Delightful Posted January 25, 2016 Posted January 25, 2016 Dear cookie recipe, please specify Fahrenheit or Celsius so I don't burn half my batter of deliciousness. 1
Kobold King he/him Posted January 25, 2016 Posted January 25, 2016 Dear cookie recipe, please specify Fahrenheit or Celsius so I don't burn half my batter of deliciousness. Darn metric system, scheming to burn our cookies.
DreamEternal Posted January 25, 2016 Posted January 25, 2016 Dear people from english speaking countries: adopt the International System.
Delightful Posted January 25, 2016 Posted January 25, 2016 (edited) Darn imperial system, insisting on hanging around and confusing everyone about everything. Edit: what's the international system? The only other country I know, Israel, is sort of 1/3 English and uses metric. Edited January 25, 2016 by Delightful
DreamEternal Posted January 25, 2016 Posted January 25, 2016 (edited) Darn imperial system, insisting on hanging around and confusing everyone about everything. Edit: what's the international system? The metric system, or at least how we call it here in Brazil. Edited January 25, 2016 by DreamEternal
Delightful Posted January 25, 2016 Posted January 25, 2016 The metric system, or at least how we call it here in BrazilIn that case, yes my cookies and I completely agree.
Kobold King he/him Posted January 25, 2016 Posted January 25, 2016 Dear people from english speaking countries: adopt the International System. You can have our guns and backwards arbitrary measurement system when you pry them from our cold dead fingers! ("Cold" to be defined in Fahrenheit, of course. In American.)
DreamEternal Posted January 25, 2016 Posted January 25, 2016 (edited) You can have our guns and backwards arbitrary measurement system when you pry them from our cold dead fingers! ("Cold" to be defined in Fahrenheit, of course. In American.) -40°, the only measure of cold both systems agree with. Now, why bring up gun ownership? Edited January 25, 2016 by DreamEternal
Delightful Posted January 25, 2016 Posted January 25, 2016 In American. Exactly. The other half of my cookies, oven properly adjusted, look literally perfect. SEE WHAT YOUVE WASTED YOU MURICANS YOU.
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted January 25, 2016 Posted January 25, 2016 I see it now! The sticky note method is making me realize I began Susan's story too early! Must go back and write inciting incident, now that I know what it was.
DreamEternal Posted January 25, 2016 Posted January 25, 2016 (edited) I am weird when it comes to writing, since I can't go by the seat of my pants but my annotations and outlines must be in the form of in-world documents and quotes. Edited January 25, 2016 by DreamEternal
Young Bard he/him Posted January 25, 2016 Posted January 25, 2016 In Australia we call that Donkey Voting. Slight nitpick: Donkey voting is when you have, say, 6+ candidates, and someone just goes down them in order just because he knows nothing about the candidates. For Senate votes, these are discarded (House of Representative votes have fewer parties, and therefore it is much more likely someone will legitimately do this. (For the Americans wondering why anyone would do this, voting in Australia is compulsory. So you have to vote even if you have no interest in politics. The one you're describing is just an ineligible vote. Common mistake. (Sorry, I'm a bit of a politics nerd.) Also, in a Democratic Party election, there is no way I would vote for Clinton. Too right wing. Also, for those cynics about Government, you have to watch a series called Yes, Minister. It's a British TV show from the 80's, but it is absolutely brilliant, and equally relevant today. A Facebook friend of mine suggested a confusing scenario, which regular democracies would be used to, but American yes/no this/that voting would freak out about: Trump is currently leading the polls among Republican voters. But the Republican party picks its nominee independently of the winner of the primaries. They might, and much of the Republican higher-ups have threatened to, nominate someone else even if Trump wins it. Trump would then launch an independent candidacy and split the R-vote significantly. Former New York City Mayor Bloomberg is also planning to make an independent run, which would split a chunk of the D-vote from New York. You could end up with X Republican Winner vs. Berlary Clinders vs. Trump vs. Bloomberg. The media wouldn't even be able to say whether Bloomberg is somebody people are supposed to take seriously or not with authority, so no one would have any clue what's going to happen next. And the politics nerd studies the board: Bloomberg is just in New York according to this. So, max, he takes one state away (one fairly important state, but one state.) Trump, however, intends to launch a national campaign. So, he could win 2-3 of the most right wing countries. So Cruz, already a very right wing candidate, (At a guess, I'll put Cruz in for the Republican winner.) will lost several of the Republican homeland states, which is what he would need. Victory to Berlary Clinders. (Guessing Clinton here, but want it to be Sanders, so ) The other Republicans, to be perfectly honest, aren't all that much better than Trump. Every single Republican nominee has vowed to remove Obamacare, possibly the best move Obama's made this entire time. Now, people can actually go to the doctor even if they can't afford the bill so they can get the treatment they need.
Delightful Posted January 25, 2016 Posted January 25, 2016 Slight nitpick: Donkey voting is when you have, say, 6+ candidates, and someone just goes down them in order just because he knows nothing about the candidates. For Senate votes, these are discarded (House of Representative votes have fewer parties, and therefore it is much more likely someone will legitimately do this. (For the Americans wondering why anyone would do this, voting in Australia is compulsory. So you have to vote even if you have no interest in politics. The one you're describing is just an ineligible vote. Common mistake. (Sorry, I'm a bit of a politics nerd.). I have this weird cognitive dissonance thing (or maybe just stupidity) where I know that, but I call it donkey voting anyway. It just sounds so much more fun. And I first heard of donkey voting in context of a teacher who said she donkey voted once and was standing at the polling booth and her husband goes "hurry up and finish drawing that Micky mouse, we need to go".
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted January 25, 2016 Posted January 25, 2016 Watching Small Soldiers for the first time in years. 1
Kobold King he/him Posted January 25, 2016 Posted January 25, 2016 (edited) According to the Batman animated series, Selena Kyle's trying to establish a mountain lion sanctuary right outside Gotham City limits. I'm all for conservation, but I can't help but feel it's a bad idea in the specific case of Gotham City. I predict a dramatic upward slope in the number of mountain lion - themed supervillains in the coming months. Edited January 25, 2016 by Kobold King
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted January 25, 2016 Posted January 25, 2016 Whilst listening to "I Can't Decide" by Scissor Sisters, I began thinking about how well it fit John Simm's Master. His twisted sense of humor. The joy he takes in sadism. His corrupted happy-go-lucky nature. The same, I thought, could be applied to Gravity Falls' Bill Cipher, a chaos demon with a similar nature to the Master's. He's a lot like Bellatrix Lestrange, I thought; and she's a lot like the Joker. They're so similar, their goals so varied yet compatible. I'll bet they'd have a grand old time if they teamed up. An evil Time Lord. A chaos demon who can warp reality. Voldemort's chief torturer. A self-proclaimed agent of chaos. Working together. Laughing at pain. Ruling a city just to tear it down. I'll just think about team-ups between characters who fit Billy Idol's "White Wedding" from now on.
Kaymyth she/her Posted January 25, 2016 Posted January 25, 2016 I...I don't like metric outside the science lab. Fahrenheit degrees are all I know! And I can't wrap my head around trying to measure a person's height in centimeters. *flees from the approaching rain of vegetables*
Allomancy she/her Posted January 25, 2016 Posted January 25, 2016 Random picture of a polar bear blinking in a snowstorm: You're welcome 2
Mistrunner Posted January 25, 2016 Posted January 25, 2016 I like the Imperial system. No, no, please don't throw the rotting vegetables. Let me explain. I do think that metrics are much better to use in, say, a lab setting. They are scientific measurements, and they're much easier to convert (e.g. meters to kilometers), which is important when sciencing. However, for day-to-day life, I like the American system much better. The units are easier to work with, in my opinion. They were created to be estimates. A foot is the length of a large foot. An inch is about the length of the first knuckle of your thumb to the tip. They're easy to work with in an informal setting. Because it isn't based on a system of tens, you don't have the jump from centimeters to meter. You have the inch, then foot, then yard. They're convenient. And I'm terrible at explanations. But still, if you're going to throw fruit, at least make it fresh. I think we're running low on broccoli. 1
Kaymyth she/her Posted January 25, 2016 Posted January 25, 2016 (edited) I like the Imperial system. No, no, please don't throw the rotting vegetables. Let me explain. I do think that metrics are much better to use in, say, a lab setting. They are scientific measurements, and they're much easier to convert (e.g. meters to kilometers), which is important when sciencing. However, for day-to-day life, I like the American system much better. The units are easier to work with, in my opinion. They were created to be estimates. A foot is the length of a large foot. An inch is about the length of the first knuckle of your thumb to the tip. They're easy to work with in an informal setting. Because it isn't based on a system of tens, you don't have the jump from centimeters to meter. You have the inch, then foot, then yard. They're convenient. And I'm terrible at explanations. But still, if you're going to throw fruit, at least make it fresh. I think we're running low on broccoli. It's not just me! Also, mmmm, broccoli. WorldCon hotel blocks open up in 30. I am staying up to make sure that I snag a room in the cheapest con hotel. (Yeah, I could drive back and forth every day. Downtown. With parking. While trying to cosplay. While I can drive my car in a corset, I don't particularly enjoy doing so.) ...nevermind, it's PM, not AM. Meaning noon tomorrow, not midnight. Gah, staying up late for no reason! Edited January 25, 2016 by Kaymyth
Delightful Posted January 25, 2016 Posted January 25, 2016 I like the Imperial system. No, no, please don't throw the rotting vegetables. Let me explain. I do think that metrics are much better to use in, say, a lab setting. They are scientific measurements, and they're much easier to convert (e.g. meters to kilometers), which is important when sciencing. However, for day-to-day life, I like the American system much better. The units are easier to work with, in my opinion. They were created to be estimates. A foot is the length of a large foot. An inch is about the length of the first knuckle of your thumb to the tip. They're easy to work with in an informal setting. Because it isn't based on a system of tens, you don't have the jump from centimeters to meter. You have the inch, then foot, then yard. They're convenient. And I'm terrible at explanations. But still, if you're going to throw fruit, at least make it fresh. I think we're running low on broccoli. The length between your knuckle and your finger joint is convenient??? Who's foot? Who's hand? It's ridiculous. Metric works with nice round tens and it all makes sense. Isn't a foot subdivided into like 17 inches or something ridiculous? We have ten fingers. 10 20 30 add neatly and divide into tens and fives and twos and percentages. It's makes sense. It's logical. It's measured. Imperial is weird and random and how on earth do you know how long anything is and how many feet to a mile anyway? /possessive metric rant 4
Mestiv he/him Posted January 25, 2016 Posted January 25, 2016 (edited) Somehow this song is even cooler with a female Polish singer. Though my apologies if there's any Polish profanity in here--I really have no idea what the words mean. There were no profanities or curse words or anything like that, this song is perfectly safe for kids... if only it wasn't about killing I personally can somehow understand, that people are used to Imperial Units (*imperial march playing in the background*). All right, it might be intuitive and convenient to measure things with your thumbs and other body parts, measure liquids using gallons (where the hell did those come from? 1 liter is 1 kilogram of water or 1 cubic decimeter, what is a gallon?). I can understand you prefer Fahrenheit (although when I read what temperature Fahrenheit chose to make it 0F I made the strangest face ). But why, oh why, do you have to use this crazy month/day/year notation for dates? ;( How can you sort anything using this format? How can you quickly tell which date was earlier? Why not use the most logical format there is: year-month-day or, the other, acceptable one, that is however useless if you want to sort anything: day.month.year? As a programmer I hate the mess you cause with the date formats Edited January 25, 2016 by Mestiv
Mailliw73 he/him Posted January 25, 2016 Posted January 25, 2016 My problem with writing is that I'm very much a pantsed, but I can't do it for more than a couple scenes, but I want to write a novel.
Delightful Posted January 25, 2016 Posted January 25, 2016 My problem with writing is that I'm very much a pantsed, but I can't do it for more than a couple scenes, but I want to write a novel.Do you know what the problem is? Do you get tired? Lose interest? Not know what's going to happen next? Have you tried varying degrees of planning?
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