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[Gullara]

Re: the pic. It's like... a combination of The Michelin Mans' unmentionables and a mummy and Casper.

I really didn't need that mental image

[Cobalt]

WOW! I didn't think you'd actually try it!
What are you gonna do when it's finished?

Cower in fear. It's all I can do, for with its inevitable size and power, it will surely be the first of an army of sentient Oreo Cookie Towers.

Great, now I've got the creepiest mental image of someone actually calling their lover by the petname of food.

And so the day came when Cobalt decided what his next pet would be named.

Re: the pic. It's like... a combination of The Michelin Mans' unmentionables and a mummy and Casper.

Now imagine that, times 200.

[Coidzor]

Now imagine that, times 200.

I was already feeling ill. Now I'm almost tempted to hurl. Then again, I might just be feeling ooky. :/

And now you've reminded me of Day of the Tentacle. Fun game apparently. Not a bad thing to watch LP'd either.

[AtlanteanTroll]

I was already feeling ill. Now I'm almost tempted to hurl. Then again, I might just be feeling ooky. :/

It's not just you

[Gullara]

It's not just you

He's right it isn't Its disgustingly delicious

[Quincunx]

Great, now I've got the creepiest mental image of someone actually calling their lover by the petname of food.

Thank you so much for that, Quincunx.

Nonsense, good sir! The lover is food-provider, and only when standing in the food room or vicinity thereof. (Again with that discussion about how much feline behavior one can get away with, especially within a relationship.) Besides, it was rarely so practical as calling another human being "food", was it? It was among the Eskimos who were neither Upick nor Inuit, but they remained a subsistence culture far longer than most. No, in our worlds of plenty in which Oreos exist, the lover's flesh would be only the vehicle for emotion, not just the food. One would hope.

[Coidzor]

...What is with people and the whole lover-cat thing anyway?

At first I thought it was only a recent thing or a weird people I know thing or even a regional thing. But it seems to be quite ubiquitous amongst those who dwell in the internets. And a fair few who don't.

Also, what you say intrigues me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

[Quincunx]

Well, the furry furor died down, so maybe the sense of shame evaporated also?--on the shameless internet at least? Who knows. It might be worthwhile to meow back at girls who wear kitty-eared hoodies, if kitty-eared hoodies still exist. Also I hope sparkle is still in. Found the sparkly fabric which I meant to sew up into a dress last yeartwo yearsawhile ago. When, if not at Halloween?

[Coidzor]

When indeed?

Though furries are still taboo, we just all know about them now. There's no one to troll by shocking them with the existence of furries anymore.

[Rawhide]

Can we please just give up, say "screw it", then make these two the same word? Argh!

[Gullara]

Can we please just give up, say "screw it", then make these two the same word? Argh!

That is more confusing than I thought.

[Snares]

Can we please just give up, say "screw it", then make these two the same word? Argh!

I always find the difference between those two pretty easy to distinguish. But maybe that's my soopah language skills. Or maybe I'm lying, and the effect of my affectation is affecting your ability to effect a decision on whether I really do. And the effect of that is that it'll affect your level of affection for me.

[Rawhide]

I always find the difference between those two pretty easy to distinguish. But maybe that's my soopah language skills. Or maybe I'm lying, and the effect of my affectation is affecting your ability to effect a decision on whether I really do. And the effect of that is that it'll affect your level of affection for me.

It did affect my decision, yes.

[Gullara]

I always find the difference between those two pretty easy to distinguish. But maybe that's my soopah language skills. Or maybe I'm lying, and the effect of my affectation is affecting your ability to effect a decision on whether I really do. And the effect of that is that it'll affect your level of affection for me.

The effect of my level of affecting may cause you bodily harm

[Snares]

It did affect my decision, yes.

I'm afraid I'm using the form of effect that means 'to come to a solution' there. Effecting a final decision, anyone?

[Rawhide]

I'm afraid I'm using the form of effect that means 'to come to a solution' there. Effecting a final decision, anyone?

Oh, I'm aware. You're saying that we should be indecisive and unable to make a decision. Your verbiage, however, had no effect.

[Snares]

Oh, I'm aware. You're saying that we should be indecisive and unable to make a decision.

Well, the possibility that I'm lying might make it that way. If I was. But am I? I don't even know myself anymore.

[Rawhide]

Ahha! An even better link than The Straight Dope.

[Snares]

Have a good time! I've never been to an opera myself. You'll have to tell me what it's like.

I'm back from it now. I enjoyed it. It was based on scenes from Shakespeare's King Lear, and had the original Shakespearean dialogue, and it was really clever how they fit the rhythm of the words into the music. A lot of the dialogue seemed hard to pick out though, and too often it was kind of distracting from the music when you were struggling to hear what they were saying. But the mock trial and the scene in the storm (which was done through the use of these awesome bendy light stick things!) were both done really well. Although they ended it on Cordelia's death, with none of the stuff that goes on between Edmund and Goneril and Regan, which seemed a bit odd.

Ahha! An even better link than The Straight Dope.

I'm totally calling them 'octopodes' now. Just to be fancy. And I have the British accent they're asking me for.

[Gullara]

Ahha! An even better link than The Straight Dope.

When I clicked the second link I was quite surprised, to say the least.

[Rawhide]

When I clicked the second link I was quite surprised, to say the least.

It's a great article, but the primary question it's answering just makes it a bit harder to link to in polite company.

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Also, if someone gives you a cake, remember, the cake is a lie. Therefore, that person has just fed you a lie.

[Haruki-kun]

Also, if someone gives you a cake, remember, the cake is a lie. Therefore, that person has just fed you a lie.

I've done extensive research on this. Does this mean when someone tells you a lie, they're actually being nice and giving you cake?

[Gullara]

It's a great article, but the primary question it's answering just makes it a bit harder to link to in polite company.

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Also, if someone gives you a cake, remember, the cake is a lie. Therefore, that person has just fed you a lie.

Are you implying this isn't polite company? Because you'd be correct

I've done extensive research on this. Does this mean when someone tells you a lie, they're actually being nice and giving you cake?

Extensive research, eh? I never knew that encompassed web comics.

[Haruki-kun]

Extensive research, eh? I never knew that encompassed web comics.

Of course it does! You can put your research in the shape of webcomics!

[Rawhide]

I've done extensive research on this. Does this mean when someone tells you a lie, they're actually being nice and giving you cake?

Anyone can have their cake and eat it too. The trick is to eat your cake and still have it.

[Haruki-kun]

Anyone can have their cake and eat it too. The trick is to eat your cake and still have it.

What if they give you cake, you eat it, and then realize it was a lie?

[Gullara]

What if they give you cake, you eat it, and then realize it was a lie?

Then it will disappear and leave emptiness in its place. This will act as a vacuum and tear you apart from the inside.

[Rawhide]

What if they give you cake, you eat it, and then realize it was a lie?

Then it will disappear and leave emptiness in its place. This will act as a vacuum and tear you apart from the inside.

Pretty much this. Anything, especially relationships, built on a foundation of lies is bound to collapse (and could also cause collateral damage).

[Haruki-kun]

Pretty much this. Anything, especially relationships, built on a foundation of lies is bound to collapse (and could also cause collateral damage).

Deep.

Just like cake, actually. You wouldn't build a house out of it, would you?

[Gullara]

Deep.

Just like cake, actually. You wouldn't build a house out of it, would you?

Well actually...