Roland's Merciful Modly Mash-up Random Banter Thread #221

[Insane Jeenyus]

Before going in and out of the hospital, I weighed in at 310 lbs plus. I am now at 275 ish. If I were to divide my current weight by 15, you end up with an 18 lb can which is not unreasonable, however as the cat was abandoned and naught but skin and bone, she is less then 18 lbs.

[LaZodiac]

I happen to have an atypically precise number for my cat's weight because she was at the vet's two months ago-- she was 5.38 pounds.

She was born only two years after me, and had recently been losing weight, so the two of us really ran the whole gamut of fluctuating size differences together. There could definitely have been some points in the past two decades when she was 1/5th my weight instead of 1/25th.


ION: I'm surprised not to have seen anything about Notre Dame on the forum, Random Banter or otherwise. Have I just missed it?

Mooncat hello! I would have mentioned it but I was at work. But yeah, how're you doing?

also also also! I have news, big news for you in particular that everyone else knows but has probably forgotten.

I'm dating Blue now!

[DataNinja]

also also also! I have news, big news for you in particular that everyone else knows but has probably forgotten.

Hey, do you think that people who watch your videos have memories of goldfish? We notice when you say stuff. Usually.

[enderlord99]

I'm dating Blue now!

You told him that you couldn't "do it" because the roof of your mouth was burnt, right before he allegedly called you a hipster as setup for a cliche joke, which you responded to by claiming to be dying and then posting the entire conversation here all in one oddly-formatted post. Right?

How could anyone forget the aforementioned oddly-formatted post?

[Gaius Hermicus]

You told him that you couldn't "do it" because the roof of your mouth was burnt, right before he allegedly called you a hipster as setup for a cliche joke, which you responded to by claiming to be "dying" and then posting the entire conversation here all in one oddly-formatted post.

How could anyone forget the aforementioned oddly-formatted post?

Ah, I too was going to mention the legendary “burned mouth” conversation.

[LaZodiac]

You told him that you couldn't "do it" because the roof of your mouth was burnt, right before he allegedly called you a hipster as setup for a cliche joke, which you responded to by claiming to be dying and then posting the entire conversation here all in one oddly-formatted post. Right?

How could anyone forget the aforementioned oddly-formatted post?

I admittedly could of provided more context but I don't believe it's THAT confusing right?

Ah, I too was going to mention the legendary “burned mouth” conversation.

H-how legendary is it. It's just a joke! I don't even remember any responses to it!

[enderlord99]

I admittedly could of provided more context but I don't believe it's THAT confusing right?

I didn't call it confusing; I called it "oddly-formatted." Indeed, it was oddly-formatted but not confusing.

[Gaius Hermicus]

H-how legendary is it. It's just a joke! I don't even remember any responses to it!

I remembered it. So did Enderlord. Although I don’t know you too well, that conversation is the first thing I think of when I see your avatar.

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Apologies if that sounded creepy. I didn’t mean it like that.

[LaZodiac]

I remembered it. So did Enderlord. Although I don’t know you too well, that conversation is the first thing I think of when I see your avatar.

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Apologies if that sounded creepy. I didn’t mean it like that.

I honestly don't even remember the specifics of it, so it's cool two people were hit that well by it.

[Anonymouswizard]

ION: I'm surprised not to have seen anything about Notre Dame on the forum, Random Banter or otherwise. Have I just missed it?

Considering my first thought is 'I hope my ex got hurt' and my second was 'I hope my ex is alright', I think I should stay out of any discussion of that.

[Fyraltari]

The fire is mostly put out. Only one wounded (a firefighter). 2/3 of the roof structure collapsed but the treasury was evacuated, the Great Organ, however is damaged. The President promised to rebuild it. The fire was apparently started accidentally by the renovation crew (someone’s gonna get fireeeeeeed) and an investigation is naturally underway.

As someone who has spent most of his life in and around Paris, seeing Notre Dame burn was pretty shocking but not on the level of the Charlie Hebdo and 13 of November attacks.

It is the historical heart of Paris and a masterwork of art but ultimately just a building, and one who already had faced degradations. It will be fine.

[Mith]

The fire is mostly put out. Only one wounded (a firefighter). 2/3 of the roof structure collapsed but the treasury was evacuated, the Great Organ, however is damaged. The President promised to rebuild it. The fire was apparently started accidentally by the renovation crew (someone’s gonna get fireeeeeeed) and an investigation is naturally underway.

As someone who has spent most of his life in and around Paris, seeing Notre Dame burn was pretty shocking but not on the level of the Charlie Hebdo and 13 of November attacks.

It is the historical heart of Paris and a masterwork of art but ultimately just a building, and one who already had faced degradations. It will be fine.

Honestly, my concern when I first heard about it was that it was an attack, but that's because we've had a priest stabbed during Mass. So I assumed fire bombed.

I am glad to hear that the damage has been strucural, and hope the firefighter has a speedy recovery.

[Anonymouswizard]

Well I've done a stupid thing. I tried to contact me ex

[Tvtyrant]

Well I've done a stupid thing. I tried to contact me ex

But why though?

[Grey_Wolf_c]

But why though?

A question for the ages, but common enough that Webb strongly recommends to not do it:


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Grey Wolf

[Anonymouswizard]

But why though?

So you want the full list of reasons or the one that fits into the character limit?

[Peelee]

So you want the full list of reasons or the one that fits into the character limit?

Full list. My body is ready.

[Tvtyrant]

So you want the full list of reasons or the one that fits into the character limit?

I expect they are compelling so full list please.

[Anonymouswizard]

Well, because I'm too tired to generate an actual list...

It boils down to 'I'm very very lonely, I heard that somewhere she likes to frequent burnt down, and I've been going through a rough patch with a close friend, so I decided **** it, either she'll reply or I'll have confirmation that she never wants to speak to me again and can get back to trying to move on'.

[Mith]

Well, because I'm too tired to generate an actual list...

It boils down to 'I'm very very lonely, I heard that somewhere she likes to frequent burnt down, and I've been going through a rough patch with a close friend, so I decided **** it, either she'll reply or I'll have confirmation that she never wants to speak to me again and can get back to trying to move on'.

Good luck.

[Peelee]

Well, because I'm too tired to generate an actual list...

It boils down to 'I'm very very lonely, I heard that somewhere she likes to frequent burnt down, and I've been going through a rough patch with a close friend, so I decided **** it, either she'll reply or I'll have confirmation that she never wants to speak to me again and can get back to trying to move on'.

Considering the circumstances, there's a good chance she'd at least be appreciative of you checking in. If I were in her shoes,, I would be (granted, I have very significantly limited information here, so take that with as many grains of salt as you think is needed).

[Rockphed]

The fire is mostly put out. Only one wounded (a firefighter). 2/3 of the roof structure collapsed but the treasury was evacuated, the Great Organ, however is damaged. The President promised to rebuild it. The fire was apparently started accidentally by the renovation crew (someone’s gonna get fireeeeeeed) and an investigation is naturally underway.

As someone who has spent most of his life in and around Paris, seeing Notre Dame burn was pretty shocking but not on the level of the Charlie Hebdo and 13 of November attacks.

It is the historical heart of Paris and a masterwork of art but ultimately just a building, and one who already had faced degradations. It will be fine.

The local tabernacle had a freak fire started by, as memory serves, a faulty fire alarm system a few years back. It was only about 110 years old, but it was probably the oldest building in town. It took a few years, but it got repaired. Nevertheless, in the interim it was rather depressing to see its ruin. Considering that Notre Dame Cathedral was something like 4 times that age and has a footprint probably twice as big in any direction, I think it is safe to say that this fire is much more devastating. Hopefully it can be restored to its former glory quickly. Frankly, I expect any art that survived intact to get pride of place in the restored building.

Honestly, my concern when I first heard about it was that it was an attack, but that's because we've had a priest stabbed during Mass. So I assumed fire bombed.

I am glad to hear that the damage has been strucural, and hope the firefighter has a speedy recovery.

I've heard of a few churches getting firebombed, including one that was being repaired from a previous arson attempt. I sincerely hope that this wasn't a purposeful arson attempt. I may not agree with other people religiously, but that is never* a reason to get violent with either them or their stuff.

*Okay, so there are probably some people whose religious practices deserve to get broken up violently. I can't think of any off hand and trying to define who they are would definitely cross all sorts of forum rules.

[Peelee]

I've heard of a few churches getting firebombed, including one that was being repaired from a previous arson attempt. I sincerely hope that this wasn't a purposeful arson attempt.

Nah, almost right off the bat they were able to pinpoint it to a construction accident. Of course, I'd imagine that construction firm almost has to majorly rebrand at the very least right now, and I can imagine a few people may well be out of work.

[Anonymouswizard]

How on earth do I have nearly 1000 online dating likes!? (Approximately 980, for the record.) I'm not... Okay I obviously am that pretty, but I'm also getting a surprisingly large number of straight men liking my profile.

I mean, I've even constructed my profile so it's obvious in a massive nerd, and that still doesn't put people off.

[Comrade]

I mean, I've even constructed my profile so it's obvious in a massive nerd, and that still doesn't put people off.

I think you'll find (or have found) that 'massive nerd' is exactly what a whole lot of folks are into.

[Tvtyrant]

How on earth do I have nearly 1000 online dating likes!? (Approximately 980, for the record.) I'm not... Okay I obviously am that pretty, but I'm also getting a surprisingly large number of straight men liking my profile.

I mean, I've even constructed my profile so it's obvious in a massive nerd, and that still doesn't put people off.

I'm not sure why you think that would turn people off? Being nerdy is advantageous for dating, it means you and the other person have something to relate over. If your interest was skydiving or raising pigs you would have a lot less in common with most people; nearly everyone shares Harry Potter, Pokemon, etc.

[Anonymouswizard]

I think you'll find (or have found) that 'massive nerd' is exactly what a whole lot of folks are into.

Maybe. But come on, I'm a fat nerdy boy/girl, I thought the popular ones were meant to be the ones with muscles and large chests.

In all seriousness, I know that there's a decent portion of the population either into that or which just doesn't care. But it still feels weird to be considered pretty.

[Insane Jeenyus]

In other news,

Today was day 2 back to work!

[Algeh]

I'm not sure why you think that would turn people off? Being nerdy is advantageous for dating, it means you and the other person have something to relate over. If your interest was skydiving or raising pigs you would have a lot less in common with most people; nearly everyone shares Harry Potter, Pokemon, etc.

So you're saying I should stop teaching pigs to skydive if I want to get more dates?

In other news,

Today was day 2 back to work!

Congratulations! I hope you are firmly on the mend now.

ION: I am too tired for other news. Work is exhausting this time of year, the ants are waking up from their long winter's sleep to explore my house, and the pool needs regular attention to keep from developing an ecosystem. I want to go on vacation somewhere that does not have math tests or ants, and drink beer by a pool that someone else cleans.

[Knaight]

I've heard of a few churches getting firebombed, including one that was being repaired from a previous arson attempt. I sincerely hope that this wasn't a purposeful arson attempt. I may not agree with other people religiously, but that is never* a reason to get violent with either them or their stuff.

It's been pretty thoroughly demonstrated that this was an accident, as was listed here. It's also worth noting that it was an old building, and that prior to modern fire fighting techniques (especially in terms of fire resistant construction) fires were really common and often really bad. Some of that was having more fire around, but a lot of it was that old buildings tended to be really flammable. The Notre Dame? Just about the entire roof was wood, treated with highly flammable oils.