The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

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Edlothiad

12:55

We pretending this is on-topic or what?

Q: What was Scrooge McDuck protected against because of his years of swimming in his money?

I remember reading a Donald Duck magazine or comic once (at least a decade ago, but the comic was already old by then) where Scrooge McDuck had built resistance against some kind of radiation or ray weapon because swimming in his money all his life added a protective layer of gold dust to his fea...

Derpy

13:07

talking duck that swims in a pool filled with (gold) coins. What you need for the "fantasy" tag? Smaug sleeping inside Scrooge vault? :P

Edlothiad

@Derpy Anthro-animals =/= fantasy. That's clear from our meta.

Derpy

@Edlothiad that was a reference to an old (joke) discussion that if I recall correctly involved @Mithrandir, @Randal'Thor and someone else in the old room. They ended up with a rule that basically allowed to claim "Winnie Poh is on topic because talking animals".

Mithrandir

nah

talking animals aren't always on topic

Derpy

Sadly, since that room is lost and I can't find a way to search in it.. the joke is lost too.

Mithrandir

but if a universe is on topic then all of it should be

Edlothiad

13:13

Talking animals is never on-topic, unless there's something else by extension

Derpy

> old (joke) discussion

Mithrandir

@Derpy ah sorry

Edlothiad

Ducktales isn't a universe, it's a SFF-nal work of a universe

I don't even think the canons continue, correlate, add up, whatever the word is

Derpy

Ok, then I will post a question about PK. It has aliens, so it is Sci-Fi :P

Mithrandir

@Edlothiad hmm, is that the same universe that has Magica De Spell?

Forral

13:15

But isn't Winnie the Pooh about talking stuffed animals?

Edlothiad

It's been deemed on-topic by previous questions...

@Edlothiad It makes me wonder if familiar with fantasy tropes or not when you make comments like this. I wonder what your thoughts on Indiana Jones are..... — Skooba 8 mins ago

Apparently to some people you'd be correct. Knights make Fantasy Robots make Sci-fi

Derpy

@Mithrandir well, now that you point that out... yep it is. Wizzard, must be on topic, it has magic. :P

Mithrandir

so there you go ;P

also @edlo someone isn't happy with you

Edlothiad

Is anyone ever happy with me?

Mithrandir

*thinks* that's a good attitude if you really want a diamond ;P

Edlothiad

13:20

I don't need the community to be happy with me, I simply need to prove I can do what is required to keep the community on track and serve the community.

I tried to deal with this user, stating what they'd done wrong, linking them to the help centre and discussing how they could improve. I'm not here to spoon feed users.

Mithrandir

Daily floof 2017/11/16

Edlothiad

Alright back to revamping the whole tagging system

Derpy

@Mithrandir couldn't he just send in a check for a fair amount of unicorn dollars / bacon strips?

Marvin

Q: Are the Donald Duck comics on-topic?

We have already determined that Duck Tales is on topic. Is Donald Duck on topic? There was already 1 question on the Duck universe, How wealthy is Uncle Scrooge in the Don Rosa/Carl Barks universe?, but after I created my second question, What was Scrooge McDuck protected against because of his ...

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Mithrandir

I should really look at what I'm typinh

Derpy

13:32

BTW...

> Is Donald Duck on topic?

the question is about Scrooge, so I assume that the referenced Donald Duck isn't the character but instead a comic magazine sharing his name, correct?

Mithrandir

I think my answer covers that - it's got magic, so the whole universe should be on topic

Derpy

and if that is just the name of the print, shouldn't it make no difference if the story was published in a magazine called "Donald Duck", "Scrooge Chronicles" or "DC Super Hero Ducks"?

I mean, it is the story, not the editor that makes it on topic.

Basically... what is Donald Duck role in this argument??

Edlothiad

14:14

@Derpy Donald duck comics.

@Derpy None, besides the fact that he's the title of the story.

Derpy

@Edlothiad so, the point of the question was to determine if the whole "Duck chronicles universe" (including not-Duck Tales comics from Don Rosa) is on topic or just Duck Tales is?

If that is the case, I suggest editing the question/question title. Right now it seems like he is asking just about Donald as a character.

Edlothiad

As a non-expert in the universe, merely someone who's read the odd one, read a few research papers on the topic and such I (in my answer) grouped it under the Disney comics label and said that those elements that are SFF-nal can be asked on.

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b_jonas

16:00

oh, so @CreationEdge liked the new Justice League movie too. Interesting. That's two recommendations.

Marvin

16:47

Q: Are theoretical questions on topic?

For instance, I'm on book 6 of Wheel of Time series. There's an item in the series called an A'dam which creates a sort of link between two women who can channel. I'd like to ask a question, which is theoretical to me but may be answered in future works(The question is "Can the bracelet be modifi...

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Tim E. Lord

17:03

Not a daily floof 2017-11-16

Oh shoot, Mith already posted one

Mithrandir

Yup. I did ;)

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M&TV Feeds

18:15

Q: Why so many writers for Land of the Lost?

The crew of the Land of the Lost (1974-1976) had a large number of writers: In fact, there were almost as many writers as all the other crew members combined. Is this normal? Why would the series have so many different writers?

science-fiction crew screenwriter

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Marvin

20:15

Q: Do closed questions earn the Famous Question badge?

Specifically, this one...

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DCOPTimDowd

20:26

Anyone know if SW: Republic Commando is backwards-compatible on the 360?

Bellerophon

@DCOPTimDowd X-box? I'm pretty sure all the games are. There aren't any X-box 1 exclusive games.

Might need a downloadable extra thing though.

DCOPTimDowd

20:49

@Bellerophon To my knowledge there are very few original XBox games that work on the 360

Bellerophon

Hmmm, maybe I am thinking of the X-box X. I think they are making all games for that backwards compatible. With SW: Republic Commando I think it can be played offline.

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Tim E. Lord

22:56

Daily floof 2017-11-17

I hope I haven't shared this one already

DukeZhou

@TimE.Lord lol. Awesome!

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