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LessPop_MoreFizz

23:00

@spugsley I WANT CHICKEN. :(

MBraedley

@spugsley you call that snow? This is snow:

spugsley

@LessPop_MoreFizz it's the best kind. Seasoned with paprika and garlic powder and other yummy things and baked and DELICIOUS

@MBraedley yeah but it's hard to make that look pretty and photographic

also it's a lot deeper now

7 inches or so

DO NOT STAR 7 INCHES

LessPop_MoreFizz

@spugsley SO HUNGRY. :(

FEichinger

@spugsley ... You should know me better than that.

spugsley

@FEichinger oh it was you :3 ok then

Yuki

23:03

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FEichinger

@spugsley ...

spugsley

@FEichinger :3333333333333

Frank

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Yuki

@Yuki One of the most painful channel introduction videos on Youtube. Complete with fedora!

MBraedley

Frank

23:04

cc @Wipqozn @RedRiderX?

MBraedley

that's the one I wanted to post

spugsley

@MBraedley seems like a great use of space

FEichinger

@spugsley ...²

(Which should be something like this: ⫶⫶⫶)

spugsley

O_o

David M

@MBraedley Dude, you're supposed to defrost your fridge! :P (Yes, I know it's snow)

Wipqozn

23:05

@Frank I stopped watching a few episodes into the fairy arc.

Frank

@Wipqozn Boo!

You're not ready for season 2, then!

David M

@spugsley Chicken was meant to be fried!

MBraedley

@DavidM the cause of that photo

spugsley

@DavidM not this chicken. Let's just hope I don't lose power before it's done

it's been sleeting for the last 4 hours

Yuki

Who was the one who hated sloths again?

@OrigamiRobot?

kalina

23:08

@spugsley 7 inches isn't really worth starring

Lazers

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Q: What is the Capacity Core Shop used for?

In the Mulkuth Capital in the building where the food, item and equipment vendors are, upstairs there's a Capacity Core Shop, when i talk to the vendor however first a list appears of the core then i have then i cycle though other lists which only the first has Capacity Cores appearing in it with...

Frank

@Yuki Yes

spugsley

@kalina I think 7 inches is a fine number

David M

amazon.com/Max-Burton-Table-Burner-Black/dp/B000G6S8Y8/…

Yuki

cc @OrigamiRobot

David M

23:08

I got one of those for when the power goes out and I can't get to the grill.

Yuki

kalina

@spugsley I think 8 inches is a better number

Fluttershy

@kalina That's just excessive.

kalina

@Fluttershy no 10 inches is excessive

David M

@kalina Certainly makes you less lightheaded than 12 would.

spugsley

23:09

@kalina I like 6 inches better. Too many inches can be a bad thing.

we are still talking about snow

btw

kalina

@spugsley of course

Fluttershy

@spugsley Are we...? O_o

spugsley

@Fluttershy obvi

David M

@Fluttershy I was just going to say that . . .

FEichinger

Now I want to know what @Fluttershy went with.

kalina

23:10

but if it's enough inches for my boots to completely disappear then I don't feel bad about not going to work

David M

@FEichinger Penis size, follow along.

kalina

@DavidM nah, we're talking about snow

FEichinger

@DavidM Oh come on, that would be too simple!

David M

@kalina Out of context that sounds REALLY dirty!

FEichinger

I bet he has an elaborate explanation for himself.

kalina

23:10

@DavidM does it? It's not my fault you're a pervert

FEichinger

@DavidM That sounds less dirty than most of what she said before that.

kalina

@DavidM 12 inches would hurt, I guess you have a soft landing though

David M

@kalina That's true. It's the cross I have to bear.

Fluttershy

Thanks for narrowing things down for me, Steam.

David M

So, I'm up in the mountains skiing, and they're forecasting more snow at home than here! WTF, weather?!?

Braiam

23:14

@Fluttershy I totally saw what Steam did there...

LessPop_MoreFizz

@DavidM west of the rocky mountain ridge line has had a pretty mild winter this year, all told.

well, aside from the drought.

David M

@LessPop_MoreFizz It has. The skiing is still 10x better than the East coast, though.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Night Vale live tour just added Northampton MA, Columbus, OH and Houston for those so inclined.

And as I understand it, that's the last dates that'll be added.

@DavidM I actually like the harder packed snow you get on east coast slopes, tbqh.

Yuki

@LessPop_MoreFizz Ooo, Houston.

LessPop_MoreFizz

> THURSDAY MARCH 13
8:00pm
HOUSTON, TX
WAREHOUSE LIVE
813 St Emanuel St, Houston, TX 77003
TICKETS: On sale Friday, Feb 14 at 10am.

David M

23:24

@LessPop_MoreFizz When it is present on the slopes, I do too. But, I'm starting to appreciate powder, now. It's taken a complete overhaul of the way I ski

GnomeSlice

Weird Faces

WTF

LessPop_MoreFizz

@DavidM Yea, I find that real powder skiing like that kills my knees.

David M

@LessPop_MoreFizz Mine, too. But, it's getting better.

LessPop_MoreFizz

(Whereas east coast stuff is definitely harder on the calves and back.)

Lazers

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Q: New levels "cheater"?

I've built three New levels but they are called "cheater" (I have the German version so it's actually "Betrüger") I can build items there e.g. 10 tier 1 items and get gold but surely it's a bug? I definitely didn't cheat, I wouldn't even know how...

tiny-death-star

David M

23:26

@LessPop_MoreFizz The runs are too short, and there is a lot more ice on the East coast.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@DavidM Eh, a lot of what people call ice is just hardpack in my experience.

I'm with you on short runs though; you've gotta really hit up Vermont/NH/Maine to get to a mountain with enough vertical to really provide a nice satisfying trip down.

FAE

I grew up across the lake from a ski resort but I only ever went there once.

David M

@LessPop_MoreFizz I'm talking about the yellow ice that makes your skis chatter. But, yeah most people think that hard pack is ice.

FAE

though I did a little water skiing when I was younger, that was fun

GnomeSlice

The IndieRoyale Meteorite Bundle.

This has one of my favourite games in it (Bleed).

Only other one I've played is Not the Robots, which is also pretty good.

MBraedley

23:29

@FAE water skiing > downhill skiing

GnomeSlice

aaaaaaa, big steel wheels is the bonus album!

Fluttershy

@GnomeSlice I own everything except the Uncharted rip-off, that Desura game, and Arcane Worlds. <_<

GnomeSlice

@Fluttershy More than one of them is on Desura.

Bad Smell?

Doesn't look very good.

FAE

@MBraedley That's something I'd be willing to do again. I probably wouldn't do downhill skiing anymore because I'm too afraid of getting more head injuries.

David M

@MBraedley I never cared for it. But, then again, I detest swimming in natural water.

Fluttershy

23:31

No Time to Explain is actually kinda fun. :P

MBraedley

@FAE you've had concussions before?

GnomeSlice

@Fluttershy I haven't played it. I've heard it's pretty silly.

Bleed is awesome.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@MBraedley They're so not alike that it's not even worth comparing them, tbqh.

About all they have in common is planks strapped to your feet.

MBraedley

I know, just wanted to stir the pot.

FAE

@MBraedley Around 5~, yeah.

LessPop_MoreFizz

23:33

@MBraedley Oh, well in that case, also you're wrong.

FAE

Of varying badness.

David M

@FAE How is it that you've had so many?

GnomeSlice

@DavidM She got hit on a head a bunch of times, presumably.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FAE Geez. plz don't get CTE, kthx.

Fluttershy

@LessPop_MoreFizz And the word "skiing."

David M

23:33

You normally have to be a football player (American) to get cracked in the head that often.

Ullallulloo

Steam Tags! Rampant abuse in 3...2...1...

MBraedley

@DavidM likelyhood of getting a concussion increases after the first

David M

@GnomeSlice Well, duh.

@MBraedley You don't say . . .

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GnomeSlice Why thank you captain obvious. Would you like to inform me as to the temperature of fire next?

RedRiderX

Fluttershy

23:34

@LessPop_MoreFizz It's hot.

RedRiderX

omgz such perspective

so blurry

MBraedley

@DavidM autocorrect is failing me

RedRiderX

give them all the design awards

LessPop_MoreFizz

@DavidM You don't need to qualify that as '(American)': Soccer is the #2 sport for concussions.

FAE

@DavidM 2 were accidents in middle school (slipping on ice, gym class), the ones after that were circumstances I don't feel super comfortable discussing here. The last one I had was Jan. 2010, which took me more than a month to recover from. I couldn't even read for the first week.

David M

23:35

@MBraedley Still requires a mechanism of injury is what I was referring to.

RedRiderX

@LessPop_MoreFizz Wow so you're saying being kicked in the head by proxy actually does some damage!?

FAE

I read very quickly, so it was too much strain for me to do so.

RedRiderX

Crazy!

David M

@FAE Yikes. Remind me not to ask you for advice betting on the horses . . .

LessPop_MoreFizz

@RedRiderX Most of the concussions are actually from collisions with other players.

FAE

23:36

The worst part was not gaming for that long.

RedRiderX

@LessPop_MoreFizz Ah really?

Interesting.

Fluttershy

LessPop_MoreFizz

> More than 40 per cent of those brain injuries resulted from a blow to the head from another player's elbow, arm or hand, research showed. One paper found that 58 per cent of soccer concussions occurred during a heading duel, often when two players collided mid-air.

Fluttershy

Thanks, Steam.

David M

slips on his doctoring hat

RedRiderX

23:37

@LessPop_MoreFizz Ah right yeah that would do it

Ullallulloo

@Fluttershy store.steampowered.com/tag/browse/#global_4040

Fluttershy

@DavidM Does this mean we can ask you health related questions?

FAE

@DavidM Well, the last 3 weren't from being unlucky. But yeah, that's part of why my memory's kind of shot nowadays.

David M

Most concussion injuries are due to the brain slapping up against the inside of the skull following a rapid deceleration either due to a blow to the head or high speed collision.

RedRiderX

I don'd do soccor so I didn't know that was a super common thing

David M

23:38

It's frequently what we call a contra-coup injury, meaning that the brain is injured on the side opposite of the blow.

Frank

So. EA pulls a Comcast and says, "We only hear so many complaints because we're have so many customers."

David M

slips off his doctoring hat

Frank

Zero remorse for the shit they pulled for the launches of Simcity and BF4.

David M

It's a VERY impressive hat, BTW. It has a VERY large feather.

Ullallulloo

store.steampowered.com/tag/browse/#global_16852

LessPop_MoreFizz

23:39

@RedRiderX Which isn't to say that heading isn't also a big problem, but a bigger problem is either direct collisions on the field, or goaltenders diving for a ball and getting just straight up kicked in the face.

spugsley

MMMMMM CHICKEN

FEichinger

@Ullallulloo This is Greenlight level bad execution.

LessPop_MoreFizz

spugsley

O_o

David M

@LessPop_MoreFizz Nice plague mask!

FAE

23:40

@LessPop_MoreFizz I actually get really nervous about everyday normal stuff like going up/down stairs because I'm afraid I'm going to fall and hit my head again. :(

David M

Ring around the rosy . . . pocket full of posies . . .

Fluttershy

@FAE :(

David M

Raise your hand if your parents taught you a nursery rhyme about the black death.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FAE That is a Bad Thing To Have Happen. Don't Do That.

FAE

@LessPop_MoreFizz Be nervous or fall?

@DavidM I honestly don't remember not knowing this so I'm going to assume they did.

LessPop_MoreFizz

23:41

@FAE Well, mostly the latter, but also the former for your own mental health.

David M

@Frank It's not entirely untrue. And, there's the whole for every crank we hear from, there are 200 satisfied customers.

Fluttershy

@DavidM My parents didn't. My first grade teacher did!

Frank

@DavidM It's also rather tone deaf to the massive problems and backlash the company is suffering from.

David M

@FAE Most people don't know the origins of it. You just happen to be a well-educated person (despite the odds against it)

FAE

@LessPop_MoreFizz Yeah, I try not, but there's always that underlying current of anxiety. I grip the handrails pretty hard.

Fluttershy

23:42

@Frank They're a multi-million dollar organization. They probably feel pretty secure in their tone-deafness.

David M

@FAE Have you tried the oxazepam yet?

Fluttershy

They know they can make millions by releasing the same game every year.

Frank

@Fluttershy And yet, they whine every year about being voted the worst company of the year.

Fluttershy

@Frank Well yeah... They can't have the masses thinking it doesn't bother them. :P They have to put on a good show.

David M

@Frank Well, clearly people aren't boycotting their games.

Frank

23:43

I'm thinking it's time to boycott EA completely until they decide not to treat their customers like disposable wallets.

MBraedley

@DavidM isn't Ring Around the Rosy about the Black Death? Or is it something more recent?

Fluttershy

@Frank Given EA's propensity for buying up AAA developers... good luck.

4 mins ago, by David M

Ring around the rosy . . . pocket full of posies . . .

David M

@MBraedley Black death. Yes.

FAE

@DavidM Not yet. It's for like, emergency panic attacks, not everyday stuff. She only prescribed me 5 pills for now because we don't know how I'll react.

Frank

@Fluttershy I don't think I've bought an EA game for quite some time.

Fluttershy

23:45

@Frank Sure, but 1-man boycotts don't really accomplish much. :P

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David M

@FAE It's a good drug for you, too. It has a stabilizing effect on the brain in many ways. I'm actually surprised that they didn't try to put you on a low dose of clonazepam or something.

Frank

@Fluttershy It's where it starts.

FEichinger

@Fluttershy Slowly but steadily.

David M

@Frank IS a one-man boycott!

Frank

I could just go, "Boycotting EA won't help anything, so doing it is pointless."

Fluttershy

23:46

Also, something to consider: For every 1 person boycotting, there will be 5+ parents buying Madden for their child.

FAE

@DavidM She wants to encourage non-medicated coping mechanisms as much as possible for this because of the whole addictive quality of that class of drugs, which I'm fine with, as I'm kind of phobic of physical addiction. I'm usually able to handle the panic attacks okay with the plans I have in place, but lately they've been worse, so we're trying this out.

Frank

In other news, I had my first panic management class yesterday!

I have homework to do!

Unionhawk

@MBraedley No.

FAE

I'm pretty happy with my care over here, in general. I have a good therapist and psychiatrist, my insurance covers all of it, and it just really feels like they care about you getting better here.

@Frank Yay!

Braiam

@Frank remember the first thing when doing HW... DON'T PANIC!

David M

23:50

@FAE Seems reasonable.

Yuki

The first to do when panicking: don't panic.

FAE

@Frank I've volunteered for a medical study for a self-esteem group therapy thing (it's comparing self-esteem vs. mindfulness groups and the effectiveness thereof) that's going to start in March. I'm nervous, as I haven't done group therapy in over 10 years.

Frank

@FAE I've actually been working through it solo, and I'm making some really good progress. The classes are to help reinforce what I've already learned and help if I ever go off the rails again.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Wind is Rad.

Yuki

@LessPop_MoreFizz Oh, that map is super cool.

Literally, in most cases.

David M

23:51

@Frank Teaching other people to manage their panic or your own?

Frank

@DavidM My own.

David M

@FAE Sounds like cognitive behavioral therapy. It's very effective compared to most forms of psychotherapy!

Yuki

Well, I know what shirt to get @OrigamiRobot.

David M

@Frank I wish you the best of luck with that!

Frank

I've had a couple panic attacks in the last couple of weeks, and I've managed to ride them out very well.

To the point that I realized I shouldn't be fearing panic attacks at all.

David M

23:52

@Frank Good! Progress is good!

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Yuki Be sure to check out the gallery too.

FAE

@DavidM Yeah, I'm just nervous because it's a group thing and also in my non-native language, and it's harder for me to properly explain my emotions and thought processes in Dutch than in English.

David M

@FAE That sounds reasonable. But, if you find that it isn't working for you, consider finding an English speaking group. I have to imagine that there are enough English speakers in the Netherlands that this is possible.

@FAE Plus, your abilities will grow with time.

FAE

@DavidM Well, part of the self-esteem issues I struggle with is my level of Dutch proficiency, so it's kind of a good hurdle for me to try to get over anyway. I'm just, yeah, nervous.

David M

At first, phrase them out in English. And, then try to translate. As you become more familiar with the vocabulary set, it will flow more easily from you.

@FAE The best thing about this type of group is that they are going to be supportive of you. Most of the native speakers will have trouble expressing their emotions, too. Everyone has barriers.

Frank

23:55

Police post wanted poster on their Facebook page. Wanted guy posts said poster on his status almost right away. Police capture guy within an hour.

Sometimes, I wonder whether critical thinking is something that people actually possess.

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Yuki

@Frank Most people who have critical thinking tend to not have to resort to crime.

FAE

@DavidM Yeah, I'm hoping it'll go okay.

@Frank ...wow

David M

@FAE This will be a very different experience from say, school or work. People will not be judging you on the quality of your language skills.

Frank

@Yuki The cause and effect here are astounding.

David M

@Yuki Most people who have critical thinking skills tend not to get caught resorting to crime.

Frank

23:57

Granted, there was a little bit of social engineering on the police's end, but seriously.

You've gotta be pretty naive to not expect something like that if you're going around reposting your own wanted poster.

David M

@Frank It's probably that he checked in on FourSquare, simultaneously. :)

FAE

@DavidM My rational brain knows that, the irrational brain is like "oh god everyone's looking at me while I'm talking and oh god what if I mess up and oh god what if they think I'm stupid and oh god what if I just embarrass myself and oh god oh god"

David M

@FAE That's the beauty of it. Everyone else is going to feel that way, too.

Frank

@DavidM No, the police posed as a beautiful woman on Facebook, and got him to agree to go for a cigarette.

David M

@Frank Well, OK. He's a dumbass.

Frank

23:59

WHO DID NOT SEE THE EVENTUAL ARREST COMING?

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