Dark Shadow's Surprisingly Well-Lit Random Banter #217

[Teddy]

My haul for this year if anyone cares
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Various coca cola paraphinalia (toothpick dispenser, bottlecap holder, bottle opener)
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2 coca cola metal posters (for outside)
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Coca-cola themed straw dispenser

I'm seeing a theme here...

Zelda-themed "A5 notebook"

Why the quotation marks?

IRN:
The final Christmas present reappeared (it had gotten lost in the car, just as I suspected), and I'm now the proud owner of a Monty's Norwegian Blue Pale Ale ("Pining for the fjords") brand t-shirt.

[HalfTangible]

I'm seeing a theme here...

The various paraphinalia was a part of White Elephant (a gift giving/stealing game, basically) that my mom had brought. We weren't supposed to be the ones getting it.

But yes I am quite addicted to coca cola.

Why the quotation marks?

Because I don't know what that means, but it's on the notebook.

[DataNinja]

Because I don't know what that means, but it's on the notebook.

According to the internet, it's a size/quality.

[Amidus Drexel]

Because I don't know what that means, but it's on the notebook.

A5 is a size of paper - it's (roughly) half the area of A4 paper (which is almost the same size as "standard" 8.5" x 11" copier paper).

A# size paper is actually pretty cool - the short side of a given size paper is the same as the long side of the next size down (and vice versa), and the pages just scale by a constant ratio. (A4 is 8.3" x 11.7", A5 is 5.8" x 8.3", A6 is 4.1" x 5.8", etc).

[Teddy]

A5 is a size of paper - it's (roughly) half the area of A4 paper (which is almost the same size as "standard" 8.5" x 11" copier paper).

A# size paper is actually pretty cool - the short side of a given size paper is the same as the long side of the next size down (and vice versa), and the pages just scale by a constant ratio. (A4 is 8.3" x 11.7", A5 is 5.8" x 8.3", A6 is 4.1" x 5.8", etc).

Not roughly, what you're seeing is rounding errors, and the scaling constant is the square root of 2.

And yes, the A system is pretty nifty, and the default system for paper sizes here in Europe (hence why I reacted).

[Bartmanhomer]

I got As Sketchers Boots that looks like sneakers and a new black jacket that my older brother give me this Christmas.

[LaZodiac]

A little update, since I got some more gifts since my last loot haul.

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Night in the Woods, from Randman
Divinity: Dragon Commander, from HT
Dangan Ronpa, from Deme
Luftrausers, from Trobby and Hazy
Worms WMD, from Teddy
Greygoo, from Qwerty
OneShot, from Hawk
Beyond Good and Evil,
Aerannis, from Coidzor
Planescape Torment, from Blue
Oxenfree, from Jeff
Azure Striker Gunvolt 1+2, from Knight
One Free Art Coupon, from Gnomish

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Puyopuyo Tetris,
Tokyo Mirage Session FE#,
Mipha amiibo figure,
Ripley's Believe it or Not 2017,
25 Dollar Subway Card
25 Dollar McDonalds Card
A Good ****ing Router Finally, from Dad.

50 Dollar Steam Gift Card, from Sister

Mario and Luigi Super Star Saga 3DS,
Two Kindersurprise Eggs,
Six boxes of small Smarties,
Package of chapstick,
Dentyne Ice Gum,
Mistletoe Candy Cane plushie,
Small Crest Toothpaste, from Auntie's family

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Box of english toffees and truffles,
15 dollar McDonalds gift card, from Work Supervisor

Box of Lindor Chocolates, from Coworker

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Stocking stuffers include,
Toothbrush
Tube of M&Ms
Box of Skittles
Box of Lifesavers
(in extremely italics voice) a fidget spinner
A toblerone I definitely deserve
A free Big Mac coupon
Four pack of Kinder Surprise eggs
A big box of After Eight mints

And I was able to give gifts to all of my friends! Except Teddy because both Steam and GOG have draconian but slightly different anti piracy methods that caused everything to get ****ed up for me. That aside, it was a really good year minus the undercutting that my family's life is crumbling apart.

[Bartmanhomer]

I noticed that this forum argue the most funniest threads that I ever read.

[enderlord99]

Ripley's Believe it or Not 2017
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50 Dollar Steam Gift Card, from Sister

I'm going to go with "not."

[rooster707]

I'm going to go with "not."

Is it really that weird? I mean, I got a Steam card from my grandmother this year...

[enderlord99]

Is it really that weird?

In her case? Yes.

[HalfTangible]

Is it really that weird? I mean, I got a Steam card from my grandmother this year...

Zodi's sister is rather... infamous on the boards.

[Peelee]

Well color me intrigued...

[Baby Gary]

Zodi's sister is rather... infamous on the boards.

Interesting... Very interesting. Now I want to know why!

[Baby Gary]

I got some cool stuff for christmas, the best being an iPhone 8 and a hema fencing helmet. I also got some other stuff, mainly chocolate (which is awesome!)

Spoiler: The helmet for anyone interested

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this is not the exact same helmet that I have, but it is pretty close and you can get an idea for how it looks.

[FinnLassie]

Interesting... Very interesting. Now I want to know why!

... where to even start.

[LaZodiac]

Well color me intrigued...

Interesting... Very interesting. Now I want to know why!

My sister's kind of a lunatic, to put it mildly.

[DataNinja]

... where to even start.

Probably a judicious use of the forum's search function.

[HalfTangible]

... where to even start.

My personal favorites include:

-Nailgunning her own hand to the wall
-Telling her family that she's pregnant (and judging from Zodi's reaction this would not be the first time she said this/lied about it)
-Breaking into her own family's bar to steal from the register. And getting caught on camera.

[Insane Jeenyus]

My personal favorites include:

-Nailgunning her own hand to the wall
-Telling her family that she's pregnant (and judging from Zodi's reaction this would not be the first time she said this/lied about it)
-Breaking into her own family's bar to steal from the register. And getting caught on camera.

um, what is the on sight name of the sister? I want to avoid her.

[HalfTangible]

um, what is the on sight name of the sister? I want to avoid her.

She's not on the boards.

She's infamous on here because Zodi keeps telling us stories about her being crazy.

[Peelee]

She sounds almost as bad as (and potentially worse than) my brother. I won't say I'm glad he's dead, but my life is more safe and secure now.

[Insane Jeenyus]

She's not on the boards.

She's infamous on here because Zodi keeps telling us stories about her being crazy.

ah, understood.

[WarKitty]

I seriously need a nice hot shower followed by a nap.

Unfortunately, I'm at work.

[FinnLassie]

My personal favorites include:

-Nailgunning her own hand to the wall
-Telling her family that she's pregnant (and judging from Zodi's reaction this would not be the first time she said this/lied about it)
-Breaking into her own family's bar to steal from the register. And getting caught on camera.

Ah, yes. These are some comprehensive highlights. Also all of the boyfriends. All of them. They just... I don't think it needs to explained. Just imagine dumb people. Very dumb.

[LaZodiac]

My personal favorites include:

-Nailgunning her own hand to the wall
-Telling her family that she's pregnant (and judging from Zodi's reaction this would not be the first time she said this/lied about it)
-Breaking into her own family's bar to steal from the register. And getting caught on camera.

All of these are slightly told wrong.

First: it was a staple gun not a nailgun. Come on HT.

Second: She's done that multiple times but she was ACTUALLY pregnant with twins once, as an aside.

Three: That's not what happened at all! They vandalized the bar's front face. Other people stole from the register, but not my sister or her friends. I have no idea where you got this one from.

THAT BEING SAID, the fact that everyone just sorta rolled with it should be a good tell of what kind of person my sister is like. She's also tried to sharpened her finger in a hand pencil sharpener once! Put her pinkie finger in, turned, reset the position, then turned again.

I'm all for discussing the genuine monstrosity and mental illness of my sister at great lengths, but lets try to keep things reasonable here.

[enderlord99]

Also engineering a Fawlty Towers plot just for the sake of it.

[Peelee]

Also engineering a Fawlty Towers plot just for the sake of it.

Well you started it, you invaded Poland!

[enderlord99]

Well you started it, you invaded Poland!

Spoiler: WHAT did you just imply about me?

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[Insane Jeenyus]

All of these are slightly told wrong.

First: it was a staple gun not a nailgun. Come on HT.

Second: She's done that multiple times but she was ACTUALLY pregnant with twins once, as an aside.

Three: That's not what happened at all! They vandalized the bar's front face. Other people stole from the register, but not my sister or her friends. I have no idea where you got this one from.

THAT BEING SAID, the fact that everyone just sorta rolled with it should be a good tell of what kind of person my sister is like. She's also tried to sharpened her finger in a hand pencil sharpener once! Put her pinkie finger in, turned, reset the position, then turned again.

I'm all for discussing the genuine monstrosity and mental illness of my sister at great lengths, but lets try to keep things reasonable here.

Thank you for the correction.

Also engineering a Fawlty Towers plot just for the sake of it.

Ha! I have seen the '75 series of that. Hi-larious