Curly's Rambunctious and Erudite Random Banter #140

[Kobold-Bard]

Loans... Aren't really free money. I know too many people struggling under their student loan burden!

My plan is to either never earn over £15,000 or leave the country, thus never having to pay it back

Or it'll be another sheet on the pile of papers on my desk telling me they're taking my money. Could be worse.

[Trobby]

Hi,
Can you give me an example of a superhero/villain who is easy to describe? It's for my homework.

The Incredible Hulk. An average man who, when very angry, becomes a massive radioactive green giant fueled by rage and filled with a strength powered by his rage.

[Kobold-Bard]

Holy crap, I'd forgotten what my flat looked like when it was clean. There's loads of space everywhere when it's not full of stuff.

The big one is the kitchen, I'd genuinely forgotten I had a sort of built in chopping board under the massive pile of dishes.

It looks pretty good (and the floor isn't covered with crap now I've hoovered), I should probably just keep it like this.

[Supagoof]

Hi,
Can you give me an example of a superhero/villain who is easy to describe? It's for my homework.

The Flash. He can run and move very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very fast.

[Jibar]

So this guy at the bus stop shouted "RAAAHHH! Watch out for lions!" with this huge smile on his face as I passed.

That guy is the best guy.

[KilltheToy]

So this guy at the bus stop shouted "RAAAHHH! Watch out for lions!" with this huge smile on his face as I passed.

That guy is the best guy.

I nominate my friend Pedro for second best guy. He went and installed Chrome on every computer at an Apple Store, for teh lulz.

It would have been better if he had installed Opera, but I disgress.

[Castaras]

I nominate my friend Pedro for second best guy. He went and installed Chrome on every computer at an Apple Store, for teh lulz.

It would have been better if he had installed Opera, but I disgress.

Would have been even better(irony wise) to install some sort of Windows software. But that is awesome.

[Kobold-Bard]

I nominate my friend Pedro for second best guy. He went and installed Chrome on every computer at an Apple Store, for teh lulz.

It would have been better if he had installed Opera, but I disgress.

Apple has accepted Opera, it sits proudly in my iphone now.

[absolmorph]

Shorts are icky. Pants or kilts are better.

I never wear shorts.

Ever.

The closest I get are 3/4 pants. Or 'longs.' Shorts which go at least over my knee.

Same here. Generally I just stick to jeans though.

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Mah heart. You broked it.

S'too cold for shorts today. Maybe later though, when it warms up.

Also, COBRA! *HUG* D= Where you been lately? I feel like it's been ages since I've seen you.

'cept you.

In other news, I have begun lifting weights at my brother's school (he's using me to get internship hours or something; basically, he needs to help people work out, and I'm working out, so things work out). It's a wonderful way to make me feel sore all over and absolutely crush my ego. At the same time!

[Mando Knight]

Would have been even better(irony wise) to install some sort of Windows software. But that is awesome.

Like IE 8.

[Cleverdan22]

Blerg, I'm on a school-sanctioned computer, and that's what I was using until I got fed up and installed Firefox and Chrome, depending on whoever else is on here and their preference. I like to please.

[Worira]

So, two points:

1. I am jittery as all goddamn right now.

2. I hate pinecones so much.

[Player_Zero]

The Flash. He can run and move very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very fast.

That's not how The Flash's powers work.

[EndlessWrath]

So, two points:

1. I am jittery as all goddamn right now.

2. I hate pinecones so much.

EndlessWrath likes this.

gah.. I've been on too much facebook >.>

Anyways... I went outside to watch my brother play baseball. Then I had to do yardwork in a massive scale on saturday.. For those who don't know I'm very pale and I got severely sunburned...I was in the shade...There is a red line that divides the sunburned portion of my arm and the pale hidden part. White then fine line and deep red. Joy for me this tan will be very funny. Same with face. It goes down to my cheekbones and covers the back and sides of my neck..but the lower part of my face and the front of my neck is still pale.

oh joy.

-Wrath

[Lyesmith]

I have that sort of thing. I so much look at sunlight and I start to peel, it's agonising. I sometimes tan, but ridiculous werewolf genetics tend to stop it.

Also, Frank Turner rocks.

[Player_Zero]

I like the sun. Makes my hair blonder even if it does blind me and my subterranean sight.

[Rutskarn]

That's not how The Flash's powers work.

It is on Thursdays, when DC Writer #523 gets 15 minutes of typewriter time.

Just read an "academic" article on videogames. It was hosted as an official example essay, selected by a council of the sort of tweed-bound codgers who think stickball is a dangerous innovation that's poisoning our youth. There is room for legitimate debate on the issue of games and violence; this essay was not in that room, or on the same planet.

I doubt there is any negative consequence you could ascribe to playing videogames that the author wouldn't swallow, including flatulence and radiation sickness. I just love how you can throw around words like "aggression" and "recluses" without demonstrating evidence or warrant. The essay boiled down to: maybe videogames are bad? They could be. Some guy thinks so, and he used science words. His experimentation was dodgy as hell, as any layman can see, but how do you know he's wrong? How do you know videogames aren't a secret brainwash conspiracy by reptilian lounge singers? They could be! You don't know! Studies research aggression proven! Research aggression studies aggression! Studies!

[Player_Zero]

I think the real issue on videogame violence is: who the hell cares about that?

[Trobby]

I've read several articles this semester on the beneficial aspects of video games, from interactively improving the health of your body and mind to becoming social tools for our space-age interaction avatars. I take each and every one of them with as much a grain of salt as I do these so-called "violence studies" on video games.

But that's the thing about academic papers. You don't actually have to prove anything, as long as you can cite someone else who tried to prove something. Even if they didn't actually prove it, as long as the citation is there, you can take any information you want out of as many dodgy studies as you like, and nobody will ever bother to look at all the studies you quote from to see if they're as accurate as you make them out to be.

Of course you can't outright lie about anything, but there's a very fine line where you can bend the truth to without any repercussions.

[Lyesmith]

Of course you can't outright lie about anything, but there's a very fine line where you can bend the truth to without any repercussions.

So Academics are basically Faeries, then?
Are scientists the Summer or Winter court?

[Kobold-Bard]

So, two points:

1. I am jittery as all goddamn right now.

2. I hate pinecones so much.

Pinecones hate you too.

[arguskos]

Pinecones hate you too.

Pinecones, like Galacbold, hate everything, and wish to consume the entire Earth.

They're tiny plantish fiends, and deserve the horrible treatment they get.

[Trobby]

So Academics are basically Faeries, then?
Are scientists the Summer or Winter court?

...I'll let someone else field this one, as I don't get the reference, and I feel that if I make any more jabs at academia, my GPA will suddenly drop a point overnight. <.< >.>

[Phase]

Just read an "academic" article on videogames. It was hosted as an official example essay, selected by a council of the sort of tweed-bound codgers who think stickball is a dangerous innovation that's poisoning our youth. There is room for legitimate debate on the issue of games and violence; this essay was not in that room, or on the same planet.

One of the projects at my science fair, which was accepted to go on to the International Science and Engineering Fair, showed actual research, with controls and evidence and the scientific method and stuff.

It made people play Descent 2. Their scores on Geometry assessments went up, like, ten percent. And with controls. It's been proven, videogames make you better at math. Righteous.

[Player_Zero]

It made people play Descent 2. Their scores on Geometry assessments went up, like, ten percent. And with controls. It's been proven, videogames make you better at math. Righteous.

I doubt the statistics and logical basis of this argument. Very much so.

Incidentally, anyone interested in some sort of game? Scrabble, chess, mahjongg, risk, something else?

Just sos you know, I'm going to keep asking until someone plays with me.

Oh, and here's a hypothetical for you all: should this Zero write some sort of book or story do you anticipate said story would peak thine interest? Do you think it would be any good? Do you think you would have enough enthusiasm to get through the first paragraph?

[Trobby]

One of the projects at my science fair, which was accepted to go on to the International Science and Engineering Fair, showed actual research, with controls and evidence and the scientific method and stuff.

It made people play Descent 2. Their scores on Geometry assessments went up, like, ten percent. And with controls. It's been proven, videogames make you better at math. Righteous.

I think I might've actually seen that result when writing my own essay on the health benefits to playing video games. Supposedly, it improves your spatial reasoning, and it also helps to stimulate your mind.

Oh, and in response to the Zero's question, the Introbulus would have the some interest in the story. Also, the excessive use of the word "the".

[Dogmantra]

Supposedly, it improves your spatial reasoning,

I think everyone who's played TF2 with me has heard me complain about how terrible my depth perception is at least once. Faulty even asked if I only had one eye.

[Rutskarn]

To your first question: I can't discuss the issue without getting into politics, but rest assured, there are people who care very much about media perception of violence in videogames.

To this point:

Oh, and here's a hypothetical for you all: should this Zero write some sort of book or story do you anticipate said story would peak thine interest? Do you think it would be any good? Do you think you would have enough enthusiasm to get through the first paragraph?

This is a yes.

And now I am going to go a place and do a thing, but not in that order.

[Sneak]

So, social question:

I love music. A lot. Unfortunately, my friends and I do not share musical interests, so I don't end up going to many concerts. I'm getting a little tired of this lack of lovely live lyrical music, however.

Would it be possible/acceptable to go to a concert alone?

Please bear in mind that I am, alas, only 16 years old. So not an adult.

[Phase]

Would it be possible/acceptable to go to a concert alone?

It depends on the genre. You can go to a classical presentation alone, but going to a rock concert or even something like a JoCo would seem a bit boring without a companion or two. Music is meant to be enjoyed and shared; in a crowded environment, a familiar face with which to share it would be helpful.