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2:18 AM

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Tonight at religious school we were discussing Kosher laws and how to build/keep a kosher kitchen. While we were discussing different meats, one of the jokers in school asked if you could eat a mermaid, since it would have scales and fins. Would it be possible to eat one?

Robusto

Wut?

RegDwigнt

Yeah. I mean. Jews believe in fairytales now?

Robusto

Well, and would desire such a delicacy as mermaid for dinner.

Or snacks. Probably snacks.

RegDwigнt

I am allergic to mermaids after having watched Pirates of the Caribbean part four the other day.

What a waste of a movie.

Robusto

What? There's a part IV?

I stopped watching after the first one. Well, I peeked in on 3, which reprised Geoffrey Rush.

RegDwigнt

2:21 AM

The first one was fun.

The second one had real great CGI that I didn't even realize was CGI.

The third one was meh.

The forth one has Penelope Cruz so everything follows from there.

Robusto

I like Geoffrey Rush. Always crushes whatever role he's in.

RegDwigнt

Well yeah he was the only relief in these endless two hours.

Also only has one leg this time.

Other than that, no CGI worth mentioning.

Robusto

Hmm.

Last newish movie I've seen was Guardians of the Galaxy.

RegDwigнt

Like, no story and no CGI. Bruckheimer has outbruckheimered himself.

@Robusto that one wasn't quite as good as all the kids were raging, but considerably better than I expected.

Robusto

@RegDwigнt It was passable. I like Chris Pratt, so . . .

RegDwigнt

2:25 AM

Also that guy from Parks and Recreation sort of nailed it.

Jinx.

Robusto

¿Qué viene despües? Coca-cola?

No tengo Coca-Cola. Lo siento.

RegDwigнt

And the last scene had some really gorgeous CGI. It caught me off-guard somehow. Stylish.

Robusto

It was worth the rental price.

RegDwigнt

Yeah it was worth watching it for free, along with Machete Kills.

Robusto

Haven't seen the latter.

RegDwigнt

2:27 AM

It's very B.

Robusto

With a name like that, I'm not surprised.

RegDwigнt

Yes, but the thing is, with the first part, until the last five minutes or so, I wasn't sure if Rodriguez actually meant it for real.

I mean, he normally does.

Robusto

Dunno.

RegDwigнt

But with the second part it's crystal clear it's a parody.

Which, again, for Rodriguez is quite an achievement.

Robusto

Hey, how'd the star board get to be Jasper's votive offering wall?

I watched Grand Budapest Hotel again.

RegDwigнt

2:30 AM

@Robusto It started by being his vocative offering wall, and then dropping California.

@Robusto time well spent.

Robusto

His movies have such great texture. They're fun to watch.

I still relate more to Moonrise Kingdom, but I can see how someone with Eastern European origins might prefer the other. Both are great.

RegDwigнt

They are all so remarkably similar and yet so completely unique. I guess that's what they call style.

@Robusto haha WTF dude what's origins to do with this.

Robusto

Yeah. Wes Anderson is sui generis.

RegDwigнt

Also, Budapest is not in Eastern Europe, it's in Fascistland now.

Robusto

@RegDwigнt Just thought I'd rattle your cage.

RegDwigнt

2:32 AM

I figured as much.

Robusto

@RegDwigнt Is it east of you? Yes. Then it's Eastern Europe.

RegDwigнt

Everything is east of everyone.

You unenlightened catholic.

Robusto

Except Eden. Eden is west of East of Eden.

RegDwigнt

See.

All you talk about is edens and mermaids.

Robusto

And Wes Anderson.

RegDwigнt

2:35 AM

So anyways, I only wanted to check my gmail for a sec, and now I'm chatting with some religious fanatic.

Let me check it and leave you alone.

Robusto

What are you still doing up?

RegDwigнt

I am not falling down, that's what.

Also, I had this entire week off, so I spent it all playing World of Tanks and I'm in a different sleeping rhythm now.

Robusto

I would say so.

RegDwigнt

Basically I'd go to bed in nine hours from now, but I'm trying to get back to the normal cycle.

Robusto

I don't know this World of Tanks.

RegDwigнt

2:38 AM

It's like world, but with tanks in it.

Robusto

Tanks, but no tanks.

RegDwigнt

You repeat yourself.

You should be paying yourself some royalties real quick or else.

Robusto

Tanks. But no tanks.

RegDwigнt

Dec 3 '14 at 15:20, by Robusto

@RegDwigнt Tanks, but no tanks.

Robusto

Really? That recently?

RegDwigнt

2:39 AM

Yes.

You are old.

Like, Cerberus old. That's how old you are.

Robusto

It's a reflex response. It lives in the limbic system.

RegDwigнt

I would see an ornithologist about that.

Robusto

And you are callow. Like, Cerberus callow.

RegDwigнt

I am calhigh.

Robusto

You are not SoCal, though.

Nor anti-SoCal.

RegDwigнt

2:40 AM

I'm totally a socal coed.

Robusto

You exist completely apart from SoCal.

RegDwigнt

And it does upon me likewise.

Robusto

My eldest lives in SoCal. He likes it there.

RegDwigнt

SoCal Cola.

According to Google, at least.

Robusto

I don't know thems.

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Q: No direct object in 'give thee faithfully to follow' ? (1670 UK, Isaac Penington)

Source: Para 5, Isaac Penington to Widow Hemmings (1670), by Isaac Penington If the Lord would show thee but this one thing, -- that to use "thee" and "thou" to a particular person is proper language, and Scripture language; and that to say "you," is improper, and arose from pride, and ...

meaning-in-context early-modern-english 1600s

RegDwigнt

2:43 AM

I guess the one that's second from the left is the cola.

Robusto

Whew. Lotta answers for such a worthless bit of information.

RegDwigнt

I know that gravatar. I'm not clicking.

Life's precious.

Robusto

Life is too short to drink inferior scotch.

RegDwigнt

Speaking of which, let me try to do something else than being online.

Let's see how long I can last.

Have fun with your funny questions.

Robusto

laters.

RegDwigнt

2:45 AM

Au reservoir dogs.

infinitesimal

5:02 AM

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I have paid $1000 for PhD in mathematics. And I have sent them my book to be considered as a PhD thesis. Now I suspect that I have lost the money. But as far as I know they are not accredited by the U.S. Department of Education. So, is it possible that I will find a job requiring a degree, usi...

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Matt E. Эллен

9:16 AM

@infinitesimal is there a way to report all the scam websites to someone to take them down?

A Beautiful Mind

@MattE.Эллен Hello, Matt. I have been talking a lot to myself lately.

Matt E. Эллен

HI @ABeautifulMind. It's a good way to sort through things

A Beautiful Mind

@MattE.Эллен The worst emotion I have to deal with is guilt. I feel guilty whenever difficult OCD themes arise, and I blame myself for them happening. I feel guilty when I think of how many years I have lost just trying to get better, and I blame myself for not having done better.

Matt E. Эллен

guilt is a great burden. I know what you mean.

A Beautiful Mind

On the one hand, I think I did my best. But on the other hand, I still feel guilty. And this guilt is one of the biggest obstacles to my recovery.

I think a person's destiny is what eventually happens to him as he keeps doing his best.

There are forces at work that are beyond my understanding.

Matt E. Эллен

10:32 AM

@ABeautifulMind indeed. we are all limited by and to our experiences

A Beautiful Mind

@MattE.Эллен When I think of what has been happening the past few years and what could have happened, I really feel like crying.

Matt E. Эллен

@ABeautifulMind so long as you don't give in and keep trying, you are not wasting your time

A Beautiful Mind

11:38 AM

Just got scolded in the math room for trying to help someone.

in Mathematics, 5 mins ago, by A Beautiful Mind

@Answer Sorry, Rudin does not define internal point, only interior point. If you want to ask a question, make the effort to write it properly.

He then said 'F you'.

OK, he said sorry.

Matt E. Эллен

good

no need to be rude

Hanaa

Hello everyone

Matt E. Эллен

Hello

Hanaa

How are you @ABeautifulMind?

A Beautiful Mind

@Hanaa Not good.

Hanaa

11:50 AM

lo!

Why so?

A Beautiful Mind

What is the meaning of lo?

You use lo quite often. It seems like Shakespeare to me.

Hanaa

It is an exclamation

But why aren't you good?

What happens?

A Beautiful Mind

I see. I stopped reading fiction since high school, so I don't know what lo is.

Me? Just battling my disturbing thoughts.

Hanaa

You suffer from disturbing thoughts?

A Beautiful Mind

Yes, I have MDD, OCD and PTSD. You may google them.

Hanaa

11:53 AM

Hey

A Beautiful Mind

Hey?

Hanaa

Why don't you try to listen to Quran?

It stops them

A Beautiful Mind

You know, this is what another chatter told me.

Well, thanks for the suggestion, but I don't really believe in that.

Hanaa

Ok

I tried it

But when you don't believe in it, it won't work

A Beautiful Mind

I once almost believed in Islam, but not anymore.

Hanaa

11:57 AM

You are not so lucky

I see

But do you eat medecines?

A Beautiful Mind

Not anymore. I don't think they work for me.

Hanaa

They have also bad consequences

A Beautiful Mind

Yes. Who knows? Maybe they made me worse, lol.

Hanaa

oh

A Beautiful Mind

I mean, nobody really knows for sure.

Hanaa

11:59 AM

);

A Beautiful Mind

Well, if you want, you can pray for me.

Hanaa

Yes

I promise

Hanaa

12:17 PM

Gotta go , bye

Matt E. Эллен

the static electricity inside this snickers wrapper is repelling the small bit of the wrapper I tore off to open it. It keeps flying out of the wrapper when I try to put it in!

A Beautiful Mind

Fascinating.