
1: General agreement – on the one hand, come on just give me cash, on the other hand, apparently you know me well enough to know I'd be going to this particular place anyway. Or, alternately, you got me Amazon money when I avoid Amazon on principle whenever possible.
2: You're in Canada and your first thought on a frequent eatery is "Boston Pizza"? I'm living in Boston and I didn't know we were associated with a particular kind of pizza – it's primarily (basically) New York-style here.
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2020-07-16, 08:55 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Sermil and the Banter of Randomness: Random Banter #228
Every so often I wonder how many small children are going to be scarred for life by their parents or grandparents letting them watch The Banana Splits Movie without noticing that its rated R.
(Seriously, who the hell thought that a gory slasher movie depicting beloved children's characters as homicidal robots was a good idea?)I also answer to Bookmark and Shadow Claw.
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2020-07-16, 08:59 AM (ISO 8601)
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2020-07-16, 09:10 AM (ISO 8601)
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2020-07-16, 09:45 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Sermil and the Banter of Randomness: Random Banter #228
Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
Number of times Roland St. Jude has sworn revenge upon me: 2
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2020-07-16, 10:11 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Sermil and the Banter of Randomness: Random Banter #228
Boston pizza... A Canadian restaurant that serves quesadillas? Do they serve any other kind of Tex-Mex or Mexican cuisine too? I'll be honest, I always sort of wondered if you can get decent Mexican food in Canada. I've been told that you can't in the eastern states, so I'm thinking probably not?
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2020-07-16, 10:12 AM (ISO 8601)
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Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
Number of times Roland St. Jude has sworn revenge upon me: 2
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2020-07-16, 10:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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Yeah, I can't confirm this but I've been told that Mexican places in the western states are better than those in the northeast anyway. I'm not sure about the south though.
It is true that a Mexican food truck that can do legit tacos al pastor or a generously-sized torta is the rule rather than the exception here.
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2020-07-16, 10:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
Number of times Roland St. Jude has sworn revenge upon me: 2
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2020-07-16, 10:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Sermil and the Banter of Randomness: Random Banter #228
Sorry about that. Happy birthday though!
You know I don't think I've ever seen any degree of car products at Canadian Tire...
It's got nachos! Everything at Boston Pizza has pepper and sriracha in it so it's very spicy, which is LIKE Mexican food... to a degree. I think it has other Mexican/Tex-Mex style dishes but I typically stick to what I get.
It also sells lots of pasta!
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2020-07-16, 10:53 AM (ISO 8601)
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2020-07-16, 11:05 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Sermil and the Banter of Randomness: Random Banter #228
Cuisines that we don't get here enough in the UK: Mexican, French, Turkish, French, German, French, and Flavour.
What we get too much of over here: American commercial cuisine. Yeah, this is one of the reasons Britons will take the piss out of American cuisine, we don't get to see any of the high flavour stuff, just like how the flavourful British food tends to get tagged as 'not really British'. Well that, and the fact we don't expect you to take two thirds of your meal home when you eat in restaurants.
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2020-07-16, 11:14 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Sermil and the Banter of Randomness: Random Banter #228
Saying "American cuisine" is kind of like saying "European cuisine". Geographically, you're correct, but there can be a huge variation. There's Southern kitchens, creole/cajun, New England, Tex/Mex, seafood, Southwest, just to name the more notable ones off the top of my head. That's also ignoring the much more specific regional ones, like New York pizza, Chicago deep dish, Chicago hot dog culture, etc.
Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
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2020-07-16, 11:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Sermil and the Banter of Randomness: Random Banter #228
And yet apparently English curry is really Indian, and we didn't make apple pie either.
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2020-07-16, 11:23 AM (ISO 8601)
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