OOTS #1165 - The Discussion Thread

[The Aboleth]

Are you talking about the giant death worm sent by the god of death herself to hasten the destruction of the world?

The worm who is actively aiding the plan to enslave millions of souls in Hel?

What is your definition of “provoked”?

It seems Xel wants the Order to act like the cop in this Key & Peele skit:

http://www.cc.com/video-clips/mb4xpu...peele-standoff

The criminal is the death worm in this comparison, if that wasn't clear.

[Happygiraffe]

I love it every time when Rich does a wide shot.

[Xel]

It seems Xel wants the Order to act like the cop in this Key & Peele skit:

http://www.cc.com/video-clips/mb4xpu...peele-standoff

The criminal is the death worm in this comparison, if that wasn't clear.

Nice link. Wasn’t quite what I expected, but amusing.

And yeah, the more I think about it, the more the Nightcrawler is a lousy example for my original point. It blows the party’s invisibility cover. It’s way to coincidental that it’s there talking to Gontor in the first place, and, taken overall, there’s just too small a probability of it being an innocent bystander, even if the order didn’t hear that it’s actively partnered with him. I’ll withdraw the example.

And since it’s probably time for me to stop digging this hole deeper, I’ll also withdraw the original assertion about alignments, citing lack of good points to back it up. Apologies for cluttering up the thread. I’ll try to spend a bit more time thinking through my support of such claims before posting them in the future.

[Ruck]

Actually...

Since defenestration is being thrown out the window, would not fenestration be being thrown in the window?

<Cher>
Or can you only be fenestrated in Europe?
</Cher>

I need a refresher on this one, since the joke I'm thinking of isn't from Clueless, but 10 Things I Hate About You.

[Riftwolf]

Apologies for cluttering up the thread. I’ll try to spend a bit more time thinking through my support of such claims before posting them in the future.

See if more people did this, the Internet in general would be in much better shape.

[The Aboleth]

And since it’s probably time for me to stop digging this hole deeper, I’ll also withdraw the original assertion about alignments, citing lack of good points to back it up. Apologies for cluttering up the thread. I’ll try to spend a bit more time thinking through my support of such claims before posting them in the future.

*Gasp!* A person on an internet forum that acknowledges their argument was flawed and graciously withdraws from the debate? What alternate reality are you from and how can we all get there?!

Glad you enjoyed the link. Key & Peele was such a great show.

[Jannoire]

See if more people did this, the Internet in general would be in much better shape.

There would also be muss less content.

[thorr-kan]

I need a refresher on this one, since the joke I'm thinking of isn't from Clueless, but 10 Things I Hate About You.

No, you're right. I got my Valley Girls mixed up.

[Furious J]

You can explicitly make arches and buttresses, buttresses would be stone supports.

Well color me wrong! That'll teach me to stop reading too early.

What color is wrong? Is the worst color wrong?

If so, according to a two-second Google search, that'd make you a Pantone 448 C dragon. Bit of a downgrade from silver.

[Peelee]

What color is wrong? Is the worst color wrong?

If so, according to a two-second Google search, that'd make you a Pantone 448 C dragon. Bit of a downgrade from silver.

Aw, I hate Pantone 448 C dragons.

[Fyraltari]

Aw, I hate Pantone 448 C dragons.

You’re a racist dragon?

[Peelee]

You’re a racist dragon?

Call me Albi.

[hroþila]

Call me Albi.

Let's see those jellybeans then.

[Peelee]

Let's see those jellybeans then.

But I'm not sad...

[Dion]

I’ll try to spend a bit more time thinking through my support of such claims before posting them in the future.

That’s silly!

My posts are categorically wrong 99.37% if the time, yet I continue to post endlessly.

More seriously, please feel free to continue posting your thoughts and ideas. It’s a comic book message board on the internet. Your ideas are allowed to be right or wrong, serious or absurd.

If my replies makes you feel bad about what you’ve written, that doesn't mean you shouldn't have posted. It means I should learn to be a hell of a lot less snarky in my replies.

[Peelee]

That’s silly!

My posts are categorically wrong 99.37% if the time, yet I continue to post endlessly.

Oh, bragging about how much lower your percent is than mine, eh? That's cool, I see how it is.

[Ruck]

What color is wrong? Is the worst color wrong?

If so, according to a two-second Google search, that'd make you a Pantone 448 C dragon. Bit of a downgrade from silver.

Wow, I looked it up, and that is, uh... is "rusty doo-doo" a color?

No, you're right. I got my Valley Girls mixed up.

I was starting to doubt myself after three pages of everyone going along with it!

(Also, is Bianca a valley girl? The movie is set in Seattle...)

That’s silly!

My posts are categorically wrong 99.37% if the time, yet I continue to post endlessly.

Oh, bragging about how much lower your percent is than mine, eh? That's cool, I see how it is.

You guys should take lessons from me. I've literally never been wrong about anything, especially online.

[Furious J]

Wow, I looked it up, and that is, uh... is "rusty doo-doo" a color?

It's the worst color!

(if you accept that "ugliest" is the same as "worst" when it comes to colors)

Though with a descriptor like that, I now regret proposing it as the color of "being wrong".

[Jasdoif]

It's the worst color!

As long as it's not the wurst.

[Xel]

More seriously, please feel free to continue posting your thoughts and ideas. It’s a comic book message board on the internet. Your ideas are allowed to be right or wrong, serious or absurd.

If my replies makes you feel bad about what you’ve written, that doesn't mean you shouldn't have posted. It means I should learn to be a hell of a lot less snarky in my replies.

No worries. I’m still hanging around, and I took all the comments in good humor (I enjoy a good snark, sometimes even when it’s aimed at me ). I suppose I’ll have to apologize again if anyone actually intended to offend me.

I just had realized that I fell into one of the classic traps:
1. Make brazen, over-the-top claim based on half-formed, subjective impressions
2. Get called out on said claim
3. Double down on trying to “prove” original claim with increasingly shaky claims.
I’d just like to avoid stumbling over step 3 again for a while. A week would be nice.

[Peelee]

As long as it's not the wurst.

What's the worst wurst?

I just had realized that I fell into one of the classic traps:
1. Make brazen, over-the-top claim based on half-formed, subjective impressions

Trap? But that's what I do every day!

[jwhouk]

What's the worst wurst?

Johnsonville.

[Wizard_Lizard]

What's the worst wurst?

Blutwurst.

[Algeh]

It's the worst color!

(if you accept that "ugliest" is the same as "worst" when it comes to colors)

Though with a descriptor like that, I now regret proposing it as the color of "being wrong".

I'm pretty sure my dad buys shirts that color. On purpose.

[Jannoire]

Blutwurst.

As a German, I must agree... Blutworst is something "special"
Germans, we know our Wursts!

There are letters above the door. Had anybody translated them already?

[Grey_Wolf_c]

As a German, I must agree... Blutworst is something "special"
Germans, we know our Wursts!

There are letters above the door. Had anybody translated them already?

"Only Dwarves May Enter", or something along those lines. They were translated back when the building first showed up, so you may want to check the discussion thread for that strip for the most accurate translation.

Grey Wolf

[factotum]

Blutwurst.

Blood sausage? Isn't that what we'd call "black pudding" in the UK? If so, it's fantastic stuff!

[Wizard_Lizard]

Blood sausage? Isn't that what we'd call "black pudding" in the UK? If so, it's fantastic stuff!

Nowhere as good as haggis....

[thorr-kan]

Nowhere as good as haggis....

Bar haggis or canned haggis?

One is evil, the other divine.

[danielxcutter]

Bar haggis or canned haggis?

One is evil, the other divine.

Which is which?