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5:01 PM
@Wipqozn You know the multi-tab thing maybe in gmail labs they did, where it would automatically throw promotions in a separate tab? That's a big thing I like about it. You can select the promotions group, and with one button or swipe, decide that you're done with everything in it.
That's the big thing I really like about it, is the expanded grouping of things
 
@StrixVaria There's easy, medium, and hard.
 
As far as I can tell, it parses your emails through a natural language sorter, then adds contextual data from other sources, and turns your email inbox into a checklist
 
Medium is quite challenging. I haven't even tried hard.
I'm not sure you can play it without an internet connection though.
 
@ElfSlice Oh ew.
 
I played around with it but it's not really how I use email. And it's Chrome only on desktop browsers
 
5:02 PM
@PrivatePansy Pretty much. You can setup your own groups with standard email filters too.
 
@StrixVaria Yeah, you need to log in, like Minecraft. Mojang account, etc.
Not sure about the mobile one.
> PLAY SOLO, OR WITH FRIENDS: Scrolls includes single player challenges along with online competitive and casual play.
 
Does Minecraft not have an offline mode anymore?
 
@Unionhawk My favourite thing is being able to archive with a single click, without having to open
 
You'd have to download it and find out if that means you can play it offline on Android.
 
@Batophobia Minecraft has offline mode, but if you're offline too long then it will ask you to log in occasionally. Or something.
 
5:03 PM
@ElfSlice Probably the same, since it says you only pay once to access on all platforms, the app is the full version with the content gated behind a login
 
I'm not sure how it works
 
@PrivatePansy That sounds likely.
 
You do need to refresh credentials every now and then
@StrixVaria Tell the google overlords to roll inbox out to Google Apps accounts. I need dis for my school email to group all emails to the giant "all students" list together
 
@Unionhawk Literally no say in the matter.
 
LIES
 
5:07 PM
@Unionhawk Gmail does already come with filters
 
@PrivatePansy True, but I really, really like the way inbox handles it, especially in the mobile interface. The web interface needs work, but the mobile interface is so nice.
 
I was talking to a recently ex-Googler
apparently Inbox is quite a controversial project within Google
User-centric design is not something they do
Apparently there's a lot of internal skepticism about it, or there was from his perspective
I think that culture was one of the reasons he decided to leave. Everything is 100% data driven, with a strong cultural bias against other ways of designing products.
 
I mean, I think ever since Wave, new projects like this will have some skepticism, but...
 
Wave was actually a great idea, but it wasn't unique enough to attract users
 
5:12 PM
@Unionhawk Wave is a good example. Data driven product, with little research into usability. It was a mess, although the marks its left on docs are very good.
 
@fredley Yes, very much so
 
@Brian It was a great idea without a real use-case.
They didn't think about it from a product perspective, only from an engineering one
"We can build this cool thing, and people can use it for anything!"
 
Yeah, that's pretty much a thing. A product to help people collaborate more better is a little broad
 
@fredley I used it for a bunch of things in college. Although, Google Drive now serves that same purpose
 
@Unionhawk Yeah. And journey planning is the worst example use-case for anything
@Brian Yeah, a lot of Wave's real-time collaboration stuff got pushed into Google Drive/Docs
 
5:13 PM
Huh, Dropbox's Windows tray icon got updated to look like the other system UI tray icons
 
@PrivatePansy On mac you can switch between system/Dropbox themed
 
@PrivatePansy I know, it's been bothering me for 2 days now.
 
Has Microsoft ever released guidelines on designing icons for the Windows tray? I don't think I've ever seen an app mimic the system icons before
 
@PrivatePansy Not that I know of.
 
@PrivatePansy this?
 
5:16 PM
0
Q: Is there a way to run Cossacks Back To War on windows 8.1 without virtual maschine (mouse problem)

codermasterI have the mouse problem which has become famous under cossacks players which play in windows vista or up. This problem is that I can't move the mouse within the game. I tried everything avaiable on the internet: 2 patches set my compatability settings to all versions from xp down to 95....

 
Aww, your scrolls talk made me want to download it, but it is incompatible with my device
 
@Rapitor I mean in terms of design.
 
@Unionhawk Temporary virtual hats are just dumb. It's people's insistence that I must like them that makes me hate them.
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@OrigamiRobot That too, really
 
@OrigamiRobot i don't like em either, don't worry
 
5:17 PM
It's like the insistence that I must have the same avatar all the time that makes me hate @fredley
cough
 
@Unionhawk Mods are very timid creatures which fear change.
 
@OrigamiRobot Please do not feed the mods
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It's true. @TimStone is the most timid.
 
@Wipqozn I'll change your account status... to Deleted!
 
We have to coax him out with promises of food every time.
 
5:21 PM
@OrigamiRobot Now I want Sushi.
Thanks a lot @OrigamiRobot.
 
@PrivatePansy (Don't worry, we don't actually have to fulfill those promises)
 
I'm Spock!
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@PrivatePansy I get it. That's funny.
 
Some of the hats this year really encourage bad behavior (such as downvote 5 posts, delete 10 comments, etc), I thought we would be able avoid that this year :/
 
5:26 PM
@PrivatePansy I never understood why Robots start talking like machines after the disguise is removed ...
 
anyone else still playing battle Infinity?
 
@OrigamiRobot Wait, there's food?
 
@TimStone Food? Oh right...it's lunch time...brb...
 
Oh, it is lunch time!
 
@Brian really? time to serial downvote >:D
 
5:32 PM
Whoa, secret hat
 
@Rapitor You'll probably get a hat for that XD
 
@Brian Neither of those is necessarily bad
 
@murgatroid99 True, but they encourage people to do them even when they shouldn't be done
Which is bad
 
The deleting comments one also, as far as I can tell, says to delete comments from last year
We all probably have a lot of year old comments that are obsolete
 
@murgatroid99 I think it means ones from 2014
 
5:35 PM
@Brian Downvoting isn't a bad thing, and is actually encouraged. You should make generous use of both your upvote and downvotes.
 
@Brian that's this year
right, it might either mean "from last year" or "in the last year"
 
@murgatroid99 I took "last-year comments" to mean comments you made in the last year, which would be 2014
 
In any case, most of your comments more than a week old are probably obsolete
 
Ahh, I assumed it meant "from last year" but I also figured it'd lead to lots of deletions on Jan 1
 
@murgatroid99 My comments are priceless artifacts :P
 
5:37 PM
@Brian Hey, if you don't want to do something the hat game is encouraging you to do, you can just not do it
 
@murgatroid99 That's not the point.
 
@Brian Then what is the point?
 
@murgatroid99 Users who just want hats are often going to take the easiest path they can to get those hats. That makes things like "downvote 5 posts in a day" into "downvote the next 5 posts you see"
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@Brian This
 
@Brian In the grand scheme of things, that shouldn't have much more of an effect than badges that encourage voting
 
limited time badges...
 
@murgatroid99 Badges certainly influence user behavior, but they are much more carefully crafted to encourage positive behavior
 
@Brian So are you saying that voting is positive behavior, but downvoting is not?
 
DAMMIT FESTIVALS WHY ARE YOU IN THE SAME WEEKEND :(
 
@Brian I just sorted by votes, went to the last page, and downvoted 5 questions that had a ridiculous number of downvotes anyway.
 
5:43 PM
@murgatroid99 I'm saying that voting either way is a positive behavior when done because of the intended reasons. Mindless voting to get hats or badges is bad.
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@Batophobia Bad.
 
@Batophobia I hope you read the posts first.
 
@Brian My point is that I don't see how this is any worse than the Civic Duty or Vox Populi badges
 
@Brian I did, made sure I agreed with the downvotes. A few actually got upvotes from me
 
I just downvoted posts in my process of looking through old crappy posts to see if there's anything to cast delete votes on.
 
5:44 PM
Gamification leads to gaming the system. Who could have predicted that!
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@murgatroid99 Vox Populi is a great example of a badge that can cause bad behavior
 
@Brian But does it actually?
 
@murgatroid99 Yes
 
@Brian Fine, do you have any evidence that it does so at a scale that actually matters?
 
Is there a hat for casting delete votes? If not, there should be.
 
5:47 PM
@murgatroid99 Lack of proof does mean that it isn't happening. Part of the reason users do it is because they know they can without repercussion.
 
@Brian You're the one who's claiming that this is having negative effects. Without evidence, that's just an empty assertion
 
> Breaking Bad: vote to close, edit, vote to reopen
 
@Batophobia Nice
Except no!
 
Sekrit hat for deleting the whole site
 
I misread
 
5:48 PM
@Batophobia You posted it before I could XD I'm still not 100% sure what that means though. 1 vote for each?
 
I hate when I take the time to cast delete votes on a bunch of old questions and they sit in the delete queue for forever.
 
Secret Hat for mod abuse
 
is Delete a 5k or 10k thing?
 
10k can delete negatively scored closed questions after 2 days, 20k has expanded deletion
 
@Sconibulus 10k for questions, and 20k for answers.
 
5:50 PM
those are big numbers
 
@Wipqozn iirc there was in years past.
 
@Sconibulus Yep
 
@Sconibulus Pfft. Haven't we just finished playing Clicker Heroes? If it doesn't end in e50, it's not a big number.
 
@JasonBerkan e50? amateur.
 
@MattGiltaji I actually idle my idle games.
 
5:54 PM
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Q: How are the Gem values worked out?

aytimothyIn the Steam Auction, every Steam item (card, booster pack, background and emoticon) has a gem value, which is awarded when the item is "recycled" (user clicks the Turn into Gems... button). How is that gem value worked out? Is there some sort of biasness for rare items? Valve-made items? I'v...

 
@JasonBerkan When number-go-up is capped to 200/day, and that requires high activity...
 
I haven't repcapped in a long time
It's why it's taken me like, what, 3 years to 10k?
 
I think I might have repcapped on that Nethack question the other day, but I'm not sure
 
User reputation leagues are borked. Awesome.
There we go
 
5:56 PM
Ahh, no, Day changed in the middle, ended up with 145 day and 100 day over the course of a couple hours
 
And just 2 years, apparently. 5k last year 5k this year
So at this rate I'll be 20k end of 2016
 
@TimStone faithInHumanity--;
 
@Lazers My crazy guess based on my cards is that it is based on the price of the game.
 
@Brian dontTazeMeBro++;
 
@Lazers Yeah, pretty sure only Valve knows the answer to this question.
 
6:01 PM
@JasonBerkan Probably based on current market value
 
6:13 PM
@TimStone I... why?
 
Because he's a goddamn Nazi Stormtrooper, clearly.
 
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Q: Why EA Sports stop making Cricket game?

sohaibyThe last version of EA Sports Cricket was Cricket 07. There former versions of the same outfit were Cricket 2000, Cricket 2002 and Cricket 2005. Since then, they haven't came up with any new version. Although this game is very popular in the cricket playing nations, yet it is strange that they st...

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Q: How is fall damage calculated in Risk of Rain?

Private PansyCharacters in the game suffer from fall damage when dropping from high places. A few observations from playing the game: Fall damage seems to be capped. I can't tell if it is a percentage of total health or a fixed number, but this does make it difficult to die from fall damage. Certain skill...

 
The bases are loaded
 
All your base are belong to us
 
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Q: Is it possible to calculate the required DDoS power to seize a server?

Jeff NoelI know the DDoS efficiency relies on the victim's firewall version, but it seems even if my DDoS hits for 400 Gbps or 4,000Gbps, I always need to DDoS the server twice to seize it. Is it possible to calculate the required DDoS power to seize a server prior the attack, considering their firewall...

 
6:36 PM
"My actual idea is influenced by what's possible in the game" - Vechs, on mapmaking. TAKE NOTES, PEOPLE ASKING QUESTIONS
 
@ElfSlice how is that game not over...
 
It ended that turn.
I had a bunch of lobbers and shit that couldn't hit the idols.
 
@Unionhawk VECHS IS SO COOL
BTW, STILL ROUTING CONDUIT
IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING
 
@OrigamiRobot If you have an hour later, and want to listen to him answer questions in the background, here you go
It's really cool listening to him talk about mapmaking, like, the psychology behind his decisions. "I can place a treasure chest, even in the open, but off the path a bit, like on a ledge, and the player will still feel really good about themselves for exploring and finding it, even if it's in the open."
 
UGH, STOP MAKING ME WANT TO PLAY VECH'S MAPS
 
6:43 PM
@OrigamiRobot play vech's maps
 
STOP PRETENDING TO BE AUTOCAD, CHAT
 
@OrigamiRobot applause
 
Subtract polygon
Rendering...
Error
AutoCHAT has been forced to quit.
Would you like to restart AutoCHAT?
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I'd be down to play like, Inferno Mines, or Spellbound Caves, or something like that. Those are medium difficulty from a Vechs point of view.
Where the only easy map is Sunburn Islands
And Nightmare Realm ranks "impossible"
 
@John AND I DID... SOMETHING OF FIRE AND SPELLBOUND CAVES?
 
6:48 PM
Sea of Flame 2 is good too
 
I THINK?
YEA, SEA OF FLAME
I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS 1 OR 2
 
Did it have a victory monument?
 
It was 2
 
Ooooh
Inferno Mines is easy very very easy
 
6:50 PM
Yeah, yeah
 
To screw up and become unwinable :(
 
Oh, heh
 
That Vechs jerk loves surrounding wool chest with creeper spawners.. Just so you are aware
A couple of wrong explosions and you are out a wool
 
Yeah, that's true
I know one area in particular has his Player Assassins (creepers riding cave spiders)
which is a ton of fun
 
6:51 PM
What about the Ethereal archers?
All you can see is their boots and their bow
 
Those guys are fun
I wonder if he released his shielded UHC mode version of Sunburn Islands that he did with Aureylian, now that I think about it
 
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Q: Which abilities are inherited from previous dragons?

Vanguard66RealmEye Wiki says the following: Dragons which are fought later will gain some of the previous dragons’ abilities. For instance, if the blue dragon is defeated first, and then the red dragon is fought next, the red dragon would now have some of the blue dragon’s bullets. Which specific abi...

 
@Unionhawk Ow... fast creepers that can climb walls?
 
@Sconibulus And poison you.
 
@Unionhawk THIS IS NOT OK
 
6:57 PM
@Rapitor Just looked, someone on lvl 5 has 2180 DPS
Someone on tower 7 has 20438 DPS
 
@Batophobia yeah, it's been a very grindy weekend
kind of looking forward to the next wipe as things won't be as bonkers
 
I used to have over 300 DPS, I now have 2
 
in T7 yeah. they have high defense and aura stats now. t6 is still free damage
 
7:10 PM
I want a complexity upgrade to Heroville.
That was a pretty decent incremental.
 
7:29 PM
Heheh
Don't Starve Together is now in Early Access
If you dont own anything its $20 and comes with the original game
If you dont own anything and want it all, its $23 bucks
If you already own the game its $5
 
Nice.
 
If you wait for it to come out of early access and own Don't Starve
Its just free :D
 
Is it 4x co-op?
 
2-6
 
7:34 PM
@James Do they have a date or timeframe for actual release?
 
@OrigamiRobot Not that I am aware of. It only went from Beta to Early Access today... They have refused my attempts to throw money at them :/
@Crysyn You can spread the word it's on Early-Access now :) You get to keep it if you were in the beta. You own it! Thanks for the help!
 
7:48 PM
@James Great. I totally could've gotten into the beta, but I had no access to compooter at that time.
@James Oh, that's not so bad.
@James And that's even better.
 
You are about to see its free if you wait for it to get out of early access :D
Hahahaha
 
@James Might as well ping you one more time.
 
Damnit!
/me shakes fist
Yeah turns out everyone who got into the beta got it for free right now
 
@James
 
Good Guy Klei.
 
7:50 PM
I just wanted to be included
 
But they closed down signups pretty quick as they got almost 80,000 submissions on the first day :/
@OrigamiRobot /me pats on the head
:D
 
I am a good robot
 
@ElfSlice Was hoping for a Hitchhikers Guide reference. I am disappoint.
 
@TimStone Is it bad that I think we're at least making progress in that (1) man was not shot, (2) dealer who came out to berate police officer was not shot, (3) police officer's name was released, and (4) they seem to already be fully intent on actually investigating and prosecuting the officer?
 
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Q: How can I create a custom nether world in Minecraft?

awesometas003I'm working on an update for my Minecraft map, Too Much Water Survival. I want to create a custom nether world for my map, but I don't know how. Can anybody tell me how?

 
7:56 PM
@Yuuki I'm not sure how to best answer this without going into a rage (not directed at you, of course :P), so I'm just going to sit here and stare off into the distance.
 
I'm still wtf'ing in that this is still a thing, but it feels so wrong in that I think this is actually progress.
 
@TimStone Think of food
 
@James Am I right in thinking that they just want to do stress-testing for multiplayer on Early Access before releasing it for real?
 
@OrigamiRobot I remembered to eat!
 
7:59 PM
You're still hungry
 
@Yuuki I am not sure actually. What I have played seems mostly smooth to me. I know they are working on further integration of existing content as well and I am not sure if that is part of the 'lets get through early access' cause its mentioned outside of the free DLC they mentioned along with server stability and such...
 
@MattЭллен creepy
 
@James I feel like this is Early Access should be done though.
 
@Batophobia especially the end
(the laughter)
 
8:01 PM
@Yuuki Its actually backwards to me
 
First a private beta to where you slowly (or quickly) develop the content and Early Access should be a nearly finished game where you just do QA and stress-testing.
 
Maybe more aptly named but I generally see Early Access as Pre-Beta
Not.. well.. Final Beta :D
 
@MattЭллен not safe for life
 
@tmslft Kittens are our number one priority here, Tim - with your enjoyment coming in close second. We'll pass your thoughts on to our team.
Oh thank goodness they thought of the kittens.
 
@James Well, that's what it is now, but I feel like that's absolutely not what it should be.
 
8:02 PM
In-context replies best replies.
 
@Yuuki Early access is how you can fund a game and affect its development
 
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Q: Are there any disadvantages to dispelling demons as they spawn from Fade Rifts?

JonKWhen a new wave of demons is in the process of spawning from an active Fade Rift, certain abilities like the Mage's Dispel, or the Templar Warrior specialisation's Spell Purge will insta-gib any demons they hit if they land before the demon spawns. Clearly this has the advantage of making the wav...

 
@Rapitor it's funny how important tempo is!
 
You don't always get to fund a completed game :D
 
@James They should definitely change the name then, because "Early Access" just sounds wrong with the way it's currently implemented.
Blah, blah more complaining about Early Access.
Let's get off this train before it goes over the cliff.
 
8:05 PM
I want to complain about Pokemon. Why the hell does the game only have one save? In 2014?
 
Ugh, I want to get This War of Mine and support the devs, but I also want to wait for a sale.
 
@Yuuki That is because Alpha and Beta already mean something... You just want to partake in Beta's, not Early Access.
Steam has Beta programs too you just have to opt into them. That is how I got Unturned 3.0 as it was being developed.. just set the versioning to allow the beta builds
@Yuuki I've mixed feelings on the game.. Its a bit slow or too structured for me in some ways
 
@JasonBerkan To get you to purchase the other one that was released at the same time and has slightly different enemies
 
@James Yeah, I hear a lot of mixed feelings, which is why I want to wait until it's on sale.
But at the same time, I really want to support the devs who'd be willing to make a game with this kind of story.
A war game where you're actually a civilian, not a soldier? I've been waiting forever for something like that.
 
@Yuuki Well that is one of the parts that bugs me cause all that means is you do not start with weapons or have a military agenda
But this is a Civil War
Sooooo
That already means its generally the military against the civilians??? Soooo that seeems... Odd
 
8:10 PM
Steam reviews says it has been "Overwhelmingly Positive" (96% across 3,902 reviews)
 
A war game where you're a civilian sounds sorta awful...
 
Now all I need is a game that's just about exploration and beautiful vistas. I'm purposefully not counting Minecraft.
 
@Sconibulus To each his/her own
 
"Going to work to support the war effort! Oh shit, Air Raid sirens! Hide in a bunker for 3 hours and hope your house survives and you get paid"
 
@Sconibulus It's... a bit different than that.
 
@Yuuki It happened to my Peons man...
Gryphons from the west...
 
I still think we should get Arqade chat to treat Steam links similar to YouTube, Wikipedia, or xkcd links
 
@James That's not all it means.
 
@OrigamiRobot From a storyline it says Shes a lawyer and he was a football player
Whatever
There is not much else in there aside from a quick blurb like that
 
It's not a war game. It's a survival game set during a war.
 
8:16 PM
... All I am saying is the whole I am a civilian thing is just a tag line more than anything else
 
Uh oh, looks like Ars Technica got compromised.
 
Except it's not.
 
@OrigamiRobot There's nothing wrong with that. It's trying to make a different point than the common "specialist takes out all the bad guys" FPS games
 
@Batophobia I'm not saying it's bad. I love the game. I'm saying that calling it a war game is misrepresenting it.
 
@Batophobia You can make a feature request on meta
The term is "onebox", by the way
 
@murgatroid99 I totally thought I had asked it before... oh well, guess I'll make one now
 
@Sterno .......
 
@Batophobia I can't find anything on Arqade Meta or MSE
 
@Sterno this shit gets 1 million views?! I just just buy things and open them on youtube...
 
Also, Coin Slot is locked from inactivity

 Coin Slot

A place to play the cool Arqadian/Arqanoidian murder asteroid ...
 
8:25 PM
i'll be rich
 
@Rapitor If that's all he did, it would be so much better.
 
8:38 PM
@Sterno I'm at work. Describe it to me.
 
You don't want it described to you.
You don't want to know the horror.
Run. RUN.
 
Robots fear nothing.
 
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Q: How to find Enemy Health Value in Memory

CodeCatIm playing this game Guild Wars 2 and i want to write tool a wich shows me the Health of my Enemy in PvE. The game shows u a healthbar but i want numbers. I dont want to cheat or hack the game. I tried using Cheat Engine i hitted the enemy then searched for deceased values or tried waiting till a...

 
> I don't want to cheat or hack the game. I tried using Cheat Engine
Are you... are you kidding?
 
8:44 PM
@OrigamiRobot Basically, a grown man playing with Teletubbies figures.
 
That's not normal human behavior?
scribbles notes
Tell me more.
 
Soooo, I found what is essentially my job position but with more requirements posted on the State of Michigan's jobs website. I wonder if I should be concerned about this.
 
Fun Fact: Mouthful of nerds + cough = disaster :(
 
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Q: Have links to items on Steam posted in chat expand like Wikipedia links do

BatophobiaWhen posting a link in chat, some websites will expand the link into details from the destination. Examples of links that do this are site such as: Youtube Wikipedia xkcd Stack Exchange sites For Arqade, I think it would be nice to also include http://store.steampowered.com/app/... links in ...

 
8:51 PM
@OrigamiRobot Or ultimate weapon, depending on your timing.
 
@Unionhawk :D
 
Like, you are using a software that edits the memory used by a game. You could not be hacking the game any more if you tried.
 
But they hitted the enemy, your argument is invalid still completely valid.
 
> The payment will be $335... you must pay in cash before leaving for break <this thursday>
WHAT THE SHIT SKI CLUB
 
@Unionhawk maybe they meant they don't want to use the cheats provided by the dev within the game
 
8:55 PM
@Unionhawk They just want to walk around with a fat stack of cash.
It's the only logical explanation.
 
Like, the dude lives in the sketchy part of Dayton, too.
I'm not carrying $300 in cash to the nonzero-level-sketchiness side of town
 
What could go wrong except a mugging?
 
@Batophobia BTW, i think its called "oneboxing"
 
39 mins ago, by murgatroid99
The term is "onebox", by the way
 

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