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12:00 AM
I feel like I should maybe remove the recommendation of the Sword and Sorceress books because the editor abused her children. However, she is dead and the profits go to charity now, so I'm not sure?
 
12:33 AM
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Q: In The Time Machine, what was the point of there being so many hunter Morlocks?

releseabeWhy would the Uber Morlocks need so many? Is it possible that, unlike the earlier version of the film, the Uber Morlocks were afraid of the Eloi and so needed an army? But that is sort of contradicted by the Uber's statement that the hunters would kill all the Eloi if not kept under control.

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Q: 1960s short story making fun of James Bond-style spy fiction

user888379I read this in a magazine - "Galaxy" or "Worlds of If". The science fiction content was pretty minimal. The tone was Robert Sheckley-esque, but I don't think it was actually by Sheckley. The main character of the story is the number two agent in an organization like Bond's MI6 or U.N.C.L.E. As th...

 
1:23 AM
@Stormblessed It all depends on your personal ethics.
Many famous people who made considerable contributions to history did nasty things.
If you don't want to give them or their estate a single extra cent, even by proxy, since there are much more deserving people, I can understand that.
If you think they're already rich enough that your decision to buy or not buy their work won't change anything, I can understand that too.
 
1:56 AM
@Adamant Neither Darth Maul nor Palpatine actually died. I'd say the odds of that are really, really low. And I hate that.
(By "that" I mean Rey not turning out to be someone significant.)
 
@DavidW Palpatine died.
The last remnants of the old expanded universe have been swept away.
 
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Q: Why did the school have a series of difficult, yet doable challenges instead of a spell that keeps people from getting it?

user103390In The Sorcerer's Stone Harry and Quirrell have to get through a series of challenges to get the stone. But they all have a solution. For example, the flying keys: you find the right key, you get through. The chessboard: win the game, you pass through. Why wouldn't Hogwarts simply put a spell o...

 
2:30 AM
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Q: What is the most promising interstellar propulsion method?

Alexander MartinWhat interstellar propulsion system has the highest potential for being the safest, most efficient, and can get around to the nearest stars, within a human lifetime (say reach 20–50% the speed of light)?

 
@Adamant Are you sure? I mean, really, really sure? At this point I'd pretty much believe anything.
 
@DavidW Nothing in the new canon has said otherwise so far.
 
3:11 AM
@Adamant Except Palpatine's laugh being in the trailer
I actually liked The Last Jedi
It was a good movie
Better than The Force Awakens
Why do I have so much chat rep? Does the 100 from the association bonus count as long as you have a little more than that?
 
@Stormblessed All reputation counts
 
3:40 AM
2 days ago, by Jenayah
@Stormblessed 10K network wide, yes. So a little bit less than 10k on SFF, as you already have rep elsewhere. (Association bonuses don't count by the way)
 
@Stormblessed oh
ok then
 
4:03 AM
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Q: Can Jon be released from his vow to the Knights Watch?

NorthernGirlJon Snow took the vow to join the Knight's Watch for the rest of his life...but he has died so that would release him. Since he came back to life he has not retaken the vow.

 
 
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9:44 AM
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Q: Why did Charlie say, "Helpful shame spiral" in this funny scene?

Fencer DuelistIn Bumblebee (2018), while Charlie was at her job, Bumblebee accidently vandalized her furniture in the house. Memo called Charlie, and Charlie confronts Bumblebee in the hall room: Charlie: What were you thinking? What...I told you to hide in the garage! (Bumblebee transform into a ...

 
 
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11:34 AM
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Q: Why did All the Guest Students take Carriages to the Yule Ball?

Luka KeatsIn "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", why did all of the Guest Students take Carriages to the Yule Ball if the Yule Ball takes place at Hogwarts?

 
 
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12:39 PM
Got Enlightened from that feminism question!
 
12:50 PM
@Stormblessed GG
 
@Jenayah Good game?
 
Yep
 
Hey would a game that looks sort of vaguely sci-fi count as sci-fi for a story-ID?
Like this:
Like I don't have a question about it, but would something that looks like sci-fi but is just a game with no story or anything count?
 
1:07 PM
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A: Is there any significance to the name Skywalker?

DVCThis is 100% ware the name came from accept no false claims We have to go all the way back to a wine and cheese Christmas party in Marine county California in 1973. A hippy guy was talking to a guy named George and he was talking about his family and showed George a picture of his about 3 year ...

Crappy answer to delete
 
Well there was the brain jumping ID thing which was on-topic
@Stormblessed already raised a VLQ flag on this
Can't watch the video yet
 
1:38 PM
It's funny how Thaddeus has so many answers from the past that he sometimes gets 100 rep. in a day just from upvotes
Even though the answers are all pretty old
I guess I should write more answers and then I'll dethrone Valorum for rep.
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Q: What does this joke mean in "Get Schwifty"?

StormblessedIn Rick and Morty season 2 episode 5 "Get Schwifty", Father Bob says this to a panicking church (emphasis mine): People! Everyone! Remain calm! Every crisis of faith is an opportunity for more faith! When God deals you an 11, you don’t fold! You double down, and always hit on a soft 16. That ...

 
Spoil your enemies.. GoT season 8..
 
1:59 PM
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Q: What does this joke mean in "Get Schwifty"?

StormblessedIn Rick and Morty season 2 episode 5 "Get Schwifty", Father Bob says this to a panicking church (emphasis mine): People! Everyone! Remain calm! Every crisis of faith is an opportunity for more faith! When God deals you an 11, you don’t fold! You double down, and always hit on a soft 16. That ...

 
2:38 PM
Surprised my question didn't set Smokey off
Why can I ping Smokey but not Marvin?
 
@Stormblessed Smokey is an actual user, whereas Marvin is but a bot
 
2:57 PM
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Q: How is this character alive in the Flash?

Jorge CórdobaIn season 5 episode 8 we discover that: So how is he alive? Did I miss something?

 
3:12 PM
Well, they're both bots, and they're both users.
One is a user account driven by a third-party bot, though, the other is a dedicated SE feed user driven by an RSS feed.
Specifically Marvin has a negative user ID.
 
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Q: How do students arrive at Ilvermorny?

user103390Hogwarts students arrive and leave with the Hogwarts Express, and Mahoutokoro day students come and go on giant storm petrels, but what about Ilvermorny kids and others at Castelobruxo, Uagadou, Beauxbatons, and Durmstrang. I think maybe Are Beauxbatons students in pegasus carriages, and Durmst...

 
3:53 PM
Was my question bad?
It got three downvotes
 
4:15 PM
I tried to look up the joke and couldn't find anything about it
How is this a dupe of this?
 
4:45 PM
How does community do this?
 
4:56 PM
@Stormblessed when an anonymous user suggests an edit, if it's approved the edit is displayed as owned by the Community user
 
5:20 PM
@Jenayah oh, I thought community became smart
I wonder why there are quite a few of these anonymous editors getting no rep
 
@Alex Yeah, they're usually just English ones with a Hebrew accent. Although some are directly translated.
@Stormblessed Subtitles say "EMPEROR: [Evil Laugh]"
 
@Mithrandir didn’t notice. I just had seen that the actor confirmed it was Sheev
 
6:32 PM
@Stormblessed oh hey
 
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Q: Why did Bod's ability to see ghosts fade as he got older?

MithrandirAt a young age, Nobody Owens was given the Freedom of the Graveyard, which gave him the ability to pass through solid objects, talk to the ghosts that lived in the graveyard, etc. He makes good use of these abilities throughout the book, especially as he is notably being raised by ghosts. Howeve...

 
:o !
I'm getting a bounty on main meta meta.stackexchange.com/q/325060/398063
 
noice
 
7:12 PM
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Q: Is there any precedent for Aunt May being Spider-Man's techie/helper?

NKCampbellIn Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, the Aunt May in Miles' universe is shown to not only know that Peter Parker is Spider-Man (ie - not asking about this), but also that she apparently designs gadgets and possibly other equipment and facilities. (she's the Q to James Bond, Lucius Fox to Batman,...

 
8:02 PM
:)
C'mon no new story-ID in 19 hours...
 
8:16 PM
Oh, we can't have that! O_O
 
Exactly! I'm glad I found a companion in my lament and infortu... wait.
 
Here's a freestyler to keep you busy: "need help horror movie. girl transforms into a table and suddenly everyone scream wajowsers. its killing me. pls hlp!!!"
 
@NapoleonWilson some weird IKEA advertisement? :P
 
Okay, I have a genuine one, but I know the answer: "A bunch of people go to some kind of desolate island. They might be policemen on some kind of training mission. It turns out there's also a killer who starts murdering them one after the other."
Oh shit, it's off-topic. Forget what I said!
 
Mindhunters?
 
8:31 PM
Yeah.
 
Found with the Google query movie policemen training island killer FWIW
 
Or maybe one where people can travel through different dimensions using some kind of staff or amulett? There's also a scene with an elevator that's bottomless or something and a TARDIS-like building that's super large inside and looks like a hangar.
@Jenayah Oh, you didn't even know it? That's just boring!
 
never heard of it :D
@NapoleonWilson eh, if you squint the eyes that could be Harry Potter
 
 
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9:45 PM
This edit isn’t working. Anyone know how to separate the blocks and have them be on different bullets without text between?
 
@Stormblessed I'm not sue what you mean?
@NapoleonWilson so what's this?
 
@Jenayah the two quoteblocks shouldn’t be connected
They aren’t connected in the edit history, but appear connected on mobile when looking at the post
 
mmmmh they don't appear like this on browser
lemme fetch phone
'k, I see what you mean. And unsure how to fix. Try putting a <!---- separator ---> comment block?
 
@Stormblessed add <! - - > in between
 
 
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11:13 PM
@Jenayah Crossworlds
 
@NapoleonWilson never heard of it. Will keep it in mind ;)
 
Argh, people! Don't link to single revisions, there's no indication of what was changed!
 
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Q: What's the point of using Time Crystal when USS Discovery has got Spore Drive?

Avenge The FallenIn the recent episode S02E13 of Star Trek: Discovery, But, what's the point of it when USS Discovery has got Spore Drive which can take the ship anywhere in the Mycelial Network which spans across multiple universes let alone time and space?

 

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