The Bridge

5:00 PM

Though I saw on the Scuba proposal a question that was "I'm snorkeling with my friend who is on scuba. How safe is it for me to take a buddy breath off of him?" (the answer is NOT SAFE AT ALL DO NOT EVER DO THAT)

Matt Giltaji

@Unionhawk but movies and tv....

Unionhawk

@MattGiltaji You know what happens if you take a buddy breath off someone? You end up holding your breath with pressurized air in your lungs.

Matt Giltaji

@Unionhawk and that's bad?

sincerely, i know very little about scuba

Unionhawk

That air expands, and given no place to escape, will cause an arterial gas embolism, or other severe decompression injury.

Wipqozn

@StrixVaria He also committed to ilfehacks

Matt Giltaji

5:02 PM

@Unionhawk does it matter how close to the buddy breath is taken to the surface, or is it universally bad?

Unionhawk

@MattGiltaji The shallowest reported AGE was in 4 feet of water. Little girl on a discover scuba, took a deep breath underwater, held breath, ascended, embolized.

Matt Giltaji

@Unionhawk so you're good as long as you breathe out before ascending

Carpetsmoker

19

Q: When did Area 51 go full-on X-Files?

http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/72406/possession-study-of http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/72176/exopolitics http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/72074/ancient-alien-theory http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/69382/new-age http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/69...

Unionhawk

But the thing is, without a weight belt, you're not controlling your ascent

At all

Wipqozn

Who does social protocol dictate should pay for the first date between an Alien and a Human?

Carpetsmoker

5:05 PM

I don't think he created all of those, but a few of them anyway IIRC ... His reply on that question also shows a lack of understanding: "As far as I know The X-Files is an American science fiction horror, so I don't see any connection here."

Unionhawk

If you go in with the plan of breathing out fast enough to not embolize upon ascent, then you'll either breathe out fast enough and drown, or not breathe out fast enough and embolize.

Carpetsmoker

Hyperdrive - Alien sex disease

►

Matt Giltaji

@Unionhawk so how do those free diver people do it?

murgatroid99

@Carpetsmoker That is a stunning lack of self-awareness

Wipqozn

> I you don't believe in Alchemy, disprove it first, as there are people who claiming they know how to do it and they did it.

Unionhawk

5:06 PM

@MattGiltaji The problem comes with breathing in at depth

Wipqozn

-2

A: When did Area 51 go full-on X-Files?

As far as I know The X-Files is an American science fiction horror, so I don't see any connection here. Everybody is seeying the reality in different ways and it's matter of different point of view and what we think we call reality is just majority acceptance (mainstream science/media) at the gi...

Matt Giltaji

@Unionhawk ah, i think i got the physics now

Unionhawk

At depth, a free diver's lungs contract, and expand to their original size at the surface

murgatroid99

@Wipqozn I was just about to quote that

Tim Stone

@Wipqozn That makes far more sense than making the few people who did prove it!

Unionhawk

5:07 PM

A scuba diver breathes in at depth, filling their lungs. Ascending, that air expands, which is why continuous breathing is imperative in scuba

Lazers

-1

Q: How to start learning redstone

I want to learn redstoning in minecraft, I'm an avarage player, I'm good in maths How do I beign with learning redstorning? Where to start? Any tutorials?

minecraft minecraft-redstone

murgatroid99

Why prove anything when you can just not disprove everything?

Wipqozn

@murgatroid99 It's the stupdiest thing I've read all day.

Matt Giltaji

@Unionhawk so you're taking continuous shallow breaths as you ascend/descend to keep the pressure fairly regular?

or just not deep breaths

Unionhawk

@MattGiltaji Just continuous breaths.

Wipqozn

5:08 PM

Okay, I'm now convinced this guy is 100% serious.

Unionhawk

The only hard and fast rule is to not go up too fast and not hold your breath

murgatroid99

There are a lot of graduate-educated young-earth creationists.

Wipqozn

> The scope of proposal is defined as it is and these topics are covered by experts such as Reiki masters, healers, druids, Chi/Qigong masters, Psionics masters, esoteric teachers, shamans, astral projectors, lucid dreamers, personal experience, not to mention extensive literature and many more. If we can find experts for vampires, we can extend the scope. – kenorb 3 mins ago

Matt Giltaji

@murgatroid99 i liked when that moon landing guy talked crap to buzz aldrin, so buzz aldrin punched him in the face

StrixVaria

Russell's teapot

Russell's teapot, sometimes called the celestial teapot or cosmic teapot, is an analogy first coined by the philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) to illustrate that the philosophic burden of proof lies upon a person making scientifically unfalsifiable claims rather than shifting the burden of proof to others, specifically in the case of religion. Russell wrote that if he claims that a teapot orbits the Sun somewhere in space between the Earth and Mars, it is nonsensical for him to expect others to believe him on the grounds that they cannot prove him wrong. Russell's teapot is still referred...

Wipqozn

5:10 PM

@MattGiltaji that was great

murgatroid99

@StrixVaria Yeah, that's probably a better thing to point at

Carpetsmoker

area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/84880/paranormal/85055#85055

"It depends if it was flying or not. – kenorb 2 mins ago"

....

Unionhawk

Paranormal is the new lifehacks

...why

murgatroid99

@Unionhawk Paranormal is better than Lifehacks, because every question is guaranteed to be stupid

Unionhawk

Fucking... WE WERE JUST FINISHED WITH LIFEHACKS

ALKFHSIL:KHFL:ASFHJDSKFHLKSDJUISFDYUHFUHKGDYHDFSDIUSFHLJKDSHLKJAFSHLKJHSFALK\\

Carpetsmoker

5:14 PM

Hm, so I guess the "How do I get rid of sperm stains"-question on lifehack originated here?

murgatroid99

@Unionhawk Don't worry, it won't actually go into beta unless the scope centers around Ghostbusters, ghost dates, vampire sunblock, and werewolf shampoo

Matt Giltaji

@murgatroid99 we thought lifehacks would never get into beta, yet it went into public beta on the first possible day

Unionhawk

Can't we just dupe this to SFF and call it good?

And then laugh at SFF?

murgatroid99

@MattGiltaji We can help by downvoting every question that reaches 10 votes on principle

Jason Berkan

The difference here, is that we are currently in control of Paranormal.SE.

Unionhawk

5:15 PM

Because that's basically what we are doing

murgatroid99

-7

A: When did Area 51 go full-on X-Files?

Just vote to close the as the duplicates of Science Fiction & Fantasy. Oh, sorry, you can't. SE has removed that feature. They [don't] handle that themselves. Hmm well than feel free to create as many proposals as you can just to show the point that change was wrong. Maybe it's just what's hap...

Jason Berkan

@Unionhawk I was going to start picking valid RPG.SE questions and posting them.

Unionhawk

POIFECT

Lazers

-2

Q: where to find corrosive weapons in borderlands 2 easy?

i am a level 12 commando (heavy shock trooper) on borderlands 2. I'm on the dam fine rescue mission and need to beat w4r d3n but i can't find any corrosive weapons. i heard there are some hidden in certain chests and in shops but i can't find any. any help or corrosive weapon locations?

borderlands-2

0

Q: Landing council members

Why is it, when I decide to land a council member in order to boost their opinion, do I end up losing them? If I give, say, my spymaster a minor barony that I own, they are still my direct vassal, but I end up losing them, which defeats the whole point of landing them in the first place. I can ap...

crusader-kings-2

Wipqozn

> [this is a great comment]
[flag this comment as noise, offensive, or spam]

@Wipqozn The question is fine as far there are people who can answer these who are experienced in dealing with such entities as part of paranormal scope. However I couldn't find any vampires on Paranormal wiki article. There are equivalent entities to vampires, but they're in astral plane and they suck your energy (not blood). But it's nothing to do with physical vampires. – kenorb 2 mins ago

> Sorry, but I'm still not clear. Your reply to @Sterno makes it sound as if we only allow questions about a topic if we have a registered user on Paranormal.SE who is an expert on that topic. For example, we wouldn't allow questions about Druids unless we had a registered user who was a Druid. Is this what you meant? Could you please clarify? Thanks. – Wipqozn 0 secs ago edit

Unionhawk

5:18 PM

I'm totally lost here

What are we talking about?

Where am I?

WHO AM I?

Matt Giltaji

@Unionhawk you are @gnomeslice

Wipqozn

@Unionhawk A walking steortype

murgatroid99

> Paranormal wiki is the authoritative source

Wipqozn

Oh hey, can we ask questions about @Unionhawk on Paranoramal.SE?

Carpetsmoker

rationalwiki.org/wiki/Vampire#.22Real.22_vampires

Unionhawk

5:20 PM

Yes

Go for it

See if I care

Carpetsmoker

vampiretemple.com/index.html

StrixVaria

@uni

Carpetsmoker

washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/23/…

Unionhawk

STILL HERE

You rang?

Hullo?

D:

the bridge you have dialed is not available. please hang up and try again

Lazers

1

Q: What does the symbol with a shield and two swords next to clan members' names mean if its red?

What does the symbol with a shield and two swords next to clan members' names mean if its red? I saw what the gray meant and the one with a line under but not the one that is red.

clash-of-clans

Carpetsmoker

5:24 PM

1

Q: What to do about pseudoscientific questions about photography and alike?

The recent question about "auras" and photography got me thinking. Do we have any praxis about how to handle questions like this? I'm not sure if the person that asked the question is a troll or not, but if he is maybe it would be better just to avoid commenting on the question and let the down v...

discussion

More madness!

Actual question is deleted, but here's a backup of the "censored" question: gist.github.com/kenorb/0cef2ddb58af3ac9b5dd

Matt Giltaji

@Carpetsmoker that gist repo is a goldmine for good questions to ask

Rapitor

Wipqozn

> For further clarification, you should read Paranormal wiki what is commonly considered paranormal. There is Cryptozoology (Cryptids), so there are werewolves, but I can't find vampires. If there is paranormal literature on vampires to use it as support, then it's fine. – kenorb 3 mins ago

Unionhawk

I can't

I'm done

I can't even

This user

What the shit man

murgatroid99

@Wipqozn He really needs to define what counts as "paranormal" besides "things mentioned on this random wiki"

Matt Giltaji

5:28 PM

> Also we don't want to involve science, because science procedures are too complex (or too limited) to draw any simple conclusions. That's why they can't find the scientific evidences for alien existence and probably they won't soon

Sterno

@GnomeSlice Died on level 5 boss. He was almost dead and then out of nowhere I took like 120 damage :(

murgatroid99

36 mins ago, by murgatroid99

@Wipqozn Does that mean that if there really is evidence for something, it becomes off topic?

Sorry, "scientific" evidence

Wipqozn

@murgatroid99 He has

> If there is paranormal literature on vampires to use it as support, then it's fine.

Is there any literature anywhere in the world talking about vampireS?

If so, on topic!

murgatroid99

@Wipqozn But what is "paranormal literature"?

You can't define "paranormal" as "things in paranormal literature and sites". It's circular

Unionhawk

@UNI STATUS: can't even

Lazers

5:31 PM

-4

Q: Do you think FNAF is a scary game?

Do you think FNAF is a scary game?

five-nights-at-freddys

0

Q: My program works in simulation but fails in game mode

I've set up my code so that my main module consists of only the following: var main = require('main2'); main(); This works in simulation's survival training mode, where main is a function. However, in the online survival mode I have started getting the following error: main:3 main(); ^ Type...

screeps

Wipqozn

@murgatroid99 but are circles even real?

How can circles be real if our eyes aren't real?

Batophobia

@murgatroid99 Twilight

Matt Giltaji

@Wipqozn needs moar jayden capitalization

Jason Berkan

@murgatroid99 Buffy.

Batophobia

Castlevania

murgatroid99

5:33 PM

But this guy definitely thinks that there's paranormal literature that isn't fiction

Clearly, or the proposal wouldn't exist

Carpetsmoker

First question with 10 upvotes \o/

39 to go!

Unionhawk

Jesus

Sterno

OPEN YOUR MINDS, SHEEPLE

Unionhawk

Just let me know if we hit close to half so I can break out my downvotes

murgatroid99

All of the top voted example questions are going to be troll questions

Matt Giltaji

5:34 PM

@Unionhawk spoken like a true member of the lizard people hivemind

murgatroid99

I kind of want that site to exist

3

Jason Berkan

We all do.

Sterno

Paranormal Custom Close Reason: Son, you're just plain dumb.

2

murgatroid99

@Sterno Is that a close reason for questions or for the site itself?

Matt Giltaji

@Sterno you owe me a new keyboard, one without water spit all over it

Carpetsmoker

5:35 PM

@Sterno So what questions will remain open then?

Wipqozn

@murgatroid99 Sounds like a good discussion question!

Batophobia

@murgatroid99 reddit.SE

Wipqozn

This is Lifehacks all over again.

They still don't have a good definition of what a lifehack is.

@murgatroid99 Me too

We should all make an effort to push this site forward.

murgatroid99

0

Q: What exactly counts as paranormal?

Proposal: Paranormal When considering any particular phenomenon, how can I tell whether it is within this site's scope?

culture proposal-scope

Wipqozn

@murgatroid99 Thank you <3

Jason Berkan

5:39 PM

@murgatroid99 This is the kind of strong, forward thinking that Paranormal.SE needs in a mod.

Wipqozn

@JasonBerkan @murgatroid99 for mod!

murgatroid99

Only if I can institute the kind of rigorous external reference rules that Skeptics has

Jason Berkan

I think the scope should be constrained to only topics that appeared on an X-Files episode.

murgatroid99

@JasonBerkan What about Buffy? Or Supernatural? Or Scooby Doo?

Actually, in Scooby Doo it was always the real estate agent, so I'm not sure if that counts

Frank

Or <insert show that's not actually real, but has fantastic creatures>?

Carpetsmoker

5:42 PM

Scooby Doo was very realistic

Jason Berkan

@murgatroid99 X-Files should be generic enough, as far as paranormal goes. Buffy was very vampire-centric.

murgatroid99

@Carpetsmoker Someone pointed out recently that the conflict was almost always over land or real estate

MadMAxJr

And the close brigades are starting on paranormal

Wipqozn

> Ah, okay ... I think the OP was asking if there are specially trained people to deal with various strange paranormal phenomenons, such as ghosts and the like. – Carpetsmoker 11 mins ago

@Carpetsmoker nicely done

MadMAxJr

The Scooby Doo kids are amateur paranormal investigators. I was looking for someone more professional, with a business location.

ken.ganong

5:47 PM

Can someone explain why gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/209406/which-games-are-these was closed as opinion-based?

Frank

@ken.ganong While I don't agree with the close reason, I don't think it's a question worth keeping.

ken.ganong

Comment on the question indicated that there might have been some sort of discussion on it here.

Batophobia

@ken.ganong Because some users just hate all game-id questions, voted to re-open

Jason Berkan

@ken.ganong It is a bad question and people just picked a close reason.

Rapitor

@ken.ganong the screenshots were deliberately hard to tell what the game is, so it becomes an opinion-based guessing game

Sterno

5:48 PM

@ken.ganong That's a pretty terrible close reason for it

Wipqozn

Yeah, I'll vote to re-open

StrixVaria

@Rapitor That's not what "opinion-based" means.

Wipqozn

I think it's a terrible question, but I haven't heard any good reason for it to be closed.

Rapitor

i wanted to vote too broad, but there was already a bunch on opinion

Unionhawk

That's the worst close reason I've ever seen.

StrixVaria

5:48 PM

Reopened + downvoted.

Sterno

I can't believe I just felt compelled to vote to reopen that

4

Frank

@Wipqozn Other than the screenshots being only partial shots, and being deliberately vague?

evil fredley

@Wipqozn I don't think it should be closed. It's bad, but not off topic

Frank

We DO have precedent for closing ITGs that have screenshots.

MadMAxJr

I guess it fell under the 'unclear' territory since it's fragmented screenshot pieces.

Matt Giltaji

5:49 PM

@evilfredley lulz

Batophobia

@MadMAxJr Still qualifies as a screenshot

Wipqozn

I'm voting to reopen this question. While I don't think this is a good question, I haven't heard any good reason for it to be closed. Remember, A Close Vote is not a Super-Downvote. — Wipqozn 35 secs ago

ken.ganong

Downvoted into oblivion makes sense to me, closed seems odd.

Batophobia

@Wipqozn Removed?

Frank

@Batophobia A deliberately vague screenshot doesn't feel like what the whole point of the exception was for.

MadMAxJr

5:51 PM

The question is reopened.

Rapitor

not to mention the user asked then promptly left to not return

Batophobia

@Frank Exception was to have something not solely based on memory, which none of those are

Frank

@Batophobia And to have something you could use to identify the game.

Yuuki

Something something game identification drama something.

fredley

It's bad because either, it's a 'level' in a game - in which case it should be tagged with that game. In this case, the correct answer is the 6 games. This information is helpful to other pepole stuck on the same level. OR it's game identification, in which case it's 6 different questions.

Frank

5:53 PM

We HAVE closed (and deleted) a question that had a screenshot, but didn't have enough detail in it to actually answer it.

Batophobia

@Frank Examples?

LessPop_MoreFizz

Earl Sinclair performs Hypnotize by The Notorious B.I.G.

►

Frank

Trying to find it now.

Unionhawk

In any case, it's not opinion based are you kidding

Jason Berkan

Ugh. This question is absolutely not worth this kind of discussion effort.

LessPop_MoreFizz

5:53 PM

IF YOU EVER CLICK A YOUTUBE LINK I HAVE POSTED, MAKE IT THIS ONE.

Batophobia

@Frank I get the feeling this may backfire on you with all your examples being reopened

Wipqozn

@JasonBerkan I know. It's great.

fredley

Shall I just delete it, then we can stop worrying about it?

Wipqozn

@LessPop_MoreFizz Am I going to regret this?

Sterno

@JasonBerkan I had a whole bit of code earlier that said this!

Frank

5:54 PM

@Batophobia As far as I know, this is one that no one will want to keep.

fredley

@Wipqozn Videos in the Bridge are always ragret

2

Frank

No matter how much it meets the letter.

Assuming I can find it, that is.

Sterno

But then it became drama, so my interest went up

Carpetsmoker

So would a better, more specific question be: Who should I call if there is a green ghost leaving ectoplasm all over the ballroom of my hotel? – Sterno 2 mins ago

Tim Stone

@LessPop_MoreFizz ahahahahaha

Wipqozn

5:55 PM

@Carpetsmoker hahha

I love you @Sterno. You've my favourite.

Matt Giltaji

@Wipqozn its actually quite good

Frank

I'm thinking they didn't use the correct tag.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Wipqozn not if you like things that are wonderful and delightful.

Frank

Nope, can't find it.

Batophobia

@LessPop_MoreFizz bacon?

Unionhawk

5:58 PM

I will assume it happened. Even so, POB is not even remotely a proper close reason in this case.

Sterno

@Frank If it was really closed, it may have then been deleted.

Frank

@Sterno Yeah, which is why I'm trolling through @Lazers posts here in the Bridge.

Unionhawk

And with that, I stop caring about this question.

Frank

But I can't remember enough about it to find it.

Jason Berkan

I remember that question. The OP had a screenshot from his hard drive that was a blue rectangle.

Frank

6:02 PM

@JasonBerkan That was the one.

It was so vague as to be useless.

Unionhawk

Oh yes

Frank

But I did find this gem as I'm trying to find it.

Rapitor

@Frank that is fantastic

Frank

@Rapitor Now that you have 10K, just dig through @Lazer's old posts. There's a lot of junk in there.

Rapitor

i don't think i have the stomach

MadMAxJr

6:07 PM

Quick, to the lazermobile?

Unionhawk

No

Absolutely not

MadMAxJr

Oh man. The ghostbusters question now has 11 upvotes on paranormal.

Sterno

6:18 PM

Best deleted question

Frank

@Sterno The fact that we took such an idiotic question, and actually tried to make something out of it, makes me very sad.

Sterno

Yeah. That makes me want to visit SFF

Lazers

0

Q: Standard vs Expert Sphere Grid

The International version of Final Fantasy X gives the option at new game to choose between Standard and Expert Sphere Grids. (This also applies to the HD remaster versions.) It appears that the Standard Sphere Grid is larger though. Does that mean that the theoretical maximum stats of character...

final-fantasy-10

Unionhawk

HOW EVERYTHING OUT

StrixVaria

@Sterno Is this an ad? I'm just confused.

Rapitor

6:20 PM

@Sterno isn't the story behind that one like the asker just copy pasted example questions or something?

Frank

@Rapitor I think it was a troll, who'd copy and paste from random sections to make it pass the quality filter.

Unionhawk

Are Internet trolls paranormal?

NO BAD @UNI

Carpetsmoker

@Sterno Now you made me curious what it is ...

Wipqozn

@Carpetsmoker Maybe someone less lazy than me will take a screenshot

TheAce

GUYS GUYS

MadMAxJr

6:33 PM

... Are trolls simply computer ghosts? Cause I feel haunted.

Carpetsmoker

@Unionhawk Only if you feed them after midnight

Lazers

0

Q: Call of Duty Advanced Warfare freezes about 2 minutes into Multiplayer gameplay

I am running Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare on my PC. I have updated all of my drivers, deleted and re-installed the game, and still no luck. The first week I had the game it was running great. Then once I hit level 27, I'm coming across this reoccurring problem: I will be maybe 2 or 3 minutes ...

steam pc technical-issues call-of-duty

TheAce

i got my new internet

Matt Giltaji

@TheAce we're all stuck on the old one

TheAce

@MattGiltaji my condolences

Lazers

6:41 PM

0

Q: Tackling a lack of boats

Playing Crusader Kings 2 with the Charlemagne expansion, I started a game as a count in southern Greece (Byzantine Empire). I rebelled against my liege, and then against the emperor (note: the magic cheat fairy may have left me a large pile of cash to help me get an accelerated start and hire som...

crusader-kings-2

StrixVaria

I suppose I shouldn't ask about games that run on three monitors, 120 Degree Vision is clearly an 'out-of-game' resource that clearly gives me an advantage... — Mark 35 secs ago

-_-

murgatroid99

@StrixVaria you can probably set 120 degree FOV with a single monitor

TheAce

I also have CiS now

Matt Giltaji

@TheAce i dunno what that is

TheAce

@MattGiltaji Cities: Skylines

murgatroid99

6:46 PM

@StrixVaria I see his point, though, about the vagueness of "out-of-game resources"

Matt Giltaji

@TheAce ah. what shape is your city?

Sterno

@Carpetsmoker & @Strixvaria It was an ad in the sidebar on Arqade

Oh, you meant what novel

TheAce

@MattGiltaji Just downloaded it haven't ran it yet

Sterno

4

A: Story/novella about a giant hand from another dimension/universe

This reminded me of Baran of the Extra Hand from Zelazny's "The Changing Land". From the wikipedia page: Baran of the Extra Hand is a wizard who has taken control of the fortress and is using the demi-god Tualua to keep outsiders at bay until he can figure out a way to control Tualua with...