off-topic-bond-james-bond

[eternal thorn]

They apparently aren't gonna do that anymore

No more sunsetting DLC

At least, until they do

[primal kelp]

i always found that weird

[eternal thorn]

Eh, I'm not a gamedev. Can't give an educated opinion

[primal kelp]

maybe to combat having the game feel bloated

[eternal thorn]

Ideally I wish they'd keep everything there, but benefit of the doubt, they surely must have a good reason

[humble marsh]

don't worry, its not nearly as bad with context

not that i'll give context

[primal kelp]

i just bought an ereader so i should be reading more books soon

gonna be a week or 2 b4 it gets here tho

[eternal thorn]

Pov: you're a writer writing smut for the first time and don't have anyone reviewing it

Remind me again how many people have trembling boobs

[pulsar verge]

The Neon Flamingo by Rodman Philbrick?

[humble marsh]

mhm

[primal kelp]

trembling boobs? am i supposed to be turned on or scared?

[eternal thorn]

[humble marsh]

took you suprisingly little time to find out :|

[pulsar verge]

These have been normal books and non-sexual context, just how women are described a lot in books written by men.

Even our knees are longing to be touched.

[primal kelp]

gonna touch those elbows

[eternal thorn]

These men have clearly not been with a woman

[humble marsh]

writers are weird fellas

[eternal thorn]

I haven't read 50 Shades of Grey, is it written that way too?

(I haven't read a book at all in years actually)

[pulsar verge]

It seems to often be that "The beautiful black haired curvaceous woman dressed in red silk, her long tresses falling down her delicate pale shoulder walked down the stairs with her hips swaying with every step of her stiletto heels as she was going to walk her dogs. And then that dude was there too, with the fedora hat."

[hallow isle]

https://tenor.com/view/how-wtf-so-gross-eww-gif-14623749

[eternal thorn]

[primal kelp]

[pulsar verge]

Nope, take that away.

[hallow isle]

😄

[eternal thorn]

I didn't kneed to see that

[hallow isle]

She has a disability, you should be nice to her

[primal kelp]

i read classic scifi books, they dont tend to go in depth describing women

[hallow isle]

Especially as she can kick your ass while you're looking her in the face

[pulsar verge]

She's not very nice to me right now

[eternal thorn]

There is only 1 sci-fi book I can think of tbh

[humble marsh]

underrated gem of a book

[eternal thorn]

Was called Armor

Main character was named Felix

[pulsar verge]

Funny enough scifi books can be the worst with that.

[eternal thorn]

Was an ok read

[hallow isle]

Can you imagine though, doing that, and then being able to itch the inside of your knee joint

😩

[pulsar verge]

Why are you doing this to me

I showed you my puppy

[primal kelp]

a lot of asimov

[hallow isle]

I'm a deeply troubled individual

[humble marsh]

i dislike sci-fi books

only one i ever finished is probably ender

[eternal thorn]

There, that's the book I read

[primal kelp]

looks like something i would read

[eternal thorn]

If I remember right, it also involves insect aliens

[primal kelp]

yep sounds familiar

[eternal thorn]

Like, imagine Starship Troopers, but instead of hordes of soldiers dying, you have this one guy who goes absolutely apeshit hand to hand on the insects, killing them all

Cause "The Engine" or something

[humble marsh]

alright, back to ow2

been playing a lot of zen lately, for the halloween event

[pulsar verge]

I have some Alistair Reynold's books but I've yet to read them. And I also snatched the Remembrance of Earth's Past by Cixin Liu.

[primal kelp]

sounds similar to a book i read

[zenith pebble]

depends on the station, ill let you know exact when i drive home. it's been around $3.79, some places are above $4

[pulsar verge]

And I probably have a few other scifi's I don't remember.

I don't think I've ever really read scifi books, always preferred fantasy.

[primal kelp]

i like high fantasy or scifi

[eternal thorn]

As for fantasy

Uh

[primal kelp]

genshin impact the book

[eternal thorn]

Theres this one series revolving around dieties

Can't remember what they all are and I've only read 1 book for a school project

[primal kelp]

i like mashups, like mythology with scifi

[humble marsh]

man, judging from the hero interactions zenyatta and torjborn have a serious grudge with eachother

[pulsar verge]

I like Gaiman's books a lot.

[eternal thorn]

First in the series is "On a Pale Horse", but the one I read was "For Love of Evil"

[primal kelp]

he doesnt like robots

[pulsar verge]

Just read Anansi Boys. Mmm

[humble marsh]

racist

[eternal thorn]

This one. Book about Satan

[primal kelp]

like thats the actual lore for ow he doesnt like whatever zen is

[pulsar verge]

Yeah, racism is a theme in OW

Or oppression, however you want to call it

[eternal thorn]

Think it was something like
Man loses loved one, forced to sell soul to devil
Succubus fucks his life up for years but falls for him
Man tricks the devil into imprisonment and becomes devil
Something something

Been years, weird that I used that book for a school project

[pulsar verge]

Zen and others called omics are/have been oppressed, the map King's Row has a lot on it, graffitis and other calling out "omnics stay underground!" etc and it's actually kinda sad when you look down at the holes in the end of that map you can see the underground place the omics live(d?)

[humble marsh]

the ow lore is so good

[primal kelp]

is zen the only omnic?

like playable

[humble marsh]

bastion's an omnic

[primal kelp]

i forgot i just assumed he was a robot bc he doesnt speak

[humble marsh]

i think orisa is some sort of omnic 2.0

[primal kelp]

she was built recently

[pulsar verge]

Wasn't Orisa mostly just rebuilt and reprogrammed? Not entirely sure

[primal kelp]

built by a kid

i wish they had more lore things or a lore gallery

[humble marsh]

i like this pharah victory pose

[pulsar verge]

No, she was originally a defense unit, one of many, in Numbani

[primal kelp]

i really liked soulcalibur bc it had a gallery that explained some relationships

[primal kelp]

no skin pleb

[magic estuary]

@tribal ibex - you were in the military?

[humble marsh]

ik :(

[pulsar verge]

"Efi took the OR15 back to her workshop, where she deduced that the omnic would need a Brandford arm, a Tobelstein reactor to generate graviton fields, and a fusion driver; the only weapon that (in her mind) could subdue Doomfist. With her friends Hassana and Naade, Efi decided that the OR15 would need its own look and personality, taking inspiration from the Overwatch heroes of old."

[tribal ibex]

Yah, in the younger days

[pulsar verge]

https://overwatch.fandom.com/wiki/Orisa#Story

[magic estuary]

Damn, noice!

[eternal thorn]

I like robots

[magic estuary]

How long and what branch?

[humble marsh]

omfg i like this victory pose even more

[primal kelp]

wait did they remove the moon map from ow

wait they removed all the old a/b obj maps

[pulsar verge]

Ye and I think Paris?

[magic estuary]

Isn't this supposed to be in #other-games?

Just sayin'.

[pulsar verge]

But 2cp are gone for good

[humble marsh]

anything can go in off topic

[pulsar verge]

I heard a rumor that Hanamura might be coming back

Because people are asking it so much

[humble marsh]

it isn't #off-topic-bond-james-bond-except-games

[magic estuary]

👆

[pulsar verge]

Push replaced 2cp maps.

[humble marsh]

push sucks

[pulsar verge]

I sucks when people don't know how to play it, yes

[eternal thorn]

I found one of knights emoji
@hallow isle be scared

[pulsar verge]

So many keep running to stop the robot and makes their team lose every teamfight

[hallow isle]

Is this going to involve my mii

[eternal thorn]

[humble marsh]

[eternal thorn]

Just a twerk

Lil fast for me tbh

[hallow isle]

twerking is fast

[eternal thorn]

Thanos does it better

[hallow isle]

isn't it?

[eternal thorn]

Idunno, I don't twerk

[primal kelp]

[humble marsh]

if i queue for all roles, i'll have an equal chance of being in each role!

...right?

[hallow isle]

wat

[verbal pelican]

ur fec

[hallow isle]

what about it

[verbal pelican]

iz naice :x

[hallow isle]

Thanks, I made it myself

https://tenor.com/view/dwight-schrutes-face-mask-the-office-dummys-face-dwight-schrute-dummys-face-gif-17895643

[humble marsh]

idk, i don't find adams feces all that nice

[mint spear]

2nd blueberry of the day

and 3rd blueberry

ultra rare mabel

[pulsar verge]

[humble marsh]

vanadis, do you have a main?

[pulsar verge]

In OW2? I guess Ana or Dva. I'm really good at Mercy but it's only cause I play her to relax, not to tryhard.

[humble marsh]

i like ana

i'm a pharah main myself

[pulsar verge]

I'm trying to learn Bap but Ana is easier for me.

I have mixed feelings about Pharah as a support player :D

[primal kelp]

i play moira

i dont heal i dive enemy healers

[zenith pebble]

https://tenor.com/view/moira-rose-gif-18488452

[pulsar verge]

I had the worst dmg Moira the other game, they literally refused to heal but didn't get any kills either

Made a point about how dps is useless and they won't heal, while enemy team had 2 healbots.

Moira's dmg output is super weak to play DPS, unless like you said, you go and actually get something done.

[primal kelp]

teammates are usually dumb, dps is supposed to dive backline to take out healers

[pulsar verge]

Just like Lucio is really strong in 1v1 and bullying enemy support, but support still needs to help their team too

[primal kelp]

moira does good dmg

i just harass the healers

[pulsar verge]

This one was on the roadhog all game

[primal kelp]

well that moira is stupid

[pulsar verge]

Had like 2k healing, 9k damage and 5 elims

[primal kelp]

i just go for mercy

or lucio

or squishy dps like genji

[pulsar verge]

I play Moira if I have to counter Genji or Pharah cause no one else will. I used to play Moira to heal a lot if the team needed it, but these days Ana is better for me for healbotting

I only play Mercy if the dps is amazing or I need to really work to survive

[primal kelp]

kiriko is great for healing too

[pulsar verge]

I haven't played her enough to play ranked, but what I messed around with her in QP she was fun and yeah, strong healer

[primal kelp]

i play no role queue

i cba to play ranked

[pulsar verge]

I play both in ranked, roleq and openq

[primal kelp]

for some reason latency in ow2 is high

like im sitting at 100

[pulsar verge]

I love openq now cause of how op tanks are, it's a heaven for an Ana

Mine went down, it used to be 40-60, now it's 25-30 typically

[silent wagon]

Time to go get the bivalent booster shot thingy and feel like shit for 2+ days

[pulsar verge]

I don't know if I'll get any more, I have 2

[hallow isle]

Better than being worm food!

[humble marsh]

i never do openq, my teammates will inevitably pick all dps

[humble marsh]

also you play moira to counter pharah? i have literally never had trouble against a moira as pharah

[pulsar verge]

My kids don't have covid vaccines here, they recommend them past the age of 12 unless there are risk groups in their immediate family

[pulsar verge]

1v1 me!

not really

[primal kelp]

i do open queue bc queue times are short

[zenith pebble]

bro im tryin to grind do diamond get that diamond dive trail lets goooo

[humble marsh]

no, i'm bad :(

[pulsar verge]

i'm bad too

hard stuck gold player, peaked in plat

[zenith pebble]

i peaked silver 1 in valorant. im very proud

[primal kelp]

i dont play ranked

well i did in apex

[zenith pebble]

everyone i play with always wants to play f*cking ranked

and then even when theyre playing an unrated theyre way way too sweaty

i hate it

[primal kelp]

i dont like playing comp games seriously

[pulsar verge]

I'll happily play qp with friends

but on my own ranked

[primal kelp]

we need to play some ow2 together

ill play healer and not heal

[zenith pebble]

same way u play lifeline

[primal kelp]

i did heal yall just kept dying

so i gave up

[zenith pebble]

jk i wasnt even sure if u played as lifeline did u?

[primal kelp]

i think i did one match

yall just always died

[zenith pebble]

well arenas do be like that sometimes

[humble marsh]

lifeline?

[primal kelp]

and left me to 1v3

[clever vessel]

nooooooooo I just ran past a little dead owl

[zenith pebble]

did we win?

[zenith pebble]

we should play again

[primal kelp]

no

[pulsar verge]

It's okay my secret pleasure is healbotting so we'd make a good team

[primal kelp]

we won the last match

[zenith pebble]

you and i might do decent in some duos

[primal kelp]

we still need to play some val games

[hallow isle]

maybe it's just upside down

[zenith pebble]

also true

[pulsar verge]

i tried valorant once

[primal kelp]

but i will be occupied with mw2 soon

[pulsar verge]

it felt off

[zenith pebble]

im occupied with NMS rn

im like, having fun and finding enjoyment again, weir

d

[primal kelp]

which part

[pulsar verge]

but i'd seriously be up for some ow2 games, qp, arcade, anything. I don't take the game seriously, I love tryharding for myself but losing doesn't frustrate me

[primal kelp]

it took some time for me to unlearn csgo to play valorant

[zenith pebble]

the fact that jett is the only agent with a passive

[pulsar verge]

I'm not very social on voice but don't mind joining calls, just not that chatty

[maiden seal]

i cant play competitive on controller

im trash

[primal kelp]

i like playing mystery heroes

[zenith pebble]

i cant play competitive, im trash

[pulsar verge]

Oh, I play on PC

[maiden seal]

and i havent played pc in so long i know im probably even worse with that

[pulsar verge]

And idk why Valorant felt off, I only tried it once so probably was just that, novelty

[zenith pebble]

i play FPS on PC with M&K

[pulsar verge]

mobility was weird

[primal kelp]

netflix launched a discord bot that lets u watch shows and movies in channel

[zenith pebble]

valorant mobility is not fast, its fluid enough, but not nimble

gotta come to complete stop to shoot and everything

[primal kelp]

unless u play neon

[maiden seal]

COD has m&k support on xbox

so if mw2 does i might get that

[zenith pebble]

neon be like zoom

jett got a lil zoom

omen some mobility

raze

but not like, fluid good movement like apex

[pulsar verge]

hmm this might be my issue then, I've had to train myself to shoot while moving

Cause if you don't yer splat

[maiden seal]

every time i see someone play valorant they do that

stand still and shoot

it looks odd

[mint spear]

L move

you're a sitting duck shooting standing

[primal kelp]

https://clips.twitch.tv/TsundereLitigiousTubersTheRinger-pRjl4GbfD5SLrQ9Z

[pulsar verge]

I'm used to having to move all the time or you might as well stay in spawn

[zenith pebble]

you have to counterstrafe and stuff in valorant. the only time you get a perfect first shot is if youre at a stop

any movement makes guns spray like crazy off the bat

[maiden seal]

lol

[zenith pebble]

Jett and Neon can move and shoot accurately, but only during their Ults

[maiden seal]

and it is like cs where you dont get to aim in right

[zenith pebble]

wdym?

[primal kelp]

only gun that doesnt matter for movement is shotguns

[zenith pebble]

like aim down sights?

[maiden seal]

yea

ads

[zenith pebble]

you can ADS on most guns in valorant

[humble marsh]

my friend really wants me to play valorant, but i just don't like it

[mint spear]

I love doing that in cqc

[zenith pebble]

but it isnt really necessary and limits your movement further

[zenith pebble]

shotguns have a wider spray too when moving

[maiden seal]

sounds…

yea

[zenith pebble]

it used to be a huge issue because ppl would abuse shotgun with jett

[maiden seal]

cs clone with fortnite skins

at least from clips and from what ppl have told me

[primal kelp]

i mean with a shotgun ur really just running at someones face or waiting around a corner

nah gunplay is different from csgo

and no fortnite skins lol its only weapon skins

[humble marsh]

man, i wonder what was going on in blizzard heads to make them decide to give pharah the single worst ultimate in the game

[silent wagon]

Got my bivalent booster shot, doc was quick af and I barely felt it 😆

[primal kelp]

feel it tomorrow you will

[humble marsh]

it might as well just instantly kill you

[primal kelp]

its like a mccree ult

u have to be unnoticed

[hallow isle]

What'd they say, 'small prick'?

[humble marsh]

you freaking yell at the top of your lungs "JUSTICE RAINS FROM ABOVE"

[clever vessel]

hopefully was just taking a nap

[humble marsh]

in case they couldn't also hear the rocket noises

[hallow isle]

If not at least you've got some nice dinner

[clever vessel]

i’m too far away now

[primal kelp]

hooks u with roadhog

[clever vessel]

but maybe tomorrow

[hallow isle]

foxes will have got it by tomorrow

[maiden seal]

didnt pharah fly up first or am i thinking wrong?

[silent wagon]

[maiden seal]

was that just the best way

or a good way anyways

[humble marsh]

i mean, you're doing something wrong if you use pharah's ult on the ground

[primal kelp]

u can reach pretty far with roadhog hook

[silent wagon]

I refuse to call Zen by his actual name and always call him Zendaya

[maiden seal]

i used pharah like once and didnt like her so i wouldnt know

(until ow2)

[primal kelp]

im not good with her i cant land direct hits

[humble marsh]

i think my favorite part of ana is her wholesome mom energy

[maiden seal]

i used her a bit more

[maiden seal]

lol

[primal kelp]

def i like to sleep dart someone and tbag them

[maiden seal]

mom things

[primal kelp]

i use the skin with the creepy mask

[maiden seal]

well looks like im getting on ow2 now

[primal kelp]

https://youtu.be/UKjU15B6x8U @humble marsh

i use that skin if i ever get potg with her

[maiden seal]

cool

[humble marsh]

it is a little weird how ana has no reaction to murdering her daughter, but eh

[wanton flax]

had a dream about dislocating the right shoulder... and now today, that shoulder is sore/tender and slippery in place as though the dream were real... hyper mobility is not all that which it is cracked up to be.

[slender quartz]

I can sympathize. I dislocated a shoulder during a seizure some years back.

[pulsar verge]

It's annoying how people don't know how to counter Pharah

[humble marsh]

don't reveal how to counter me :(

[primal kelp]

well shes fine when there isnt a mercy

[pulsar verge]

Then you get tank(s) complaining about needing a soldier, who mostly has to rely on his ult in low ranks to get pharah, same with mcree

[slender quartz]

Easy, send in Moses. LOL

[pulsar verge]

when still, the number one counter for a pharah is dva

[primal kelp]

play windowmaker

[pulsar verge]

i can make any pharah switch very fast as dva

[pulsar verge]

widowmaker is a joke to a good pharah

[slender quartz]

Oh hey, I'm green. Cool.

[humble marsh]

dva doesn't matter to pharah if the pharahs team is any good

but against a solo pharah, sure

[pulsar verge]

Pharmercy can be trickier but the point with dva is that you don't have to even kill pharah to ruin her game

just be in her face and eat her ult or boost into it to make her kill herself

[humble marsh]

you don't need to eat her ult, its not like its any good

instant die button

[pulsar verge]

you must ult the wrong way

[humble marsh]

it doesn't matter how you do it, unless you use it to kill one tank you will instantly die

[primal kelp]

just dont use it

[humble marsh]

yes

best way to use barrage

[primal kelp]

use it to kill self

when everyone else is dead

so they dont get kill

[pulsar verge]

no, as pharah you ult the support

you just gotta spot certain abilities used

ana's sleep and hog's hook mainly

and flank or go behind, and then drop down right above them and blast away

so many pharah's ult way too high

and even if you die, so what, you just killed 2 supports and maybe something else, it's a trade worth your death easily

[hallow isle]

https://wh0.github.io/2020/01/02/scissors.html

fine don't embed

[humble marsh]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-fall-epic-embed-fail-fail-funny-gif-21341768

[pulsar verge]

what are you trying to even say with this

[hallow isle]

I want people to be triggered every time they see emoji scissors

✂️

Once you see they don't close, you can't unsee it

[pulsar verge]

how would one get triggered by them

i'm immune to you

[hallow isle]

Unlikely

I just haven't found the right weakness

There'll be one

[slender quartz]

https://tenor.com/view/sir-peaks-kasse3bitte-peaks-peaks-gif-19022626

[hallow isle]

Joint hypermobility seemed to annoy you a little at least

https://tenor.com/view/double-jointed-weird-talent-skills-flex-weird-flex-gif-15487685

[eternal thorn]

[slender quartz]

Nobody likes their joints moving around, especially when they try to light them.

[hallow isle]

Haven't you ever wished you could scratch your right ear with your left hand from behind your back?

[slender quartz]

That's not normal?

[hallow isle]

if you can send a photo of yourself touching your right ear with your left hand with your arm behind your back I'll give you a cookie

[dim egret]

Nobody buy a 4090!!!!

[slender quartz]

Behind my back, no. But since I can do it behind my head/neck, why try for harder?

[hallow isle]

Because anyone can do that

<DishonoredRonin> Why run a marathon when you can just walk

[slender quartz]

Funny. I misread it, is all.

Or rather, misunderstood it before I opened my mouth.

I can do something most people can't, though.

[eternal thorn]

Too late, hundreds are buying 4090's and posting about it on reddit

[dry bison]

I wish it were easier for canadians to buy powerball

[dim egret]

The 4090 ti got shelved indefinitely due to it melting power supplys in testing

[dry bison]

ahahahahahaha

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/kanye-kicked-out-of-skechers-1.6631343

Showed up unannounced and was subsequently removed with an escort from the building.

[slender quartz]

Sounds like Ye is turning into a Naw...

[dry bison]

Yenaw

Sounds like the kind of goat he is.

https://tenor.com/view/goat-gif-26109659

YeNaw!!

BUY MY $90 TSHIRTS!

[slender quartz]

I'd say "YeNaw" is more the sound an ass makes...LOL

[dry bison]

...Yep. That's the joke.

[zenith pebble]

ill tell you the sound an ass makes

[dry bison]

Don't type onomatopoeia of a fart!

[primal kelp]

theres no 4090ti out tho

[clever vessel]

https://youtu.be/w8ANvYNdCnQ

[slender quartz]

insert my next post

[dry bison]

What does no copyright mean? You can't copyright or they claim none?

[primal kelp]

means its free use

[clever vessel]

free toots

[dry bison]

I wonder if anyone has ever tried to copyright a fart sound.

"This sounds like my asscheeks clapping together! I'M SUING!"

"Your honor it's clearly my ass language"
"I OBJECT YOUR HONOR, THIS ASS CLAP HAS TWO MORE SYLLABLES!"

I'm surprised Kanye hasn't tried to hide farts in his music just to prove nobody can sound quite like him.

"Yo...You're missin the shit"

[slender quartz]

Cardi B tried to trademark "Okurrr" a few years ago, as I recall. LOL

[dry bison]

What would Kanye have to do, to actually piss off his fans enough that they'd stop giving him money

[limber fractal]

You got one without echo?

[maiden seal]

make those his 808’s

kanyes been going crazy as of late

[dry bison]

Are you negotiating for options?

[maiden seal]

i wont speak about it

but yea

[primal kelp]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FLRHejWAo8

[limber fractal]

Well, I wasn't a fan of the one with echo

[primal kelp]

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

[dry bison]

"Do you have any grey poop one?"

[limber fractal]

Echo makes it lose the effect, sounds too synthesized

[dry bison]

Gotta have that organic shlup

[limber fractal]

There we go. Now butt's talkin

[slender quartz]

Who'd-a thunk Red was a fart connoisseur!

[limber fractal]

I mean, I take poop function and all its side effects very seriously around here

Gunter poopsie

[pliant fjord]

https://youtu.be/cLYIn25oJaA

[slender quartz]

Of course. I mean, most of us are full of crap anyways. LOL

[dry bison]

I shit you not

That's all I got

[limber fractal]

exactly

[dry bison]

I don't know why, but "I shit you not" sounds like a rap lyric to me...and my brain keeps wanting to write down this whole diatribe about how much I got, but lie so much that it's clearly bullshit

[limber fractal]

Make a song for us

I support

[dry bison]

Probably already exists, written by lil jon

[humble marsh]

lil jon
sitting on the john

[maiden seal]

lol

[dim egret]

Because there never will be

The whole project got shelved while still in development

[wanton flax]

Oof. Can't say I've done that, but I have dislocated it doing the following;
handling 80lb dog on leash
quickly swinging arm to shove aggressive animal out of the way,
stretching
tying hair back
braiding hair back
reaching over a pillow
trying to give someone a hug...

Broke a bunch of teeth chewing bread, chicken wing, toast, nerds candy, teeth grinding..

LOL

[slender quartz]

I'm missing a front tooth. Seized near a desk, woke up next to it with my tooth sticking out of the corner.

[dry bison]

I hope you are on disability. That kind of problem sounds life altering

[slender quartz]

I am, against my will.

[wanton flax]

Oof ! that's rough ! root and all got removed?

[dry bison]

Removed is a strong word to use

Smashed out?

[slender quartz]

By a dentist a day later, yes.

[dry bison]

Could've been worse.

[wanton flax]

Yeah. I would assume the breaking of it would lead to a later visit.

[slender quartz]

Yep.

[wanton flax]

Good they got the root out, I have a bunch of broken teeth I can't get the roots without spending thousands LOL

A broken root still in the mouth is just an open door to problems

[slender quartz]

Not to mention fairly painful.

[wanton flax]

Which part ? The breaking tooth or the remaining root? xD

[slender quartz]

Both. LOL

[wanton flax]

I don't notice my teeth breaking/shattering when it happens - I end up noticing when I'm chewing and something goes CRONCH without breaking

[slender quartz]

My family has something we call the {redacted} curse. We're not accident-prone, but weird crap happens to us all the time.

[wanton flax]

I really only have contact with my immediate relatives (Momma and grandmomma) and they like to keep this tradition of not saying we have an ailment in the family until we're getting it confirmed. LOL

The day I was going to my first migraine doctor, at twenty five years, was the day my mother divulged; "Oh yeah, was hoping it'd skip you, but your great grandmom, grandmom, uncle, me, daddy, grandpappy - we all have chronic migraines." Well... you couldn't have said anything before this, with that long list ? LOL

Turns out mental illness dates all of us in my family -- but I didn't find out until my thirties. LOL

[slender quartz]

In my case, by the age of fourteen I was in three separate incidents with drunk drivers.

[wanton flax]

Oooof, idk why the appeal of being eff'd up and then being like YEAH I CAN DRIVE THIS

Like... if you can't get out the door on your own -- maybe... maybe driving ain't the thing for you.. LOL

[slender quartz]

I agree.

Once could be a mistake. Twice should be...well, there shouldn't be a third.

[wanton flax]

People do such puzzling things like that though

[slender quartz]

Stupidity coupled with a lack of accountability.

[wanton flax]

I think it's mostly just stupidity.

[slender quartz]

As I said, once is a mistake. The reasoning is compromised, and they may not realize they're doing it until after.

[wanton flax]

I'd like to think that most drunk drivers are caught and punished in some manner or another, but I also know we are not in that well off world of balance either. LOL

[slender quartz]

I'm not allowed to drive because I might seize behind the wheel, but I have permanent physical damage and have lost a wife due to other peoples' lack of judgement.

[wanton flax]

I've never known anyone that would drive under any kind of influence .. One, maybe, but that was forever and a decade ago.

[slender quartz]

It happens here all the time. I've seen people pulled over for DUI while waiting for their court date for their last DUI.

[wanton flax]

I don't think people really comprehend the weight of their poor choices, even after it's been done and over with. It's wild, and incomprehensible to us, it's hard to function without thinking about how it would hash out tomorrow.

[wanton flax]

I would love and hate to question these people -- love to know why, hate it for the pure stupidity that would be replied back

Alcohol is a poison, low grade, but nonetheless

It's just a slow pickling of ones organs, alcoholism/binge drinking

[slender quartz]

I have no problem if people want to drink themselves to death. They should just stay home or hire others to transport them while they do so.

[wanton flax]

Absolutely and entirely.

I await the technology that does not allow a drunk to start their vehicle just by the smell of their breath or the limpness of their movements. A smart car that is a safe car.

[slender quartz]

My personal philosophy can be summed up neatly: If it doesn't harm others, and it's consensual with adults if it involves others, you should be allowed to do it.

[wanton flax]

Agreed. <:

[slender quartz]

There are breathalyzer car locks.

[wanton flax]

Yeah, but I think they're court ordered things

[slender quartz]

Yep.

[wanton flax]

I think people would lose their collective heads if all cars were required to have this or similar device/tech installed to prevent it

It's the very idea of being monitored for safety, How DARE anyone make sure you don't drive drunk!!

[slender quartz]

And yet, safety belts are required.

[wanton flax]

Yanno... that whole argument of Mind your business, let me control you

[wanton flax]

YES and that took a while and much tooth pullin' and people still don't do it

Do you remember the vehicles with the automated seatbelt ?

[slender quartz]

LOL My ex had one, kept choking me half to death.

[wanton flax]

You'd jump in the seat, close the door, and it was a motor that strapped you in over the chest.

LOL

YEAH THEY DID

[slender quartz]

I'm short, and my shoulder is waaaay down here.

[wanton flax]

it would always get me in the face as a kid xD

They had the right idea, at least

Just needs some better tweakage before execution lol

[slender quartz]

I think it could be done, but there's not enough call for it. Sadly.

[wanton flax]

Mostly because 'muricans don't want the extra intervention for safety. If people were more into being proactive and concerned for the future and safety -- it'd probably make a better comeback.

It's my choice if I want that ticket, death, incident ... but what if you didn't have to pay that ticket by ... compliance ... SHEEEEEEEPPPPP yes... yes because I don't want you or anyone in your orbit to die...

[slender quartz]

I think people are concerned over the wrong things.

They'll worry about how pure their bottled water is, while screaming down the highway with their seatbelts off, or half-drunk.

[wanton flax]

Oh no, much worse

[slender quartz]

I don't even see it as an American thing, so much as humanity is weird.

[spare harbor]

Just be careful not to cross into polictics with this conversation, youll get in trouble

I do tend to agree, priorities are hard to balance

[wanton flax]

Safety is political?

[spare harbor]

Oh quite

[slender quartz]

We won't. Unlike half the users in the past week. LOL

[wanton flax]

Shouldn't be

[spare harbor]

They are who set the policies

[wanton flax]

Safety should be a common sense thing

[spare harbor]

hehe

Sigh

Never has been though

Its a very interesting topic

[slender quartz]

Common sense is never common.

[spare harbor]

How mobs work, and maintain order

[wanton flax]

The funny thing with politics is that it has no business in some topics/fields ... and yet that is what it becomes somehow... LOL

Common sense is like deodorant -- those that need it don't use it, those that use it do so in excess

[slender quartz]

My political beliefs are the same as my personal ones, as previously stated.

[wanton flax]

Mhmm - I am firm believer of mind your business and be smarter

[slender quartz]

I add to that and if it's your thing, and not mine, I don't care. or want to know.

[zenith pebble]

wait? he didnt hide it... youre unaware of scoopity poop

?

[ocean pebble]

Green Ronin!?

[spare harbor]

I tend to view it through a historical lens. Safety is generally very very complicated.

[slender quartz]

Grey, if you please. LOL

[spare harbor]

The progresses made in saftey very rarely move along without a great deal of pressure

[ocean pebble]

Turquoise Ronin

[spare harbor]

Gold ronin

[slender quartz]

Next week, likely. LOL

[spare harbor]

Always best ronin

[wanton flax]

History is a delight -- but damn -- more people need to study it harder before saying stupid things LOL

[ocean pebble]

How about your arch nemesis, Purple Ninja

[spare harbor]

Well look at viruses

fire care

[zenith pebble]

@dry bison https://youtu.be/8fbyfDbi-MI

[wanton flax]

Electricity

[slender quartz]

Agreed. And not viewed through the lens of their modern era and predjudices.

[spare harbor]

Ha, good one

Some elements off safety thankfully are just instinctual.

[wanton flax]

If we cannot learn from our past, we are doomed to repeat it.

[ocean pebble]

I mean on occasion I enjoy comparing history to our society today

But I don’t hold prejudice against history

[slender quartz]

I made that exact point earlier today.

[ocean pebble]

As they lived in a different time

[spare harbor]

Well, I tend to view it as, we will repeat the past, but we also progress, its a wheel. But it moves

[slender quartz]

And that's the way to do it.

[spare harbor]

Man im tired. Stupid cold virus is kicking my butt

That or I have covid

Hard to say

[ocean pebble]

Should probably take a test

[slender quartz]

sends over some soup and internet anti-virus

[spare harbor]

Oh I have them taco! Home tests thanfully

I still have 5 left

[zenith pebble]

oh crap, i hope i didnt give it to you

[ocean pebble]

That’s good

If you’re concerned, use one

[spare harbor]

Yeah, them giving out free tests was such a boon

[zenith pebble]

check that expiration date though

[spare harbor]

Oh I have, negative so far, however, Ive been exposed a ton lately.

They still have awhile Fauc

Faux

LOL

[south wolf]

Anyone wanna play no man’s sky and Vc?

[zenith pebble]

all my govt freebies are expired

[ocean pebble]

#nms-lfg-or-trades

[spare harbor]

Mine have 4 months to go

Got the last batch out

[zenith pebble]

nice

[slender quartz]

Not currently, sorry.

[wanton flax]

I have a bunch of tests, but I'm still learning how to self test without making myself cry. XD Nasal gastric tubes put some trauma in my head that I'm pushing to get past. LOL

[spare harbor]

This cold is weird, its draining me, mild sniffles. Its the lack of energy thats odd. Usually colds just nuke my immune system so hard I cant breathe and my lungs fill up with fluid. I have a compromised immune system due to AS.

[slender quartz]

I've only had tests twice. Once over a year ago, once Sunday. LOL

[spare harbor]

However this time, its.. not bad, but odd for me

Maybe my immune system is just fighting better

LOL

[ocean pebble]

Well I mean you live in the middle of nowhere so not a big issue for you lol

[zenith pebble]

yeah especially if youre vaxced

[slender quartz]

Let's hope that's the case.

[zenith pebble]

vaxxed*

[spare harbor]

Same, vaxxed, and toped of flol

[wanton flax]

covid set my asthma into hyper mode - supposed to see a doctor for it, but because of my equally hyper-caution, it's probably next year

[ocean pebble]

Yeah i’ve got my vaccinations as well

[spare harbor]

I lived with people with covid, tons of them, never got it, sure got bronchitis though lol

[zenith pebble]

yeah, i had it a couple weeks ago but it was just a cough for a day

[slender quartz]

cough I'm unvaccinated. Entirely.

[ocean pebble]

You sure it was covid?

[spare harbor]

This cold I got is number two. I had one a week ago, it went away, then my boss gave me another

[slender quartz]

Covid-wise, I mean. Not other things.

[zenith pebble]

thats what the multiple tests i took said

[ocean pebble]

Interesting. Just goes to show how differently it impacts different people

Some people have extremely mild symptoms and some die

[zenith pebble]

yeah im like, super alive and stuff

[wanton flax]

I have to get my fourth covid booster ... I have to also test negative for covid before I do. LOL

[ocean pebble]

Are you really though? Or am I talking to a ghost?

[ocean pebble]

Why?

[spare harbor]

the vax was rough for me

all the shots save the first

Basically like i have the flu

Extreme immune response

[ocean pebble]

My arm was sore but that was pretty much the worst of it

[wanton flax]

The second shot kicked my butt

[spare harbor]

Apparently thats a good thing

[ocean pebble]

Second shot I was a bit under the weather but other than that nothing

[slender quartz]

Because I asked my doctor if the vaccine would keep me from getting Covid, and was told no. I asked if I got Covid, would the vaccine stop me from spreading it? She said no.

[wanton flax]

Yeah, if your immune system goes WOAH WTH and makes you feel like poop, it's supposed to be a good thing.

[slender quartz]

If it doesn't stop me from getting it or giving it, why bother?

[ocean pebble]

It doesn’t stop you from getting it completely but it vastly lowers the chances

Or so i’ve been told

[slender quartz]

My doctor said it only lessens the effects if you catch it.

[ocean pebble]

That may be the case, because both of my grandparents on my mom’s side got covid and were vaccinated, and despite being in the high-risk group they didn’t get that sick

[slender quartz]

I trust her; she's put me back together a few times now.

[wanton flax]

I'm a post transplant patient, I do all of the vaccines -- and any other things the team tells me to look into doing... I have to be attentive to be a mostly agreeable patient, as the transplanted organ has a life of maybe 40-60years before the possibility of needing second becomes a reality.

[slender quartz]

The CEO of Pfizer caught it twice this past month, and he's fully boosted.

[ocean pebble]

Then again my grandmother is like the healthiest woman I know her age

[slender quartz]

See, that makes sense. You need every edge you can get.

[spare harbor]

People are a bit hit or miss with vaccines here. A lot of doctors dont recommend them

Its largely due to local reactions

I went deaf for a month after mine

[wanton flax]

Yes, but so do other people that are around similar patients.

[ocean pebble]

I’m sorry, what?

[spare harbor]

and a LOT of elderly people died shortly after vaccines, heart attacks, here.

Yeah, extreme inflammation response

Totally deaf

[ocean pebble]

Ah

Okay

Certainly odd

[slender quartz]

I have an aunt who lost her ability to walk after her second shot.

[spare harbor]

Not so odd, I know 2 others who had the same reaction, on the second shot

[ocean pebble]

I admit even I was skeptical at first before I got the vaccine

[primal kelp]

elon musk bought twitter and fired the top 5 executives

[ocean pebble]

But I had no adverse affects other than the usual ones

[slender quartz]

My elderly parents had no side effects, though.

[spare harbor]

Mind you, it also seems to have had some links to the shot we all had, same batch. Same type

[ocean pebble]

Hmm

Maybe it was a bad batch?

[spare harbor]

It could have just been a batch that was to strong

They said that happens occasionally

[dry bison]

Vaccination at the very least lowers the severity of symptoms as your body has a fighting chance against whatever variant hits you. That isn't to say not getting vaccinated you'll suffer, but the chances of suffering are greatly increased for those not vaccinated and that makes it a problem when that suffering leads to a faster spread of the virus to others.

[spare harbor]

I have ZERO regrets though

[wanton flax]

Correlation does not mean causation.

[ocean pebble]

That just shows they need better QA

[spare harbor]

True Monster

In my case, my reaction was extreme. So extreme, they were curious how high my anti body levels were. So they had me come in for tests.

Through the fricking roof

still are

[slender quartz]

As for me, when they come up with one that actually stops it dead, I'll be first in line.

[spare harbor]

Its probably what helped me when I was in the house with 3 people with covid, 2 strains, not to get sick lol

[wanton flax]

For most of our older vaccines like measles, hepatitis, various pox, they've all had decades to be made perfect. This covid vaccine... not so much... It'll be a while for it to be the best form it can be.

[ocean pebble]

So one that works like every other vaccine?

[dry bison]

There's no way to stop a virus dead that you'd want to take.

[slender quartz]

LOL I'm not a perfect monster, but I'm trying to be a better one.

[slender quartz]

Yep.

[slender quartz]

Ever hear of polio? Smallpox?

[wanton flax]

Polio is still a thing

[ocean pebble]

We almost had it before antivaxxers came along

[spare harbor]

This is so bizzare, when I drink coffee, with this cold, I immediately feel fine

[wanton flax]

Smallpox, I want to say is the one that's been eradicated, but I can't remember if it was that or scarlet fever.

[slender quartz]

Among the vaccinated for it?

[ocean pebble]

It was smallpox

Thankfully

[wanton flax]

No, among those that believe vaccines to be the devil. And for third world countries.

[slender quartz]

Smallpox was eradicated in most countries; read The Demon in the Freezer.

[wanton flax]

OHGOOD my memory wasn't total cheese. 8D

[ocean pebble]

My grandparents remember getting their smallpox vaccines

[slender quartz]

See, but I'm saying give me a Covid vaccine that works like the polio one.

[wanton flax]

Polio isn't even in the same viral family as Covid

[ocean pebble]

Not the point

[wanton flax]

It is though

[ocean pebble]

The point is that he wants a vaccine that is as effective against covid as the polio vaccine is against polio

[dry bison]

Those virus are not stopped "dead". You get vaccinated for polio and smallpox, the vaccines take time. They don't cold their respective virus. What I'm saying is, you do not want something extreme enough to stop a virus completely or your body will turn on it, too

[ocean pebble]

I think you understood what he meant man

[slender quartz]

Ah, a grammatical scholar. You understand I wasn't speaking perfect Oxford English, right?

[wanton flax]

Grammar is hard, even on the best of days. LOL

[spare harbor]

This is actually sorta the point I was making about safety in general. These discussions.

Its a messy topic

[ocean pebble]

?

Ah

Yes

It is

[wanton flax]

Medicine in of it self is a messy topic.

[spare harbor]

Sure is

[ocean pebble]

Honestly any conversation that has any semblance of controversy can get messy quickly

[spare harbor]

Its like 10 years ago, I was full of it, speaking about AS. Now people take it serious

[ocean pebble]

AS?

[spare harbor]

I felt like I was painting myself as a fool saying i had AS in the past. Ankylosing Spondylitis

[wanton flax]

It's one I try to stay away from when it's heated; firm believer in health being a thing for the patient and the treating doctor -- end of argument. LOL

[dry bison]

Assassins Screed

[slender quartz]

It also doesn't help that I'm generally multitasking, typing with two fingers, and getting random "assists" from felines.

[wanton flax]

Was my first thought, too LOL

[ocean pebble]

lmao

Hey Ronin will you do something for me?

[slender quartz]

Probably.

[ocean pebble]

Look around and find the nearest cat

[slender quartz]

Yes?

[ocean pebble]

And give it a pat on the head for me

[dry bison]

I would like to think nano tech for immunology would be a good thing, but I suspect its use case based on how our body responds to something as big as the common cold, would be very limited.

[slender quartz]

Just did. Tux says thanks.

[ocean pebble]

[slender quartz]

Tux is worn out. Two females in heat, and he doesn't realize he's been fixed.

[wanton flax]

Psh, don't you know about the nano tech in the covid vaccine? they're tracking us with a chip. (It's not like we're not already being tracked by our cellphones)

[ocean pebble]

Quite unfortunate lol

[slender quartz]

(And Alexa.)

[wanton flax]

LOL And facebook

[ocean pebble]

And birds

[dry bison]

If you could force your DNA to evolve just enough that all other virus that come from or work on mammals would not be able to interact with our cells, I wonder how many would be inclined.

[wanton flax]

Birds aren't real

[ocean pebble]

Birds are government drones

[slender quartz]

Birds ain't real, man! LOL

[wanton flax]

they say with four birds on the desk

[ocean pebble]

When they migrate they are flying to their charging stations

[dry bison]

Imagine having cells that were not compatable with any known virus

[ocean pebble]

Well then you wouldn’t get sick from viruses

[slender quartz]

Perfect, I think if you ever shared your cam with me, my desk would be obliterated. LOL

[ocean pebble]

?

Oh

Nvm

[slender quartz]

"Hi!" Hi!" Squak!
sounds of me getting trampled by cats

[dry bison]

You squak at cats?

[wanton flax]

LOL

[slender quartz]

No, their birds.

[ocean pebble]

https://tenor.com/view/nerd-emoji-nerd-emoji-avalon-play-avalon-gif-24241051

[dry bison]

You squak at the cats birds?

[wanton flax]

I have guinea pigs, they wheek, and when they wheek -- my silly boy birdo takes it as a challenge and he needs to scree

[ocean pebble]

Mortal Kombat

[wanton flax]

The beeping of the microwave ? Also a personal challenge to the birdo.

Someone whistlin' over the VC ? Birdo do scree.

[slender quartz]

Ashes loves NMS. She will smack my ship in warp every time.

[dry bison]

How harmful is microwave radiation from opening the microwave early?

[ocean pebble]

Probably not at all

If there even is any

[wanton flax]

I don't think it's possible

Unless you took the door off and pressured the trigger inside that would tell the device it's closed

[slender quartz]

Microwave ovens have safety shutoffs in the doors. Little to no exposure.

[ocean pebble]

Plus even if there was exposure i doubt it would be enough to be harmful

[wanton flax]

It's like catching the fridge light turning off - it's a little button likely !

[spare harbor]

You know I think I figured out why this coffee makes me feel good with a cold lol

Its the cinnamon i put in it!

[ocean pebble]

It’s warm?

[spare harbor]

hahaha

[ocean pebble]

Ah

That sounds good

[wanton flax]

I was like ... sixteen when I finally discovered that light button in the fridge LOL

[spare harbor]

I load it up with ginger and cinnamon and those both help with colds

Derp!

[ocean pebble]

Wait there is a light button?

[wanton flax]

sometimes

[slender quartz]

I, um, got in trouble at six for disabling ours.

[ocean pebble]

What is it the other times

[slender quartz]

Heavy.

[wanton flax]

But why ? It's a light. xD

[ocean pebble]

I mean he still broke it

[slender quartz]

Because kids aren't supposed to rewire the fridge.

[iron wolf]

Anyone wana chill n explore

[wanton flax]

I got in trouble a lot for leaving it open ... because I was still looking for it LOL

[slender quartz]

#nms-lfg-or-trades

[ocean pebble]

Wait you rewired it? That’s actually pretty impressive.

[wanton flax]

Pffff, of course they are -- how else do they learn how to do stuff later !

[ocean pebble]

I assumed you meant that you just broke it

[slender quartz]

Not really. I didn't do it right, shorted it out.

[ocean pebble]

Oh

Okay

[spare harbor]

I rewired a freezers condensor when I was 12!

That was fun!

We used it to cool gases into liquid.

Well me and my grandpa did

Hehe, mechanically inclined family

[ocean pebble]

What did you use said gases for?

[spare harbor]

Explosives

[slender quartz]

My dad was a design engineer. And I'm not normal, in both good and bad ways.

[ocean pebble]

Okay then

[spare harbor]

We were making a number of semi solid explosives

[ocean pebble]

Can’t say i’m surprised

[spare harbor]

Dynamite is a snap

[ocean pebble]

Kinda based tbh

[spare harbor]

Well, we make fireworks

part of the family business

🙂

[slender quartz]

See, that's cool.

[wanton flax]

I'm not allowed to handle explosives or fire ... for probably good reason.

[ocean pebble]

Making homemade explosive devices is ALWAYS cool

[spare harbor]

Yeah, this family was amazing back then. All the elderly ones who knew those skills died

Though I still retain some of it

[zenith pebble]

https://tenor.com/view/boo-ghost-spooky-scary-gif-12414614

[ocean pebble]

[wanton flax]

I wish I retained more of my stepdads construction knowledge he gave me. ~_~

[slender quartz]

My dad can design and build almost anything mechanical, but can't savvy computers if his life depended on it. LOL

[wanton flax]

there's so many things I want to do, I know how to a point... but I would need man-hands and strength to pull it off. ~_~

[ocean pebble]

I’m pretty much the opposite, i’m decently tech savvy but can’t put things together for the life of me

[spare harbor]

Obviously just find a man, all we take is cookies and we will follow most people around

😛

[ocean pebble]

In fact i’m thinking of making my career in IT

[spare harbor]

Well ok ,thats more me

[slender quartz]

I started my tank/starfighter cross today. Finally got the connection pints drilled out.

BRB

[spare harbor]

Also, never ever take me serious.

[ocean pebble]

We didn’t before you said that

[wanton flax]

I am such a do-it-yourself'er that it's damn near impossible for me to try and pass on the knowledge to a man wanting to help. LOL

"Do you need help?" while watching me struggle to wrangle a corner couch around... "NO I GOT IT" lookin' like a bruised banana with stick appendages.

[slender quartz]

I'm a jackleg mechanic. Give me enough time, tools, and parts, I can probably fix anything. The length of time, though, might be years.

But I'm used to building tools to build tools to do things.

[zenith pebble]

tool tools are big cool

[wanton flax]

my stepdad wanted a son with momma, she said no -- you have a daughter -- and he did, okay, well, she can come help me put up the fence - change car oil - repair the deck...

LOL

Let's install new windows!

[slender quartz]

Nothing wrong with that. My folks thought all of us should be able to cook, sew, change tires, etc. regardless of gender.

I crocheted until I was 14.

[wanton flax]

See, where I went to school, we had a cooking class - sewing class - woodshop

[slender quartz]

I was homeschooled after 5th grade.

[wanton flax]

These days, that's not a thing, and I'm like wtf, who's gonna teach these kids how to make eggy'n'a basket? Who's gonna teach them how to make a pillow you'll never use? LOL

[slender quartz]

Or sign their own name?

[wanton flax]

I hear that script/cursive writing is pretty much extinct in schools now.

[ocean pebble]

I can confirm

At the very least it’s no longer taught

[slender quartz]

Was a decade ago, at least.

[wanton flax]

Really

shhh

[ocean pebble]

At least not here in Texas

(I am a Texan and thus must seize any opportunity to say that I am from Texas)

[wanton flax]

I'm north of you, cursive isn't a thing here. But I was raised on the east coast; New Jersey... forever ago now...

So now I'm curious how "sign here" will look if not in cursive.

[slender quartz]

How far north? I'm in South Dakota.

[wanton flax]

Not that far... LOL

[slender quartz]

waves south to Doggos

[wanton flax]

Kansas

[slender quartz]

and Perfect

[wanton flax]

wave with all hands !

[humble marsh]

i feel bad, you're never allowed to say "I don't think we're in Kansas anymore"

😔

[wanton flax]

Actually -- Colorado is a hop and a skip west of me - I can walk to the border and say I'm not in Kansas. ;D

[ocean pebble]

waves north to Ronin

[wanton flax]

What time zone do you use, Ronin?

[slender quartz]

CDT.

[wanton flax]

Because out here ... and this really gets my goat, we have a total of ... four counties in the entire state of Kansas that run on mountain time.

[slender quartz]

LOL I'll tell you where I am, if you ask.

[wanton flax]

WAIT can I guess ?! 8D

[slender quartz]

Mountain starts just west of me.

[wanton flax]

It's not Dallas then ...

[slender quartz]

Sure.

[slender quartz]

Wrong one. Doggos is in Texas.

[wanton flax]

OH YES

South

[ocean pebble]

Dallas is in Texas, Ronin

[slender quartz]

You're south, Doggos is south-south. LOL

[slender quartz]

I thought they were guessing where I was.

shrugs

[ocean pebble]

Oh

[wanton flax]

Yes - I want to guess

[slender quartz]

I'm cool with it either way. I was editing pictures of my current crazy.

[wanton flax]

I am notoriously directionally challenged, I try to get better. XD

[ocean pebble]

Yeah I suck at directions too

[wanton flax]

And the only cities I can really remember at all are Rapid city ... but I don't remember where in the state that is XD

[ocean pebble]

Huh?

[slender quartz]

Far west end.

Clicked the wrong box for replying. LOL

[ocean pebble]

Ah

[mint spear]

my teacher is dumb

[ocean pebble]

Okay buddy chum pal

[slender quartz]

Doggos knows roughly where I am, and could whittle it down closer if he wanted to.

[ocean pebble]

Yeah it probably wouldn’t be too hard to figure out

But I don’t have any reason to

[wanton flax]

Now that I think about it... I don't remember the capital of the state ... But I thought it was Rapid city and when I looked -- that's definitely not it

[slender quartz]

Nope. Pierre.

[wanton flax]

And I feel like I should have remembered that better because it reminded me of the drink. ugh

[ocean pebble]

Without looking it up, what is the capital of Texas?

[wanton flax]

It's not Dallas ?

[ocean pebble]

Uh

No

It’s Austin

[wanton flax]

Oh

Oh

[primal kelp]

Its Texas Texas

[slender quartz]

People here mispronounce city names, and get upset if you tell them otherwise. Like Pierre they say is "Peer".

[wanton flax]

Would have been my next guess LOL

[slender quartz]

Dante is "Danntee", etc.

[ocean pebble]

Think Dallas is the 2nd largest city in Texas, behind Houston

[wanton flax]

Is it !? I like learning how things are pronounced, I learned some years ago I have an accent so I assume I say things wrong anyway.

[ocean pebble]

Always wondered why such large cities end up not being the capital

[slender quartz]

Well, from not growing up here, I can safely say that it's Pierre everywhere but here. LOL

[ocean pebble]

Primary example of this is New York City not being the capital of New York

[slender quartz]

Sioux Falls is largest because it's closest to Minnesota and Iowa, plus the Big Sioux River.

[dry bison]

fuggetabow tit

[slender quartz]

It has almost half the state population in it, last I checked.

[ocean pebble]

I’m assuming it’s because the logistics of moving the capital isn’t worth it

[slender quartz]

Probably.

[wanton flax]

Sioux was a word I had to practice to pronounce right when I read it - like in my head, I know how to say it -- my mouth ? Not consistent

[ocean pebble]

From the wikipedia page, “The Sioux Falls metro area accounts for more than 30% of the state's population.”

[slender quartz]

There you go. About a third, now.

[ocean pebble]

Only city I can think of that beats that percentage is Anchorage, Alaska.

Which has like 40% of Alaska’s population

[dry bison]

because they can see russia from their doorstep?

[slender quartz]

And yet SD only has a population of under a million people total.

[dry bison]

I saw today a shitty house for sale for a million dollars. The housing market is shit

[ocean pebble]

Wait till this guy hears about Wyoming

[slender quartz]

I think we lost Perfect...

[wanton flax]

Hy 😄

I don't keep up with population count beyond this town being smol enough to only have one traffic light, no McD's, BK, or starbucks

And the closest walmart is an hour in any direction. LOL

[slender quartz]

Do you have one within 60 miles, though?

[wanton flax]

Nope.

[slender quartz]

Oooo! You sound like me!

[ocean pebble]

That’s not small town America, that’s microscopic town America

[dry bison]

probably some nice mom and pop shops tho

[ocean pebble]

I’ve lived in good ol’ suburbia for my whole life

[slender quartz]

Not here. Farm country.

[dry bison]

I'd take a good mom and pop shop over mcdonalds any day of the week

[wanton flax]

Dog can't get away -- can watch them run away for at least that 60miles !

LOL

[dry bison]

You are describing saskatchewan

[slender quartz]

I can shoot a rifle at my neighbors, and the bullet won't reach.

[ocean pebble]

I can shoot a rifle at my neighbors, and they will die.

[dry bison]

I can not purchase a rifle

[ocean pebble]

Why?

[dry bison]

A) Canada and B) Lack of permit

[ocean pebble]

Ah

[wanton flax]

Where I grew up it was very suburban.

[ocean pebble]

I see

[slender quartz]

Mumbles is a Canadadian. Like my gaming friend.

[dry bison]

You can not buy handguns in Canada as of May

[ocean pebble]

The suburbs are nice but don’t have much going on

[slender quartz]

I grew up in Ohio, Florida, Missouri, all over the US...

[ocean pebble]

I will not share my opinions on the matter as to not start any arguments.

[dry bison]

It is illegal to buy, sell or transfer handguns here

[icy olive]

@ocean pebble hai

[dry bison]

I want but have no need for a hunting rifle.

[ocean pebble]

Who are you and why do you keep pinging me randomly

@icy olive

[wanton flax]

It is a huge change from New Jersey to Kansa -- but I probably wouldn't survive my home state now... Any more than two people in a building is just too many to me. <_<

[slender quartz]

You have a stalke...I mean, admirer!

[icy olive]

i am me!

[ocean pebble]

Who is you?

[slender quartz]

...I think we're related. LOL

[icy olive]

me!

[ocean pebble]

Do I know you? Do we have a mutual connection of some kind?

[dry bison]

"Do you have my blood type?"

[icy olive]

YeYes!

[ocean pebble]

Who?

[icy olive]

https://tenor.com/view/thanos-im-out-bye-walk-out-avengers-gif-11604337

[ocean pebble]

Nice embed

Good one

[ocean pebble]

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[wanton flax]

I am so much more curious of this pinging thing happening with you, Doggo. LOL

[ocean pebble]

I am just as curious as to who this person is as well

[icy olive]

[wanton flax]

Maybe an admirer 😮 ?!

[dry bison]

Maybe they're the emo who isn't emo kid

[slender quartz]

S'what I said.

[ocean pebble]

No but seriously what’s going on with you?

[dry bison]

The one that likes but hates furries

[icy olive]

Nothing much! What's going on with you?

[ocean pebble]

I meant like, why do you keep randomly pinging me

[slender quartz]

While I'm thinking about it, my DMs are always open. Which is both an invitation and a threat, depending. LOL

[ocean pebble]

But i’m not up to much either

[icy olive]

Oh you seem like a cool person is all

[dry bison]

They're trolling you. Should just put them on ignore if they won't act like an adult.

[ocean pebble]

I mean I don’t mind, just find it a little odd

Not bothering me

[wanton flax]

It is hard to be an adult, thus games.

[safe path]

Exactly

I'm tired

[ocean pebble]

Sudden Natani appearance

[dry bison]

Natani
I've been here the whole time

https://tenor.com/view/lisa-lisa-blackpink-blackpink-lalisa-manoban-gif-21084162

[safe path]

o3o

Kinda funny you forgot who that was lol

[ocean pebble]

?

[dry bison]

https://tenor.com/view/james-roday-shawn-spencer-it-was-you-so-it-was-you-psych-gif-10443168

[ocean pebble]

You are @icy olive?

[icy olive]

Yes

[ocean pebble]

Unbelievable

[dry bison]

https://tenor.com/view/i-dont-believe-you-whatever-lies-gif-3602502

[ocean pebble]

[safe path]

It was my alt account that I brought into the server when I was a mod cuz we were trying to root out stuff

You were mad at the time when I brought the alt account in xD

[icy olive]

Proof

[safe path]

:p

[primal kelp]

i figured it was nat or tacos

[safe path]

But yeah anyways I actually forgot my alt account was in the server until the other day

That was the day that I like randomly pinged you lol

[ocean pebble]

Random troll target… acquired

[dry bison]

Gunna go dream of cats

[safe path]

Ooh what kind of kitties?

[ocean pebble]

Goodnight

[slender quartz]

caaaasually marks Natani for sneakiness

[ocean pebble]

You have been
D I S T R A C T E D

[safe path]

You know it's kind of funny cuz I actually thought it was a little bit obvious based on the PFP

[ocean pebble]

Based on the pfp it could have been anyone