off-topic-bond-james-bond

[pliant fjord]

Astronomy Pic of the Day: The Gum Nebula over Snowy Mountains

Explanation: The Gum Nebula is so large and close it is actually hard to see. This interstellar expanse of glowing hydrogen gas frequently evades notice because it spans 35 degrees -- over 70 full Moons -- while much of it is quite dim. This featured spectacular 90-degree wide mosaic, however, was designed to be both wide and deep enough to bring up the Gum -- visible in red on the right. The image was acquired late last year with both the foreground -- including Haba Snow Mountain -- and the background -- including the Milky Way's central band -- captured by the same camera and from the same location in Shangri-La, Yunnan, China. The Gum Nebula is so close that we are only about 450 light-years from the front edge, while about 1,500 light-years from the back edge. Named for a cosmic cloud hunter, Australian astronomer Colin Stanley Gum (1924-1960), the origin of this complex nebula is still being debated. A leading theory for the origin of the Gum Nebula is that it is the remnant of a million year-old supernova explosion, while a competing theory holds that...

[mint spear]

If blind people dont see black, they see nothing . . . nothing

what does "nothing" look like

its not a color

its not a thing

its nothing

just nothing

nothing is there, no color, no anything

what is "nothing"

The absence of light or anything

everything is gone

[ember pasture]

Bro what?

[mint spear]

I cant imagine that, I cant imagine "nothing"

It should be impossible right

but no

because blind people see nothing

they dont see black because black is a color and therefore its light, so what is nothing

I believe in god and stuff so I believe an in after, but what if, he just dosnt exist, and when you die there is no after, there is nothing, you cant feel, taste, hear, see, think, nothing, what is nothing, I cant comprehend that, just . . . nothing, your just gone, and you dont even know it, because you cant know it, because you cant think, there is just nothing.

"nothing" is the scariest word

I am having a mental breakdown trying to comprehend it.

but I cant imagine it

[dim egret]

ive been awake for 13 hours

im going with 3 hours of sleep

[mint spear]

you cant think about nothing because thinking about nothing is thinking about something

[dim egret]

well, im gonna go pass the fuck out. Peace

[eternal thorn]

There's no use trying to comprehend it tbh.

[mint spear]

But I want to

I want to understand it but I can’t

It’s just not possible

[eternal thorn]

It's like trying to imagine what all colors a mantis shrimp can see since they apparently can see more than we can.
Or trying to fathom what it's like seeing in a 270 perspective like most 'prey' animals do.

You cant comprehend it. Our brains arent built that way.

You can "recreate" that 270 perspective, but you'll never be able to see it the same way a deer does.

Our eyes are forward facing, and our brains are built to handle only that.

Hi Ditto

[mint spear]

I think about shit like this a lot, like what if the smells/tastes I experience with a food isn't what other people taste.

I know liquorice smells like liquorice but what if it's a different smell for others?

[eternal thorn]

Fucking love licorice

[sterile tartan]

Yay existential confusion

[eternal thorn]

Existential awareness has been one of the big sources of my depression: only thing I can do is be idealistic with it.

[mint spear]

I’m having one trying to think about nothing, I’m getting mad because it’s impossible to think about something that doesn’t exist

[sterile tartan]

Yeah

Happens to me a lot tbh

[mint spear]

Also. Women see more colours than Men do and blind people do "see" things.
They see random flashes and sparkles similar to that you see when you rub your eyes too hard. So they don't truly see "nothing", they still see something.

[sterile tartan]

I have another thing that keeps happening but I'm spoiler tagging just in case it bothers some people

[mint spear]

Can’t bother me more than nothing

[sterile tartan]

||I keep picturing what my skeleton might look like of I died in the position I'm in||

It's slightly disturbing to think about

And it's completely involuntary

[eternal thorn]

Imagine how the people of Pompei must've felt

[mint spear]

I don’t fear death anymore now, I fear nothing.

Dude, I was about to comment on the jerking dude of Pompei. I'm sure he knew he was about to die so posed as his last middle finger to the world.

[sterile tartan]

That's actually what's always bothered me
Not dying
Nothingness
The possibility of not existing

[mint spear]

But you did that before you did exist so it's not something that's new to you. You'll be doing something you've already done, it's the in between middle part that fucks it up.

What is it like to just not exist

[sterile tartan]

Exactly my point

[eternal thorn]

I've been so low in depression that the idea of potentially going into nothingness no longer bothers me.

Anyway, gnight folks.

[mint spear]

I find nothingness more comforting than an afterlife tbh.

[sterile tartan]

Gnight

[mint spear]

Goodnight real Ceryn.

[sterile tartan]

I think if I could quit trying to perceive the nothing, it would help. I can't comprehend the idea of just not being aware. Not thinking. Can't think about nothing because there's no thought

that's what scares me

[mint spear]

I fear nothing, because the after life is something, but nothing is not anything, nothing is there, not existing, it’s fucking scary and I don’t like it at all

Ah yes. See that is quite a thing to imagine.

[mint spear]

But you can’t imagine it

[sterile tartan]

I didn't ask for this level of awareness

[tight jackal]

Fair enough.

[mint spear]

You can’t imagine nothing

[tight jackal]

Coping with the interpretation of death is a struggle every human being must confront.

[mint spear]

A black void is something, because if you can think about something it is something

You can’t think about nothing because it’s nothing

It doesn’t exist

[tight jackal]

Some have it easier than others, due to religion and beliefs. But we all find the concept of death confusing.

[mint spear]

I’m actually getting mad right now because I can’t understand something that doesn’t exist

Because if it doesn’t exist you can’t think about it

[sterile tartan]

The other part that bothers me is that I more than likely wouldn't even know I was dead because of nothing

It just happens. And everyone knows but you

[mint spear]

You wouldn’t know anything

Nothing

Because you are dead, you physically can’t think

You can’t do anything

You can’t feel taste hear see

Did I just hear gunshots outside

3 of them

Ohshit

[sterile tartan]

Yikes

[mint spear]

That definitely wasn’t a firework

[sterile tartan]

@mint spear are you shooting guns outside random people's houses

[mint spear]

Oh my bad, I was celebrating.

[sterile tartan]

Understandable. You could scare people tho

[mint spear]

False alarm it was someone’s car

But I live in Tacoma so you can never be too sure

[sterile tartan]

That isn't healthy for their car

Good point tho
Tacoma scary

I used to live in Kent
Usually just say Seattle though since we spent so much time in the city

S0ul and I went to a concert in Tacoma in like
2018, or something

[dry bison]

Fear not the unknowable. It blinks between the fathomable and consciousness that sleeps with the unconscious universe.

https://tenor.com/view/lovecraft-cthulhu-gif-11201490

[mint spear]

One time all my siblings went to my grandmas house and my mom and dad went somewhere I forgot but it was late at night and I hear knocking at the door so I message my mom asking if she got home and she said no

No cars outside

But something was knocking

[teal raptor]

good mourning

[limber fractal]

@pure sinew maybe we could update off-topic to pins-topic (wink wink @night bobcat see <#no-mans-sky message>)

good mourning

[teal raptor]

I have to go to work soon 😭

I'm still in a weekend mood 💥

[limber fractal]

aww you got the Monday blues

[pure sinew]

I'm uh also "working"

[limber fractal]

totes magotes wink wink

hey, @pure sinew, what's that pin in your nick?

[pure sinew]

why, I'm glad you asked, @limber fractal it's a reminder to myself and all players here to Check The Pins

[limber fractal]

thank you for clarifying

[teal raptor]

omg a pin!

this must be important

[pure sinew]

for example. let's suppose you are doing the expedition and you head into the expedition channel with a question burning in your mind.

what's the first thing you should do?

...anybody?

[teal raptor]

ask it?

[limber fractal]

this thread looks hilarious btw, @pure sinew (maybe i should update everyone's server nick to include a pin going forward admin abooze! )

[pure sinew]

might gotta screenshot it for posterity

aaaand done

[wheat wren]

[teal raptor]

🫂

[pure sinew]

that is HILARIOUS ty

[limber fractal]

you're welcome 📌

[night bobcat]

[limber fractal]

pins so many pins. can we rename everyone with a pushpin at the end?

[night bobcat]

Ofc we can

[teal raptor]

alright, I'm off to work

cya guys tonight 🚑

[night bobcat]

Cya later

[elder shale]

Oh god fuck whoever invented lambda expressions

good mourning

[night bobcat]

Dont hate on Church

You love it

[elder shale]

wha

oh lmao

[night bobcat]

[elder shale]

I hate rm

em

[regal fable]

Guys

My bad wrong channel

No this is the channel

Guys

I have a very cool pic

Exclusive

Just give me a few levels

[night bobcat]

[regal fable]

No no bro its actually a pretty cool pic believe

me

[regal fable]

Yes

I have the fanciect of pants of pics

Just gimme a lil boost

Just a teeny tiny one

[sterile tartan]

I have Eeyore pants
Pretty fancy if you ask me

[regal fable]

I have dussypussy pants

That sounds weird now that i say it like that

Just gimme the level and ill show you guys

[sterile tartan]

Now I'm slightly worried lol

[regal fable]

No hold on its nothing like

Bad or nsfw or smth

[sterile tartan]

Is it a cat

[regal fable]

Maaaaybe

[sterile tartan]

If you dm me it I can send for you

[regal fable]

Mb gimme a sec

[sterile tartan]

Cat with silly marking, courtesy of kh_tum

[regal fable]

Magnificent, isn't it ?

[limber fractal]

das tooo cute. love the markings lol

[sterile tartan]

It's like when people are just learning to draw cats and over pronounce the facial features

i did that a lot tbh

[elder shale]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-look-who-where-hole-gif-24745714

[sterile tartan]

I got this uncut pair of generic Doritos earlier

[elder shale]

Gob

Gib

[sterile tartan]

Too late I ate them
Though, I could have made a joke listing on ebay for like $50k

[elder shale]

How dare

[sterile tartan]

Siamese twin corn chips

[elder shale]

Yum

[sterile tartan]

"glacier ranch"
Y'know cuz copyright and stuff

[elder shale]

What xD

[sterile tartan]

Cuz they're not actual Doritos so they can't be called "cool ranch"

[pure sinew]

oh whatever who even gives a rat's hind end

[thick stump]

hot chili Doritos 👌

[pure sinew]

gib is the main thing here

[elder shale]

Rude

[pure sinew]

yeah. hungry too 😛

[sterile tartan]

I call them flavor chips, or super flavor chips, when referring to them with @silent wagon

They have an unnecessary amount of flavor powder on them

[pure sinew]

we can't just call them, y'know, nachos?

[sterile tartan]

Nah cuz they're not nachos

[elder shale]

Nochos

xd

[pure sinew]

well they are fake nachos or peusdo nachos but it's tiring to type that

[elder shale]

nochos

[sterile tartan]

They're the foundation for nachos

Hmm I've never actually made nachos using doritos

Might be worth trying

[elder shale]

I don't remember the last time I had actual nachos

[sterile tartan]

I made some last year sometime

[elder shale]

https://www.reddit.com/r/rarepuppers/comments/vlk60x/i_have_wings_i_jump_if_i_dont_fly/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

@wheat burrow

[sterile tartan]

Gonna make the sparkly blue and gold candle later this week btw

Probably Wednesday or Thursday

[elder shale]

Ooo

I wanna C

[sterile tartan]

Well yeah

[limber fractal]

heart melting level: extreme

[elder shale]

I knoeee

[limber fractal]

i hope you share pics

[elder shale]

I, too, wanna be a wiggly birb

[limber fractal]

same

[elder shale]

Would probably help me get rid of this stiff neck I've had for 4 days

[sterile tartan]

If you were the red birb you definitely wouldn't have a stiff neck

Wuewuewuewue

[elder shale]

lmao

[sterile tartan]

https://tenor.com/view/bird-red-bird-ntuni-stare-gif-22279645

Wuewuewuewue

[elder shale]

wuewuewue

[sterile tartan]

👁️

[elder shale]

https://tenor.com/view/silahlıkuş-kuşlu-silah-mafya-kuş-gülen-kuş-gülmek-gif-22128886

[sterile tartan]

[wheat burrow]

Hahaha what a little stunt artist

Red bird is a nutter, I love watching it’s crazy face

[sterile tartan]

Wuewuewuewue

I like when he decides he doesn't actually want to do the sound and does it halfway like a "wuamwuamwuam" instead

[elder shale]

lmao

[sterile tartan]

Why's he so intense with the stare though
Lmao

every time

[elder shale]

Must obey our red overlord

[wheat burrow]

Check this little one out @elder shale it’s on my desk

Offered it that water and it went for a little drink also haha

[elder shale]

Omg

That a jumping spider? Can't really tell

[wheat burrow]

Yeah it’s a tiny tiny Phidippus

[elder shale]

they're super curious, so she's definitely checking you out 😄

Adorable

[wheat burrow]

I get a lot of them in my office, it’s awesome. I’m always making friends with them lol

[elder shale]

Why do you have a rock on your desk

[wheat burrow]

I think it’s moved in under Tycho’s feeding slate now dude to the availability of water

[elder shale]

Does Tycho try to eat them?

[wheat burrow]

Nah he just create a hurricane by comparison when he takes off next to them

I’m going to get my eye piece and try line it up and get a good image of it. One moment

[elder shale]

Yus pls

[wheat burrow]

Very difficult and she’s on the move to visit me

[elder shale]

It's like they move with 10 frames per second 😄

Will probably jump on your hand if you let it

Jumping spiders are fearless

[wheat burrow]

Yeah I used to play with them on my garden wall all the time as a kid. I would feed them little insects and they would come take them right from the tweezers lol

I couldn’t get the eyepiece lined up with the camer sadly and I dunno where she went to

[elder shale]

So cute

[wheat burrow]

Found her, she’s playing by my laptop lol

[elder shale]

I've thought about having a colony of jumping spiders but honestly I'd probably just end up infesting the house with it

Which is fine with me but maybe not so fine with my sister 😆

[wheat burrow]

They tend to be solitary man. You run risk of female eating male. You’d need to house them all separately lol

[elder shale]

Depends on the jumping spider species tbh, Phidippus is solitary, Salticidae is communal
ymmv

[mint spear]

My left ear don't work

[wheat burrow]

Phids are a sub of salticidae are they not?

[elder shale]

Wait I fucked that up

I forgot the species name lmao

[wheat burrow]

Lol

Hyllus?

[elder shale]

I don't remember now

[wheat burrow]

Actually there are two phids that are communal it seems, in Kenya

[elder shale]

but it really depends on the species within the family

Ye

[dry bison]

holy shit balls

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/south-africa-tavern-deaths-teenagers-mysterious-circumstances/

[wheat burrow]

That’s not so nice 😕 poor kids

[elder shale]

Been on the news here

Not sure what it's all about

I try to disconnect from the bad shit nowadays

Don't need adding to my woes

[dry bison]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgV-MHk8eD4

I just finished watching MIB again after years....It did not age well

[thick stump]

Hah been many years since I've seen that last

Haven't even seen the latest one

[elder shale]

Meeb

[dry bison]

Happy Monday

[elder shale]

I want it to end

[dry bison]

I think you just need polka music.

Those are polka dance legs

[elder shale]

I hate functional programming with a certain passion

[dry bison]

Why hate functional programming?

It's purposeful

[elder shale]

I'm currently blasting The Police

[dry bison]

The Police is not any kind of polka I've heard.

There is The Polka Police. Is that what you're rocking?

[wheat burrow]

@elder shale I think she lives under my work laptop on my desk 😄

[elder shale]

https://youtu.be/MbXWrmQW-OE

[dry bison]

Can you imagine the epic weirdo battle between the NWA and Sting?

"Fuck the police"
"Every breath you take"
"Straight outta compton"
"Roxanne!"

[elder shale]

I just did a dumb

[dry bison]

https://tenor.com/view/sting-showtime-wwe-gif-18581524

Is that because you're doing functional programming and it's dysfunctional?

[elder shale]

Thought I put my lunch on the fridge

I did but forgot to take something out

ended up putting everything back in the backpack but was convinced af that I left my lunch on the fridge

[dry bison]

Fridge lunch is better than backpack lunch

[elder shale]

Thought someone stole my lunch for a sec

[dry bison]

Now you gotta eat soggy old room temperature lunch from your backpack that now smells like food.

[elder shale]

It's goos

Good

Strawberries might be a little off

[dry bison]

"Thaaat's Jam!"

I got roxanne playing over and over in my head now, thanks.

[elder shale]

https://www.reddit.com/r/rarepuppers/comments/vl4o8f/just_watching_it_rain/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

[regal fable]

Guys youre smart i need help

What is the small spanish thrusting sword called ?

The one they usually used for self defense instead of rapiers ?

The "genetleman's" sword ?

[opaque tartan]

Code is Spanish

He'll know

[regal fable]

Dw i found it

[wraith reef]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_sword ? light one-handed sword designed for thrusting pretensions to gentlemanly status would have worn a small sword on a daily basis but nothing particularly Italian.

[regal fable]

Spadroon

[wraith reef]

Spadroon is a term used to categorize a type of sword that is in between a small sword (which thrusts only), and the heavier-bladed broadsword.

[regal fable]

And it sucks

[wheat burrow]

@elder shale I love this little spider. It’s gone inside the front but of my desk fan now. I am imagining that as it is hot she is cooling down even though that’s unlikely lol

🤣

[wheat burrow]

Nice set up you got for them. When is release day?

[dapper copper]

In 2 weeks if they themselves don't leave before then. ^^

[wheat burrow]

You know they’ll be sat on the roof waiting for dinner after release lol

[dapper copper]

That or joining my chickens in their run once I can bring them out again. XD

[wheat burrow]

Haha

[elder shale]

I love her

Give her name

[wheat burrow]

She’s still in there just chilling as it swings back and forth lol

[wheat burrow]

Let me think

[elder shale]

Anya

[wheat burrow]

As in Corazon?

[calm crystal]

Gta6 leaked

https://docs.google.com/document/u/4/d/e/2PACX-1vR6cVD2Hs63EDMNcV-Ud7c8QmSNi-kri-uQ3gi1ly0T4opFcVMmlrq1C0mwAz6wp0U4Zg11-D8okZZb/pub

Gta6 script including gameplay

Leaked

[elder shale]

Uh

Cool?

[elder shale]

Wut

[zenith pebble]

stick a pin in it

it being the topic

question to the class, if i have announcements set as so:

why do i still get red notification bubble

[wheat burrow]

https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Anya_Corazon_(Earth-616)

[elder shale]

Oh

No idea

Anya is a cute name lol

[night bobcat]

Thanks

[elder shale]

Yw

Aw heck

I'm out of resin

No more Ley Lines

[elder shale]

Just remove the role in #roles

You're still gonna get the ping regardless it just won't show on the server icon or get a notification

So no pings = remove role

Or the other way around

[steady vale]

😔 no one cares about shiny ditto

[elder shale]

I love your shiny Ditto

[steady vale]

Lies 😩

[elder shale]

Trues

[steady vale]

I couldn't fully show it cause it has my real name on trainer ID

[night bobcat]

Cause you have the rainbow Sky role, and I dgaf about pinging things I shouldn't

@zenith pebble

[elder shale]

Nah, he has the server announcements one ye

Which is why I suggested removing so no pings

[night bobcat]

Won't matter, gonna ping a role of his

One he can't remove

Gonna have to suppress mentions

[elder shale]

lmao

Ping the guy

[elder shale]

Crop

[steady vale]

True

[elder shale]

I wanna see shiny Ditto in his full shiny glory

[night bobcat]

I like your shiny ditto

[zenith pebble]

yeah sorry i wasnt saying it was the fault of any of the fine people in here, more a thing with discord as i have all the options that i can see set to "dont send me any information about this"

[elder shale]

Refer to #off-topic-bond-james-bond message

[steady vale]

Gimmie sec

[zenith pebble]

silly me, i thought "Nothifications Settings: Nothing" would cover me as the definition of the word Nothing is well... Nothing

[elder shale]

You didn't get a notification probably

[night bobcat]

Oh no, I know - I was being cheeky

[zenith pebble]

come over here im gunna pinch those cheeks and then give you a werthers

[night bobcat]

Ok bb

[elder shale]

What's a Werthers

[night bobcat]

I do like werthers

[elder shale]

I'm too European to understand

[zenith pebble]

it is a hard candy that grandpas keep in their pocket

[night bobcat]

Candy for and from old people

[elder shale]

Oh

Yum?

[zenith pebble]

like a hard caramel candy

[elder shale]

ohhh

gotcha

not a fan

Not a fan, because I'm a human xd

[zenith pebble]

tbh theyre not that bad, but uncommon to find on someone under 70

[night bobcat]

Ty for that

Would you like your mute now, or later?

[elder shale]

Welcome

[zenith pebble]

i did, ill show u when it happens again, but its no biggie really. and i just checked i dont have server announcement or nms announcement roles

[elder shale]

Now pls

You don't have them now, but you had before

[elder shale]

I checked

[zenith pebble]

my mute?

[night bobcat]

You sure?

[elder shale]

Yes

Mute me for like

4 hours

[zenith pebble]

when i went into the roles channel i did not have reacts for those roles

[elder shale]

Wait no

[night bobcat]

Alright, now?

[elder shale]

Wait don't

[zenith pebble]

i clicked and unclicked, so maybe that fixed it idk

discord is curious

[elder shale]

I have a spotless record, don't wanna ruin that with silliness

[zenith pebble]

(again not an issue was mostly curiosity)

[elder shale]

Unless you remove it casually slides bill across the table

[night bobcat]

Lol

[zenith pebble]

why is Bill unconscious and on the table?

[elder shale]

lmfao

Nah actually go ahead and mute me pls

I'll just keep getting distracted

4 hours

[zenith pebble]

dw in 9 minutes code will dm u and be like "unmute me plz"

[elder shale]

lmfao

[zenith pebble]

[night bobcat]

4 hours, alright

Ready?

[elder shale]

Yes

[night bobcat]

!mute 4h 835891444157775912

[pliant fjord]

@night bobcat

🔇 @elder shale (Codevasco#2558) muted for 4 hours.

[night bobcat]

Haha while you were typingggg

Gottem

[zenith pebble]

lmaooo

[mint spear]

can you mute me for 24 hours?

[night bobcat]

Yes

!mute 24h 910494493441142794

[pliant fjord]

@night bobcat

🔇 @forest thistle (Verizon#3976) muted for 1 day.

[night bobcat]

Pin topic, more like mute topic

[thick stump]

like a mutelation in here

[night bobcat]

Ayyyyyy

[steady vale]

Unmute code

:[

He ask for Ditto

@night bobcat

https://tenor.com/view/angy-cat-angry-kitty-sitting-kitti-gif-20632614

[night bobcat]

He wanted muted 😦

[steady vale]

😩 oki

[night bobcat]

He can dm to unmute, but he wanted no distractions for a few hours

[steady vale]

Well

I guess enjoy my Ditto

[night bobcat]

@elder shale

[zenith pebble]

thank you i do

[night bobcat]

Thank you

[steady vale]

@mint spear

Hmm

[night bobcat]

[limber fractal]

[limber fractal]

how can kitties be so darn cute

[pure sinew]

who else will join us in the nicks-with-pins revolution?

[steady vale]

The wat

[limber fractal]

apparently our pins nicks aren't as popular Apergos

[zenith pebble]

how do i copy paste pin mojo on PC

[pure sinew]

well we need to get on the marketing campaign, get it going

[limber fractal]

the pushpins emojos in our nicknames

[pure sinew]

fads don't take off by themselves you know

[limber fractal]

we want to do some subliminal messaging

[steady vale]

Oh, I used to put those in my fingers at school

[limber fractal]

so folks read the darn pins lol

move your current color Moon. with the black heart too

[steady vale]

Random creepy weird information

[night bobcat]

Wait, we have pins

[limber fractal]

what pins?

[pure sinew]

needles I think you meant to say

[night bobcat]

[limber fractal]

🧷

clothes pins

safety pin sorry

jeez

[night bobcat]

https://tenor.com/view/check-the-pins-kowalski-penguin-gif-20219688

That's guntie

[pure sinew]

that's awesome is what it is

[limber fractal]

i heart Guntie

maybe we should make an alias for it lmao

so Gunter outputs that gif for check the pins

[pure sinew]

if that were a public command I'd be using it every 5 minutes

[zenith pebble]

i got it

[pure sinew]

nice look fox

[limber fractal]

i do have a public command tho

it's a not so funny one tho

[steady vale]

I also stepped on one and it when straight into my heel

So no pin for me :>

[night bobcat]

You were pinned

[zenith pebble]

they are called push pins /s

[zenith pebble]

i think both are accepted, apologizing to yourself?

[wheat burrow]

I have a couple spare shinies I could send you if you are collecting them in Home

I also had a couple spare shiny dittos lol

[steady vale]

Yeh I'm trying to collect, I love hoarding shiny pokemon for some reason, missing a bunch cause switch pk version said chunk of them weren't legal :[ sad times

[steady vale]

Is that pokemon go?

Are shinies common?

[wheat burrow]

It is Pokémon go and shinies are super common once a month (occasionally twice) on community days when for three hours it’s only that Pokémon that spawns. The odds go to about one in 25. If you’re active for at least an hour and walk about you’ll get five or six of each Pokémon and enough candy to evolve them also

We just had Deino CD on Saturday there. So I have a spare Hydreigon I could send to Home and send to you for example

[steady vale]

I'm not sure how I feel about that tbh cause shiny hunting in most of the pk games is quite difficult
Hopefully they're trying to make shinies more common I guess
I heard Legend Arceus was pretty generous with shiny hunting

[wheat burrow]

Regular shiny hunting in pogo is just luck. I got a Snubull today as it happens and a Bidoof yesterday, but then my last shiny in the wild not in an event was Doduo on the 15th

[steady vale]

Assuming just need to set up a pokemon go account? Never did before cause I just have a tablet and it doesn't leave the house

[wheat burrow]

I’ve gone for weeks without a wild shiny though

[wheat burrow]

Yep then link it to home in settings so you can transfer to yourself. When you do that in Pokémon go you get a mystery box that can be opened that spawns Meltan for an hour. Right now there’s an event on and shiny meltan is unlocked until Thursday so you could even get a shiny meltan if you are lucky

I got to have a work call just now but I can help you later if you run into issues.

[steady vale]

Nice, ty for the info, I might take ya up on your offer if I can get it to work

[mint spear]

doggo

[zenith pebble]

pupper

[steady vale]

@wheat burrow holy shit, there was a Bulbasaur living in my blanket

[night bobcat]

👀

If I had a nickel for every time I heard that

I would have a nickel

[zenith pebble]

a whole gumball!

[pure sinew]

if I had a nickel for every time I heard that I would have 0 nickels, only read it here

[steady vale]

I need to lure pokemon to my house

Not leaving

:[

Apparently that's what's in my neighborhood

[wet pollen]

Hi everybody

[pure sinew]

'lo

[zenith pebble]

i heard the sequel is gunna be called Pokemon Stop

[thick stump]

Hi Risbeak

[pure sinew]

I heard it's gonna be called Pokemon Gone

[wheat burrow]

Did you catch it?

[steady vale]

Yea

I'm very bad at throwing pokeballs

[wheat burrow]

Takes a bit of practice. You can fast catch also (still not sure it’s not a glitch lol) I’ll grab a video that shows you how to do it. It saves having to watch all the animations. Sometimes they flee sometimes it take a couple goes, other times it’s one ball and caught

Pinged you with a link in other games and media. Might save you want to tear your eyes out after 100 Pokémon lol

[zenith pebble]

i quit cuz i was tired of getting nothing but pidgeys and rattatas in the city

[steady vale]

I just want Caills unwanted shinies

@wheat burrow do you have DMs turned off?

Tried messaging, but it was like "you don't share server"

[zenith pebble]

https://www.reddit.com/r/IllegallySmolCats/comments/vlwt49/can_you_just_pick_me_up_and_love_me_forever/

[wet pollen]

Radar is after the turkey sausage

[steady vale]

I just wasted 11 pokeballs on one pokemon cause I can't aim

https://tenor.com/view/stare-cat-confused-confused-look-serious-gif-16884211

[night bobcat]

[steady vale]

Ceryns keyboard is infested with Wimpods

https://tenor.com/view/wimpod-wednesday-gif-22971655

[night bobcat]

Throw stuff at it

[steady vale]

I'll throw pokeballs :>
I love wimpod

I hope to have a shiny someday 😩

[elder shale]

Bonjour

I've been muted for being too handsome

/s

We're playing Trivial apparently

[night bobcat]

Oh good

[near cosmos]

my cat when no food

it was 2 am when taking this so no I wasn't able to go get some

[elder shale]

I dunno why everyone is clapping

I also don't know why Discord uploads horizontal videos like this

[night bobcat]

I do

Both of those

But I can't say

NDAs

[steady vale]

humans do what others do I guess
to blend in

sheep clapping keep everyone safe

I realize, the clap word, I've seen it used too many times with nsfw stuff
My mind after rereading that sentence

[wheat burrow]

Oh shit yeah probs lol, one second. Was to avoid extra distraction while working haha

[elder shale]

People also clap with a reason

[safe path]

https://c.tenor.com/iPRWmHQnRwYAAAAM/who-pinged-me-ping.gif

Kidding :p

[elder shale]

I pinged you

To say

I love you

[steady vale]

https://tenor.com/view/clapping-mr-bean-funny-clap-rowan-atkinson-applause-gif-17348116

[elder shale]

me

[safe path]

https://tenor.com/view/aww-cute-gif-11008488

[elder shale]

I got an answer right

literal cheese

[elder shale]

https://www.reddit.com/r/wholesomememes/comments/vlvfuq/be_the_parents_you_wanted_growing_up/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

[zenith pebble]

has it been 4 hours already?

[hallow isle]

Because rotation is stored in EXIF which is stripped. Phones tend to default to vertical because that's the direction the camera's rolling shutter operates

[elder shale]

Thanks

[dry bison]

CHEESE IN A BLANKET!

[elder shale]

paper

[dry bison]

PAPER IN A BLANKET!

It looks like someone regifted cheese

and based on the wrapping paper, recently

It's the gift that says: I like to bind you up.

That and cuffs.

[elder shale]

uwu

[dry bison]

I had that cheese a few years back. It's pretty good.

Not enough to buy again, but to receive as a gift, sure

[elder shale]

we're playing trivia

these are the slices lol

actual cheese

[limber fractal]

i like cheese

so that's your reward for trivia?

[elder shale]

for getting a question right

which got us a slice

we didn't win more tho lmao

[wet pollen]

https://tenor.com/view/licking-failarmy-taste-it-yummy-delicious-gif-18368928

[zenith pebble]

wow you couldnt win the whole wheel?

[spare harbor]

I was so confused when off topic became pins

I was literally growling, where is my off topic?!

Lol

Im dense

[wheat burrow]

I shouldn’t laugh but I can’t help it lol

[elder shale]

https://tenor.com/view/tom-and-jerry-mouse-mice-swiss-cheese-eat-food-gif-20380925

me

[wet pollen]

big same

consume the cheese

become the cheese

cheese

[pure sinew]

I'll stop at consume the cheese. hungry.

[hallow isle]

Ever wonder what angry moth noises actually sound like?

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

[wheat burrow]

Love the old Tom and Jerry classics

[wheat burrow]

I love these moths

I really enjoy seeing hawk moths about, some fantastic species. Not quite the same but I remember being a kid and going to the butterfly world in Edinburgh and seeing an Atlas moth and saying to the keeper “this thing is massive!” Then preceding by the usual question aimed along the lines of “it’s big so it’s old as it’s had time to get to that size” and asked “how old is this one?” Expecting and answer in years. To say I was surprised when he said “a few hours” would be an understatement

[opaque tartan]

@hallow isle @mint spear @wheat burrow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc29Z11ynpk

[wheat burrow]

I have the bloody theme tune in my head now haha

[opaque tartan]

🖕

[hallow isle]

Did you see the rain earlier? Nearly drove off the fucking road in it

couldn't see shit

[hallow isle]

Also, I am far too young for eldorado

[opaque tartan]

Really?

[opaque tartan]

Wasn't bad here

Drizzle

[wheat burrow]

Smells like rain here

This is incoming

[wheat burrow]

If Nate and I recall it then you can’t be that far off lol

[hallow isle]

I was 5 when it finished, was on after my bed time

[wheat burrow]

Lmao

The old concept of “it was past my bedtime” is such a long and distant memory now. Well and truly ripped the arse out of “bedtime” over the last few decades now.

“I best get to be… oh FFS the sun is coming up, well… may as well carry on now” was said once or twice

Speaking of

@opaque tartan I got some blue gin yesterday. The stuff that’s made with butterfly pea so it changes when you add tonic

It makes me feel like an alchemist of yore

[teal raptor]

hello friends

[limber fractal]

so cooool

[wheat burrow]

It’s super funky. Me likey

[safe path]

It's so HOOOOOT

Sweating x.x

[night bobcat]

https://tenor.com/view/bird-funny-bird-owl-shocked-surprised-gif-4581166

[elder shale]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cats-cat-relax-relax-taking-sun-gif-23371370

ok i looked up for sun

and i clicked the wrong one

everyone likes kots, enjoy kot

[safe path]

XD

[jaunty copper]

butterfly pee

[wheat burrow]

Yes that, yummy

[teal raptor]

hi Natani and Code 🙂

[elder shale]

hi Klinsk and Cail and Smoosh and Beak and Gleam and Nat and Ceryn and whoever else

[eternal thorn]

If it just left Spokane at 3AM, surely it'll be in area by the end of the day and ready for me tomorrow

[teal raptor]

nice, Code named me first

[eternal thorn]

But they might be stupid and stop in Tacoma first

[teal raptor]

or Seattle

[eternal thorn]

Tacoma more likely for where im at

Wouldnt make any sense to go through Puyallup to stop in Seattle if you're then gonna head for Gig Harbor later

[wheat burrow]

https://tenor.com/view/howdy-gif-21971437

[teal raptor]

I'm from 🇧🇪

🍻

only been to the States once

[elder shale]

This game so chill

[teal raptor]

my God, Steam downloads are so sloooooooow

why am I installing games during a sale?

🔨

maybe I could change region

[elder shale]

not sure what's with the stutter, wasn't happening for me lol

[wheat burrow]

Is it a service you could possibly portforward and rely on their antivirus etc…?

[teal raptor]

what game is that

oh it says in the title

[wheat burrow]

I’m assuming your downloads are virus checked etc

[teal raptor]

well yeah

it was like this an hour ago

[wheat burrow]

Bit late haha

[teal raptor]

wtf

xD

Klinsk: Throttling Evolved

[wheat burrow]

I saw earlier you saying it was like 296Gb or something

[teal raptor]

yeah with all maps

base game is like 110ish

[wheat burrow]

Tis a hefty download

[wet pollen]

wild

[teal raptor]

I was also thinking of re-installing PAYDAY 2

that game has the worst compressed updates

[wet pollen]

file compression is not real

[teal raptor]

for a 60 Mb update, it can take hours cuz of the way it has to be unpacked smh

[wheat burrow]

https://tenor.com/view/pied-piper-piedpiper-silicon-valley-gif-5130595

[teal raptor]

what happened to Ms Aethena? she still around?

[wheat burrow]

Hoping you watched Silicon Valley now lol

[teal raptor]

👀

[wet pollen]

Not around as far as I know 😢

[teal raptor]

ZzZzZz

[elder shale]

https://tenor.com/view/brb-food-brb-food-eating-discord-gif-25918569

[teal raptor]

meanwhile in 2025: ARK Survival Evolved has finished dowloading

[wet pollen]

lol

[teal raptor]

I like how Risbeak reacts with emotes

[wet pollen]

<3

[elder shale]

Risbemotes

[wet pollen]

I'm a 'moji acolyte, following the ways of @limber fractal

[wheat burrow]

ARK: Survival Evolved Evolved

[teal raptor]

I'm gonna play some Skyrim I think

Wabbajack modlist ❤️

[wet pollen]

:D

[teal raptor]

780 mods and plugins

[wet pollen]

wowwie

[teal raptor]

Phoenix is a female German modder

she made a fantastic modlist for Skyrim

so awesome ❤️

[wheat burrow]

782 if you include Red and Gleam in the mod list

Bloody autocorrect making a mockery out of me there

[teal raptor]

I'm also installing games on a HDD cuz my SDDs are out of space

so that also sucks -__

[thick stump]

That's a lot of mod and runs stable?

[teal raptor]

yup Stef

[wheat burrow]

You’re a glutton for punishment Klinsk lol

[teal raptor]

nice ENB, tons of texture packs

[lucid granite]

wait

should i not have all my games on HDD?

[wheat burrow]

Ohh dinner time

BRB

[teal raptor]

bon appétit

[wet pollen]

SSD's load a lot faster, you'll see a lot of benefit for big open-world games especially

[teal raptor]

👀

[thick stump]

Depends on the games. I put the bigger games that I want to load quicker on the m.2

Older games with less loads times on the HDD

[lucid granite]

my SSD can't really hold much

[teal raptor]

I have 8 more drives and 9 USB sticks who are not plugged in

I think I have like 10 - 11 Tb in total xD

this is fucking ridiculous

this download is clearly broken

😮

40 mins to download 1%

whaaaaaaaaaaat

[wet pollen]

Wonder if it's unpacking files or something

[teal raptor]

prolly

[wheat burrow]

Merci

[elder shale]

https://tenor.com/view/mihoyo-genshin-impact-genshin-klee-abyss-mage-gif-20176333

[thick stump]

This

[zenith pebble]

bow coupe

[wheat burrow]

Beaucoup?

Mr five pins

[elder shale]

Bow coupe lmao

[wheat burrow]

I get the feeling it was deliberate but I can’t be sure. He’s a sneaky one is the foxy man

[safe path]

Welp have to lose 50 pounds roughly before I can get surgery

[elder shale]

https://tenor.com/view/asterix-vinalti-from-here-to-here-de-la-gif-15819356

[safe path]

117 bucks for the damn protein meal replacement powder for 2 meals for 30 days

[hallow isle]

I did that today, put 3/4 of a tank in my car

£63 ;_;

[safe path]

Oof

I haven't had to get gas in 2 weeks now >~>

[thick stump]

£2 a litre here now :/

[elder shale]

That was.. 😬

[hallow isle]

engine likes the posh stuff too

which hurts more

only gets its stated efficiency/performance on 97 octane

[thick stump]

Mine's diesel so no big fuss

[hallow isle]

Though at this point it's almost not worth the difference in mileage

[elder shale]

so

what you're saying is that

Ymmv?

xd

[hallow isle]

https://www.askthecarexpert.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ATCE-Mechanical-DPF_3.jpg?x21968

[hallow isle]

oooooooooo

tomorrow looks like it might be fun

[thick stump]

What's happening

[hallow isle]

Jan. 6 committee are meeting out-of-schedule to present 'recently discovered evidence and witness testimony'

[teal raptor]

😅

[hallow isle]

you installing it to a usb potato or something

[thick stump]

Might be done before xmas

[teal raptor]

on a HDD during the Summer Sales 👋

[wet pollen]

Just a couple more years and you'll make it 😅

[wet pollen]

Some say the dinosaurs are still waiting on their Ark installation to complete

[zenith pebble]

it was lmao

[wheat burrow]

Might be what killed Ehm all

[wheat burrow]

As I suspected sneaky fox

I won’t be letting you out near the chicken coup soon, that’s for sure

[zenith pebble]

isnt it a chicken coupe?

[teal raptor]

PAYDAY 2 is worse though

[wheat burrow]

Tis coop but was trying to be smarts

Vroom

[zenith pebble]

😂

its goof-o-clock over here

[teal raptor]

but yeah ARK is almost 300 Gb

not including the new maps that went "free" a while ago

[zenith pebble]

spent 85 USD to fill mine up this weekend.

[zenith pebble]

you dont need to try homie, you is

[wet pollen]

Is crazy

With some decent compression they could half that size at least

[teal raptor]

the gfx are pretty detailed, but the base map is huuuge

the texwtures of the dinosaurs takes a ton of space

it's pretty detailed

[wet pollen]

Yeah

[teal raptor]

I remember being bored and jumping into the ocean

and a fucking sea monster scared me!!!

I almost dropped my keyboard 🤣

[wet pollen]

Lmao I feel that

[teal raptor]

I love jumpscares though

[wet pollen]

I'm a weak baby

don't handle them well lol

makes my anxiety go zoomy

[zenith pebble]

first time i saw one of those hadal core fish in NMS i almost poo'd meself

[teal raptor]

first time I saw a Ghost Leviathan while nighttime in Subnautica, my heart skipped a few beats

[zenith pebble]

never played

[teal raptor]

Klinsk: "Nice, let's see how far I can swim"
Unknown Worlds: "oh, you wanna go out of bounds? hold my beer."

[zenith pebble]

"I'll just pulse drive to the neighboring star"
45 minutes later:
"How long does it take to get to another star in NMS? I've been pulsing for almost an hour."

[zenith pebble]

what happens when u go out of bounds?

[dry bison]

I don't believe the developers when they say you can pulse to another star.

Also, pulse speed is sublight and stars are lightyears away...so....

Over a year

Can you imagine the absolute madness someone would need to experience to decide to run a sublight trip across 1 light year in NMS to see if they could reach another star?

"I decided to leave the computer running logged in at sublight, through space....24 hours a day 365 days a year to reach a star"

[teal raptor]

Ghost Leviaithan

[hallow isle]

Pulse Drive speed is 37,881.67 mph, over 17,680 times slower than the speed of light.

Assuming you have two 'close' stars (like Sol and Proxima Centauri) it'd take 74,000 years. ish.

[teal raptor]

it's like Slaughterfish in the Elder Scrolls Online

game devs: "nice try, but you can't go there"

[zenith pebble]

wait the NMS devs said you could? i never heard that, but i have seen people come into the NMS channels here multiple times asking how long they have to pulse to get to another star

[teal raptor]

yaaaaaaaaaaaay

🤣

now my next game

💦

[dusty magnet]

GAMING!

[dry bison]

https://tenor.com/view/super-simple-songs-hi-hello-wave-bee-gif-14650184

[teal raptor]

this is such a nice Discord

can I say that? 🥰

[steady vale]

No

[dry bison]

You can't do poos during work hours!

[teal raptor]

Knight mean!

[elder shale]

I tried Ark once

crashed trying to get into a server

[jaunty copper]

once

[elder shale]

I didn't try again

[steady vale]

I am very mean

[elder shale]

People usually like symmetry it's ok

wheeze

[teal raptor]

Knight is an unfriend 🔨

[elder shale]

i met a fren

[steady vale]

She kills and devours everything

[elder shale]

I know

Spirit... character

lmfao

[steady vale]

She calms down a bit in the future but yeah

[elder shale]

Kinda stumbling into quests lol

Doing the Raptor quest and accidentally triggered this cutscene lol

[steady vale]

I wish I could still stumble into quests 😔 gotta wait for the 2.8-3.0 update, I'm pretty much caught up on everything

[elder shale]

I opened the interactive map once

I closed it immediately so I wouldn't panic

xd

[steady vale]

Hehe

I actually found a quest recently
I sat on a rock and it spawned a ghost

He told me to go sit on more rocks

And stare at lanterns

[elder shale]

Lmao

I love this game

[wheat burrow]

https://tenor.com/view/silly-gush-shucks-come-on-ben-stiller-gif-8822039

[dim egret]

Hi @steady vale

[steady vale]

Did you get your shiny hedgehog

[wet pollen]

[teal raptor]

Risbeak is my friend

[steady vale]

I think they were ripping your heart out tbh, that's why they're holding one

[hallow isle]

What was once thought to be a cute gesture is actually a terrifying premonition

The interloper, ripping your heart out and squeezing all remaining vital essence from it

[safe path]

You are describing my cat lol

[spare harbor]

Sounds like Astrid from NMS

Speaking of, can we just stop and appreciate HG's story department? Seriously, whoever edits the bits and bobs of lore and introduces them and edits them each pass is awesome

[zenith pebble]

all the homies hate Hirk

praise nala

[spare harbor]

lol

Apparently Astrid didn't. Apparently she was a pirate queen traveler who wanted nothing more then to kill.

[elder shale]

https://tenor.com/view/mihoyo-genshin-impact-genshin-klee-abyss-mage-gif-20176333

Look at this cute gif

[spare harbor]

Ok, we get it, you love klee.

Shes a adorable murdering godling child

[zenith pebble]

those anti grav hair loopies or horns?

[spare harbor]

Wait until you meet her mom Code

[elder shale]

yES

Caps

[spare harbor]

Well sorta meet...

A lot of storyline to genshin really isnt there Code?

[zenith pebble]

no gifs for katara hair loopies disappoint

[spare harbor]

I mean if a person starts now though, they miss books of worth of lore they will never see. Since they put the lore behind non repeating events

Thats why I quit. I didnt like that I couldnt see all the lore

Eventually, one break, youd miss some serious lore

and never get to see it

[zenith pebble]

im sure its catalogued online, similar to how apex releases a lot of theirs through comics each season

[spare harbor]

Nah

A lot of its lost

There just was to much

Plus youd have no context to put some of the lore into chronological order

You either experience, or you dont

Lol

I had a friend who missed a major event on Beidou. He was so excited when I told him what i saw. Shes his main. He asked when in the story he would see the story. I said, never, the events over.

[zenith pebble]

this wiki seems pretty thorough but idk the game to really know how good it is https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Timeline

maybe not perfect, but theres a lot of ingo

info*

[spare harbor]

Well when you let someone know there was a special event for a character and the event wont repeat. It sorta takes the steam out of there sails.

A lot of times, they will have a continuation of the events too

[zenith pebble]

thats fair enough

[spare harbor]

So you have no context for what happened before

So your always wondering what you missed

Since it refers to past events you cant see

Which for a lore hound like me, thats just NOPE, hard nope , fucccccck you nope

[zenith pebble]

you should delve into bloodborne lore if u havent and have access to a PS4 or higher lol

[spare harbor]

hehe

I havent had a console for a decade

[zenith pebble]

very good imo, good spooky lore

[hallow isle]

Did I accidentally join the genshin discord

[zenith pebble]

you can play the bloodborne demake on PC

its only the first area and the first two bosses, but it still has quite a bit

[spare harbor]

Nah, just a rage rant about when games make lore time locked

I loathe it

[elder shale]

Friend took a pic of me coming off the tram thing

[spare harbor]

I get it though. The client would be insanely big if they left all content in

[elder shale]

Kinda dig it

Minus the mask

[spare harbor]

I do too

[zenith pebble]

i only see u on the tracks, are u a tram?

jkjkjk

[elder shale]

Yes

[zenith pebble]

is a very good outfit

no show sock, shoes match shirt, casual hand in pocket. this guy knows where he's going, and he's doin it in style

[elder shale]

k thanks

[hallow isle]

looks better if i shoop out the track too

[zenith pebble]

whats goin on here big cat?

[hallow isle]

Computers don't understand straight lines

[zenith pebble]

sounds more like a software issue

[elder shale]

My god

[hallow isle]

I dunno, it's pretty powerful

end of the street looks kinda fucked up

I could probably fix that though

[elder shale]

why did you remove me

I look so damn good 😩

xd

[wheat burrow]

It’s one of those heavy, wall-like, showers of rain, no?

[hallow isle]

That'll do

ThanosB's work is complete

[hallow isle]

just me being lazy and using the fat brush instead of making a proper mask

[wheat burrow]

This guy gets to live?

[hallow isle]

lives in portugal, punishment enough tbh

[wheat burrow]

I was helping to mask your lazy work by giving it credible explanation

[wheat burrow]

Best not let code see this… he might create strange AI in his Boot Camp. AI that comes after us

[elder shale]

Yikes

[wheat burrow]

https://tenor.com/view/lucas-the-spider-gif-22406932

Code look

A cute spider

Damn I was too late

[teal raptor]

🙂

[eternal thorn]

I am incredibly strong

I snapped a ruler without even intending to

It went everywhere

[wheat burrow]

Hope it isn’t barefoot day at the office today lol

[dim egret]

@steady vale not yet. Been trying when i have free time or watching anime

[spare harbor]

I love cute spiders so much

[dim egret]

https://tenor.com/view/kawaii-spider-going-to-sleep-cute-spider-going-to-sleep-kawaii-cute-going-to-sleep-gif-21695780

[mint spear]

Why do I have back pain

[sterile tartan]

Because

The back pain fairy strikes when they feel like it

[teal raptor]

😦