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tombull89

15:00

@KevinvanderVelden unless it gets modpinned.

Kevin van der Velden

@tombull89 true, but that'd be a dickmove waits for modabuse

FEichinger

@Powerlord We star @kalina because she deliberately posts innuendos and reacts weirdly to being starred ... or, used to ... she's gotten soft.

@tombull89 Owners can pin, too.

Wandang

is she a she or not

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tombull89

We star @kalina because she deliberately posts innuendos and reacts weirdly ~~to being starred~~

Wandang

it's only a flower after all

FEichinger

15:01

...

Powerlord

@FEichinger I don't want to know why you thought kalina was hard...

2

tombull89

FTFY

Wandang

stop starring my honest questions

...

!

FEichinger

@Powerlord I have no response to that that wouldn't get me flagged.

@Wandang Rule #1: Don't ask "is she a she or not" ... Like, ever. Just don't.

2

Rule #2: Don't ask to not-be-starred. You will be starred for that.

Yuki

Rule #3: Games are off-topic.

Rule #4: Don't make obtuse references to the rules of Fight Club. It's getting old, to be honest.

Kevin van der Velden

15:03

Rule #5: Lazers are better then lasers

Powerlord

Is she or not is she? That is the question.

Wandang

@FEichinger well it is wierd to talk to some1 as her when she is in fact a man.

FEichinger

@Wandang /cc: @GraceNote

Yuki

Just don't use pronouns then.

Wandang

/cc @GraceNote

FEichinger

15:04

singular "they" is a nice way of talking about someone if you don't know their gender.

Wandang

i declare that we are all dogs anyway

Powerlord

@KevinvanderVelden ...but laser is an acronym.... Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

Yuki

@Wandang Uhh... dogs have genders too...

Grace Note

@FEichinger Hm?

Wandang

@Yuki shh

Kevin van der Velden

15:05

@Wandang can I be a dragon instead? Dragons are way cooler than dogs. And they both start with a D so there's little difference!

Grace Note

Oh geezers do I have to do that whole "Pick a pronoun and stick with it" deal again?

3ventic

cc @someone is like a magical summoning ritual

Kevin van der Velden

@GraceNote only if you want to appease @Wandang

Which there's no real reason to want to do so no

Yuki

@KevinvanderVelden And we haven't found a dragon yet so there's no way to know if they actually have gender differentiation!

FEichinger

@GraceNote I figured you're the best person to involve when this stuff comes up, is all.

3ventic

15:06

@Wandang it's a lot weirder if you try to avoid he/she completely..

Wandang

@KevinvanderVelden you can try catch one: 1.bp.blogspot.com/_jvb_zWfEPsg/S97WU199KXI/AAAAAAAAAeo/…

3ventic

Since it's something you've handled already in the past, can't you just link to the transcript?

FEichinger

@GraceNote Although it's fun to alternate between "he" and "she" for you. :P

Grace Note

@FEichinger I'm actually what some might call a statistical outlier to a point, since most people either insist on a specific pronoun or never speak up about things.

Wandang

so we all just spammed grace note till he/she/it comes?

3ventic

15:08

@FEichinger Like... I want to star his messages, but she isn't saying anything star-worthy?

FEichinger

@3ventic Exactly!

Grace Note

To be fair I prefer not to speak up about things and I only speak up when people won't shut up about things because somehow people "defending my honor" as to what I am when I haven't even stated a claim and I don't need people to defend my honor.

3ventic

Maybe we should just all start using I/you/he/she/it/we/they/dog/cat/lazer/lazers

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Yuki

@3ventic Don't forget lazer.

Powerlord

sigh What did cat do this time?

Grace Note

15:09

That's why I instituted a basic policy - people use whatever pronoun they want when they refer to me. The only rule is that you don't correct other people. If one person calls me "he" and another one calls me "she", neither is wrong.

3ventic

@Yuki Good point

Yuki

In fact, I would like my pronoun to be lazer.

FEichinger

@GraceNote Sure, but you're also the example-case of "pronouns get weird either way", is all.

Grace Note

@FEichinger All the more reason they don't matter, which is rather the point.

3ventic

Lazer would get really weird if lazer replaced all pronouns with lazer.

FEichinger

15:10

@GraceNote And you're the one that can make this point perfectly, history and all.

Grace Note

So that's the story, @Wandang - forget about whether someone is a he or she. Only if that person tells you otherwise should you care to stop.

Wandang

@GraceNote alright mrs sir

Grace Note

If someone else uses a different pronoun than you expect and you feel pressured to adapt, it's your choice to do so. Your choice. Emphasis on choice.

Without actually putting emphasis on choice. Emphasis mine.

Wandang

;D

OrigamiRobot

I choose to think of you all as fellow robots.

Wandang

15:12

@GraceNote i am totally lost

3ventic

NOT ENOUGH EMPHASIS

Yuki

@GraceNote Honestly, "your" should have equal emphasis there.

OrigamiRobot

@GraceNote Grrrrrrrr

3ventic

I hope we're not going down the emphasis path again

Yuki

@3ventic We've went down it before?

Wandang

15:12

on a sidenote: should wie implement heroinhero

Grace Note

@OrigamiRobot Wow I even thought about pinging you here but I decided that since you weren't actually here I shouldn't be cruel to you.

FEichinger

@GraceNote "emphasis" now pings him, too.

OrigamiRobot

@GraceNote I've been lurking for bit.

Kevin van der Velden

@OrigamiRobot after the inevitable robot uprising we will all be robots (except those that resist, they'll be batteries)

3ventic

And no, that didn't work as good as it did that time

fbueckert

15:13

Good morning, Bridge

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Wandang

@KevinvanderVelden can i be an accumulator too?

OrigamiRobot

@KevinvanderVelden You're already batteries.

Grace Note

Good morning, @fbueckert. Emphasis mine.

Wandang

@KevinvanderVelden you can refill me whenever you want

Kevin van der Velden

@Wandang obvious starbait is obvoius

FEichinger

15:14

Soo ... is anyone else having zalgo-remains now?

Kevin van der Velden

Also, wb @Arperum?

Sterno

@GraceNote For maximum trolling, you want to say "Emphasis mine.... xD"

fbueckert

@Wandang You're free to troll me if you so desire. You won't do so for long, though.

FEichinger

Or was the repaint just slow on my PC?

badp

@GraceNote de-emphasis on your emphasis is emphatically mine.

OrigamiRobot

15:14

@Sterno Needs moar commas as ellipses

Wandang

@fbueckert WHAT ?! what did i do now

Grace Note

@Sterno I'm keeping the number of smilies I've posted in the public transcripts of Stack Exchange Chat to a minimum.

Kevin van der Velden

@OrigamiRobot I wonder how kalina would react to ..,.

fbueckert

@Wandang Just commenting on getting pinged about it while I was asleep.

badp

(also I hope you've appreciated my abandoning of the Periodic Gender in referring to you)

Grace Note

15:15

Not really for any good reason. Basically I just made a sort of decision when I joined the network way back then, and it's stuck with it.

badp

(although the Periodic Gender is clearly the best gender, especially if the period is irrational)

Wandang

@fbueckert thought you never spleep. just wait

fbueckert

@Sterno That just gets you ignored.

Wandang

@fbueckert you were up at around 4 oclock in the morning in germany

3ventic

I thought you couldn't ignore mods?

Grace Note

15:16

@badp I had assumed you had stuck to something back when you noticed I had let slip.

fbueckert

@Wandang I live in Canada.

FEichinger

@3ventic You can.

badp

@GraceNote I didn't notice any slip up, I've just settled on my mind-canon

Arperum

@fbueckert Ignore is a wonderfull feature indeed.

Yuki

@Wandang Not everyone lives in Germany.

Wandang

15:16

@fbueckert but you are german right?

Grace Note

@badp Mindcanon is best.

FEichinger

@Wandang He is not.

Wandang

@Yuki germany was a lie!!! oh noes

but his real name is bückert Oo

fbueckert

@Wandang I know a little bit of german. Mostly low german. That comes from being mennonite.

Powerlord

@OrigamiRobot Beep, boop, I am a robot. I am here to steal American jobs.

Wandang

15:17

or really bueckert?!

FEichinger

@Wandang Welcome to World History. Names have travelled far.

Grace Note

Technically my name doesn't actually have an umlaut in it, because even though the proper word has one, my surname is the anglicized version.

Kevin van der Velden

@FEichinger mine hasn't, mine stayed right in it's place.

Wandang

@FEichinger i know that. still i was so sure about that one

Grace Note

I mean it's still right to write it with an umlaut and I'll do it occasionally for fun but on paper it's ae.

boo

15:18

The rules of the Bridge

16 mins ago, 1 minute total – 5 messages, 3 users, 2 stars

Bookmarked 5 secs ago by boo

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FEichinger

@Wandang Making assumptions about people on the Internet is a very easy way to one's downfall.

Wandang

@FEichinger so i will be banned soon again

FEichinger

@boo I'm now cited as the rules? Neat.

Sterno

@GraceNote's last name is Fußgängerübergänge

FEichinger

Where's @FEichinger's law when we need it?

Wandang

15:19

6 mins ago, by Wandang

on a sidenote: should wie implement heroinhero

Kevin van der Velden

@boo Yeah, I get the most important rule :D

Sterno

(hopefully that's not something offensive... it was the first crazy German word I could find)

OrigamiRobot

@badp mindcanon

badp

I mean, nowadays the truth is pretty much obvious

(Grace Note) (@jzy on twitter)
 [ _ _ _ ] --- [ Jin Z_ Y_ ]
            |
     [Jang Zhang Yi]

fbueckert

@GraceNote Also, I think I have my guess now.

Grace Note

15:19

Neh, @badp, what did iDOLM@STER just say earlier in German?

Wandang

@Sterno foul mouthed

Grace Note

@fbueckert Oh?

FEichinger

Aug 26 at 17:56, by OrigamiRobot

@FEichinger's Law of Gravitation says that every topic on The Bridge, must, inevitably, eventually return to sex, food, or insanity.

There we go.

fbueckert

@GraceNote I'm gonna go with Neliel. She sounds like your style.

FEichinger

Kinda sorta relevant.

Grace Note

15:21

@fbueckert A good amount of thought went behind that guess, I can tell.

badp

@GraceNote I dunno what Sterno's said, but he's not my real idol.

fbueckert

@GraceNote And yet, I bet I still got it wrong.

FEichinger

@Sterno Uhh ... "pedestrian crossing", essentially.

Sterno

Google says it means "Pedestrian Crossings"

FEichinger

inb4

Grace Note

15:21

@FEichinger Hah. I see.

badp

@OrigamiRobot You can't shatter a mindcanon twice

FEichinger

It's usually specifically an elevated one, but that's beside the point.

OrigamiRobot

@badp I can remind you of the trauma.

Grace Note

@fbueckert Credit goes where credit is due. She is pretty high tier. Alas, it is indeed wrong.

Sterno

If I ever want to be literally worse than Hitler, I'm renaming to Fußgängerübergänge

Yuki

15:22

@Sterno We'll just call you Gigi or something.

FEichinger

@Yuki I would so call @Sternold "Gigi"

OrigamiRobot

@Sterno Just make your name Butterscotch.

Ronan Forman

@Sterno You want a non-english character first to make it harder to autocomplete.

Sterno

What's happening? I do not like this!

Yuki

Actually, since you'd have 4 G's, we'll call you "Gigigigi".

Grace Note

15:24

'course my plans will be all for naught if I can't find an image I'm satisfied with.

There's actually an early-game CG that would be perfect to use too.

3ventic

@RonanForman non-ASCII auto-complete directly from @

Ronan Forman

@3ventic Oh really, that's neat.

Grace Note

Naaahaa! Found that CG!

fbueckert

@GraceNote Yay!

FEichinger

Also, for our KSP folks: KerbalKon 2013 starts soon!

fbueckert

15:26

So what game did you pick up recently, anyways?

Grace Note

...now to find a site to actually use the image on.

Wandang

Fußgängerübergänge = street crossing

Grace Note

@fbueckert ...Guided Fate Paradox.

3ventic

There's some work to be done..

fbueckert

@GraceNote So I was close!

Wandang

15:27

cross-walk to be more exact

Grace Note

Yeah. I told you you were very close.

Which site...

3ventic

The dropdowns in the new top-bar are annoying... It keeps swapping the dropdown when I move my mouse horizontally

Grace Note

Can't be a blasphemer so that easily knocks off some of those.

Kevin van der Velden

@GraceNote what? But being a blasphemer is so much fun!

Grace Note

@KevinvanderVelden Kinda as part of being y'know, employed here, I have to at least have the graces to not offend an entire site.

Kevin van der Velden

15:29

@GraceNote well, then I'll be offensive for you! Would that work?

Grace Note

I could go for the character-link, except I already have a Seasoned Advice avatar which I'm not only satisfied with but also fits with the actual color theme of the site.

OrigamiRobot

@GraceNote What character did I keep trying to get you to use as an avatar?

Grace Note

@OrigamiRobot Anyone from Legend of Dragoon.

OrigamiRobot

Hmm

fbueckert

@GraceNote Which I would wholeheartedly support.

Kevin van der Velden

15:31

@FEichinger For the KSP people who also like Portal 2 kotaku.com/…

fbueckert

I really want an HD remake of that game.

Grace Note

Cooking would still make the most sense moreso than others though, hrm.

fbueckert

Ooh! New Tales game announced. Tales of Zestiria

Silly Bandai and their non-words.

Grace Note

Heh, Reverse Engineering might've been good for Neliel if I did pick her.

Wandang

so is any1 from germany?

Lazers

15:33

0

Q: Can weapons be destroyed or poisoned?

1) Can weapons be destroyed in combat? I have a feeling I keep fat-fingering and accidentally dropping my weapon when I have to move around a lot in combat, but I can't find my weapon on the ground after combat. 2) Can weapons be poisoned after crafting/finding them? The weapon I lost in the que...

starbound

5pike

@Wandang I'm from Austria, if that counts.

Fluttershy

Can today be over yet? I wanna go home and hunt monsters.

Kevin van der Velden

@Wandang no, people from germany are auto-banned

Grace Note

@KevinvanderVelden Autobahned you mean.

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Wandang

@KevinvanderVelden i would like to response to that but i dont want to be chatbanned again

FEichinger

15:34

@GraceNote Nice one.

Grace Note

Thank you.

Fluttershy

@GraceNote I hope you feel bad for that pun. It wasn't nearly awful enough for the Bridge.

Kevin van der Velden

@GraceNote what a weird feeling, a pun I actually appreciate :o

Wandang

that's so wierd...

Kevin van der Velden

@Fluttershy oh right, maybe that's why I generally don't like puns. I spent to much time here

Wandang

15:35

never had heard jokes with german puns from an non german speaker

feeling abused

Kevin van der Velden

@Wandang most people know the autobahn as a magical place without speed limits

Grace Note

This is distressing. Every site I could use her on matchingly, I either already have someone, or it would be blasphemous.

Wandang

@KevinvanderVelden but thats only a myth

Jason Berkan

@GraceNote Solution: Create a new proposal on Area 51 that she would fit perfectly with.

3ventic

@KevinvanderVelden That's the place I use to drive 180 km/h with my truck in Euro Truck Simulator 2

Grace Note

15:36

@JasonBerkan The one she fits perfectly with is Seasoned Advice!

Wandang

@3ventic o gosh people play that?^^

3ventic

@Wandang Yeah, why not?

Kevin van der Velden

@Wandang I'm aware (living like half an hour from the border) but most people don't

FEichinger

@GraceNote Make Jin change the Seasoned Advice layout so your current one doesn't fit anymore!

Kevin van der Velden

@Wandang yes people, @3ventic and someone else

3ventic

15:37

Not without mods tho

Grace Note

But I already have someone else who fits perfectly there because chefery is not exactly a hard trait to find both as a strong point and as a suitably quirky aspect, like with the whole carrot thing on Vio.

3ventic

I like playing games that have mods

Wandang

@3ventic well it is kinda the same then lumberjacksimulator

3ventic

@Wandang same as holzwhat

oh

that makes more sense

Wandang

burned

Grace Note

15:38

I'll give this some chapters to simmer on my plate before I decide on a site.

Wandang

►

OrigamiRobot

@GraceNote Every time I see Seasoned Advice, I'm sad it isn't called Desperate Thymes.

Wandang

a german game developer makes all kinds of silly simulators

fbueckert

@GraceNote Chefery is the last clue I needed! I know who you chose now!

Lazers

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Q: Is the Guide the ultimate crafting guru?

In the Guide's crafting help menu, you can give him an item and he will show you what you can make with that item and which crafting station you have to use to make it. Does the Guide know all of the crafting recipes? Are there any 'hidden' recipes that you have to discover for yourself by colle...

terraria

5pike

15:39

@Wandang They also sell pretty well.

3ventic

@Wandang ...no, just no

user15026

So, I am not sure if this has been tossed in here yet, but apparently free Fallout games on GoG is a thing right now

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Grace Note

@fbueckert I figured me saying Seasoned Advice the first time would've given it away, heh.

Sterno

This is making me rage

Grace Note

But yes, her.

Wandang

15:40

fbueckert

@GraceNote That just connected to the color scheme.

Didn't pass the primary filter process, though.

Wandang

snowplow simulator

Grace Note

@fbueckert Well, the color scheme connection only applied to my current avatar there, heh, oops.

@Wandang This is hilarious because the windows look like googley eyes.

Braiam

@Wandang oh god...

3ventic

@AshleyNunn Internal server error

user15026

15:41

@3ventic Worked for me, I suspect they are just getting slammed

Jason Berkan

@3ventic GoG's servers are failing pretty spectacularly this morning.

OrigamiRobot

@Sterno ... my brain

Wandang

Kevin van der Velden

@AshleyNunn it's been tossed in jeah, and they're getting slammed pretty hard

3ventic

@JasonBerkan then why are they still failing? You'd think half a day would be enough time to fix it

Sterno

15:42

@OrigamiRobot "Your parents never held you accountable for anything and gave you everything you wanted, so after you drive drunk and kill 4 people, we're going to go ahead and not hold you accountable either!"

Kevin van der Velden

@3ventic you mean an hour and a half?

5pike

Braiam

> Defense attorneys put a psychologist on the stand who testified Couch was a product of wealth and got whatever he wanted.

3ventic

@KevinvanderVelden fine, 6 hours

Jason Berkan

@3ventic The sale showed up in my Facebook feed one hour ago.

Kevin van der Velden

15:43

@Sterno oh god... that guy

Braiam

/me: sorry son, you won't get books this xmas either

user15026

@Braiam That makes me so mad

Kevin van der Velden

@3ventic 1 hour 38 minutes

Wandang

this one is the best:

5pike

@Wandang Straßenkehrer Simulator?

Wandang

15:44

3ventic

Free game for those who like nature

Yuki

@Sterno Can't you get treatment and jail?

Wandang

@5pike yes

fbueckert

@GraceNote Took a little while to remember the name. Kuroiel!

Grace Note

@fbueckert Aye aye.

Braiam

15:45

@Yuki apparently... no

Yuki

@Sterno Apparently, the same judge made this ruling.

FEichinger

@Yuki Free Republic ...

Yuki

@FEichinger It was the first one listed on Google.

Kevin van der Velden

@FEichinger can we just bomb america now? PLEEAAAAASE?

Yuki

That and it wasn't splashed with ads all over the place.

Wandang

15:46

@3ventic touche thats the cherry on the cake

fbueckert

@Yuki Ah, those that subscribe to the "hug a thug" mentality.

Jason Berkan

That company needs to make a zamboni simulator. My kids would play that in an instant.

fbueckert

Those judges need to experience what those thugs do. They won't have that viewpoint for long.

Wandang

toiletmanager:

►

5pike

@JasonBerkan No zamboni, but there is one for snow groomers

Wandang

15:49

@fbueckert hug life?

Braiam

@Wandang NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Grace Note

@fbueckert Y'can see that you were only a bit off, neh?

fbueckert

@GraceNote Yup!

Lazers

1

Q: Can weapons be poisoned after finding/creating?

Can weapons be poisoned after crafting/finding them? The weapon I lost in this question was a very effective poisoned spear, and I'm wondering what happened or if I can get a spear and re-poison it.

starbound

Wandang

►

there is your zamboni

@JasonBerkan

5pike

15:52

@Wandang Holy shit

fbueckert

My kitten is patting at my face for some reason.

Wandang

@5pike that music totally makes the game exciting... no it does not

Tim Stone

@Sterno Yeah, I'm conflicted on what should have happened. On the one hand you want hard justice for the victims' families, on the other you have to figure there's something actually wrong with these individuals to be so unbelievably careless, and straight jail time probably won't magically fix that (and unless they were tried as adults, they would likely end up with a small enough jail sentence that their recklessness would become a problem again for society in the not-so-distant future)

5pike

@fbueckert pat it back

user15026

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Q: Why does my cat keep patting my face?

My cat has a habit of randomly patting my face - sometimes when I am sleeping, or when he is snuggled in my lap, or when I am sitting somewhere. I can't really find a pattern to it, and it is somewhat cute, but can also be annoying, especially if he accidentally gets me with his claws. Why is he...

cats behavior

fbueckert

15:54

@TimStone Something that says, "You are responsible for your actions, whether your parents think so or not" would be preferable.

3ventic

I'd post a question "Why does my dog keep showing me his tongue", but it's too trivial..

Jason Berkan

@Wandang It's missing the ice girls, but awesome, nonetheless. Downloading as we speak.

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn When I try to pet her when she's patting my face, she tries to bite my fingers.

Yuki

@fbueckert Maybe she wants food?

And thinks you trying to pet her is you giving her your fingers to eat?

Kevin van der Velden

@fbueckert She's simply going "WAIT YOUR TURN PUNY HUMAN"

fbueckert

15:56

@Yuki I keep her food dish full.

user15026

@fbueckert Norbert does the same sometimes, usually because his food is empty

fbueckert

But I should double-check that, just in case she inhaled all of it.

5pike

@fbueckert she might just want to play with you

Kevin van der Velden

Also I totally read it as "My kitchen is patting at my face for some reason"

I don't know why

Wandang

@JasonBerkan your welcome :D

5pike

15:57

Or just be a nuisance

Jason Berkan

Tomorrow, I shall begin my quest to get a gold badge for Zamboni Simulator questions.

fbueckert

@5pike Nah, when she wants to be a nuisance, she knows what to do.

Powerlord

Tomorrow, I should begin my quest to get @JasonBerkan declared legally insane.

3

Shouldn't be too difficult...

Wandang

@JasonBerkan i am still in favour of Heroin Hero:

FEichinger

@Powerlord Psh, he's doing all the work for you already.

The rules of the Bridge

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