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Robusto

8:00 PM

@KitFox You would delete that comment? That is, like, the best comment ever.

It's true, it's a hugely wonderful pun, and it adds a dash of cruelty. All in good fun.

MετάEd

There are a million obsolete comments out there.

If you are jonesing for a hat.

RegDwighт

The perfectly idiomatic, universally understood expression to make it clear, regardless of the context, that we imply not just "the difference between 2 and 5" but "2 − 5", is "How much is two minus five?" — RegDwighт 16 secs ago

I do not understand what's the problem.

Robusto

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MετάEd

@RegDwighт I suggest you either post that as your answer or close the question.

And an answer would be fine by me.

It's Christmas.

KitFox

@Robusto Brando was so good looking.

MετάEd

8:09 PM

Whatever that means.

RegDwighт

@MετάEd I know, but what I'm really doing there is setting up a trap.

Robusto

@KitFox I like the part where he rips her hat off.

RegDwighт

Because by the looks of it, I totally expect him to comment back "nonono, I mean a noun to replace the word 'difference' in the above context".

KitFox

I have a filled rectangle. I should stop now.

Robusto

Please don't feed the pineapples, holiday season though it may be.

RegDwighт

8:11 PM

In which case I will, of course, point out that he is obviously not looking for a universal expression that works in every context, but for a specific word for a specific context.

Robusto

Here's a pineapple pretending to be @RegDwighт:

@Robusto: Your mom thanked me very much last night! Er, sorry. What I am trying to say is that there is more than one kind of joke about your mother. — Rahul Narain 19 mins ago

Or being offended on his behalf. Or something.

Cerberus

@Robusto I didn't get all of the last part, where is talking to some woman. I was walking around doing stuff, and there was no more video, only audio.

But the rest was pretty good.

I cringed a little bit at the Sea World scene.

RegDwighт

@Robusto Well it's clear yo mama is the target of yo mama jokes, while XKCD's mom is the target of your mom jokes.

Cerberus

The killer whale chewing on the blonde trainer's head.

RegDwighт

I wanted to leave a comment myself at first, but couldn't think of anything remotely witty.

Robusto

8:14 PM

@RahulNarain: My mom is dead. Feel better now? — Robusto 10 secs ago

When in doubt, escalate.

RegDwighт

@Robusto and then there's that.

Robusto

@Cerberus Yes. I thought that was awesome.

KitFox

What?

Cerberus

It was not without merit.

David Wallace

Isn't Mother a song by Pink Floyd?

KitFox

8:15 PM

Danzig!

RegDwighт

My mama is, at best, the target of твою мать jokes, and just look at those letter shapes, that must hurt.

KitFox

Also Pink Floyd.

Cerberus

The part where the chewing killer whale was used as an excuse not to attend Jimmy's flamenco performance was the best part of that.

KitFox

tvoyu matya?

David Wallace

When I hear those words, they're usually preceded by "yop".

RegDwighт

8:17 PM

That's not a ya. The ya is what I have in my name. Had.

Robusto

@KitFox Mahts.

RegDwighт

That's a palatalization sign.

KitFox

Is that tv- a...what do you call it? Dipthong? Whatever you call "sh"and "ch"sounds.

David Wallace

Digraph. And no.

KitFox

@RegDwighт Oh right. I got it confused with the backward R.

Robusto

8:18 PM

Anyway, trying to pronounce Russian is like having a snake in your mouth that you can never swallow. Or spit out.

KitFox

@Robusto Oh! That helps, thanks.

RegDwighт

@Robusto tell me more about your hobbies.

Robusto

@RegDwighт You have to pay me first. I don't do these acts for free.

RegDwighт

I paid you tomorrow.

Robusto

Tomorrow never comes.

RegDwighт

8:19 PM

Tomorrow never dies.

Robusto

2 hours ago, by Cerberus

I still like the sex offender best.

RegDwighт

That must suck, to live forever and not be able to come.

KitFox

It sure does.

Robusto

Ask the Sybil.

RegDwighт

Poor tomorrow. Send him flowers.

Robusto

8:20 PM

Apr 22 at 16:23, by Robusto

Nam Sibyllam quidem Cumis ego ipse oculis meis vidi
in ampulla pendere, et cum illi pueri dicerent: Σιβυλλα
τι θελεις; respondebat illa: αποθανειν θελω.

RegDwighт

Speaking of flowers, I bet I know which movie Rob still hasn't seen.

Mar 4 '11 at 12:47, by RegDwight

BTW, Robusto, speaking of revisiting former GFs: ever seen Broken Flowers by Jim Jarmusch with Bill Murray?

Robusto

Yup.

RegDwighт

Well hurry up. The pale horse is near.

Robusto

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Does "Dead Flowers" count?

RegDwighт

Van Zwandte Piet?

@Robusto not entirely unlike the movie, one might say.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

8:24 PM

@tchrist I'm not sure why you think I don't know what a trilogy is?

RegDwighт

Don't take that personally. He thinks that of everyone. No really, he does.

Robusto

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Here's an idea: try using the word prequel indiscriminately. Always good for a fun afternoon.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

It may be because I refer to the Lord of the Rings as three books.

Cerberus

@Robusto Why does she want to die anyway? Because she has lived too long?

RegDwighт

A trilogy of prequels.

A prequel of trilogies.

Robusto

8:26 PM

@Cerberus You don't know the story? Really?

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Robusto I was there for that conversation.

Cerberus

@RegDwighт Learn2Dutch!

RegDwighт

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 which one of the seven this far

KitFox

I was thinking of writing a quadrology of prequels for my next series.

RegDwighт

@Cerberus ananas.

Cerberus

8:27 PM

@Robusto I...may have known it once.

RegDwighт

@KitFox writing? Why write? Just prequel them.

Cerberus

But not today.

RegDwighт

You can prequel them right onto the prequels. Prequally.

KitFox

@RegDwighт I preponed that idea.

Cerberus

@KitFox Tetralogy.

KitFox

8:27 PM

@Cerberus I did that just for you.

David Wallace

@RegDwighт I expected Peter Jackson to be able to learn from George Lucas' mistake. Not so, apparently.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

I'm going to start referring to the first edition of The Perl Cookbook as the prequel to the second edition.

Cerberus

Meanie!

RegDwighт

@Cerberus Alexey Pazhitnov owns the copyright to that.

Cerberus

pouts

@RegDwighт Pashit-what?

RegDwighт

8:28 PM

@DavidWallace you lost me at "I expected Peter Jackson to be able to learn".

Cerberus

By the way, I see pretty awful reviews of the Hobbit film.

David Wallace

@RegDwighт Is today hassle-the-kiwi day?

RegDwighт

@Cerberus Oh really?

David Wallace

@Cerberus I was extremely disappointed with it.

RegDwighт

You don't say?

Cerberus

8:29 PM

@RegDwighт I'm not quick. You know that.

@DavidWallace *disappoint

RegDwighт

@DavidWallace today is the last day to hassle all things.

Cerberus

But okay, so everyone is agreed, then?

David Wallace

To all those who think that 21/12/12 is the last day. I have already experienced 21/12/12 in its entirety, and am now living 22/12/12. You can too.

Robusto

@Cerberus spectacle.org/0309/sybil.html

RegDwighт

Wait, isn't it 22nd in Kiwiland?

Jinx.

Cerberus

8:30 PM

@DavidWallace There must be something wrong with your days.

I fixed mine.

David Wallace

Yes, well done.

Robusto

> The Cumaean Sybil, a prophetess, asked Apollo for eternal life and he granted the boon. In a classic “careful what you wish for” trope, Apollo did not give the Sybil eternal youth, however.

David Wallace

That's like the last episode of Alias.

RegDwighт

Oh god. There was a last episode?

David Wallace

Did you think it would run forever?

RegDwighт

8:32 PM

The first episode did.

Cerberus

Ah, yes.

RegDwighт

I am still not finished with it.

Cerberus

I have read the Satyricon, but in translation.

Now I must be off.

Grosseries.

RegDwighт

Jennifer Garner is the most overrated ~~pair of ears~~ actress after Whoopy Goldberg.

Robusto

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Q: Hyphen usage. Mono-channel and multi-channel or monochannel and multichannel?

While writing a technical paper about fiber optics this question about hyphens came out. Should this words be used with or without a hyphen? Mono-channel or monochannel Multi-channel or multichannel On published technical papers both forms are found. I would like to know which one is correct....

hyphen

Could you ask a more boring question?

KitFox

8:33 PM

@RegDwighт Did you see her in Requiem for a Dream?

RegDwighт

I could.

Robusto

@RegDwighт You could try. But you would fail.

RegDwighт

Oh shit. She's in there?

That one has been on my watchlist forever, but now I'm afraid it's going to get kicked.

KitFox

@RegDwighт Oh. Wait. No, that's Jennifer Connelly.

My bad.

RegDwighт

Not much consolation, frankly. But at least I can watch her with my eyes closed.

KitFox

8:34 PM

Oh, that's Jennifer Garner? Yeesh.

@RegDwighт She gets down and dirty. It's...interesting.

Sweaty.

Also a very depressing movie.

RegDwighт

So it is just a copy of Mr Nobody.

KitFox

But sweaty. And...yeah.

Mr. Nobody?

MετάEd

@RegDwighт Whoopy? What, the love child of the Peanuts dog?

RegDwighт

@KitFox The blueprint for Requiem for a Dream. And vice versa.

@MετάEd no, the love child of gold and a mountain, apparently.

@KitFox imdb.com/title/tt0485947

I mean. Even the cover is like 50% identical.

MετάEd

Y'all will be assimilated.

RegDwighт

8:39 PM

All your borg are belong to me.

MετάEd

Who you calling borg, monkey boy?

RegDwighт

We are borg.

KitFox

Seven of nine.

RegDwighт

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Q: Use Present Perfect Simple,The Present perfect Progressive and The Past Simple

carol.....(have) this computer for 5 months and it .......(already break Down) Twice. Use Present Perfect Simple,The Present perfect Progressive and The Past Simple I can't Answer It Please Anybody Help Me I have an Exam Tomorrow.

single-word-requests grammaticality verb-agreement

KitFox

I think I had her Playboy issue for a while. Or was that Maxim?

RegDwighт

8:40 PM

Rid it of its suffering.

MετάEd

@RegDwighт So by that you mean edit out the plea at the end?

(DELETE) (DELETE) (DELETE)

RegDwighт

@MετάEd that would be a start, yes.

MετάEd

It is the Cyberman way. Unfortunately here the most I can do is (DELETEVOTE) (DELETEVOTE) (DELETEVOTE)

RegDwighт

I mean, WTF those people can't even capitalize things properly.

Good luck with the exam.

Bah, just fixing that question makes me feel filthy, and not in a good way.

No, sorry Martha, but this will be my Close Vote of the Day.

KitFox

8:59 PM

Time for commutes. See you!

Robusto

Bai.

I'm already commuted.

RegDwighт

@Robusto Nice edit. You left the "thanks you" in. You get the Troll hat, sire.

Robusto

@RegDwighт ???

Oh, right.

How hard do you want me to work?

Didn't I already say "Hoy no quiero trabajar" or words to that effect?

RegDwighт

Looks like someone can't handle a compliment.

I mean it. There really should be a hat for that. Like fixing tags, but leaving speling in tact.

Robusto

This ... this is a bold idea, sir.

¡Hoy sólo quiero joder!

RegDwighт

9:10 PM

Hay caramba!

Speaking of su madre,

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A: Right word to represent "speaking with low audible voice"?

Of the options you offer, only Mutter implies the emotion of annoyance. The others depend on circumstances: Whisper implies a private communication; one does not generally whisper to oneself. It is appropriate if he was talking to a shop assistant, but it's neutral emotionally. Murmur implies...

> only Mutter implies the emotion of annoyance

Du kannst diesen Stuff nicht makeuppen!

Robusto

@RegDwighт Ja, deine Mutter auch!

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Q: What's the best was to learn to speak in English if there's no one you can speak with in English?

I try to read a lot in English. I can write with no problems and can understand anyone talking in it. When I attempt to speak in it, I know what I want to say, it's just that the words won't come out of my mouth and what comes out is mostly incoherent non-sense and more gibberish than English. I'...

speech

RegDwighт

> [Deine] Mutter is the best choice here, because it carries the sense of irritation and sarcasm.

Robusto

We have to offend Martha again.

RegDwighт

And how the X does it have an upvote already.

Robusto

I got my edit in, though.

Entropy always increases with time. It's the law.

RegDwighт

9:18 PM

I wonder how he got that title in in the first place. I thought saying "best" was verboten.

So now we have three questions closed in a row, within 40 minutes. Cue the next outcry on meta.

Robusto

> When I attempt to speak in it, I know what I want to say, it's just that the words won't come out of my mouth and what comes out is mostly incoherent non-sense and more gibberish than English.

Still, you have to admire his honesty.

RegDwighт

Well that's what happens to me as well.

My mouth is completely disconnected from my Sprachzentrum.

Robusto

Maybe we could have a consolation prize for the people whose questions are closed during the holiday season. Not a hat, but perhaps a tee shirt? "I asked a question on EL&U and all I got was this stupid shirt!"

RegDwighт

The fun thing is, my inner voice is not mine. It speaks a decent English with barely any accent safe for the words I just don't know how to pronounce.

Robusto

BTW, I don't see you besting the monochannel question for monotonousness yet.

@RegDwighт I think you mean save for ... FTFY.

RegDwighт

9:21 PM

It took me two years of conscious effort to stop pronouncing target as "tar jet".

@Robusto QED

Robusto

@RegDwighт I would be curious to hear you talk. When I read your words I hear a sassy American accent. Probably much different from reality.

RegDwighт

It couldn't be differenter. Pardner.

Robusto

That's a bingo.

RegDwighт

A bingo or not a bingo, that's the kvestchon.

Robusto

> After a weeklong silence since the Connecticut school shootings, the National Rifle Association on Friday called for a program to arm and train guards in schools as the best way to protect children from gun violence. The group blamed video games, the news media and lax law enforcement – but not guns – for a recent rash of mass shootings.

Yeah, someone killed all those kids with video games.

RegDwighт

9:24 PM

Yeah I saw the press conference.

Oct 26 at 13:54, by RegDwighт

As Lermontov once put it, "This would be funny, if only if it weren't so sad".

Robusto

Also, the news media killed them.

RegDwighт

Actually the most offending bit is the one about lax law enforcement.

Robusto

BTW, I've been watching Oliver Stone's new history series on Showtime. It's pretty good. He pretty much gives Russia almost all the credit for beating Germany in WWII.

RegDwighт

It's like those people get a $10 fine. If they get caught at all.

Robusto

@RegDwighт It's all offensive.

The only answer to gun violence is a police state, apparently.

Oops, looks like the supply of cheap Russian babies is running out.

I'd better stock up.

RegDwighт

9:30 PM

@Robusto well that's how it was. 27 million Russkies got killed before Omaha Beach even happened. Not blaming anyone, of course, I wouldn't have rushed in myself had I been the US, plus the US did help Russia early on with machinery and stuff.

What I am offended by is that nobody cares about knowing that.

Robusto

Yeah, but Stalingrad was all CCCP. And by the time the Americans landed in Normandy Hitler was pretty much defeated. We only hastened the end.

RegDwighт

Exactly. The war was decided in Stalingrad, Moscow, and Kursk.

Robusto

Yep.

Now, the Japan part ... that was pretty much our doing.

RegDwighт

Then people noticed that Stalin was about to take over all of Europe and that's when they started moving.

Robusto

@RegDwighт Yeah. We didn't trust him because he'd signed the non-aggression pact with Hitler in 1940.

And he didn't trust the U.S. because we were allies of Britain, whom he despised.

Very complicated.

RegDwighт

9:34 PM

The funniest, or perhaps the saddest, part was, I saw some documentaries about US involvement early in in the war. Turns out the Germans were quite active in the Mexican Gulf with their submarines (another thing completely left out of most history books, everywhere). And the official US strategy was to completely ignore that.

The documentary actually showed some written statements by a Navy Admiral or some such, boiling down to, as long as US keeps producing more ships than Germany keeps taking down, everything's fine.

At that point there were already hundreds of deaths. Right at your doorstep.

I wish I still remembered that guy's name.

Robusto

Yeah, the whole Cuban missile crisis has lots more facets than are remembered by mainstream history, too.

RegDwighт

That is just a fucking karmic joke.

Robusto

What this world needs ...

RegDwighт

It should be called the Turkey crisis.

Because that's what happened. The US put missiles in Turkey, and Krushchov wanted to retaliate.

But the farmer boy that he was, he sucked at poker.

Robusto

Well, Stone gives credit for saving the world from nuclear annihilation to a Soviet political officer aboard a submarine that was about to be sunk by U.S. warships.

RegDwighт

9:37 PM

So he kind of lost it all. He had to withdraw from Cuba, publically, while the US withdrew from Turkey without anybody noticing.

Robusto

The captain wanted to fire the nuclear torpedoes, but he vetoed it.

@RegDwighт It's more complicated than that, but yeah.

RegDwighт

@Robusto the point I am about to drive home is, if it were called the Turkey crisis, guess what would have happened to Dubya's plan to put missiles in Turkey yet again during the last Iraq War.

Russia was offended like there was no tomorrow, and nobody, least of all Dubya, had a clue why.

Robusto

No one in the U.S. knew about any Turkey issue. Not civilians. They were all whipped up about nukes in Cuba.

See, most Americans don't know the first thing about history. And they don't want to know.

RegDwighт

Well it's not like the Winter War is exactly advertised in Russia, either.

Those Finns kick some serious ass. Also, tanks.

Robusto

Seriously, I grew up thinking Khrushchev was some evil, evil dictator. Turns out he was a hero to the world, fighting his own Politburo to save us all from Armageddon. Kennedy did something similar, but he didn't have to eat shit for it the way Nikita did.

RegDwighт

9:42 PM

I think there was that one guy with just a winchester that single-handedly took out the entire crews of twenty tanks.

Robusto

We didn't hear about the Winter War over here either, I would bet. But we heard about Hungary in 1956.

tchrist

Great questions today.

The rubbish bin runneth over.

RegDwighт

@Robusto Khrushchev's son was my father's desk neighbor at some point. They also used to shoot at the statue of Yuri Dolgoruki, the founder of Moscow, with an air gun, from an appartment opposite the City Hall.

Yuri Dolgorukiy

:Yuri I redirects here. For the king of Galicia-Volhynia, see Yuri I of Galicia. Yuri I Dolgorukiy, literally - "Yuri the Long-Armed" (Old Ruthenian: Гюрьги, Дюрьги, Gyurgi; born as Yuri Vladimirovich (), also known as George I of Rus', (c. 109915 May 1157) and was the founder of Moscow and a key figure in the transition of political power from Kiev to Suzdal following the death of his elder brother Mstislav the Great. He reigned as Velikiy Kniaz (Grand Prince) of Kiev from September 1149 to April 1151 and then again from March 1155 to May 1157. Problems in identifying birthdate Accor...

Robusto

Interesting.

RegDwighт

Robusto

9:45 PM

Kids are kids, all over the world.

By the way, when I say Kennedy didn't have to eat shit for it, I mean right away. He basically got killed for it. Khrushchev at least got to retire in disgrace, allowing him to write a book about it.

tchrist

Got killed for it?

RegDwighт

Yeah. Scylla, Charybdis, pick one.

@tchrist sorry to break the news to you, but John F K is no more.

tchrist

But Rob said it killed him.

RegDwighт

Softly. With this song.

Robusto

The military hated Kennedy's guts.

I'm not one who believes the single-bullet theory.

If the government had no involvement in Kennedy's death, why were the records and evidence all sealed for 75 years?

We've been lied to for so long we don't know up from down.

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RegDwighт

9:52 PM

I don't understand the whole idea of sealing anything from the people who elected you to represent them. I mean, you don't have to put up prime-time commercials, but if one particular voter has one particular request, what's the justification for not letting him know?

I don't get politics.

Robusto

Sometimes it feels like The Matrix.

RegDwighт

Knock, knock, Neo.

Robusto

And I'm not your basic conspiracy-theory type, either.

tchrist

Prove it.

RegDwighт

He has a hard time posting on Skeptics. QED.

Robusto

9:54 PM

@tchrist If you won't accept my word, I don't know what else I can do for you.

RegDwighт

As garbage famously said, the word is not enough.

By corollary, if the word is not enough for me, I'm garbage.

I'm on a Jasper-Loy hot streak.

You noticing?

tchrist

I am afraid I have to use a downvote. I'm sorry.

But this is nonsense, not English:

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A: About definite article before "Earth", "Moon" and "Sun"

Moon is Earth's satellite. Titan is a satellite, not a moon. No one says the Titan. But everyone says Saturn has many moons. The name of Earth's satellite is simply Moon. We should call it Moon as if it were someone's name. If you want to use the, use it as the satellite: Saturn has many satel...

Robusto

You did it for the noob hat. Admit it.

RegDwighт

Gosh, that question is older than Mel Gibson.

tchrist

@Robusto Are you kidding? What do you think my first hat was?

Robusto

9:57 PM

No way.

@tchrist Just breaking balls.

tchrist

It gathers super-lame&crappy rep=1 users' first posts. Enough of that.

Robusto

Did you see my comment on Kit's question?

@tchrist The poster's comments on that one are worse than his answer.

tchrist

@Robusto Um, where did he make comments?

looks

That user has no comments.

Robusto

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A: About definite article before "Earth", "Moon" and "Sun"

You can use a or an when you are... Referring to representations of the real thing. I added a sun and a moon to our logo. Talking about a hypothetical situation. I can't imagine a sun with no sunspots. An Earth with no humans? It may happen. Generalizing. There is at least a Sun...

I thought you meant this answer.

When I clicked the link, that's where it took me.

tchrist

Oh, weird.

Sorry.

But yeah, the whole bunch is lame.

RegDwighт

10:03 PM

Confusions all around! These prices won't last!

Robusto

Hmmm this makes me think. How long does it take light from the Sun to reach Earth? and Will a comet hit Earth one day? all talk about the Earth but does not use the, maybe because here, Earth is treated like a place and not as an object or thing. However the same is not true with the Moon or the Sun... you can't say Light from the Sun reaches Moon in... but you can definitely say Light reaches Earth... as well as Light reaches the Earth... — json Jul 8 '11 at 3:06

Whut?

RegDwighт

Ugh. Monospaced. Hold on.

Robusto

@RegDwighт Can you send me some Russian babies before the new law gets passed? Half a dozen should net me a tidy profit.

The funny part is where he says "Hmmm this makes me think." And then he gives no thought at all to what he's saying.

tchrist

se muda

RegDwighт

@Robusto careful, one of the arguments against the law was that Americans even adopt faulty babies. You might get a shipment of those. Like gasp sick, or even facepalm chronically ill. And since these are not considered proper humans in Russia, you can't turn them back in for a refund.

Robusto

10:09 PM

@RegDwighт Wait a minute. That's not capitalism. Didn't the Russians learn anything from American business?

RegDwighт

Apparently twenty-odd Russians did, and they are now running Russia while everyone else is running away from it.

Such are semantics.

Very complicated.

Robusto

You know, if you can't keep up the baby supply we'll have to go to another vendor. China, India ... anybody but Africa.

RegDwighт

Right, you've already had way too many from that continent. Now it's Spain's turn.

(Notice my clever equation of Spain to a continent.)

Robusto

It's not?

I'm an American, so I'm not allowed to know where things are in the world.

RegDwighт

Well, the Spain that you have under you, yes.

Robusto

10:13 PM

Oh, New Spain.

RegDwighт

South America stole our name, let's drop a big one, see what happens.

Robusto

Mississippi is in South America, right?

RegDwighт

No, it's in the Dark Ages.

Robusto

Now you're bringing up history. I'm not supposed to know about that either.

RegDwighт

Oh but I mean the Michael Jackson album. Relax.

Robusto

10:15 PM

@Robusto: Aw man, I was just giving an example of "second person's mom" jokes and I thought I'd have a little fun while doing it. It wasn't meant to be taken seriously. Do you want me to delete my comment? — Rahul Narain 1 min ago

hahaha

The biter bit.

RegDwighт

You are a meanie, sir!

Robusto

And proud of it.

RegDwighт

That's meaner still.

Robusto

@RahulNarain: Nah, jest messin' with you. It's what I do. — Robusto 31 secs ago

MετάEd

@Robusto (DELETE) (DELETE) (DELETE)

I'm not assimilative, I'm just drawn that way.

RegDwighт

10:17 PM

Stop that. I get those to my inbox anyway because it's on my answer.

I never agreed to shit in stereo.

Robusto

Wait a minute, I think we can work it up to Dolby 7.1.

MετάEd

The audience is listening.

RegDwighт

Oh crap. I almost forgot all about that.

Why, MetaEd, why?

The videoence is watching.

Robusto

Did those comments get flagged?

RegDwighт

Um, not to my knowledge.

Robusto

10:20 PM

Wait, now there's more. He cast aspersions on my comeback, not realizing the beauty of it.

@RahulNarain: It would be a mistake to open that game with me. — Robusto 36 secs ago

RegDwighт

I just read that.

Now I come here, and I read it again.

Robusto

We're working on 7.1. Didn't you realize that? I told you.

RegDwighт

This is Dolby 3D 48fps.

Robusto

I'll have the subwoofer part going pretty soon.

RegDwighт

You mean the doggy?

He's asleep.

David Wallace

10:21 PM

@RegDwighт Yes, but you have the power to delete it. Twice.

RegDwighт

@DavidWallace and I will. Once. But you won't see it coming.

Unlike yo mama.

Robusto

Oh, I get it. Because it would be from behind ...

David Wallace

@Robusto You're really working hard to find sexual innuendo today, aren't you?

Robusto

No. It comes easy to me.

Get it? Comes?

RegDwighт

Robusto

10:24 PM

Where did you get those pix of @Cerb and friend?

RegDwighт

I stealed it off the starred wall.

Thank God it's America so we get to see the PG-13 version.

David Wallace

@Robusto Hey, I got worried when you told Reg that he had to pay you first, if he wanted you having a snake in your mouth that you can never swallow.

RegDwighт

Why prey tell would you worry?

Robusto

Is that an insult of some kind? I think you're going to have to try harder.

Get it? Harder?

RegDwighт

Huhuh, you said "some". It sounds like "cum".

David Wallace

10:27 PM

@Robusto The man on the bottom is the one on top.

Robusto

$('#message-7379369 img').hide();

All gone.

RegDwighт

I can repost.

It's off the screen for me anyway.

Robusto

I can rehide.

MετάEd

@Robusto I have a private style sheet that makes all images posted here very tiny.

Robusto

But some of the images i want to see. Just not that one, over and over again.

RegDwighт

10:28 PM

@Robusto you can rerun, but you can't rehide.

@Robusto flip the screen 180 degrees, then you'll see it under and under again.

Robusto

I can't do that. Thanks to the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, I don't process directions that way.

RegDwighт

@MετάEd is that a challenge to post bigger images?

MετάEd

@RegDwighт It makes no difference to me. Mine are scaled to an absolute size.

Robusto

There are no absolutes.

MετάEd

@Robusto You're welcome to try to put a big image on my screen.

RegDwighт

10:32 PM

7 hours ago, by RegDwighт

Mount Everest in four billion pixels.

Done.

Next!

Robusto

It doesn't matter. They already enforce a max size in chat.

MετάEd

@Robusto Lots of images posted here are NSFW, at least at my W. So I go smaller than the default.

Robusto

I don't bother with that. If something annoys me, I delete it. otherwise I ignore it.

RegDwighт

I wish you could do that with politicians.

Or people, for that matter.

Or stuff.

Yes, stuff.

Robusto

I'm afraid it's down to stuff.

And I'm hungry. I'm going to go see if there is some stuff to eat. Bai.

RegDwighт

10:35 PM

Mahlzeit.

@MετάEd okay, I give in.

The question has been up for six hours. Nobody takes the bait. So I will.

KitFox

10:57 PM

@MετάEd I like the cyberman with the Santa hat and bowtie.

MετάEd

@KitFox Thank you. It's very festive, innit.

KitFox

Indeed.

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