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8:00 AM
Given that Dutch is a bastard between German and English, German is clearly superior.
 
Germans are the worst
 
@FEichinger How does that even work? Being a bastard of yourself?
 
@Arperum I haven't slept! Let me mess things up.
 
@Arperum I just assumed he meant modern dutch is a bastard of old dutch and old german
 
@KevinvanderVelden There's a difference between Old Dutch and Old German?
 
8:03 AM
I dunno, possibly
I mean, not if you go back really far
But there is Old High German and Old Dutch apparently
 
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Q: How to identify the capital of a nation

gnometoruleIn order to later diplomatically annex a conquest, one often vassalizes instead of coring. In order to ensure that the vassal (V) has the same religion as the overlord/player (O), one annexes and releases V right after as a vassal (that is, in the war result screen, one does not choose 'vassalize...

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Q: Set Bonus VS iLevel & Raw Stats

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Q: How the Gain/Loss of Arena Rating is calculated

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Oh Gods, Old High German ... I have a hard enough time understanding text written in Middle High German. Old one? That could as well be gibberish.
 
> conventionally covering the period from around 500 to 1050 AD. Coherent written texts do not appear until the second half of the 8th century,
 
Hey, lets just all speak English?
 
It pretty much is gibberish for a few centruys at least =p
@fredley Sure! Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English or plain old boring English?
 
8:15 AM
@KevinvanderVelden Maximally boring please
 
I love using some older English words for place and character names, like "isaern". It actually means something (in this case, the character was a tank in an MMO ;)), sounds vaguely familiar, and is an added language bonus for people who know those.
 
What does it mean?
 
@fredley It means "iron".
 
@MartinSojka I hate ironing
 
8:19 AM
@KevinvanderVelden dat loop
 
Scandium marbles?
 
8:32 AM
QUICK QUESTION OF THE NOW
Your car battery is completely flat. You connect your battery to another car's and start the engine up. How much do you drive now before you stop again?
 
@badp Depends. How far is it to the next car repair shop?
 
Eh, I have no idea =/
 
@badp CAA guy once reccomended to me 1/2 hour minimum, full hour ideal. That's idling.
 
@MartinSojka They're nearby, but also closed.
 
Yeah, 0.5h sound about right. That's "letting the engine running" though, not "driving". Also, park so that the nose of your car points downhill if possible.
 
8:35 AM
uh, idling?
 
Just in case the battery is plain dead and not simply empty.
 
I thought the engine charged up through wheel rotation and drove 54 km for a full hour <_<
 
@badp Leaving car running in park. might not be a good idea depending on your parking situation.
 
@badp Heh. I actually almost emptied my car's battery because I drove 200km/h+ for several hours. :)
 
(to be fair I only did so much because it's the second time it's happened in a month - with 20 days of idling in the middle)
 
8:37 AM
@badp nope, you do not want to make a dynamo go at 100km/h =p
Heck, probably much more cause it's much smaller
 
@KevinvanderVelden Try 130 :P
Oh well we'll see how it goes
 
@badp depending on where on the weel you put it, might even be at a multiple of that
ALSO ALSO
I may get a package today
 
> We are happy to announce that Codeanywhere now includes multiple cursor/selection support.
 
In that package will probably be an oculus rift :O
 
@KevinvanderVelden :O
You know what this means, right?
 
1. HL3 Oculus Rift Support Confirmed
 
I was waiting for that one
But uuh, HL2 already works with the oculus rift iirc
 
@KevinvanderVelden Water is all kinds of messy
Not recommended
 
2. You can get the Oculus Rift hat for TF2!
 
8:41 AM
@badp I heard you can even play that FPS minigame that's included in that hat simulator.
 
Also you should try and find somebody with the flip taunt and see what happens.
 
If I still played TF2 ofcourse
 
@MartinSojka It's probably more satisfying to go as scout and look down
@KevinvanderVelden All (regular) taunts are played in first person.
 
What is likely to happen is me going WTF THIS IS HUGE at our base in Minecraft (CC @Arperum)
 
3. Get a bucket ready
Especially if it's a DK1.
 
8:43 AM
It's a DK2
 
Still get a bucket ready.
 
Probably best
 
or a brown paper bag; I won't judge you
4. While you wait try and download a 3D movie and load it up on the cinema demo thing you might have to download somewhere. I heard it's a pretty good way to watch a movie.
 
Heh, could be fun
 
If only those so-called "3D movies" were actually 3d and not just stereographic ...
Though I heard the porn industry is working on that.
 
8:45 AM
Hence cinema demo, I imagine it's what the name implies
 
@MartinSojka There should be a few movies shot in actual 3D, right? Avatar? The Hobbit? Pixar stuff?
 
@badp As long as you can't move your head to the side to see what's behind a tree in the movie, it's not 3d.
 
oh I see what you mean now.
 
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Q: What trinket should i choose and when should i switch and upgrade?

Philipp SanderI normally try to play every game like this (there are some exceptions, like Lee Sin who gains extra mobility with wards): Get Warding Totem at beginning for extra vision (even as jungler! then i try to ward the river) Once I hit level 9 or I get my Sightstone, I switch to Sweeping Lens When I ...

 
I thought you were talking faux-3D cash grab edition.
also @KevinvanderVelden you could answer this question of mine
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Q: Are enemy models looking at what they look or at what they shoot?

badpIn first person shooters, normally, there's no difference between "what you're looking at" and "where you're shooting." Your weaponry is "head mounted" and you're always aiming at the center of your screen. There is now a general expectation that people that shoot at you also look at you, and, c...

 
8:51 AM
We could science it together
I'll install TF2 for later today
Oh it's already installed even
 
It's a Science date then!!
I don't think I could've put it any more creepily than that.
@Wipqozn surely will award me a medal or something.
 
@badp I'm 100% sure that assumption is wrong in ArmA 2 and ArmA 3 (they support TrackIR) and 50% sure it's not true in PS2 as well, though I never tried.
 
> "normally"
 
Well, the last two FPSes I played are ArmA 2 and PS2, so that's "normal" and the default for me ...
 
> "normally"
ArmA 2 is quite not a normal FPS.
 
8:56 AM
I wouldn't know, really. :) It's the kind of FPS I tend to play.
 
As for PS2, you couldn't have chosen a more unfortunate TLA :P
 
@MartinSojka what? An fps where noone is insulting you in high pitched voices? What madness is this!
 
@KevinvanderVelden Oh, they can insult me all they want. Makes it that much easier to get the drop on them.
 
@KevinvanderVelden I would draw a venn diagram of 'people who see this ad', 'people who understand venn diagrams', but I cba
 
9:09 AM
Well it's on the internet now, lots more people who understand venn diagrams are going to see it =p
 
@KevinvanderVelden True
 
Heh. Got extra 1250€ this month. After tax ... that's 600€ for me, 650€ for the state. Thanks, German tax office! >_<
 
@MartinSojka Just think of all the roads you'll get with that money!
 
Don't get me wrong, I like our social security system. But they make it pretty hard to like them when they take more than 50% of what you earned.
 
Well, half of the bonus
They took much less than half than what I made in Munich, so rates probably increase with increasing pay. That seems par for course.
 
9:22 AM
Yeah, I won't go hungry to bed because of that, that's for sure. :D
Oh well, time to do something good with that money. I wonder if that Fine Young Capitalists charity campaign page is still down ...
 
I read "charity champagne" there for a moment
 
Well if it is I have a bank account you could send it to
 
Yep, still down. Damn it, IndieGoGo. Wake up finally.
 
Meanwhile in Italy, since I worked for a little while and earned money, this granted me the permanent status of "economically independent from my family", which means my family gets much reduced fiscal benefits in perpetuity
then people complain about the unemployed youth
 
@badp wat
 
9:40 AM
@fredley It's not easy being green
 
@badp *ain't
 
My point stands
 
9:53 AM
wtf gamefaqs/ys origins
In order to charge the evil ring you need to kill three undead things
In order to kill undead things you need a charm
In order not to die from the charged evil thing you need a different charm
You can't use both at the same time
 
WHat was removeworthy about that last line?
 
It was wrong
 
Ah, I can understand that being a good reason.
 
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Q: How can I kill Zelkarons without the Silver chimes?

badpHow can I kill Zelkarons without the Silver chimes? My understanding is I need to kill three while holding the Blue Necklace instead.

 
10:17 AM
 
@Wipqozn You were running in a marathon in Serbia?
 
@fredley It is enough to make €1,800 before taxes in a calendar year, even in a different country, and then you lose the status retroactively from January 1st of that year
 
@badp wat.
 
However, it seems if you proceed to make less than that in a following year, you can be rejoined. I'm willing to bet the process isn't free.
 
That's not enough to live on for a year. Not even close.
 
10:25 AM
1800€ per year? You could probably live off that in Transnistria ... assuming you don't need electricity and can grow your own vegetables and have a goat or two. WTH ...
 
Meanwhile, for my university fees for this academic year 2013-2014, what matters is my situation in December 31st, 2012, and then I was under my family and that matters for my "economic situation" and thus my tuition. (Of course, the effect is an increase thereof.)
You can't make this stuff up.
 
10:37 AM
@MartinSojka No, @badp was.
 
@MartinSojka Can you even informally confirm that, since I made less than € 8,004 in Germany in 2014, this means I should get all taxes on my income for this year back?
 
@badp Up to 8354€ per year is tax-free. No clue how that's calculated with earnings from other EU or non-EU nations, and how you'd go about claiming that money, though the latter would probably work via a typical Einkommenssteuererklärung.
 
So far I have no other income at all anyway.
 
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@MartinSojka There's actually a different form specific to people who stay for less than 6 months
The Antrag auf Erteilung einer Bescheinigung für das Kalendarjahr 201X für beschränkt einkommenssteuerpflichtige Arbeitnehmer
I don't know, or want to know, if it's the simplified version or not of the real thing.
 
10:50 AM
@badp It's Germany. Why am I not surprised?
 
Of course since I spent 5 months 3 weeks in Germany...
COULD I MAKE MY OWN LIFE ANY MORE DIFFICULT
It's a four pages form. Last year I made too much to qualify for any kind of deductions so things went somewhat easily. This year...
 
translate: Antrag auf Erteilung einer Bescheinigung für das Kalendarjahr 201X für beschränkt einkommenssteuerpflichtige Arbeitnehmer
 
Application for a certificate for the Kalendarjahr 201 X for limited einkommenssteuerpflichtige workers
 
"Application for a certificate for the calendar year 201X for limited income tax workers" says Google
 
You can almost hear the translation computer screaming in pain then going "Fuck it, I'll just leave one of those 'words' untranslated, I'm sure nobody will notice or care."
 
10:54 AM
 
Good old rhubarb
I like that you don't actually need to know German to understand what's going on.
 
translate: Rhabarberbarbarabarbarbarenbartbarbierbierbarbarbel
 
Rhabarberbarbarabarbarbarenbartbarbierbierbarbarbel
 
:(
 
@fredley You missed the umlaut.
 
11:01 AM
@StrixVaria I know
 
 
11:26 AM
@Blem BUT WHO WAS GHOST
Translate: Wipqozn is super handsome, smart, and funny.
 
Wipqozn is super handsome, smart, and funny.
 
Can a feed be chatbanned for offensive content?
 
I think I can flag him
 
That's for sure, but does the ban actually block him from posting?
 
@Arperum I think so, chat feed users are not protected as far as I know
 
11:38 AM
well they wouldn't be banned I suppose
 
translate: beleidigende und obszöne Nachricht, muss entfernt werden
translate: funktioniert er immer noch?
 
does it still work?
 
SCIENCE
 
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Q: Is there an optimal time to use nitrous?

3venticI can use nitrous to boost the speed of my car, but I seemed to notice it sometimes affect the speed more, sometimes less. Is there an optimal time to use it for greatest benefit or is it all just in my tired head?

 
@badp MAD SCIENCE, muahahaha
 
11:50 AM
Hey, someone removed my star on the feeds post!
er I mean someones star..
I didn't star it...
 
Feb 4 '12 at 18:12, by Wipqozn
@OrigamiRobot: Everything I say is a lie.
 
translate de: pls
 
pls
 
:(
 
12:06 PM
translate: :(
 
:(
 
@fredley Try using existing words.
 
@Arperum pls
 
translate de: This works.
 
Dies funktioniert.
 
12:11 PM
27 secs ago, by Arperum
@fredley Try using existing words.
 
translate de: Silly porkchop
 
Dumme porkchop
 
This is also a great messed up way of communicating with people who have you on ignore
 
@KevinvanderVelden Until they throw the bot on ignore too.
 
translate de: pork chop
 
12:12 PM
Pork Chop Hill
 
wat
 
wat.
 
translate: Pork Chop Hill
 
Pork Chop Hill
 
12:12 PM
HamStare @StackExchange
 
I'm literally laughing out loud.
 
goddammit no hamstare
translate: HamStare
 
HamStare
 
HamStare @Feeds
Nope. He's not actually in the channel, so there's nothing to latch onto.
 
The Battle of Pork Chop Hill comprises a pair of related Korean War infantry battles during the spring and summer of 1953. These were fought while the U.S. and the Communist Chinese and Koreans negotiated an armistice. In the U.S., they were controversial because of the many soldiers killed for terrain of no strategic or tactical value, although the Chinese lost many times the number of UN soldiers killed and wounded. The first battle was described in the eponymous history Pork Chop Hill: The American Fighting Man in Action, Korea, Spring 1953, by S.L.A. Marshall, from which the film Pork Chop...
 
12:15 PM
Hmmm, since we can translate to different languages, how broken a sentence can we contruct that gives completely unrelated translations in less than five translations.
 
@MadScientist wat
 
translate fr: pork chop
 
Côtelette de porc
 
translate es: pork chop
 
chuleta de cerdo
 
12:17 PM
translate de: porkchop
 
Porkchop
 
translate ru: pork chop
 
Отбивная из свинины
 
translate de: I chop the pork chop
 
Ich trage das Kotelett
 
12:18 PM
translate de: pork chop
 
Pork Chop Hill
 
translate fi: Отбивная из свинины
 
Porsaankyljys
 
translate de: Porsaankyljys
 
12:18 PM
Porsaankyljys
 
lol
 
Proof that finnish is not a language, but just random gibberish.
 
translate de: How much pork would a pork chop chop if a pork chop could chop pork?
 
Wie viel würde Schweinefleisch ein Pork Chop-Chop, wenn ein Kotelett Schweinefleisch hacken könnte?
 
user15026
Good morning, Bridge.
 
12:19 PM
translate: Wie viel würde Schweinefleisch ein Pork Chop-Chop, wenn ein Kotelett Schweinefleisch hacken könnte?
 
translate: Wie viel würde Schweinefleisch ein Pork Chop-Chop, wenn ein Kotelett Schweinefleisch hacken könnte?
 
How much would pork be a pork chop chop, if a chop could chop pork?
How much would pork be a pork chop chop, if a chop could chop pork?
 
Not bad
ish
@AshleyNunn Morning
 
He just lost a pork there.
 
@Arperum And there's a be in there
 
12:20 PM
Morning @AshleyNunn
 
@AshleyNunn Morning! Welcome to translation testing!
 
@Arperum s/testing/abuse
 
user15026
I wondered what was going on.
 
translate Kevin van der velden
 
We're abusing the robot!
 
12:21 PM
translate: Kevin van der velden
 
Kevin van der velden
 
:(
 
Smart robot
 
Oh hey look, it's that @AshleyNunn person. I hear she's a super rad lady.
 
translate: wipqozn
 
12:21 PM
wipqozn
 
user15026
@Wipqozn Reports are unconfirmed.
 
translate nl: Wie viel würde Schweinefleisch ein Pork Chop-Chop, wenn ein Kotelett Schweinefleisch hacken könnte?
 
Hoeveel varkensvlees zou zijn een varkenskarbonade chop, als een chop varkensvlees hakken kon?
 
@AshleyNunn Oh, I must have been thinking of someone else hten.
 
user15026
@Wipqozn More than likely.
 
12:22 PM
translate fi: Hoeveel varkensvlees zou zijn een varkenskarbonade chop, als een chop varkensvlees hakken kon?
 
Kuinka paljon olisi porsaankyljys porsaankyljys kuin chop porsaankyljys?
 
translate: Kuinka paljon olisi porsaankyljys porsaankyljys kuin chop porsaankyljys?
 
How much should pork chop pork chop than chop pork chop?
 
Getting pretty broken again. Finnish really breaks him.
 
hm, I was going to order a bunch of Netrunner cards from Amazon, but looks like it'll only save me $10. I mine as well just buy them local to support some local shops. Also less wait time.
 
12:23 PM
And that was enough bot-abuse for now. Back to work.
too bad you can't translatestack automatically though.
 
also, I powered through a lot of FMAB yesterday.
 
(I tried in the sandbox)
 
@Wipqozn Where are you up to?
 
@Wipqozn yes, but how much Empire did you read?
 
I think I watched 15 or so episodes. It would have been more, but I lost some time dealing with spiders.
@KevinvanderVelden uh...I'd prefer not to answer that.
 
12:25 PM
@Wipqozn it's so good though
 
@Wipqozn What's up plotwise?
 
@fredley episode 28 I think? The episode where they meet father. I skipped the filler episode before it. I mostly powered through just for the Father episode. It was one of my favourite chapters in the manga, so I wanted to see the anime adaptation of it.
 
@Wipqozn Cool
I haven't read the manga
 
@fredley The manga is very good. Brotherhood has been a very faithful adaptation of it so far.
 
@Wipqozn Seen FMA?
 
12:27 PM
Yeah, I saw the first anime as well.
 
I saw FMA first, then FMAB
 
Yeah, I know. You prefer FMA over FMAB, and are therefore objectively wrong.
 
user15026
FMAB is better. Hands down.
 
user15026
@KevinvanderVelden I've finished those now. They were good books.
 
I'm still only one book 2...
 
12:29 PM
@AshleyNunn I'm still in book one
 
I'm so ashamed.
 
Almost book 2 though!
 
@AshleyNunn Disagree
 
I blame everyone but myself for my failure.
 
user15026
@Wipqozn As you should be.
 
12:29 PM
I preferred FMA
 
@fredley Question: Do you enjoy being a wrongy-mc-wrongy-pants?
 
user15026
@Wipqozn Listen, we didn't make you do whatever it is you do that isn't reading. You have only yourself to blame, turtle.
 
@Wipqozn My pants enjoy it
 
@AshleyNunn You totally did! I'm not sure.... but you did1
OH OH OH OH OH! I CAN BLAME SOME OF YOU FOR MY WATHCING FMAB INSTEAD OF READING!
 
FMA has better music than FMAB, more gut-wrenchingly emotional scenes. It's sadder and I like sads.
sads > !sads
 
12:31 PM
I can't remember which ones, exactly, but I'm willing to bet @fredley and @Frank were somehow involved.
It's really happy scenes that often get me choked up.
also sad scenes..
I cry a lot.
 
@Wipqozn You thought @fredley was to blame, but @fredley was actually a mirror!
 
@fredley oops
there we go!
I intended to blame @Frank, not you.
 
@Wipqozn @FRANK IS ALSO A MIRROR
 
well, I did mean to blame you, just not blame you twice.
 
Holy adblock.
All of he white were ads, minor overkill.
 
12:34 PM
Praise be to adblock
 
Oh, looks like Germany won another football WC. Yay. ;)
 
Indeed, that site finally got me over my laziness to install adblock at this pc at a client...
and now everything is white.
 
@Wipqozn What? Anyone with this opinion is obviously terrible.
On a scale of 1 to 10, FMA is a 9 and FMAB is a 15.
 
@OrigamiRobot That person is @fredley, and you already knew he was a monster, so case closed!
 
Assuming you've watched FMA then FMAB
 
12:44 PM
I watched FMA then FMAB, still prefer FMA
 
So now that @fredley has been convicted of the crime of having an incorrect opinion, what should his punishment be?
 
Just checked AniDB (they tend to be pretty good at the rating, if a bit too high for my tastes, so I trust them). FMA: 8.31, FMAB: 9.44. The robot is roughly right.
 
@Wipqozn Opinion correction is the obvious choice
 
@fredley So we should send you to the Ministry of Love?
 
@MartinSojka ITS OKAY TO HAVE YOUR OWN OPINIONS
 
12:46 PM
@fredley No it's not. Don't be silly.
 
@fredley I don't actually have an opinion, just reporting on the most trustworthy anime rating system I know.
 
@Wipqozn MY PERSONAL RATINGS SUPERCEDE THOSE OF ONLINE RATINGS
 
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Q: How does "Damage taken gained as Mana" with "Mind over Matter" work?

RaikanAs in the topic, how does it work / how much mana will you gain? What is calculated first: "% of Damage taken Gained as Mana when Hit" or MoM: "30% of damage is taken from Mana before Life" ? With other words, which of the follwing is the case? Simple Example we get 100 damage without mitigat...

 
@MartinSojka Opinions are mandatory
 
@fredley Your face is an opinion.
 
12:48 PM
@fredley In this case, Last Exile > FMA/FMAB.
 
I feel bad for anyone who watched FMAB or read the manga before seeing FMA because they didn't get to enjoy it as much.
cc @FAE
 
@Arperum I agree. It's an opinion on 'what is the most beautiful thing in this room'
@MartinSojka Hmmmm
Not seen
 
@fredley Only if the opinion is "Everything that is not this face.", then we can agree.
 
@Arperum This face is the best points at own face
 
user15026
There are no sports that anyone has bet on playing right now. There is literally nothing for me to do. sigh
 
12:50 PM
Oh yeah, some people are not on holiday
 
@AshleyNunn No sports at all?
Can I place a bet on who wins this non-sports period?
 
user15026
@RonanForman Well, there are likely some sports playing somewhere but everything we have bets for is either rescheduled or hasn't started yet.
 
My current top anime list (just series, else there'd be a bunch of Studio Ghibli stuff in there): Fate/Stay Night, Last Exile (which is steampunk-ish similar to FMA, which is why I used it above), Shingetsutan Tsukihime, GitS2, Planetes, Scrapped Princess, Madlax, GitS, Starship Operators.
 
user15026
@RonanForman SUre why not :)
 
@MartinSojka I have seen none of those
 
12:52 PM
@AshleyNunn IS BOREDOM A SPORT I CAN BET ON?
 
@AshleyNunn Who's not playing?
 
@fredley I'm pretty sure we can agree to disagree.
 
GUESS WHO JUST STARTED UP AUTOCAD!
 
All I've seen is FMA/B, Cowboy Bebop and Attack on Titan though
 
@MartinSojka Watch Mushishi.
 
user15026
12:53 PM
@OrigamiRobot If so I've already won
 
which reminds me, I should watch the new season of Mushisi. only saw few episodes of it. They did a good job of adapting the manga chapters so far.
 
Cowboy Bebop (along with Gunslinger Girl, Narutaru, Noir and Banner of the Stars 2) just didn't make the list.
 
@OrigamiRobot Is he typing in caps? :D
Autocadbot has returned!
 
user15026
@RonanForman Everyone! :P
 
@MartinSojka WHAT IS LAST EXILE ABOUT?
 
12:53 PM
Like, last week or so?
 
@AshleyNunn So that means all the payouts are really high then?
 
@OrigamiRobot Two young friends and their airship (which they use for delivery service) getting involved into a world war which changes the face of the whole world.
 
@MartinSojka Airships are cool
 
@MartinSojka HOW LONG IS IT?
 
12:56 PM
@MartinSojka I feel "that changes the fate of the whole world" could be put at the end of every anime synopsis.
 
@OrigamiRobot 26 episodes.
 
user15026
@RonanForman Oh yes. All the bitcoin.
2
 
@AshleyNunn I only trade in Kanyecoin.
 
user15026
@RonanForman We might have a problem.
 
Basically, the opening does a good job at showing off the visuals already.
 
12:59 PM
@MartinSojka BASED ON THE SCREENSHOTS, I'M SURE THIS HAS SPARKED RIVETING DEBATES ON STEAMPUNK VS DIESELPUNK
GET IT? RIVETING?
CC @Wipqozn
 
user15026
@OrigamiRobot facedesk
 
@MartinSojka Terrible song, nice visuals
 

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