TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted October 11, 2016 Posted October 11, 2016 12 minutes ago, bleeder said: I have a theory that printers are evil and exist solely to spite humans. I believe this theory has merit, yes.
marsoupial they/them Posted October 11, 2016 Posted October 11, 2016 Just now, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said: I believe this theory has merit, yes. A couple of months ago I had an essay due in my first class of the day (which starts at 7:30!) and I arrived at the school half an hour early so I could print it from the handy-dandy school library printers. I got there, and all of them were vacant, so I sat down and opened up my laptop to print my paper. I proceeded to the print screen, where I gave the order and waited. And waited. And waited. I did not get that paper printed out, nor did I arrive to class on time. That was a fun day. We can just chalk it up to Printers - 1, bleeder - 0.
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted October 11, 2016 Posted October 11, 2016 People who think handicap plates let them park anywhere. There's a lady parked in the loading zone between two empty handicapped spots. WHY.
Orlion Blight he/him Posted October 12, 2016 Posted October 12, 2016 Those new anti smoking commercials. They are usually so annoying... Except for the one with cats
Sunbird she/her Posted October 12, 2016 Posted October 12, 2016 Powerful itches that appear seemingly out of nowhere.
Darkness Ascendant he/him Posted October 12, 2016 Posted October 12, 2016 @Delightful, you have to admit it's facinating tho
Delightful Posted October 12, 2016 Posted October 12, 2016 11 hours ago, Dankness Ascendant said: @Delightful, you have to admit it's facinating tho What is?
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted October 12, 2016 Posted October 12, 2016 (edited) 41 minutes ago, Delightful said: What is? The Roman Empire, I think. Me, I find them kind of meh. Leaving aside their barbaric practices and sexist laws, I don't find the Romans all that interesting. Edited October 12, 2016 by TwiLyghtSansSparkles
Orlion Blight he/him Posted October 12, 2016 Posted October 12, 2016 1 hour ago, Delightful said: What is? Specifically the following: Quote I always liked the idea of the Roman Imperium, how honor played a large part, and if a man would behave the same in his domus as well as in public. You know, the idea that a politician ought to act the same in private as he would in public.
Zathoth Posted October 12, 2016 Posted October 12, 2016 They did invent plumbing, math and philosophy.
Oversleep Posted October 12, 2016 Posted October 12, 2016 23 minutes ago, Zathoth said: They did invent plumbing, math and philosophy. Wasn't Roman Law also something big?
Zathoth Posted October 12, 2016 Posted October 12, 2016 5 minutes ago, Oversleep said: Wasn't Roman Law also something big? Probably. They also invented something like democracy... you know what this is starting to remind me of? Spoiler
Oversleep Posted October 12, 2016 Posted October 12, 2016 Just now, Zathoth said: They also invented something like democracy... I'm pretty sure Greece did it earlier. I don't know who did it before the Greeks.
Zathoth Posted October 12, 2016 Posted October 12, 2016 Just now, Oversleep said: I'm pretty sure Greece did it earlier. I don't know who did it before the Greeks. That is probably true.
Delightful Posted October 12, 2016 Posted October 12, 2016 1 minute ago, Oversleep said: I'm pretty sure Greece did it earlier. I don't know who did it before the Greeks. democracy........not exactly. Wealthy upper-class citizen men got a vote. It was apparently the long lost ancestor of our modern democracy but not exactly the same thing.
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted October 12, 2016 Posted October 12, 2016 It wasn't modern democracy, no, but it wasn't absolute monarchical rule, either.
Delightful Posted October 12, 2016 Posted October 12, 2016 Just now, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said: It wasn't modern democracy, no, but it wasn't absolute monarchical rule, either. Sparta had a really interesting system. I don't remember all the details off-hand but they had four or five different groups that had a really interesting balance of power between them. I'd rather a monarchy than a dictatorship.
marsoupial they/them Posted October 12, 2016 Posted October 12, 2016 3 minutes ago, Delightful said: Sparta had a really interesting system. I don't remember all the details off-hand but they had four or five different groups that had a really interesting balance of power between them. I'd rather a monarchy than a dictatorship. I think what Sparta had was an oligarchy. And yeah, me too.
Delightful Posted October 12, 2016 Posted October 12, 2016 3 minutes ago, bleeder said: I think what Sparta had was an oligarchy. And yeah, me too. if thats the word for multiple governing bodies, then yes. I think there were 30 people voted regularly, a council of 5 elders, two leaders who were sort of kings and.....i think there was one other leadership body.
Oversleep Posted October 13, 2016 Posted October 13, 2016 It seems I'm in for a wiki battle over whether the series of books taking place on Scadrial should be refered to as Mistborn or Final Empire. Context: the first Mistborn book, FInal Empire, was released in Poland as simply Mistborn and somehow people started refering to the series as Final Empire. It's very irritating but I have influence over the Polish Sanderson group and I'm part of the fansite. I think that with time I can eradicate that. But most Polish sources are some internet reviews and of course they are mindlessly perpetuating the original mistake and the wiki editior points them as proof I'm wrong. It doesn't help even publisher goes back and forth about the naming in the blurbs.
Zathoth Posted October 14, 2016 Posted October 14, 2016 Covers of Stand By Me without the bassline. Why would you remove the best part of the song!?
Sunbird she/her Posted October 15, 2016 Posted October 15, 2016 @Zathoth Srsly? The bass line is the only part of that song I ever sing along with!
Zathoth Posted October 15, 2016 Posted October 15, 2016 17 minutes ago, Sunbird said: @Zathoth Srsly? The bass line is the only part of that song I ever sing along with! I heard a terrible piano cover on the radio. I think it was trying for 'ethereal' or something like that. It failed completely.
marsoupial they/them Posted October 15, 2016 Posted October 15, 2016 Just now, Zathoth said: I heard a terrible piano cover on the radio. I think it was trying for 'ethereal' or something like that. It failed completely. Ben E King should not be altered. You cannot effectively change Ben E King.
Darkness Ascendant he/him Posted October 17, 2016 Posted October 17, 2016 I hate new shoes. Particularly leather school ones. Today I wore new leather school shoes. And now my left foot is now a regiblister. And almost all the skin on the back of my right foot has been rubbed off. Come on! I don't buy shoes to harm my feet, I buy them to protect my feet
Recommended Posts