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James

Sep 1, 2017 14:17

I just want to test all the buttons...you know... for science

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Mithrandir24601

Jan 14, 2019 19:36

We know all the things

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Universe Factory

Aug 27, 2017 21:06

Universe Factory - Medium: Comically wrong — what can happen when you ignore physics

posted on August 27, 2017 by heather

This is not the comic this article is actually based off of; see note at the bottom. Image credit: Free RepublicSuperman flies through the sky, and throws a heavy asteroid at the speed of a bullet. He is shown in the next panel stationary and triumphant. Except, you know, this violates physics. When writing, the simplest things can come back to bite you. As it turns out, Superman is actually f…

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James

Jan 9, 2019 16:18

I mean...how are we going to have a robot apocalypse without evil life threatening robots. No one wants to shoot some lame robot without, at the very least, a laser hand.

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James

Jan 8, 2019 17:17

He also suggested we drop this evil cultist guy from a cloud giant's flying castle 1000 feet off the ground. To be fair we gave the guy like a 50/50 shot to live, we sprinkled pixie dust on him...as we dropped him off the side...instead of the 50% chance to fly the dice gave him the 10% chance to turn invisible so he fell...invisibly screaming to his death.

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Secespitus

Aug 17, 2017 18:41

@CM_Dayton This room is just the best at anything.

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Nex Terren

Aug 17, 2017 18:27

@CM_Dayton While I can neither confirm nor deny this rumor, I can say that every nation has their ninjas. Japan's are just terrible, so that's why everyone knows about them.

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AndyD273

Jan 4, 2019 19:51

@Hosch250 I make sure to idle my car a little extra just to stave off the next ice age that was started when the great herds were wiped out.

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AndyD273

Aug 14, 2017 15:27

@James Thankfully she has no problems with me raising the children in the ways of our people.

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AndyD273

Aug 14, 2017 15:24

We are a mixed marriage. I'm a nerd, she's not.

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CM_Dayton

Aug 11, 2017 20:50

Lasers are Lawful Neutral alignment. Lawful because they're perfectly coherent. Neutral because they have no time for your good vs evil crap.

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CM_Dayton

Aug 11, 2017 20:37

No one ever talks about travelling at the speed of dark. I'm just saying.

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Secret

Dec 28, 2018 14:31

(I am not like those supervillians who will remake the world into their images, because reality itself is simply way too cool to just toss into the waste bin)

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Green

Jul 31, 2017 21:51

Yep, yep. I'm very weird and I think that's why I spend so much time on WB. Everyone is weird here.

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James

Jul 31, 2017 17:51

@Hannah All children are insane, its just a matter of to what extent

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HDE 226868

Jul 27, 2017 13:49

Okay, @DaaaahWhoosh @NexTerren @James @Green @MonicaCellio and anyone else interested: I'm thinking ~2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Eastern next Friday (8/4) for the test chat session (1:30 PM to 2:00 PM Central, 18:30 to 19:00 UTC). Does that work for most people?

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James

Jul 26, 2017 18:15

There's math all over the floor again...where's my broom?

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AndyD273

Jul 25, 2017 18:38

@DaaaahWhoosh Or you just buried them really well

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dot_Sp0T

Dec 17, 2018 20:59

On the first day of worldbuilding, a beverage snorted he

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HDE 226868

Dec 17, 2018 18:24

We have a new record for the most distant Solar System body, if anyone's interested.

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Mike Nichols

Jul 20, 2017 20:47

@DukeZhou The closure of a question is not a personal attack and should not be taken as such. Your tone is very aggressive and confrontational and is completely unwarranted.

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James

Dec 13, 2018 22:36

Bountapalooza has begun!!

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AndyD273

Jul 19, 2017 19:00

The other half is killing the people who disagree with you.

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AndyD273

Dec 10, 2018 21:26

Philosopher eunuch kings? The job perks are great, but there are surprisingly few takers.

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kingledion

Dec 5, 2018 19:04

Funny side story though, my wife was getting on me one time, "What are you doing on the computer for 2 hours? I've seen your thesis and this isn't it."

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AndyD273

Dec 4, 2018 18:57

@James At least it's "awesome", not "weird". Weird is our word.

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AndyD273

Nov 29, 2018 17:28

@CortAmmon What kind of lunatic uses a prime number as the base for their number system? insanity.

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DaaaahWhoosh

Jun 21, 2017 16:44

"Don't mess with us. It would be a big mis-steak."

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DaaaahWhoosh

Jun 16, 2017 13:12

either that or your computer is a bigot

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DaaaahWhoosh

Jun 13, 2017 14:29

I've seen too many narrative questions that are just "I have this story, isn't it great?" and too many answers that are "here is a short story set in your world, enjoy". Putting useful stuff in takes effort, and a lot of people won't even notice it's there

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Mithrandir24601

Jun 9, 2017 17:25

N!!!!!!

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AndyD273

Nov 8, 2018 21:33

Ok, it's supposed to snow tomorrow. We need way more global warming. It's too slow!

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AndyD273

Nov 6, 2018 20:44

People: The medical industry is too broken, inefficient, and expensive!
Government: Here, hold my beer...

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James

Nov 6, 2018 15:29

Happy election day. Go vote...if you're in the US at least.

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Samuel

Feb 10, 2016 20:43

Slartibotfast

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bilbo_pingouin

Feb 10, 2016 20:29

You won't believe what happens! Just star and you'll see. I didn't believe it either. She w...

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Serban Tanasa

Feb 10, 2016 18:36

I know everyone's busy with the elections, but has anyone else noticed we're nearing 5000 questions (at 4,894 now, so by the past weeks' trend, we should hit 5000 late next week)? Perhaps it calls for a celebration of some sort?

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Tim B

Feb 10, 2016 14:12

We should definitely have a "multiple questions in one" close reason under too broad :)

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HDE 226868

May 30, 2017 17:50

VoteOpen

vote questions open, suggest question to open, advocate to open

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Bellerophon

May 25, 2017 15:47

You could get in a comments argument with them until someone migrates the comments to a chat room.

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AndyD273

May 17, 2017 16:33

@sphennings If that was the case no one would bother using magic... "we've done 100 experiments, getting the starting conditions as close to the same as possible. So far we've gotten 30 fireballs, 17 chickens, 2 roosters, 19 demons, an encyclopedia salesman, 6 clouds of noxious gas, 24 socks, non matching, and a surprised looking pug."

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James

May 16, 2017 17:45

@Green Destroying people's hopes and dreams is a pastime of mine. Baseball is stupid.

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bowlturner

Jan 21, 2016 18:44

One thing I've learned here at WB. If someone asks 'if all the "blank" changed/disappeared/stopped... what would happen?' Means we will all die. Always.

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Hosch250

Oct 17, 2018 19:02

And WorldBuilding is for when you want to dispose of your workplace.

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AndyD273

Oct 16, 2018 19:01

so, bird flu is a lie? And what about Thanksgiving? So many questions

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James

Oct 16, 2018 14:44

@JohnLocke Oh, I can spell the crap out of that whole sentence. I just have no idea what it means.

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James

May 10, 2017 20:15

@RedactedRedacted Zebras are.

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AndyD273

May 9, 2017 13:39

@NexTerren Mass destruction and extinction of the species; just another day on WB.

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Feeds

Apr 23, 2022 01:45

Gödel should do an article on which branches of math have the lowest average theorem number.

Green

May 5, 2017 17:19

@RedactedRedacted you're gonna get tired of hearing this but for your shapeshifters question, what is your question in one sentence?

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The Factory Floor

The Factory Floor

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