🥚┇off-topic

[lavish tangle]

Short 🫵👁️👄👁️

[rotund gyro]

compared to you? yeah it's like witnessing a colossus from shadow of the colossus

let me climb and end you, i have to revive someone i know

[valid dragon]

El is an amazon

[lavish tangle]

https://tenor.com/view/sotc-gif-24748847

DAMMIT, I finally found some nice looking pants, and they sell a "long" version of it, but only for size 12 and up, I fit size 8

[quiet shale]

ima Audi driver now

[rustic ravine]

Wao mane

A6?

[quiet shale]

a4

Volvo has to many issues, so needed a car while i fix the V70

[atomic epoch]

nice

i have my midterm in 45 minutes 😦

IM SCARED I NEED TO GET 95% IN THIS CLASS

I WANT MY 4.0

IM READING MY FAVORITE FANFICTION TO CALM ME DOWN

its not working 😭

[sharp phoenix]

you'll be fine, good luck

[lavish tangle]

Me_irl

[nocturne tundra]

Why smol

[lavish tangle]

Cause the only other option is this

[nocturne tundra]

screm

[full mauve]

those fucking opossums smh

[quiet shale]

https://tenor.com/view/cute-love-pet-lover-gif-24924793

hedgehogs better

[lavish tangle]

Wrong

[lament musk]

you can put a compressor in that!

or whats that in english, a supercharger?

[cinder wedge]

compressor is english

i am confusion

and sleep deprived

[quiet shale]

supercharger would be to correct word i think

[lament musk]

no, but the term for the thing you put in a car is a supercharger even though it is a marketing word. it is a compressor

@hoary eagle knows best!

[quiet shale]

now i need to know how to behave as an Audi driver, like do i use turn signals?

[lament musk]

no, you arent a bmw driver, they have builtin right of way of course and wouldnt ever need blinker signals! ;)

But of course you cant drive like a Volvo driver anymore, as they say in German, Jedem Rowdy seinen Audi. (every rowdy needs an audi or something)

[quiet shale]

i think im becoming german

[lament musk]

welcome! we have beer! :D

[austere crag]

Of course not lmao

[dusty kernel]

Everyone's good at Embark?

[lament musk]

I believe we are the best of course! :D

[dusty kernel]

what about my gnome hat i requested being added few months back 👀

[valid dragon]

Sheltering from the finals chat, it's crazy out there

[vivid oar]

its a warzone

[valid dragon]

I'd have swung the hammer already tbh, respect for the mod/cm's

[vivid oar]

same, id just have muted 😂

[valid dragon]

Is that a raccoon pfp?

🕵️‍♀️

[lavish tangle]

yeah, little skitzo posting today

I just wanted to draw a prehistoric creature and obsess over my estrogen being weird

[valid dragon]

Oh, you can draw me then, I'm prehistoric

and also on estrogen

win win

[lavish tangle]

nah, ammonite cooler, sorry

I did find some nice pants, but they aren't gonna be my ideal length, but oh well, tired of men's pants

[valid dragon]

Oof 💔

Very understandable

[lavish tangle]

they just make me feel bad

[vivid oar]

YESS

[valid dragon]

Amazing, I love raccoons, but that's probably also because they don't exist here so they can't ravage my trash

[lavish tangle]

this ammonite goes hard, feel free to screenshot

[vivid oar]

i ammonoidea what that is

[sonic siren]

bro fr

[vivid oar]

they suck, but i love them

[valid dragon]

https://tenor.com/view/racoon-cat-gif-10153591

oh my god, look at this choonk

Oh, it's an illusion

[lavish tangle]

this ammonite goes harder, feel free to screenshot

applying filters and stuff to make it easier to draw the ammonite by hand, understanding where to ink and stuff

[lament musk]

So you havent been here during the wars of beta I and II ?

[rotund gyro]

🔑?

[lament musk]

moooods!

[rotund gyro]

[austere crag]

mod type ban yasine being beggar for keys

[rotund gyro]

[valid dragon]

I was too busy playing cb2 to even join the discord :p

[lament musk]

fair

[valid dragon]

And if there's gonna be a cb3, I'll probably do the same, or launch!

[lament musk]

well, on launch there should be less key begging at least. there probably will be anyway for some reason xD

[rotund gyro]

I will personally request one from you Johannes, because you're such a nice person

[lament musk]

haha

I mean, I just know people will find out it released and come here to ask for keys without even checking if they need to ;)

[dusty kernel]

jesus the key begging was literally a tsunami

[soft crystal]

i remember not touching the main chat during either betas

even off topic was full of spammers

we had a beta general chat which served as a shelter from the madness in the first 1-2 days

[dusty kernel]

yeah, it was not very fun time

[soft crystal]

then more and more people found that and it became a regular main chat, at least way less spamners

[dusty kernel]

thankfully those times are over

and key emote is unbanned i think 😂

this emote is literally like a jumpscare for most of he people in here, honestly i think it should be a weapon charm lol

actually, there are many charms that could be made as an inside joke from this server

soon™ charm, key charm, jag getting banned charm...

[soft crystal]

I like the last one

[atomic epoch]

i did terrible on my midterm 😦

got stuck on program 2, spent an hour out of the two hours we have to try and solve it and STILL couldn't

i lost nearly 10% of my total grade

maybe...maybe y'all could release the finals early to cheer me up?

[dusty kernel]

he's trying to bribe the devs

https://tenor.com/view/flabbergasted-cat-flabbergasted-gif-540770107490810074

[normal gyro]

the devs accept granola bars as bribes

[nocturne tundra]

gn eggs

[atomic epoch]

night

its gonna take a week for me to recover from the emotional damage of walking in prepared and walking out defeated

[surreal bone]

just realized you can zoom out discord

ctrl + "-"

everything is so smol lol

[gleaming ether]

that's because you pressed ctrl + "-"

it zooms out of your discord

😃

[gaunt dagger]

[strange drift]

yall tellin me your guys' discord doesn't just look like this all the time??!?!

[lavish tangle]

@valid dragon I figured out the estrogen thing. So the bottles I use apparently have more pressure the more gel is in them, so the bottle I was using wasn't pushing out as much as a full bottle, so I was just receiving less. Big weight off of my shoulders, back to that familiar feeling.

Since it was less, idk, I'll just consider is a hormonal cycle, idk, my pump can do about 42~ days before pushing out less.

Idk why it works like that, but I am glad to figure it out

[sand crown]

spotify can do the same

[gray plank]

A fine addition to my collection

Side note eventually I'm gonna forcefully gift this person an actual drawing tablet thingy

[tropic lance]

Is that swa

[gray plank]

It is Sir Coony, Count Racoo, and Saint Fluffy Butt

[lavish tangle]

I HATE MATH I HATE MATH, WHAT DO YOU MEAN 252x 5ex−448x7ex+42x6ex +49x 8e x−288x 5 +512x 7??

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1009830597067292743/1162610589869297714/calcat.gif?ex=653c907c&is=652a1b7c&hm=5a215bef40aa453d96ed2c6c3b81850c7bf36ea78791faf067ba343439d5ae0d&

[tropic lance]

Woah

[tropic lance]

Calc?

[lavish tangle]

https://tenor.com/view/jlaw-jlaw-gif-21016226

[tropic lance]

ShAZAM GET CALCED

[lavish tangle]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN

[gray plank]

They shall soon be turned into a Bar full of racoons

[tropic lance]

Wait istg I saw that today, someone I know had the exact same question

[tropic lance]

O:

[gray plank]

I shall deliver the finished work when it is complete

[strange drift]

math is not real

[gray plank]

Math is transphobic

Why does 2+2 have to be 4? maybe it wants to be 0

[strange drift]

WHY DON'T MATH SOLVE ITS OWN PROBLEMS

[lavish tangle]

so true

[gray plank]

Lmao that bastard always trying to make other people deal with it's shit

[strange drift]

smh!!!!! I'm too busy listenin to the MGR Soundtrack to do math!!!!1!!!11!!!!!!!!

[tropic lance]

Numbers aren’t genders tho…

[gray plank]

I have a friend who identified as a traffic cone on a government paper.

Anything can be a gender

lmao

[lavish tangle]

mm

[tropic lance]

Does that mean I can accidentally destroy and desecrate their corpse, eat them, and only get fined for destruction of govt. property?!

[gray plank]

Lmao maybe

[tropic lance]

https://tenor.com/view/bear-gif-8385557566563766210

[hoary eagle]

https://tenor.com/view/bear-dance-gif-18914282

[tropic lance]

Not gonna lie

Grizzlies n black bears tied for first place
Brown bears
Pandas
Polar bears
Etc

[lavish tangle]

I just realized my lower dose of E was keeping me from sleeping properly, jeez, gotta be more a bit more observant with the bottles themselves

[hoary eagle]

based

[lavish tangle]

pandas are a fluke and should be extinct, how are they not at the bottom of the list?

[tropic lance]

You could say the same for the average domesticated dog, or literally any chihuahua/pug

[lavish tangle]

at least they have a drive to reproduce

[tropic lance]

Pandas simply won via popularity and media presence

[lavish tangle]

pandas are actively making themselves extinct

[tropic lance]

With literally any couch cushion in the house yeah

[tropic lance]

We wont let them die unfortunately

The reason pandas ain’t last is because polar bears suck

THOSE COCKY BASTARDS

):<

[lavish tangle]

they at least have the power to back it up

if anything is that strong, it has a right to be mean

[tropic lance]

Grizzly > polar bear

[strange drift]

I downloaded ultrakill memes

[tropic lance]

And black bears can climb

[lavish tangle]

I mean, its in like the top 5 at least for proportionally strongest mammals, though grizzlies prolly aren't far behind

or brown

[tropic lance]

Grizzlies above

[strange drift]

bears are cool

[lavish tangle]

I'm so eepy

[strange drift]

then sleep

[tropic lance]

Eep.

[lavish tangle]

yeah, you are probably right

got my calc work done, up to the 27th, so I'm good for now

[strange drift]

math

get rid of it

[lavish tangle]

please

[tropic lance]

Hehehe calc

It’s awful

[lavish tangle]

truly

I just need a 2.0

I just need a 2.0

housing and financial aid

thats all i need for that

got like a 75% rn

[sand crown]

adobe

[hoary eagle]

Feeling more and more like malware, from a company that runs a mafia-like business

[sand crown]

i can't work bcuz of mafia now kekw

[nocturne tundra]

You don't become one of the most valuable companies by being nice 🤝

[hoary eagle]

True, but can still be sad that their business clearly has shifted to the worse

[nocturne tundra]

yeah, SaaS is so fucking annoying

Just let me buy shit once and then call it a day

It's good that Mercedes and BMW always get a slap when they try to lock features behind subscriptions

Imagine buying a car for 60k and you still gotta pay extra

[hoary eagle]

forgot to pay my sub this month so can't use the heated seats in my car we're well and truly entering some sort of dystopic future lol

[nocturne tundra]

You will own nothing and you will enjoy it 😎

[hoary eagle]

realest thing said all week

[nocturne tundra]

idk why people buy Peloton stuff

It's like 3k for a static bike and you have to pay for a subscription to actually be able to use it

[hoary eagle]

is that still a thing? thought it went under lol

[nocturne tundra]

No they are doing great afaik

[hoary eagle]

dang. people love that streamed workout experience

[nocturne tundra]

nvm

They had their covid high

[hoary eagle]

yeah not great 😅 but still a thing

I keep getting ads for a subscription model Volvo thingy. Like pay per month but don't own the car.. I understand the ease of it and cars are not a moneymaker in any way but still wild to have a sub to a car in my mind. Like miss a payment and they turn it off while I drive it?

[rotund gyro]

Please tell me you’re joking

Please bear, please

[nocturne tundra]

Yeah leasing is wild

[hoary eagle]

yeah no BMW did that move

[nocturne tundra]

Idk what's the difference between lease and sub tbh

[rotund gyro]

[hoary eagle]

leasing is at least a fixed term and you get the option to buy the car after your contract is up.. but a sub is like. nothing.

[rotund gyro]

I’m never getting a modern car

Give me that 90s golf with the shittiest subwoofers to exist

[hoary eagle]

that's how we roll but 90's SAAB ofc

[rotund gyro]

Oooooo

[nocturne tundra]

Mercedes locked like 20km/h top speed behind a sub

[rotund gyro]

…

When I get my license I’m looking at blocket immediately. Gonna find me someone at 60 years of age who is selling their car

[nocturne tundra]

Bruh someone pulled up to work with a BMW 7

[hoary eagle]

the dream ngl

[rotund gyro]

Hahaha

Gotta learn manual though

Because no way would the cars be automatic

[hoary eagle]

Had a 90's automatic, sadly those old drivetrains are usually only 3-speed so not exactly the most fuel efficient

[rotund gyro]

LOL

[rustic ravine]

One suggestion

90s micras are fire

They’re dirt cheap, easy to work on and can look cool af

Can’t tell me this doesn’t go hard af

[rotund gyro]

That does go hard

Would love it in shiny black color

[rustic ravine]

like a regular metallic black?

this is matte black but they go hard too

[nocturne tundra]

Matte colours on cars look so much nicer than metallic

especially black

[rotund gyro]

Yeah metallic

[rustic ravine]

Yeah but they’re much harder to maintain

Damage on matte paint is very expensive and you have to handwash it

[nocturne tundra]

Have a child and let them hand wash it

[austere crag]

i ran out of black ink so now im girlmaxxing

[nocturne tundra]

slay

[ornate maple]

Cafecito!

[nocturne tundra]

Povich out here flexing his richness every day

[rustic ravine]

Beautiful cafecitos as always

[trim wind]

You don’t even know if I pay for this

Maybe I flirt my way to get a free cup of coffee

[rotund gyro]

That pain au chocolat

🤤

[gleaming ether]

pain and chocolate

(they call me language expert)

[soft crystal]

pain and torture (I had nightmares)

pain is bread right?

[rotund gyro]

Yeee

Bread with chocolate

[ornate maple]

chocolatine*

[rotund gyro]

Is only said like that in southern France though

[strange drift]

i want to get a tictactoe tattoo and have it be slightly wrong to piss people off

[nocturne tundra]

[ornate maple]

How would you make it wrong?

[ornate maple]

Not unless you want to make French people mad on purpose

[strange drift]

i'd make x have the wrong number of marks, so it'd look it went like three times row (and still lose)

[ornate maple]

Yes, they get very mad when you say chocolatine

[ornate maple]

Amazing

[lament musk]

my mother has an absolutely pristine 89 audi 100 with 3 gear automatic. it looks like it rolled from the factory yesterday :D

[rotund gyro]

But why

Literally says that it's how southern France citizens say it

[ornate maple]

It's caused a cultural war haha

[rotund gyro]

Oh

[rotund gyro]

Getting spooky in the office

[ornate maple]

Woah!!

So fun

[strange drift]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[nocturne tundra]

very spoopy

also, it's cheaper to buy a real hazmat suit than to get a costume

[rotund gyro]

There’s a clown that greets you after stepping inside the first door (there are 2) and it made me jump

I’ll take a pic of it as well

[nocturne tundra]

🤝

[ivory cloak]

y no candy in bucket

[rotund gyro]

Not yet

[ivory cloak]

smh

[rotund gyro]

This Thursday when the costume contest is going

[ivory cloak]

I'm ready for the kids

[ivory cloak]

My sister is gonna do a zombie ghost cosplay.

[ornate maple]

Remember to include a potato

[ivory cloak]

Her whole cosplay is top notch. She even did practical makeup for the dead skin

[ivory cloak]

Tru tru

[rotund gyro]

YO LETS GO

[strange drift]

I wish I could do a costume this Halloween, can't afford one and can't find a good one to wear in a wheelchair, I am gonna be scaring kids using my keyboards organ setting tho

[ornate maple]

Buy cheap white sheet, cut holes, you're a ghost 👀

[strange drift]

Ghost on wheels

[ornate maple]

Yis

[strange drift]

Gonna drift into the ankles of all the living

[ornate maple]

Skeletons can also be relatively easy to do, depending what stores you have nearby - I've seen skeleton gloves, skeleton pants/socks, skeleton sweaters...

Also, vampires are relatively low-cost as well

I've seen people dress up their wheelchairs for some crazy cool costumes, but that requires some work 😄

[strange drift]

Idea: skeleton but the leg bones are just missing

Another idea: I sit on the porch of my house and play horror music to scare kids

[ornate maple]

Look, you imply ghost on wheels is odd, but consider that a ghost on legs is also kind of unrealistic

They tend to float

Haunting your porch sounds like a fun idea too

[strange drift]

Ghost in wheels aren't odd, they're epic, they can drift into people's ankles!!!

[rotund gyro]

the haunting of hill house has entered the chat

[strange drift]

on*

[ornate maple]

I once did a skeleton costume and painted the torso bones on a cheap tank top - an option if you have clothing paint or can do bleach (gotta be super careful with bleach though obviously)

[ornate maple]

True yes

[strange drift]

I think skeleton without the leg bones would just be funny

[ornate maple]

It would be funnier if you got prop bones and like, attached them somewhere they shouldn't be

That makes me think also.... Skeleton costume, but multiple pairs of arms

[strange drift]

Attach them to the keyboard lmfao

[strange drift]

That'd be fun

"Yeah the necromancer messed up their spell, my leg bones turned into arms."

[ornate maple]

Even MORE cafecito?

[strange drift]

Foof

[ornate maple]

Foof

[trim wind]

We are at a zoo

Bird, bird and a capybara

[strange drift]

nate in the wild

[ornate maple]

CAPYBARAAAAAA

where's the zoo? amsterdam?

[gleaming ether]

just checked the runtime of my old HDD I'm still using

66518 hours

[rotund gyro]

The clown that greets me when I step into the office

[strange drift]

I would've screamed

[rotund gyro]

It definitely made some people jump

[cinder wedge]

how many years is that

[ivory cloak]

Today is wednesday

[rotund gyro]

Bro made me doubt what day it is

[ivory cloak]

Lmaooooo

[hollow elk]

What's everyone doing for Halloween?

[ivory cloak]

Sleep

[austere crag]

i will attempt pumpkin spice stuff

first, i gotta buy a pumpkin

[rotund gyro]

I’m imagining a duck carrying a pumpkin

Mental image is making me laugh

[austere crag]

i'll try my hand wing at that later HUEHEUHEUHE

[soft crystal]

https://tenor.com/view/wooper-wednesday-wooper-wednesday-pokemon-gif-21444101

[austere crag]

https://tenor.com/view/chewsday-gif-27241927

[ornate maple]

I put up a giant spider on my window and it keeps spooking me when I walk into the kitchen LOL

[rotund gyro]

LMAO

[cinder wedge]

friendly fire

[ornate maple]

I also live across a school so I hope I'm not traumatizing children

[cinder wedge]

it's a horror themed holliday
it comes with the holliday 😂

[austere crag]

hopefully you are we need some trauma growing up

[ornate maple]

MOMO

[austere crag]

what

is real tho

we need to be frustrated and traumatized

[rotund gyro]

...momo?

[austere crag]

ofc, not like, BAD TRAUMA

[rotund gyro]

MOMO?!?!?!?!?

[austere crag]

but some stuff, like not getting what you want every time

[ivory cloak]

LMAOOOO

[rotund gyro]

sure but, scaring the everliving shit out of them by using a giant ass spider ain't the same

[austere crag]

thats harmless HUEHEUHE

if they have good parents that is

[ornate maple]

Okay to be fair it's like inside my window so it's not that visible (probably)

[full mauve]

no momo, we really don't

[rotund gyro]

nate has it scared your vvoid cat yet

[austere crag]

cuz the parents will then explain to the child and all that, the spider isnt real, or its real, but they can fight it

[nocturne tundra]

Do y'all have Halloween costumes yet?

[austere crag]

its more of a test to parents than to kids

[rotund gyro]

im actually dying from these sentences coming from you

[ornate maple]

"they can fight it"

[full mauve]

best way to resolve any situation

[ivory cloak]

Then they'll have to explain that nate is real and you can't escape him

[ornate maple]

She actually didn't care, the only non-creature she's ever been scared of is a cat shaped wall decal

[austere crag]

ye, be creative

[ornate maple]

You can literally log off to escape me

[full mauve]

lies

[ivory cloak]

But those kids can't

[rotund gyro]

speaking of, 12 minutes left

11 minutes left

[full mauve]

your birb friends tell you where we are

[ivory cloak]

Almost sleep time

[rotund gyro]

jimmy didn't you already go to sleep?

[coarse sleet]

let him sleep more than once yasine

[ivory cloak]

I was going to but I remembered I get a late start tomorrow so I don't have to be at work until 9

[coarse sleet]

jeez man

[ivory cloak]

[austere crag]

did you do bank stuff?

[ivory cloak]

Nah I got too lazy

Tomorrow for sure

Since I'm off

[austere crag]

fair HEUHEUEHUHE

banks do get the lazy treatment from me

if i cant do it from the app, then im ded

[ivory cloak]

I need to make a deposit cause I hate CASH

literally why would anyone want to hold dirty money in their wallet

gross

[austere crag]

i mean, it's always good to have SOME money in wallet

just some, not a lot

[rotund gyro]

no, be quiet you

[ivory cloak]

Fair but I do not follow that rule

[rotund gyro]

adults are talking

[ornate maple]

Why are u counting down.. Are you in my walls

[rotund gyro]

7 minutes left

[ivory cloak]

The walls are screaming

[rotund gyro]

you will love the nordic. over 90% of all purchases are cash free

[ivory cloak]

Nice just have to avoid the 10%

[rotund gyro]

those are usually stores out in the country-side where internet is bad

you'll be fine

[ivory cloak]

New Orleans in the states literally penalizes you for using a card

[coarse sleet]

weird old man yasine

[ivory cloak]

Like they want you to use cash for everything there

[rotund gyro]

i swear the US is so backwards the more I get informed about it

like, look at Jag for example

[ivory cloak]

It's so dumb

[rotund gyro]

what a specimen

[ivory cloak]

Fun fact my initials are Jag

[rotund gyro]

I'm convinced Jag is an escaped Area 51 experiment

[ivory cloak]

He is a clone of a gremlin

[hollow elk]

Jag are you a lizard person?

[coarse sleet]

no

[nocturne tundra]

That's what a lizard person would say

[gleaming ether]

7.6 years

[cinder wedge]

jesus

[gleaming ether]

exactly

[atomic epoch]

arcae

arcane* i kinda wanna rewatch the show

[lavish tangle]

average intel consumer

[nocturne tundra]

Damn u rich?

[nocturne tundra]

Ah the mouse guy

[normal gyro]

opinions on the dav3 pro it’s on sale (specifically coating)

[austere crag]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_urFw6hWdQ

funni video

[valid dragon]

https://tenor.com/view/this-is-fine-gif-24177057

[normal gyro]

I have the superlight the coating is fucking ass so that’s good news, im getting the black one tomorrow thanks

it’s not available here unfortunately

dav3 pro black for 89$

[austere crag]

the two hypothesis for zebra stripes:

1. the different colors in their coat helps them maintain cooler temperatures
2. the different colors also confused deadly mosquitoes from bitting them

[normal gyro]

I don’t mind anything as long as it doesn’t turn shiny in a month

[lament musk]

hrm, I think I'm gonna get me a 7950X3D. neeeeed more cores

7975WX looks tasty as well though 🤔

ah lol, 3899usd for the cpu xD maybe not

[normal gyro]

bro casually thinking about a threadripper

[lament musk]

have you tried compiling unreal? :D

[normal gyro]

@austere crag

[normal gyro]

wont an i9 14k do the job

[lament musk]

yeah, that would be feasible, the e cores are pretty fast actually. but i like that i can reuse my motherboard and get at least one new cpu later, afaik intel still does the every version gets 2 pins more and is thus incompatible

the 13900k were surprisingly good at compiling stuff otherwise, absolutely!

[austere crag]

Johannes! How's your day been?

[lament musk]

busy as usual! we are cooking after all!

(i mean dinner of course)

[austere crag]

(of course)

[nocturne tundra]

(Show dinner)

[lament musk]

(shows belly)

[lament musk]

how has your day been, have they been unruly here and need a stern talking to

[austere crag]

They've been good

They crave THE FINALS tho

[strange basalt]

Oh I hate

[rotund gyro]

it's going to scare me tomorrow when im tired from the morning haha

[nocturne tundra]

(ew)

[lament musk]

(you asked)

[lament musk]

back to the chill place :D

difficult to buy computers at this time, stuff is outrageously expensive really

[trim wind]

Noooo Arnhem (Burgers Zoo)

Amsterdam’s zoo, with all due respect.. is a City Zoo

All of that zoo could fit in just the Safari part of this one

This is probably 5x bigger

I tried to take as little pictures of the whole thing so it wouldn’t be spoiled as a total

I think there is only one picture of a small biome

[lament musk]

no wolves? 😢

[trim wind]

We have wolves in the wild haha

They only try to add animals that are endangered and need conservation

They are/were also leading Coral growers so all the coral is real in their tanks

I think they also sent coral back to places where the reef needed recovering

[lament musk]

hrm, ill allow it!

[trim wind]

Haha good

we have plenty wolves going around I promise you

[lament musk]

ill have you know that most of my internet nicks since the 90s have a variation of wolf in it :D

[nocturne tundra]

gn eggs

[gusty hinge]

[nocturne tundra]

thank

[strange drift]

whats up yolks

[lament musk]

everything with legs!

[strange drift]

makes sense

[lament musk]

i am listening to music with bad puns so i got inspired, i apologize

in other news, did you know that the daughter of kurt cobain and tony hawk are getting married!

[high obsidian]

Now thats a wedding i'd go to

[atomic epoch]

finished CS Lab

so tired of having to use main sometimes 😦

just let me create and run my method without having to call it in main

[rotund gyro]

Absolutely not

Don't speak of that heresy please

[echo torrent]

Python user💀

[nocturne tundra]

gm eggs

[atomic epoch]

java, actually

[echo torrent]

oh what

well fair

public static void main(String[] args) is some f tier boilerplate lol

[rotund gyro]

Which is why you let the IDE do it for you 🙂

[echo torrent]

exactly

well some weird websites and stuff make u do it manually

[rotund gyro]

I mean, rule of thumb is to never paste code from sources if you don’t know what it does

Which is why most tutorials are bad because they don’t explain

[timber topaz]

Any PC builder here? Especially those who clean thermal paste

[nocturne tundra]

Did u spill thermal paste all over yourself

just get some alcohol wipes and kitchen paper towels

[timber topaz]

No, just want to know how do I remove it without alcohol

Or can I just use hand sanitizer?

[nocturne tundra]

Kitchen paper towels

[nocturne tundra]

Depends on the hand sanitizer

[timber topaz]

More the alcohol % the better?

[strange drift]

I ate thermal paste

[timber topaz]

In hand sanitizer I mean

[strange drift]

and hand sanitizer

[timber topaz]

Lol

[strange drift]

once

pretty sour

[timber topaz]

You lived?

[strange drift]

which one are you suprised about

[timber topaz]

Thermal paste

[strange drift]

i'm typing aren't i

[timber topaz]

Idk you could be ded

You are ghost

[strange drift]

ooooOOOooOooOoOOOOOOoooooo this game is so gooooood that I'm a ghost waiting for it patcientlyyyyy OoOOOOOooooOOoo

[timber topaz]

Yup

[nocturne tundra]

Yes and no additives

[nocturne tundra]

Spooky

[strange drift]

it was worth it that thermal paste was TASTEY

[timber topaz]

Lol

[nocturne tundra]

bruh

[timber topaz]

Ok

Oh btw I am using it to clean the laptop CPU and GPU

I don't think there is much difference in cleaning PC or laptop except keeping the liquid on the chipsets

Like being more careful and not spilling the sanitizer elsewhere on laptop

[nocturne tundra]

Make sure to reapply thermal paste properly because it's right on the die in laptops

btw how high is the isopropyl alcohol %

[dusty kernel]

i am pretty sure thermal paste aint edible

[strange drift]

everything is edible if you try hard enough

I've eaten a hat

and those are also not edible

[timber topaz]

You mean in the sanitizer or in actual isopropyl alcohol?

[strange drift]

also hand sanitizer

also not edible

[dusty kernel]

seek medical attention, now

[strange drift]

can't afford it

i'm good

[timber topaz]

Have you tried plutonium 239?

[strange drift]

not yet but im getting to it

[timber topaz]

Ok lol

[strange drift]

orang

[timber topaz]

Yes

[nocturne tundra]

Sanitizer

[timber topaz]

I think 70

[nocturne tundra]

good

Will take a bit longer to dry than 80/90%

[sonic siren]

I got some cool lookin AI art the prompts I used was death made out of crystals, 2D, Digital art

[ornate maple]

Very nice primordial pouch on this car

[normal gyro]

you mean hes fat?

yea i agree

[ornate maple]

That is a very slim cat

I'd wager a female too because it's a bit slight

[austere crag]

that thingy is the pouch

it protects the kitty in case of fight and stuffs

[normal gyro]

it also acts like a kangaroo

[austere crag]

exactly

[normal gyro]

yea so can you get in one of those momo

[austere crag]

only if kitty allows me

otherwise it's invading

[strange drift]

they use it to store little trinkets

[crude hedge]

what about pebbles

[strange drift]

I eat pebbles

[nocturne tundra]

Cute

[austere crag]

pebbles are an otter thing

[stray pelican]

Is the finals still planned to release before 2024

[hoary eagle]

Still set for 2023

[stray pelican]

LETS FUCKING GO

I would skip my mother funeral for this

[full mauve]

i'd highly advise against that

[weary ivy]

LETS GO

dreamt of this moment

[meager horizon]

Can’t wait to get dm’d like crazy for keys 😔

[austere crag]

i want one instantly

[weary ivy]

it's open beta so nobody with average intelligence would do that

[austere crag]

Like RN RN

[real canyon]

HYPEE

[meager horizon]

https://tenor.com/view/desolate-empty-emptyemoji-emoji-emote-gif-22555455

[austere crag]

yea but i want play now hahaha

[weary ivy]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1121900914719064147/1140449187352297512/dancing_yellow_thing.gif

this is like xmas

[lament musk]

oh, did I miss something?

[full mauve]

good question

[full mauve]

might want to check #game-announcements yk

[lament musk]

oooh i see!

[full mauve]

ikr pretty awesome

you guys have cooked very well

[brave hill]

fucking finally

[full mauve]

love you guys

[weary ivy]

love embark train

[full mauve]

rn

we love you Embark

[weary ivy]

embark is the best

[valid dragon]

Embark <3

The trailer was HYPE

[fickle shoal]

It’s chaos here too?

[lament musk]

we told you it would be but well! :D

[pale berry]

bro didnt even know thats his game is online

[faint hill]

i finally get to play it again

[dusty kernel]

main chat is hell

[faint hill]

god is real

[pale berry]

do u guys have Seen the New Map ?

[full mauve]

fr

[pale berry]

knew wepon also

2/3

[winged citrus]

I particiapted in the previous beta but now the game disappeared from the games list on steam. Will it appear again tomorrow? :c

[timber plover]

LET'S FUCKING GOOO NEW BETA

[pale berry]

its open beat everybody Can download it from steam

[faint hill]

do we get like rewards for participating in the betas?

[pale berry]

[quiet shale]

ah, off-topic my beloved

[pale berry]

maybe the daimon ak

[faint hill]

i went crazy hamburger mode on the closed beta fr

[full mauve]

@hoary eagle have you upgraded your laptop to prepare lmao

[winged citrus]

ah, I'm a dum dum. thanks for the info

[quiet shale]

sumberged in cooling liquid

[nocturne tundra]

i swear embark knows when im on vacation and thats when they start the beta

[hoary eagle]

mild panic

[lament musk]

the poor guy that just boarded the plane back to germany from japan earlier, he will be mildly confused when he lands :D

[full mauve]

quick everyone pour money into Bear's account so we can stop The Finals from crashing

[full mauve]

oh no haha hes gonna be so annoyed he just missed out

[dusty kernel]

I wanna kiss everyone a Embark for the work they've put into this game
this shit looks mad fire, my heartrate jumped so much rn

[pale berry]

so the open beta open tomorow but we dont know the exact hour

[pale berry]

all of us bro

[timber plover]

I literally just got tomorrow off I'm so hyped

[dusty kernel]

https://tenor.com/view/looney-tunes-elmer-bugs-bunny-bugs-kiss-gif-16789936

[pale berry]

tomorow everybody here is gona wait in front of there screen for the all day

[dusty kernel]

this will be me tommorow refreshing steam library every 5 seconds

[full mauve]

this can finally stop sitting around yay

[spark grotto]

waited so long for this

[dusty kernel]

you will need to reinstall tho lol

[spark grotto]

happy boyo

[valid dragon]

@rotund gyro Getting that screen just in time huh, guess my guts was telling me something!

[rotund gyro]

hahahaha let's gooooo!

[full mauve]

yasineeeee

[valid dragon]

(though it's also delayed to tomorrow, because it didnt fit in the package machine )

big day tomorrow

[dusty kernel]

tommorow is the day when my sleep schedule will go fuck itself

[rotund gyro]

RETROOOOOOOO

[dusty kernel]

and so my plans to be in any way productive

[valid dragon]

I have two relatively short shifts, thank the lords, though I'm even tempted to just call in sick on friday 🤣

[icy flare]

a

[full mauve]

YASINEEEEE

[hidden pasture]

Hey GnomeK, Yasine and Retro

[icy flare]

do anyone have the list of when the other beta get released? i mean the exact time like 5pm german time

[full mauve]

hiii Magica

[rotund gyro]

OPEN BETA MY FRIENDS

[full mauve]

IKR

[hidden pasture]

We know it, thanks to the id:customize Game Updates role

[normal gyro]

this is the new main chat now

[hidden pasture]

Hello ozzi

[rotund gyro]

this is my shelter

[normal gyro]

Henlo magica no more WTF i see

[hidden pasture]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1009830578545246213/1139499975097720843/ezgif.com-video-to-gif_1.gif

[rotund gyro]

also I won't be able to play this week except for tomorrow

[valid dragon]

DAmn bro :(

[hidden pasture]

What do you guys think about the new map?

[full mauve]

looks rly cool

[normal gyro]

it seems amazing

[valid dragon]

Looks neat, and reads as if it will shift during play

[compact mortar]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FUCK YAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ITS HAPPENING GUYS NOT A DRILL WOOOOOOOOOOO

[rotund gyro]

looks sick, we're finally getting an arena type map

[normal gyro]

ikr

[hidden pasture]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1009830578545246213/1139605234231029880/ezgif.com-video-to-gif_2.gif

[full mauve]

@proud summit light sniper team gonna go into action?? 👀

[round junco]

ITS REAL :O

[full mauve]

yes it is 👀

[round junco]

i don't get excited about games releasing or betas dropping anymore but i've been waiting for this one for months now lmaoo

[hollow elk]

It looks stellar. I look forward to coining you all!

[spice totem]

FINALLLYYYY A NEW BETAAAA YESSSS!!!! I LOVE YOU EMBARK
can't wait for the 2023 release!!!

[pale cobalt]

Good afternoon, when does the beta for PC start? Will we receive any access via email? And this server... is it just for the game or the official one from the company?

[valid dragon]

Official Embark server, and there's no time or eta for the start tomorrow.

acces is through steam

[cinder wedge]

or ps5 and xbox s/x

[hidden pasture]

#1166389193660969010

[languid blaze]

What's the timer in here like

[cinder wedge]

5 secs

certainly the channel of choice for grinding server xp

[wheat wing]

New Finals beta lesgooooooo

[proud thorn]

off topegg

[rotund gyro]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1092850571943354409/1166814125196857355/checkfaq.gif?ex=654bdb55&is=65396655&hm=dba2251b1fb1d82f8474ebd6d140045c77da19f48f703c89818082163d724d70&

don't forget to 👆

[tropic lance]

1 min cooldown here as well?

[marble idol]

Sick whip, did you spot it?

[proud thorn]

what

[marble idol]

The Chiron in your pfp

[proud thorn]

ah

I spotted 2 even

there's also a blue one I saw

[marble idol]

Nice! Rare spot, for the wild.

[gray plank]

AHAHAHA I CAN USE THIS TO POST IMAGES IN NORMAL CHAT

ALSO I would love for those robes to be something similar in the finals

[cobalt elk]

i I applied for access during the first beta, so I wonder if I'll get access tomorrow 😄 otherwise, how will I know if it's there? email or will it show up on steam? Thanks

[valid dragon]

#1166389193660969010

[cobalt elk]

ty

[pulsar glade]

Thank you egg devs the SOON(tm) is OVER

[gleaming ether]

everyone will get in

I like how this channel is off-topic #🥚┇off-topic

again

[neat quiver]

Chaos consumed the general chat once again

The rumors in china were right

[sweet hollow]

@violet horizon new minecraft bat https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1166607793277636719/1166845783925084210/image.png?ex=654bf8d1&is=653983d1&hm=ab3b450668e154cffcb8a3ea9888e43e9c32cb4f2b329caebdb1d5c97ef91a28&

[violet horizon]

look so like me but blocky

[neat quiver]

Square kunai

[pale berry]

wtf is this peace of shit

[sweet hollow]

WTF thats so rude

[rotund gyro]

Yeah don't call Kunai that, wtf

[pale berry]

bro you cabt say its better than the old one

[sweet hollow]

i like it a lot more tbh

the big ears are funny and it fits the new style of mobs

also the old bat model has a really long rectangle body that looks weird

[pale berry]

hm

i dont know

im an og so ...

https://tenor.com/view/dani-shut-shut-shut-shut-shut-shut-shut-shut-shut-shut-gif-19941033

😐

[rustic ravine]

https://tenor.com/view/the-finals-the-finals-game-playtest-gif-27676996

[pale berry]

WTF

[neat quiver]

https://tenor.com/view/epic-embed-fail-ryan-gosling-cereal-embed-failure-laugh-at-this-user-gif-20627924

[pale berry]

Wating for The Finals

[pale berry]

NAAAAAAAAA

[neat quiver]

Suffer as we all have, with a lack of reaction gifs

[pale berry]

https://media.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExaDg0MXFuODdmYzlhYXcyNHdzZmF4eWZqMjB5eTQwdzEzM2VuMmE5cCZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/3EjJteNHuCVfnU5HIb/giphy.gif

AHHH WHY

[orchid obsidian]

not trying to spark a big discussion about inputs- but please- Embark- do everything you can to prevent this sort of thing exisitng in the finals https://twitter.com/treereeeee/status/1716979611001581596?s=46&t=euozp-UOjOFcZ5FHwmllWg

the config-ening

[severe maple]

I ALSO STILL HAVE THAT LMAO

altho mine is called btc miner.exe since it was lagging so much haha

[haughty moat]

Man I can't even play this beta because the game isn't on my steam library 😦

[severe maple]

steam://rungameid/2076040

u can force download it altho it doesnt really do much

[haughty moat]

Ayo what.

Thanks bro

[severe maple]

yw but like i said it does nothing tbh XD

[haughty moat]

Damn

[rustic ravine]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1001986790837727302/1111134949265920040/76577BF8-13B2-46F2-9510-56836F56F929.gif

[severe maple]

since its "removed from your library" :>

[haughty moat]

It is.

[severe maple]

ye

i just never removed it XD

how long do you have to chat to becoem a "rising star"

[jaunty blade]

Good afternoon quick question where do i apply to the beta test for tomorrow, im a PC user, Streamer and interested to upload content from the game.

[severe maple]

its an open beta

[neat quiver]

I warned you

[severe maple]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2073850/THE_FINALS/

[jaunty blade]

Got ya not closed beta

[haughty moat]

I did a factory reset.

[severe maple]

nop :D

[torn hound]

Open open

[haughty moat]

And poof it was gone

[severe maple]

skill issue XD

[torn hound]

Im so hyped

[haughty moat]

😦

[severe maple]

same

[torn hound]

I can not express myself

[haughty moat]

I was able to get diamond hammer last season to!

[torn hound]

Anyway boys, what is ur favourite color?

[haughty moat]

Do you reckon I should open a ticket or something?

[severe maple]

purple

[haughty moat]

Blue

[torn hound]

Nice one

[torn hound]

Same broooo

[severe maple]

my nails are purple rn

[torn hound]

Awesome

[severe maple]

ticket?

[haughty moat]

Send something to the mods to get it back on my library.

You message the eggmail.

And then mods get back to you in a couple business days.

[torn hound]

The Game is gone in ur Steam library?

[severe maple]

same because the app was "revoked"

its normal dw :D

[torn hound]

Okay nice 🙂

[torn hound]

Did you play much during the betas?

[severe maple]

YES

[pale berry]

how many hour ?

[severe maple]

idk tbh

[pale berry]

50 for me 20h first beta / 30 second one

[severe maple]

i got alot of clips ik

[pale berry]

go on steam xD

[severe maple]

the app was revoked i cant see hun

[sweet hollow]

tomorrow is like waking up on christmas morning

[pale berry]

awwww shit

[torn hound]

Ye 😂

[sweet hollow]

my ass will NOT be able to sleep

[torn hound]

Big

I think I had like 30-40 🪹

[pale berry]

ngl if i need to wait 3h in front of my screen lonking at the game anoucmen channel im gonna do it

[severe maple]

same!! i ahve to do a powerpoint tho

[pale berry]

where gonna do a sleepless night Xd

[torn hound]

For college?

[severe maple]

no for VUMC

my docta :D

[torn hound]

Big

[severe maple]

ye :D

[torn hound]

Im on me Bachelor thesis rn

[neat quiver]

Was that not your plan already? Im gonna get tons of sleep so i can be awake for 48 hours

[torn hound]

Long way to go 😂

[pale berry]

4am im gonna sleep u know

[neat quiver]

Im sleepin now so i can be awake for the finals

[severe maple]

OMG I THINK I STILL AHVE CHOCI MILK!!

[torn hound]

48h 😂 bro I would fall apart

[severe maple]

amma make that shiz rn!

[neat quiver]

My max sofar is 53

[torn hound]

🍫☕️

[torn hound]

Insane

[neat quiver]

I was by the end of it

[severe maple]

yummy

[pale berry]

guys what do u think about the 16 permanent reward batlle pass

[neat quiver]

I havent seen the rewards

[torn hound]

16? 😮

[torn hound]

Same I would like to see it

[severe maple]

i think i have em all

[pale berry]

its gonna be a free batlle pass for everybodo with 16 permanent reward

[strange drift]

we're gonna breakdance

[severe maple]

like from qb2

[neat quiver]

Sweeet

[torn hound]

Ah so they are not new?

[neat quiver]

They are i think

[torn hound]

Got the cb2 stuff aswell

[neat quiver]

If im translating correctly, new bp with 16 perma gifts

[pale berry]

and there is also the ranked reward i think

[neat quiver]

Always has been

[severe maple]

ohhh nice

[pale berry]

yup there is some permanent ranked reward, maybe the daimond AK AHAHHHA

[torn hound]

In in love with the Yellow AKM

What is ur favourite class guys? heavy, medium or..?

[pale berry]

light / medium

[severe maple]

i love the shotgun (model 1887)

[torn hound]

😮

[severe maple]

me and my friends would always go medium medium light

2 healers and 1 flanker :D

[torn hound]

I like medium aswell

[severe maple]

i love medium!

[pale berry]

they said there is only one permanent reward for ranked and its for the daimond one so its 100% the ak

MB THERE IS ONE FOR EVERY RANK I DONT KNOW HOW TO READ OMG

[strange drift]

apple fritter

[torn hound]

I think there is one for every rank of

[severe maple]

i need Embark Studios to colab with ikea so i can have blahaj (in game)XD

[torn hound]

For each

[pale berry]

yup

im stupid

[torn hound]

All guy friend

So u guys think it’s the Diamond AKM?

[pale berry]

its obvious

they show it in a trailer

[severe maple]

no its going to be a diamond riot shield

[torn hound]

Ohhh

[pale berry]

...

[coarse sleet]

yes

actually based i agree

[pale berry]

NAAAA

[severe maple]

HAHA

[pale berry]

stop this, do RIOT SHILED

[empty sun]

Oh my god!

[severe maple]

#buff-riotshield

[empty sun]

New finals beta!

I'm so excited!

[severe maple]

hell ye!!!

[nocturne tundra]

yall this is offtopic chat, dont talk about the finals here

[torn hound]

Protect yourself

[torn hound]

👍🏻👍🏻

[strange drift]

how to cook apple fritter

step one

[torn hound]

Apple fritter?

[severe maple]

i use a riotshield for home defense since i cant buy guns here

3 intruders enter my home i tackle teh 1st guy like on american footbal ect.

[coarse sleet]

this is based

[strange drift]

https://tenor.com/view/baking-anime-baki-anime-fight-apple-fritter-gif-19725297

[torn hound]

Standards

[severe maple]

XD

[torn hound]

🍚

[coarse sleet]

why do you haunt me

[torn hound]

Because it’s spooky season😂😂😂😂

Hahaha u got the joke?

[coarse sleet]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-sad-cry-gif-24016801

[carmine vigil]

W

[torn hound]

👻

[severe maple]

👻

[neat quiver]

Jag had been defeated

[coarse sleet]

no

[torn hound]

We love him

[coarse sleet]

[coarse sleet]

ahaha

[nocturne tundra]

Gottem

[torn hound]

Evil 💀

[severe maple]

[strange drift]

https://tenor.com/view/eggmansuperiority-superior-eggman-lythero-gif-26952516

[coarse sleet]

[severe maple]

did u not join QB2?

[torn hound]

😂

[severe maple]

or are u on console?

it was invite codes only

sadge

nope

[torn hound]

Ohhh

Nobody knows

[coarse sleet]

[severe maple]

i heard someone say that its AT LEAST gonna take 11 more hours

[severe maple]

but thats just a theory. A GAMEEEEE THEORY

[torn hound]

This is fine I need to work on my b thesis 😂💀

Night shift 💀

[severe maple]

HOW DID U MISSSPELL THAT SO WRONG HAHAHAHA

[coarse sleet]

carmelwafflel

[severe maple]

i still need to do that powerpoint :/ im to busy chatting with yall

[severe maple]

lel :D

[torn hound]

😟

[severe maple]

also gm gamers (its 00:00)

[coarse sleet]

your bio says i can call you anything, can i call you cheeseburger

[severe maple]

like the bear?

[coarse sleet]

nah the food

[severe maple]

lmao, sure

[neat quiver]

Yea

[torn hound]

What bear?????

[neat quiver]

Farcry 5

[severe maple]

cheeseburger fc5

[coarse sleet]

https://tenor.com/view/cr1tikal-penguinz0-meme-woo-yeah-baby-gif-19316511

[torn hound]

Oh thought irl

[severe maple]

don't actually feed him cheeseburgers cuz ya know... he got the diabitus

[neat quiver]

Because he ate too many already

[severe maple]

ofc hes famous people prob went and mass feed him XD

i'm more a boomer fan tho

[neat quiver]

El guapo is my personal fav

[severe maple]

i dead ass bought 2 pfp of boomer for like 1 euro because i thought it would unlock him in game

[severe maple]

is that the crocodile?

[neat quiver]

Yes

[torn hound]

Big one

[strange drift]

I have

[neat quiver]

Or chicharron

[severe maple]

YESSS XD

[strange drift]

burber

[coarse sleet]

#⚡┇the-finals-chat message i want to see there reaction

[neat quiver]

Chicharron was and always will be the most badass

[severe maple]

i hate fc6 tho because they went assassins' creed on that shit and added an rpg system 🤮

[neat quiver]

I had fun with the dlcs tho

You watch laserhawk?

[severe maple]

[severe maple]

nop i kinda stopped following when i saw a rpg system :/

[neat quiver]

Its a show made from blood dragon and a few other ubisoft things

[severe maple]

ohhh

[neat quiver]

Fc3 blooddragon

[severe maple]

ye ik XD

[strange drift]

appl

[neat quiver]

Its good

[severe maple]

i remember when my mom watched me slice someones neck in far cry 4 and be like wtf is this game

i just stood there like: they are bad guys 0_0

hehe funny png

[atomic epoch]

Anyone know if there's a difference in restrictions between Qualified and Finalist?

[severe maple]

no idea

[neat quiver]

Higher rank

[severe maple]

i dont even know how u get those roles 0-0

[neat quiver]

Closer to gif perms and image perms

[atomic epoch]

talk a bunch

I'm pretty sure Rising Star unlocks image perms, and Qualified unlocks gifs/embed perms

[neat quiver]

Just gotta level up

[torn hound]

Just type

[severe maple]

ah

[severe maple]

ye rising star is image perms could load that screen before

[torn hound]

Ahh

Is Qualified lvl 8?

[atomic epoch]

Yeah

Finalist is 15, 4100 xp

Lvl 8 is 1015 xp

[severe maple]

lvl 8 ye

[torn hound]

Thanks

[coarse sleet]

we just talk

its honesly not that hard to get finalist

like a month or so

[torn hound]

Ye just remind jag to eat rice 🍚

No problem

[coarse sleet]

no

[torn hound]

Maybe

After spooky season

🎃👻

[neat quiver]

Jag whats your fear of rice stem from?