DataNinja's Scintillating Digital Random Banter #231

[Anonymouswizard]

I was born June 3. You?

1101. Something something ten characters.

[Peelee]

1101. Something something ten characters.

Is this a binary joke I'm too Base 10 to understand?

[factotum]

Given he's British I assume he means 11th January, or else he's just not wanting to give his actual birthdate out!

[Mr. Mud]

Oh, how I've missed the playground. I miss my old random banter buddies! I guess I'll have to go through the Goodbye thread to see which oldheads are still here

[Anonymouswizard]

Is this a binary joke I'm too Base 10 to understand?

Sorry, you're right, I should have used more common numbers.

15₈.

Normal peopleuse ocatl, right? If not, then here's another attempt at clarity.

D₃₆

Given he's British I assume he means 11th January, or else he's just not wanting to give his actual birthdate out!

Nah, one number, birthday is deduceable from it.

[Bartmanhomer]

Hey everyone. Someone made a Fandom Wiki Page of my Youtube channel that I found out last week.

[enderlord99]

Nah, one number, birthday is deduceable from it.

Oh, so he was 2 days off!

[Peelee]

Oh, so he was 2 days off!

You mean 10?

[Rogar Demonblud]

Reading about you talking consoles is weird, because I'm old enough to remember the switch from Trash 80s to Commodore 64s at school.

[Peelee]

Reading about you talking consoles is weird, because I'm old enough to remember the switch from Trash 80s to Commodore 64s at school.

Innocent little moi?

[Jasdoif]

Reading about you talking consoles is weird, because I'm old enough to remember the switch from Trash 80s to Commodore 64s at school.

I vaguely remember seeing my uncle's Atari with a tape drive once, before he got the Atari 800XL with the cartridge slot and external 5.25" floppy drive....

[DataNinja]

I honestly always assumed you were years older than me, not sure why.

I know that for me, I was perpetually the youngest person in my friends groups, or anyone that I really knew. So it super weirds me out to actually be older than people sometimes now. Because my brain is all "...no. That never happens. That's not how it works!!!"

[Rogar Demonblud]

Wait until you walk into a meeting and realize you're the oldest person there. Including all the supervisors, some of whom you trained.

[Anonymouswizard]

I know that for me, I was perpetually the youngest person in my friends groups, or anyone that I really knew. So it super weirds me out to actually be older than people sometimes now. Because my brain is all "...no. That never happens. That's not how it works!!!"

I was always one of the youngest in my year group at school, although I think I always managed to avoid being the youngest in the class. Well chronilogicaly at least, mentally I was always one or two years behind everybody else. Still never really matured past 'horny fifteen year old'.

But yeah, while I'm used to being older than others due to younger siblings, it still weirds me out in an equal power environment.

[Rater202]

My family raises chickens for the eggs, we have an acre we have the room for it.

The chickens occasionally get out of the pen and wander the yard. My stepfather says that this isn't a problem and they occasionally get out and go back in, I hate this becuase 1: I don't know how to corral chickens, 2: the chickens sometimes get aggressive with me and only me, 3: Our yard in not fenced in so they could just walk into the street, 4: Our neighbor doesn't keep track of his chickens and they sometimes wander into our yard 5: We occasionally get hawks around here.

My stepfather doesn't see what the big deal is, but those are our animals and we have a responsibility to them.

When my stepfather is out of town, my brother is in charge of chickens.

Today I'm bringing the bins back from the curb and I see that the chickens are not only out, they're coming around the side of the house and heading toward the street.

I tell my brother since my stepfather is out of town and it's my brother's job to take care of the chickens... and he gets an attitude with me and calls me a bully... For wanting him to do his job and make sure the chickens get wrangled back into the coop before they wander into the street and get hit by a car.

[Rogar Demonblud]

In case you don't know, "bully" has become a codeword for 'anybody trying to make me do something I don't want to do'.

[sktarq]

2: the chickens sometimes get aggressive with me and only me

As someone who has been collecting the eggs from a very young age (3-4) I recommend a stick. Now I'm not sure how my mother got Samson (our rooster) to give that stick (called my Samson stick until I was about 6) a wide berth or if he just considered me a whole lot more dangerous when I demonstrated reach but it worked. Later in life I found the same idea still works...A broom or rake is also ideal as the wide end lets you face the broadside towards them and shoo them the way you want, plus brooms and rakes are often kept near the bloody coop/feed bag areas anyway.

Also they can sense fear. and most are combination of daft and crazy.

[Peelee]

As someone who has been collecting the eggs from a very young age (3-4) I recommend a stick. Now I'm not sure how my mother got Samson (our rooster) to give that stick (called my Samson stick until I was about 6) a wide berth or if he just considered me a whole lot more dangerous when I demonstrated reach but it worked. Later in life I found the same idea still works...A broom or rake is also ideal as the wide end lets you face the broadside towards them and shoo them the way you want, plus brooms and rakes are often kept near the bloody coop/feed bag areas anyway.

Also they can sense fear. and most are combination of daft and crazy.

I suspect that your mom just used the stick enough that Samson knew the deal. It was the same for my best friend's cows back in high school. If you needed to rustle them up, just grab a stick and they will move. Just in case they don't, a gentle poke gets them to jump a foot in the air and book it double time.

Or maybe sticks with farm animals are just magic.

[Lord Raziere]

2: the chickens sometimes get aggressive with me and only me.

So.....Legend of Zelda is too real for you?

[Anonymouswizard]

So.....Legend of Zelda is too real for you?

I only skimmed Rater's post, but I don't think he hit them with a magical sword he pulled from some stone pedestal in the woods.

[Lord Raziere]

I only skimmed Rater's post, but I don't think he hit them with a magical sword he pulled from some stone pedestal in the woods.

Yeah he would have it worse, the Cuccos would try to kill him on sight! thats a curse that no person should have to bear.

[Rater202]

So.....Legend of Zelda is too real for you?

Well, I didn't start it, so no.

Kinda wish it was. I can think of a lot of situations where a magic sword that can sometimes shoot a laser would be useful.

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Swords are cool.

I don't trust myself to use one responsibly, but they're cool.

A little while back when I was stressed or anxious by stuff I'd boot up Kingdom Hearts 3 and just sail around in the Caribbean. Haven't done so in a while, but there's something very relaxing about piloting a magical ship around various tropical islands and occasionally using canons to blow the Hell out of enemy pirate ships.

[Anonymouswizard]

I wouldn't trust myself with a sword, would probably poke somebody's eye out. Then twenty seconds later I'll realise it's my team that's down an eye.

Probably just better if I get a puzzle that forms a magic pendant or something. Although knowing me, instead of a wizard I'd end up as some kind of Cleric.

[LaZodiac]

One of these days I wanna try and swing a real sword and stuff. I'm a writer I should get some hands on experience with that stuff...

[Rater202]

One of these days I wanna try and swing a real sword and stuff. I'm a writer I should get some hands on experience with that stuff...

Don't say that. It makes me think I need to start doing capoeira and I don't have the legs or the lack of fat needed to do hose kidns of flips.

[LaZodiac]

Don't say that. It makes me think I need to start doing capoeira and I don't have the legs or the lack of fat needed to do hose kidns of flips.

If you do the stuff needed to start learning capoeira you will though! But yeah don't stress, you don't need to have first hand knowledge of A Thing to write it, I'm just obsessed with my own sense of realism. I specifically want to feel the weight of a sword so I can accurately capture that because to me that is something I need to do.

[Anonymouswizard]

One of these days I wanna try and swing a real sword and stuff. I'm a writer I should get some hands on experience with that stuff...

Meanwhile I want to do it because it's cool. Although I'm probably going to take up unarmed marital arts again first, anybody know of a good strike-focused one?

Also, I just discovered that Paul Merton, aka the greatest wit alive, made his own sketch show a couple of decades ago. I'm so binging that tomorrow.

[Lord Raziere]

If you do the stuff needed to start learning capoeira you will though! But yeah don't stress, you don't need to have first hand knowledge of A Thing to write it, I'm just obsessed with my own sense of realism. I specifically want to feel the weight of a sword so I can accurately capture that because to me that is something I need to do.

Yeah, a lots to be said for research, listening to others peoples point of view who are more experienced, watching videos of people actually doing it and figuring out how that movement works, things like that.

though I technically have some firsthand experience with not real swords exactly but I did sword-fight with my brother at times when I was a kid, not exactly sure when (it was his idea, not mine). they were more like I think plastic poles with duct tape wrapped around them, but I quickly learned you want to keep your sword in front of your and be quick, and he is years older than me so I lost every time no matter what. and for that to work, blades kind of have to be light. like at least relatively light, because of the movements required. and even those blunt poles could hurt when they hit. so getting thwacked even by wooden blunt weapons would be painful if my experience is anything to go by.

[Rockphed]

My wife's family raised chickens when she was a kid. One time the rooster, bubba, decided to get aggressive with her two-year cold, marshmallow coated self. She kicked him full in the chest and he never bothered her again. Her older siblings, who were less aggressive in fending him off eventually refused to help collect eggs in fear.

[Peelee]

Meanwhile I want to do it because it's cool. Although I'm probably going to take up unarmed marital arts again first, anybody know of a good strike-focused one?

I hear Hapkido is good.

Also, I just discovered that Paul Merton, aka the greatest wit alive

You misspelled Peelee.