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03:00

Thank you @M.A.R.

CowperKettle

04:29

CowperKettle

04:52

Word of the day: lashings of food

New Meta Question

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Q: When the Chips Are Down

Maybe you have been aware of the Monica problem on the Stack Exchange, or maybe you have been blissfully unaware of the bubbling brouhaha. My version of the events goes like this: the Stack Exchange felt it was important to become more “inclusive” toward some marginalized groups, and, as a resu...

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Q: I am resigning as moderator

I have been trying to write this post for weeks. This is not the magnum opus that I hoped it would be, but it will have to suffice. I have resigned as moderator of English Language Learners effective today and I won’t be contributing to Stack Exchange (SE) until the company stops being evil. Deci...

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CowperKettle

14:53

Word of the day: NaN (not a number)

M.A.R.

17:12

@NewMetaQuestion :o :'(

Well.

What's the count now?

@NewMetaQuestion The world's favorite semi-eclipsed orange

I can't even

Things he put up with since the beginning (even if some of those things were me)

Now snail is the only mod, right?

ELL is I imagine a quiet place

J.R. isn't pingable, so, @Colleen, I wish you the best! Do more fun stuff and don't be a stranger!

Coming from a stranger

ColleenV

@M.A.R. No, y’all still have Em. and MaulikV as well

M.A.R.

Oh I forgot about M

Haven't ever gotten a chance to say hi anyway

ColleenV

I will still pop in from time to time I think

M.A.R.

I wonder what Maulik has been doing.

@ColleenV So . . . A cooler version of me

ColleenV

And J.R. hasn’t officially asked for his diamond to be revoked

@M.A.R. Lol, I’ll have you know I’m quite warm as a matter of fact!

@M.A.R. He’s been busy with real life I think but has been handling some flags now and then

M.A.R.

17:24

@ColleenV One way to find out: Me starting a moderation campaign on meta ag MEEEEEH

Jaded in 20. I wonder what I'll look like by 50.

ColleenV

I will endorse you if you run for moderator- or refuse to endorse you - whichever you think is the most helpful:p

M.A.R.

It's complicated

But I will use Russian trolls to slam the democrats

ColleenV

You’ve just solved all of SE’s problems! They just need to have two opposing political parties.

Then all of community members will be busy fighting, and the bureaucrats can do whatever they want.

M.A.R.

Ice cream vs. pizza

ColleenV

@M.A.R. crap, I can’t choose between those so I’m stuck as an independent, just like IRL

How about Cyan v. Magenta?

Because there’s really only one good choice there

M.A.R.

17:35

@ColleenV v.

ColleenV

Obviously

M.A.R.

Comic Sans vs. LOTR orcs

ColleenV

Oh I’d have to see the policy statements. It’s definitely one of those “which is the lesser evil” choices

M.A.R.

I see I see.

Anonymous

18:39

I’m sad now.

CowperKettle

18:51

It's no big deal compared with what happens in Russia or Iran

A man who co-wrote the Russian Constitution gave his signature to a person willing to enroll as a candidate in a parliamentary election. The signature was deemed false. The author of the Constitution appeared before court and insisted that it was indeed he who left the signature, but the court refused to listen.

In this way, numerous opposition leaders were barred from registering as candidates in the election.

Despite hundreds of people appearing to confirm their signatures, the signatures were deemed false by "handwriting experts".

M.A.R.

19:12

@CowperKettle It's called modeling man.

You see the miniature version here so it helps with understanding more complex systems

@snailcar You chose Comic Sans?

Anonymous

@M.A.R. Maybe we can go for a strategic alliance and get Comic Sans into common use across Mordor?

Anonymous

It seems somehow fitting.

M.A.R.

@snailcar Ditto

ColleenV

It seems so much friendlier that way...

Anonymous

Now we just need some blink tag and we're set.

ColleenV

19:20

Well, a few more colors couldn’t hurt...

M.A.R.

Yellow on a white background

Anonymous

Can we fork Comic Sans and add little hearts over the i's?

ColleenV

Who doesn’t love blinking rainbow text?

M.A.R.

@ColleenV Add rainbows and make them blink

180 per sec

BTW, I got to Breaking Bad S2E12

savewalterwhite.com

ColleenV

@M.A.R. That will teach those thieving little hobbitses!

@M.A.R. I don’t know if I watched even the entire season one

M.A.R.

19:23

@ColleenV Really?

ColleenV

It was a bit too grim for me, I like happier stuff

M.A.R.

It gets much more awesome.

ColleenV

I think it was high quality, just not my taste

I couldn’t handle Sons of Anarchy either

There’s stuff I don’t need in my brain

Although oddly, I love unrealistic stuff like Evil Dead

M.A.R.

And Arnold

He's made of wax

Anonymous

19:38

@ColleenV Everyone was always trying to get me to read A Song of Ice and Fire, and I refused. Then a while later, they were all trying to get me to watch Game of Thrones. Again, I refused. Then everyone got really angry over how that series ended, and no one ever recommended it to me again. The End

Anonymous

Somehow that message seemed better with The End at the end.

ColleenV

@snailcar See? Happy endings ARE real!

I remember when 50 shades of Gray was the thing. I read a couple of paragraphs and could not figure out why it was popular

Anonymous

@ColleenV There's a video called Gilbert Gottfried Reads 50 Shades of Grey on YouTube.

Anonymous

That's, erm, not safe for work.

Anonymous

But it's pretty funny.

Anonymous

19:43

I probably should have put the warning up front :-)

ColleenV

Lol, way better than the dead tree version

Anonymous

There we go. Now anyone who watches the video knows what they're getting into.

userr2684291

:)

@snailcar Same. Except they keep recommending it to me, with the caveat about the ending.

ColleenV

@snailcar I thought it was so weird when what was basically pornography ended up on Oprah’s reading list and was respectable

Usually those sorts of novels aren’t the ones you read on the train on your way to work

userr2684291

That's my fetish, though.

Lol.

Last week on the bus I was actually reading a novel which had some inappropriate descriptions (it's a thriller / mystery novel), and what I did was I closed the book because I didn't want anyone to see what I was reading. Then I opened it again, read some more, and closed it again.

ColleenV

19:57

@userr2684291 Reading poorly written romance novels on the train? Or just reading on the train? ;)

userr2684291

The book's called The Anniversary Man. It's a murder mystery kinda thing taking place in NYC. I always read on the bus because it's a long ride.

ColleenV

@userr2684291 I have a good set of headphones and listen to audiobooks. Just have to make sure the Bluetooth is hooked up correctly for the grown up books lol

Anonymous

I try to keep people from seeing what I'm reading not because I'm embarrassed about it, but because people always start conversations about how the books are in Japanese, and I want to read instead of having a conversation about reading.

ColleenV

@userr2684291 I like thrillers and murder mysteries

userr2684291

@ColleenV Oh, I'd never risk any such thing. I don't trust Bluetooth. When I listen to music I check that my earphones are plugged in correctly 5 times.

ColleenV

20:00

@snailcar Another advantage of audio over dead tree :)

userr2684291

@snailcar Oh, you read in Japanese? How come?

Anonymous

@userr2684291 Umm, because I want to? I dunno.

Anonymous

Wait.

Anonymous

I think you made a joke and I didn't understand it.

Anonymous

Typical snailcar.

userr2684291

20:01

:)

Anonymous

Maybe by the time I evolve into snailhovercraft I'll get humor.

M.A.R.

@snailcar He's only ever funny when it gets to poor devil me

Puts a banana skin where @userr is walking

OK back to Biochem

ColleenV

I was hoping for snailcycle or snailtram

Anonymous

Well, snailtrain's probably next, but snailcanoe and snailtricycle are somewhere on the waiting list.

M.A.R.

Snailhoverboard?

Snailshuttle

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userr2684291

20:14

@M.A.R. A snailshuttle to M.A.R.'s.

@ColleenV The Anniversary Man is about a police investigation, a procedural thing with very few clues. Honestly, I thought it was a let-down, but I don't know what I want. I read the reviews, and people say it's a good book, so I read it.

I've read... some books from a list I found online. (I googled best mystery books.)

ColleenV

@userr2684291 I never liked Sherlock Holmes because the reader was never given enough information to be able to deduce what really happened

userr2684291

Oh, the book I mentioned above is not what you want then.

ColleenV

Have you read any of the Sue Grafton novels? I remember them being quick and fun reads

userr2684291

No.

ColleenV

A is for Alibi and all the way through the alphabet

userr2684291

20:21

Are their novels like that, with all the clues provided for the reader to solve the mystery?

Oh, I was about to read that one, haha.

ColleenV

Not many

I end up reading more “thrillers” these days

I just finished The Great North Road which is a combination of mystery and science fiction sort of

It’s a “heavier” read than the Sue Grafton books but was interesting. Started a bit slow, but had clues about what was going on

userr2684291

I've always liked A. Christie's novels / short stories. I don't think I've read anything better in that genre.

M.A.R.

@userr2684291 Dora the explorer?

Now that's gold

userr2684291

@M.A.R. Swiper, no swiping! I don't know what you're talking about, lol.

I like locked-room mysteries, if that's what they're called.

I'm on my 5th novel this month. I've also studied the most I ever did these last few months.

I feel like everything's possible right now.

Lol.

M.A.R.

20:49

@userr2684291 Whoa

I've been lagging behind

AIQ

23:26

Have any of you tried La casa de papel?

I didn't want to cause it's in spanish, but omg once I started watching it with sub

like really great story telling with great acting

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