The Awkward Silence

user15026

20:00

I don't think it's all that blunt, honestly

ankiiiiiii

and the WhatsApp analogy was a cherry

Rainbacon

@Tinkeringbell Wow, I definitely read that as "how is that blunt" as in how is the blunt that you are smoking. It might be time for me to stop working

M.A.R.

Yeah, if it was blunt, what's this blood coming out of passes out

17 mins ago, by Mithrandir24601

snorts

ankiiiiiii

@Ash I saw that coming, but IIRC, I was silent (while typing) for a moment when I read it

M.A.R.

I snorted on his behalf.

Tinkeringbell

20:02

@Rainbacon I only eat space cake, I don't smoke :P

Rainbacon

Ooh, what's space cake? It sounds delicious

M.A.R.

@ankiiiiiii I think you should read more . . . I dunno, meta? Common Sense Media's grumpy critics? Anyway, you take some things to be blunt that aren't by majority's opinion

Mithrandir

@Rainbacon Press the big button on your keyboard lots of times. Viola - space cake.

M.A.R.

@Rainbacon It's mostly vacuum.

Typical Lays

scohe001

Random question: do mods still have a "flag" button beneath questions/answers on their mod site?

Tinkeringbell

20:03

@Rainbacon Oh, I believe they're called edibles in American ;) Just cake (kinda cupcake like) with special ingredients ;)

Mithrandir

Yeth

Rainbacon

Oh, we call those special brownies

Mithrandir

*insert chewing noises*

M.A.R.

@scohe001 Yeah, and it's replaced by a biohazard sign

Tinkeringbell

@scohe001 Yes :)

Rainbacon

20:04

Or in some circles just brownies

scohe001

Ooh interesting

Tinkeringbell

Also Hi @UtopiaPlanitia you're definitely dropping in at a great moment ;) Please don't think we're always talking like this! :D

Hide everything, we have a visitor!

El'endia Starman

@Rainbacon Very context-dependent, for sure. If a coworker says they're bringing brownies to the office, I'm definitely not thinking edibles. :P

scohe001

Also "Space Cake" is an awesome turn of phrase. Is that a direct translation of what y'all say?

Mithrandir

@Tinkeringbell ...but we are.

M.A.R.

20:05

Only when I'm around to prove @Mith's theories to be bunk are we talking this much.

Tinkeringbell

@scohe001 Not really no... brownies are very different from cake ;)

scohe001

Sorry lol that was a freudian slip :p

ankiiiiiii

yeah true, but after knowing someone well, it isn't a problem :) and texts without emoticons are always vague.
Also I reached my reviewing limit today.

Rainbacon

@Tinkeringbell Not the way my wife makes them. Her brownies are very cake-like in texture

Tinkeringbell

okokorecepten.nl/i/recepten/redactie/2008-1/… < that's what cake looks like :)

Rainbacon

20:06

Your cake comes in a loaf?

M.A.R.

@ankiiiiiii 😄 😉 😢

El'endia Starman

I've had that kind of cake before. Always a pleasant surprise because I'm expecting regular bread. :P

Tinkeringbell

@Rainbacon That's a great way to describe it! Yes, it does :D

M.A.R.

@Tinkeringbell That looks delicious. Definitely fake.

Tinkeringbell

@M.A.R. Not at all, that's just like mom makes it!

Mithrandir24601

20:08

@M.A.R. Don't let them hear you say that! Just because we haven't had time to run the experiments yet!

ankiiiiiii

@M.A.R. I completely get it. halo over my head

M.A.R.

@Mithrandir24601 From now on, I'm just gonna assume the messages that aren't snarky are MithNumbers and the ones that don't make sense are the original's.

For the grey area, Space cake. The answer to all our problems.

Mithrandir24601

@M.A.R. But what if there are more than two of us?

Tinkeringbell

@Ash Thanks! It really wasn't meant to be blunt. If I had wanted to be blunt, I'd have told @ankiiiiiii they should probably know that you can check the profile, by now :P

scohe001

@M.A.R. "Original." I'd bet you dollars to donuts numbers Mith was the original (on the planet at least, idk about SE)

Tinkeringbell

20:11

@Mithrandir24601 I think there's 5 of you right now ;)

M.A.R.

@scohe001 Another of MithNoNumber's political schemes.

@Mithrandir24601 The rest have been eerily silent . . . OH I GET IT

MithrandirOfCode

@M.A.R. but what if...

Mithrandir24601

@M.A.R. No. No you don't ;)

scohe001

LOLOL

Mithrandir

@M.A.R. What do you get? :)

Mithrandir24601

20:12

I think the presence of three Miths just imploded TAS

Tinkeringbell

Nah.

M.A.R.

@MithrandirOfCode I know. Everyone prefers nacho over cheddar.

Mithrandir24601

Just imagine what all of us would do

M.A.R.

@Mithrandir IT

scohe001

Now IPS is a...Mithical chatroom

MithrandirOfCode

20:13

@M.A.R. blasphemy

Tinkeringbell

@Mithrandir24601 Well, mostly troll, I guess :P

Mithrandir

...fair point. Fair point.

ankiiiiiii

can we have some villains too?

M.A.R.

@Tinkeringbell Make jokes about their numbers eye roll I know, right.

Mithrandir24601

@Tinkeringbell Meta SE would become Mith SE for one I suppose

Tinkeringbell

20:14

@Mithrandir24601 Nah. I'd stop you with my mod powers there ;)

Mithrandir

If it hasn't already, I need to work harder.

M.A.R.

If I had one and half M.A.R I would have conquered the world by now.

Mostly the oceans. I like seafood.

Tinkeringbell

@M.A.R. So you're basically saying you need a mini-me?

Mithrandir24601

@Tinkeringbell Ahhhh... But... If we unleashed full Mith, then the mods would be Mithed as well

MithrandirStarman

Sup guys

M.A.R.

20:15

No I'm saying that would have been more dangerous than Miths finding other Miths

Or is that a myth

ankiiiiiii

@Tinkeringbell one of your crochets would suffice too

Tinkeringbell

@ankiiiiiii I'm all for keeping only good things in this room ;)

M.A.R.

@MithrandirStarman I FRIGGING KNEW IT.

Mithrandir

Oh hey, @Mith. What's up?

Mithrandir24601

@MithrandirStarman o/

scohe001

20:16

Time to rename this The Mithward Silence?

Or is that only when we hit 5 Mith's?

M.A.R.

Reloads shotgun Now it's only the >20 of us.

Tinkeringbell

@MithrandirStarman Hey!

Mithrandir24601

@scohe001 How do you know there aren't 5 Miths?

Tinkeringbell

Counts on fingers... I believe there's still one missing ;)

scohe001

@Mithrandir24601 damn. Are you really telling me you have a sleeper agent Mith among us?

Mithrandir24601

20:17

@Tinkeringbell No, we just need one of the other 25000 odd to arrive

ankiiiiiii

@Tinkeringbell well usernames can be bad. I could take Saruman

Mithrandir24601

@scohe001 You can never know...

M.A.R.

Plot twist: My username stands for Mith Artillery Regiment.

Rainbacon

@scohe001 Clearly the "rain" in my name is short for Mithraindir

M.A.R.

Weird evil smile at other hidden members

ankiiiiiii

20:18

@Mithrandir I feel it. (TSR reference @M.A.R. )

Mithrandir

@M.A.R. ....no.

Mithrandirbell

@M.A.R. That's kind of a lousy excuse!

Mithrandir24601

@scohe001 Mithward cough

ankiiiiiii

is someone pinging people to come here? @DJMithRandir hi!

M.A.R.

@Mithrandir I figured the best way to defeat you is not an explosion, but an implosion

DJMithRandir

20:20

Hello!

Mithrandir

@ankiiiiiii Secret Mith chatroom.

scohe001

I think the scariest part of all of this is that literally every Mith is a mod

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M.A.R.

@ankiiiiiii I don't get it. Is that like, Coca Cola's new slogan or something.

scohe001

Idk if this says something about the Mith's or about SE as a whole

DJMithRandir

@Mithrandir No, that's just a mith

Mithrandirbell

20:21

@scohe001 Well, it's kinda hard coordinating usernames if you don't have mod powers. Because that means you're stuck with them for a month ;)

ankiiiiiii

@scohe001 who do you think Jeff Atwood is, behind the username ? he gave all these powers to Miths

Mithrandir24601

And one of the sleeper agents is revealed!! Bwahahahaha!

scohe001

He's secretly been Jeff Mithwood all along?!

Mithrandir

@ankiiiiiii Nope. I personally removed Jeff's chat diamond :P

M.A.R.

Nah, probably the butler

Jinx.

You owe me an "I feel it"

ankiiiiiii

20:22

@M.A.R. I meant pinging me and ankit using anki in The Screening Room

Mithrandir

I must've mithed what that's referring to.

ankiiiiiii

this makes pinging half of the chatroom a lot easier though

M.A.R.

@ankiiiiiii Oh, bingo. I can easily win the who-can-piss-off-the-most-mods-with-a-ping contest.

Of course, it was all planned.

ankiiiiiii

Can we all ping miths together?

Mithrandir24601

@M.A.R. That's what you think...

Mithrandirbell

20:24

That's not advised :P

Mithrandir

If you ping a Mith, you summon all the Miths... :P

ankiiiiiii

@Mithrandirbell is that for me or mar?

Mithrandirbell

@ankiiiiiii Probably both :P

M.A.R.

I know where to come for the next seven days if I wanted something deleted somewhere.

ankiiiiiii

well @Mithrandir already did that, so no fun left anyway.

M.A.R.

20:25

While you're at it, go delete Forbes.com, three featured articles.

ankiiiiiii

I dont know if multiple were pinged now.

Can't help it

Mithrandir24601

@ankiiiiiii Nah

Mithrandir

Nope, only me.

ankiiiiiii

gotcha! just being on the safe side.

Mithrandir24601

@Mithrandir only pings one Mith

M.A.R.

20:25

They asked for it. Enjoy it while it lasts

El'endia Starman

Hey guys- what's going on in here?? Looks like I mithed out on all the fun...

M.A.R.

@El'endiaStarman Mith is agent Smithing everyone.

It looks creepier than the movie, trust me.

ankiiiiiii

@Mithrandir whoa, powers above the owner,

It's definitely mithexchange.com, everyone shares miths here \s

M.A.R.

@Emilie hi, what brings you here?

Hope you haven't joined their tyranny.

Tinkeringbell

what tyranny, did I miss something?

M.A.R.

20:28

Oh thank God

This is why the world needs Dutch people.

ankiiiiiii

@M.A.R. maybe sorted by activity and saw a whole lot of mods together.

M.A.R.

Someone was being naughty

Checks chimney

Honestly, I dunno how Santa can fit in there, but OK.

Tinkeringbell

naughty? Who? I was planning on going to bed, do I really need to start moderating again?

Isabella Garcia-Shapiro

Nobody better be being naughty!

Emilie

@M.A.R. I'm a Mithologist :)

ankiiiiiii

20:29

Tinkeringbell

@M.A.R. That's why we Dutch people have Black Pete ;)

M.A.R.

GAAA MY EYES THE PUNS ARE IN MY EYES AAAAAA

Whoever got that reference is a certified fresh interneter.

@ankiiiiiii That is EXACTLY how I imagine a Mike Myers Santa to look like.

Isabella Garcia-Shapiro

I think that's Shrek.

Tinkeringbell

@IsabellaGarcia-Shapiro Of course not! That's Santa.

ankiiiiiii

@IsabellaGarcia-Shapiro if he can fit, anyone can fit in the chimney

Isabella Garcia-Shapiro

20:31

@Tinkeringbell Oh, of course.

M.A.R.

It's a Christmas tree.

ankiiiiiii

what's up with the username? ex-mithrandir ?

Isabella Garcia-Shapiro

Mithrandir? Who's that?

El'endia Starman

^ I was about to ask much the same.

ankiiiiiii

who are you? disguised Mith?

M.A.R.

20:33

The fact that your user card or whatever pops off the bloody screen gives you away.

Isabella Garcia-Shapiro

I'm afraid you've mistaken me for someone else...

M.A.R.

See, I just defeated you by letting you defeat yourself.

Something something great power.

And the "Oh no it's too much" cliche.

ankiiiiiii

@IsabellaGarcia-Shapiro oh I apologise

if it's not your real name, you're far from the Shapiro I know xd, spoiler: Ben

Rainbacon

Yeah, that's Isabella Garcia-Shapiro, third vicountess of Literature.SE, the flagger of IPS, and you will treat them with respect

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I don't know who this Mithrandir person is of whom you speak

ankiiiiiii

all hail the queen!( actually the third one.)

Isabella Garcia-Shapiro

20:37

Elizabeth?

Sandman

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A: Sandbox for Proposed Questions

How do people know who I am without being properly introduced For most of my life a lot of people have approached me knowing my name but we hadn't been properly introduced. In high school and college I had questionable hairstyles that made me stick out (rat tail, mullet, undercut, myriad of colo...

scohe001

I leave for 10 minutes and come back to find all the Mith's are gone O_O

Tinkeringbell

@scohe001 They were a myth ;)

scohe001

Was it all a dream?

Tinkeringbell

Probably ;)

Isabella Garcia-Shapiro

20:39

Can you ever know for sure?

ankiiiiiii

@IsabellaGarcia-Shapiro of Lit.SE actually.

There's so much activity on AD today and I am not allowed to review any further

it is way easier than clicking on every post

Mithrandir

20:55

@M.A.R. If your screen is bloody, you're probably doing something wrong,

scohe001

@Mithrandir I'd counter that's only the case if the blood is their own

Mithrandir

I concede that you have a point there.

Rainbacon

@scohe001 Yes, but if their computer has a webcam they may want to consider who has hacked into it and is watching. To be on the safe side it's best to keep all blood related activities far from your technology

scohe001

@Rainbacon hmm while that's some good advice, I think it breaks down when you're working in the field of bio-tech

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