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« on: September 16, 2013, 05:05:15 pm »
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Oh look, a self explanatory title!

How about we ignore the description, and talk about our subject of the day?
  • Day 1: Dogs
  • Day 2: Drawing
  • Day 3: Video Games
  • Day 4: Awkward Conversations
  • Day 5: Time Travel
  • Day 6: Mafia
  • Day 7: TV Shows
  • Day 8: Music
  • Day 9: Food
  • Day 10: Anything
  • Day 11: Dancing
  • Day 12: Camping
  • Day 13: Puns
  • Day 14: Dreams
  • Day 15: Traveling
  • Day 16: School
  • Day 17: Memes
  • Day 18: Animals
  • Day 19: Roleplay
  • Day 20: Anything
  • Day 21: Doctor
  • Day 22: The Ladies
  • Day 23: Money
(Will be updated once a day)
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« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2013, 05:08:16 pm »
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Day 1!
~Dogs~

So, I was surfing around Imgur.com, and stumbled upon an extremely large photo-set, explaining the history of dogs, and their domestication.

It said that when we were 'cave men', wolves were the most feared of all animals. He said that one wolf in the dark can hunt down injured prey for miles, so imagine what an entire pack could do in broad day light?
It was pretty awesome, going into detail about how their snouts and teeth are superior to that of a cat, and how they were domesticated
(It was a mutual respect thing. Dogs are boss like that.)
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« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2013, 05:10:12 pm »
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I never was a dog person until I got one.  Now I'm almost a caricature of a dog person.  It's ridiculous. 
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« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2013, 05:11:14 pm »
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I never was a dog person until I got one.  Now I'm almost a caricature of a dog person.  It's ridiculous.
Nice! Yeah, I've had my dog for around 8 years.
They tend to get really grumpy over the years if they're male, but being there along the way is adorable, and amazing.
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« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2013, 05:19:59 pm »
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My family got the most adorable beagle puppy over the summer. I moved away for school four days later.

Life isn't fair. :'(
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« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2013, 05:21:12 pm »
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Awwwh.. Whyy.
That's stupid.

I'm guessing this is for college, so why didn't they just give 'em to you? I know that my brother had his dog with him all the way through college, and past grad-school..
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« Reply #6 on: September 16, 2013, 05:23:11 pm »
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I'm okay with a dog, but not in the house.  I was raised out in the country where loads of people have "outside dogs."  Dogs who don't live in the same living space as their family.

My wife wants a little dog to keep in the house.  Something she can cuddle up with in her arms.  I keep telling her that those aren't dogs, they are barking rats, but she just rolls her eyes.  I'm obviously a very sensitive husband.
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« Reply #7 on: September 16, 2013, 05:26:22 pm »
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Awwwh.. Whyy.
That's stupid.

I'm guessing this is for college, so why didn't they just give 'em to you? I know that my brother had his dog with him all the way through college, and past grad-school..

My apartment doesn't allow any pets. :( In addition to that, though, he was specifically for my mom, who's been wanting to get a dog for a couple of years. Fortunately they send me lots of pictures and videos! :>
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« Reply #8 on: September 16, 2013, 05:28:19 pm »
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Awwwh.. Whyy.
That's stupid.

I'm guessing this is for college, so why didn't they just give 'em to you? I know that my brother had his dog with him all the way through college, and past grad-school..

My apartment doesn't allow any pets. :( In addition to that, though, he was specifically for my mom, who's been wanting to get a dog for a couple of years. Fortunately they send me lots of pictures and videos! :>
Aaah, I see.

Apartments are dumb, though "We allow cats. Dogs are not allowed."
I've always despised cats, for multiple (valid) reasons.

I think the only reason he was able to keep him is because for the 6 years he was at college and uni, he had an actual house with roommates.
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« Reply #9 on: September 16, 2013, 05:34:41 pm »
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I've never had a pet myself, but I always wanted a dog as a kid.  A lot of my friends are cat people, and I find that I quite like them too.
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« Reply #10 on: September 16, 2013, 06:20:48 pm »
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I don't like dog, cat tastes way better.
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« Reply #11 on: September 16, 2013, 06:22:56 pm »
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Hey, perfect timing.  I got attacked by a Pit Bull last Tuesday.
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« Reply #12 on: September 16, 2013, 06:37:32 pm »
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I never was a dog person until I got one.  Now I'm almost a caricature of a dog person.  It's ridiculous. 

The opposite of this happened to my dad, kinda. Apparently he was a dog person until he married my mum, who was a cat lover. At that point my dad disliked cats. She already had a cat or two, so my dad had to live with them and get used to them, and eventually grew to love them. Now I sometimes hear him talking to the cats when he thinks nobody can hear him, or walk around the house carrying our shoulder-riding cat (who loves it), then sitting down with her still firmly attached. He still likes dogs, I think (as does my mum), but he's never going to suggest getting one when he could get two more cats instead (which incidentally is not currently happening)
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« Reply #13 on: September 16, 2013, 06:38:36 pm »
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I much prefer cats to dogs.
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« Reply #14 on: September 16, 2013, 06:39:13 pm »
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I never was a dog person until I got one.  Now I'm almost a caricature of a dog person.  It's ridiculous.

Same.
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« Reply #15 on: September 16, 2013, 07:19:10 pm »
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I'm okay with a dog, but not in the house.  I was raised out in the country where loads of people have "outside dogs."  Dogs who don't live in the same living space as their family.

My wife wants a little dog to keep in the house.  Something she can cuddle up with in her arms.  I keep telling her that those aren't dogs, they are barking rats, but she just rolls her eyes.  I'm obviously a very sensitive husband.

You know, I was like this as well. My family always had big, outsidey dogs (Black Russian Terrier earlier, now Rhodesian Ridgebacks) and I always loved the so much (Ridgebacks especially). I also always dissed the small, "pet" dogs  calling them not-dogs, or big rats and so on.

Than my cousin got a Pug.
That dog.
Is just so freaking awesome. It's 100% non-stop fun with her. So loyal, so cheerful and energetic all the time, I love that thing.
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« Reply #16 on: September 16, 2013, 07:21:06 pm »
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Oh yeah, also, I don't really like dogs all that much I like cats a lot better.
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« Reply #17 on: September 16, 2013, 09:01:01 pm »
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I much prefer cats to dogs.
Me too. I have 2 cats in my house right now. They're quiet, don't slobber and don't have to be taken for walks.
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« Reply #18 on: September 17, 2013, 10:20:49 am »
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Day 2!
~Drawing~

This is a pretty cool topic for me, because I've been drawing actively since I was really little.
I do mostly portraits at this point (for fun.)

It's always been interesting in my opinion, that someone's skill with this type of thing starts somewhere.
Most people get the exact amount of encouragement early in life to strive to be better at it later. It's pretty cool what one person's influence can do.
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« Reply #19 on: September 17, 2013, 10:52:28 am »
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Whenever I draw something, I know immediately that it looks bad. Not sure if that makes me bad at drawing or good at understanding visual art.
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« Reply #20 on: September 17, 2013, 10:58:34 am »
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Whenever I draw something, I know immediately that it looks bad. Not sure if that makes me bad at drawing or good at understanding visual art.
Hah!
Maybe a little bit of both..?

I usually just decide for myself if it looks bad or not, once I've finally come up with the final product.
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« Reply #21 on: September 17, 2013, 11:09:41 am »
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Drawing is something I really wish I was able to do well.
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« Reply #22 on: September 17, 2013, 11:12:06 am »
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Day 2!
~Drawing~

This is a pretty cool topic for me, because I've been drawing actively since I was really little.
I do mostly portraits at this point (for fun.)

It's always been interesting in my opinion, that someone's skill with this type of thing starts somewhere.
Most people get the exact amount of encouragement early in life to strive to be better at it later. It's pretty cool what one person's influence can do.
Drawing started in the base set with the card Smithy, which gives +3 cards.  Drawing is often an important aspect of an engine deck, since it allows you to get many cards in hand to play all in one turn.  Many decks without a surplus of villages also rely on non-terminal draw, like Laboratory, to increase hand size without using up scarce actions.

Or did you mean drawing, like when we finish the game with the same score and same number of turns?
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« Reply #23 on: September 17, 2013, 11:23:40 am »
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Terminal drawing:


Non-terminal drawing:
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« Reply #24 on: September 17, 2013, 11:26:26 am »
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Day 2!
~Drawing~

This is a pretty cool topic for me, because I've been drawing actively since I was really little.
I do mostly portraits at this point (for fun.)

It's always been interesting in my opinion, that someone's skill with this type of thing starts somewhere.
Most people get the exact amount of encouragement early in life to strive to be better at it later. It's pretty cool what one person's influence can do.
Drawing started in the base set with the card Smithy, which gives +3 cards.  Drawing is often an important aspect of an engine deck, since it allows you to get many cards in hand to play all in one turn.  Many decks without a surplus of villages also rely on non-terminal draw, like Laboratory, to increase hand size without using up scarce actions.

Or did you mean drawing, like when we finish the game with the same score and same number of turns?
I mean drawing, like when you have a pencil in your hand, and you press it against a piece of paper to create lines xD
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« Reply #25 on: September 17, 2013, 11:35:50 am »
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I'm horrible at drawing.  If I am trying to copy an exact picture, I can do okay (I've done the Mandelbrot Set and the Torturer like that).
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« Reply #26 on: September 17, 2013, 12:01:55 pm »
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I am better at drawing than I thought. I guess I just need focus.

In high school, I drew crappy fantasy elements. I never focused on anything natural.

I took a design class (which was really drawing in disguise). I did pretty decently. I had to draw popcorn. That's a bitch to do. Mine was not spectacular, but I was amazed at how much my drawing of popcorn actually looked like popcorn.
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« Reply #27 on: September 17, 2013, 12:04:39 pm »
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I am better at drawing than I thought. I guess I just need focus.

In high school, I drew crappy fantasy elements. I never focused on anything natural.

I took a design class (which was really drawing in disguise). I did pretty decently. I had to draw popcorn. That's a bitch to do. Mine was not spectacular, but I was amazed at how much my drawing of popcorn actually looked like popcorn.

Oh, you drew Mine?  But not Mint, I guess...
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« Reply #28 on: September 17, 2013, 01:02:24 pm »
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I am better at drawing than I thought. I guess I just need focus.

In high school, I drew crappy fantasy elements. I never focused on anything natural.

I took a design class (which was really drawing in disguise). I did pretty decently. I had to draw popcorn. That's a bitch to do. Mine was not spectacular, but I was amazed at how much my drawing of popcorn actually looked like popcorn.

Oh, you drew Mine?  But not Mint, I guess...
I wonder if it is in.. Mint condition?

:3
But it sounds like a complicated (and boring) process of drawing, translating into a computer, drawing it again with the general lines, coloring, and shading. I'm always pushed to do color, but I work better with normal pencil by a very large margin.
It's frustrating to have someone forcing you to do something you're not good at, have no intention of doing, and don't want to do xD
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« Reply #29 on: September 19, 2013, 07:21:33 am »
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I always liked drawing, but i'm horrible at drawing real people, or at least i don't like doing it. I'm more into a personal style, which is a mish-mash of Bande Dessinée, japanese Manga and German Expressionism. Now that i think about it, that sounds really weird... People tell me i'm good at drawing, though.
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« Reply #30 on: September 19, 2013, 06:57:45 pm »
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I tend to think of myself as decent at drawing. I mostly just copy pictures and can rarely draw something purely from my imagination.
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« Reply #31 on: September 19, 2013, 08:52:17 pm »
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I always liked drawing, but i'm horrible at drawing real people, or at least i don't like doing it. I'm more into a personal style, which is a mish-mash of Bande Dessinée, japanese Manga and German Expressionism. Now that i think about it, that sounds really weird... People tell me i'm good at drawing, though.

What exactly do you mean by BD ? (they are more than one style of BD that I would consider representative).

I suck at drawing. Big time. Not for the lack of trying.
I am  huge comic fan (in all shapes, sizes and geographical/cultural origin) so I am pretty good at criticizing or drooling over other people's drawings.

Edit: That being said, I think Brian Bolland is the best guy in the drawing business right now. Sad thing is that he draws very, very little :'(
Though, my personal favorites are cartoony artists, i.e. Darwyn Cooke, Bruce Timm, TheMico, Boulet.
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« Reply #32 on: September 19, 2013, 11:48:15 pm »
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I suck at drawing. Big time. Not for the lack of trying.
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« Reply #33 on: September 19, 2013, 11:50:40 pm »
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I'm good at engineering drawings!
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« Reply #34 on: September 20, 2013, 02:24:31 am »
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I did do a pretty good drawing at Christmas one time, for secret santas.  You know, putting the names into the hat...
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« Reply #35 on: September 20, 2013, 02:25:50 am »
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I did do a pretty good drawing at Christmas one time, for secret santas.  You know, putting the names into the hat...

We usually just write our names, but that sounds fun. ;)
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« Reply #36 on: September 20, 2013, 07:03:48 am »
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I always liked drawing, but i'm horrible at drawing real people, or at least i don't like doing it. I'm more into a personal style, which is a mish-mash of Bande Dessinée, japanese Manga and German Expressionism. Now that i think about it, that sounds really weird... People tell me i'm good at drawing, though.

What exactly do you mean by BD ? (they are more than one style of BD that I would consider representative).

The classics, mostly. Especially Franquin, and also Peyo, Morris, Tabary... Not Herge, though.
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« Reply #37 on: September 20, 2013, 07:20:36 am »
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all my drawing is research related and involves just dots and lines.  Still I fret quite a bit over how best to arrange them.
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Sorry there! I was rather indisposed with different things.

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I'm sure this is a topic most of us can love and enjoy.
Unfortunately, I haven't had a chance to play a single one today, with being so busy.

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I picked up Arkham Asylum for $16. I figured it would be worth it from what I've heard. And I normally hate first-person shooters on the PS3, but Arkham* is different.

It's a little awkward in that I played Arkham City first, but it's still good. It's been long enough that I don't expect the new gadgets. It's not like I'd be going back to Grand Theft Auto III where you can't fire your gun at something in front of your car.

But for the past several months, the game I've been playing most is Marvel: Avengers Assemble on Facebook. A freakin' free game (though I did donate $20 to it, since I've made good use of it). And when I finish Arkham Asylum, I'll go back to MAA.
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GTA V has had a great effect on my social life. I used to have a friend or friends over almost every night.. now I've had someone over literally every night.
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I just finished playing Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs today, and man, it was awesome! Definitely worth the wait, and I'm also glad they didn't release it earlier because it might have been too much for me to handle at a younger age (on so many levels).

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I miss video games.  I miss my mom.



But seriously, I've had very little gaming time recently.  I'm in the middle of trying to beat Super Mario Galaxy (1! I know, really behind the times), and also play Civ 5 from time to time.  Mostly, though, I just do puzzles and whatnot online (nikoli!) or play quick games at Kongregate.
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I miss video games.  I miss my mom.



But seriously, I've had very little gaming time recently.  I'm in the middle of trying to beat Super Mario Galaxy (1! I know, really behind the times), and also play Civ 5 from time to time.  Mostly, though, I just do puzzles and whatnot online (nikoli!) or play quick games at Kongregate.

Oh hey, I'm currently playing through SMG! I mean it's not my first time, it's my 4th if the menus aren't lying about my file count, and each one was to 100%.

I play a lot of video games. Asides from You Have To Win The Game which I've talked about over in Random Stuff, I also play a lot of Fire Emblem. That's a good series, it's one that has a few links in to Dominion - it's a Strategy RPG which is turn based, and as you train your team up you can often start getting some ludicrously strong combos of things (like Dominion)
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I've recently started optimizing and recording a Fire Emblem 6 0% growths run (for the third time).

That's a good series, it's one that has a few links in to Dominion - it's a Strategy RPG which is turn based, and as you train your team up you can often start getting some ludicrously strong combos of things (like Dominion)

You don't have to train your team at all to get some ludicrously strong combos  :D
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In video games news, Hiroshi Yamauchi passed away this week.  He was the president of Nintendo who led the business from traditional playing cards through a series of failed toys and then eventually to video games.  He retired in the earlier 2000s, after the launch of the GameCube.
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Minecraft is my favorite game. If it isn't yours, you're either haven't played it or you're lying.
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Minecraft is my favorite game. If it isn't yours, you're either haven't played it or you're lying.

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« Reply #48 on: September 21, 2013, 07:54:56 am »
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Minecraft is my favorite game. If it isn't yours, you're either haven't played it or you're lying.

Haven't played it, and it doesn't interest me.
A huge grind to do something that should even be a "game", sigh.

I am currently playing mainly (only) Dota 2. I've been into Dota for quite some time (5.84b, onwards, with a little pause in late 6.xx) I've also beta-tested old Dota: Allstars and was very involved with community.
I played wide array of RPGs (Diablo II the most), RTSs (WC3 the most) P&C Adventures (Monkey Island, Phoenix Wright) and a lot of Worms, as well. Wasn't too much into FRS, though I did try myself in few (CS).

Currently,  the game that I am looking forward to is Scribblenauts Unmasked. I loved previous Scribblenaut games, they were so unique and awesome. The worst thing was that you couldn't summon Batman. As I am a huge DC fan, ability to summon anybody who ever wore the name "Starman" is... priceless. The database of characters is so huge, this is months of fun!
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Scribblenauts utterly blew my mind when I first played it.  But it got rather tedious once I'd figured out sufficiently powerful entities to summon.
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Scribblenauts utterly blew my mind when I first played it.  But it got rather tedious once I'd figured out sufficiently powerful entities to summon.
This, kinda. I liked the first 2 better, the 3rd is too easy.
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Scribblenauts utterly blew my mind when I first played it.  But it got rather tedious once I'd figured out sufficiently powerful entities to summon.

Well, I remember my brother saying there was a mode where you had to find three different ways to solve a puzzle.  That seemed pretty interesting.
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Scribblenauts utterly blew my mind when I first played it.  But it got rather tedious once I'd figured out sufficiently powerful entities to summon.

Well, I remember my brother saying there was a mode where you had to find three different ways to solve a puzzle.  That seemed pretty interesting.
Yeah, in Super Scribblenauts there is a Gold Crown mode, where you have to beat it 3 times without repeating words.
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I'm going back in time!

I liked the premise of Scribblenauts and I liked the first one enough that I got the second one.  But then I realized I could just always make "Flying _______" which made many tasks trivial.  Haven't really paid attention to any sequels after that.

I'm super excited for Pokemon X/Y.  I plan to get X.
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Tomorrow's discussion: time travel.
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Tomorrow's discussion: time travel.

Aren't we going to discuss that last year?
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I have been re-playing Golden Sun recently. It's a terrific RPG for the GBA, and while I'm not as versed in video games as a lot of members here, I've loved the GS games for years now. I am really hoping they'll make another sequel, and hoping against hope that they'll make a GS character playable in the new Super Smash Bros game coming next year. There's so much potential there!
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I'm going back in time!

I liked the premise of Scribblenauts and I liked the first one enough that I got the second one.  But then I realized I could just always make "Flying _______" which made many tasks trivial.  Haven't really paid attention to any sequels after that.

I'm super excited for Pokemon X/Y.  I plan to get X.

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Golden Sun and Shining Force - those two are incredibly awesome old-school RPGs.
If you like those you might also like a lesser known title Tactics Ogre: Knight of Lodis. It's my favourite game of the kind, it's more combat oriented than the two (and combat is more complex and very tactical), and less world exploration, but in style, at least to me, it is reminiscent of the two games and it also kicks ass.


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Golden Sun and Shining Force - those two are incredibly awesome old-school RPGs.
If you like those you might also like a lesser known title Tactics Ogre: Knight of Lodis. It's my favourite game of the kind, it's more combat oriented than the two (and combat is more complex and very tactical), and less world exploration, but in style, at least to me, it is reminiscent of the two games and it also kicks ass.

So much yes.  I have replayed Shining Force 2 about once a year for the past 15 or 20 years.  And speaking of the Ogre Saga, I began replaying Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen recently, and I found a dream crown on stage 2 :D
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Golden Sun and Shining Force - those two are incredibly awesome old-school RPGs.
If you like those you might also like a lesser known title Tactics Ogre: Knight of Lodis. It's my favourite game of the kind, it's more combat oriented than the two (and combat is more complex and very tactical), and less world exploration, but in style, at least to me, it is reminiscent of the two games and it also kicks ass.

So much yes.  I have replayed Shining Force 2 about once a year for the past 15 or 20 years.  And speaking of the Ogre Saga, I began replaying Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen recently, and I found a dream crown on stage 2 :D

I LOVE OGRE BATTLE.  I have replayed that game several times in recent years, each time looking for a different ending.  I can't believe you found a crown on stage 2!  Just one Princess totally reshapes the game so much, it's nuts.  Way to go!
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Alright.. It was a dumb subject. Whatever.
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Alright.. It was a dumb subject. Whatever.
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So I've developed this interesting time travel phenomenon, where I decide I need to do something (e.g. work) and magically the idea disappears into next week. Often times I'm able to repeat the experiment, even.
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I'd wager that 99% of time travel movies are just so flawed that you have to shrug and accept the faulty premise. Oh gee, John Connor sent his father back in time to impregnate his mother, only that couldn't have happened since John Connor was never born. It's dumb, but it's time travel, so you accept it.

But there are some stories that work really hard to make time travel not as fragile. I recall Millennium and Primer as being fairly solid (though I haven't seen the former in a long time so please don't shatter my illusion if I forgot something).

And then there are the moments where you say, "Screw it; time travel! In your faces, bitches!" Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Doctor Who easily fall in this category. They were already absurd to begin with, so they just break the eggs and make an awesome omelet. Although, Doctor Who does have some rules in place, but their enforceability is highly reliant on how the plot can develop.

Personally, I don't think time travel exists. Well, outside of the usual +1 sec/sec rate of travel. It's an interesting theory, and it makes good for fun stories, but I suspect that this is an immutable fact. Then again, there were people who claimed that reaching the moon was impossible, so you know…
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I'd wager that 99% of time travel movies are just so flawed that you have to shrug and accept the faulty premise. Oh gee, John Connor sent his father back in time to impregnate his mother, only that couldn't have happened since John Connor was never born. It's dumb, but it's time travel, so you accept it.

But there are some stories that work really hard to make time travel not as fragile. I recall Millennium and Primer as being fairly solid (though I haven't seen the former in a long time so please don't shatter my illusion if I forgot something).

And then there are the moments where you say, "Screw it; time travel! In your faces, bitches!" Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Doctor Who easily fall in this category. They were already absurd to begin with, so they just break the eggs and make an awesome omelet. Although, Doctor Who does have some rules in place, but their enforceability is highly reliant on how the plot can develop.

Personally, I don't think time travel exists. Well, outside of the usual +1 sec/sec rate of travel. It's an interesting theory, and it makes good for fun stories, but I suspect that this is an immutable fact. Then again, there were people who claimed that reaching the moon was impossible, so you know…
Time travel is actually all relative.  We all experience time at roughly the same speed, but the faster you are moving, the slower time takes for you relative to a stationary observer.  So when I'm driving my deLorean at 88mph I may not be going back to the future, but I am aging slower than the janitor inside JCPenny.  So you could say I have traveled into the future, just at a faster rate than the janitor.  Of course, this matters more when talking about intergalactic space flight...

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I'd wager that 99% of time travel movies are just so flawed that you have to shrug and accept the faulty premise. Oh gee, John Connor sent his father back in time to impregnate his mother, only that couldn't have happened since John Connor was never born. It's dumb, but it's time travel, so you accept it.

But there are some stories that work really hard to make time travel not as fragile. I recall Millennium and Primer as being fairly solid (though I haven't seen the former in a long time so please don't shatter my illusion if I forgot something).

And then there are the moments where you say, "Screw it; time travel! In your faces, bitches!" Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Doctor Who easily fall in this category. They were already absurd to begin with, so they just break the eggs and make an awesome omelet. Although, Doctor Who does have some rules in place, but their enforceability is highly reliant on how the plot can develop.

Personally, I don't think time travel exists. Well, outside of the usual +1 sec/sec rate of travel. It's an interesting theory, and it makes good for fun stories, but I suspect that this is an immutable fact. Then again, there were people who claimed that reaching the moon was impossible, so you know…


Well, thanks to (special?) relativity we know we can bend that number upwards by arbitrary amounts, limited only by our capacity to accelerate. But being able to go forwards in time at faster rates is hugely different to going backwards.

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I'd wager that 99% of time travel movies are just so flawed that you have to shrug and accept the faulty premise. Oh gee, John Connor sent his father back in time to impregnate his mother, only that couldn't have happened since John Connor was never born. It's dumb, but it's time travel, so you accept it.

But there are some stories that work really hard to make time travel not as fragile. I recall Millennium and Primer as being fairly solid (though I haven't seen the former in a long time so please don't shatter my illusion if I forgot something).

And then there are the moments where you say, "Screw it; time travel! In your faces, bitches!" Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Doctor Who easily fall in this category. They were already absurd to begin with, so they just break the eggs and make an awesome omelet. Although, Doctor Who does have some rules in place, but their enforceability is highly reliant on how the plot can develop.

Personally, I don't think time travel exists. Well, outside of the usual +1 sec/sec rate of travel. It's an interesting theory, and it makes good for fun stories, but I suspect that this is an immutable fact. Then again, there were people who claimed that reaching the moon was impossible, so you know…


Well, thanks to (special?) relativity we know we can bend that number upwards by arbitrary amounts, limited only by our capacity to accelerate. But being able to go forwards in time at faster rates is hugely different to going backwards.

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:D I used time travel to do it.
And yeah, pretty sure it is special relativity.  Time travel into the past is impossible though because you can't observe events that are linked causally not in the order that they happen.  So if I drop a pen on the floor, it is impossible to see the pen hit the floor before I drop it because the two events are causally linked.  However, given the right circumstances, 2 lights that blink at different times could be observed as blinking in the reverse order if the interval in which they blink is shorter than the time it would take light to travel from one light to the other. 

(I took a class on this stuff last year, it was pretty interesting)

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By the way, I just found an extension for chrome from this.  It's pretty amazing.  It tells you what a measurement is equivalent to in a webpage so you can compare it to something you understand.   Like in my post, it added [≈ Typical peak speed of a local service train, or intercity on lower standard tracks] after 88mph and also said ≈ Land speed record for a human powered vehicle. when you moused over it.  It's pretty great.  I figured someone here would appreciate it...


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« Reply #73 on: September 23, 2013, 10:14:28 am »
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I time travel every day at school, and so do most of the students. If I leave the student council room at 17:00, when I arrive at the cafeteria, it's only 16:55 there. If I want to travel to the future, I can go to the music lounge instead, where it's already 17:03. You have to be careful, though; if you accidentally take a look at your wristwatch or cell phone in the cafeteria or the music lounge, you might end up being in two different times at a time, which is very bizarre.
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I'd wager that 99% of time travel movies are just so flawed that you have to shrug and accept the faulty premise. Oh gee, John Connor sent his father back in time to impregnate his mother, only that couldn't have happened since John Connor was never born. It's dumb, but it's time travel, so you accept it.

But there are some stories that work really hard to make time travel not as fragile. I recall Millennium and Primer as being fairly solid (though I haven't seen the former in a long time so please don't shatter my illusion if I forgot something).

And then there are the moments where you say, "Screw it; time travel! In your faces, bitches!" Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Doctor Who easily fall in this category. They were already absurd to begin with, so they just break the eggs and make an awesome omelet. Although, Doctor Who does have some rules in place, but their enforceability is highly reliant on how the plot can develop.

Personally, I don't think time travel exists. Well, outside of the usual +1 sec/sec rate of travel. It's an interesting theory, and it makes good for fun stories, but I suspect that this is an immutable fact. Then again, there were people who claimed that reaching the moon was impossible, so you know…


Well, thanks to (special?) relativity we know we can bend that number upwards by arbitrary amounts, limited only by our capacity to accelerate. But being able to go forwards in time at faster rates is hugely different to going backwards.

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:D I used time travel to do it.
And yeah, pretty sure it is special relativity.  Time travel into the past is impossible though because you can't observe events that are linked causally not in the order that they happen.  So if I drop a pen on the floor, it is impossible to see the pen hit the floor before I drop it because the two events are causally linked.  However, given the right circumstances, 2 lights that blink at different times could be observed as blinking in the reverse order if the interval in which they blink is shorter than the time it would take light to travel from one light to the other. 

(I took a class on this stuff last year, it was pretty interesting)

I think it's also possible to trick your brain into perceiving things out of causal order.  There was an experiment where the subject clicked a button and a light flashed on a screen.  There was a delay built into the light (I think very small), and your brain builds in this expected delay.  Then when they take the delay away, the subject perceives the light as blinking before he presses the button, because your brain assumes the delay should still be there.  Or something to that effect. 

The explanation is that your senses don't just automatically relay everything to your conscious brain.  There is a process of collecting the information and creating a "story" from the information that your consciousness can make sense of.  This process takes a fraction of a second, but the result is that your mind has a bit of time to collect things in order to have a story that makes sense, and sometimes that story isn't actually correct.
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« Reply #75 on: September 23, 2013, 10:38:11 am »
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Going back to physical time travel for a moment, special relativity can definitely get you up to X sec/sec, for arbitrarily high positive X, depending on how fast you go. Time travel to the future is no problem.

Time travel to the past may or not be possible. Certainly that's where all the tricky bits about paradoxes and causality come in, and the universe maybe just doesn't like that. Most of what I've read has suggested that if time travel were possible, it would involve general relativity somehow, the theory of relativity that includes gravity. Gravity "bends" space and time in odd ways according to the theory, and it might be enough to bend time around on itself.

Most of the suggestions I've seen have been kind of bizarre though. For example, if the entire universe were rotating, you might be able to go back in time by moving the right way through this rotating metric. Unfortunately it doesn't seem like our universe does rotate like that. Possibly you could fly around a configuration of cosmic strings (theoretical long massive 1D strings that may have been left over from the Big Bang). Unfortunately cosmic strings have never been observed. You might be able to prop open a wormhole or power a warp drive if you had a material with "negative" mass, which bent space-time in the opposite way than expected. No such material exists that we know of, although it may be possible through quantum-mechanical phenomena such as the Casimir Effect. Also, you might not be able to travel back in time to a point before you built the time machine, which would kind of make sense.

So from what I understand, time travel to the past may be possible, although it seems like the scientific and engineering obstacles would be quite daunting, to say nothing of the philosophical implications. Who knows though, humans are very clever...maybe it will be invented yesterday.
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One of the major problems encountered in time travel is not that of accidentally becoming your own father or mother. There is no problem involved in becoming your own father or mother that a broadminded and well-adjusted family can't cope with. There is also no problem about changing the course of history - the course of history does not change because it all fits together like a jigsaw. All the important changes have happened before the things they were supposed to change and it all sorts itself out in the end.

The major problem is quite simply one of grammar, and the main work to consult in this matter is Dr Dan Streetmentioner's Time Traveller's Handbook of 1001 Tense Formations. It will tell you for instance how to describe something that was about to happen to you in the past before you avoided it by time-jumping forward two days in order to avoid it. The event will be described differently according to whether you are talking about it from the standpoint of your own natural time, from a time in the further future, or a time in the further past and is further complicated by the possibility of conducting conversations whilst you are actually travelling from one time to another with the intention of becoming your own father or mother.

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« Reply #77 on: September 23, 2013, 01:48:02 pm »
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Haha! I'm having trouble reading all this.

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Here we go! Mafia. Please no more time travel! So if you just don't like the subject, tell me! And I'll fix it without hesitation. (Unless, of course, someone else does like it)
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I cannot play Mafia online. I get too obsessed and spend my time arguing. I've learned my lesson from Mafia #2.

Also, I still cannot see how odds for the first night vote can be improved to something greater than 1/N. I guess the idea is to rattle cages so that the guilty party slips up. Seems like clamming up is the best policy.

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You know, I actually just found this website called "Epic Mafia"

It has over 100 unique roles, and it looks like a live game, rather than belated and articulate posts, like Forum Mafia (Which is more fun. Being articulate is fun.)
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Epic Mafia is pretty awful, or at least it was a few years ago when I played it. I enjoyed it at first, just because it was cool, but the more I played the more and more disillusioned I became at the community in general, it was very rare to not have a game without various idiots very low skilled players in competitive games, trolls, and occasional hackers.
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« Reply #81 on: September 24, 2013, 12:33:20 am »
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(Sorry, when I saw time travel I had to say this, I'm late)

I have figured out there are only TWO things that can be possible about time travel to the past (to the future is a known reality already)

1. It is impossible.
2. When you go in the past, it makes a new universe.

Now, the reason that the past can't fit into the present, is this: The universe is indeterminate.  If you go back to the past, things won't happen the same way they did even if you had already done it.  Also, the universe can't have you already in the past because it doesn't even know you invented a time machine in the future yet.


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« Reply #82 on: September 24, 2013, 12:39:44 am »
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(Sorry, when I saw time travel I had to say this, I'm late)
You should have just gone back to yesterday to post it then.
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« Reply #83 on: September 24, 2013, 12:49:30 am »
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(Sorry, when I saw time travel I had to say this, I'm late)

I have figured out there are only TWO things that can be possible about time travel to the past (to the future is a known reality already)

1. It is impossible.
2. When you go in the past, it makes a new universe.

Now, the reason that the past can't fit into the present, is this: The universe is indeterminate.  If you go back to the past, things won't happen the same way they did even if you had already done it.  Also, the universe can't have you already in the past because it doesn't even know you invented a time machine in the future yet.


Alright, today's discussion: I like mafia.

You sure about that?

Certainly there are aspects of quantum mechanics, for example, that are probabalistic in nature. But the evolution of the wavefunction proceeds deterministically...the measurements are the parts that have elements of randomness in some interpretations, and possibly these may be explained by ideas like decoherence.

Also, there's no guarantee that we're anywhere near the true, ultimate, or "maximally knowable" theory of science. There's a lot that we still don't understand and it would be arrogant to presume we know much about the true nature of the universe. It's possible that "God does not play dice" after all.

Not saying that it's one way or the other. But it's a sticky issue for sure.
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If there is time travel, how come we haven't seen any time travelers (from the future) yet?  :P
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If there is time travel, how come we haven't seen any time travelers (from the future) yet?  :P
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« Reply #86 on: September 24, 2013, 11:50:47 am »
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Gosh danit! I said NO TIME TRAVELING BETWEEN CONVERSATIONS.
With that out of the way..

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For me, I'd say my favorite childhood show was Spongebob.. When I was 9, I made the mistake of making my bedroom Spongebob themed. To this day, I haven't taken down the numerous stickers upon my wall.. I also have a Spongebob blanket, that I still use..

I only just now realized how sad that sounds..
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I could never get into Spongebob. Although, to be honest, I never really tried. What little I saw just did not inspire me to watch more.

I did enjoy watching Ren & Stimpy in college, though. And I had a soft spot for Rocko.

Current TV right now consists of Grimm and Sleepy Hollow. Not sure if I'm impressed enough with the latter to keep watching it, but I'll stick it out.

I never watched Breaking Bad, but I've heard great things. And AMC is showing a marathon tomorrow evening to prepare for the series finale. If I can manage the entirety of the show on the two DVR devices I have, then I may just be able to watch the series.

And tonight is Agents of SHIELD. You can bet I'll be watching that mofo.
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« Reply #88 on: September 24, 2013, 12:46:07 pm »
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(Sorry, when I saw time travel I had to say this, I'm late)

I have figured out there are only TWO things that can be possible about time travel to the past (to the future is a known reality already)

1. It is impossible.
2. When you go in the past, it makes a new universe.

Now, the reason that the past can't fit into the present, is this: The universe is indeterminate.  If you go back to the past, things won't happen the same way they did even if you had already done it.  Also, the universe can't have you already in the past because it doesn't even know you invented a time machine in the future yet.


Alright, today's discussion: I like mafia.

You sure about that?

Certainly there are aspects of quantum mechanics, for example, that are probabalistic in nature. But the evolution of the wavefunction proceeds deterministically...the measurements are the parts that have elements of randomness in some interpretations, and possibly these may be explained by ideas like decoherence.

Also, there's no guarantee that we're anywhere near the true, ultimate, or "maximally knowable" theory of science. There's a lot that we still don't understand and it would be arrogant to presume we know much about the true nature of the universe. It's possible that "God does not play dice" after all.

Not saying that it's one way or the other. But it's a sticky issue for sure.

I believe that that's how the universe works, for reasons other than scientific (but that belongs in RSP).


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Twin Peaks!  Discussion!

I'm a fan of Psych as well.  And Venture Brothers is great.  And since I've been in recovery I've watched about 7 seasons of How I Met Your Mother in a week.

And the British Sherlock (with Benedict Cumberbatch) is great, too.  One of the best shows, I would say.
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« Reply #91 on: September 24, 2013, 01:27:33 pm »
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Breaking Bad is truly awesome television. I hope to watch the most recent episode today at lunch.

Twin Peaks is pretty brilliant as well. I only watched the first season though.

Game of Thrones anyone? My favorite new show in quite some time. The wait between seasons is agony. And yes, I know I could read the books, but I've gotten so invested in the TV show I wouldn't want to spoil it by reading ahead! That's a rare occurrence for me at least.
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« Reply #92 on: September 24, 2013, 04:02:29 pm »
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You guys are all pretty wrong.

Obivously the best TV Show is QI, no competition.

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« Reply #93 on: September 24, 2013, 04:13:09 pm »
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You guys are all pretty wrong.

Obivously the best TV Show is QI, no competition.

After that is settled, we can discuss other ones.

I would say that obviously Clannad is the best TV Show.  I have a hard time picking favorites, except in this case.
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« Reply #94 on: September 24, 2013, 04:58:15 pm »
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You guys are all pretty wrong.

Obivously the best TV Show is QI, no competition.

After that is settled, we can discuss other ones.

I would say that obviously Clannad is the best TV Show.  I have a hard time picking favorites, except in this case.

That is so outside my interest zone, I cannot connect at all.
Jap High School Dramas (I suspect this is one) I cannot stomach, and esp not ones based on games which are basically lonely young teen fap materials. Sigh.

As for animated shows, Batman: The Animated Series is way above anything else. Brave and the Bold is quite good, too.
As for jap ones, I was really into them before, kinda hard to single one out, I did really like Champloo, FMA (new one) and Berserk.


Other stuff that I would single out is Only Fool and Horses as a comedy show and BSG as a drama. Love both of em. OFAH is quite an unusual one as it has cult following here where I live, and, as I understand, is quite unknown otherwise outside of UK, which is a shame.



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« Reply #95 on: September 24, 2013, 05:08:07 pm »
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You guys are all pretty wrong.

Obivously the best TV Show is QI, no competition.

After that is settled, we can discuss other ones.

I would say that obviously Clannad is the best TV Show.  I have a hard time picking favorites, except in this case.

That is so outside my interest zone, I cannot connect at all.
Jap High School Dramas (I suspect this is one) I cannot stomach, and esp not ones based on games which are basically lonely young teen fap materials. Sigh.

The main thing about this one is that it is extremely well written.  And, the best section is more just a slice of life type story.
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« Reply #96 on: September 24, 2013, 05:08:37 pm »
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That is a problem with it though, is that it takes a while to like it.
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Currently watching:

HIMYM -- excited for the end
Revolution -- extremely intriguing premise, mediocre-to-pretty-good execution
Once Upon A Time -- awesome concepts, OK execution, cheesy fun
Glee -- guilty pleasure, shhhh
Arrested Development -- more will be coming on Netflix, right?
Community
The Legend of Korra
Gravity Falls
Naruto
One Piece -- recently got into it, now caught up
Futurama -- I know it's over now; I haven't watched the last few episodes yet

Some things I watched that are done:

Heroes -- it got worse as the seasons went on, but I'm a really loyal viewer
Lost
House
Lie to Me
Buffy/Angel
Dollhouse
FlashForward -- really neat premise and I liked the execution, was sad to see it axed after one season
Awake -- also neat, also decently well done, also axed early
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Avatar: The Last Airbender
Full Metal Alchemist (both series)
Bleach -- and I'm still following the manga, even though it feels a bit like a gong show now. :P
Scrubs
Friends


Things I kind of want to get into:

Parks and Rec
Modern Family
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« Reply #98 on: September 24, 2013, 07:16:16 pm »
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Things I kind of want to get into:

Parks and Rec
Modern Family

I'd recommend Cougar Town and Happy Endings as well. Happy Endings is just terrific writing paired with a terrific ensemble, it really sucks that it was cancelled. Cougar Town is the same as the above except that it's NOTHING like it sounds (at least after the first half-season) and it pokes fun at itself ALL the time.

I'm not sure if there is going to be any more AD on Netflix but there's supposed to be a movie!
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Things I kind of want to get into:

Parks and Rec
Modern Family

I'd recommend Cougar Town and Happy Endings as well. Happy Endings is just terrific writing paired with a terrific ensemble, it really sucks that it was cancelled. Cougar Town is the same as the above except that it's NOTHING like it sounds (at least after the first half-season) and it pokes fun at itself ALL the time.

I'm not sure if there is going to be any more AD on Netflix but there's supposed to be a movie!

Also 30 Rock and The Office! How are those not on your lists!!?!?
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Umm, Office I just forgot to put on the list.  I watched it all and I think the finale made me tear up.

30 Rock I haven't gotten into either, that could go on the "someday" list.

I forgot another anime/manga that I'm watching -- Attack on Titan.
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Just finished watching the new episode of New Tricks (introducing Tamzin Outhwaite as the new boss of UCOS), I thought it was pretty good, and introduced the new character in a pretty big way. Having replaced two of the four main characters this season, it's felt a little stop-start (almost half of the series being either someone's last or first episode), but this episode I felt really hit the ground running with the new character.
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Spongebob.
It teaches life lessons like "I'm ugly and I'm proud!"
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I just finished watching Tari Tari, was pretty good but not a masterpiece. Next I'm going to watch Seitokai Yakuindomo.

Favorite show is either Puella Magi Madoka Magica or the Monogatari series, it's difficult to decide between them. Other shows that come close are Girls und Panzer and Sora no Woto.

I haven't really gotten into western TV shows, but sometimes I watch various German detective shows if I happen to enter the living room while my parents are watching them.
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I'm using Hulu Plus to catch up on some shows. Right now in the queue are Twin Peaks (but how could Hulu Plus not also offer Fire Walk with Me?), the IT Crowd, and whatever Doctor Who I missed from the BBC marathons (nothing prior to the Ninth Doctor, sadly). I will very likely watch Torchwood on Hulu Plus eventually. There is a surge of BBC shows on Hulu Plus right now.
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Personally, I have pretty much zero instrumental talent xD My sisters play a lot of violin, piano, etc. But I just prefer to listen to music.

I am told though I have good taste in music, or that I'm a good singer. I have around five (out of eleven) followers on spotify that I don't even know.. So I'm guessing that says something? :P
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Personally, I have pretty much zero instrumental talent xD My sisters play a lot of violin, piano, etc. But I just prefer to listen to music.

I am told though I have good taste in music, or that I'm a good singer. I have around five (out of eleven) followers on spotify that I don't even know.. So I'm guessing that says something? :P
I play the drums and other percussion, the cello, the guitar, the piano and the melodica. And sometimes the bass if I have to, but I suck at it. I also sing and hum-stle (whistling and humming simultaneously, resulting in a two-tone voice), but I prefer working with a singer who is primarily a singer if possible, especially for extreme metal vocals.

Lately I've been listening to a lot of iwrestledabearonce and Maximum The Hormone (especially their 2013 albums).

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Day 8!
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Personally, I have pretty much zero instrumental talent xD My sisters play a lot of violin, piano, etc. But I just prefer to listen to music.

I am told though I have good taste in music, or that I'm a good singer. I have around five (out of eleven) followers on spotify that I don't even know.. So I'm guessing that says something? :P
I play the drums and other percussion, the cello, the guitar, the piano and the melodica. And sometimes the bass if I have to, but I suck at it. I also sing and hum-stle (whistling and humming simultaneously, resulting in a two-tone voice), but I prefer working with a singer who is primarily a singer if possible, especially for extreme metal vocals.

Lately I've been listening to a lot of iwrestledabearonce and Maximum The Hormone (especially their 2013 albums).

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I play the violin.

I like many bands, at the top probably the Beatles.
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Music is awesome. Definitely a high-quality human endeavor in my opinion. I played French Horn throughout grade school, but nowadays I mostly play piano/keyboard/accordion. I also sang in an a cappella group in college, which was loads of fun.

I love listening to music of all kinds, but I have a particular fondness for classical music and classic rock. The Beatles definitely rank really high up there.

I also love music theory. I could talk all day about music theory but I ramble enough as it is.

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I wish I could find a free or cheap program that would let me program in the notes and play it back.

I would have found it handy while practicing a song when I don't have an accompanist. I have a keyboard and can pluck out notes, but I can't do it very quickly.
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« Reply #111 on: September 25, 2013, 04:43:30 pm »
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I wish I could find a free or cheap program that would let me program in the notes and play it back.

I would have found it handy while practicing a song when I don't have an accompanist. I have a keyboard and can pluck out notes, but I can't do it very quickly.
I recommend the demo version of FL Studio, if saving and loading a project file isn't important (you still can export an audio file). You can't fully load projects you have saved, but that's the only limitation for the demo, there isn't even a time limit.
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« Reply #112 on: September 25, 2013, 06:40:12 pm »
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I am not all that good with it.

I enjoy Irish of any tipe, Punk, powermetal.
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« Reply #113 on: September 25, 2013, 07:10:22 pm »
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I play a little drums, although not too much - mostly it's just when there's something on at church and they want a drummer. But I've been told that for my level of experience and confidence I'm unusually good at keeping rhythm... which is something I'd have thought would be near-perfect for any drummer anyway? I dunno really.

Anyway music wise I listen to a few interesting bands. Linking with the time travel theme we had I sometimes listen to some Alex Day, who's parodied(?) various Doctor Who episodes in song.
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« Reply #114 on: September 25, 2013, 07:26:32 pm »
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I can play hand drums alright, like the djembe or the cajon, but I cannot at all play an actual drum set.  I just fail at coordinating my limbs.  I can do really simple beats, that's it, and I'll mess up really easily especially if I try to use my feet for anything.

I took piano lessons up to ~grade 5 but I haven't played in ages and can't really do it anymore.  At least I can still read music (albeit rather slowly now).  I never really wanted to take piano, but parents enrolled my sister and I, then they bought a piano... and then my sister quit.  So I felt like I had to keep it up.
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« Reply #115 on: September 26, 2013, 04:32:14 am »
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I play piano and am fairly good at it (watch my youtube videos if you want to see), and am taking voice lessons now.  I am ~grade 7 on the piano, and have a bass voice.

My favorite band is Steam Powered Giraffe.

I think I've mentioned most of this before in other parts of the forums...
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I play piano and am fairly good at it (watch my youtube videos if you want to see), and am taking voice lessons now.  I am ~grade 7 on the piano, and have a bass voice.

My favorite band is Steam Powered Giraffe.

I think I've mentioned most of this before in other parts of the forums...
you introduced me to steam powered giraffe.  They are pretty great :)  I played piano for 8 or 9 years, but I never practiced much.  It was a vicious cylce: I didn't like practicing because I thought piano was hard and it took me forever to learn things so I wasn't motivated to practice, but to fix this I could have just practiced... sigh... I can still pull out "don't stop believing" at parties though

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Anyone into The Magnetic Fields?  Or Belle and Sebastian?
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Day 9!
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Lasagna Lasagna Lasagna Lasagna Lasagna Lasagna Lasagna Lasagna Lasagna Lasagna Lasagna Lasagna Lasagna Lasagna Lasagna Lasagna Lasagna Lasagna Lasagna

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Day 9!
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Lasagna Lasagna Lasagna Lasagna Lasagna Lasagna Lasagna Lasagna Lasagna Lasagna Lasagna Lasagna Lasagna Lasagna Lasagna Lasagna Lasagna Lasagna Lasagna

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I pretty much agree to this, word to word.


I can have (preferably my mom's) lasagna for breakfast, lunch and dinner, pretty much every day of the week.
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« Reply #120 on: September 26, 2013, 11:56:15 am »
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You know what's even better than lasagna?

Lasagna leftovers the next day.
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Lasagna is a really fine dish.

My wife is getting a job at the company I work at, so now there will be some really good food days. She made a batch of no-bake cookies for her soon-to-be-ex-site of employment, and I couldn't bring any here. Once she starts up here, then I can fatten my co-workers.
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« Reply #122 on: September 26, 2013, 12:20:09 pm »
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I seem to survive on a diet of cereal and pizza. Like I pretty much have no other food in the house, and I'm not even beginning to consider this an issue.

But it's okay, because Pizza is a vegetable.
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Lasagna is great, and since being in France I hve come to appreciate food (especially bread) even more.  So much good food...

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I actually don't like lasagna that much.

Now, for a list of foods I don't like that others freak out when they hear I don't like them:

- Cookies (and yes, this DOES include Oreos)
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I actually don't like lasagna that much.

Now, for a list of foods I don't like that others freak out when they hear I don't like them:

- Cookies (and yes, this DOES include Oreos)
- Cake
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I dislike pecans and walnuts. People claim that these are separate nuts, but I dislike them enough that I can't tell.

I don't dislike ketchup, but I don't like it either. I'll eat it if it's been applied, but I always make it a point to ask for food without ketchup, including hamburgers, fries, and meatloaf. The last one is kind of tricky, since it's usually baked with ketchup on it.

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- Cookies (and yes, this DOES include Oreos)

Ugh.  If you consider Oreos to be cookies, then I think we've found your problem.
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My favorite food is lörtsy, which is a flat, half-moon shaped meat pie which you usually eat with sausages.

Additionally, I like different kinds of stew foods and most pasta foods.

I hate pizza, though.
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- Cookies (and yes, this DOES include Oreos)

Ugh.  If you consider Oreos to be cookies, then I think we've found your problem.

To quote a wise man:

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A few of my favorite foods are hazelnuts, beets, brussel sprouts, and fava beans. 

The most elaborate food I've ever made was a three month old aged cashew cheese which was cultured by a homegrown kombucha SCOBY; it was for my girlfriend's birthday.  I dropped hints for months, at one point telling her that I was melting wax for her gift, which she says led her to expect a homemade candle.

I often make my own seiturkey for (US) Thanksgiving with a nice mushroom gravy, which is delicious.  I like to form the seitan dough around a large tea ball to form a cavity, tie it in a nut milk bag to keep its shape, and then steam it until it is mostly cooked.  Then I'll remove the bag and tea ball, stuff it, and bake it in a casserole dish with vegetables.

I've already baked a few single layer piecakens.
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A few of my favorite foods are hazelnuts, beets, brussel sprouts, and fava beans. 

The most elaborate food I've ever made was a three month old aged cashew cheese which was cultured by a homegrown kombucha SCOBY; it was for my girlfriend's birthday.  I dropped hints for months, at one point telling her that I was melting wax for her gift, which she says led her to expect a homemade candle.

I often make my own seiturkey for (US) Thanksgiving with a nice mushroom gravy, which is delicious.  I like to form the seitan dough around a large tea ball to form a cavity, tie it in a nut milk bag to keep its shape, and then steam it until it is mostly cooked.  Then I'll remove the bag and tea ball, stuff it, and bake it in a casserole dish with vegetables.

I've already baked a few single layer piecakens.

I have G6-PD deficiency, so I'm allergic to fava beans.  Internet research tells me that the allergic reaction is not obvious -- it just basically destroys red blood cells.  I've had fava beans at least once, in a soup.  Halfway through it I just decided to ask what kind of beans were used... bam.  Didn't feel like anything bad was happening to me, but... yeah. :P

Favourite foods include steak (rare or medium rare), chicken wings, sushi, various pastas, fish maw soup (which is like poor man's shark fin soup).  I love mushrooms and pickles.  I also really like raw tomatoes, typically with a bit of salt.  I generally prefer salty snacks to sweet snacks, though I don't mind the latter.  My favourite cake is Black Forest, mostly for the maraschino cherries.
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Fava beans can certainly be harmful to the liver, particularly when paired with chianti...
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Fava beans can certainly be harmful to the liver, particularly when paired with chianti...

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@ehalc: Raw tomato with salt is awesome!  I know so many people who don't like tomatoes, they're missing out.  I generally prefer vegetables to fruits... I don't eat enough fruits (but I guess tomato counts)

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A few of my favorite foods are hazelnuts, beets, brussel sprouts, and fava beans. 

The most elaborate food I've ever made was a three month old aged cashew cheese which was cultured by a homegrown kombucha SCOBY; it was for my girlfriend's birthday.  I dropped hints for months, at one point telling her that I was melting wax for her gift, which she says led her to expect a homemade candle.

I often make my own seiturkey for (US) Thanksgiving with a nice mushroom gravy, which is delicious.  I like to form the seitan dough around a large tea ball to form a cavity, tie it in a nut milk bag to keep its shape, and then steam it until it is mostly cooked.  Then I'll remove the bag and tea ball, stuff it, and bake it in a casserole dish with vegetables.

I've already baked a few single layer piecakens.

I would be surprise if you DIDN'T post an elaborate, meat-less food recipe that I cannot even understand.
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« Reply #138 on: September 26, 2013, 11:50:09 pm »
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Going back in time!

Day 8!
~Music~

Personally, I have pretty much zero instrumental talent xD My sisters play a lot of violin, piano, etc. But I just prefer to listen to music.

I am told though I have good taste in music, or that I'm a good singer. I have around five (out of eleven) followers on spotify that I don't even know.. So I'm guessing that says something? :P

I can play the guitar and I'm currently learning to play the piano.

So I mostly just listen to music. I guess you could categorize the type of music I like as Indie Pop, but with a bit of Synthpop. So bands like The Temper Trap, Two Door Cinema Club, Passion Pit, Matt and Kim, Pheonix, etc. But I can appreciate a wide variety of genres. I have a whole pile of different bands I like and love sharing them with other people, so I'm planning on updatjng my signature with a song of the week one of these days.

I play piano and am fairly good at it (watch my youtube videos if you want to see), and am taking voice lessons now.  I am ~grade 7 on the piano, and have a bass voice.

My favorite band is Steam Powered Giraffe.

I think I've mentioned most of this before in other parts of the forums...
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« Reply #139 on: September 26, 2013, 11:58:25 pm »
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@ehalc: Raw tomato with salt is awesome!  I know so many people who don't like tomatoes, they're missing out.  I generally prefer vegetables to fruits... I don't eat enough fruits (but I guess tomato counts)

It's interesting how salt makes some things taste sweeter.  Notable examples are pineapple and watermelon.
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@ehalc: Raw tomato with salt is awesome!  I know so many people who don't like tomatoes, they're missing out.  I generally prefer vegetables to fruits... I don't eat enough fruits (but I guess tomato counts)

It's interesting how salt makes some things taste sweeter.  Notable examples are pineapple and watermelon.

And cookies. If you're not putting a little salt when making cookies, you're doing it wrong.

I forget the reason it actually works that way though. The explanation I remember is that the salt makes your taste buds more receptive to sugar, and that's why stuff tastes sweeter.
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So I mostly just listen to music. I guess you could categorize the type of music I like as Indie Pop, but with a bit of Synthpop. So bands like The Temper Trap, Two Door Cinema Club, Passion Pit, Matt and Kim, Pheonix, etc. But I can appreciate a wide variety of genres. I have a whole pile of different bands I like and love sharing them with other people, so I'm planning on updatjng my signature with a song of the week one of these days.
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I've recently got back into baking sourdough with great success.  I've always thought that kneading was too much like a waste of time, but I think that's the main thing which is distinguishing the high round loaves I get now from the pancakes I used to end up with.

I've never tried making seitan.  Any pointers if I want to give it a go?
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Pie is probably my favorite kind of dessert. It was really fun when 2 years ago my school celebrated pi day and everybody (not literally) brought one. So many delicious tastes!
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« Reply #144 on: September 27, 2013, 06:10:08 am »
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I thought we talked about food on day 1 already? :P

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I like tomatoes, as long as they aren't those tiny little cherry tomato things, those are (usually) terrible...
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Day 10!
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I've never tried making seitan.  Any pointers if I want to give it a go?

There are basically three ways of cooking seitan: boiling, steaming, and baking.

For making the dough, do you have access to gluten flour?  Some places will sell what is essentially pure gluten in flour form.  It makes it easier if you use that.  You want to mix the gluten flour with your dry seasoning.  I definitely recommend adding a generous amount of nutritional yeast, but other seasonings like onion powder and garlic powder are great too.  Depending on what you are using the seiten for you could add chili powder, cumin, curry powder, black pepper, oregano, fennel seeds or whatever.  If you want to add salt, do that, but usually I add salt in the form of soy sauce as a wet ingredient.

Now make your wet seasoning, which will be mostly water, and maybe also soy sauce, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, sriracha, sauteed onions, or whatever else you may want to add.  After the dry and wet ingredients are separately mixed up, you'll want to combine.  But start kneading right away!  The gluten flour gets super super sticky and will form gross flavorless chewy patches if it isn't mixed evenly right away.  Knead it a bunch, roll it into a log.

If you want to bake it, then wrap this log in some foil and bake away.  Or slice it up and steam the slices until firm.  Or you can boil the slices in flavorful broth.

After that the seitan is done.  If you boiled it, you can store it in the broth.  Then you use it whenever, like slice it up and grill it or toss it into stir fry.

My seitan batches seem to come out different each time.  Steaming usually gives me the best result.

I get more consistency when I don't use gluten flour, but it takes way more work.  You take ordinary flour and form a simple flour and water dough, roll it into a ball and let it sit over night in the fridge submerged in cold water.  Then in the morning you need to slowly work all of the starch out of the dough to leave only the gluten.  Essentially you dump out the water and refill the bowl, then knead the dough until the water is white and cloudy.  Then empty it and refill again.  Keep doing this until the water no longer turns cloudy while kneading.  Your dough will have shrunk down to like 1/3 of the original size, and taken on that distinctly gluten-y feel.  This approach does not have the seasoning built in (I imagine you would have flushed all of the seasoning out), so I always cook this kind in a very flavorful broth.
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« Reply #151 on: September 27, 2013, 05:34:12 pm »
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So I mostly just listen to music. I guess you could categorize the type of music I like as Indie Pop, but with a bit of Synthpop. So bands like The Temper Trap, Two Door Cinema Club, Passion Pit, Matt and Kim, Pheonix, etc. But I can appreciate a wide variety of genres. I have a whole pile of different bands I like and love sharing them with other people, so I'm planning on updatjng my signature with a song of the week one of these days.
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Let's talk about:

congee.

I used to hate congee when I was a kid, but now I love it.  Have you ever had congee?
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« Reply #153 on: September 28, 2013, 06:14:47 pm »
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Day 11!
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« Reply #154 on: September 28, 2013, 07:22:55 pm »
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I suck at it, but I apparently can do choreographed moves better than I gave myself credit for.

In the last show I was in, the choreographer had us do tests to ensure that we were able to learn the moves. Anyone who wasn't good enough was relegated to the back and doing step-touches. I really didn't want to be sent there. Fortunately, I was good enough to follow along, though I wasn't given anything really intense.
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« Reply #155 on: September 28, 2013, 07:42:07 pm »
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I know how to ballroom dance. That's about as good as it gets.
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« Reply #156 on: September 28, 2013, 07:48:19 pm »
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I-I.. I can Waltz, Swing, several other ballroom dances, Russian Dancing, and some extensive and organized dances part of musicals ._.

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« Reply #157 on: September 28, 2013, 08:37:04 pm »
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« Reply #158 on: September 29, 2013, 03:45:40 pm »
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Any type of campi- *gets shot*
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Or we could not reference COD, and just talk about camping in the woods, with tents and fires. The intents-ity would be great.
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(Tomorrow's discussion, puns, anyone?)

Anyway, I just got back from camping.  I had to teach eight groups of 9-10 year olds a bunch of stuff.  Being an introvert, that was pretty hard.  But I was told I did a pretty good job.
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Fine ;-;

Don't talk. I see how it is. I guess I'll have to give you a better subject tomorrow.  :'(
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I am pretty consistently at the same camping complex every year. I really don't have anything much to say about it though, so I stayed off.
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Some friends and I have recently started having Unreal Tournament LANs, just for fun. None of us are really very good overall, so it's a lot of fun as we all kind of discover the game as we go. But one guy is extremely good at Sniping, at least compared to the rest of us - he's regularly getting 5-10 kills each time before he dies, and gets those kills pretty quick. He seems to have found the best camping spots, and none of us seem to be able to displace him from them easily.
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I'm not that big a fan of camp.  Adam West's Batman never really worked for me, for example.
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I've never tried making seitan.  Any pointers if I want to give it a go?
gluten flour
I'd never considered starting with gluten.  That should be much easier!  I'll probably give both methods a try when I have the time.
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Oh man, I remember the early days of Quake when you could position yourself near the rocket launcher spawn and just blow away anyone who tries to get a rocket launcher. And of course you could refill your ammo pretty easily by getting the rocket launcher when it spawns. That was terrible camping. Or good camping, I guess. The early days of FPS multiplayer revealed a lot of flaws.

Every so often, I'd hear an amusing exchange on Counter-Strike. When a terrorist player prevents a counter-terrorist agent from approaching a hostage or the bomb, then the CT player would bitch about the terrorist camping. THAT'S WHAT HE'S SUPPOSED TO DO! There's a name for the terrorist who leaves the bomb unguarded: Loser.
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Yet again, by request of Sudgy..

Day 13!
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I asked a melon to marry me once.. It replied "I'm sorry.. I cantaloupe."
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Oh, I can say all my chemistry puns (kinda) here!

You want to hear a joke about Potassium?  K.
Do I know any about Sodium?  Na.
What do you do with a dead chemist?  You barium.
What is the similarity between 16 sodium atoms and batman?  Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-BATMAN!


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Did you hear Oxygen and Potassium went on a date? It went OK.

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I used to know this really good pun that I'd always tell people, but I forgot it.
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I used to know this really good pun that I'd always tell people, but I forgot it.
Don't read into that too much; there is no pun. I literally cannot remember.
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I really like me a good piece of cheese on my forehead-no pun intended-I heard its great for the feet.
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I really like me a good piece of cheese on my forehead-no pun intended-I heard its great for the feet.
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I really like me a good piece of cheese on my forehead-no pun intended-I heard its great for the feet.
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Instead of saying "no pun intended", we should say that it was "punintentional."
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Instead of saying "no pun intended", we should say that it was "punintentional."
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Instead of saying "no pun intended", we should say that it was "punintentional."
So, I had Sudgy over at my house for a time while he was waiting to be picked up.
He left a few minutes ago..

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I'm going back in time a bit -- TV shows!  I just watched the season 3 (I think) premiere of Once Upon A Time.  Some parts were a bit overly dramatic and themes were perhaps hammered home a bit too bluntly (par for the course with this show) but I thoroughly enjoyed it.  I'm really excited about what they are doing with Neverland.  The way they are twisting the story is absolutely wonderful.
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I once submitted ten puns to a contest.  I was hoping one would win, but no pun in ten did.
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Day 14!
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« Reply #186 on: October 01, 2013, 01:10:04 pm »
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Oh, I had a dream a week ago, where the world was ending and some people left on a spaceship to go to another planet.  Later, the world was ending again, and I was one of the people building another spaceship.  We were building it in a cave, because the government didn't want us to build it.  We were wondering where to get our materials (without the government finding us) and realized we could use the stone in the cave.  It suddenly turned minecraft for a bit as one person was building the ship (which was for some reason just four lines of cobblestone making a long cube).  We made it to the planet the others went to to join their colony, but they said we couldn't.  We were disappointed, as that's why we went out there.  We started mingling with them anyway, to try to join with them despite what they said.  Then I woke up.

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About a week ago, I dreamed that "water sliding" was an Olympic sport (by which I mean, going down a water slide as fast as you can).  I was an Olympic water slider.  It was a lot of fun.  I don't know why I dreamed that because it's been ~10 years since I've been to a water park.

Also, I've had this weird dream several times over the past year or so (once recently, like last week), where I dream that I'm asleep and I know I'm dreaming but I can't open my eyes, and I'll keep trying really hard to wake up but I can't.  Sometimes I'll wake up (in the dream) but fall asleep again, and I know I need to wake up and do things but I can't and I get really frustrated.  It's weird because I know that I'm dreaming, but I only think that I'm one layer deep (i.e. that if I wake up I'll be fully awake), whereas in reality I'm two layers deep (i.e. if I wake up, I'll still be asleep).
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« Reply #188 on: October 01, 2013, 01:41:21 pm »
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About a week ago, I dreamed that "water sliding" was an Olympic sport (by which I mean, going down a water slide as fast as you can).  I was an Olympic water slider.  It was a lot of fun.  I don't know why I dreamed that because it's been ~10 years since I've been to a water park.

Also, I've had this weird dream several times over the past year or so (once recently, like last week), where I dream that I'm asleep and I know I'm dreaming but I can't open my eyes, and I'll keep trying really hard to wake up but I can't.  Sometimes I'll wake up (in the dream) but fall asleep again, and I know I need to wake up and do things but I can't and I get really frustrated.  It's weird because I know that I'm dreaming, but I only think that I'm one layer deep (i.e. that if I wake up I'll be fully awake), whereas in reality I'm two layers deep (i.e. if I wake up, I'll still be asleep).

I've heard that you technically aren't dreaming in your dream, it's just that in your dream you wake up, but are still in a dream.
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« Reply #189 on: October 01, 2013, 02:44:25 pm »
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Last night I spent a considerable amount of time in the dream unconscious. I saw those parts from a 3rd person's perspective. It's a shame that I can't remember whether or not I was viewing myself through the eyes of another person who was supposedly in that dream or through a camera. Despite that, I still was somehow feeling my body, and it felt awful to be unconscious. Which is kind of weird, because I have also died in a dream before and that felt pretty good.

Some time ago - I think it was earlier this year or maybe last year - I saw a dream in which something extremely absurd happened (I still remember what it was, but maybe it's for the best if I don't explain it here) and then I realized that hey, this kind of stuff can't happen in real life so I must be dreaming. This had happened to me a couple of times before, but this was my first time not waking up immediately. It was a pretty interesting experience to be able to pay attention to the dream with the knowledge that it is a dream; the dream world is very detailed, there even are lots of details in it that you normally would miss if you're just dreaming normally (there were random candy wrappers in my house that were in no way relevant to the dream, and when I woke up, I found out that the candy wrappers were actually there IRL, additionally there were details that my brain just apparently made up on the spot, such as a red candle in an illogical place - again, not relevant to the dream). I still couldn't control my actions consciously, so I wasn't able to do a whole lot of experimenting, but just observing what was around me was awesome.

Other dreams I've had that I think are worth mentioning:
 - A dream spoken in English, with Norwegian subtitles. At that time I was 8(ish) years old and couldn't understand either language so the words that I heard and saw were most definitely not real English and Norwegian (it shouldn't be possible, right?), but it's interesting that I could totally understand what was happening in the dream even though it wasn't in Finnish.
 - A dream which was a continuation of another dream I had seen some time ago, this has actually happened three times. During the dream it didn't feel like there had been a gap between the dreams, they felt like one single dream. Two out of three times were so that I had already forgotten the first part of the dream until I saw the second part, though I have managed to re-forget them except for the fact that a car was somehow very important to the other dream. I still remember the one which I never forgot in the first place, even though that was over 5 years ago and the other two happened just recently, though not fully (I was a large bat-like creature and there were people throwing rocks at me and it was very disturbing).
- I saw a dream about Dark Ages on Isotropic. Two days later this happened.

Has anyone tried lucid dreaming? My attempts haven't been very successful, though I have only tried it once or twice.
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« Reply #190 on: October 01, 2013, 03:18:27 pm »
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My attempts at lucid dreaming are the same as yours.

You mentioning the car, it reminds me, my brother once had a dream where there was someone driving in a car, and some other people came up to him (presumably in another car, I wasn't the one having the dream) and said, "Hey, the president's brother would really like that car!" he responded, "I AM the president's brother!" and drove off.
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« Reply #191 on: October 01, 2013, 03:29:19 pm »
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My attempts at lucid dreaming are the same as yours.

You mentioning the car, it reminds me, my brother once had a dream where there was someone driving in a car, and some other people came up to him (presumably in another car, I wasn't the one having the dream) and said, "Hey, the president's brother would really like that car!" he responded, "I AM the president's brother!" and drove off.
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« Reply #192 on: October 01, 2013, 03:31:15 pm »
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My attempts at lucid dreaming are the same as yours.

You mentioning the car, it reminds me, my brother once had a dream where there was someone driving in a car, and some other people came up to him (presumably in another car, I wasn't the one having the dream) and said, "Hey, the president's brother would really like that car!" he responded, "I AM the president's brother!" and drove off.
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Oh, I had a dream a week ago, where the world was ending and some people left on a spaceship to go to another planet.  Later, the world was ending again, and I was one of the people building another spaceship.  We were building it in a cave, because the government didn't want us to build it.  We were wondering where to get our materials (without the government finding us) and realized we could use the stone in the cave.  It suddenly turned minecraft for a bit as one person was building the ship (which was for some reason just four lines of cobblestone making a long cube).  We made it to the planet the others went to to join their colony, but they said we couldn't.  We were disappointed, as that's why we went out there.  We started mingling with them anyway, to try to join with them despite what they said.  Then I woke up.

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Oh, I had a dream a week ago, where the world was ending and some people left on a spaceship to go to another planet.  Later, the world was ending again, and I was one of the people building another spaceship.  We were building it in a cave, because the government didn't want us to build it.  We were wondering where to get our materials (without the government finding us) and realized we could use the stone in the cave.  It suddenly turned minecraft for a bit as one person was building the ship (which was for some reason just four lines of cobblestone making a long cube).  We made it to the planet the others went to to join their colony, but they said we couldn't.  We were disappointed, as that's why we went out there.  We started mingling with them anyway, to try to join with them despite what they said.  Then I woke up.

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That's not creepy... Was it my avatar or your image if what I look like?

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I had a dream twice in a month like 5 years ago I still remember:
I was eating cheese cracker sandwiches surrounded by loud cartoon people, the I bought more, then I jumped through a blackboard and landed in a jungle.
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I have one I still remember from when I was like 8. It was a school day, and I was going to school on my skateboard (which I don't even have one) and a volcano by my house (there isn't one) erupted, and I had to skate away from the flowing lava. Somehow the rest of my friends and my sister showed up there too.
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Ooh, there's another really long dream that my brother had that was amazing.  I don't know if I should put it all here though.
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Day 15!
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Guyz, I'm runnin' out of subjects xD
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I once went on a two week trip along the west coast, from Oregon to California to Nevada to California to Oregon, at places like Sea World, Disney Land, California Adventure, Las Vegas, Hoover Dam, Grand Canyon, and a town called Weed, California.

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When you run out of topic ideas, have one day where the topic is conversation topics.
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When you run out of topic ideas, have one day where the topic is conversation topics.
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I travel all the time.  One half of my extended family lives a couple hours away, and the other in Canada.  I also have been down to Mexico three times (twice driving, it took three days), and one time took three days to drive across the country to my sister's graduation.

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I travel all the time.
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Welp.. That was a short lived conversation.
I've been traveling a lot recently.  Mostly around France, and I'm going to Paris for the weekend then in two weeks Ireland and London.  So yeah, travel is cool.  First time in Europe and it's pretty awesome.

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There, a throwaway subject.

I've had this one in the rubbish bin since the beginning, but oh well.
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While I see the usefulness in school, it sure is annoying...
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I love my current school.
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My college days were definitely the most fun and care-free days. I had fun with those.

My high school days could have been awesome if I had learned early on to not give a crap about the rest of the students. I was too focused on trying to fit in. In my senior year, I had a nice heaping dose of fukitol, and I actually enjoyed my senior year and learned more than the rest of my time there. That attitude also helped me in college. While some guys were fretting about kissing up to fraternities, I did my own thing and enjoyed it more.

Wouldn't mind going back to college, but it'd be back as a 20-year-old with my current knowledge and experience. Then again, I'd be shaking my head at all the other kids doing dumb things.
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The Uni I went to doesn't seem to have Fraternities and other crap like that. Perhaps because it's the UK, or perhaps because it's a top university, I dunno. I enjoyed my degree, at least until third year - at that point motivation became a real issue, since the courses seemed so dull and stuff. But I really enjoyed my time at the Sci-Fi & board gaming society, which I still attend.
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My grad school days were definitely my favorite.  Now I teach.  I'm teaching a linear algebra class this semester, which has been a lot of fun.
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I have come from the far past to say that it doesn't look much like this at 2am.

EDIT: And now that I am in the present, I shall add that my school days are pretty far behind me, but I do still remember University with some fondness. For one thing, doing maths/stats in University meant that every question had a correct answer and you could usually tell when you'd found it; doing it in real life means you're trying to find anything that vaguely works. And work doesn't have a DDR machine anywhere in the building, or an anime club.
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I heard three people singing harmonies with each other.  It sounded good, because of their...

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I also enjoyed my time in the gaming group in college. And man, when Magic came out, we went nuts with it. On a bright note, meetings were well attended, because people would bring their Magic decks and play each other.

We also used to run an RPGA convention every year.

When I learned that the old organization was still around and has a Facebook page, I joined right away. I'm a little disappointed that the focus seemed to have shifted from RPGs and board games to video games. I guess I'm not too surprised, though. And they apparently still play other games. I saw someone thank the GURPS GM for running. So there's that.

But all these posts about Leagues of Legends and other video games bore me.

What I found really cool is that they still do fundraising for the American Diabetes Association, which came about when I was a student because of one of our late members.
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I liked college a lot.  I was pretty serious into EverQuest, was on the top raiding guild on the server, etc.  Another high point of college was that all the before-unreleased Final Fantasy titles were released in US, so I played (almost) through all of them. 

Then I went to grad school, and I had moved to World of Warcraft, but I learned that I actually had to study and work on problems, so I couldn't just play video games all the time.  Sad times.
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There, a throwaway subject.

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I feel like I'll like college a lot more since I'll have more of a choice of what I study.
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I feel like I'll like college a lot more since I'll have more of a choice of what I study.

You still have to take some mandated classes in college that are usually lame, but you have more choice than high school, which is nice.  Graduate school gives you even more choice; you almost get to entirely pick your curriculum after the first year.
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I feel like I'll like college a lot more since I'll have more of a choice of what I study.

You still have to take some mandated classes in college that are usually lame, but you have more choice than high school, which is nice.  Graduate school gives you even more choice; you almost get to entirely pick your curriculum after the first year.

...Not my high school, most of it is reading 50 million books that I don't really care about.  My only choice is which science I do in 12th grade.  (I'm homeschooled, btw)
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I feel like I'll like college a lot more since I'll have more of a choice of what I study.

You still have to take some mandated classes in college that are usually lame, but you have more choice than high school, which is nice.  Graduate school gives you even more choice; you almost get to entirely pick your curriculum after the first year.

...Not my high school, most of it is reading 50 million books that I don't really care about.  My only choice is which science I do in 12th grade.  (I'm homeschooled, btw)

More choice than high school, as in college gives you more choice in the classes you take than high school does.  But you'll still feel limitations, and they can be frustrating.
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Sounds like a Finnish university-preparatory high school.
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I've liked a page on facebook called "Christian Memes", and I just wanted to mention one.  It's pretty good.  (If you want to argue anything about it, go to RSP)

Anyway, it was socially awkward penguin, saying, "Meant to read 1 John 4:18 at wedding [line break]  Read John 4:18 instead"

Looking at the verses:

1 John 4:18: "There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love."  A verse about love, good for a wedding.

John 4:18: "The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true."  Uh.....
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I've liked a page on facebook called "Christian Memes", and I just wanted to mention one.  It's pretty good.  (If you want to argue anything about it, go to RSP)

Anyway, it was socially awkward penguin, saying, "Meant to read 1 John 4:18 at wedding [line break]  Read John 4:18 instead"

Looking at the verses:

1 John 4:18: "There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love."  A verse about love, good for a wedding.

John 4:18: "The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true."  Uh.....
And behold, The Lord said unto John; "Come forth and receive eternal life." But John came fifty and got a toaster.
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Cats are good. Therefore, good is cats  :o
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Cats are better than dogs, despite what you said a few hours ago, Box.
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Cats are awesome. We have five (well one isn't really ours but kind of is).

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I put on my robes and wizard hat.

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I put on my robes and wizard hat.

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You're just a level 2 druid.
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I like it a lot. I also started quite enjoying DMing, mainly cause I was only one willing to do it in past 2 years or so and all 3 campaigns we played were DMed by me. Seems like I am starting a new one soon.  ;D
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It was Pathfinder and some custom (well, World of Darkness retheme) Wild West Steampunk.
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I'm a Jonathan Tweet fanboy. I heard so much about Over the Edge, and when I bought it, I read the whole thing twice. Very fun system and world. I also bought Ars Magica, though I've never been brave enough to run it. I tried playing Ars Magica at a convention, but that system is designed for home campaigns and not really one-shots. I do have Everway, but again I've not been brave enough to run it. Never played it either. So sad. And, of course, D&D 3rd Edition broke away from the stagnant quagmire of 1st/2nd Edition because of Tweet.

So when I heard that 13th Age was co-written by Tweet, I had to pick it up. It veers away from d20 in some areas, a fact that the rulebook gleefully tells you, which can be annoying. Still, it's a neat system, and it's more story-friendly than most games out there. This game isn't for everyone. Just like Over the Edge, 13th Age has some openness in the skills department. And if you have a player who tries to have a "Good at Everything" skill, then you just need to smack him around.
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I love RPG, Ever since I discovered it I am fascinated by the idea. Unfortunately I seldom have any chance to play it. The only 'campaign' I have ever played in real life was D&D 3e for very few sessions.

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Now that I have Netflix, it looks like I can view Doctor Who episodes prior to 2005. This should be nifty.
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I've never broken a bone!  :D
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I've broken my ankle and my little finger...twice.
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I broke and dislocated a few bones in my toes once. It hurt a little but never really made me think there was anything that wrong until I went to the hospital and they told me they needed to do a few things. It fixed up fine still so not a big deal.
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« Reply #254 on: October 09, 2013, 02:05:06 pm »
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I've had heart surgery, plastic surgery, arthroscopic surgery to correct a partially-dislocated shoulder which I had been walking around with and using for the previous six months, and I've been impaled through the right thigh with a bayonet.

But I've never broken a bone.

^^^ all of this is true, not even joking.
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« Reply #255 on: October 09, 2013, 04:20:52 pm »
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...and I've been impaled through the right thigh with a bayonet.

Please say this was due to a civil-war reenactment gone wrong, because that would be hilarious.
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« Reply #256 on: October 09, 2013, 11:57:56 pm »
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...and I've been impaled through the right thigh with a bayonet.

Please say this was due to a civil-war reenactment gone wrong, because that would be hilarious.

I dunno. Might be more hilarious if it wasn't related to anything prior to the 19th century.
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« Reply #257 on: October 10, 2013, 01:15:40 am »
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...and I've been impaled through the right thigh with a bayonet.

Please say this was due to a civil-war reenactment gone wrong, because that would be hilarious.

I dunno. Might be more hilarious if it wasn't related to anything prior to the 19th century.

Nope, not a reenactor.

Correct, not related to the 19th century or before.

And the bayonet wasn't sharp when it went through...  Ironically, I wish it had been. :( :( :(
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« Reply #258 on: October 10, 2013, 08:45:53 am »
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...and I've been impaled through the right thigh with a bayonet.

Please say this was due to a civil-war reenactment gone wrong, because that would be hilarious.

I dunno. Might be more hilarious if it wasn't related to anything prior to the 19th century.

Nope, not a reenactor.

Correct, not related to the 19th century or before.

And the bayonet wasn't sharp when it went through...  Ironically, I wish it had been. :( :( :(

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« Reply #259 on: October 10, 2013, 04:13:25 pm »
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Day 22!
~The Ladies~

The Ladies, my friends.
*push push* onward, to your destiny.

Talk. Talk talk.
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Day 22!
~The Ladies~

The Ladies, my friends.
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I am pro-Ladies. Most of my best friends are ladies.
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« Reply #261 on: October 11, 2013, 11:48:54 am »
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Day 23!
~Money~

Fine. That was a dumb subject. I can learn from my mistakes.
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« Reply #262 on: October 11, 2013, 12:06:51 pm »
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Day 23!
~Money~

Fine. That was a dumb subject. I can learn from my mistakes.

Ladies aren't dumb! Well, some are, but so are many non-ladies.
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« Reply #263 on: October 11, 2013, 12:20:12 pm »
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In my experience money is one of the most awkward subjects out there.

Ladies though, they are fun! Often. Most of my friends used to be women, but as I get older, it seems to shift back to hanging with men more and more. I think that has more to do with my life situation changing than with me or my preferences changing though (namely not going to school anymore means not having school friends anymore, and all my colleagues are male).
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« Reply #264 on: October 11, 2013, 12:22:30 pm »
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In my experience, ladies do not appreciate being called a dumb subject.
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« Reply #265 on: October 11, 2013, 01:19:07 pm »
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Did anyone else notice I went straight from ladies to money?

Kind of synonymous subjects there, if you ask me.
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« Reply #266 on: October 11, 2013, 01:34:31 pm »
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Did anyone else notice I went straight from ladies to money?

Kind of synonymous subjects there, if you ask me.
Notice the joking tone in the sexist comment..
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« Reply #267 on: October 11, 2013, 01:34:37 pm »
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Using money, I will show that women are evil.

First, we know that women use time and money.  So:

Women = Time * Money

We also know that time is money, so:

Women = Money * Money
Women = Money2

We know that Money is the root of all Evil, so the square root of Evil equals Money.

Women = (sqrt(Evil))2
Women = Evil


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« Reply #268 on: October 11, 2013, 01:51:17 pm »
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Using money, I will show that women are evil.

First, we know that women use time and money.  So:

Women = Time * Money

We also know that time is money, so:

Women = Money * Money
Women = Money2

We know that Money is the root of all Evil, so the square root of Evil equals Money.

Women = (sqrt(Evil))2
Women = Evil
Also, we know that making sausages uses time and money. So:

Sausages = Time * Money

Therefore, Women = Sausages

We used this logic to prove that everything is actually a sausage in philosophy class last year with a couple of schoolmates.
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« Reply #269 on: October 11, 2013, 02:03:07 pm »
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Using money, I will show that women are evil.

First, we know that women use time and money.  So:

Women = Time * Money

We also know that time is money, so:

Women = Money * Money
Women = Money2

We know that Money is the root of all Evil, so the square root of Evil equals Money.

Women = (sqrt(Evil))2
Women = Evil
Also, we know that making sausages uses time and money. So:

Sausages = Time * Money

Therefore, Women = Sausages

We used this logic to prove that everything is actually a sausage in philosophy class last year with a couple of schoolmates.
So by that logic..

I can eat a cat, and it's perfectly okay..?
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« Reply #270 on: October 11, 2013, 02:12:14 pm »
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So by that logic..

I can eat a cat, and it's perfectly okay..?
By exactly what logic is eating a cat not perfectly okay?
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« Reply #271 on: October 11, 2013, 02:22:08 pm »
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So by that logic..

I can eat a cat, and it's perfectly okay..?
By exactly what logic is eating a cat not perfectly okay?

Superposition of states.  You can't be sure if the cat you ate is dead or alive until someone opens up your stomach to look at it.
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« Reply #272 on: October 11, 2013, 02:26:28 pm »
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So by that logic..

I can eat a cat, and it's perfectly okay..?
By exactly what logic is eating a cat not perfectly okay?

Superposition of states.  You can't be sure if the cat you ate is dead or alive until someone opens up your stomach to look at it.

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