The Bridge

Yuki

8:00 PM

@OrigamiRobot Oh hey, I remember that book.

GnomeSlice

Or a middle aged woman seducing young men

Yuki

Which is surprising, remembering how bland it was.

ThiefMaster

oh, i shought you guys are talking about 50 shades

Yuki

@ThiefMaster @OrigamiRobot was the only one who wasn't.

OrigamiRobot

It is my favorite thing to do when anyone talks about 50 shades of grey

GnomeSlice

8:03 PM

Isn't 50 shades of grey just about a whiny guy getting a lot of ass

or something

soundcloud.com/modigs/modigs-past-life-official

RedRiderX

@fredley I feel like this shouldn't be a surprise to me, yet reading it still feels somewhat awkward.

GnomeSlice

fuck this, I'm gonna email my professor and get her to send my timesheet again

OrigamiRobot

@Sterno

GnomeSlice

guess it's going to be late

shit

;_;

fredley

@RedRiderX Why would it not be a surprise?

Ben Brocka

8:06 PM

Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn's clogged servers due to 'conservative estimates' http://sbn.to/14gUBKe

Tweeted by Polygon on September 3, 2013 at 8:00 PM

GnomeSlice

@OrigamiRobot how are these 'life hacks'

Ben Brocka

"Conservative Estimates" would be a good title for an expose on derped out launches of online games

GnomeSlice

@BenBrocka Hah.

Ben Brocka

@OrigamiRobot the "andy's coming" one is actually kinda funny

RedRiderX

@fredley Well..., it's a rtl language, no?

fredley

8:08 PM

@RedRiderX Yes...

RedRiderX

@fredley So why wouldn't they write music rtl?

It seems to work fine using the existing system.

OrigamiRobot

The star list needs one more swear

GnomeSlice

@OrigamiRobot ...................

Yuki

Do it, @GnomeSlice!

RedRiderX

@RedRiderX stares at keyboard

fredley

8:10 PM

@RedRiderX The point is not that that's an unexpected thing, the point is it's weird if you've never seen it before

RedRiderX

@fredley Yeah I guess.

fredley

@GnomeSlice! @GnomeSlice!

Nobody star anything

GnomeSlice

I'M BUSY, FUCK OFF

STOP PINGING ME

RedRiderX

Nicely done.

FEichinger

And now, let's flag everything on that star list.

GnomeSlice

8:11 PM

SHIT

LOOK AT WHAT YOU MADE ME DO

You guys are the worst

Honestly.

fredley

GnomeSlice

@fredley No, one of those is too long

FEichinger

I am completely innocent, I have starred none of it.

fredley

@GnomeSlice YOUR FACE IS TOO LONG

GnomeSlice

@fredley ಠ_ಠ

after effects, y u steal all my memory

piece of shit

aaaaaaaaaaaa

Jason Berkan

8:13 PM

That star list is a thing of beauty.

RedRiderX

@GnomeSlice ಠ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ಠ

GnomeSlice

@RedRiderX I see what you did there.

fbueckert

Do you guys really need to egg him on?

RedRiderX

@fbueckert I'm not, am I?

fbueckert

And on the other hand, watching your language is something you should've learned by now, @Gnome.

fredley

8:15 PM

GnomeSlice

@fbueckert Yeah, I know, sorry. @badp does it too.

FEichinger

@fbueckert I guess we just love seeing you rage about seeing his name on the star list.

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert Just imagine all the unseen messages without swears

fbueckert

@FEichinger Who's raging?

Ben Brocka

I love my checklists at work. There's just a checkbox and the name "Richard". I have no idea who Richard is and whether I'm supposed to kill him or what

GnomeSlice

8:15 PM

@fbueckert Well, judging from the star list, I am.

FEichinger

@fbueckert That's why it's still going on.

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot It warms my heart.

Yuki

To be honest, there weren't as many stars until I noticed what was going on with the star list.

GnomeSlice

@BenBrocka Hahahahaha.

Yuki

So I guess it's my fault.

FEichinger

8:16 PM

Always blame @Wipqozn.

OrigamiRobot

@BenBrocka Marry him.

fbueckert

Nobody looks very good in this scenario. Are we really showing our best side by encouraging this sort of behaviour?

GnomeSlice

@fbueckert It's not a daycare.

Ronan Forman

@fbueckert We're not encouraging it, @GnomeSlice doesn't do it because we star it.

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GnomeSlice

8:19 PM

Also I've been aware of what's going on for a while, I've been doing it on purpose so you guys can have your laugh.

fbueckert

8 mins ago, by Yuki

Do it, @GnomeSlice!

GnomeSlice

@fbueckert lol

Yuki

@fbueckert Considering "AND A LOT OF YELLING AND PENIS JOKES" has been stickied for several days now, I don't think @GnomeSlice is making our reputation go anywhere.

fbueckert

There's encouragement going on.

GnomeSlice

@fbueckert They can't tell me what to do.

If I didn't want to do it, I wouldn't.

Ronan Forman

8:19 PM

@fbueckert Attempted encouragement. I doubt it's working.

fbueckert

There's making jokes that everyone is a part of, and there's making fun of someone in the Bridge.

Ben Brocka

@OrigamiRobot But I'm not a clergyman

Yuki

Gah, hate it when I end a sentence with a question mark as opposed to a period.

GnomeSlice

@fbueckert I can take it. I'm used to being made fun of.

fbueckert

I'm just saying, it doesn't reflect well on us to egg someone on to stuff like that.

GnomeSlice

8:20 PM

@Yuki I just always use periods. It makes your questions sound funnier too.

fbueckert

Neither does it reflect well on us to star it, either.

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice That doesn't mean its right.

FEichinger

@TheStackExchangeBlog lolwut. Skeptics is "featured Site"

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman Life is dumb.

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice The intelligent in intelligent life is ironic.

GnomeSlice

8:22 PM

@RonanForman Yeah sometimes.

►

Wipqozn

@fredley Stay classy @GnomeSlice.

GnomeSlice

I wish you guys would like me for more than just my antics.

I have to keep doing dumb shit to be popular.

StrixVaria

@GnomeSlice Please, please do not actually think this.

3

GnomeSlice

@StrixVaria Oh, okay.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice ...you realize this just makes yo less popular, right?

Grace Note

8:28 PM

@GnomeSlice This... has always been the opposite of the case?

GnomeSlice

Er

Wipqozn

I can ensure you that 100% of everyone in the bridge would like you more if you didn't do this "dumb shit."

3

Grace Note

Pretty sure we told you this the last time you asserted this too.

Mad Scientist

@FEichinger ?

Powerlord

Huh, even with all the WinXP language stuff installed, I still only see boxes for this in my editor: 블루

GnomeSlice

8:28 PM

@GraceNote I mentioned this before?

Powerlord

Strange how I can see it in chat, though.

I wonder if my editor font is missing those characters.

FEichinger

@MadScientist I just find it hilarious, is all.

Grace Note

@GnomeSlice At some previous point in time you made some mention of how you acted the way you did because, in some fashion, we wanted you that way and we pretty much said that it was quite not the case in reality.

fredley

Snazzy HTML5 game is snazzy

Powerlord

(It's what the BLU team is called in Korean according to TF2's language files)

fbueckert

8:29 PM

@fredley Link borked.

FEichinger

@Powerlord Likely.

GnomeSlice

@GraceNote Oh, yeah.

Ronan Forman

@fbueckert It did for me the first time too.

GnomeSlice

@fbueckert Refresh.

Grace Note

So. When we ask you to stop doing lots of dumb things, it's not because we want you to do dumb things. It is, in fact, the opposite, and more to point it is exactly as it is when we say those things.

GnomeSlice

8:31 PM

@GraceNote Why do dumb things always get starred then

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice Because it's The Bridge.

We star dumb things.

GnomeSlice

Well, The Bridge is dumb

9

Grace Note

@GnomeSlice That we star things is not because we necessarily want more of it to happen.

Yuki

@GnomeSlice I want to apologize for encouraging you to curse. It was a pretty stupid thing of me to do.

fredley

I got to 55!

GnomeSlice

8:32 PM

@Yuki I'm not upset.

Grace Note

Pretty sure that whenever I make colossal goof-ups, I get starred for it. And that's far from encouragement to persist in the behavior.

GnomeSlice

I'm an attention whore then I guess.

OrigamiRobot

I started starring the swearing so maybe someone would realize it was excessive and pointless.

FEichinger

@GraceNote Except for Crazy Grace messages. Those get starred as encouragement.

OrigamiRobot

I guess that was asking too much.

fbueckert

8:34 PM

So, lesson for all: let's not encourage idiotic behaviour, shall we? And not all attention is good attention.

GnomeSlice

@OrigamiRobot Oh, was that the hint you were trying to give me?

RedRiderX

So, I guess Microsoft is buying Nokia for $7.2 billion.

GnomeSlice

Why didn't you just ask me to stop.

@RedRiderX bought*

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice We hinted! Was that not good enough?

OrigamiRobot

@GnomeSlice Because then you'd tell me to stop telling you what to do.

GnomeSlice

8:35 PM

@RonanForman No, sorry.

Powerlord

@GnomeSlice Can't have bought yet, Shareholders haven't approved it yet.

GnomeSlice

@OrigamiRobot HEY YOU CAN SEE ME AGAIN

RedRiderX

@GnomeSlice *is buying

GnomeSlice

:D

RedRiderX

> the deal closes in the first quarter of 2014

Powerlord

8:35 PM

Not only that, but governments could (but probably won't) block the sale

FAE

@fbueckert This is not a sentiment often heeded here.

OrigamiRobot

Nope, still ignoring.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice He unignores you when there's drama involving you.

GnomeSlice

@RedRiderX Oh I thought it happened.

OrigamiRobot

Ignored users still show up in the transcript.

fbueckert

8:36 PM

@FAE It's getting sort of out of hand. We're like a mob circling around one person who doesn't know better.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice Swearing in this specific case, or your "dumb shit" in general? Because I think us raging and flagging you is us telling you to stop.

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn Nobody is raging. Or flagging.

Anyway, why is everyone suddenly asking me all these questions.

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot Oh, that's what you did. That's far more work.

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice Then you're just not paying attention.

fbueckert

If anything, it should be, "Hey, stop doing that." One warning. And then the flagging and validation.

Wipqozn

8:37 PM

@GnomeSlice I'm talking about in the past, which is why I asked if you meant this time or in the general case.

RedRiderX

@GnomeSlice It's pretty much as good as done at this point, since it's been announced and all, but the shuffling of corporate deck chairs takes a good long while.

OrigamiRobot

@Wipqozn Not really, I just clicked a link in the star list.

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn If I meant when?

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice All the other times you've done "dumb shit" since you thought we thought it was funny and made us like you.

...wait, I got those words mixed up.

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn Edit it some more.

Wipqozn

8:38 PM

@GnomeSlice It's fine now.

GnomeSlice

=P

@Wipqozn Are you sure?

OrigamiRobot

If we tell him to stop, he throws a "You're not the boss of me" tantrum and if we do anything short of that, he thinks we like it. It's useless.

spugsley

guyssssssssssssssss

what am I even doing with my lifeeeeeee?

Ronan Forman

@spugsley @ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssspuglsy

Yuki

@spugsley Living it?

OrigamiRobot

8:39 PM

@spugsley Scooping cat poops.

Lazers

0

Q: Are you supposed to get mission rewards immediately?

I just started playing Uplink and I'm trying to do some missions. I did a level 2 mission where I have to copy a file and send it to the mission giver. I retrieved the file without getting caught. I've opened the mission description, hit "reply", and attached my file to the email and then sent. ...

ughhhhhhhhh

What's got you down @spug-a-lugs?

spugsley

I don't know. I've applied to like 45 jobs since graduating. I only got one call back and it sucked so I didn't take the job. I just don't know.

meanwhile, photography makes me some money but not a lot and my parents are kinda assholy about my current unemployed status and art in general

Ronan Forman

8:44 PM

What kind of jobs?

Yuki

Not sound like a horrible person, but I don't think you should decline any job at this point, barring completely unreasonable pay and/or hours.

Ronan Forman

Photography related ones?

spugsley

@RonanForman no, not at all

GnomeSlice

@OrigamiRobot When is the last time I threw a tantrum

spugsley

stuff that my degree is for

Yuki

8:45 PM

At the very least, you'll be able to put more job experience on your resume which looks good for future applications.

spugsley

like bookkeeping, desk jobs, library aid, media assistants for area schools

@Yuki the job was horrible

@GnomeSlice far too long

GnomeSlice

@spugsley You. I like you.

spugsley

:3

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice Just the other day, before @OrigamiRobot ignored you.

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn I did?

I need a new sockpuppet.

Ronan Forman

8:47 PM

@GnomeSlice Why?!

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman Because. Everyone needs a sockpuppet.

spugsley

@GnomeSlice yeah but everyone can tell when it's your sock puppet :/

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice Not true.

GnomeSlice

@spugsley No they can't. ...Not everyone...

=[

FAE

@spugsley Do what makes you happy if you can.

FEichinger

8:48 PM

@GnomeSlice Yes, everyone.

GnomeSlice

I have had a sockpuppet since I got back

Yuki

@GnomeSlice I'm notoriously bad at distinguishing people.

GnomeSlice

Do you guys know who it is

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice Why?

Yuki

@GnomeSlice @fbueckert?

GnomeSlice

8:48 PM

@RonanForman Because sockpuppets are the best.

@Yuki What? No.

spugsley

@Yuki hahahahahahahah

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice That's not actually an answer.

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman Because I get tired of being GnomeSlice sometimes.

Too many preconceptions.

spugsley

Obviously @Wipqozn is @GnomeSlice's sockpuppet

GnomeSlice

It's stressful to come here.

sometimes

Ronan Forman

8:50 PM

That tells me you should do something that isn't make a sockpuppet.

FEichinger

GnomeSlice

And now you guys made me tell you that I have one.

FEichinger

//cc @kalina

@badp

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice We never made you do anything.

GnomeSlice

hahahahaha

Can we stop talking about me for a while

I feel like the kid who just told on the entire class.

Ronan Forman

8:55 PM

@GnomeSlice We haven't for at least 5 minutes, what more do you want?

Yuki

So... Dark Souls II.

GnomeSlice

I forgot how rewarding it is to post silly questions on the site

I gained a ton of rep from my last two surgeon simulator questions

Yuki

So, I know @Fluttershy is getting DaS II. Anybody else?

Mana

@FEichinger wait, this is real?

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