The Bridge

Mana ಠдಠ

12:00 AM

@LessPop_MoreFizz That was actually a kind of disturbing ending.

Arda Xi

@LessPop_MoreFizz Err?

Wipqozn

Also, damn you @LessPopMoreFizz, making me think about the ending to Of Mice and Men :(

I love the book, but it's such a sad book it's hard to read.

LessPop_MoreFizz

The Elements of Style

The Elements of Style (1918), aka Strunk & White, by William Strunk, Jr., and E. B. White, is a prescriptive American English writing style guide comprising eight "elementary rules of usage", ten "elementary principles of composition", "a few matters of form", a list of forty-nine "words and expressions commonly misused", and a list of fifty-seven "words often misspelled". History Cornell University professor of English William Strunk, Jr., wrote The Elements of Style in 1918, and privately published it in 1919, for in-house use at university; later, for publication, he and editor Edward...

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Mana ಠдಠ

@Wipqozn I cry manly tears when George shoots Lenny.

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LessPop_MoreFizz

(It has become somewhat trendy of late to hate on Strunk & White.)

Mana ಠдಠ

12:03 AM

@LessPopMoreFizz So I've noticed!

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Manaಠдಠ There is nothing manly about the great big gushing sobs I let out the first time I read it.)

Mana ಠдಠ

@LessPopMoreFizz I was just trying to act tough.

FallenAngelEyes

Trying to remember the last time I cried at something I read

I think it was Watchmen

Mana ಠдಠ

RORSCHACH :(

LessPop_MoreFizz

For example, use of the passive voice often has nothing wrong with it.

FallenAngelEyes

12:05 AM

I cried twice when reading that, the first time during Jon's chapter and the second time at the end

Jon's chapter really gets me

Mana ಠдಠ

@FallenAngelEyes It's so well done, that one chapter.

Just the way it flips back and forth between events, and the symbolism

FallenAngelEyes

@Manaಠдಠ Yeah, the way he keeps going back to dropping the photograph and... yeah

I also have this like... I dunno how to describe it. "Soft spot" for timelessness and living through eternity? Soft spot is the wrong word I guess, but it gets to me emotionally.

I dunno, I'm weird

Wipqozn

I love Watchmen, and Alan Moore in general.

FallenAngelEyes

he is a strange, strange dude

and was also poly for a while!

Wipqozn

I really don't know what you mean

FallenAngelEyes

12:07 AM

lol

Wipqozn

He isn't strange and creepy at all

FallenAngelEyes

I have the big hardcover collection of Lost Girls

Mana ಠдಠ

@Wipqozn Oh my god, he looks just like me!

FallenAngelEyes

It's really nice

Wipqozn

Isn't that the book that caused a lot of controversy?

LessPop_MoreFizz

12:08 AM

In other news:

So is Tim Cook now the most powerful gay man in the world?

FallenAngelEyes

though I kind of live in fear that Jochem's parents will pull it off the shelf one day and flip through it

Mana ಠдಠ

@LessPopMoreFizz Wasn't he always basically the CEO of Apple, anyways?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Manaಠдಠ Yeah, pretty much. His day to day job responsibilities lined up with 'CEO' more at most traditional companies than Jobs did for the better part of a decade.

And he's had near full autonomy for about the last 2 of them.

Mana ಠдಠ

Daring Fireball put it pretty well in his one post about succeeding Steve Jobs.

FallenAngelEyes

@Wipqozn And uh, maybe, cuz it's a whole lotta porn

Mana ಠдಠ

12:13 AM

heh

Wipqozn

@FallenAngelEyes Indeed. I just googled that shit to double check.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Manaಠдಠ Aww, gruber edited his Jobs Resignation post from an hour ago.

Nick T

@Wipqozn That the face of free software?

LessPop_MoreFizz

It was pretty awesomely/insufferably smug about Cook when it first went up

FallenAngelEyes

ahahaha this game has a flamethrower?!

Mana ಠдಠ

12:14 AM

@NickT Not even Richard Stallman could manage that sort of haunting, baby-eating expression.

@FallenAngelEyes Yeah, the weapons are sick haha

Wipqozn

@FallenAngelEyes Pro-tip: The bow is the best weapon.

FallenAngelEyes

@Wipqozn I've been using war machete and musket

Wipqozn

@FallenAngelEyes I am not a fan of the machete.

LessPop_MoreFizz

What game is this?

Wipqozn

Bastion

LessPop_MoreFizz

12:16 AM

Need to pick that up

Really do.

Wipqozn

I used the spear + bow most of the game. Although I did use the army carbine for a bit as well, but went back to the bow.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Also, why the fuck did the wikipedia entry for strunk and white get starred. I mean, honestly.

Wipqozn

@LessPop_MoreFizz I didn't star it, but now that you said that, I am going to.

FallenAngelEyes

@Wipqozn I like fast quick weapons

Wipqozn

@FallenAngelEyes I enjoy fast weapons as well, but there is just something about the weapon I dislike.

FallenAngelEyes

12:18 AM

I like using it for decent single tarOMG MOTH

Grace Note

@FallenAngelEyes You're really nemesis'd by that fellow, arentcha?

Wipqozn

There was a bat in my house last night

or so I was told. Apparently my cat knocked it out, and then my father chucked it outside. Go team!

LessPop_MoreFizz

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(re: Moth.)

Mana ಠдಠ

@Wipqozn @FallenAngelEyes Do you guys have any tips for dealing with Peckers? I'm thinking of asking a question on the little buggers.

FallenAngelEyes

I CAN'T FIND IT AAAAGH

Mana ಠдಠ

12:21 AM

@FALLEN BEHIND YOU AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH

Wipqozn

@Manaಠдಠ AOE attacks work well.

Mana ಠдಠ

IT'S MULTIPLYING

FallenAngelEyes

@Manaಠдಠ I evade roll a lot and then musket the little ones

Mana ಠдಠ

ooh, musket. I hadn't thought of that weapon.

FallenAngelEyes

the big charging ones I shield block to stun them then hack away

LessPop_MoreFizz

12:21 AM

reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/jskg1/…

The first comment makes the whole thread amazing.

Wipqozn

The bow works well too

I find the spear and bow does wonders against them tbh

Nick T

what's IAMA

Mana ಠдಠ

@NickT I am a

FallenAngelEyes

dammit I don't know where it went

RegDwight Ѭſ道

Note how it's IAmA, not IAMA.

Mana ಠдಠ

12:23 AM

It's where some guy comes in and is like "yo I'm a whale biologist, wuz good" and everyone is like "omg you're a whale biologist" and then asks him questions

Nick T

AMA

amerikee medical assn

RegDwight Ѭſ道

That's Ask Me Anything.

Raven Dreamer

Ello, you lot.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Heya @raven, Grats!

Enjoy your final hours with a black name.

Kevin Y

@RavenDreamer Finally – congratulations!

FallenAngelEyes

12:25 AM

anyway, @Wipqozn, I like it because I can use it as melee or ST ranged if needed

Congrats @Raven! I tweeted you

Raven Dreamer

Hold on a sec. Computer is crashing on me.

@LessPopMoreFizz - hours? Feels more like minutes.

Just got a diamond on the main site.

@Everyone - thanks!

Kevin Y

Now it's official!

user20683

Mana now has one too

user20683

for real

Kevin Y

Go ruin something @Mana :P

Wipqozn

12:27 AM

Oh my, you guys are now officially mods!

RegDwight Ѭſ道

I gonna go hide in the bushes.

Mana ಠдಠ

Wow, this is pretty insane.

But...where's the blue name??

John

runs away screaming in terror

Kevin Y

@Manaಠдಠ D:

Nick T

Can't even drink alcohol in the states but is a mod, jeez

Raven Dreamer

12:28 AM

hwhoa.

Wipqozn

@Manaಠдಠ Good question.

John

@Manaಠдಠ Call it caching.

RegDwight Ѭſ道

@Manaಠдಠ I eated it.

Should I have not?

Mana ಠдಠ

@RegDwight It's not very healthy.

Kevin Y

RegDwight – eater of blue text.

RegDwight Ѭſ道

12:29 AM

@Manaಠдಠ I'm noticing!

Nick T

@Mana go delete all identify-this-game questions

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Wipqozn

@John No, it's not that.

John

@Wipqozn :(

Wipqozn

Well I must be heading off

John

bye @Wipqozn

Nick T

12:30 AM

lol

user20683

I'd argue that keeping the ID questions isn't a bad idea

Kevin Y

Cya @Wipqozn

RegDwight Ѭſ道

Right. I gotta go, too, eat some orange text or something.

user20683

maybe tighten the quality guidelines on them

Kevin Y

@RegDwightѬſ道 A much healthier alternative to blue.

Mana ಠдಠ

12:30 AM

@RegDwight Until an asteroid.

Wipqozn

Just remember @mana, @RavenDreamer: With great power, comes the ability to abuse it. Just make sure it's funny when you do.

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user20683

but everyone has that one game they've looked for for forever

Nick T

Anyone know what the LoL update is?

Raven Dreamer

Where's the user's manual?

FallenAngelEyes

later @Wipqozn

Raven Dreamer

12:31 AM

@NickT Talon patch + more Dominion files.

bye @Reg

BLUE NAMEZ!!!

It's @Shog9!

@NickT na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=1139062

John

And he leaves....

Nick T

12:32 AM

what I don't get is how a game that has 2 maps can take up 1.6 GB

Wipqozn

Oh excellent! I get to see your blue names just before I leave.

Good night.

John

@Wipqozn :( I don't see any blue names....

Grace Note

Hey @Raven! Lemmeh congrat you in person!

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Shog9 I definitely just force-refreshed chat to see the names turn blue.

Raven Dreamer

@GraceNote - Thanks! Been a busy day today.

John

12:33 AM

Hey! Blue names!

Mana ಠдಠ

crazy

Raven Dreamer

Okay, who thought it was a bright idea to include four separate activation codes with Deus Ex?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@RavenDreamer Japanese executives.

John

Woohoo! Mortarboard on PSE!

Alert! My PSE account has once again surpassed my GSE account! Everyone go upvote my GSE account!

LessPop_MoreFizz

Goddamnit. Why does everyplace that will deliver me food have a minimum that is roughly 7.50 higher than the amount of food I can reasonably eat in two days.

Nick T

12:51 AM

So...order 3 days of food?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@NickT I really don't want to spend that much money on food that is going to be... less than appetizing on friday

Nick T

ffs, can't even stream a 480p youtubes video

Mana ಠдಠ

@NickT To be fair I could never do that

Raven Dreamer

@Wipqozn - Believe me. If I ever go down for corruption, I'm not going down for nickels and dimes. $10,000 per bribe minimum.

Grace Note

@Manaಠдಠ You are brother to one who works for youTube and you can't stream a video with it?

Mana ಠдಠ

12:56 AM

It's actually a useful trait to have @Grace in that kind of situation. I can tell him when things start getting out of hand for users with low bandwidth.

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