The Bridge

kalina

16:00

those aren't thin enough to fit into my definition of 'fries'

OrigamiRobot

Those are crinkle fries.

kalina

I wish you'd use the right word to describe what you're talking about

they're crinkle cut chips

fries are thinner

ken.ganong

@kalina Those are fries, unless there is fish involved. Then those are chips.

kalina

Fries:

thin, not much potato

OrigamiRobot

Also fries

kalina

16:01

Chips:

Sterno

@Wipqozn I hate the ant queen

kalina

notably thicker, more potato

OrigamiRobot

Also fries

Trent Hawkins

Chips:

kalina

YOU'RE SO BACKWARDS, NO WONDER YOUR GOVERNMENT IS FAILING!

of course you linked crisps

there was no need to further confuse the discussion

OrigamiRobot

16:03

@kalina Sorry, I can't take lectures from someone who thinks pants and underpants are the same thing

fbueckert

@kalina We're Canadian, thank you.

kalina

!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111111111111111

ken.ganong

/me predicts the next barrage of pictures will be about biscuits and cookies.

kalina

PANTS GO UNDER TROUSERS

WALKING AROUND WITH NO PANTS ON MEANS YOU ARE MISSING YOUR UNDERWEAR

Unionhawk

I'll just leave this here then

Trent Hawkins

16:03

@kalina There's always need for further confusion.

OrigamiRobot

@kalina underpants go under pants. It's right there in the name. Under. Pants.

3

kalina

@OrigamiRobot language = English, I win by default

@Unionhawk no! Don't do it!

also, that's a scone on the left

Unionhawk

@kalina ALREADY DONE

kalina

that's not even a biscuit or a cookie

Grace Note

Mar 11 at 13:53, by fredley

kalina

16:05

@GraceNote American company

it does state quite clearly though that Trousers should be used instead of Pants

Grace Note

Right, and that pants are trousers and not underpants.

kalina

by the fact they friendly redirect you to the correct term

OrigamiRobot

Vest

kalina

@GraceNote the word "pants" = "underpants" on this side of the world

@OrigamiRobot Vest?

er

Unionhawk

OrigamiRobot

16:06

@kalina So you don't know what "under" means?

kalina

@OrigamiRobot my bras aren't called undertops

pants aren't called underpants

they're just called pants

Grace Note

@Unionhawk Shhh

OrigamiRobot

@kalina They're underwear.

SaintWacko

@fredley Oh, very well done. I'm impressed

kalina

and I'm not touching the vest thing

LessPop_MoreFizz

16:07

HI CHAT

Trent Hawkins

As long as we can all agree that that words like colour are spelled with a U, the other differences in terminology are minor. :P

5

kalina

that's an entire separate and equivalent can of worms

@LessPop_MoreFizz salut

Arperum

@ken.ganong Nope, but he'll see it on any site on the network, and I'm just back.

Grace Note

@TrentHawkins Minour.

OrigamiRobot

@TrentHawkins I'm fine with -our

kalina

16:08

@GraceNote somebody had to do that

SaintWacko

@TrentHawkins I'm american, and I use Us in my words

colour, honour, armour...

Because that method is superiour

LessPop_MoreFizz

@SaintWacko You are a traitor to your nation.

Grace Note

I pretty much flip a coin to decide whether I use armor or armour. It's pretty much a whim.

@LessPop_MoreFizz Traitour.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@SaintWacko No it isn't!

SaintWacko

I use them because Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup uses ENG_AU

So I get used to seeing words spelled like that

Unionhawk

16:09

kalina

@OrigamiRobot You know what? Knickers.

Sterno

@TrentHawkins I don't know why you'd want to add unnecessary letters. It just makes your words look all pretentious.

OrigamiRobot

@kalina I'm fine with that.

Fluttershy

Are we really talking about underwear?

Unionhawk

@Fluttershy YES

Grace Note

16:10

@Sterno Pretentios.

2

Fluttershy

Okay then.

Grace Note

See how dumb that looks? That's why we have us.

SaintWacko

@Unionhawk How many did you have to search through to find one that was derogatory towards that spelling? :P

ken.ganong

@Fluttershy underwear and fries, but not at the same time

Lazers

0

Q: How can I acquire more Amritas?

I'm fighting the ant queen on level 12 but keep running low on TP in the last half of the fight. This slows my DPS down too much and I end up losing the war of attrition. The shop isn't selling any amritas, and the one TP item they do sell only restores 10 TP. Is there something I can farm an se...

etrian-odyssey-untold

kalina

16:11

briefly touched on biscuits and vests

Sterno

@GraceNote im not saying never use the letter. I'm saying it is clearly unneeded in armor and color.

Unionhawk

@SaintWacko Only one: I have a double-click-for-definition extension, and that's what it pulled up

kalina

decided it was too much fuel

Trent Hawkins

@Sterno It makes my words look correct. If pretentiousness is a side effect of correct, I'll take it.

5

SaintWacko

I love when we have discussions about the proper words for things. They're the funniest conversations

@Unionhawk Do you know what it uses? Google doesn't say anything of the sort

Unionhawk

16:11

Out of all possible dictionaries, it chose that one today.

kalina

@TrentHawkins you know, you're the best half of @fbueckert

Sterno

@TrentHawkins except "armor" is not incorrect.

Unionhawk

@SaintWacko In this case, it pulled up Wiktionary. But it can choose from all kinds of definitions.

SaintWacko

@Sterno But it's not correct either!

Unionhawk

I think it's from google, which is odd

Sterno

16:12

You're just arguing to cover the fact that you secretly want to be American anyway.

fbueckert

@kalina Quiet, you! You'll give him ideas!

SaintWacko

@LessPop_MoreFizz Don't you mean traitour?

kalina

Trent Hawkins

That said, I frequently bow to the infernal spellcheck's removal of my U because the wavy red underlines annoy me.

SaintWacko

@kalina HA! Take that @Sterno

@TrentHawkins Coward! Never surrender!

Sterno

16:14

@kalina that's what you get for picking EU localization

kalina

@Sterno what does "localization" mean?

Did you mean "localisation"?

Unionhawk

@kalina >.>

LessPop_MoreFizz

@kalina No. This is a BRIDGE TOO FAR.

SaintWacko

snickers

LessPop_MoreFizz

IF Z IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR OXFORD UNIVERSITY, IT IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE REST OF YOUR UPTIGHT NATION.

Sterno

16:15

Stop being mad we fixed your stupid language!

kalina

Stop fixing things that aren't broken while leaving your own country to rot

That's not how things work!

LessPop_MoreFizz

Oxford spelling

Oxford spelling (or Oxford English Dictionary spelling) is the spelling used by Oxford University Press (OUP), including in its Oxford English Dictionary (OED), and other publishers who are "etymology conscious", according to Merriam-Webster. Apart from OUP, British dictionary publishers that use it include Cassell, Collins, and Longman. In digital documents it may be indicated by the language tag en-GB-oed. Oxford spelling can be recognized by its use of the suffix ‑ize instead of -ise: organization, privatize and recognizable instead of organisation, privatise and recognisable. The spel...

Unionhawk

Priorities

SaintWacko

@LessPop_MoreFizz As opposed to proper spelling

LessPop_MoreFizz

It is good enough for the foremost authority on the English language in Great Britain, it ought to be good enough for the rest of you.

Unionhawk

16:16

'sides, these things were in place ages before the government went down the toilet.

Trent Hawkins

huh, two messages in the star list. A new personal best.

3

Unionhawk

It's not like we chose to fix them just now.

Wipqozn

@Sterno The trick is to destroy all those eggs before fighting her.

SaintWacko

@TrentHawkins o.0 really?

Trent Hawkins

@SaintWacko I mostly lurk and not talk much. :P

SaintWacko

16:16

Argh why did you post pictures of fries now my mouth is watering

LessPop_MoreFizz

@SaintWacko You people need to stop sucking up to the French, honestly.

SaintWacko

@TrentHawkins What?

LessPop_MoreFizz

Because *-ise is their doing.

3ventic

@kalina You could say England had it right, then the Dutch broke the language by adding extra letters here and there to get better payment for printing and then the people in the USA fixed it again.

kalina

@SaintWacko chips

Wipqozn

16:17

@Sterno she's a lot easier if you destroy the eggs first, because then she can't spawn any helpers.Although her stupid accuracy dust cloud is still the worst thing ever.

3ventic

But I prefer British English most of the time

OrigamiRobot

@LessPop_MoreFizz My hero!

SaintWacko

@kalina No, the chips didn't do anything for me. It was the fries that did it

Unionhawk

@kalina He's talking about the first picture, which are fries.

As we have agreed.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@OrigamiRobot FYI: Debate was amazing.

3ventic

16:17

(Actually I have no idea which words are from which English - I'm pretty sure I use words from both)

kalina

well fine then

Grace Note

@Wipqozn Wait, there's eggs this time around?

Wipqozn

@GraceNote Yes. Ant FOEs spawn from eggs.

Sterno

@Wipqozn I did that. I basically just run out of TP fighting her because she keeps doing some evade thing that makes her impossible to hit. And blinds all my guys. And panics them. 20+ rounds of that eats up a lot of TP

OrigamiRobot

@LessPop_MoreFizz There's next to no way it couldn't be. I can still never forgive you.

kalina

16:18

@LessPop_MoreFizz what debate?

Wipqozn

@Sterno Yeah, that's her dust cloud. It's the worst thing ever. Also, Bards + Peace Ballad = <3.

SaintWacko

@Sterno Why, do your guys shit themselves when they panic?

Grace Note

@Wipqozn They used to spawn outta nothingness.

Wipqozn

With peace ballad your party gains 8 TP per-turn. It's so handy.

SaintWacko

:P

Sterno

16:19

I think she does some uber move at about 20% too, because I slogged her down to that and then she started doing heavy-hitting AOE attacks on me

kalina

Right well I best start packing up for my trip to London

Wipqozn

You don't have that because stupid story mode.

kalina

o/

Grace Note

Does she still have her multi-hit hammer attack?

SaintWacko

@kalina cya. Have fun. I want to go to London sometime

LessPop_MoreFizz

16:19

@kalina The Night Vale Mayoral Debate that I attended last night.

Wipqozn

@Sterno Yeah, she does. That's how I wiped the first time. I was struggling through that damn dust cloud, but then all hell broke loose between her ants, the dust cloud, and her AOE attack.

Sterno

@GraceNote she has "crush", which is a heavy single attack. She has another that hits two guys. And near the end she has an AOE that destroys me unless I have the TP to heal all every round

Grace Note

Ahha

The AOE is probably what became of Hammer.

Sterno

Maybe I just need to save my TP until the last bit of fight and try to burst her down late instead of early

Wipqozn

@Sterno Or you could switch over to Classic mode and have a Bard on your team.

Sterno

16:22

Also figures her weakness is cold, which is my alchemists weakest attack

Wipqozn

Because Bards are fantastic.

Sterno

@Wipqozn I'll listen to you when you get off easy mode! :)

Wipqozn

@Sterno I'm on Normal mode, you goose. Also something something Hitler.

Also Bards are awesome.

Bards are my favourite class.

Warrior Song + Peace Ballad all day long.

Sterno

@Wipqozn yesterday @GraceNote decreed that normal mode is easy mode

Wipqozn

Oh, if that's what @GraceNote said then I suppose it's true.

We all know that @GraceNote is never wrong.

Sterno

16:27

I've heard at some point in story mode I can change classes. Not sure when though.

Wipqozn

You already can.

You need to be level 30.

You can do ti via the explorers guild.

OrigamiRobot

Feb 14 '12 at 20:36, by Grace Note

@RavenDreamer Because I was wrong

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot She was actually right.

OrigamiRobot

Aug 12 '11 at 0:18, by Grace Note

@sjohnston I answered the wrong question

Lazers

1

Q: GTA Online - Calling Another Player

Yesterday, I was in a party with a couple friends and I noticed I could go into my contacts and give them a call. I tried multiple times and each time...nothing happened. My friend never received the call and I never received theirs; the phone just kept ringing. Each time you call someone, it tak...

gta-online

Wipqozn

16:29

@OrigamiRobot No, the person asked the wrong question.

Sterno

@GraceNote is never wrong. @GraceNote just sometimes pretends to be so that the rest of us aren't humbled.

3ventic

11

A: No need to be afraid of flagging

There's a related issue that I ran into once or twice before I had 3k reputation to cast close votes, and I know based on chat that some other people have run into as well. Sometimes, people flag a question as an exact duplicate, off-topic, or whatever, and the flag will get rejected with the fo...

^ Still valid & up-to-date?

Wipqozn

@3ventic The basic idea with flagging to ask yourself is "Is there any other action I can do to solve this problem?"

As a 3K user you are able to solve the problem of a question which needs to be closed by VTC, so don't flag.

On the other hand you can't delete answers, so if you find an answer which needs to be deleted it flag it.

3ventic

@Wipqozn I mean the stuff about flagging with VTC reasons, don't they go directly to the Close review queue?

Wipqozn

@3ventic Oh, I'm not sure.

3ventic

16:40

I know how to flag, I'm browsing the meta for stuff that I would have considered useful when I joined the site

Wipqozn

nifty

You're so fancy

3ventic

I get annoyed when things are hard to understand for new users

So I tend to try and make things easier to understand by new users

Sterno

I don't know. I've had >3k for a long time.

fredley

@fbu reddit.com/r/KerbalSpaceProgram/comments/1o5jeq/…

fbueckert

@fredley Sounds like a massive lag-fest.

3ventic

16:44

19

Q: Can the review queues respect ignored tags?

While still playing through Bioshock Infinite, I have the tag ignored to avoid any spoilers. While going through the review queue, I came upon a question asking, Why did X happen during the ending? I didn't read much of the question, and luckily it was well spoiler tagged, but that's the entire...

feature-request tags reviewing

Why do they not respect ignored tags? :(

Jason Berkan

@3ventic That's a lot of development work for a negligible benefit.

Lazers

0

Q: Need for speed 2012 for Mac

I want to install need for speed most wanted 2012 on my macbook air 2013 mid model, i tried but i am not able to find it. Please tell me Where can i get the need for speed most wanted for mac book for free, I am new to this Stack part so please be gentle.

nfs-most-wanted-2012

3ventic

@JasonBerkan If the front page question listing goes through a check for ignored tags, why can the available reviews do the same? Sounds like a quick job to me.

fbueckert

kalina

I AM HOME

3ventic

16:48

@kalina Payday?

kalina

give me a sec to change, sort my hair out etc

fbueckert

@Lazers Burn it

Celta

@fbueckert tengen toppa gurren lagann reference?

fbueckert

@Celta Indeed.

Because more is always better.

Celta

and preferably of the size of the universe

Fluttershy

16:50

@DjangoReinhardt Regardless of your reasoning behind it, your rude/hateful comments are not constructive to the issue at hand, nor are they welcome on this site. — Fluttershy 1 min ago

kalina

@Fluttershy +1

Fluttershy

sigh

3ventic

What is top-7?

Sterno

@kalina what does "sort my hair out" mean?

kalina

@Sterno it means it's raining, so its wet

and going to frizz

Sterno

16:53

Girl problems!

OrigamiRobot

@Sterno I don't even comb my hair.

Get out of the shower, dry my hair, good to go.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@3ventic site launch meta thing.

fbueckert

@DjangoReinhardt I find the fact that you are actively hostile against opposing viewpoints most disconcerting. People aren't going to agree with you throughout life, and dealing with people who disagree with you is a skill everyone has to learn. Lashing out isn't constructive, and does nothing to help your case. — fbueckert 1 min ago

There. I'm done even trying to reason with him.

He's gained a reputation as someone who's unreasonable if you don't agree with him.

Sterno

@OrigamiRobot you don't wear pants, either, so I'm not sure you count.

I don't really think three people all had to say the same thing to him.

OrigamiRobot

@Sterno I don't wear pants at home because there's no reason to.

Sepia Lazers

16:59

-3

Q: [Television-Settings]

Let's be honest, some of us play console or even PC games on our television. This Question brings forth a valid question regarding the proper settings for a TV. (Should I use Game Mode for Games?) While it's a single question I feel that it could be useful for a question such as "I have a Vizio 3...

discussion tags

Sterno

If you think something he said was offensive, flag it and move on. 3... 4 now people all saying "you're rude" isn't furthering the conversation

fbueckert

So NYCC was hijacking attendees Twitter accounts.

OrigamiRobot

TBH, I haven't seen anything I'd call rude.

fbueckert

That sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen.

Sterno

He's being dismissive towards other opinions by saying they are ignorant of the game. Which can be called "rude" or can be called "blunt truth", as I've seen people here say before. Usually, "blunt truth" is rude. Though not flag worthy I think, nor worth derailing the actual discussion over

Fluttershy

17:04

@Sterno I did flag it. The flag went unanswered, and his behavior continued.

Sterno

Not that it was getting anywhere

@Fluttershy sounds like the system working as intended! I would have declined the flag too, though I do think you flagging it was the proper action given how you felt.

Powerlord

Baaaacon

kalina

@SepiaLazers what is this?

Fluttershy

@kalina A tag request, I believe.

kalina

yes but I don't understand

I think my brain is just rejecting the idea that somebody would think a list a tv settings questions would work on here

Unionhawk

17:08

@kalina Well, someone does think that, evidently.

kalina

evidently

OrigamiRobot

@kalina What volume should I play Halo at?

kalina

"How do I calibrate brightness and contrast?"

ken.ganong

@OrigamiRobot 11

Fluttershy

@kalina Settings relative to games, maybe? Still... no.

kalina

17:09

@ken.ganong everybody knows the correct answer is "don't play Halo"

2

@Fluttershy TVs don't have a single setting that is specific to gaming

OrigamiRobot

@ken.ganong That's too loud. I usually keep my TV on 3 or 4.

kalina

Even "game mode" is just a colour profile is 99.99999% of circumstances

that doesn't make it a game setting

when playing payday 2

peak dB should read >100

Fluttershy

@kalina I know! It's too dependent on the TV itself. I'm agreeing that we don't want that tag!

OrigamiRobot

I disagree with @Fluttershy. I think it's a bad tag.

kalina

@Fluttershy well I'm disagreeing with you because the opportunity has arisen to disagree with you while still agreeing that the tag is a bad tag

also

RAINBOW DASH IS BEST PONY

Fluttershy

17:11

My TV volume stays at 10. Sometimes 15 if 10 is too quiet.

fbueckert

My TV volume stays at 0! All the time!

Fluttershy

@kalina How are you disagreeing with me? O_o Unless it's just that you're disagreeing that we agree.

kalina

I disagree that Fluttershy is best pony

@fbueckert my TV stays off and unplugged from the wall! All the time!

Fluttershy

@kalina That's fine. You're allowed to be wrong here.

kalina

because quite clearly the best pony is scootaloo

fbueckert

17:12

@kalina Why do you bother even having a TV, then?

kalina

@fbueckert for the 30 minutes every 2 years that I switch on my wii

Wipqozn

@kalina @Fluttershy is best bridge pony.

kalina

before realising that the batteries have leaked in my wiimotes and balance board and turning it off again

@Wipqozn fine, and scootaloo is best bridge tortoise

Fluttershy

@OrigamiRobot Reply to my gtalk message you poop!

fbueckert

Ah, PETA. We love you so.

kalina

17:14

@fbueckert test arsenic and cyanide on them obviously

fbueckert

They made a Flash game

Wipqozn

PETA does more damage to the animal rights movement than anything.

fbueckert

@Wipqozn And the part that's hard to grasp is that they actually think they're doing a good job!

OrigamiRobot

@Fluttershy I've been waiting for you to tell me what you want!

Sterno

Animals have the right to be delicious.

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kalina

17:16

@3ventic message me when you're back

3ventic

@kalina I've been back for a while

kalina

right

well

ok then

3ventic

We already did a mission with Ronan!

kalina

er...

ok

set up a game, lets go

3ventic

I assumed you were listening to mumble when you were talking here

OrigamiRobot

17:17

@fbueckert Grimace is a new pokemon?!?!?! I'll take 20!

fbueckert

@Sterno ...dammit. Now I want a nice, juicy steak.

kalina

@3ventic I haven't actually heard anybody talk on mumble since you afk'd

OrigamiRobot

@3ventic She's been logged into mumble for like a week now.

kalina

@OrigamiRobot 2 days

3ventic

@kalina I'm chatting with Ronan so it's something on your end

OrigamiRobot

17:18

@kalina Same same

Wipqozn

@Sterno Damn straight they do.

Blem

evning people

OrigamiRobot

@Blem Hi, I have a rubber band on my head.

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot You're so kooky.

I don't know how to spell that.

OrigamiRobot

@Wipqozn It was a mistake of them the give me rubber bands at work. I've already shot two across the office by accident.

Wipqozn

17:23

Yeah, this is really their fault.

Blem

OrigamiRobot

@Blem This is how I sit at my desk.

Blem

what should i use this weekend on?

fbueckert

@Blem What everyone else is, obviously: Pokemon.

Fluttershy

@fbueckert Speak for yourself! I'll be working. :(

fbueckert

17:27

@Fluttershy That sucks.

I even get a long weekend, thanks to Thanksgiving!

Grace Note

@fbueckert Another one?

Blem

I was a tad to old when Pokemon came out so never got really in to it, it lacked violence imo

fbueckert

@GraceNote 'parrently.

OrigamiRobot

I didn't preorder it anywhere. I hope I can get it

Powerlord

Hmm, I see a Steam Family Sharing Beta invite in my inbox.

Grace Note

17:28

This being the second time they've done this, I can only conclude that the absurdity is not about the severity of their message but more of a publicity stunt.

fbueckert

@GraceNote Which seems to be everything PETA does nowadays.

Blem

anyone know if the humble weekly sale is individual keys this week?

fbueckert

@SaintWacko Ooh, Starsector now has hyperspace.

SaintWacko

@fbueckert Ooh

I haven't checked on it in a while

Grace Note

@fbueckert Essentially that PETA was to one direction somewhat extremist, but because it became overblown, they're basically going in that not out of actually being that far extremist but because they can wing with it and it will get attention because quite frankly we're dummies to it.

Powerlord

17:30

I should go get lunch... I didn't bring anything with me today, which means I get to go out.

fbueckert

@GraceNote So they're using the old adage, "No attention is bad attention"?

Grace Note

@fbueckert Basically.

Coronus

@Blem They are not.

fbueckert

@GraceNote It's gotta have diminishing returns by this point; at some point, you stop listening to the crazy uncle that talks to himself.

And it would be hard for anyone to take them seriously now.

Blem

@Coronus the games I don't already own there doesn't look that interesting

Grace Note

17:41

@fbueckert At this point, you've got the usual divide between folks. Like, take advertising, they know that so many people use Adblock and other services, so they're basically a lost cause but they keep at it anyway because there is actually that population of folks who'll take it.

fbueckert

@GraceNote You're making me lose faith in humanity!

Grace Note

So for PETA, that same kind of divide shows up, we're the lost causes to whom PETA's image is irreparably dumb, and so they stick to it because there's still the other population that actually follows it.

Lazers

0

Q: What are the advantages/disadvantages of buying games in Nintendo eShop vs physical cartridges?

Certain Nintendo 3DS titles (e.g. Animal Crossing) are available as both physical copies and in the Nintendo eShop. What are the advantages and disadvantages to buying from each?

3ds

Tim Stone

@GraceNote Not speaking to your point, but as a sidebar only about 9% of impressions are blocked, which isn't great for advertisers, but not bad either. At this point targeted advertising is probably more dangerous for them, but they continue down that path anyway because crazy.

Grace Note

@TimStone Not just crazy, but it works.

It's the same for telemarketting, and also those absurdly dumb phone scams.

fbueckert

17:50

The economics of scale make it profitable for them to continue doing it.

Grace Note

Essentially.

Powerlord

@Lazers You mean besides the obvious "can't share with friends"? Being permanently tied to a single 3DS.

fbueckert

@Powerlord Unless you like sharing your 3DS.

Powerlord

@fbueckert Well, the main downside not actually mentioned is bacon.

er... that it's tied to the machine not the eShop account.

fbueckert

@Powerlord All 3DS's have that downside. It's kind of a wash.

Tim Stone

17:53

Actually bacon could be an upside to having to share your 3DS. That has to be worth at least four strips.

Powerlord

You can apparently do limited transfers of games between systems.

Always in the upward direction, never in the downward direction.

Michael Dunfield

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