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4:00 PM
Do you have enough 10k+ users?
 
depends on the time of day
 
@RolandiXor Our mods. I don't ever recall seeing @jmfsg. And I don't see @Oak all that often either.
 
O_o
 
@FEichinger To a point, flags are a means to let things reach the mods anyway.
 
@RavenDreamer and @badp are pretty much the only mods I see on a regular basis.
 
4:01 PM
@Yuki all of our mods have a "level" of activity on the site
 
Stuff that needs flagging should get flagged. If people from outside validate it despite it being in line with the room's climate those people should get the context first, then make their call.
 
I'm not going to comment on "level"
 
@FEichinger you do know that's asking a lot of them, though.
 
@RolandiXor I'm sorry, but this has more to do with educating the people actioning the flag than the people casting the flag.
 
Remember yesterday? I was head under water with a raving madman when I got about 3 flags in a row from this room on the chat. And I was not alone :)
 
4:02 PM
@RolandiXor With great power (chatbanning people) comes great responsibility.
 
Of course, I was the one who got the flames for my response...
 
Sadly, nobody listens to Spider-Man.
 
@Yuki he's been kicking around a time or two, from what I recall.
 
WITH GREAT BANNING COMES GREAT SATISFACTION
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@RolandiXor Grabbing context is kinda... a really simple and reasonable minimum expectation for people tasked with doing this.
 
4:03 PM
@kalina Thank you @badp.
 
@GraceNote I agree, the number of people who actually get context though is a bit low
partially because, the flag system follows the "fastest gun in the west" method
people who take time to get the context usually miss the chance to invalidate
 
@GraceNote Even assuming the context needs "in-depth knowledge of the room climate" (that is, more activity than just dropping in), people shouldn't action the flag without the context - instead just leave it be.
 
That's kinda how the whole merit-based system works. The reason it takes 10,000 reputation to actually see these things is because we expect some measure of developed responsibility and system knowledge in the time it takes you to get that far.
 
Maybe there should be a time delay on validating chat flags?
 
I find it interesting that I could actually contest the flag on my own post. Would've been so simple to mark it as invalid.
 
4:04 PM
@FEichinger Another simple and reasonable minimum expectation.
 
I am a dog without teeth in this fight...
 
@GraceNote Ahyup.
 
Woof, woof.
 
sets fire to @RolandiXor
now you're a dog on fire, with no teeth
 
Thank you!
 
4:04 PM
@kalina Oh, screw you, I'm at work.
 
screw me at work?
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really?
 
Congrats, you're now a permanent fixture in The Bridge
 
@FEichinger Apparently not doing things is a lot of effort.
 
Or at least, the 2014 fire database
 
4:05 PM
@kalina ... Given my work place, that would probably even be illegal
 
@OrigamiRobot To be honest, I usually climb stairs because I'm too tired and lazy to wait for an elevator.
 
@Unionhawk And the all-time one!
 
@GraceNote Doesn't that make you more tired and lazy?
 
This got weird fast
 
yeah...
 
4:06 PM
@Frank No.
 
@BenBrocka nope, this is still pretty normal
 
@BenBrocka It got disquieting fast, rather.
 
@BenBrocka Meh, it got weird about as fast as normal.
 
I am not cut out for this kind of normal...
 
@kalina Compared to some of the other stuff we said here, yeh.
 
4:06 PM
@Frank @GraceNote is powered by weird, repetitive menial tasks
 
@GraceNote It makes me so mad when people wait for an elevator to go up one or two floors.
 
this is the best kind of normal
 
The Bridge: Where the norm is strange, wierd, and all around wonderful.
 
*disquieting menial tasks
 
@OrigamiRobot I like running down the stairs, pushing the elevator button on every floor
 
4:07 PM
Although what @FEichinger (grrrrrr) found abnormal yesterday makes me wonder...
 
forcing the lazy people to stop on every floor
 
That said, @RolandiXor, I've said it yesterday as well: The problem wasn't you actioning the flag, it was the tirade afterwards.
 
What is normal here?
 
More specifically, people I'm having a conversation with. I want to take the stairs because it's faster.
 
@kalina Also the old, infirm, and handicapped.
 
4:07 PM
@FEichinger that's not what I'm talking about ;)
 
@BenBrocka Actually according to all my friends I'm powered by jackets.
 
@RolandiXor I am normal here.
 
Remember the eating thing...
 
@RolandiXor I was replying to earlier. Not the "normal/abnormal" stuff.
 
@kalina I'll usually take the elevator if it's more than one floor; I get enough exercise, thank you.
 
4:07 PM
@RolandiXor Out of context stars. Complaining about everything. Not talking about video games.
 
@GraceNote Do you eat them?
 
@RolandiXor normally half the room is on fire, half of what's left is talking about sex using dodgy innuendos, and @ElfSlice is linking videos and spamming links to games
 
@BenBrocka It's more of like equipping a battery pack, yanno?
 
@GraceNote Yellow jackets?
 
Or was that not norrmal because it came from me @FEichinger? :)
 
4:08 PM
@OrigamiRobot Mostly blue, one brown, and fittingly one off-green.
 
@kalina I don't post anywhere near as many game links as I used to.
 
Because if so, that is normal.
 
It just pissed everyone off.
 
Hell, yeah, people dropping in is normal. It just makes us all very, very angry.
 
@GraceNote That's a relief. I am slightly afraid of bees.
 
4:08 PM
@JasonBerkan sounds like Ask Ubuntu.
 
Aug 5 '13 at 17:57, by Grace Note
There's a wasp out my window whose abdomen is the size of a wasp.
 
@RolandiXor As for the "normal/abnormal" stuff, it's really just that you were rather unfamiliar with the folks in here (more importantly: vice-versa), so it didn't come off as "normal" to me, is all.
 
people dropping into the bridge is why I always drop into a channel when a flag is raised and laugh at them all
 
@kalina ^
 
@FEichinger I am never "normal" - so me being abnormal is normal.
 
4:09 PM
@GraceNote As long as the window is closed, that's fine.
 
@GraceNote Yep there's your problem; Fractal Wasps
 
@RolandiXor Well, not talking about video games would actually make sense in Ask Ubuntu.
 
@RolandiXor which then becomes the new normal, and then a paradox ensues
 
@RolandiXor I know, I know. But as I said yesterday, that was really just a side note, not really anything important. :P
 
@kalina Doesn't matter, we still have means to detect and burninate them.
 
4:10 PM
@RolandiXor Welcome to the Bridge; you'll fit right in.
 
The day I am considered normal in any place... is an abnormal day indeed.
 
@OrigamiRobot With a screen, to boot. It's awesome to watch things out it, though.
 
The longer you stay here, the more normal that kind of thing gets. :P
 
Bumblebees flitting about adorably. Or the time we had a praying mantis on the screen for two days straight.
 
@FEichinger it felt important to me, for reasons unrelated to the internet which I will not go into :)
 
@RavenDreamer well no automated script is doing it
 
But if you were a psychologist you would get it immediately.
 
@GraceNote I had one on my screen the other day. Poor fella was missing one of his pinchers
 
@BenBrocka I don't know about you but I figure they's be a problem for everybodies.
@BenBrocka Aww, that's sad.
 
@kalina I am a living paradox ;)
@Yuki lol...
@Frank thanks!
 
4:11 PM
Hmm.. I wonder if we can start three independent chat threads...
 
@GraceNote I feel I should take this time to address the urban legend: Praying Mantises are not endangered.
 
there are too many blue names chatting in this room at the moment
 
@Yuki We could try 4
 
@Yuki I am multithreaded, so this is normal for me.
 
By "the other day" I mean "several months ago" of course
 
4:12 PM
what is this, teachers lounge?
 
Not directed at you, just being informative.
 
Just to try to confuse @RolandiXor
 
@OrigamiRobot I didn't know this was even a thing, interesting to know that such a weird urban legend exists.
 
@Unionhawk impossible.
 
I found it significant because I love bugs and it happens that I'd never seen a mantis before in the physical world.
 
4:12 PM
I confuse, I cannot be confused.
 
markdown just confused you
 
@RolandiXor Challenge accepted.
 
Decisions, decisions. I just started playing Valkyria Chronicles 3 yesterday, but I still have Zelda to finish, Gundam to play, and I bought Torchlight 2 yesterday.
 
Except confused with someone else.
 
don't lie
 
4:13 PM
@GraceNote Yea I've only seen one or two outside of a zoo.
 
@BenBrocka "The other day", in my lexicon, refers to any day within 1 and 364 days of the present day.
 
@kalina I am a normal human being. There. I lied.
 
Lots of mantis eggs in Christmas trees, though.
 
@OrigamiRobot I took like seven pictures of it on my phone.
 
there's no such thing as a "Normal" human being
therefore, you didn't lie
 
4:13 PM
Our tree is artificial so no concerns about bug eggs. Or really any sort of eggs.
 
all of you pathetic humans are unique in your own pathetic ways
 
@OrigamiRobot Yet another reason to live in the cold.
 
@kalina I am not a human being.
Therefore, I lied.
 
except in your combustibility
 
@GraceNote I usually absentmindedly use it to refer to anything that seems vaguely recent
 
4:14 PM
@BenBrocka In my case the mantis was quite a few months ago as well, when it wasn't the times of the FRIGID NORTHLANDS DESCENDING LIKE RIGHTEOUS SNOW.
 
@GraceNote this is a pretty wide scope
 
@kalina It lets me cover most of my bases with a really safe margin of error.
 
@GraceNote yeah a bit cold for them now
 
VTC "The other day" as too broad
 
To date, thanks to that definition, I have never been wrong in all my past statements of "the other day".
 
4:17 PM
Morning, Bridge.
 
Aaaaaaaaah it's a talking horse!
 
pony*
 
Oh, well that's perfectly normal then, carry on
 
cartoon*
:P
 
I'm going to futureforth think all ponies are just turtles.
 
4:18 PM
Duh @BenBrocka, horses don't have pink hair!
 
@Fluttershy Oh hello.
 
licks @Fluttershy
mmmmmmmm it tastes like a rainbow
 
@Fluttershy hi
 
@GraceNote off green turtles
 
add me...
 
4:19 PM
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Q: Do all characters in Don't Starve build the same items?

David MWhen you unlock new characters in Don't Starve they clearly have different strengths, weaknesses and personalities. Do they also build different items, or do they build the same items differently to match their personalities? (e.g. Do they have different raw material requirements?, etc.) I'm cu...

 
@BenBrocka You have a lot of zeroes in this reply number.
 
@kalina Well today got interesting quickly.
 
Oh, am I late for the pony licking?
licks @Fluttershy
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@OrigamiRobot (cc: @FAE)
 
You guys are really weird.
5
 
4:20 PM
You don't say...
 
I think you'll find that Equestria pretty much covers everything
 
licks @Arperum
3
 
licks... like peas
 
@GraceNote 3? 3 isn't that many
 
licks @KevinvanderVelden
3
 
4:21 PM
Hooray for spammy stars
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@BenBrocka When that many is equal to three, then three is that many.
 
Things just got disquieting again
 
(sadly only I will understand what that statement means)
 
@OrigamiRobot do I taste like fire?
 
(Because I'm the only Barbadian/Bajan here :/)
 
4:21 PM
@KevinvanderVelden Like pie.
 
FAE
@kalina Careful, he's home sick today.
 
Bam! Showing you that I can work the commutative property and I don't even need to commute to work, naha!
 
@OrigamiRobot even better!
 
@FAE still tastes like a rainbow
 
Can you call in sad for work?
 
@ElfSlice no
 
licks @BenBrocka
3
 
@ElfSlice Yeah. They will call you out fired for home.
 
wait, wrong animal...
 
FAE
@GraceNote This just reminded me that for some odd reason, I dreamt about a praying mantis sometime in the last 2 weeks.
 
4:23 PM
@ElfSlice I... don't see how you're surprised. You've been here longer than me.
 
@FAE Nice
 
@ElfSlice Usually no, but sometimes it doesn't matter. But in the real world no.
 
@Yuki I've been here longer than a lot of people here.
 
Being home sick is really rare for me... I'm not really sure what to do.
 
@ElfSlice Which kinda emphasizes my point.
 
4:24 PM
I had a job where without a doctor's note or something similar, they literally did not care why you called in.
 
@Fluttershy Want to play Risk of Rain with me? I finished up my stuff really early today.
 
@Fluttershy Try not getting any sicker?
 
@Fluttershy hot drink of some kind + hot water bottle + wrap yourself in a duvet + play games all day
 
FAE
@GraceNote I think they are very cute.
 
They are very very so
 
4:24 PM
It was just 3 points out of an allowable 12 with certain conditions for removing points.
 
@FAE Depends on how close you are. Tightly zoomed-in shots of compound eyes freak me the f--k out.
 
Hey, you guys know what is horrifying?
 
Also that thing where they look like they're always staring directly at you is very true. It's really cool.
 
Bugs.
 
@FAE and then after mating the female mantis eats the head of the male mantis, is that still cute?
 
4:25 PM
What's all this licking? There'll be no trouble here.
 
@KevinvanderVelden That sounds like people.
 
@KevinvanderVelden To @FAE? Yes.
 
@fredley you know earlier when @kalina lit me on fire?
 
@fredley All of the starred licking came from exactly one person.
Or robot, to be exact.
 
@KevinvanderVelden Yeah
 
4:25 PM
@KevinvanderVelden that sounds like normal behaviour for any species including humans
 
Well, that released a deadly virus that turned everyone in to a dog... hence the licking.
 
or have I been doing it wrong?
 
@RolandiXor that's not trouble, that's just the way of the bridge
 
@RolandiXor yes...
 
@kalina different head
 
4:25 PM
But no one listens to me anyway... so...
 
FAE
@KevinvanderVelden Firstly, that's mostly an urban legend because it's been found to not really occur in the wild so much as under lab conditions where they're under stress.
@KevinvanderVelden Secondly, yes. :D
 
Called it!
 
@RolandiXor Nobody listens to you because you keep complaining about no one listening to you. It's a vicious spiral.
 
@Yuki compound eyes are sweet
 
4:26 PM
@Yuki and I like it that way.
 
I don't listen to anyone unless I can reply with a snide remark
 
Oh?
 
look at my pony, my pony's amazing
 
FAE
@AshleyNunn I have it on XBLA myself! I forgot how just plain difficult it can be. I'm glad you can save so much.
 
give it a lick
 
4:27 PM
I like snide remarks..
 
mmmmmmmm it tastes like a rainbow
 
licks @kalina
4
Huh. It does.
 
FAE
@ElfSlice He has, I have not.
 
Spiiiiiiiiicy!!!
 
@Yuki you wouldn't happen to be a shrink by any chance?
 
4:27 PM
What did I tell you kids about licking each other
 
licks @BenBrocka
 
@BenBrocka Only do it in the Ask Ubuntu chat room?
 
@BenBrocka Nothing.
 
@Yuki yes.
 
licks @Unionhawk
3
 
4:28 PM
@GraceNote shhhh
Most unsanitary star list ever
 
@ElfSlice Yes.
 
@Yuki queue bridge invading the ask ubuntu chat room and licking random furniture/people
 
@BenBrocka what exactly is wrong with oral pleasure?
 
I support this action.
 
4:29 PM
@KevinvanderVelden Sigh... It's "cue", not "queue"...
 
@BenBrocka It hasn't been like this since the random rubbing-up episode.
 
My sitemates will hate me forever :)
 
People need to stop confusing those two words.
 
(AKA nothing will change)
 
licks @Yuki
 
4:29 PM
I refuse to enter the AU chat room
it's full of geeks of the worst kind
 
@kalina :(
 
How about no more licking?
 
We miss you..
 
@kalina Linux geeks?
 
@Yuki wait, it's not from the verb queue-ing? o.o
 
FAE
4:30 PM
@KevinvanderVelden It is not.
 
@RolandiXor nobody misses me
 
@kalina we do
 
I could die and nobody would notice until they wanted me for something
 
@FAE I did not know this, I'll try to remember for next time
 
thxz flagger
 
4:30 PM
@kalina be that as it may...
/foot in mouth
we miss having you around...
 
nope
 
@KevinvanderVelden Cue and queue.
 
licks @ElfSlice
2
 
link one instance of me being missed
YOU CAN'T
 
4:31 PM
Why don't you trust me?
 
this is the best star list ever
2
 
They're homophones, but not synonyms.
 
I effectively have 142 persuasive right now
 
I hate this star list.
5
 
Also, what the hell? What's with all the licking?
6
 
4:31 PM
@ElfSlice it's ok, the star list hates you too
 
Somebody is going to run out of stars soon.
 
licks the star list
7
 
What's with all the questioning about licking?
 
2
 
4:32 PM
What's with all the stars about licking?
 
@RolandiXor Whoa, blank message?
 
Nice work
 
@3ventic you searched for recursion, did you mean recursion?
 
6
 
4:32 PM
@RolandiXor wat
 
@ElfSlice ‮
 
@3ventic no stahp
 
lol
 
Whoa, why do your names show up backwards in the stars list?
 
@ElfSlice text reversal character
 
4:33 PM
it's fun to ctrl+v empty
 
They posted some rtl witchcraft
 
AWESOME
 
WITCHCRAFT
BURN THEM
 
The starred list appears to be collapsing in on itself.
 
 
4:33 PM
 
<div class="content">‮</div>
oh lol
 
Bwahahaha
 
@3ventic heh
 
That's amazing
 
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4:34 PM
&#8238;
 
Soo... Pandora gave me a track consisting entirely of Phil Collins and N'Sync doo-wopping.
 
FLAGGED AS ZALGO
 
@OrigamiRobot lots of boxes!
 
FLAGGED AS BOXES
3
 
@OrigamiRobot Use standard Zalgo!
 
4:35 PM
right, I suppose I need to go and be productive
back in a few hours
 
Wow, tough crowd today
 
@kalina Booo
 
Darn
 
@kalina who gave you the impression you could leave?
You are deluded.
 
@RedRiderX Yep, that's boxes alright
 
4:35 PM
ಠ_ಠ
 
@SaintWacko don't boo me, that's how long it will take for the batteries to run out
 
@kalina Ha!
alright, then, have fun!
 
FAE
@Yuki Wha
 
Found it on YouTube.
I like it.
Tarzan was great.
 
‮ this is fun
 
4:37 PM
Although I say that about all Disney movies, so take that with a grain of salt.
 
from now on, if I type ‮ in middle of a sentence, it reverses the rest
 
I'm sad that nobody licked me :(
 
You don't want me to lick you, trust me.
 
4:38 PM
> You have fully used your vote allowance for today
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Party's over, people
(I was usually a second star, mind you)
 
in my local dialect, licks can be used in place of "beatings"
 
licks @OrigamiRobot, gets electrocuted
3
 
@Unionhawk my secret plan of not starring people is working! Soon, I WILL CONTROL THE STAR LIST!
 
Well... not doing that again. collapses
 
@Yuki sudo lick --recursive --now OrigamiRobot
 
4:41 PM
@RolandiXor Still waiting on you to enter your password.
 
@Yuki ‮
It's invisible :)
 
@RolandiXor Error: Account credentials invalid.
 
sudo -s
 
@RolandiXor Error: 'passwd' file does not exist.
 
Is this Windows?
 
4:43 PM
 
LOL
XD
 
@RolandiXor no no, it is xKCd, not xd
 
@KevinvanderVelden that's one messed up looking face...
Well anyways...
 
@RolandiXor it just had a slight fight with someone so the nose is taped and then he has an awesome mustache
 
this place is getting quiet now... so I will return to the shadows....
@KevinvanderVelden OHHH
Ciao!
 
4:47 PM
Xd
 
@OrigamiRobot .... xD
 
@KevinvanderVelden AUTOCAD MAKES TROLLING HARD
 
@BenBrocka Too late, I had already upvoted.
 

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