In Which Grace Note Investigates on Arda's Colour

Grace Note

Feb 22, 2011 22:50

@ArdaXi Who the hejudas is Tim Minchin?

Arda Xi

@Fabian I can't even convince my biology teacher that homeopathy doesn't work.

@GraceNote Okay, so I was horribly mistaken.

Grace Note

Should I want to know who this person is?

Arda Xi

Probably not. He's not a very nice person.

I recall this being linked in here.

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Fabian

@ArdaXi That's pretty sad, although it really does not suprise me

Grace Note

Can't watch that here, but given your not-a-nice-person analysis I probably won't even watch it when I can.

Arda Xi

Feb 22, 2011 22:52

@GraceNote Don't take me the wrong way, I think he's brilliant, but he's not really nice to people who believe in pseudoscience et al.

Grace Note

@ArdaXi I'm not really a fan of people being supra mean.

Fabian

Homeopathy really suprises me, it's so obviously wrong but far too many people belive in it

Grace Note

At least, in so far as situations that don't involve assassination.

Arda Xi

@GraceNote I would agree, but the only people I debate it with are the people that insist on trying to convince me. That tends to annoy me after a while.

To illustrate, a mild example:

“So you don’t believe
In ANY Natural remedies?”

“On the contrary actually:
Before we came to tea,
I took a natural remedy
Derived from the bark of a willow tree
A painkiller that’s virtually side-effect free
It’s got a weird name,
Darling, what was it again?
Masprin?
Basprin?
Asprin!
Which I paid about a buck for
Down at my local drugstore.

Grace Note

@ArdaXi This is kinda why I don't enjoy debating. It was fun with Arnk, but it was tiresome after Shamgi.

Fabian

Feb 22, 2011 22:55

@ArdaXi If he believes in homeopathy, he does believe in pseudoscience

Arda Xi

@GraceNote It was fun with who, but tiresome after what?

@Fabian I'm talking about Tim Minchin there.

Grace Note

@ArdaXi Arnk is a lad who could debate her own sex. Shamgi was a person I knew who would jump into debates on anything, without provocation.

Arda Xi

@GraceNote points to his own title

(Un)fortunately, most of the people who are any good at debating usually agree with me.

Grace Note

@ArdaXi You're in between. Trust me, you're not the level of Shamgi.

Fabian

@ArdaXi You haven't met any stubborn people yet

Arda Xi

Feb 22, 2011 22:57

@GraceNote Trust me, I hold back a lot on here. I'm much much worse in real life.

@Fabian Oh yes I have. I said 'most'. Usually, those that are stubborn are not that good at debating. When I meet someone who is stubborn, contra-convinced and good at debating, I have entertainment for months.

Grace Note

@ArdaXi As much as your debating here on whether or not you're as bad as Shamgi is humorous, it's still not as bad. Unless you appear to debate for your own personal amusement at those who have to suffer at your words.

Fabian

I'm pretty happy that I have never met any of the worst pseudoscience peddlers yet. I don't think I would have managed to keep my calm

Arda Xi

@GraceNote Again, I do much, much worse in real life. And yes, I do find personal entertainment in debate, as well as personal enrichment.

Grace Note

@ArdaXi Entertainment at the sport, or entertainment in the insufferable annoyance inflicted?

There's a world of difference

Arda Xi

@GraceNote Depends on whom I'm doing it to.

Grace Note

Feb 22, 2011 23:00

Okay, well, I'm suffering now, and so I think I'm going to step out for a bit.

Arda Xi

tries hard not to say anything

Grace Note

Back. Please, feel free to talk, @Arda. Don't let me be silencing you for something this light.

Arda Xi

@GraceNote Well, no, it's not that. It's just that if I would speak, I would only be more anno- damn, I'm doing it again.

Grace Note

No, no you aren't. There's a difference between explanatory and contradictory

Very hard to be not contradictory while contradicting, but it's subtly possible. ♪

Though... hehehe... this does give me ideas...

Arda Xi

The point is, I do tend to argue everything. I have to work really hard not to.

If I hadn't stopped, I would've debated the fact I was annoying.

Fabian

Feb 22, 2011 23:07

So, I'm off to playing the Dragon Age 2 demo, maybe it'll lead to some interesting questions.

Grace Note

Sorta like a snark reflex, @Arda?

Arda Xi

@GraceNote Pretty much general "thinking you're better than everyone else" kind of thing. Which, by the way, is a natural part of the human psych- stop it

Grace Note

Twintails or long and straight, @Arda?

Arda Xi

@GraceNote Huh?

Grace Note

Just a simple, related question about girl's hairstyles. Don't try to read too deeply into the question, it may be a regrettable action. ♪

Arda Xi

Feb 22, 2011 23:12

@GraceNote I... I'm confused.

Grace Note

I'd make ringlets an option but I don't know how wealthy you are. ♪

Arda Xi

Now I'm even more confused.

looks at the rest of the room, with a confused look

Tim Stone

eats popcorn and watches from the sidelines

Arda Xi

@TimStone Help?

Tim Stone

I think you're on your own, now.

Grace Note

Feb 22, 2011 23:15

Come on! How much harm could there be in answering such a seemingly harmless question, @Arda? ♪

Arda Xi

@GraceNote It's the seemingly that's worrying.

I feel as though that one question is going to finish your entire psychological profile on me.

Grace Note

Ooh, no, the psychological profile is already done. We're working on aesthetics. ♪

Arda Xi

@GraceNote Aesthetics of what/who?

Grace Note

♪

badp, Dr.

@GraceNote I guess you can convert twintails into long and straight quickly, while the inverse isn't true

Arda Xi

Feb 22, 2011 23:18

Oh good, reinforcements.

badp, Dr.

I mean, converting on the spot; just remove the elastic.

Grace Note

Let's make it easier, @Arda, I'll make the decision for you. ♪ What color of hair do you prefer?

Arda Xi

Why would you even...?

badp, Dr.

I think she's just finding you a new avatar.

If she isn't, that might help doing the right choice anyway :P

Arda Xi

@badpDr I'm male. I know my pseudonym is a Turkish female name, but I'm not Turkish!

badp, Dr.

Feb 22, 2011 23:20

You wouldn't be the first male with a female avatar image.

I think I'm raining on Grace's parade, so I'll let the two of you sort it out

Arda Xi

No!

I like Mars. :(

Grace Note

Relax, I'm not replacing your avatar. ♪

Physical constraints of appearance in the medium are unnecessary.

Arda Xi

I'm afraid most of the alternatives of whatever you're doing are worse.

Grace Note

Redhead? Black? Brunette? Blonde? Or perhaps something exotic? Highlights? Streaks? Tails?

badp, Dr.

Cmon, you can end worlds, save worlds, order chaos and annoy Mana and you can't choose a color?!

Arda Xi

Feb 22, 2011 23:23

Alright, fine. I'll just say that I live up to my (actual) name in that regard.

badp, Dr.

...or find some die?

Tim Stone

@GraceNote I want blue streaks!

Grace Note

@TimStone Alright, you get blue streaks. ♪

Arda Xi

@GraceNote Did you figure it out yet? :)

Grace Note

@ArdaXi I'm not sure what color Xi is.

Arda Xi

Feb 22, 2011 23:25

@GraceNote Real first name, not nickname.

Tim Stone

I made the mistake of allowing friends to use temporary hair colour on me at an event one time. That didn't end well.

badp, Dr.

@TimStone Green and orange stripes? :P

Arda Xi

I'm fairly sure I've used my real name here often before.

Tim Stone

@badpDr Nah, it was mostly red and purple, but whoever had the red managed to really get it in there good...I had red patches that wouldn't come out for a week.

Grace Note

Ariën

But I don't know turkish

Arda Xi

Feb 22, 2011 23:26

Turkish?

It's Dutch, Frisian to be specific, but that doesn't matter.

Grace Note

I thought you said it was a girly Turkish name

Arda Xi

@GraceNote Arda is.

Grace Note

Anyway, I'll deal with you when I get back home. ♪

In Which Grace Note Investigates on Arda's Colour

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