The Good News Thread: I'm So Excited! And I Just Can't Hide It!

[marsoupial they/them]

So, I am assuming that you all have seen the 2014 masterwork Guardians of the Galaxy. 

Well, you know the song that Chris Pratt's Peter Quill dances to in his first present-day scene? The one with the cool little guitar riff? That is Redbone's "Come and Get Your Love." 

I just found that song at a thrift store near me, yesterday, on a vinyl 45 record. For 50 cents. 

I may possibly be dancing around my house. 

[marsoupial they/them]

3 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

bleeder: Dance-off! C'mon, me and you, bro!

bleeder's Mom: What... what are you even doing?

bleeder: I'm distracting you, you big turdblossom!

I would upvote you but I'm out of upvotes. 

Congratulations, you win at life.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

8 minutes ago, bleeder said:

I would upvote you but I'm out of upvotes. 

Congratulations, you win at life.

Heh. And here I deleted it because I thought it might offend people.

[Kaymyth she/her]

1 hour ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

Heh. And here I deleted it because I thought it might offend people.

o.O

What on Earth was in there that could possibly be considered offensive?

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

8 minutes ago, Kaymyth said:

o.O

What on Earth was in there that could possibly be considered offensive?

The brain weasels are easier to offend than a YouTube commenter?  

[marsoupial they/them]

6 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

The brain weasels are easier to offend than a YouTube commenter?  

Define "brain weasel" please

[Zathoth]

Just now, bleeder said:

Define "brain weasel" please

"you are a terrible person no one likes you you fail at everything why are you even trying...."

Brain weasels.

[marsoupial they/them]

23 minutes ago, Zathoth said:

"you are a terrible person no one likes you you fail at everything why are you even trying...."

Brain weasels.

So, like, extremely critical negative thoughts.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

9 minutes ago, bleeder said:

So, like, extremely critical negative thoughts.

Pretty much. Second guessing and berating yourself fall into that category, too. Kaymyth brought the term to the Shard. 

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

Ron looked angrily at the people of 17th Shard. 

The term weasel had apparently hit a chord inside him

[Sunbird she/her]

4 hours ago, Dankness Ascendant said:

Ron looked angrily at the people of 17th Shard. 

The term weasel had apparently hit a chord inside him

Cue Slytherins singing "Weasley is Our King"...

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

28 minutes ago, Sunbird said:

Cue Slytherins singing "Weasley is Our King"...

Then the Gryddindor's counter

"He didn't let the quaffle in!"

[Sunbird she/her]

So apparently tonight's full moon is gonna be SUPER HUGE. Which is great, because I have an astronomy project to do that involves observing the full moon.

[Delightful]

18 hours ago, bleeder said:

So, like, extremely critical negative thoughts.

Makes them easier to deal with too. Cause Its not 'wow I guess I am dumb' it's 'darn brain weasels telling me I'm dumb! Shut up brain weasels I'm fabulous!' Etc etc 

[Oversleep]

I just realized that's exactly how Jasnah describes possible birth of spren - the personification of the anger of the man who's often angry. And that people would start to perceive that anger as something separate from him.

Call Axies! We have identified selfdoubtspren!

Edited October 15, 2016 by Oversleep

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

4 minutes ago, Oversleep said:

I just realized that's exactly how Jasnah describes possible birth of spren - the personification of the anger of the man who's often angry. And that people would start to perceive that anger as something separate from him.

Call Axies! We have identified selfdoubtspren!

But what if we haven't? What if that's not what they are, or if Axies already found them? We'd better not say anything. I'm dumb for even thinking of it.  

[marsoupial they/them]

15 minutes ago, Oversleep said:

I just realized that's exactly how Jasnah describes possible birth of spren - the personification of the anger of the man who's often angry. And that people would start to perceive that anger as something separate from him.

Call Axies! We have identified selfdoubtspren!

But what do they look like? How can we identify them if we haven't seen them? Do they look like weasels?!

[Edgedancer he/him]

10 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

But what if we haven't? What if that's not what they are, or if Axies already found them? We'd better not say anything. I'm dumb for even thinking of it.  

 

Just now, bleeder said:

But what do they look like? How can we identify them if we haven't seen them? Do they look like weasels?!

Can't you see Bleeder? They are right there! They look like... a ninja!

[marsoupial they/them]

2 minutes ago, Edgedancer said:

 

Can't you see Bleeder? They are right there! They look like... a ninja!

*sigh*

The thing about Shard ninjas compared to real-world ninjas is that no one notices real-world ninjas.

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

 I see what you mean.

[Orlion Blight he/him]

Just came back from Minnesota late last night (yes, I know that sentence is a contradiction, so sue me!). I had been there for Fantasy Flight Games' Arkham Nights and not only had fun, I got to pick up a copy of the Arkham Horror LCG (Living Card Game, for those of you that forget you are on the internet and can Google this stuff).

[marsoupial they/them]

11 minutes ago, Orlion Determined said:

Just came back from Minnesota late last night (yes, I know that sentence is a contradiction, so sue me!). I had been there for Fantasy Flight Games' Arkham Nights and not only had fun, I got to pick up a copy of the Arkham Horror LCG (Living Card Game, for those of you that forget you are on the internet and can Google this stuff).

Wait, hold up: 

I'm on the internet?!

[Silverblade5 he/him]

2 minutes ago, bleeder said:

Wait, hold up: 

I'm on the internet?!

Nnnoooooooo

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

3 minutes ago, bleeder said:

Wait, hold up: 

I'm on the internet?!

Oh great. Reminds me of an old short story that won (IIRC) a contest in Writer's Digest back when dial-up was still common. 

Spoiler

It follows a guy who's setting up a sort of online "legacy imprint," allowing his deceased uncle to have an online presence after his death. Trouble is, his uncle wasn't a heavy internet user, so all the narrator can find is a few corny jokes and a couple of emails. Well, the narrator does what he can to get the imprint set up with the service he's using, then books some plane tickets to the funeral and tries to log off to call a cab. But he can't. He emails the imprint service representative he was working with, and learns that he (the narrator) was actually an imprint all along. He died some time ago and, having been a heavy internet user, gave them what they call "an excellent fingerprint." The narrator gives up on the cab and his uncle's imprint contacts him via IM with a corny joke. And there, with all of the unanswered questions and bizarre implications left unexplored, the story ends. 

 

[Orlion Blight he/him]

2 hours ago, bleeder said:

Wait, hold up: 

I'm on the internet?!

Indeed.

Edited October 17, 2016 by Orlion Determined