Google's new "google glass" might be a monocle! (http://www.bidnessetc.com/58281-alphabet-inc-new-wearable-could-resemble-a-monocle/)
British girls bribe Santa = best holiday humor EVAR.:clap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9TTz3R5SmI
one of my pieces from ceramics(click to show/hide)
I realised earlier today that quite a lot of the text in the books in the original Fullmetal Alchemist anime is actually copied from 3rd ed D&D sourcebooks...
It probably wasn't noticeable to the japanese people watching it but you can clearly see references to d20s and prestige classes in some of them if you can read English and bother to pay attention.
It looks like she had the same idea and made herself a desktop wallpaper. :pWallpapers all the way down man.
SyFy has a new series called The Expanse that looks cool as hell, and as I just discovered you can stream it for free from their website...
http://www.syfy.com/theexpanse/videos/101-dulcinea
I haven't actually had a chance to watch any yet, because I have a big test tomorrow, but I know what I'll be doing this weekend... (aside from going to see The Force Awakens :P ).
Yeah... in like 10 years, after my kids are mostly grown up and I'm finished with medical school, and residency, maybe... :lmao
Although if I can get them as audiobooks, I could do that. I can listen to those while driving. :D
Tried that. Found coffee to be a poor substitute. :PYeah... in like 10 years, after my kids are mostly grown up and I'm finished with medical school, and residency, maybe... :lmao
Although if I can get them as audiobooks, I could do that. I can listen to those while driving. :D
As always, Amazon shall provide (http://www.audible.com/search?searchAuthor=James+S.A.+Corey). And you can give up sleeping instead. Make better use of your time! :P
I have recently discovered the greatest cover band of all time: Postmodern Jukebox (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVXziMFEqX0&index=9&list=RDm3lF2qEA2cw&ab_channel=PostmodernJukebox).
This is one of the better animated music videos I've seen lately. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbQgXeY_zi4)
This is one of the better animated music videos I've seen lately. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbQgXeY_zi4)
Important lesson learned, do not visit the strip club run by furries O_o
This is one of the better animated music videos I've seen lately. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbQgXeY_zi4)
Important lesson learned, do not visit the strip club run by furries O_o
Did you ever see this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4d5XAhyzLQ
This is one of the better animated music videos I've seen lately. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbQgXeY_zi4)
Important lesson learned, do not visit the strip club run by furries O_o
Did you ever see this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4d5XAhyzLQ
Wow...This is one of the better animated music videos I've seen lately. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbQgXeY_zi4)
Important lesson learned, do not visit the strip club run by furries O_o
Did you ever see this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4d5XAhyzLQ
Yup. Very lovecraftian, wish they'd do more
I seen this today and I figured I'd share.(click to show/hide)
How'd I miss this thread?!
How'd I miss this thread?!
Too much FO4?
I seen this today and I figured I'd share.(click to show/hide)
I have discovered the primal source of teh kittens. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otd15iyp51E&list=PLF01E830B4D8793B4&index=1)
This comic is so cute and dark and it makes me happy. http://www.bjsincorporated.com/erma.html
Recently, my RP group won the main challenge of the adventurer with a flying glowing sack of potatoes.
Even in context, it still is insane.
250 situps, 45 pushups, 14 chin-ups, 7 50-meter dashes, 2 km walking and 2,5 km jogging.
Yeah, I feel pretty awesome today.
What's the GRE?
So I want this to be my next Druid. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwRWVNgeD5E)
Radio Gosha has such good music videos - a shame they haven't uploaded any recently.
(Go on. Guess how I found that site.)
i have not checked the link, but i suspect he didnt put em in a pack to get em all at once.
3d printing is pain in the ass.
These are pretty sweet character sheets (http://charactersheets.minotaur.cc/). I especially like how it handles keeping track of your class skills - it handles up to 7 classes, so you should have anything other than a really complicated build covered.
Dagger buried in King Tut's tomb was forged from iron from a meteorite! (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/01/dagger-king-tut-tomb-iron-meteorite-egypt-mummy) :o
I've finally beaten Prime and am now number 10 for most time spent on the boards!
I've finally beaten Prime and am now number 10 for most time spent on the boards!Looks like I'm still number 9 (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?action=stats). Damn, I spend way too much time here.
How do you even check that stuff?
You all clearly need lives
I just legitimately leave my computer on all night most nights when I go to sleep.
Is the lie I tell myself to make myself feel a little less no-lifey
I just legitimately leave my computer on all night most nights when I go to sleep.
Is the lie I tell myself to make myself feel a little less no-lifey
Wait, people turn their computers off?
This should be the holy symbol of some serpent god...(click to show/hide)
only trouble i had w. marg was consistency of accent.
overall, the DC movies keep hitting the same bar... just shy of good enough...
Squad would have been better served by less complete marketing. not revealing the joker n bats would have made big difference, imo.
From what I've read, not HAVING the Joker would have improved things immensely.The Joker is seriously secondary to the development of the Suicide Squad team. I haven't seen the movie yet, but BvS was just as cringey as I expected it to be (in no small part because of Batfleck).
Fun web comic: http://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/kill-six-billion-demons-chapter-1/
http://www.sssscomic.com/ Its slow burn scifi, but you might like this one too.
Yes I asked for webcomics because I've been reading the same shit forever and all of a sudden ya'll got all these FREAKIN AMAZING ones I've never seen :love
Harpy Gee is fantastic, as is Property of Hate thank you!
And wow, Rice Boy is something special a huge thank you on that link :clap
Edit: Oh, well the site is called riceboy, but the comic you linked was called Vattu. That's the one I meant.
wrong thread
ah, i thought you were in the city
https://scifundchallenge.org/ecotome/2015/12/24/phylogeny-of-elves-finds-that-santas-elves-are-actually-dwarves/
We use new gnomeclature to refer to the Gnome+Fairy clade as Pixies.:love
OK, that was amusing.https://scifundchallenge.org/ecotome/2015/12/24/phylogeny-of-elves-finds-that-santas-elves-are-actually-dwarves/QuoteWe use new gnomeclature to refer to the Gnome+Fairy clade as Pixies.:love
Reemployed :DAwesome! Still in PA?
Just waiting on the official paperwork. Starts mid January!
Reemployed :DAwesome! Still in PA?
Just waiting on the official paperwork. Starts mid January!
@sirp kind of - still living there but working in NJ. Commute is going to suck donkey balls.Well, I moved down to about halfway between Baltimore & DC. I work in Baltimore, have about a 45-60min commute each way. Not too bad, thanks to the magic of audiobooks.
And yes, for those that don't know I'm near Philly. For right now anyway.
@sirp kind of - still living there but working in NJ. Commute is going to suck donkey balls.
@all Thanks!
And yes, for those that don't know I'm near Philly. For right now anyway.
@sirp kind of - still living there but working in NJ. Commute is going to suck donkey balls.Well, I moved down to about halfway between Baltimore & DC. I work in Baltimore, have about a 45-60min commute each way. Not too bad, thanks to the magic of audiobooks.
And yes, for those that don't know I'm near Philly. For right now anyway.
May has job. Not for sure yet but am optimistic.
Woohoo, I have a job interview tomorrow! Alas, it's at the location furthest from me that I applied for, but I'll take what I can get.
Relevant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjVVNuraly8
Got the job, start on Monday!
Got the job, start on Monday!
Got the job, start on Monday!Awesome!
Feel free to caption that one as you like. Once I find the other pictures in the gallery there ought to be plenty of photoshop material.For those of us who have a forgetful memory, are you Captain Brohak and is the image of the spear holding guy you?
Yes and yes, SorO.
Sadly, Captain Brohak died protecting his crew. In the next event, his dad will come looking for him. :p
EDIT: Here's some more pictures. (http://zh.clicrbs.com.br/rs/fotos/fas-de-anime-participam-de-guerra-de-bexiguinhas-na-redencao-50290.html) :P
I would say that immunity to drunkness is a super power.
Also want more Capitão Brohak background.
EDIT: Here's some more pictures. (http://zh.clicrbs.com.br/rs/fotos/fas-de-anime-participam-de-guerra-de-bexiguinhas-na-redencao-50290.html) :PLooks fun, also I agree you have far more chest hair than previously imagined :p
Turns out i also made local news this year, so it makes two of us: http://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/app/noticia/cidades/2017/01/03/interna_cidadesdf,563343/academias-apostam-em-descontos-e-aulas-criativas-para-atrair-novos-alu.shtmlI never make the news, I avoid talking to the reporters, but I get to play spot me in the background a dozen times a year.
I'm not sure about Brazil, but in the US pi]characters[/i] are also covered by copyright. Content creators usually look the other way when it comes to fanfic and other derivative works, because it results in a mutually beneficial relationship. But if somebody actually tried to publish and make money off of Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality or whatever, you can bet JK Rowling's attorneys would have something to say.
Basically, if you're small and not trying to make money and generally "not a threat", you're fairly safe. But you can still get a Cease and Desist order at any time.
I am buying a house!
Sorry things turned out like that in your old Larp.Appreciate it. Sadly, nothing I can really do about that.
Today I closed on a house. I'm a homeowner.
Congrats!
Bad trip (https://www.facebook.com/epreason/videos/1551326794930673/)? :D
Can someone find me this subtitled in English? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDf6ihMzhHQ)
Wow... I think I might have to see this, for the visuals at least. It looks utterly unhinged.Bad trip (https://www.facebook.com/epreason/videos/1551326794930673/)? :D
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1224378/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_27 Its from Viy (known here as Forbidden Empire).
OMFG I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EZCBSsBxko)
OMFG I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EZCBSsBxko)
Precursor to a Shadowrun movie or series?
OMFG I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EZCBSsBxko)
Precursor to a Shadowrun movie or series?
They'll never get the rights due to licensing issues and money. I bet it's Shadowrun inspired though!
This is amazing!!
The words "from the director of Suicide Squad" do make me nervous though.Depends if the problem was the director or the script (or lack thereof).
lol what the hell. Glitch in the Matrix?
lol what the hell. Glitch in the Matrix?
Speaking of which, there's a weird dead end road in my town where if you go to the end on foot, turn around, then walk out, you end up on a different street.
I'm such a nerd.
Not sure where else to put this... it's mostly horrifying/disturbing, but also awesome... It's a hornet's nest built around a worn-out baby doll...
http://www.distractify.com/trending/2017/08/31/1wkW1a/wasps-nest-bees-twitter?utm_content=inf_10_53_2&tse_id=INF_f1d471008f4011e7a7253d7eefa2109b
Ask them if they have any spots for scriptwriters and general producers :D
I am currently sitting in the lobby of PlayStation HQ in San Mateo CA.
I am currently sitting in the lobby of PlayStation HQ in San Mateo CA.
Ask them if they need a poor, beleaguered security guard and his raccoon sidekick
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFmK7WYa5-Q I didn't know where else to put thisThe floor works stiff.
The original Fallout is free on steam until midnight tonight. I've never played any of them, and I'm a cheap bastard, so I'm pretty excited to get it. :p
It is not uncommon for me to have what I call 'Stress Dreams'. the sort of dream that would normally cause people to have small panics.. the naked in public or trapped somewhere sort of thing...
they never actually discomfort me, its more like my subconscious is just a dick and like to tease me...
the other night I had one of these 'cant get where I'm going' ones. Typically this is set at work on back on the air craft carrier (or a combo), both environments have tricky navigation anyway...
So I'm in the carrier sleeping area to start and everything is Star Wars themed... cant get out of the sleeping area, then im stuck in the galley area... and everywhere people are SW characters...
Best stress dream eva... :D :cool
This.
Just... this.(click to show/hide)
It is VERY real.This.
Just... this.(click to show/hide)
Is that real?
I wasn't sure how I felt about it. And then there was a giant mecha hand. Now I'm just confused.
It is VERY real.This.
Just... this.(click to show/hide)
Is that real?
I wasn't sure how I felt about it. And then there was a giant mecha hand. Now I'm just confused.
I'm guessing the giant mecha hand is the influence of the screenplay writer. He also did KLK and Gurren Lagann, so over the top is to be expected.
The other trailer lets on that they were apparently thrown back in time to 16th century Japan.
It even features Joker calling himself the "Demon Lord of 6th Heaven", which was Nobunaga Oda's nickname, so my guess is they'd be thrown back before the Honnouji incident.
The other trailer lets on that they were apparently thrown back in time to 16th century Japan.
It even features Joker calling himself the "Demon Lord of 6th Heaven", which was Nobunaga Oda's nickname, so my guess is they'd be thrown back before the Honnouji incident.
The other trailer lets on that they were apparently thrown back in time to 16th century Japan.
It even features Joker calling himself the "Demon Lord of 6th Heaven", which was Nobunaga Oda's nickname, so my guess is they'd be thrown back before the Honnouji incident.
I got the thrown back in time thing, that's what makes it all so weird. ESPECIALLY the mecha hand.
The other trailer lets on that they were apparently thrown back in time to 16th century Japan.
It even features Joker calling himself the "Demon Lord of 6th Heaven", which was Nobunaga Oda's nickname, so my guess is they'd be thrown back before the Honnouji incident.
I got the thrown back in time thing, that's what makes it all so weird. ESPECIALLY the mecha hand.
I'm going to assume it has something to do with the Joker's crazy ass inventiveness, or just the guy behind KLK/TTGL being behind the screenplay.
If Harley doesn't get a mahou shoujo transformation sequence I'll be mildly disappointed.
Somehow, against all odds, I have been nominated for employee of the month.
Somehow, against all odds, I have been nominated for employee of the month.
Is it because you're the only employee left?
Somehow, against all odds, I have been nominated for employee of the month.
Is it because you're the only employee left?
Owing to my laziness and not wanting to bother scaling the pics to fit decently in this site, have a gallery link to a kinda huge sword: https://imgur.com/gallery/JnPCm
Summary: Bavarian prince owned a sword made of a sawfish's rostrum.
Do people get treated like Undead Servitors on the regular around your place of work? :twitch
I just watched Film theory's video on Fullmetal Alchemist's value of a human soul each one is worth around 654 terrajoules.
As a crossover, per BoVD's Souls as Power each generic unspecified soul is worth of 10xp when used for exchange giving us a 11xp=65tj figure. Since Magical Items consume one twentieth-fifth of their Market Cost in experience points, for every 1,000gp you need to invest around two petajoules worth of energy.
http://botnik.org/content/harry-potter.html you must see dis
Owing to my laziness and not wanting to bother scaling the pics to fit decently in this site, have a gallery link to a kinda huge sword: https://imgur.com/gallery/JnPCm
Summary: Bavarian prince owned a sword made of a sawfish's rostrum.
I think they're using (really crappy) AI to create fanfics (and advertisements, wikipedia pages, and about everything else, judging from a quick browse over some of the rest of the site...)http://botnik.org/content/harry-potter.html you must see dis
.....what is this?
http://botnik.org/content/harry-potter.html you must see dis
.....what is this?
I desperately want a season 2 of Anime Crimes Division (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urk_kp76RoI&list=LL9elevib-W92os2Pnwp9Ubw&index=2).
"Some of us sub. Some of us dub. And some of us watch Digimon."
Law & Order: Special People Unit?I desperately want a season 2 of Anime Crimes Division (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urk_kp76RoI&list=LL9elevib-W92os2Pnwp9Ubw&index=2).
"Some of us sub. Some of us dub. And some of us watch Digimon."
What the fuck did I just watch?
I can understand the lack of giant robots, but not a single frilly maid/ghotic dress too is unforgivable. :PI think they're saving that for season 2, when we'll see Joe Furaya's first nosebleed.
I prefer Yoga with Puppies, but thats because i'm allergic to cats.I'm so allergic to cats, I once swelled up so bad I couldn't see. On the upside, I have a killer Big Trouble in Little China cosplay if I ever want to go out with style.
I have a new tattoo!It's not a tramp stamp, is it? :P
I have a new tattoo!It's not a tramp stamp, is it? :P
Did they put it in the wrong spot? :PIt's on my shoulder, so no. :PI have a new tattoo!It's not a tramp stamp, is it? :P
Did they put it in the wrong spot? :PIt's on my shoulder, so no. :PI have a new tattoo!It's not a tramp stamp, is it? :P
It isn't a tattoo of a bindle is it?Did they put it in the wrong spot? :PIt's on my shoulder, so no. :PI have a new tattoo!It's not a tramp stamp, is it? :P
No, I wanted it on my shoulder. :P
It isn't a tattoo of a bindle is it?Did they put it in the wrong spot? :PIt's on my shoulder, so no. :PI have a new tattoo!It's not a tramp stamp, is it? :P
No, I wanted it on my shoulder. :P
Any snakes? :PIt's a badger because badgers are awesome. :PIt isn't a tattoo of a bindle is it? :PNo, I wanted it on my shoulder. :PDid they put it in the wrong spot? :PIt's on my shoulder, so no. :PI have a new tattoo! :PIt's not a tramp stamp, is it? :P
It isn't a tattoo of a bindle is it?Did they put it in the wrong spot? :PIt's on my shoulder, so no. :PI have a new tattoo!It's not a tramp stamp, is it? :P
No, I wanted it on my shoulder. :P
It's a badger because badgers are awesome.
Yeah but they probably don't stock what you ordered.(click to show/hide)
That's amazing!
https://imgur.com/gallery/Gz7DBNice. I kept getting the download link is expired when I try to download it through so I'll have to save each image later. :(
http://aiweirdness.com/post/172170729017/dungeons-and-dragons-creatures-generated-by
This past weekend I finished my last assignment for my Masters of Engineering in Computer Engineering degree. All that's left is to wait for the grades to come in.Congratulations! :clap
I AM NOW THE NUMBER TWO TOP POSTER ON THE BOARD! :cool
Hmmm, the Super Robot Wars d20 General Discussion is the number 2 top topic by number of posts! :coolAnd it's an interesting contrast on how the two of you arrived at those positions. :cool
Hmmm, the Super Robot Wars d20 General Discussion is the number 2 top topic by number of posts! :cool
Hmmm, the Super Robot Wars d20 General Discussion is the number 2 top topic by number of posts! :cool
Because you didn't lock it after 50 pages like you are supposed to. Failing to follow forum rules isn't cool. It's just poor behavior.
It was never changed, nor announced as being changed, and aside from me replacing Meg/Josh, it's the same forum administration. Unless you see us making a big to-do in the Board Business forum, the rules haven't shifted.
If it counts for anything, I had never known it was an actual rule in the first place. I thought the post limit was some sort of tradition to make it easier to archive threads.It harks back to the software, you can read more about it on Simple Machines forum if you want a more complicated answer but basically the tl;dr is people have had suggestions for optimization tricks and it includes capping threads.
You're posting, so I take it things went well?
Hey guys, remember the jaguar I mentioned a while back? I ran into it again.
Hey guys, remember the jaguar I mentioned a while back? I ran into it again.
Why did you run into a car again? :P
Hey guys, remember the jaguar I mentioned a while back? I ran into it again.
Why did you run into a car again? :P
I didn't have the context, so I legitimately thought Kuro ran into a large predatory feline and didn't even question it.
Hey guys, remember the jaguar I mentioned a while back? I ran into it again.
Why did you run into a car again? :P
I didn't have the context, so I legitimately thought Kuro ran into a large predatory feline and didn't even question it.
I still don't have context, and am still not convinced that there isn't a large predatory feline involved somewhere.
Could be it was BOTH :lmaoHey guys, remember the jaguar I mentioned a while back? I ran into it again.
Why did you run into a car again? :P
I didn't have the context, so I legitimately thought Kuro ran into a large predatory feline and didn't even question it.
I still don't have context, and am still not convinced that there isn't a large predatory feline involved somewhere.
It is Kuro, so anything's possible.
Hey guys, remember the jaguar I mentioned a while back? I ran into it again.
Why did you run into a car again? :P
I didn't have the context, so I legitimately thought Kuro ran into a large predatory feline and didn't even question it.
I still don't have context, and am still not convinced that there isn't a large predatory feline involved somewhere.
Hey guys, remember the jaguar I mentioned a while back? I ran into it again.
Why did you run into a car again? :P
I didn't have the context, so I legitimately thought Kuro ran into a large predatory feline and didn't even question it.
I still don't have context, and am still not convinced that there isn't a large predatory feline involved somewhere.
You guys seriously don't remember that there is a large predatory feline on the loose near my folks' country home?
Hey guys, remember the jaguar I mentioned a while back? I ran into it again.
Why did you run into a car again? :P
I didn't have the context, so I legitimately thought Kuro ran into a large predatory feline and didn't even question it.
I still don't have context, and am still not convinced that there isn't a large predatory feline involved somewhere.
You guys seriously don't remember that there is a large predatory feline on the loose near my folks' country home?
II figured it was a jungle cat, but imaging you getting into an incident with a car twice was too funny to pass up
I tore off a piece of meat and approached the jaguar. No reaction.This reminds me of my son last year, he too thought dogs were cats. :P
"Gimme paw."
To my surprise, the beast played along.
"Good kitty."
I fed it the meat, which it licked off my hand, gave its head a little scratch and went off on my way.
Right. So anyway...
This past friday was my birthday, and last sunday was mother's day, so we decided to celebrate at our country home. And for us in the southern part of Brazil there's hardly better ways to celebrate than a barbecue. (You guys are probably familiar with how we do it.)
At some point, someone figured we had been BBQ'ing way too much meat and there was no way we could eat it all. So I gave them the idea to give our groundskeeper some. Since I gave the idea, I also volunteered to bring the meat.
From our home to the groundskeepers it's a little less than 500 meters, and then there's a slope for some 200 meters more. It's hardly a hike, but we're not exactly neighbors either. I was about halfway past when I saw the jaguar. It immediately growled at me, baring its teeth. And it started circling. Not a good sign.
I was too far from anywhere that would be able to help. The groundskeeper does have a gun, but I couldn't outrun a jaguar, and either way I'd have to go PAST it to get there. Plus it probably would go to where my family was, sensing the smell of meat.
So I figure. Sure, let's do this thing.
I took my shirt off and stared the jaguar down as I stretched a little. The big thing stopped dead in its tracks. I couldn't tell for sure, but it seemed sort of confused. Eventually, it stopped growling. But it did start walking towards me, albeit slowly. It leaned onto its front paws, which I thought meant it was about to pounce...
...and then lay down completely. And whimpered, looking at me.
I tore off a piece of meat and approached the jaguar. No reaction.
"Gimme paw."
To my surprise, the beast played along.
"Good kitty."
I fed it the meat, which it licked off my hand, gave its head a little scratch and went off on my way.
Job interview appears to have gone well, I have to wait for results (they're doing a mass expansion so they're hiring a lotta people). Should know by Friday.
Meanwhile in my other job, raccoons have occupied the quality assurance lab.
Did you train them to do that?HR hired them for QA. ;)
Right. So anyway...
This past friday was my birthday, and last sunday was mother's day, so we decided to celebrate at our country home. And for us in the southern part of Brazil there's hardly better ways to celebrate than a barbecue. (You guys are probably familiar with how we do it.)
At some point, someone figured we had been BBQ'ing way too much meat and there was no way we could eat it all. So I gave them the idea to give our groundskeeper some. Since I gave the idea, I also volunteered to bring the meat.
From our home to the groundskeepers it's a little less than 500 meters, and then there's a slope for some 200 meters more. It's hardly a hike, but we're not exactly neighbors either. I was about halfway past when I saw the jaguar. It immediately growled at me, baring its teeth. And it started circling. Not a good sign.
I was too far from anywhere that would be able to help. The groundskeeper does have a gun, but I couldn't outrun a jaguar, and either way I'd have to go PAST it to get there. Plus it probably would go to where my family was, sensing the smell of meat.
So I figure. Sure, let's do this thing.
I took my shirt off and stared the jaguar down as I stretched a little. The big thing stopped dead in its tracks. I couldn't tell for sure, but it seemed sort of confused. Eventually, it stopped growling. But it did start walking towards me, albeit slowly. It leaned onto its front paws, which I thought meant it was about to pounce...
...and then lay down completely. And whimpered, looking at me.
I tore off a piece of meat and approached the jaguar. No reaction.
"Gimme paw."
To my surprise, the beast played along.
"Good kitty."
I fed it the meat, which it licked off my hand, gave its head a little scratch and went off on my way.
(https://pm1.narvii.com/6051/a42ee626c21b0e1f0c64f4e1e05a834316536df2_hq.jpg)
Right. So anyway...
This past friday was my birthday, and last sunday was mother's day, so we decided to celebrate at our country home. And for us in the southern part of Brazil there's hardly better ways to celebrate than a barbecue. (You guys are probably familiar with how we do it.)
At some point, someone figured we had been BBQ'ing way too much meat and there was no way we could eat it all. So I gave them the idea to give our groundskeeper some. Since I gave the idea, I also volunteered to bring the meat.
From our home to the groundskeepers it's a little less than 500 meters, and then there's a slope for some 200 meters more. It's hardly a hike, but we're not exactly neighbors either. I was about halfway past when I saw the jaguar. It immediately growled at me, baring its teeth. And it started circling. Not a good sign.
I was too far from anywhere that would be able to help. The groundskeeper does have a gun, but I couldn't outrun a jaguar, and either way I'd have to go PAST it to get there. Plus it probably would go to where my family was, sensing the smell of meat.
So I figure. Sure, let's do this thing.
I took my shirt off and stared the jaguar down as I stretched a little. The big thing stopped dead in its tracks. I couldn't tell for sure, but it seemed sort of confused. Eventually, it stopped growling. But it did start walking towards me, albeit slowly. It leaned onto its front paws, which I thought meant it was about to pounce...
...and then lay down completely. And whimpered, looking at me.
I tore off a piece of meat and approached the jaguar. No reaction.
"Gimme paw."
To my surprise, the beast played along.
"Good kitty."
I fed it the meat, which it licked off my hand, gave its head a little scratch and went off on my way.
(https://pm1.narvii.com/6051/a42ee626c21b0e1f0c64f4e1e05a834316536df2_hq.jpg)
:lmao :lmao
To be fair, I don't remember taking a level in Druid...
That's a hunter meme from WoW lolYou can take it as an animal tamer from UO too, it's where WOW got it's idea from.
I (possibly, pending red tape) have a job at the local movie theater. I live half a mile from it, so I should have no trouble with commute for once.
Is it shit pay? Yup
Is it menial work? You betcha.
Is it likely to NOT fire me on a whim because I walk with a cane? DAMN RIGHT, SO I'M TAKING IT.
Oh man... that’s jogging some neurons that had been dormant for a while.That's a hunter meme from WoW lolYou can take it as an animal tamer from UO too, it's where WOW got it's idea from.
Good...Oh man... that’s jogging some neurons that had been dormant for a while.That's a hunter meme from WoW lolYou can take it as an animal tamer from UO too, it's where WOW got it's idea from.
Marketing needs some work, try linking the advertisement to the product. :PCustomized FTTX internet.So tonight we had to pitch our proposed business model in class. Teacher instructed us to make it "short and memorable".But what's the business model?
<a picture of a pink bear on a couch with Harry Van Pottersing in the foreground>
Marketing needs some work, try linking the advertisement to the product. :PCustomized FTTX internet.So tonight we had to pitch our proposed business model in class. Teacher instructed us to make it "short and memorable".But what's the business model?
<a picture of a pink bear on a couch with Harry Van Pottersing in the foreground>
Also, who you calling Harry Potter?Not me, HP is for chumps. You are Harry Von Pottersing. By day you are a student trying to score decent grades, fit in with normal people, and work out your romantic issues but by night you use your patronus blessed crossbow to hunt and kill a creepy nose-less Nasfaru vampire's coven to avenge your parents. It's not a story about incompetent adults and one very lucky kid, but a story about a kid that learns to stab things in the heart with the Sword of Griffondor to prevent his enemies from raising from the grave. :cool
Also, who you calling Harry Potter?Not me, HP is for chumps. You are Harry Von Pottersing. By day you are a student trying to score decent grades, fit in with normal people, and work out your romantic issues but by night you use your patronus blessed crossbow to hunt and kill a creepy nose-less Nasfaru vampire's coven to avenge your parents. It's not a story about incompetent adults and one very lucky kid, but a story about a kid that learns to stab things in the heart with the Sword of Griffondor to prevent his enemies from raising from the grave. :cool
...OK, I'd star in that.Also, who you calling Harry Potter?Not me, HP is for chumps. You are Harry Von Pottersing. By day you are a student trying to score decent grades, fit in with normal people, and work out your romantic issues but by night you use your patronus blessed crossbow to hunt and kill a creepy nose-less Nasfaru vampire's coven to avenge your parents. It's not a story about incompetent adults and one very lucky kid, but a story about a kid that learns to stab things in the heart with the Sword of Griffondor to prevent his enemies from raising from the grave. :cool
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JuheO4zSQ-j_MBYg_YuKtBFvdJPfhSyKmp4KzlJP5Pc/edit?usp=sharingMinor typo here:
Is is jsut a section of my book that i'd like some feedback on please
They had divorced when I was little and form what my mom had told me it was for the better.
““Mmm, this is good,” she said, taking a bite of the salmon.
“I always have a plan, you should get use to it.”
It looked like we [were?] going to what everyone called “make out point.” It was a good size hill that
It looked like there [were?] already a number of cars parked there.
She answered looking into my face searching for a sign that that I might be angry climbing off the hood to stand in front of me.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JuheO4zSQ-j_MBYg_YuKtBFvdJPfhSyKmp4KzlJP5Pc/edit?usp=sharingMinor typo here:
Is is jsut a section of my book that i'd like some feedback on pleaseQuoteThey had divorced when I was little and form what my mom had told me it was for the better.
Double quotes here:Quote““Mmm, this is good,” she said, taking a bite of the salmon.
Minor typo here:Quote“I always have a plan, you should get use to it.”
And here:QuoteIt looked like we [were?] going to what everyone called “make out point.” It was a good size hill that
And here:QuoteIt looked like there [were?] already a number of cars parked there.
Also here:QuoteShe answered looking into my face searching for a sign that that I might be angry climbing off the hood to stand in front of me.
Aside from these, I find your style of writing interesting, if a bit crisp. It's probably just me, but I felt like your text could use more commas. It's a light read, easy on the eyes and it was actually kind of cute in what it described, left more room for us to imagine what the characters were feeling. First person narratives are nice in that they don't give you details that the character him/herself may have missed, and in that your writing fits like a glove to me.
I hope this feedback is useful to you.
I'm not really comfortable editing "creative" writing, style is very subjective and there are a lot of things that people do that I loathe but aren't actually incorrect writing (I didn't read your work so I am not targeting you).That's understandable, I'm mainly looking for the type or errors that kuroi pointed out, and over use of words (like said). This is currently a very rough draft.
I'm all about electric razors myself.Always gave me terrible razor burn, for some reason. I use the expensive disposable ones. I cut myself badly enough sometimes with them. I'd need to live across the street from the ED to survive using a straight razor...
*An unrelated Eiji reappears*
Pah, people SERIOUSLY overestimate how much control you need to use a straight razor. All about the angle and feel, really.I'm all about electric razors myself.Always gave me terrible razor burn, for some reason. I use the expensive disposable ones. I cut myself badly enough sometimes with them. I'd need to live across the street from the ED to survive using a straight razor...
He just needed the right amount of testosterone to be resummoned. HEY EIJI*An unrelated Eiji reappears*
You were gone for over a year. Everything okay?
*An unrelated Eiji reappears*
You were gone for over a year. Everything okay?
He just needed the right amount of testosterone to be resummoned. HEY EIJI
*An unrelated Eiji reappears*
You were gone for over a year. Everything okay?
So today I nicked myself shaving. No biggie, but on an off-glance it did look like someone tried to take a stab at my eye and missed.
I was on my way back from the gym when I ran into an impromptu political rally. For those not keeping up with Brazillian news (why should you?), this is an election year. This one obnoxious guy is leading the polls, and everyone and their mom is rejecting him. So I run into these guys waving flags showing their support and shit. Now, this was near a school, and as everyone knows teenagers cannot learn when to keep their fucking mouths shut. So the two sides start arguing. It starts to get ugly, but more importantly, it starts getting loud. Loud enough that I can hear them over my headphones.
I take a deep breath, trying to calm myself, and failing miserably to do so.
"SHUT THE FUCK UP THE LOT OF YOU UNLESS YOU WANT TO EAT YOUR CHRISTMAS SUPPER THROUGH A FUCKING STRAW!"
I hear music again.
All is well with the world.
but if you know anything about mitochondria inheritance that makes sense.That paternal mitochondria inheritance was confirmed in 2004 and that the "mitochondrial Eve" was just another terrible conclusion tabloids drew from limited observation? ;)
but if you know anything about mitochondria inheritance that makes sense.That paternal mitochondria inheritance was confirmed in 2004 and that the "mitochondrial Eve" was just another terrible conclusion tabloids drew from limited observation? ;)
It turned out most of your mtDNA comes from your mother, but you actually have around a negligible amount of cells in your body right now that use mtDNA from your father. And I have to say mixed genes is pretty fascinating to look up. Like during initial divisions certain markers get turned off (or activated) but there is no cohesive agreement yet. We went over something this in my A&P using a Calico cat. The hair color marker for house cats is apparently stored on the X chromosome. Skin cells with active X chromosomes from the mother grow one series of colors while skin cells with X chromosomes from the father grow another series resulting in the normal triple color pallet of red/black/white. Thus most calcio cats are female, but if it's male it more than likely suffering from the Klinefelter syndrome (it's sex is XXY, oh and spoiler alert that's a thing too) and it'll probably be infertile.
Really? I hadn't heard that before. Looks like I need to update my ranks in Knowledge Biology then.Here is an article on paternal mtDNA (https://www.nature.com/articles/6800572).
...I think I just stumbled upon a way to gameify porn distribution. :twitch
so basically Tumblr is committing suicide?
Public: When you put something in the net, it's there forever.
Tumblr: Challenge accepted!
but on the other hand it major sucks for the good ( for various definitions of good) content creators and the communities that already feel marginalizedThe far left "Libtards" have moved to targeting porn. Well I mean porn has always been a moral target. But after MeToo movement the idea is all men are abusive rapists due to violent porn.
but on the other hand it major sucks for the good ( for various definitions of good) content creators and the communities that already feel marginalizedThe far left "Libtards" have moved to targeting porn.
I may have gotten through crippling depression once again, and this time, no suicide attempts.
Hooray me
Did you miss the part where this all started due to the tumblr app getting kicked off of the app storeWasn't that like six months after Netflix's child porn accusation and like nine months after Craig's List banned it's escort list for that bill introduced in March? Hmm, when did the UK pass it's mandatory age-verification for porn, maybe I could list that or all of those sub bans on Reddit over the last year...
SorO has a major kneejerk reaction when it comes to anything that looks remotely related to the political left.Nearly everyone turns into a Conservative at some point or they die trying. :p
You can pretty much just ignore his ranting.
I may have gotten through crippling depression once again, and this time, no suicide attempts.
Hooray me
Did you miss the part where this all started due to the tumblr app getting kicked off of the app storeWasn't that like six months after Netflix's child porn accusation and like nine months after Craig's List banned it's escort list for that bill introduced in March? Hmm, when did the UK pass it's mandatory age-verification for porn, maybe I could list that or all of those sub bans on Reddit over the last year...
Yeah, I'm sure I totally forgot about Tumblr's app banning starting anything.
sorry for Triggering you :p but not everything is connectedMy tinfoil hat tells me otherwise.
Yeah, last I checked there were some internet nannies trying to filter lolicon and pushing for an internet-wide ban on lolis, sexualized or not, and Japan just collectively went and said "Fuck you." That was a couple years ago or so.sorry for Triggering you :p but not everything is connectedMy tinfoil hat tells me otherwise.
Google it, there has been a recent up swing in anti Internet porn, it started gaining some traction a few years ago. It comes and goes.
Well there is also the UKs push for age verification to access porn online via some form of identification (and to a lesser extent when they banned a bunch of sex acts from being performed in pornography created within the country a few years back).
I wouldn't say it is directly connected, but some of the leftwing have contributed towards the environment to censor such content (be it for perceived evils or for public image), and certainly, the traditional right is fine with restricting such things as well.
Relating back to the Loli stuff, we had GAB do a site-wide ban on Lolis, with the announcement post subsequently getting spammed with lolis for a straight week until the site got ironically knocked off the web because people overreacted that a shooter had an account on the sight. That sparked a little conversation online in some places.
Japan aside (because it is going to do its own thing), in the west lolicon is illegal in quite a few countries (mainly European nanny states), and some outlets fine with most porn do ban such content (again, be it for perceived evils or for public image), though it is admittedly applied somewhat inconsistently (and pornhub being one of the biggest providers doesn't seem to care at all).
I hear many of the Tumblr artists are moving over to Newgrounds because that somehow still exists, but they are not found of Loli themselves.
Regardless I didnt see Tumblr having much going for it beyond being a place where degenerates shared porn. It might live on with the other communities that exist there but the attempt to appeal more broadly by banning porn will probably not work out for them I think, other platforms are just simply better.
Yeah, last I checked there were some internet nannies trying to filter lolicon and pushing for an internet-wide ban on lolis, sexualized or not, and Japan just collectively went and said "Fuck you." That was a couple years ago or so.
Nearly everyone turns into a Conservative at some point or they die trying. :pDon't worry, a cure for senility isn't that far off. :smirk
Don't worry, a cure for senility isn't that far off. :smirkYeah but it'll be an IM injection so no one will take it anyway. :eh
Aw well, apparently all the stuff in the moon probe died already do to bad temperature control. Chinese Quality at its finest.
Aw well, apparently all the stuff in the moon probe died already do to bad temperature control. Chinese Quality at its finest.
They purposedly shut down the heating (https://www.thedailybeast.com/chinas-moon-plants-have-died) because the probe would otherwise run out of power since the lunar night lasts 27 earth-days (and the plants would die anyway with no sunlight for so long).
But bigger point is that they got something to sprout in the first place. How to keep them going long-term is the next problem to solve.
China already announced they're planning a moon base. (https://news.yahoo.com/china-envisions-moon-far-side-success-130740373.html;_ylt=Awr9ImydfkVceI4AEuxXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEyZWQ2bjE5BGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQjY4MjFfMQRzZWMDc3I-)
And meanwhile Trump keeping the USA's government shut down until they give him billions of bucks to build a giant wall with Mexico and the EU is busy with the bit where the UK is gonna crash out with no business deals whatsoever in a couple months.
So who's left to race to space with exactly? Brasil? You know what, I'll take a Brasil vs China space race.
China already announced they're planning a moon base. (https://news.yahoo.com/china-envisions-moon-far-side-success-130740373.html;_ylt=Awr9ImydfkVceI4AEuxXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEyZWQ2bjE5BGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQjY4MjFfMQRzZWMDc3I-)I'd take that action. Maybe I can become the first Brazillian to punch the moon.
And meanwhile Trump keeping the USA's government shut down until they give him billions of bucks to build a giant wall with Mexico and the EU is busy with the bit where the UK is gonna crash out with no business deals whatsoever in a couple months.
So who's left to race to space with exactly? Brasil? You know what, I'll take a Brasil vs China space race.
Good news! My friend's boyfriend works on diesel vehicles and was able to change my glowplug, saving me a MINIMUM of $400. He also refused payment, so I gave his girlfriend a bunch of MTG cards and told them to come abuse my free movie pass thing for working at the theatre.
Grats to Nytemare, load off your mind.
Brazil can probably recapitulate all of the science, and almost all of the simulations, for a space program. But right now those physics phds can get way more $$ from the local big banks setting up the same stuff wall street has recently done. USA ran as high as 4% of the gov during the moon race, but generally below 1% since. It wasn't just a drag on the economy from too much military spending, rather it was research and development. Necessary and how do you tell what the benefits are? (especially if focused on ultra short term only).
... But honestly ...
... But honestly ...
That level of honesty and detail, will serve you and yours well.
The economist Jeffrey Sachs worked on Russia's transition out of their old system. He did OK, they didn't do as well. But he learned from his mistakes. He has said the number 1 thing developing economies can do to help themselves, is to do real Sewage systems. It's my understanding Sao Paulo is nearly complete in it's upgrade, and then they can branch out to Rio and the rest of the country. It should work and the benefits are real.
Gotta give it to the ancient romans, they built infrastructure that's still working nowadays. In my home country there was even a still used roman bridge in my region then the local government made a big fanfare about building a new modern bridge so the peple wouldn't need to depend in the who-knows-how-old bridge.
And they built it.
And then winter came and there was a big storm.
And when the sky cleared the fancy new bridge had collapsed and the roman bridge was still standing in one piece!
They also developed special concrete for coastal areas that's actually reinforced by the salt from the water (https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jul/04/why-roman-concrete-still-stands-strong-while-modern-version-decays) so that stuff is also still standing despite a millennia and half of being hammered by waves!
patch 0.476 already nerfed the Holy Roman Empire, carry on
It's time.
Time for butter.
I am ever elusive and eternally sleepy.
It's a cthulhu thing. I'm only awake when the stars are right. What did I miss? Who do I kill? What is your favorite color?
I am ever elusive and eternally sleepy.
It's a cthulhu thing. I'm only awake when the stars are right. What did I miss? Who do I kill? What is your favorite color?
The Marmosets have taken quality assurance.
:DThat's hilarious.
Did PLZ's avatar Eat my avatar ?!
you also missed SorO_Lost getting banned
Had the unusual clear day.
Went to watch the sunset, featuring my old Eclipse glasses.
Sun is setting.
Dude kinda pulls up -- I ignore.
Dude kinda pulls nearer -- I want to ignore, but the odd behavior compels.
He starts yelling about fixed reference points, the Sun is actually moving and various other Flat Earth talking points (the real flat earther stuff).
I say ... (pause) ... "Hi ... "
<like I'm a not very smart cab driver under shooting the customer, and expecting them to keep doing what they're doing>
Dude keeps yelling the agit prop.
I turn back to the setting sun, having not taken off my eclipse glasses.
Dude drives off while still yelling the agit prop.
Sunset ends, twilight was beautiful.
It occurs to me well afterward, that the Book Of Acts
does not have any examples of Flat Earther propaganda in it.
Dude looked like he was in the Allman Brother's roady crew from the early 70s.
And yell-talked like the dude who gets scalped in the old movie Jeremiah Johnson.
Had two nice dreams couple nights ago.
In one of them I apparently inherited a whole room full of Japanese toys (action figures, gashapon and the like, featuring Gundam, Kamen Rider, Sentai and so on).
so last week, I got to go to Arizona to meet up with family and one of the places we visited was The Titan Missile Museum and I got to trun the launch key :evillaugh here's a link to my album of pictures https://imgur.com/gallery/jipqY49 then a video link of my turning the key https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x76b3vm
TC X0 Lt 0X ... ;) :D right.
TC X0 Lt 0X ... ;) :D right.so last week, I got to go to Arizona to meet up with family and one of the places we visited was The Titan Missile Museum and I got to trun the launch key :evillaugh here's a link to my album of pictures https://imgur.com/gallery/jipqY49 then a video link of my turning the key https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x76b3vm
Did it satisfy your urges (of universal obl-!@#$-vion) , or did it stoke your fires ?
:fu or :joystick
TC X0 Lt 0X ... ;) :D right.
Are you telling me you don't enjoy gawking at the crazies?
well, I had to disappear due to need a break from the world due to a panic attack that I couldn't get over with out an inpatient stay, but I am back and doing much better.Glad you're doing better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXwRgnZ990I y'all gotta see this
Things melted down last week.Did you get to keep the squirrels as your security team?
I has new job.
Still security, sigh.
Things melted down last week.Did you get to keep the squirrels as your security team?
I has new job.
Still security, sigh.
I assure you I am not Zeus. So its totally safe for us to hook up.
So my mom asks me to get her some cash, which involves me crossing the street to the ATM.:clap :lol :lmao
On the way back someone calls out "Thief! He got my phone!"
I'm wearing a Star Wars sweatshirt, someone yells "Do something! Use the Force!"
So I dash across the street and plant both my feet onto the jackass. He collapses like a bag of potatoes. Pretty sure he couldn't breathe right for five minutes.
"Sorry, someone asked me to use mass times acceleration, and I'm nothing if not obliging to my fans!"
You can build a computer with MTG (https://youtu.be/pdmODVYPDLA)That reminds me of one particularly dickish deck featuring a Chronotog. Turn after turn of no choice of anything for anyone to do while the game "played" itself. Weee.
Saw my first New Mexico license plate (that I can remember).
It's possible I saw one in DC as a blur driving by, but missed "seeing" it.
Anyway this one was real.
edit after a few days -- I forgot to mention, NM plates have a phalicsymbol-for-HalfOrcs on it.
A quite nice touch really.
..
I saw one of the newer blue ones with the figure in the middle ...
http://www.mvd.newmexico.gov/uploads/.thumbnails/150x150/639f26a60acf7cb2dc0176a36df0690e.png
... and ye olde subconscious threw in the zona and halforcs.
As someone whom has lived through two presidential impeachments (and the left here has been threatening to make the third a reality) it is somewhat amusing to me to see americans losing their shit over what passes for Trump's impeachment proceedings.
I mean, really: what are the charges there?
As someone whom has lived through two presidential impeachments (and the left here has been threatening to make the third a reality) it is somewhat amusing to me to see americans losing their shit over what passes for Trump's impeachment proceedings.Bribery.
I mean, really: what are the charges there?
Saw my first Montana license plate (etc ...)
I shall refrain from comment lest Trappedslider "trap""sliders" me, upside my kitty avatar'sheadTail.
:twitch :)
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As someone whom has lived through two presidential impeachments (and the left here has been threatening to make the third a reality) it is somewhat amusing to me to see americans losing their shit over what passes for Trump's impeachment proceedings.Bribery.
I mean, really: what are the charges there?
Extortion.
Attempting to illegally interfere in the election process. Which is the core fucking reason to have a removal process.
Obstruction of Congress. The other damn reason for it existing.
Nixon slinked away with his tail between his legs for the same things. And he didn't involve multiple foreign governments in his crime spree. (He did that to get elected in the first place.) Trump meanwhile is openly continuing his efforts to subvert the constitution and illegally manipulate his next election. And all his Ukraine claptrap is straight up Russian propaganda with no substantiation from any reputable source. He's looking to reward Russia for its cyber warfare during the 2016 election while he's at it. And his lawyers are arguing he can't be held accountable for crimes, nor investigated, not even by congress. That has explicit authority to do so.
This isn't Clinton's blowjob, its a huge series of crimes that undermine the basic functioning of the country's democratic institutions.
The money stuff isn't about him being too rich, it is about foreign dignitaries spending money at resorts and hotels that his family owns.
Saw my first Montana license plate (etc ...)
I shall refrain from comment lest Trappedslider "trap""sliders" me, upside my kitty avatar'sheadTail.
:twitch :)
i'd pet you but i'm allergic to kitty
... emolument clause ...
... Him being aided by Russians to win the 2016 election is something I find... mildly doubtful? ...
... The whole Ukraine thing feels kinda iffy on the credibility department to be honest - from what I read on that front, he's being implicated for phone calls ...
... refer to her impeachment as a coup d'etat ...
They have to get to 2/3rds present (!) to Convict, which the Dems (47 + ??) don't have anything near that, but the 'present' part might be a way forward.
nice!Thank you