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user56656

1:01 AM

hello

what a coincidence

I'm up for it

ello

1:04 AM

Should we get started? perhaps more will join

user56656 defending G

Christopher

1 : He breaks linux

Destructible Lemon

contact 1 ?

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10: witty

user56656

10: GLIB

pass 1

Destructible Lemon

11: rhymes with witty

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1:07 AM

10 yes

Destructible Lemon

1: goat

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@Christopher

user56656

11: GRITTY

11: GLITTY

Destructible Lemon

11 yes, gritty

Christopher

@0 ' what

@DestructibleLemon yew

1: goat

user56656

1:08 AM

user56566 defends G O

Destructible Lemon

oh 12 died haha

12:

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> defneds

Destructible Lemon

(is a clue)

@ASCII-only intentionally i'm pretty sure

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13: Book that coined the name for self-outputting programs

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:| i just realized 0 ' is here

Destructible Lemon

1:11 AM

contact 13? I can't say i'm super confident though, i could mess it up

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user56656

to be clear can words start with GÖ?

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yes

user56656

not my word but the clues

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or at least my clue does

Destructible Lemon

1:12 AM

considering how people without a special keyboard or such will write ö

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well, I'd say yes as long as people don't count it as a misspelling if you leave out the umlaut (or w/e)

user56656

13: GÖDEL ESCHER BACH

13 yes

20: 1e100

20: GOOGOL

1:13 AM

20': sounds like 20

20 yes

contact 20'

contact 20'

21: 1e 20

1: Search

20': GOOGLE

1:14 AM

20' yes

user56656

1: GOOGLE

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22: language by 20'

user56656

I was thinking of things that sounded like the number 20 for a while

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contact 22

user56656

22: GO

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1:14 AM

22 yes

22': people that speak 22

@user56656 ye

22': GOOGLERS

22' no

22': GOPHERS

5 mins ago, by Destructible Lemon

12:

just reminding you that it exists

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1:15 AM

22' yes (at least IIRC)

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10: jealous

Destructible Lemon

is WW the one who makes annoying words?

10: GOLLUM

yes

10: no

1:17 AM

@DestructibleLemon Good thing I'm not wheatwizard.

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Who is this wheatwizard you speak of

Destructible Lemon

19: i think on seinfeld a character (not a recurring or main character, i don't think) had one of these

contact 19?

pass 19

@0'

1:18 AM

19: GOATEE?

Destructible Lemon

it was goitre

i hope i'm not remembering some other show or something, but i'm pretty sure it was seinfeld

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13: Sorry (jp,short)

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c13

13': Sorry (jp,long)

0 '

contact 13'

Destructible Lemon

jp?

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1:20 AM

figure that out for yourself

user56656

I'm pretty sure that is japan

pass 13

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13: GOMEN

0 '

13 yes

user56656

user56655 defending G O S

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13', 21 die, guesses?

Destructible Lemon

1:21 AM

0: omg

0: GOSH

13' gomenasai

13' yes

0 yes

1:22 AM

or is it gomennasai?

-1: truth

one N IIRC

I think you're right

-1: GOSPEL

-1 yes

1:23 AM

23: baby animal

0 '

20: CGoL person

user56656

23: GOSLING

20: GOSPER

23 yes

20 yes

2,5: please talk

1:24 AM

30: bird of prey

user56656

is 12 dead

Destructible Lemon

oh yeah

anyone wanna guess 12?

user56656

pass 30

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i should know 30 :/

Destructible Lemon

i feel the same way

6: talk

user56656

1:27 AM

6: GOSSIP

Destructible Lemon

6 yes

user56656

I am 100% sure 30 is my word

0 '

30': Bird of prey that swears politely

user56656

You know there is only one H is GOSHAWK.

Destructible Lemon

contact 30'

user56656

1:30 AM

pass 30'

goshawk/goshhawk

which one

direct hit

30': GOSHAWK

yes

1:31 AM

we don't worry about typos really

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classic user56656 word right there

user56656

@0' you want to go next?

0 '

yeah just trying to type my name

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@0 ' 10/10

in The Nineteenth Byte, 9 hours ago, by caird coinheringaahing

ಠ_ಠ Never mind, I mistyped my username facefloor

0 '

0 ' defending P

user56656

1:36 AM

11,12: This Oracle has had to resort to begging to keep herself fed.

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11,12 poor prophet/prophetess

user56656

11: No, 12: yes

78: Authoritarian fond of helicopter rides

Destructible Lemon

13: not yes or no

user56656

contact 13

0 '

13: probably

thecoder16

1:39 AM

(popping in here to pin the defending message - just star the later ones)

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@thecoder16 thanks for the thought but user56656 is an RO (though with their many names they can be hard to keep track of)

13 no

uncontact 13

13 possibly/possible

13 no

1:41 AM

Oh hey

pls no vtc too broad

hello o/

o/ hello

@thecoder16 I'm RO too (and ¼ta as whell)

quartata

1: tiny whistle

c78

user56656

1:42 AM

could I get stars on 11 and 78

contact 1

pass 78

Putin?

Er no. PINOCHET

100. Used as power source for AI

Destructible Lemon

1:44 AM

no you're supposed to say snap

user56656

Pinochet had his political enemies thrown from helicopters.

contact 1

0 '

@quartata 1 picollo

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101. Australian World War rifle attachment

user56656

66: Two historians

quartata

1 yes

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1:47 AM

102. Really doesn't like anything irrational

quartata

@user56656 I just picked the world leader that was in the news the most, it wasn't a very firm guess

user56656

contact 102

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102 pythagoras

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103. Fake news

102 yes

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103 POTUS

quartata

1:48 AM

uh oh

user56656

@quartata No problem, doesn't look like anyone else was itching to contact it.

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103 no :P

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103 Post

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103 no

now that i think about it maybe it's too broad?

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103 Politics

quartata

1:48 AM

2: second to last

103 no

contact 2

2 penultimate

Correction: Kinda synonym for fake news

quartata

2 yes

0 '

1:49 AM

103 Point of view I disagree with

104: : 401

contact 104

104 pallindrome

hmm

103 i can't tell if that's actually a serious guess >_>

104 yes

quartata

1:49 AM

c103 maybe? Not the usual definition

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pass 103

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it's almost certainly not, but this is contact :P

quartata

Puffery?

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103 no

quartata

Worth a shot

What was it?

user56656

1:51 AM

78: A smidge short of a diatribe

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now that I think about it, it was an extremely bad clue

quartata

3: stone-age food

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78: polemic

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user56656

78 yes

contac t3

0 '

1:51 AM

3 pork

quartata

3 no

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103: PROPAGANDA. which isn't news at all.

quartata

Oh, duh.

user56656

78: Guillermo Del Toro's second movie about the Spanish Civil War (English title) after El Espinazo del Diablo

0 '

78 Pan's Labyrinth

user56656

1:52 AM

78 yue

pass 3

3: PALEO DIET

3 yes

0 ' defending P R

11 lives

1:55 AM

100, 101 die

100 POTATO, 101 PERISCOPE

user56656

78: The opposite of theory

c78

78 practical

78 no

4: slip on a banana peel

user56656

1:56 AM

I realize this was too broad

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105. TNB kills this

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4 prank

quartata

4 no

user56656

it is not practice or any other derivative

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4 prat fall

quartata

1:56 AM

4 yes

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IMO 78 isn't too broad

user56656

contact 105

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78: premise, proposition

user56656

nope

0 '

78 proof

user56656

1:57 AM

noep

wait.

pass 78

uc78

rip

go ahead and guess

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@DestructibleLemon is 13 dead?

quartata

1:59 AM

Presumably his guess was PROOF

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