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9:00 PM
I hope this site closes
 
@Sterno I wonder if this site will get so many trolls that it just becomes self-trolling.
Or we all troll the one person who's serious about this site.
 
Infinitely recursive trolling.
 
i think someone made an area51 request for a trolling site
 
@MattGiltaji Well, Lifehacks is here, so I guess they succeeded.
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Q: How is awesomenauts prestige calculated?

klm123Once I got prestige-1 I though that it will increase along with increase of XP-levels. But now i'm level 47 and prestige is still 1, so I start to wander was I correct or not. What does the prestige depend on?

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Q: I Can't find my wife?

Young GuiloIn Minecraft Comes Alive t seems that I lost my wife. I have crafted the whistle and keep calling but only my daughter shows up. I tried gifting a wedding ring to another female villager (she had over 100 rep) but she said I should be ashamed because I'm already married. How do I find my wife?

 
9:02 PM
But I guess I can't hope it closes otherwise I'm "killing Lifehacks" or w/e
(incidentally, I lost my shit when I read that message)
 
@Unionhawk do you need a lifehack to find it?
 
@Arperum judas even
 
Oct 24 at 14:30, by Unionhawk
@Batophobia NO
 
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A: How can I more quickly warm up the interior of my car during winter?

Rory AlsopYour heater will reach useful temperature faster if your engine heats up faster, as it takes its heat directly from the engine (usually by water heated by the engine block) - and the engine block heats up faster under load, so: turn on front and rear windscreen heaters turn on lights rev the en...

sure way to ruin your engine too!
 
@djsmiley2k Nah, he's good. your damage is awesome. and guaranteed devil rooms are pretty awesome too (if you use his book every floor atleast once)
 
9:09 PM
@Rapitor Well, "doesn't f--k up my property" is not a quality most lifehacks possess.
 
hnmmmm no devil room on 1 D:
 
@Rapitor I dunno. That's standard operating procedure around here. In fact, my brand new Odyssey intentionally idles at a higher RPM when cold.
 
@JasonBerkan that's fine. but purposely revving it at high is bad for the engine.
 
My favorite Lifehacks answer so far was the way to boil water faster is to leave it on almost boiling all day long and just turn it up when you need it. Which not only is kind of a terrible idea, but technically that would be the slowest boiling time if you count from start to finish
 
@Arperum no devil room on one
 
9:12 PM
idling or giving it light gas for a few minutes for the engine to warm up is the best way
 
@djsmiley2k Except if you find a joker card!
@Sterno Don't forget to refill every so often!
 
@Sterno wait. how is that... what?
 
@Sterno If you're doing that, you might as well buy one of those giant Chinese water thermoses and actually boil the water.
I have one that holds about a gallon of water.
 
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A: Fastest way to boil water?

William the PleaserMake sure you put a cover on the can. Not a tight cover; just something to keep the top of the water from losing heat (see this question). If that's still not fast enough for you, you have a few options: Leave a full kettle over a low flame all day long, turn it up when you need hot water. You...

> Leave a full kettle over a low flame all day long, turn it up when you need hot water. You just pay for the cost of the energy required to keep it hot, but can be dangerous if you let it boil dry.
 
@Sterno "just"
 
9:15 PM
@Sterno options 2 and 3 are logical and reasonable. should be downvoted
 
arugh now the game's frozen
 
I'm scared that I just got a Beta badge. Today.
Does that mean the site is graduating?
:(
 
Oh god
Oh dear
 
lol, for a site you were trying to troll
 
Oh no
 
9:18 PM
RED ALERT
 
BWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPBWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPBWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPBW‌​WWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP
 
@Sterno That's a glorious inbox
 
SKATEBOARDS CAN'T PARTICIPATE IN LIFEHACKS
 
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A: Fastest way to boil water?

OriginPerhaps you're thinking about this the wrong way. Rather boil water quickly, try to have boiling/hot water on hand. Get a giant thermos, you can usually find these at Asian supermarkets. They look like this: They'll hold about a gallon or more of water, depending on the model, and keep it near-...

Please upvote for sanity.
 
9:19 PM
@fredley :)
 
OR ACKNOWLEDGE ITS EXISTENCE
 
aww, its public beta, my downvote and close vote privleges are gone :(
 
LIFEHACKS ISN'T REAL, LIFEHACKING ISN'T REAL
 
in The Junk Drawer, 7 mins ago, by Zach Saucier
WE WENT PUBLIC! :D
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9:21 PM
This is a terrible day for everyone involved.
 
You guys are almost comical.
 
@Yuuki eat a lot of salty things
 
How do I delete my account
 
Worst Christmas ever.
 
This is the worst
 
9:22 PM
 
@JasonBerkan Key word: 'almost'.
 
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Q: Is there a way to erase pencil without a standard eraser?

PhlumeThere are times when I am away from home with my sketchpad and I realize I do not have my eraser with me. Are there any quick tricks to erase pencil marks on a paper without ruining the paper, or smearing the other pencil marks? EDIT: I use a particular type of eraser known as a "kneeded eraser...

 
Yahoo Answers as a reference? Seriously? — Jan Dvorak yesterday
Lifehacks is basically YahooAnswers.SE.
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Far more depressing than Lifehacks.SE is the fact that the turtle does not like bacon.
 
Goddammit I was convinced that lifehacks would die and we would get the best christmas gift of everyone moving on from lifehacks being a thing
 
9:26 PM
> How not to lose your eraser: Drill a hole through the top and hang it on a string around your neck. Alternatively, stick it the rings of your notebook or strap it to your pencil with a rubber band
 
Well, I was pretty sure that site was doomed.
 
Not that we would be given lifehacks not being a thing, that's not what I want, I just want people to shut up about it.
 
I've never been so wrong.
 
@Yuuki I know this is starbait... and yet...
 
@Unionhawk No. It shall be discussed daily.
 
9:26 PM
If you don't want to loose your eraser: hang it around your neck. That'll work until you forget to equip your eraser after you used it.
 
@Arperum then use a very long chain so that you can use it while it still is attached to your neck
 
LIFEHACK: DEATH IS THE HONORABLE ALTERNATIVE
 
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Q: Ive lost a property at gta 5

vince caroIve logged in at the game the suddenly mo apartment was gone so does my cars. Ive put alot of work hard work there. I tried to looking at my destiny 8 lots but is really gone i dont know what to do anymore. How could i solve this

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Q: Were there any changes to aggro mechanics in WoD

ZymusI haven't played much WoW since Cataclysm, so I'm not sure if anything has changed. I rolled a Resto Druid a couple of weeks ago, and in every dungeon I'm queued for I have found myself pulling all aggro off of the tanks. At first I thought that maybe it was just a couple of bad tanks, but it has...

 
No one has nominated @Sterno for mod yet
 
Guess I've got a modship to go earn.
 
9:28 PM
@MattGiltaji Next question found! how do I prevent this super long chain with an eraser on it from looking stupid and smacking into things? It ruins the eraser quality. Holding it under my clothes doesn't work, because it also ruins the eraser.
 
This shows they are not ready since he is the most sensical participant I've seen
 
@Arperum put it in your pocket with the chain sticking out. all the cool kids are doing it. you want to be cool, don't you?
 
Goddammit bridge why are you all the worst
 
You know, that WoW question makes me wonder if Blizzard lowered all the armor, health, and damage numbers because they were approaching a 32-bit signed value.
 
9:31 PM
That would be hilarious
 
@MattGiltaji But the inside of a pocket is not exactly the best enviroment to keep special kneeding eraser...
 
('cause they did lower them)
 
"OH CRAP NOW IT'S POSSIBLE TO DO MAX_INT+1 DAMAGE"
 
> I have tried using a gently moistened corner of my shirt to try and "clean" the pencil mark off of the paper, but that just smudged the pencil, and ruined the paper.
 
@Unionhawk An attack heal spell would be amusing.
 
9:32 PM
@OrigamiRobot Hooray token "I have tried" inclusions to not get closed as "the SO is strong with this site"
 
dammit game. stop giving me cancer when I'm doing some challenge that doesn't allow me to fire tears.
 
@Powerlord Now I actually want to see DPS and healers switch roles.
 
@Sterno I think you should qualify all future questions with "I have tried praying to Cthulhu, but it didn't work" to satisfy their inane requirement.
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stabs @Unionhawk for -2 billion damage
Well, now you're at full health!
Speaking of Cthulu, I watched the episode of Tabletop where they played Unspeakable Words again the other day
The dice just were not with most of the players.
 
Who put gnomeslice in manyland?
 
9:35 PM
@Gnomeslice
 
@you did
 
@fredley manyland?
 
such game, manyland, wow
 
At first I thought you said Maryland, but...
 
9:36 PM
(I'm not sorry)
 
@fredley it was me
mwahaha
 
@MattGiltaji bravo
 
Oh yeah, I wonder why Valve hasn't done or announced today's TF2 update yet.
Someone reminded me that there will be one 'cause Christmas.
 
now its cloneable
 
@fredley What is this even?
 
9:40 PM
@Arperum open world sandbox
make tiles, place tiles
 
@Arperum multiplayer paint
 
It's weird.
 
@MattGiltaji What is? And please don't say something in Java, 'cause Cloneable is evil
 
@Powerlord the gnomeslice tile in manyland
 
@MattGiltaji I take it back, that's also evil.
 
9:42 PM
0
Q: What is the difference between a masterwork schematic and a normal one?

Luke B.I found two different schematics, the "Masterwork Witch Staff" and "Superb Staff of the Dragon" both have the same dps range (71/94). Both also have a masterwork slot. What is the difference between them? Is a masterwork schematic guaranteed to be give me a masterwork weapon and so is better beca...

 
although now i have two gnomeslices in my creations toolbar and I dunno how to get rid of one
 
I got so many stars today. My self esteem has never been higher
 
@Arperum where are you?
 
@OrigamiRobot NO!
We've raised him up more than we could possible imagine!
Oh wait, no, we have to strike you down to make your more powerful. Carry on.
 
@fredley I was falling to the void on an arqade ship when I decided that I am going to see if I can finish my half complete binding of isaac challenge run.
Bob's brain is really going to be my winning item if I win this.
 
9:46 PM
@Arperum That sounds like a lie to me.
When does Bob's brain ever HELP? :P
Also, why is there no Bob transformation?
 
@Powerlord When you are doing the solar system challenge and have no tear, and are terrible at aiming yourself so enemies get damage and you don't.
Although, nun's habit + the book of black hearts every six rooms help quite a bit too.
 
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Q: How do I transfer ducal vassals to a viceroy?

SMeznaricI would like to transfer dukes vassalage to a Viceroy, specifically I would like Duke of Leon to be a vassal of Viceroy of Castille. But this option does not seem to come up. I thought you could transfer any vassal to another vassal so long as they were in the right places in the hierarchy. What ...

 
@Arperum I was doing quite well in that challenge until I was dumb and stepped on a number 5 die.
er... not #5... one of them that scrambles your items
 
1 or 6 iirc.
I'm at necropolis I right now, never got this far into it.
And for some reason I barely meet rooms containing flies, because that would be convenient being lord of the flies and all that.
brimstone probably doesn't work in this challenge?
because if it works I just won the jackpot.
I'm assuming it doesn't though, so I'll just take gimpy.
 
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Q: Can things be unlocked in seeded runs?

CrubleighI noticed after getting a seed from my friend, ands beating the boss rush (for the first time with cain) I didn't unlock anything. Also I had a seeded run to get Guppy, but that also didn't unlock anything. Do seeded runs count towards anything? Do donation machines show up on seeded runs, and if...

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Q: How do I get in the third person character view?

Carly JohnsonSo, I can't get into third person character view (I am playing the Elder Scrolls V Skyrim), but I'm in an open area (just to make sure there was enough room for the camera to move around) and pressing the right joystick down. For XBOX. Any helpful ideas??

 
10:08 PM
@Arperum yeah, you can't shoot anything in any challenge with the blindfold
 
@murgatroid99 Bob's brain works wonders though, just killed mom.
 
The worst thing about Lifehacks going live is I can no longer see the upvote/downvote split
 
@Sterno that's bad, but i wouldn't say it is the worst thing
 
It's the worst thing at this particular moment. It limits my ability to mock.
God forbid I have to go earn more rep there
 
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Q: Does the Guppy transformation stack with the Mulligan?

murgatroid99When you transform into Guppy you get an effect similar to the Mulligan item: when you deal damage, there is some chance of a blue fly spawning. If I become Guppy and get the Mulligan, do they together have a higher chance of spawning blue flies than individually?

 
10:15 PM
fuck these nubs that pop up and shoot three bullets at you. killing them with orbitals is suicide. and it takes forever to wait until bob's brain recharges.
 
@Sterno Sometimes, I wonder if Lifehacks.SE would have made public beta if we didn't troll them.
But that leads to a darker path, so I stop thinking about it.
 
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Q: problem with signs on minecraft pe. please help?

RDminecrafterI have a kindle fire HD and I have minecraft pocket edition. I have a problem with my signs. I place them on both game modes fine,and I also type them fine, but when I exit my keyboard, the sign is blank. This always happens and I have even tried downloading maps, but the signs on those are blank...

 
@Sterno What is view up/down? 1k?
Yeah, 1k (unless it's different there for no good reason)
That's a lot
 
Lifehacks made it to public?!
 
> Stop the planet. I want to get off.
 
10:30 PM
YAY. CHALLENGE BEATEN! I coul've even taken take brimstone for science.
 
I think a congrats to SciFi.se is in order. They just received a promotion and are no longer the ugliest step child
 
No, patents I think will hold that title forever
Since I'm pretty sure the community there consists of like, one patent lawyer
 
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Q: Forge won't work

Noah McMahonI just downloaded forge 1.7.2 recommended installer but ever time I try to run the program so it will install into minecraft, nothing happens. I have windows 7 and Java 7. After this happened I tried to do it again on a different user in the computer. This time instead of doing noting an error...

 
 
@Unionhawk At least the questions for that one don't rely on the answers to be on topic
 
10:44 PM
@Yuuki They are speaking over "threads". SE IS NOT A FORUM YOU MORONS.
 
@Arperum Y'know one of those guys is me joking around, right?
 
@Yuuki The other answer is just dumb. "How can I get ice water fast?" "submerge your water in ice water"
 
Oh wait, I see what you're talking about.
 
@Yuuki Yup I'm aware.
 
If you have a bucket of ice water already, wouldn't there be no need to cool your bottle of water down? — Origin 31 secs ago
 
10:47 PM
@Yuuki This. so much this.
 
@Yuuki this origin person is very reasonable on the lifehacks site... i think they would make a good mod
 
@Ktash You... make a good point.
 
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Q: Why doesn't my enchanted fish effect other players?

WannabeMinerI have an enchanted Knockback 20 fish but when I hit my brother on my server nothing happened! Is there some kind of restriction on this? I also tried using flaming arrows with a sharpness 5 but it did not affect him. (He's not an OP!)

 
Every time I see this guy say "not very hackish", I just want to go shoot something.
Preferably, him.
 
Bringing my Chromecast with me for Christmas break was a good idea.
 
11:00 PM
@Yuuki Can't you do that in Texas too?
 
@Unionhawk I could go to a shooting range if I wanted. I'm just super-lazy and don't really like guns all that much.
Plus it costs about $100 to rent a gun to shoot.
 
No, can't you legally shoot a man who says something like that on the internet in Texas?
 
@KevinvanderVelden You're welcome for making you eat something you (incorrectly) find delicious.
 
@Unionhawk I'm sure it's somewhere in our legal code, probably.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I'm really surprised I kept my room ownership after this (Although I assume this is an oversight you'll quickly rectify).
 
11:03 PM
Well look who's making judgements about who's right
I'm pretty sure I'm off the hook for being wrong all the time, at this point
 
@Sterno Well that's silly.
I wish I could I say I can't believe Lifehacks went public, but I just knew it would.
The site is a complete mess, but SE gave it a chance, so they've obviously thrown standards to the wind.
 
@Wipqozn You knew this whole time, and you didn't tell us?
HOW COULD YOU
 
clearly the lifehacks situation is your fault @Wipqozn or should I say @wipWRONGzn?
 
I have returned from the Battle of the Five Armies!
 
@Unionhawk I prefer to assume the worst.
 
11:05 PM
@RPi_Awesomeness and...?
 
Only minor wounds, a couple lacerations. Nothing serious
 
@MattGiltaji No, you shouldn't say that. Nobody should ever say that.
 
Also, what, shog9 supported it going public? My whole world has gone upside down.
 
@Wipqozn Wait wat
 
user15026
@RPi_Awesomeness All in one piece, even. That's good to hear
 
user15026
11:06 PM
@Wipqozn what wait what
 
@shog9 you have some explaining to do
 
Speaking of bacon, I had bacon wrapped chicken for supper. And it was delicious.
 
@AshleyNunn Yes, quite :)
 
@Unionhawk Some 'splainin', even.
 
I've got a fully loaded virtual crossbow pointed at you
 
11:06 PM
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A: What needs to be done to keep this site alive?

Shog9As one of the people who recommended this site be opened to public beta, I'm going to quote the relevant portion of my recommendation here on the off-chance it's useful to anyone: The best model for this site is Skeptics - no limit to the subject matter, but strict limits on the sorts of prob...

 
Which, incidentally, means I've got one shot
 
user15026
@Wipqozn Oh. Huh. Well then.
 
And I don't have that good of aim
So your odds of surviving are pretty high
 
His comparison to Skeptics does make sense. They do follow the same catch all theme.
 
> if that comes together, this could work. If it doesn't, we'll find ourselves shutting it down in a few months, or worse, dealing with ugly in-fighting. The dangers are real. But so is the potential.
there is still hope!
 
11:09 PM
Hmm...
Okay, lowering the crossbow. I'll allow it on the grounds that "at least it's still just a beta"
 
Sweet, sweet in-fighting.
 
@MattGiltaji brb, getting my ugly in-fighting pitchfork.
 
Given the problems the site still has, though, I was expecting it to get another private extensions before going public.
I wonder if @Sterno has heard about this yet...
 
I was too
He has
 
@Wipqozn did you not see the hole in the bridge's ceiling?
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11:11 PM
He got the "participated in private beta" badge and was like "uhh..."
 
@MattGiltaji No sir!
 
@MattGiltaji It was decent. They drew several scenes out a tad too much and had some really bizarre scenes that really didn't need to be there and made ~0 sense to me.
Definitely not Peter Jackson's best work
 
@Unionhawk Wait, why don't I have that badge?
 
@RPi_Awesomeness yeah i saw it last night and agree. much darker than the other ones
 
Actually, I'm glad I don't have that badge.
 
11:12 PM
I think they really should have made it in 2 or even 1
 
@Yuuki Iunno
Ask @Sterno
 
@Unionhawk I guess you need to sign on to the Area 51 proposal?
Because that was not a thing I did.
 
@Yuuki Do you have 200 rep?
 
@MattGiltaji And the gore. Goodness gravy - when you compare that to the originals o.O
 
I don't know
 
11:13 PM
@Ktash Well, I guess there's the answer.
 
Yeah it might be the 200 magic number
 
I got downvoted for having too much common sense.
 
Probably
-20 off topic user
 
@Yuuki I thought that was the bottom limit on that badge. I could be wrong, but that's what I thought
 
@Ktash It makes sense, 200 is the number on Yearling, for example
 
11:14 PM
@RPi_Awesomeness yeah, so much death and dismemberment
 
And it's the threshold for association bonus
 
@MattGiltaji Fo sho
 
Everyone above 200 on the site seems to have it, and no one below does. So it looks like I may have been right
Actually, I take that back. There are some non-200 people who got it. I've got no clue then
 
@Ktash its specifically a secret to prevent people from doing bare minimum then not doing anything anymore
 
Lifehacks going public is making me want to start a joke proposal called LifeProTips.SE to cover mental "lifehacks".
 
11:19 PM
mind pro tips
i'd sign up for that
 
And then eventually just map Reddit to StackExchange 1-to-1.
 
@MattGiltaji Meh, that wouldn't be very like SE. Gamification works, even when people do the bare minimum because it can help seed things for those who contribute more
 
-1
Q: How does Mario stay alive after so many deaths?

joeI mean seriously? How does he? Does he regenerate or something like in Doctor Who?

 
@Lazers really?
 
11:32 PM
Because it is a video game
 
So my org is moving to BitBucket.
 
@Lazers So basically you want every game to be rouge-like?
 
I don't know if I should be excited or scared.
 
@RPi_Awesomeness That last one was pretty awesome.
 
@MBraedley can't get enough rouge
@RedRiderX mercurial is fun :D
 
11:33 PM
@MattGiltaji Well it will probably be Git
We're mainly moving from hosted SVN to hosted Git
 
@RedRiderX then why do bitbucket instead of github?
 
@MattGiltaji Because of the org pricing mainly
 
@RedRiderX And what industry are you in?
 
ah, got it
 
BitBucket is per user not per repo
@MBraedley General Web Dav
 
11:34 PM
arugh I'm a minime in BoI
 
We have a lot more repos then users.
SourceTree looks like ass though
 
@RedRiderX they always do if you do anything remotely complicated
 
And it seems like it will be a pain to use Github for Windows with BitBucket.
 
@RedRiderX come check out the obstacle course
 
11:36 PM
@fredley you built that? it killed me so much
 
@MattGiltaji Red built the bit that killed you
I built a whole lot more killingness
 
Oh shit
 
i also like the @badp you made too
 
I love the partial brickwork
 
@RedRiderX cheers
@RedRiderX it is possible btw
 
11:38 PM
ugh this damn grapple
 
The grapple is spotty as all hell
 
ah, laser fall!
 
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Q: Slime Farming Minecraft 1.8

Sentinel GamingHow can I efficiently farm slimes in minecraft 1.8 that is preferably not resource intensive, and if this helps I have located a few slime chunks next to my base. Thanks for any help regarding this.

 
@RedRiderX Probably easier without
 
Yeah
 
11:41 PM
ah dammit
 
@MattGiltaji haha
 
i suck at platformers soooo much
more spikes?! :(
does it end after the pipe?
or do i need to run across the gap?
 
@MattGiltaji it ends
 
k i put a doge there
 
YOU'RE A DOGE
 
11:50 PM
@Unionhawk much hate. wow
 
@Frank Much battle, such death, many cheesy line
 
rusted key vs childs heart...
 
@fredley Oh I love Arqade stuff at the top of noob towers.
 
@RedRiderX yeah, it's come out well
 
Your porkchop is off kilter though.
You should just make that your body
 
11:53 PM
@djsmiley2k Do you mind spoilers for basically every item in the game? If not: I have the perfect site for seing what an item does.
 
-2
Q: What is the name of the indie game that shows disgusting meat being prepared then angelic vegetariam meals?

DiscipolI remember a woman cooking and you interact with her, popups about the horror of meat processing appear then you turn to vegan mode and it shows cooking with vegetables.

 
i got that site @Arperum hehe just pondering peoples thoughts
 
yup
now how do i reply to you wihtout clickign the arrow, tab takes me away D:
 
@djsmiley2k Which arrow? The drop-down list or the arrow on the right of the message box?
 
11:59 PM
yeah that one @Yuuki
 
you can just type a name like this: @djsmiley2k, at least the first three letters are required, the rest is optional.
 

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