The Bridge

10:00 PM

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Q: What is the origin of the phrase "Crazier than a sh*thouse rat!"?

I can't seem to find an origin to this particular phrase. Can anyone shed some light on what makes sh*thouse rats particularly crazy? I also wonder about the origin of the similar *Bat-sh*t crazy".

I didn't want to get flagged for offensive language.

Wipqozn

@Yuki I'm just stating a fact. I have no idea if they'll be let out.

Yuki

@DavidM Presumably anything staying in a "sh--house" long enough to be called a sh--house anything is bug-nuts effin' crazy.

Wipqozn

I'm not a legal expert.

David M

@Wipqozn You're an illegal one?

Yuki

What the hell is up everyone upvoting my "Where did dragons come from?" question today?

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Q: Where did dragons come from?

All that I know of Smaug is that he (she?) came out of nowhere to attack and conquer Erebor. Where exactly did he come from? In fact, what are the origins of dragons? Did Ilúvatar create them or did they come from somewhere else?

lord-of-the-rings

About half of those upvotes, I received today.

Frank

10:02 PM

@Yuki Why do you have an SFF account?

Yuki

STOP GIVING ME REP ON SCIFI, PEOPLE!

David M

@Frank Why wouldn't he?

@Yuki Too late, bitch!

Yuki

@DavidM DAMMIT, NOT ANOTHER UPVOTE!

David M

@Yuki Bwahahahahahahahahahah!

Yuki

Rep from SciFi is like anti-rep. It makes me feel like less of an expert for getting so many points from random guessing.

David M

10:04 PM

I'm just annoyed that I keep hitting the cap on ELU. I should have gotten like 350 rep today.

@Yuki Being a Sci-Fi expert is the equivalent of being an expert at making shit up.

Braiam

If you think this is too hard on literary criticism, read the Wikipedia article on deconstruction.

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Yuki

@DavidM Meanwhile, the one answer I actually feel proud of (for identifying a book series given a rather vague description within 10 minutes) still hasn't been accepted.

David M

OK. Talk you all later. Gotta convince the kids to put on their shoes so we can go out to dinner. (Takes longer than you'd expect!)

Braiam

@Yuki identify this thing...

David M

@Yuki That question would be SOOOOOOOO not allowed on Arqade if it were about a game.

@Yuki And, HA up voted your ass again!

Yuki

10:07 PM

@Braiam Hey, I identified that pretty friggin' well. The question is stupid, but I did a fairly good job.

@DavidM ... Not sure why you would want to upvote my ass. It's making me feel objectified.

And my donkey isn't appreciative either.

David M

@Yuki Good, good. It's working.

OK. Off to go cajoling two 5 year olds into putting on their shoes. TTYL

Yuki

@BenBrocka Also, someone actually forked over $1000+ on that thing?

user15026

@DavidM I know batshit crazy is because repeated exposure to bat guano ostensibly makes you lose your mind.

Lazers

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Q: Dragonvale end game scenarios

What's your list of viable Dragonvale 'end game' goals? The kids have been playing Dragonvale for a while, long enough, and are at level 22 or so without any clear next goals that seem worthwhile. What would you suggest as a game finishing goal?

dragonvale

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Q: iMac Space Game

Several yrs ago (around 2006-2009), Schlotzsky's had iMac G4's in some of their restaurants for customer use. My kids used to play a retro space shooter game on them. I believe it was shareware but not really sure. It was single-player, had a very retro look, kind of like the ship was from th...

a-space-shooter

Ben Brocka

@Yuki It's just money, you consumer scum. Money he stole, so his life would be better. But just money.

FAE

10:19 PM

@BenBrocka I... wow.

SaintWacko

@BenBrocka That's the funniest thing. He stole money to make the point that money doesn't matter

And so he shouldn't have to give it back

Ben Brocka

there's multiple layers of hypocrisy going on. Not sure he's sound enough of mind to notice thoguh

Lazers

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Q: Is my name on skyrim relevant to all sidelines

So I created a new character on skyrim and I named him Tarathim Redforge ( a name I just thought on the spot ) and the question is that is this name relevant to all the Side quests like the companions guild ,thieves guild, dark brotherhood ,winter hold college and the civil war.what I mean by rel...

skyrim

Slowpoke

10:36 PM

SCUM

You're going down

Now I'm a little motivated

Unionhawk

...?

Ben Brocka

badp

> I used the money from the sales of my first book to pay off my student loans in 2009. This might be the most mature thing I've done with money, and I would not do it again.

wat

I TRIED BEING MATURE ONCE

      (grumpy cat)

    IT WAS TERRIBLE

Ben Brocka

Warner Bros. is making a Minecraft movie http://sbn.to/1jEfFyd via @Polygon

Tweeted by MikeMcWhertor on February 27, 2014 at 10:44 PM

the fuck people

badp

@BenBrocka wat

Ben Brocka

10:48 PM

> Warner Bros. Pictures is working with Minecraft developer Mojang on a movie based on the sandbox game, said studio co-founder Markus "Notch" Persson on Twitter today.

Ohhh I bet Notch is just trolling

slash hope notch is just trolling

SaintWacko

I wish they had gotten something worked out with that guy on Kickstarter

His trailer was really cool

FAE

Someone is trying leak the fact that we're working with Warner Brothers on a potential Minecraft Movie. I wanted to be the leak!

Tweeted by notch on February 27, 2014 at 10:24 PM

badp

> If you would like a refund, please contact a fan of my work directly for your money. This is where the money would come from anyway. I am cutting out the middle man.

this is brilliant

and also where I stopped reading because sanity

@BenBrocka THAT IS NOT HOW IT WORKS ASOIHWARUOHWQIUHQOWTUH

Unionhawk

@BenBrocka I sure as fuck hope so

Christ...

user15026

I dunno, they made a damn battleship movie.

badp

10:56 PM

wait wtf are they doing in their starting home?

FAE

@AshleyNunn oh god that was so bad

fredley

SUCH SWAG

VERY PLEASE

FAE

@AshleyNunn I could not for the life of me figure out why Liam Neeson was there. He's a good actor! A good one! Just... whyyyyyyyyyy

fredley

SO CAREEER

Unionhawk

VERY FREDLEY

WOW

fredley

11:00 PM

DRINKENNESS IJNTESIFIEF

(wobble)

user15026

OMG my cake is perfect

user15026

:D

spugsley

@AshleyNunn WHAT KIND OF CAKE

user15026

Cinnamon Applesauce Cake

spugsley

YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

user15026

11:06 PM

when it cools it is getting a cinnamon cream cheese frosting

spugsley

@AshleyNunn omg that sounds heavenly

user15026

This is what happens when I get frustrated. I bake.

Lazers

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Q: What are bounties and blood shards?

I was changing the difficulty for Diablo 3 when I saw these details: What are bounties and blood shards for? I must have missed some kind of update that tells me what this is all about.

diablo-3

James

This image stays roughly in sync with the day (assuming the Earth continues spinning). Shortcut: xkcd.com/now

badp

It's rotating alright.

RedRiderX

11:23 PM

Okay by Ep 6 of Arrow Oliver seems like kind of a jerkbag, what with the stupendous lying he's doing

Yuki

@RedRiderX Green Arrow's always been a bit of a dick, IIRC.

RedRiderX

Really?

I've actually never read any Green Arrow stuff before.

Yuki

@RedRiderX It seems that all the "less-powered" of the DC superheroes seem to be assholes or at least something close.

All the DC nice guys are like Superman, Captain Marvel, Martian Manhunter... dudes who won the superhero lottery.

RedRiderX

@Yuki Yeah I guess everyone else earned their powers through brooding or something

Lazers

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Q: How to level up in Diablo 3 2.0.1?

With the new patch 2.0.1, I'm level 60 and I can't get to level 61. I keep getting parangon levels, but I can't get "normal" levels to get to level 70. How to gain "normal" XP to actually level up?