Random Stuff IX: Rogue Admins

[Kobold King he/him]

16 hours ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

Civil Randomness 

 

That basically sums up the entire forum.

[Kobold King he/him]

2 minutes ago, Cognizantastic said:

No, it's a picture of a random teenage boy.

...yes, bleeder, that's me.  

 

You rock 'em better than Backtrack.

[Edgedancer he/him]

4 minutes ago, Cognizantastic said:

No, it's a picture of a random teenage boy.

...yes, bleeder, that's me.  

 

2 minutes ago, Kobold King said:

You rock 'em better than Backtrack.

Shiny Sparkle approves of Cog wearing them.

[+Slowswift]

1 hour ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

Guys. I think I've figured out how to make the Fantastic Beasts movie enjoyable despite its rather cringe-worthy looking take on Wizarding America. 

Headcanon: Wizarding America is actually a lot cooler (and more American) than the FB trailers make it look. The reason? During his visit, Newt Scamander encountered the Jersey Devil. The experience was so traumatic that he blacked out much of his visit, but when he returned to the U.K., the Ministry demanded a report. Newt panicked and just made up a bunch of stuff about what he thought America must be like, and since he didn't remember anything else and wasn't keen to return, he eventually came to believe his own story. 

Brilliant! 

I still do want to see it, even if everything Rowling is doing nowadays makes me roll my eyes.  

51 minutes ago, Kobold King said:

That basically sums up the entire forum.

I would upvote for sheer accuracy, but I hit quota.

How do you hit quota this early in the morning seriously

Edited November 12, 2016 by Slowswift

[marsoupial they/them]

...Shiny Sparkle?

[Edgedancer he/him]

5 minutes ago, Cognizantastic said:

Any approval from Shiny Sparkle makes me fear for the safety of my youthful purity. 

I see someone doesn't understand what it means to tempt her with a pair of sunglasses.

4 minutes ago, bleeder said:

...Shiny Sparkle?

A colorful soul that belives in love without borders and just wants to find the special someones that accepts her passionate nature.

Spoiler

 

Edited November 12, 2016 by Edgedancer

[marsoupial they/them]

Just now, Edgedancer said:

I see someone doesn't understand what it means to tempt her with a pair of sunglasses.

A colorful soul that belives in love without borders and just wants to find the special someone that accepts her passionate nature.

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Riiiiiiiiiiiiight. *slow, confused head nod*

[Oversleep]

8 minutes ago, bleeder said:

...Shiny Sparkle?

Epic. I admit I only know because I read through WHIO TVTropes page.

Edited November 12, 2016 by Oversleep

[Edgedancer he/him]

4 minutes ago, Cognizantastic said:

Fixed that for you, Edge. 

I'll let her defend her own honor.

Spoiler

 

6 minutes ago, Oversleep said:

Epic. I admit I only know because I read through WHIO TVTropes page.

Yup, with the powers of teleportation, exploding stuff and sparkling.

[Oversleep]

1 minute ago, Edgedancer said:

Yup, with the powers of teleportation, exploding stuff and sparkling.

Yeah, I know. TVTropes

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

1 hour ago, Slowswift said:

Brilliant! 

I still do want to see it, even if everything Rowling is doing nowadays makes me roll my eyes.  

I would upvote for sheer accuracy, but I hit quota.

How do you hit quota this early in the morning seriously

Maybe I'll catch a matinee, maybe I'll Netflix it. Possibly to see if it's as bad as it looks. 

I deel your pain on the quota.

[+Slowswift]

1 minute ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

Possibly to see if it's as bad as it looks. 

I'm just... I'm just so sad that the Potterverse has gone so downhill. Despite numerous plotholes and unfortunate implications, the original series was one of my favorite things ever.

But I've had to resign myself to ignoring canon, which is something I hate to do, so... yeah.

[Oversleep]

I've just realized that "Roshar" by itself follows convention of almost-pallindrome "Rashar" and "Roshor" are pallindromes... (since we acknowledge it's about the sounds - 'sh' is a single sound)

[marsoupial they/them]

2 minutes ago, Oversleep said:

I've just realized that "Roshar" by itself follows convention of almost-pallindrome "Rashar" and "Roshor" are pallindromes... (since we acknowledge it's about the sounds - 'sh' is a single sound)

Roshar as a whole is brilliantly conceived. Its shape is based off of a thing called a Julia Set (a complex set of numbers which I do not even remotely understand) and it's beautiful.

Julia set 3d slice animation.ogg

[Oversleep]

10 minutes ago, bleeder said:

Roshar as a whole is brilliantly conceived. Its shape is based off of a thing called a Julia Set (a complex set of numbers which I do not even remotely understand) and it's beautiful.

We know. There is a very long and very insane thread about that around.

Edited November 12, 2016 by Oversleep
added the link

[marsoupial they/them]

Just now, Oversleep said:

We know. There is a very long and very insane thread about that around.

Ah. 

The way the, uh, 3D numbers (?) move around in the animation is just beautiful to me. 

I have just realized that the way I dress is like a more thrift-shop-y 10th/11th/12th Doctor.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

24 minutes ago, Slowswift said:

I'm just... I'm just so sad that the Potterverse has gone so downhill. Despite numerous plotholes and unfortunate implications, the original series was one of my favorite things ever.

But I've had to resign myself to ignoring canon, which is something I hate to do, so... yeah.

I know what you mean.  I was actually really excited to hear about the last two projects, because I wanted them to be as good as the original series. But CC was so bad I thought it might be a prank, and the latest FB trailer has me hoping for a mild dumpster fire at best. So now I'm resigned to ignoring canon. Which sucks. 

[Quiver he/him]

Is dreading the thought of a 48 hour work week normal, or a sign of laziness?

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

3 minutes ago, Quiver said:

Is dreading the thought of a 48 hour work week normal, or a sign of laziness?

It's normal, and healthy. Seriously, work weeks here are rarely more than 40 hours. 

[Quiver he/him]

Just now, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

It's normal, and healthy. Seriously, work weeks here are rarely more than 40 hours. 

I just saw that. The average US week is 34.4 hours.

What.

[marsoupial they/them]

I should buy a duster. 

I should buy a grey duster.

I should buy a grey duster and make it a mistcoat.

 

@Quiver, didn't mean to brush you off, there. I got distracted. 

What kind of place do you work at?

Edited November 12, 2016 by bleeder

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

8 minutes ago, Quiver said:

I just saw that. The average US week is 34.4 hours.

What.

That's exactly what I say when you talk about 48 hour workweeks. Even at a crummy job here, an employee isn't likely to work more than 40, because few bosses want to pay overtime. 

[ThirdGen]

1 hour ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

That's exactly what I say when you talk about 48 hour workweeks. Even at a crummy job here, an employee isn't likely to work more than 40, because few bosses want to pay overtime. 

In some jobs, if you don't work a "full" workweek of 40 hours, the job isn't required to provide other benefits like health insurance, a pension, or similar.

[Oversleep]

Everytime I have a realization about Cosmere I''m admiring it more and more.

I fell into the rabbit hole about year and half ago and started digging a year ago. How deep does it go? Every time I start thinking I'm getting the hang of this I realize something which just shows me how much more there is.

EDIT: WoB digging is far more interesting than casual wiki walks.

EDIT2: Ok, by that point I should've already painted "There's always another secret" on the ceiling so that everytime I wake up and fall asleep I'm reminded of that. Did you know it's possible to pass a Nahel bond like a Seon can be Passed?

Edited November 13, 2016 by Oversleep

[+Slowswift]

I just saw a Walmart ad... 

...for Thanksgiving. FINALLY, a corporation acknowledges that November exists!