Not-So-Mith'd Opportunity: Random Banter # 222

[DataNinja]

Huh. I wonder what's the rarest/most unusual eye color on this thread is.

Pink-purple. All four of them, even.
More seriously, the biological counterpart unit's eyes are brown. Sadly boring and uninteresting.

[Peelee]

Pink-purple. All four of them, even.
More seriously, the biological counterpart unit's eyes are brown. Sadly boring and uninteresting.

Huh. I'd have thought red.

[DataNinja]

Huh. I'd have thought red.

Eh, that's cliché. And also tends to evoke much more... harsh responses. People get so worked up over media these days. "I've seen this movie, you're a robot with glowing red eyes, that means you're evil and/or malfunctioning!" Really, blue's the ideal 'good guy' colour, but pink's much more aesthetically pleasing.

[LaZodiac]

I have central heterochromia, although in my case it's a faint brown circle on top of a muted green. Although I grew up with a girl in my class who had one iris which was evenly split in a blue and brown half with a perfectly vertical edge, so my bar for eye colour weirdness has been set quite high from the start.

Man, that sounds cool. Both her half-eyes, plus your secret power eyes.

My eyes are just light blue. They're super boring. I'm a protagonist!

[Peelee]

Eh, that's cliché. And also tends to evoke much more... harsh responses. People get so worked up over media these days. "I've seen this movie, you're a robot with glowing red eyes, that means you're evil and/or malfunctioning!" Really, blue's the ideal 'good guy' colour, but pink's much more aesthetically pleasing.

So long as you have square pupils. Round ones would just be confusing.

[DataNinja]

My eyes are just light blue. They're super boring. I'm a protagonist!

Ah, good to know who we have to watch out for.

So long as you have square pupils. Round ones would just be confusing.

I can neither confirm nor deny any such things. All I'll say is that light has a strange tendency to appear round when emanating from small objects and/or a great distance. So you can prove nothing.

[Peelee]

I can neither confirm nor deny any such things. All I'll say is that light has a strange tendency to appear round when emanating from small objects and/or a great distance. So you can prove nothing.

As Wayne Gretzky Michael Scott once said, you have a lot to learn about your own culture.

[DataNinja]

As Wayne Gretzky Michael Scott once said, you have a lot to learn about your own culture.

Eh, a lot changes in a thousand years.
Besides, the example you gave prior was illuminated, and also circular!

[Teddy]

More seriously, the biological counterpart unit's eyes are brown. Sadly boring and uninteresting.

Well, there are still many nuances of brown. What percentage of cocoa would you say they have?

Man, that sounds cool. Both her half-eyes, plus your secret power eyes.

My eyes are just light blue. They're super boring. I'm a protagonist!

*her half-eye. The other was just plain blue, IIRC, which just added to the weirdness.

And if we're doing the "I'm self-conscious about my own eyes", I wish my eyes were a clearer green, because on a bad day they're barely indistinguishable from grey. The little golden rings help bring some depth and lustre to it, though, even if you have to look closely to see them directly, so I'm usually not dissatisfied with what genetics gave me.

ION:
Went out hiking with 30 other people last weekend. It was very fun, and I acquired very (un-)sexy bruises on my hips from not having learned that your backpack shouldn't weight 20 kg (but I'm to proud to admit that it was too heavy).

However, once I got home, I think my body decided it had enough of my new and exciting ways of maltreating it on top of the old and well-tested ones, so it served me a really insidious cold in response. It's just light enough that I'm constantly worried I'm just simulating, and have to force myself through a full breakfast before I feel certain enough to call in sick. Today was actually a bit of relief, because I woke up and could immediately tell as soon as I got on my legs that I wasn't well, but that also means that I'm worse off today than yesterday, and a cold shouldn't do that to you.

My brain feels like a computer that goes to sleep every 5 minutes, even if you jiggle the mouse. I keep stopping in the middle of what I'm doing to stare into nothingness.

[Insane Jeenyus]

Judging purely by terminology, we already have cyborgs. People have artificial heart pumps, bolts that keep their bones from breaking, metal to restrain their wild teeth, and the most simple of things; glasses to improve eyesight.

We are already in the cyberpunk dystopian future. It's just hard to tell because we grew into it, like the toad in the slow-boiling pot.

don't forget tooth implants and artificial eye lenses. neither of my eyes have their natural lenses.

in other news, I am being naughty. I just put a pinch of catnip in the cat's food. bua ha ha ha ha! .. .. .. .. .. darn, she didn't eat enough.

ioon: Teddy, you could be dehydrated. Drink some di-hydrogen oxide.

on the eye color thing, mine are hazel green brown.

I know someone with one brown and one blue eye.

[FinnLassie]

Kid I'm babysitting is having a "I just wanna play by myself" day.

Hallelujah.

(she did sing the Pippi Långstrump theme song for an hour straight, with a couple of very brash "NNNOOOO!" and "GGRAAAHHH!" shouts in the middle that cracked me up downstairs)

[LaZodiac]

Well, there are still many nuances of brown. What percentage of cocoa would you say they have?



*her half-eye. The other was just plain blue, IIRC, which just added to the weirdness.

And if we're doing the "I'm self-conscious about my own eyes", I wish my eyes were a clearer green, because on a bad day they're barely indistinguishable from grey. The little golden rings help bring some depth and lustre to it, though, even if you have to look closely to see them directly, so I'm usually not dissatisfied with what genetics gave me.

ION:
Went out hiking with 30 other people last weekend. It was very fun, and I acquired very (un-)sexy bruises on my hips from not having learned that your backpack shouldn't weight 20 kg (but I'm to proud to admit that it was too heavy).

However, once I got home, I think my body decided it had enough of my new and exciting ways of maltreating it on top of the old and well-tested ones, so it served me a really insidious cold in response. It's just light enough that I'm constantly worried I'm just simulating, and have to force myself through a full breakfast before I feel certain enough to call in sick. Today was actually a bit of relief, because I woke up and could immediately tell as soon as I got on my legs that I wasn't well, but that also means that I'm worse off today than yesterday, and a cold shouldn't do that to you.

My brain feels like a computer that goes to sleep every 5 minutes, even if you jiggle the mouse. I keep stopping in the middle of what I'm doing to stare into nothingness.

Wow, that's cool. And man don't feel bad about your eyes, they're beautiful and stuff.

In... in what ways could a bruise BE sexy, that you need to clarify that they're not?

Yeesh, you might have picked up a bug from the exhaustion of all that hiking and stuff. Feel better soon!

Kid I'm babysitting is having a "I just wanna play by myself" day.

Hallelujah.

(she did sing the Pippi Långstrump theme song for an hour straight, with a couple of very brash "NNNOOOO!" and "GGRAAAHHH!" shouts in the middle that cracked me up downstairs)

That sounds wonderful. Is Langstrump Finnish for Longstocking?

[DataNinja]

Well, there are still many nuances of brown. What percentage of cocoa would you say they have?

Dunno. Don't spend much time looking at the biological counterpart unit's eyes.
...some cocoa amount other than "edible"?

[Peelee]

Dunno. Don't spend much time looking at the biological counterpart unit's eyes.
...some cocoa amount other than "edible"?

Oh c'mon, surely you can give a hex code.

[DataNinja]

Oh c'mon, surely you can give a hex code.

Probably somewhere in the 984100 to 582600 range. Biology's a pain to get exactness from. So... variable.

[Fyraltari]

Have a nice Independence Day, American Playgrounders.

Spoiler: have fun!

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[Anonymouswizard]

Have a nice IndependenceTreason Day, American Playgrounders.

Fixed it for you

[Fyraltari]

Fixed it for you

The British continued powerless outrage at this rebellion 243 years (and counting) later makes bankruptig ourselves to help the transatlantic British do it worthwhile.

[Anonymouswizard]

The British continued powerless outrage at this rebellion 243 years (and counting) later makes bankruptig ourselves to help the transatlantic British do it worthwhile.

Look, I jessy think that we should ignore the treason when there's places like the Dominion of Canada which managed without it.

[Fyraltari]

Look, I jessy think that we should ignore the treason when there's places like the Dominion of Canada which managed without it.

And I think we should focus on the fact that while the sun now sets on the British Empire, it doesn’t on the French Republic.

[Anonymouswizard]

And I think we should focus on the fact that while the sun now sets on the British Empire, it doesn’t on the French Republic.

Not for a while yet

[enderlord99]

And I think we should focus on the fact that while the sun now sets on the British Empire, it doesn’t on the French Republic.

Actually...

EDIT: James Bonded

[LaZodiac]

I think we can firmly say that both versions of what you call America Day have Excess Baggage that makes your nationalistic pride a little... squiggly, and I've never really been hot on it. Not saying that ours isn't like that either, we're better in some respects but that's a low bar.

Regardless, I do hope you all have a good day off!

[SZbNAhL]

I think we can firmly say that both versions of what you call America Day have Excess Baggage that makes your nationalistic pride a little... squiggly, and I've never really been hot on it. Not saying that ours isn't like that either, we're better in some respects but that's a low bar.

Were there any countries that weren't up to something dodgy in the late 18th century?

Regardless, happy They're Somebody Else's Problem Now Day to all.

[Peelee]

Have a nice Independence Day, American Playgrounders.

Spoiler: have fun!

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That is the most American gif I've seen in a while. I approve.

Fixed it for you

Something like this, maybe?

The British continued powerless outrage at this rebellion 243 years (and counting) later makes bankruptig ourselves to help the transatlantic British do it worthwhile.

See? I like the French.

And I think we should focus on the fact that while the sun now sets on the British Empire, it doesn’t on the French Republic.

You do realize the second half of that statement carries over to y'all now, right?

[Fyraltari]

That is the most American gif I've seen in a while. I approve.

Something like this, maybe?

See? I like the French.

You do realize the second half of that statement carries over to y'all now, right?

Nope. Twelve different timezones, baby!

[Peelee]

Nope. Twelve different timezones, baby!

The other second half to that statement. The sun never sets on the British Empire French Republic because even the universe doesn't trust the British French in the dark.

[Anonymouswizard]

Something like this, maybe?

Yep. Y'all wouldn't exist without us.

See? I like the French.

I like the French when they're on the other side of the Channel or in my bed. Otherwise they're suspicious.

ETA: French Republic, British Empire...

Doesn't this mean we're the one with Thrawn?

[Peelee]

French Republic, British Empire...

Doesn't this mean we're the one with Thrawn?

Sure, but that also means y'all get stymied by a ragtag group, almost half of whom aren't even adults yet.

[Anonymouswizard]

Sure, but that also means y'all get stymied by a ragtag group, almost half of whom aren't even adults yet.

Look, the French single parents are so pretty is it any wonder we don't pay attention to their spawn?