Qwertystop's Unexpected-To-Everyone-Or-At-Least-To-Him Random Banter #210

[Razanir]

I didn't know it actually made you sleep, I just assumed the medicine was augmented for sleep.

Well apparently it's one of the only two forces in the world powerful enough to get me to take a nap. The other is, well, actually having a fever.

[EmeraldRose]

I wonder what happens if I do this...

*pours some decaf into Emmy's mug*

*sniggers*

[Coidzor]

Lies!

How do you manage to suck your beard up your nose while still a child? Some sort of wibbly-wobbly beardy-weirdy stuff?

Well, that's what she said the morning after, but, y'know.

I also didn't know any kids that snored.

[Asta Kask]

I find your lack of herring disturbing:

[Teddy]

I drew a picture of EternalCaffeine swimming in a cup of coffee last night, but then my GIMP decided to crash. It was a sad day.

Shouldn't GIMP be keeping a healthy log of autosaves and temporary files?

If not, that sounds like a great loss for humanity indeed...

[Solse]

Well apparently it's one of the only two forces in the world powerful enough to get me to take a nap. The other is, well, actually having a fever.

For me, car rides/bus rides (but I don't think that the latter is a good idea) do it. It's so soothing. Like a massage chair, only you feel justified in purchasing it.

[FinnLassie]

Shouldn't GIMP be keeping a healthy log of autosaves and temporary files?

If not, that sounds like a great loss for humanity indeed...

It returned a much earlier version of the picture, so I couldn't be bothered doing it all over again. GIMP has done this to me 3-4 times since I started using it in 2008, so, I'm not complaining...

[LaZodiac]

It returned a much earlier version of the picture, so I couldn't be bothered doing it all over again. GIMP has done this to me 3-4 times since I started using it in 2008, so, I'm not complaining...

I'm going to get yelled at for saying this, but if GIMP keeps on giving you these problems you should probably hit it around a few times, show it you're the boss.

[Rawhide]

I'm going to get yelled at for saying this, but if GIMP keeps on giving you these problems you should probably hit it around a few times, show it you're the boss.

If you've ever watched Pulp Fiction, LaZodiac's suggestion takes on whole new levels of wrong.

[LaZodiac]

If you've ever watched Pulp Fiction, LaZodiac's suggestion takes on whole new levels of wrong.

You are the most correct person for bringing up Pulp Fiction at this moment.

[Rain Dragon]

In case any of y'all were wondering: it is, in fact, a very bad idea to try to write a 5-page single-space paper in a single day while sick.

Ouch, noted.
Hope you feel better soon (though I am answering rather late, so perhaps you are already!).

So... I'm writing a story that I hope to get published (NOT the novella i won't shut up about - different one) and have gotten to the point where I need a professional editor.

...

I'm both giddy and incredibly nervous, largely because it's a huge step and I have no idea where to go now ._.

Oh, nice.
Luck be with you!

I know duck tape makes any color and design, including bacon, but I have not seen duct tape companies make fancy tape.

Duct tape companies really need to get on that idea. Fancy duct tape sounds totally worth it.

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Eeee!
Is cute!

Sadly, women also snore. Was most awkward to learn this. I thought it had something to do with men's beards getting sucked up their noses while they're asleep as a kid.

I was shocked to discover that I do not snore.
I must be the only one to not snore in my house and most of these others who live here are indeed women.

How do you manage to suck your beard up your nose while still a child? Some sort of wibbly-wobbly beardy-weirdy stuff?

It's the dwarvish blood in 'im is how 'e had a beard back then, ye see?
So it must' been a whispy little wibbly-wobbly-beardy-weirdy.

[HalfTangible]

Ahhh... nothing quite like the feeling of walking into class and discovering your teacher is holding the final exam a full week in advance with telling any of his students ^_^

...

Oh wait no that's actually terrible WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH YOU, [REDACTED]?!

[Feytalist]

Ahhh... nothing quite like the feeling of walking into class and discovering your teacher is holding the final exam a full week in advance with telling any of his students ^_^

...

Oh wait no that's actually terrible WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH YOU, [REDACTED]?!

Aren't final exam dates usually sort of scheduled months in advance? So that exactly this sort of thing doesn't happen? And so that students can, y'know, prepare?

[DJ Yung Crunk]

Well apparently it's one of the only two forces in the world powerful enough to get me to take a nap. The other is, well, actually having a fever.

Naps are a baffling concept. People say how refreshing it is, but I feel the exact opposite. It's awful, makes me feel groggy and throws me off my sleep schedule. Napping is the worst.

Like Queen and video games it is a phenomenon I will never understand.

[HalfTangible]

Aren't final exam dates usually sort of scheduled months in advance? So that exactly this sort of thing doesn't happen? And so that students can, y'know, prepare?

Yes they are Apparently he never got the frakking memo.

[Asta Kask]

Cat conflict

In my large wardrobe I have three wire baskets, in a frame about a yard high. The highest basket is fitted with a soft blanket; it was originally intended as a place to store bedsheets but soon remade into a cat bed. And both my cats like to sleep there. So today my younger cat, Nisse, wanted to sleep there but there was a problem - Alfons was already there. It was fascinating to watch the two handle this. First Nisse stared for a long time at Alfons, which had no effect whatsoever. Then he approached carefully and climbed up so his head was at the same level as Alfons's. Alfons looked at him calmly with a "I have the high ground Anakin" look on his face and after a while Nisse gave a short chirp and climbed down, then went out to the kitchen for some comfort food. He tried again, but again to no effect.

[Razanir]

I have now learned firsthand why you don't trust WebMD. It suggested a simple cough from mucus leftover from being sick was a heart attack.

[LaZodiac]

I have now learned firsthand why you don't trust WebMD. It suggested a simple cough from mucus leftover from being sick was a heart attack.

Hahaha...yeah. WebMD is like having a friend who knows way too much medical knowledge. Yeah it might be just a flu. Or you could have a benign brain tumor! Either or.

[DJ Yung Crunk]

-vidya-

Holy hera, the dialogue in that scene. At least in Duel of the Fates they kept their traps shut.

[Cuthalion]

Today I'm making parmesan for July and ciabatta for tonight. Should go nicely with salmon bisque.

[DJ Yung Crunk]

Today I'm making parmesan for July and ciabatta for tonight. Should go nicely with salmon bisque.

Who are you, Action Bronson, all of a sudden? I can't even make a pot of spaghetti.

[Cuthalion]

I'm sorry?

[HalfTangible]

Holy hera, the dialogue in that scene. At least in Duel of the Fates they kept their traps shut.

I prefer the Darths and Droids version of that scene.

[DJ Yung Crunk]

I'm sorry?

No. It's too late. You ruined it.

I prefer the Darths and Droids version of that scene.

I don't know what that is, but never in my life have I so intensely disliked something from the title alone.

EDIT: Except possibly the band "The World is a Beautiful Place and I Am No Longer Afraid to Die". Turned out they were excellent, so

[LaZodiac]

Cat conflict

In my large wardrobe I have three wire baskets, in a frame about a yard high. The highest basket is fitted with a soft blanket; it was originally intended as a place to store bedsheets but soon remade into a cat bed. And both my cats like to sleep there. So today my younger cat, Nisse, wanted to sleep there but there was a problem - Alfons was already there. It was fascinating to watch the two handle this. First Nisse stared for a long time at Alfons, which had no effect whatsoever. Then he approached carefully and climbed up so his head was at the same level as Alfons's. Alfons looked at him calmly with a "I have the high ground Anakin" look on his face and after a while Nisse gave a short chirp and climbed down, then went out to the kitchen for some comfort food. He tried again, but again to no effect.

Cat's are ridiculous.

Also I will never, not even once, be able to comprehend how someone could write "Only the Sith deal in absolutes, said the Jedi" and not realize the error that has been made.

[DJ Yung Crunk]

Also I will never, not even once, be able to comprehend how someone could write "Only the Sith deal in absolutes, said the Jedi" and not realize the error that has been made.

Those lines are such small potatoes.

Obi Wan: Emperor Palpatine is evil!
Anakin: From my point of view the Jedi are evil!

There are thousands of ways to communicate this. Tens of thousands. How is it that he chose the most prosaic, undramatic, in-urgent one possible?

[Solse]

Those lines are such small potatoes.

Obi Wan: Emperor Palpatine is evil!
Anakin: From my point of view the Jedi are evil!

There are thousands of ways to communicate this. Tens of thousands. How is it that he chose the most prosaic, undramatic, in-urgent one possible?

I've never watched the prequels, so I never heard those lines. God, now I wish I hadn't. They sound like they were written by a 3rd grader.

[Razanir]

I don't know what that is, but never in my life have I so intensely disliked something from the title alone.

Darths and Droids. It's a webcomic inspired by DM of the Rings, which gives the same treatment to the Star Wars prequels. So imagine a group playing the Star Wars RPG using the actual movies as a plot, except this fictional group has never seen Star Wars.

EDIT: I stand corrected. It appears they're doing ALL SIX.

[HalfTangible]

No. It's too late. You ruined it.



I don't know what that is, but never in my life have I so intensely disliked something from the title alone.

EDIT: Except possibly the band "The World is a Beautiful Place and I Am No Longer Afraid to Die". Turned out they were excellent, so

It's a webcomic that tells the story of the Star Wars trilogy as if it were a DND campaign.

Turns out it explains SO MUCH about so MANY stupid things in the prequels.

Those lines are such small potatoes.

Obi Wan: Emperor Palpatine is evil!
Anakin: From my point of view the Jedi are evil!

There are thousands of ways to communicate this. Tens of thousands. How is it that he chose the most prosaic, undramatic, in-urgent one possible?

How about THESE gems?

Medidroid: She's lost the will to live.

Padme: Anakin, you're breaking my heart!

Or how Anakin went from Paladin to mass murderer of children in 2 scenes?

I've never watched the prequels, so I never heard those lines. God, now I wish I hadn't. They sound like they were written by a 3rd grader.

The prequel does SOME things right (Opera scene, anyone?) but yeah, you don't wanna watch these movies if you're any kind of fan of star wars.

Lucas manages to nail a lot of scenes that have no dialogue, but the problem is that he keeps putting in dialogue

[DJ Yung Crunk]

The prequel does SOME things right (Opera scene, anyone?)

Are you just saying that because Doug Walker said it?

Lucas manages to nail a lot of scenes that have no dialogue, but the problem is that he keeps putting in dialogue

I think people kind of expect dumb dialogue from Star Wars. It's not Woody Allen, it's an opera. It's about big emotions, big gestures, grandeur and majesty. It's difficult to get that wrong, but Lucas pushed it a bit too much.

EDIT:

Anakin: I don't like sand. It's coarse, rough and it gets everywhere. Not like you. You're everything soft and smooth.

Checkmate!