The Awkward Silence

Either Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (also out of morbid curiosity) or Back to the Future 3, depending on if my littlest sister is watching or not

avazula

@Mithrandir They are equally good to me

(But as I said, not a reference hehe)

Mithrandir

Well, I'm certainly not going to trust what @M.A.R. says about anything.

:P

avazula

Well, that's because you've known @M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ for a while, and me, maybe only for a couple of days ,ahah

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

@Mithrandir ಠ_ಠ

Ha, Tom Holland had problems with Chris Pratt on set because he made him laugh too much

@Mithrandir I even got to get LOTR, but Harry Potter, no thank you

You should totally watch Fury . . . Oh wait, you're not old enough :p

avazula

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ How old are YOU?

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

6:36 PM

@avazula 19

avazula

Shit you're young

ahah

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

Shit I'm young

avazula

Seriously, I was surprised when learning about @Mithrandir's age earlier. I'm happy for you that you're so open-minded & curious at your age

Rainbacon

Stop making me feel old!

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

@avazula Yeah, my brain is all over the place. So open

avazula

6:38 PM

@Rainbacon How old are you? I could make you feel younger maybe ahah

Rainbacon

25

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

Brainnnzzzzzz

avazula

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ Try not to put it everywhere, it's made of fat after all, and fat stains are hard to clean

@Rainbacon Oops... Sorry. But I'm close :)

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

Well, I have white hair, and can't walk straight cause I feel dizzy all the times these days

You are the inexperienced young

avazula

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ Don't provoke me

Rainbacon

6:39 PM

I feel like I should be yelling at all the kids in here to get off my lawn

avazula

You're barely old enough to be able to drink

@Rainbacon YOU DAMN KIDS GET OFF MY PROPERTY!

@Rainbacon I'd join you in this initiative

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

@avazula provokes

avazula

Actually I loved the Ready Player One movie, just because of its tracklist

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

@avazula the drinking age in Iran is infinity

@avazula can't wait to watch it

avazula

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ Well, you're barely old enough to drink in most pubs on Mars

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ Well, I won't spoil then. Unless ... ?

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

6:42 PM

@avazula I don't mind spoilers

avazula

(Btw I wanted to say allowed, not able)

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ So you're part of this tiny, non-understable part of the population?

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

I hate alcohol with a passion

I smell it every 2 days

@avazula I think the only real spoilers that should be avoided are the most mind-blowing plot twists, and those happen rarely in movies.

avazula

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ Just to remind you of your aliveness?

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

Explaining any other part of the plot will never replace watching that part

avazula

If I say you wouldn't be disappointed with that movie, is it a spoiler in itself?

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

6:45 PM

@avazula to disinfect my fistula needle wounds . . .

Great, I spilled the beans here too

avazula

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ Try to eat cleanly?

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

@avazula only the spoiled think of that as a spoiler

avazula

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ But you're way beyond that, aren't you?

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

@avazula Why do you expect a 19-year-old boy to eat cleanly?

avazula

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ I wouldn't expect anything from a boy, whatever his age

Oops

Too far?

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

6:46 PM

Nah

avazula

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ I'm sorry

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

For what?

avazula

We're 9 over there, I'm the oldest, they're only 3 boys and they despair me

"You can wash the dishes as well as I do, Timmy!"

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

Our culture is not over-sensitive about gender issues

@avazula ha

avazula

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ I wanted to say "who said I'm not a man" but I've noticed my sentence betrayed me

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

6:49 PM

Everyone knows you're a dog

Or a cat behind a keyboard instead of on top of it

avazula

I'm more of a penguin actually

But you already knew, didn't you

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

Ugh, I already have enough trouble with one polar animal

chat.stackexchange.com/users/150884/orthocresol

avazula

Ahah, I'm sorry for you

Time to cook

Bye everyone! See you later :)

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

Bye!

Seafood is bad for me though

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#13389 Colin Basnett (101 rep) | A: How can I tactfully tell my ex-superior that I don't owe him anything? (score: 1) | posted 1 hours ago by RandomUs1r (121 rep)

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Extroverted Main Man

7:20 PM

0

Q: Keeping distance in a close office environment

Title might be misleading but it is more of a IPS question for me instead of a workplace one.And sorry for my English since it's not my native language. I work in a small company (less than 10 people including bosses) and majority is in same room which is not a big one. We have the lunches toget...

difficult-people

IPS Comment Bot

7:32 PM

So the ideas seem artificial, but you're going to go with them anyway, and try to disguise their artificial nature? Why not think of something you'll both enjoy, if you've known them for 3-4 years? — Callum Bradbury 18 secs ago

#13393 Callum Bradbury (305 rep) | Q: How to make getting to know someone more organic? (score: 0) | posted 3 minutes ago by charlie44 (1 rep)

Matched regex(es) ["possible-aic"]

Extroverted Main Man

0

Q: How to make getting to know someone more organic?

(Or, am I over thinking everything) There is a girl (Jen) that I've been acquaintances with for about 3-4 years. I recently asked her if she would be okay with me getting to know her better. In my mind, this puts the scenario at me having an interest in her, but perhaps not the other way around ...

united-states relationships

Mithrandir

8:26 PM

comes back from movie to discover I can see deleted posts

Rainbacon

@Mithrandir congrats

Pheo

@Mithrandir You couldn't do that before? Congrats.

Mithrandir

Thanks :)

@Pheo not on IPS

Pheo

Oh. :-)

Rainbacon

I'm still trying to find enough places to gain rep so I can get to that point.

Pheo

8:32 PM

@Rainbacon Try AI.SE

The fourth meta post down. Great oppourtunity to both help and be helped.

Rainbacon

Rep on AI.SE won't help me see deleted posts on IPS though

Pheo

0_0 SE is weird

Mithrandir

@avazula a lot of people are for some reason. Evidently I'm an abnormal teenager.

Pheo

ai.stackexchange.com/questions/6116/… serial comment voter

Thats all you are going to get from me about AI.SE tonight folks!

Where do I go to upvote the IPS on area 51?

Mithrandir

You can't. The site went into beta, so voting and following are locked.

Rainbacon

8:38 PM

@Pheo I don't believe that you can anymore, it's already into public beta. I'm not active on area 51, but I think votes there are only or pre-beta

Pheo

:(I was looking forward to voting on it)

How much moderation is IPS in need of?

Mithrandir

In terms of amount of ♦ moderators? There are 5 now, which should be enough. In terms of people voting and flagging? A lot.

Rainbacon

interpersonal.stackexchange.com/a/13396/11659 This could use some attention

Pheo

Not an answer?

Rainbacon

I flagged it as VLQ

But NAA probably would work as well

Pheo

8:42 PM

I'm glad I came here. Gives me some moderation practice.

@Rainbacon someone upvoted that post.

Rainbacon

@Pheo Is there a reason I need to know that?

Pheo

@Rainbacon the fact that someone thinks that is OK?

Mithrandir

There will always be people upvoting bad content.

user15026

You will just drive yourself crazy if you try to figure out why people vote as they do

Pheo

@Ash I never considered that...

ArtOfCode

8:58 PM

for £100 per vote I'll tell you why

Pheo

@ArtOfCode I'll pass.

IPS Comment Bot

He does have a legal claim. In the absence of written documents, verbal agreements stand. And, neither party can prove the records belong to him. In that event, whoever is in possession of the items is the owner. — Awesome 1 min ago

#13353 Awesome (119 rep) | A: Friend wants rare vinyl record collection back after 7 years (score: -1) | posted 16 hours ago by Awesome (119 rep) | edited 14 hours ago by Awesome (119 rep)

Matched regex(es) ["chatty"]

Mithrandir

...that's a large percentage of questions closed.

is poking around in the toolbox

Rainbacon

@Mithrandir What is the percentage?

Mithrandir

390 out of 753 in the past 3 months.

Rainbacon

9:04 PM

wow

Pheo

I don't believe it.

Rainbacon

So, we're closing 51% of the asked questions

@Pheo I believe it

IPS Comment Bot

Hi justniz and welcome to IPS. Just a thought for future posts, please consider drafting them in a text editor instead of posting many small edits "live" - it's great that you are trying to improve your answer, but each edit bumps the post, so it's preferable to make a few substantial edits instead if possible. Thanks! — Em C 39 secs ago

#13398 Em C (6053 rep) | A: How do I politely decline a request for a contract marriage? (score: -3) | posted 37 minutes ago by justniz (1 rep) | edited 3 minutes ago by justniz (1 rep)

Matched regex(es) ["just\\W?(a|this)\\W?(comment|thought)"]

Mithrandir

Compare to Scifi.SE, with 519 out of 2285 closed in the same timespan.

avazula

So it means were closing a lot of questions?

Mithrandir

9:18 PM

Yup. That's not necessarily a bad thing.

ArtOfCode

\o/ finally a site with a close rate to match HR

doppelgreener

@Mithrandir is that including questions that are closed and then reopened?

or just questions that are closed and stayed closed?

avazula

And especially because of the topic of IPS

Mithrandir

I'm not sure.

I've never actually poked around with these so much. Just glance every once in a while.

doppelgreener

Ok, yeah, those numbers include questions closed and reopened

(There's a statistics table immediately following those stats; if you total up the Closed count it adds up to those stats)

In the past 90 days, RPG.SE had 598 questions closed, of which 178 were reopened (so 420 closed and stayed closed). Out of 1918 questions asked, that's 31.18% closed (whatever outcome), ~22% closed and stayed closed, ~9% closed and later reopened.

Pheo

9:37 PM

Are those good numbers?

doppelgreener

they are entirely neutral numbers

Cascabel

none of them are even prime, psh

Pheo

@Cascabel That has something to do with it?

Catija

...no

doppelgreener

prime numbers are just better than all the rest

Cascabel

9:41 PM

thats_the_joke.gif

@doppelgreener get back to me when you have perfect numbers!

Mithrandir

6!

Catija

I like perfect squares, myself.

Cascabel

(preferably an odd perfect number so you can solve two problems at once)

Pheo

10:00 PM

@Cascabel I don't understand.

Cascabel

@Pheo mathworld.wolfram.com/OddPerfectNumber.html

Extroverted Main Man

0

Q: How can I ask to the writer is male or female politely?

I was looking for a shared room on Craigslist and I found one I'm interested in. On the post, the writer didn't specified if he/she is male or female. Because I'm a female I wanted to ask by email about his/her gender. How can I ask whether the writer is male or female politely?

politeness

Pheo

10:51 PM

Mathmatica

@Cascabel You can also stick with the number 1, which is special, odd, and perfect, and prime.

Cascabel

11:03 PM

1 is not prime or perfect.

Pheo

Uh... factors of one.... 1?

Mithrandir24601

@Mithrandir I wasn't aware that 720 was a perfect number :P

Mithrandir

That was an exclamation point, not a factorial

Mithrandir24601

@Mithrandir I would say that it's more interesting than 6 in some ways, though

IPS Comment Bot

11:52 PM

I agree with this answer. Let the old folks spend their money how they want. If they have their basic needs taken care of, don't even give your opinion. I can't help but think that your concern is seeing your potential inheritance get spent, or having to clean up their crap when they die. I envy these people and I can only hope to spend my last years the same way. — ashleedawg 1 min ago

#13372 ashleedawg (160 rep) | A: How to talk to family member about their spending? (score: 1) | posted 11 hours ago by Peter Abolins (534 rep)

Matched regex(es) ["chatty"]

@ashleedawg if you agree, click the uptick. — Pheo 16 secs ago

#13372 Pheo (101 rep) | A: How to talk to family member about their spending? (score: 1) | posted 11 hours ago by Peter Abolins (534 rep)

Matched regex(es) ["chatty"]

Pheo

I can't flag my own comments, for petes sake!

user15026

That's because you can delete them etc.

Pheo

@Ash FWI I flagged that comment by the user.

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