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#off-topic-bond-james-bond
mint spear
undone moat
I think the drive is doing the big die
mint spear
Ugh my calc teacher surprised us and said we have our logarithms exam on Friday. It was originally meant to be next week
undone moat
it doesn't sound very happy but, then again, that's old hdds for you
mint spear
oof
delicate ermine
Jesus. I ate an entire package of, like, 40 dates.
clever vessel
Wouldn't 40 dates...be a terrible bathroom experience?
mint spear
lol
clever vessel
No answer from Andre means yes
delicate ermine
Nah, bro. You're thinking about prunes.
delicate ermine
I'm sure there's a vore reference in there somewhere, and if there is, remember that I am also the person who would happily at least try human flesh if other people wouldn't get so bent out of shape about it.
covert knoll
it's not great
undone moat
nah, go the crazy route and make it a cannibalism joke
delicate ermine
That isn't to say I'm a cannibal.
I'm just saying, if someone died and willed their body to me for the purposes of consumption, and other people got freaked the fuck out about it because I actually ate someone else, I will happily face God and walk backwards into hell as I enjoy the sweet, succulent taste of long pig.
undone moat
OH FUC-
dusty hemlock
The exclusivity of Epic is a bitch, and honestly it is a pain for people to have to start installing new launchers.. but it is a side effect of steam having a monopoly
quartz furnace
lol "exlcusivity is meant to help the creators" no it isn't, it's meant to help Epic, full stop
dusty hemlock
i didnt say that, but i don't think its as cut and dry as you say
quartz furnace
And the only reason Steam isn't paying for exclusivity is they haven't needed to
delicate ermine
(Thanks, guys. Just didn't want someone getting frustrated at the discussion in the wrong place. Sorry about that.)
quartz furnace
Steam got their exclusivity by ebing first, and then maintained it bt providing DRM when GoG wouldn't. That's pretty much it
dusty hemlock
Its fine Andre, makes complete sense
quartz furnace
Andre I will never forgive you for politely making a sensible suggestion
quartz furnace
I like GoG better myself, even though I have more games on steam
quartz furnace
But like, if a game had a better sale on Epic for example I'd buy it there, whatever
delicate ermine
@quartz furnace Fite me, scrublord.
(Joking. I love you all to bits.)
dusty hemlock
Epic needs to get better, we can all agree with that
quartz furnace
I frequently end up buying games on multiple platforms too in case I decide I want to play with different achievements for example
dusty hemlock
I buy most of my indie games on my switch
Achievements aren't a factor to me at all
quartz furnace
But exclusivity is bullshit, and I can't really be on Epic's side in this. It's shit enough that EA is exclusive to Origin, and that Ubisoft is exclusive to uplay while pretending they aren't
dusty hemlock
the only console i care about achievements is my PS4
quartz furnace
Now Epic is making it so 3rd party games are exclusive to one store too? That sucks
dusty hemlock
Well you have to ask yourself why battlefield would launch on steam and sacrafice 30% of the sales, when they can survive and in-fact flourish on their own launcher
quartz furnace
(not just epic, the devs/publishers too)
dusty hemlock
Same reason we saw black ops 4 move to battle.net
quartz furnace
Well, yeah I at least give EA credit for going all the way with it and at least selling it on their platform. Uplay sells on steam and then makes you download uplay, which is stupid
dusty hemlock
I agree with you there, i am not a fan of ubisoft games right now
every one for the past few years i have been so disaspointed with
quartz furnace
But there's a difference between "I'm a first partyso I will make my games only for my store" and "I'm a 3rd party and going to pay people to only sell on my store"
dusty hemlock
Remember though, steam where nearly just as bad
undone moat
okay I'm gonna ask the stupid question
dusty hemlock
Remember when they launched on PS3?
undone moat
why can't people just sell on both and not worry about it
quartz furnace
Because Epic is paying publishers for exclusivity
dusty hemlock
The argument is because epic are paying devs lots of money for exclusive rights
however there have been no permanent exlcusives afaik
dusty hemlock
I am hoping red-dead 2 is an epic exclusive lol
Most people use the tencent argument
So at least you aren't doing that haha
quartz furnace
Oh, yeah, most of the things people complain about Epic for are bullshit
The tencent thing is a non-factor, the EULA thing is just because one idiot read an EULA for the first time in their life and whipped a bunch of idiots who never read one ever into a frenzy. The reading the file from steam was bad but probably a mistake of a developer, and if the files/analysis of the files never went off your local computer it's whatever
But the exclusivity is a legitimate problem and not a good way for PC gaming to be headed
dusty hemlock
Im not going to disagree with you on the exclusivity thing, i disagree with it in principle.. But i won't attack Epic because i believe that it is a by-product of a market steam have created
thorny crescent
Just like Stadia, I'm afraid- if Stadia goes all Epic and grabby-grabby for exclusives, emulation and preservation will be harder than it is
dusty hemlock
I agree, however i think Stadia will fail
quartz furnace
Steam has problems but steam didnt create anything. It's not their fault they wre the only game in town for 10+ years
Any other complaints about steam are pretty irrelevant. At any point someone could have come and compete without having to do exclusivity. No one did until we got where we are today
quartz furnace
And GOG was the first real competitor, and they are great I always buy there if I can. But without DRM they arent going to get AAA games
Bruh compared to what?
Steam game store isn't perfect but it's still by far the best digital games marketplace
In terms of UI
Actually maybe GOG is better now
But other than that, every single store is way more painful
And believe me I have used every single one
Even OUYA you remember OUYA lol
dusty hemlock
Well, people have grown used to steam.. but from a UX perspective it is a nightmare
compared to most stores
quartz furnace
Honestly name a single store that isn't worse
Besides GoG because I gave you that one lol
thorny crescent
This is basically the same situation with online video-as-a-service platforms- other platforms like Vimeo or Dailymotion could have made innovation in strides and left YouTube in the dust, but nothing quite happened and YouTube is now the apex predator
dusty hemlock
For purchasing, epic is far better
quartz furnace
I honestly have to assume you're joking bailey
dusty hemlock
Well i am a UX developer, trust me it is better 😛
It follows many of the UX design heuristics to the letter
it considers the user journey and mapping perfectly
quartz furnace
Then the UX design heuristics are shit
The only way of interfacing with the store is through a single infinite scroll list f games taht isn't even sortable
dusty hemlock
Origin is terrible
thorny crescent
If you're developing for VR, it is actually alright- Spartan UIs flow better, but on PC where we need basic bread-and-butter QOLs, it's terrible
quartz furnace
I as a consumer, as a user, your industry is broken if you think that is agood
thorny crescent
I'm only suggesting for specific niche scenarios where most design principles are thrown out the window..
Less buttons, less travel time.
Better.
quartz furnace
I was replying to bailey
quartz furnace
Even for VR I doubt epic game store woudl be good (does it even work in VR anyway?) I think it's just "PC uis don't work for VR so uh I guess we start from scratch"
dusty hemlock
uses art direction and throws "BUY ME" in your face
quartz furnace
And VR UIs just aren't mature enough yet to know what a good one is
dusty hemlock
You may disagree with me on principle demon, but you put two people who have never used either store testing these
quartz furnace
Bailey you have to be trolling me right now. Literally just go to the unreal engine section of the epic launcher and go to marketplace
dusty hemlock
and epic store will be the preffered store
quartz furnace
That is way better than EGS alone
thorny crescent
We do know now (and collated enough data) that UIs that encourage physical interaction and have lesser travel time between buttons are excellent for interaction
Other than that it's honestly a horseshit platform haha
dusty hemlock
Agreed
Heck it even has Dark Patterns..
You can't close the app if you are in the checkout lol
quartz furnace
Yeah I mean I 100% do not buy that making it so the majority of your products are essentially inaccessible is a good UX
Like, it might be a good UX from the point of view of herding people who dont know what they want into buying stuiff they will never use
dusty hemlock
I dont think you know what i mean when i say UX
UX considers the fact that a user has a goal
and the ease of achieving it
Put a grandma on each store and she will prefer Epic
quartz furnace
There's literally only 2 goals that matter here though "I want to find a game to play" and "I want to buy a specific game"
I guess EGS does OK in the 2nd because there's a search box
It does trash in the first
dusty hemlock
Steam is the definition of cognitive overload
quartz furnace
That's fine, I am not saying steam is perfect
dusty hemlock
Demon you are considering your user journey
quartz furnace
You can have a curated list be the main point of the landing page, that is fine
See: Switch store
dusty hemlock
Epic is a better designed store for users in general
quartz furnace
Again, I 100% don't buy that
I know what your point is, I understand your point
"Non power users don't need to be confronted with a ton of information they can't process"
dusty hemlock
Epic still needs to add things..
quartz furnace
Got it, fine
dusty hemlock
im not saying its done
it needs to add filters and ways to find "most popular" "deals" "trending" etc
quartz furnace
But presenting only a list and nothing else is worse UX than what steam has, full stop
dusty hemlock
thats not my point lol
Overall the launcher is dogshit compared to steam
but the UX principles are being considered via each iteration and its obvious
quartz furnace
Steam is also already heading in that direction, though
dusty hemlock
I assume you understand development cycles, sprints, agile workflows etc?
quartz furnace
Sure
dusty hemlock
So epic will have wanted to get the first viable product out
It has a LOOONG way to go
quartz furnace
But Epic literally already has the base of a store. Take the UE asset market place, add your infinite scrolling curated landing page, done. INstantly 1000x better than what they have now
dusty hemlock
That marketplace is super slow and pretty poorly designed 2bh
You can bet a pretty penny that two different dev teams are working on each section
quartz furnace
Pretty poorly designed compared to what? It sucks, but it at least has the minimum needed for "I want to browse to see if I can find something I want"
dusty hemlock
Thats you
quartz furnace
Add the curated list for grandma, iterate (even if that's iterating to replace it entirely later) in the background
No it's not just me
It's the vast majority of PC game players
dusty hemlock
Ok how is a grandma going to use the steam store
quartz furnace
Valve's not stupid, btw, just in case you thought that
undone moat
oh, this is still going on?
dusty hemlock
I know their not man haha
undone moat
sorry I had to grab a slushie
quartz furnace
Valve designed for the power user initially, and now are beginning to transition to become more accessible for grandma
ornate fable
lol Computerman
quartz furnace
Like idk if you noticed the last couple years but steam has swung pretty hard from "here's some search tools, find what you want" to presenting curated lists
They have ways to go in it for sure
dusty hemlock
You also have to bare in mind that these launchers will almost certianly have to be fully accessible in the near future
quartz furnace
But it's really obvious they are heading that way
dusty hemlock
Try make the steam store usable for a blind person...
quartz furnace
But steam is way closer to being where you think Epic is trying to go than Epic is
dusty hemlock
Well lets agree to disagree haha
thorny crescent
don't mind me, just enjoying this convo
quartz furnace
As a software engineer, I don't even buy that Epic has planned for their UX to be the way that it is anyway. They've done the same thing every store does which is implement the simplest possible thing and rush to market before it's actually a viable product
If they weren't paying publishers for exclusivity they'd likely either have to absorb way more loss than any successful platform has, or go the same route as every other one, which is die
ornate fable
the heck this form is weird, the numbers go like
3 4
5 6
7 8
10 11
9```do they know how to count?
ornate fable
but number 9
thorny crescent
number 9
burger king foot lettuce
the last thing that you want in your burger king lettuce is somebody's foot fungas
delicate ermine
Whenever I see someone write out "Number 9", I hear it at least three times in my head, then the same three times in reverse, all because of the fucking Beatles.
dusty hemlock
Andre, are you german?
delicate ermine
Nein.
dusty hemlock
😄
delicate ermine
I'm about to make dinner. Any requests for food porn?
undone moat
put the salami in the taco
delicate ermine
Nah. I'm just having some pizza for dinner tonight. I was meaning, did anyone have any requests for food porn pictures? XD
delicate ermine
Garlic sauce = Delicious.
clever vessel
Same
undone moat
like I understand the whole seat thing, I'm marginally larger than my sister and my mom but leaving your trash in the back seat and cupholders? That's just fucking scummy
delicate ermine
Especially the cup holders.
Like...that's not where trash goes. It either goes into the footspace of the passenger seats, or you toss it into a small grocery bag attached to your gear shift that you hurl at assholes on the highway.
delicate ermine
covert knoll
delicate ermine
Exactly. But only if someone's being a dick. Don't litter unless it's to prove a point and fuck with someone who is treating driving like it's a right, not a privilege.
thorny crescent
Yeah, and that's why Shirley makes Viggo drive back and pick up the soda he threw
Solid movie
delicate ermine
I've still yet to see it, but it's Viggo. It's gotta be at least decent.
silent wagon
I like both actors, I should probably watch it 😄
Viggo will always be Aragorn to me, lol
delicate ermine
He's Aragorn to me too, but also the command master chief from G.I. Jane. I loved that movie growing up.
undone moat
hell call me nitpicky but they didn't even have the decency to put the park brake on
oh ok
delicate ermine
Nah, that's just fucked up. You always put the parking brake on.
silent wagon
Speaking of Aragorn, lol @delicate ermine
silent wagon
Cuz it's fucking awesome
lost shore
Try watching all 3 extended editions in one day.
mint spear
I can go without peeing for a full eight hours
silent wagon
@lost shore Hell yes, lol
lost shore
Mhmm
mint spear
Bring it on endgame
silent wagon
I didn't do it in one day, I did it in two. But still 😄
lost shore
Wimp lol
The Fellowship of the Ring, 178 minutes theatrical, 208 minutes extended (228 with additional credits)
The Two Towers, 179 minutes theatrical, 223 minutes extended (235 with additional credits)
The Return of the King, 200 minutes theatrical, 251 minutes (263 with additional credits)
silent wagon
Fuckin worth it tho
mint spear
I have a problem in that I always start off long movies enjoying them, but about halfway I get anxious that i'm wasting time and I need to be off doing something more productive 😩
silent wagon
Oof, theatrical of Fellowship is a no from me
lost shore
11.3 hours for all three extended
covert knoll
the only way to watch it is to watch all 3 extended editions back to back to back
lost shore
Name gets it
covert knoll
33.9 hours
silent wagon
Theatrical of Fellowship ruins Boromir
mint spear
I'm not into the lotr stuff, is the hobbit trilogy a canon prequel to the main series?
lost shore
yes
covert knoll
well blow me down, we can watch all 6 six times! spend a whole week on this!
silent wagon
You gotta at least hit extended Fellowship and Two Towers back to back cuz of Boromir's character-building
undone moat
There's even garbage in the truck bed
mint spear
covert knoll
if you're not spending 120hrs watchin lotr you're not watching lotr
silent wagon
Hobbit trilogy is weak af, lol. 3 movies out of a short book 😂
undone moat
remind me never to trust people with my truck again
silent wagon
Desolation is the only Hobbit I'll willingly re-watch
delicate ermine
The Hobbit trilogy wasn't too bad inherently, especially considering they drew a lot of the things that weren't directly from The Hobbit out of the Silmarillion, the Untold Tales, and other writings of Tolkien. Save for a couple of the romance cues, it was fair to the lore.
silent wagon
Idk if I'd call the Hobbit trilogy canon to LotR, especially with the weird added romance
delicate ermine
That said, it crippled the actor's guild in New Zealand and fucked over a lot in the name of the commercialism over the film, and that sucks ass and definitely taints the films.
delicate ermine
Though, as much as I love the LotR series of films, I still believe that the Rankin/Bass versions of "The Hobbit" and "Return of the King", as well as the Bakshi version of "The Lord of the Rings" from the late 70s were better.
silent wagon
Don't even get me started on the Hobbit's CGI orcs instead of dudes in prosthetics and makeup like LotR did
delicate ermine
Dude, fuck CGI and fuck prosthetics. I wish they'd have done them like they did in Bakshi's. Straight up rotoscope.
I love that shit.
undone moat
NNNNEEEEEERRRRRRDDDS
delicate ermine
We're here because of a computer sim game.
If we're not all nerds to some extent or another, what the fuck are we doing?
undone moat
it's joke
silent wagon
Aka "Dude in makeup and prosthetics" and "Glorified videogame cutscene" 😂😂😂
delicate ermine
Also, Bakshi Uruk.
covert knoll
i am not a small sugary candy
delicate ermine
Or, "Planet of the Apes Uruk".
silent wagon
Lol
undone moat
I'll eat you like you are name
covert knoll
don't vore me
delicate ermine
Don't threaten Name with a good time.
I just wish they'd made the Hobbit films more musical. There was so much music in The Hobbit that was just sort of left on the cutting room floor.
covert knoll
i wish they had put more pirates in the movies
delicate ermine
They had the dwarves sing the entirety of "There Is An Inn" at one point, but they cut it the fuck out.
covert knoll
there were so few pirates in those movies
delicate ermine
YOU ARE A PIRATE
YAR HAR, FIDDLE-DE-DEE.
BEING A PIRATE IS ALL RIGHT WITH ME
DO WHAT YOU WANT, 'CAUSE A PIRATE IS FREE
YOU ARE A PIRATE
undone moat
also holy fucking shit it just dawned on me
you're moving through ranks like fucking crazy
delicate ermine
Aye, I am.
delicate ermine
I joined Thursday night. Went up a rank a day until Monday. Then I've just been kinda toning it down so people don't think I'm spamming my way up the ranks.
delicate ermine
I DO. I CARE.
I CARE ABOUT WHAT EVERYONE THINKS ABOUT ME, AND I AM CONSTANTLY TERRIFIED THAT I WILL DO SOMETHING PEOPLE WILL HATE.
undone moat
sauce
covert knoll
yeah just drop it from orbit or something
delicate ermine
I am firmly of the belief that the LotR and Hobbit films would have been substantially improved if, at any given point, the orcs had broken into song like this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdXQJS3Yv0Y
craggy plover
Hey guys, I love to play No mans sky, and I love watching it just as much. I personally don't have the time, but I was thinking maybe one of you could start a na mans sky channel, I would watch and subscribe
covert knoll
don't join a server and try to advertise for your own
craggy plover
I wasn't advertising
lost shore
There wasn't any advertising there, Name. Calm down
@craggy plover Check #345539897697763328 - there's usually a few people streaming it
covert knoll
especially if it's the same content, and more especially if you haven't gotten permission
oh
craggy plover
I was hoping someone here would start a no mas sky channel
craggy plover
that's fine
delicate ermine
lol Name was going off. XD
covert knoll
shush
lost shore
Right? I was about to drop a mute
covert knoll
oh you guys~
delicate ermine
Name about to cut a bitch in #off-topic-bond-james-bond. I was just about to get some popcorn. 😆
lost shore
🍿
lost shore
@craggy plover But yeah, check #345539897697763328 - I saw Bruce Cooper streaming a bit ago.
craggy plover
Thanks Joseph
lost shore
Np
craggy plover
4 wat
craggy plover
nice
covert knoll
i mean... i gotta cut you now
craggy plover
or should I say knife
covert knoll
sorry
craggy plover
lol
covert knoll
cuts a man
craggy plover
laughs in cutter
craggy plover
anyone ever just yeet hamster into the toilet because they bit you
covert knoll
dude
craggy plover
wat
covert knoll
2 far
delicate ermine
Nah. That's what socks are for, bro.
craggy plover
its funnier to know they will not be near u again
covert knoll
hamsters are horrible pets though
craggy plover
down in the toilet
craggy plover
igtg 4 a minute ill be back
delicate ermine
Whenever Mr. Fuzzy gets too upity, he goes into the punishment sock for a twirl. Then he starts acting right, once he figures out how to walk straight again.
(For legal reasons, that's a joke; don't harm pets, kids).
delicate ermine
In totally unrelated news: Have you guys been bumping the new Lil Nas X track "Old Town Road", featuring Billy Ray Cyrus?
delicate ermine
craggy plover
no
delicate ermine
Yes.
craggy plover
where did everyone else go
delicate ermine
They're busy. Now sit down and listen to this.
delicate ermine
I don't even like it. I think it's a pretty bleh song.
But it's for the principle of the thing.
craggy plover
watch this, it wasn't me
covert knoll
I feel like I do not want to watch that
craggy plover
watch it
delicate ermine
Seriously. Don't watch it.
craggy plover
I found it in the dark corner of youtube
delicate ermine
Also, as much as we were joking...you're kinda getting into that part where it's not a joke.
undone moat
I threw up in my mouth a little andre
covert knoll
It is probably not appropriate to post in here
undone moat
what the fuck was that shit
craggy plover
Its a fake hamster lol got em
undone moat
no the music video
delicate ermine
The song?
delicate ermine
Yeah, it's not very good, but I have to support the hell out of it for the principle of it.
undone moat
🤔
delicate ermine
See, as blah as it is, the original version of "Old Town Road" was set to be the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. But then, for SOME reason, Billboard removed it from the list, citing that it "doesn't have enough country elements". Like, the song that was flying up the charts, they remove it from the charts. Which seems weird...until you realize taht Lil Nas X is black, and country music charts are predominantly white, ALWAYS.
Billy Ray Cyrus got involved, they remade and released the track, and it's back in the charts as a giant "Fuck you" to Billboard.
delicate ermine
You okay, man?
undone moat
I think so
craggy plover
im definitely not going to watch it now
delicate ermine
Fast or slow?
delicate ermine
You'll be wanting some Imodium, Kaopectate, or Pepto-Bismol, mate.
rare mauve
Rip
lost shore
Spaceman 👋
mint spear
Yo my art show went really good
lost shore
Oh?
delicate ermine
Way to go, Bagged!
delicate ermine
Woo! The DMs gonna be JUICY
open bane
nice job milkky
rare mauve
Goodnight friends
lost shore
Night, Sheriff.
delicate ermine
Gnight, Spaceman!
fickle obsidian
protip, if you go to a store and wait till like 10-15 minutes to closing to purchase your items, hoping to get the deal price but the registers don't seem to be giving it exactly right, don't expect your cashier to either let you see how off it may be nor adjust it if you even do actually catch it 👀
delicate ermine
Protip: Don't go to a store 10-15 minutes to closing and expect to be treated like a considerate customer.
fickle obsidian
any other time in the day is fuck corporate we'll get you set with the right deal. close to closing is sorry ya done fucked up, especially if i happen to know you've been in the store for probably 2-3 hours
yuup, p. much
this person tho, like damn they were almost certainly in there for at least an hour or two before closing, so they had time to get me before i was in ugh fuck off mode, lol
delicate ermine
Seriously. Back when I worked at Home Depot, closing always sucked. Literally, we'd hold the store open sometimes 10, 15, 20 minutes after the store officially closed, just to get throught the purchases that customers who came in AT CLOSING had to get that night.
There were nights when we would hold open the door a full hour after it closed.
fickle obsidian
I hate to say it but I honestly think they expected to be able to bank off their looks or something
delicate ermine
Seriously. Fuck customers who come in as a store is winding down and treat it like a normal shopping trip, where they can stop and browse.
fickle obsidian
Fortunately haven't run into that yet, but we've had a few times where we've held over for 10 minutes after close
Most of the time those instances have been people drunk or clearly a tad off in some way
Like tonight we had the odd couple that one was high on painkillers or something, and I hope they weren't being abused, but it looked like it coulda been the case
delicate ermine
See, you'd think that, with Home Depot, it'd be the people trying to scam the store or shit who'd pull that at close. But no; it's just inconsiderate customers. The people who do the scamming come in at peak times and walk right out through the front doors with unpaid merchandise, 'cause unless there's someone actively watching the exits (especially the garden department in the summer during rush), people will steal shit.
One guy walked out the front door with a $7,000 air compressor. Just wheeled the fucker out. Totally free.
covert knoll
that reminds me, i need to go to a store as they close
fickle obsidian
Oh yeah, same where I'm at now. You get some folks around closing you're a bit suspicious of, but more often than not the people that will do something do it when things are busiest or at just weird hours
covert knoll
working retail, man i don't miss it.
store i worked out, we sold guns mostly. . . so people didn't steal, they figured we were armed
delicate ermine
I miss working in fast food, but I am glad I don't work retail anymore.
I especially miss handing out free food to folks at close when working fast food.
Those were feel-good moments.
fickle obsidian
lmao Name
covert knoll
i mean. . . i'm not really into guns myself, and i've got some feelings about gun policies in this country. . .
but yeah, i can sell you the right gun today!
fickle obsidian
I'd have to cut my hair a bunch or tie it in a bun to even get near fast food or any sort of food service, lol
covert knoll
even make sure you get the right rounds with the right loads
delicate ermine
I used to wear a beard net when I was working near the food itself. But I preferred being at the drive-thru window. XD
Especially near close. At KFC, people always seem to decide they want to order a family meal at 10:00 p.m., when the store closes. And we'd be like, "You know we're out of chicken, and potatoes, and...pretty much damn near everything, right?"
fickle obsidian
Can't imagine working food tbh, I'm just too careless with timing
fickle obsidian
Half the time I overcook my own damn food
covert knoll
good food though.
delicate ermine
I did love the people that'd roll up and be like, "What've you got left?" We'd be like, "We'll give you half the chicken we've got left, a couple pot pies, some cole slaw, and a metric fuckton of biscuits for the price of a single meal. That work?"
fickle obsidian
aayy
covert knoll
no
i fucking want popcorn chicken and fucking mashed potatoes
this isn't rocket science
delicate ermine
Seriously. I used to do that too.
fickle obsidian
sir, this is a KFC, we don't fuck the food
covert knoll
START DOING IT
delicate ermine
Just, "You want, like, five of the mashed potato bowls for the price of a piece of chicken?"
delicate ermine
'Cause it gets thrown the fuck out ten minutes after the store closes. That, or people take it home with them. You can't sell it. More often than not, there's more food than anyone can do anything with.
covert knoll
i like being not fat anymore. . .
but golly gosh do i miss eating some real garbage
fickle obsidian
see, i think so far my fav. little part of the job is just kinda saying fuck it & giving parents deals where people have forgotten to take down deal signs, lol
delicate ermine
I figured, if I can't sell it at the window, I'd just give it out to the homeless. So when I was manager there, I'd set it up so that people knew when I'd be on shift, and at about 10:30, I'd open the doors to homeless folks to charge their phones, sit down, and have some hot food. Those were awesome days.
fickle obsidian
Tbh if people aren't willing to do more to help homeless folks out that's the least that could be made a normal policy
delicate ermine
That's the way I see it. I mean, fuck corporate and all that nonsense. The whole, "YOU CAN'T GIVE IT AWAY. WHAT IF THEY SUE YOU?!"
fickle obsidian
folks just want a goddamn meal
covert knoll
just have them sign waivers
delicate ermine
It's like, dude's eating out of a dumpster. They'll drag it out of our trash as soon as we drive away from the building anyway. Why the fuck not just serve it to them and treat them like humans?
delicate ermine
Fine. Why the fuck not just serve it to them and treat them like animals with fancy pants?
covert knoll
just get them to sign waivers
fickle obsidian
nah, one step too many
covert knoll
i'm trying to do the meet halfway thing here
we're considering just having you incinerate all the food at the end of the night so the animals with fancy pants don't go pawing at our garbage cans
delicate ermine
Aye, and I admire it. But really, it's just too much effort and I'd rather give people the benefit of the doubt.
Plus, before I was manager, we got robbed at closing around once a month. Once I was manager there, we weren't robbed for the five months I was working there. Now, I'm not saying there's a correlation...
covert knoll
we were never robbed
there was a break in during the blackout, back in like 2001
but that was after hours and what not. . .
covert knoll
no, i want toenail pics today
delicate ermine
delicate ermine
covert knoll
so. . . let's stop, and say we did
delicate ermine
That's fair.
covert knoll
how bout fingernails?
thorny crescent
how was the pizza?
covert knoll
like those really big gaudy making your fingers useless fingernails
delicate ermine
Ooh. Good choice. I'll pull up some from one of my exes.
The pizza was great.
Not exactly those giant, gaudy ones, but I thought she was quite the artist when it came to her nails.
covert knoll
mechanics are the worst, am i right?
in an rp game, mechanics are the worst. all them danged rules and numbers and figures
what an annoyance
LET'S TELL SOME STORIES
delicate ermine
What would you like to hear?
covert knoll
the story of my lolibot, she's doing quite well these days
she's neither comatose nor a haunted yacht*
*she's still a haunted yacht, but also has her normal body back as well
covert knoll
i mean. . .
she's getting used to it
but also has a copy of herself back in her normal body
this little girl here and her message of peace. . . it's always so applicable
delicate ermine
"Where'd she go?"
"I can't keep track of her when she's not incorporeally possessing a spaceship. Don't look at me."
"You folks are all insane."
"Well...my sister's a ship. We had a complicated childhood."
covert knoll
it was sort of like that, but i didn't share the information that she had been uploaded to the ship, at least not right away
delicate ermine
Whedon would be proud. ❤
covert knoll
i merely gave the prospect of her being comatose AND a ship just so happening to be at the right place at the right time
man. . . this has been a fun arc
delicate ermine
That's always the way of it. Granny slips into a coma, and suddenly the toaster's working funky, and you wonder what really happened?
covert knoll
right?
i really like that they're all afraid of me now
just because i said i want to kill all humans
delicate ermine
I mean, it'd be an overall improvement, but as a human, it's probably better if we just find a way to kill most of the humans.
delicate ermine
See, that clarification is pretty important though. XD
delicate ermine
Well, best of luck with the RP!
covert knoll
i also like how she's playing it up only because it makes people nervous
when all she wants is a sense of taste
good luck sleeping, i presume
delicate ermine
Cheers! XD I won't be sleeping for a little while. Have to check up on a couple of folks. Make sure nobody needs an open ear.
covert knoll
no one needs an extra ear
delicate ermine
Pft. Speak for yourself.
delicate ermine
I think things would be awesome if we could get trinocular hearing.
covert knoll
i'm happy with binocular hearing and seeing and smelling
it's as if our brains are developed to work with pairs of things
delicate ermine
Only because things like to present themselves in pairs or clones of themselves. If they produced themselves in triplicate, then even things would be more visually stimulating, compared to now where odd things always seem more pleasant.
silver mantle
you guys are weird 
fickle obsidian
we can toss the hacked together emoji now i guess:
https://twitter.com/GameModeCSD/status/1115733379528429568
lost shore
lost shore
Give me a few
mint spear
lost shore
Do me a fav - reduce the file size about 50% and I'll upload it
mint spear
I'm off to bed anyways, maybe i'll wake up to a dream come true
Gnight fam
😴
I'm on mobile, can I do that?
lost shore
nah. I'll get it
thorny crescent
give me just a sec ill do it
lost shore
already done
mint spear
👀
thorny crescent
did you fix up the blue color before scaling?
if scaled down, the blue will be exaggerated
mint spear
Saturated sean
lost shore
It's supposed to be. I'm not going to color grade it lol
mint spear
It's aesthetic
thorny crescent
sure sure
lost shore
thorny crescent
magic cloak
Ooo
ornate fable
ornate fable
if only I knew how to make that into a gif
thorny crescent
mail me the seans, i'll try my best
fickle obsidian
sean me the seans i'll sean my sean
magic cloak
Omg
thorny crescent
@ornate fable
magic cloak
delicate ermine
A rainbow of VRSeans.
ornate fable
@thorny crescent YUSSS!!!
delicate ermine
I never thought I'd see the day.
God, technology is a wonder, isn't it?
What will they think of next?
lost shore
gray hill
Hey what's up. I just joined, I see you guys are into seizure inducing memes lol
thorny crescent
silver mantle
Sean has seen himself as an old man and reborn as a space baby
dusty magnet
Having dinner at 11pm is normal right?
lost shore
For me, sure.
dusty magnet
It's taco time
thorny crescent
silver mantle
Having breakfast as 11pm would be more normal for me :3
simple siren
I used to sleep at like 10am and wake up at 8pm right after I graduated uni
silver mantle
Yeah that's about the schedule I have right now
thorny crescent
would anyone care for a bit of enjoyment?
i located a fanedit of the hobbit that condenses the three movies into a single cut
and you can stream it from your browser
silver mantle
I would but I dont think it'll work here at the office
magic cloak
Ok holy shit..this is real
And WB copyright striked it lmao
For using the dark Knight theme
silver mantle
Ew politics in off topic
magic cloak
It's more of a joke tho
silver mantle
Idk I ain't watchin it haha
magic cloak
Haha it's hilarious
pliant cosmos
Space Related, >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUyH3XhpLTo&feature=youtu.be << This is cool. Cant wait to see the Photos
lost shore
pliant cosmos
ugggh. Its Vertitasium about the pics that - Yeah about that
lost shore
Shit goes down in like 4 hours I think?
magic cloak
The pic will look no way like the rederings
swift ore
Today is wednesday
west nest
Blob
magic cloak
And it was taken using optical camera
We are getting a pic of the black hole using radio camera/telescope
lost shore
Obviously it's not going to look like an artist's rendition. It probably will be a blob of light with a dark circle or somethng
thorny crescent
Or it will be Morgan Freeman or Sean Murray with his mouth open
Expect the unexpected
magic cloak
Maybe
astral linden
It will be goatse
silver mantle
Its not 2005
night bobcat
Now you tell me
night bobcat
So we get a pic of the galaxy's black hole today - how rude
silver mantle
I mean, its not 2006
west nest
Oh good song
astral linden
Jeez, Sohail, it's not... 1993?
gaunt reef
lmaaoo
silver mantle
Its also not 1994, just in case
gaunt reef
it's from 1994
silver mantle
Its also not 2007
astral linden
That reply is so 2004
silver mantle
I know what to throw away
gaunt reef
me
astral linden
Recycle
silver mantle
I'm american
arctic eagle
Hello American
gaunt reef
I'm America's landfill
silver mantle
Yeehaw y'all
astral linden
We are a happy landfill
night bobcat
I'm computer generated
magic cloak
No u
astral linden
I'm a radio telescope
night bobcat
Hi there
magic cloak
I am a hdd
astral linden
📻 🔭
magic cloak
No
astral linden
It's me
night bobcat
Radio telescope
astral linden
Uhh ya you don't know anything about science it's when those two have a baby
astral linden
You just put those two together
astral linden
That's what she said
night bobcat
heyoooo
magic cloak
Gottem
mint spear
ground control to major tom
astral linden
Looks like Jerry finally had enough
night bobcat
This is major Tom to ground control, I'm stepping through the door
And I'm floating in a most peculiar waaaaay
magic cloak
Asked what
astral linden
To do responsibilities
magic cloak
Oh
Well everyone will be eager to see the pic of black holes
It's a big responsibility
For a radio telescope
night bobcat
Big black hole job
magic cloak
Yes
mint spear
NO
night bobcat
Lol
thorny crescent
astral linden
I should have been a television microscope like mom said
night bobcat
📺🔬
night bobcat
😏
mint spear
it's a telescop
magic cloak
lost shore
strange smelt
albion online is now f2p come check it out. nothing to lose!!
https://albiononline.com/?ref=157BLW1ZMY
silver mantle
I had too many comments I chose not to put here
strange smelt
comments about what
silver mantle
F2p mmos in general
thorny crescent
magic cloak
It's old?
rare mauve
@mint spear what’s your insta?
mint spear
@thorny crescent OWO TRAILER
covert knoll
My insta is footballisgreataoccerisdumb.com
mint spear
cant wait to see Nala give Simba the bedroom eyes in HD
magic cloak
This is a new trailer? @mint spear
mint spear
YES 😄
magic cloak
Oh cool
lost shore
thorny crescent
clever vessel
Yellow
lost shore
That is the supermassive Black Hole in the M87 galaxy
rare mauve
Hell yeah!!!
magic jay
i loosely followed the news of potential black hole image. What spacecraft/observatory took that btw
mint spear
scary
torpid dust
So now we know what black holes look like, and they look FUCKING TERRIFYING
magic jay
Yep. imagine falling into one
clever vessel
It wants to consume us
torpid dust
vo-
magic jay
should it be pinned? yes? no? xD
inland mauve
Yeah that looks about right 
mint spear
my favorite depiction of a black hole is in the movie Interstellar
night bobcat
It was a bunch of telescope sights in conjunction with each other
magic jay
so basically its compiled by using images from various telescopes?
lost shore
Event Horizon Telescope - group of 8 telescopes? I think, all focused at the M87 galaxy.
magic cloak
So what are we actually seeing now
The accreditation disk?
Black hole at a weird angle?
night bobcat
And they used technology I don't understand, involving the fact that the earth rotates, to compile - they turned those eight sights into a telescope as wide as the earth
magic cloak
Or what
rare mauve
Boys we did it
magic cloak
?
inland mauve
I think there is an accretion disk otherwise we wouldnt see the light surrounding the event horizon
rare mauve
We got a picture of a black hole
inland mauve
Unless theres a bright object behind the black hole like a star or something but I dont think it would pick that up
magic jay
That's... a scene from Interstellar movie
magic cloak
I know
lost shore
From what I can understand, the light we see is the disk leading up to the event horizon itself (the area where the light and dark meet)
rare mauve
night bobcat
It's so massive it draws in light
lost shore
The hole itself is a shadow
torpid dust
the orange is the accretion disk
magic jay
Gravitational Lensing
rare mauve
Yup
torpid dust
I think it goes to show though that perhaps black holes whilst being invisible, radiate light
inland mauve
well the disk yes
mint spear
inland mauve
because they're so hot
rare mauve
Yup
magic jay
yea
magic cloak
Black holes give away radiation
rare mauve
@mint spear what’s your insta
torpid dust
lots of it
magic cloak
It's literally called Hawking radiation
rare mauve
Yup
magic cloak
And over time it gets stretched due to the Doppler effect
mint spear
Idk if I want to reveal my irl identity 😩 @rare mauve
magic cloak
I wonder what it would actually look like if we fix the Doppler effect
rare mauve
Oh
magic jay
oh god... quantum physics is not my cup of tea D:
torpid dust
I mean technically there's nothing quantum about the doppler effect
inland mauve
so is that black hole at the center of the galaxy they looked at?
rare mauve
You could just dm me if you want. Totally understand your situation @mint spear
silver mantle
inland mauve
Considering its a supermassive black hole
lost shore
yep
inland mauve
ah ty
magic cloak
I mean obviously it won't be visible radiation fully ..it will probably be high energy like gamma
inland mauve
I'll try to visit it in Space Engine tonight 😛
magic jay
Proxima b would be the best target
rare mauve
Yup @magic jay
silver mantle
SpaceEngine .99 should have really good effects for black holes so I'm looking forward to that
rare mauve
It’s interstellar time
rare mauve
Hell yeah it is
inland mauve
and its elliptical
torpid dust
I always forget and then every time something like this comes up god I remember
inland mauve
I boot up Space Engine, KSP or NMS at least once a day so I'll never forget that haha
magic cloak
So my question is
The view is like this ?
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcRNbR0GWaT1yPGZtXX0EP9t_Pj-_ETmwcnU_1Bvh3B6bcefTTak
Or this like a top down view?
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcQDbpfhMg-h7GcVUpRf55DUSWzdCj9l_CYxnbFU4zSg3t8kbZJO
rare mauve
Top one it looks like you can see the jets
inland mauve
I dont think we can tell at this point
magic cloak
Replace the rings with the accreditation disk
rare mauve
inland mauve
We cant really tell where the light bends so we cant say for sure
rare mauve
I’m saying it might be
inland mauve
If the pic was higher res we'd see some light bending but thats not possible at this moment
rare mauve
True true
magic cloak
It does look diametrically opposite
magic jay
looking at it, it looks like the black hole is taken from southern hemisphere
torpid dust
bigger question
magic jay
or northen
torpid dust
we're trying to do perspective based on shadows
magic jay
idk
rare mauve
Yup and
torpid dust
Do black holes even cast shadows
when they literally suck in light
so wouldn't it be emitting light from every angle
magic cloak
Is it a shadow tho?
ripe jackal
?
inland mauve
perhaps the bright spots is the disk and the top ring is the light bending
lost shore
The image shows a bright ring formed as light bends in the intense gravity around a black hole that is 6.5 billion times more massive than the Sun
inland mauve
the black hole is the shadow itself
rare mauve
Black holes are a shadow because they don’t produce light they just suck it in
lost shore
The shadow is NOT the black hole.
torpid dust
yeah so you can't tell the perspective of the image
when the black hole is spherical in nature and is the shadow
rare mauve
Isn’t the event horizon the shadow tho?
inland mauve
Oh yes thats what I meant sorry
torpid dust
every angle would be visually identical due to the distortion of light
rare mauve
Yup
magic cloak
If every angle is identical...then why does it have a disk at a particular plane
The Jets should be perpendicular to the disk plane
inland mauve
a black hole with a disk seen from above looks different when seen from side
lost shore
"If immersed in a bright region, like a disc of glowing gas, we expect a black hole to create a dark region similar to a shadow — something predicted by Einstein’s general relativity that we’ve never seen before, explained chair of the EHT Science Council Heino Falcke of Radboud University, the Netherlands. "This shadow, caused by the gravitational bending and capture of light by the event horizon, reveals a lot about the nature of these fascinating objects and allowed us to measure the enormous mass of M87’s black hole."
torpid dust
true
magic jay
idk, but the light around it, is probably the effect of Gravitational lensing
magic cloak
If a really nice space geek , makes a model showing the perspective, it will be great lol
magic jay
probably they will. I believe the portions where i circled is the beam emitting out from the black hole
torpid dust
I'll stick to universe sandbox /s
inland mauve
does that program have black holes? 😮
silver mantle
Windowed 
mint spear
Just saw the blackhole picture. Amazingly cool. I'm assuming most of that light emitted is coming from the accretion disk and or possible jets?
magic cloak
This clearly explains what we are seeing
And it's so perfect
Definitely worth watching if you wanna understand what we are actually seeing
The perspective
silver mantle
That was quick
magic cloak
So apparently the view is from a angle to the accredition disk
lost shore
That was also created a few days ago, I think.....
magic cloak
Yeah
cunning niche
Nice to see level-headed people here whose panties aren't in a twist. Hahahahahahahaha.
silver mantle
I'm not level headed at all
magic cloak
When I was searching for what I am actually seeing lol
cunning niche
Anyway, this black hole thing is badass.
torpid dust
fun fact: if our sun were to go supernova (physically impossible) earth would remain habitable for roughly 30 minutes
simple siren
that's 30 minutes too long for me
mint spear
https://twitter.com/65dos/status/1115935205808799744 Asked 65dos what software they use and they do use Ableton Live
Twitter
silver mantle
Zoid stealing my thunder
clever vessel
Look it's zoid
undone moat
I sat up and my spine popped in 3 different places
thorny crescent
I did a bit of stretching and my right knee's cartilage popped
nova quiver
The black hole photo is so exciting 😍
thorny crescent
Still in a cast
undone moat
I don't get why people are excited about the black hole, it's just my nudes smh
magic cloak
Lmao
open bane
@magic cloak it was supposed to be a secret
mint spear
f
open bane
glad you didn't find the nude ones
mint spear
ok now i'm confused what is this about again
thorny crescent
mint spear
wait, is that zoid?
undone moat
is that sean
mint spear
we have different opinions
thorny crescent
open bane
it's not actually me
undone moat
it's dio
thorny crescent
face reveal!
magic cloak
Oof
thorny crescent
i was saving those for a No Man's Sky SAO parody I was making
but I scrapped it
along with Dragon Ball's Sky
magic cloak
💩
thorny crescent
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