Escape Pod. - 2013-04-09 (page 2 of 2)

LessPop_MoreFizz

04:00

@FEichinger I hadn't known that. Now I do.

Retrosaur

@kalina It's an interpretive work of art...geez

"redefining the freehand circle since 1724

user15026

Key Lime sherbet is SO GOOOOOD

Yawus

@AshleyNunn Rivaled only by pineapple.

FEichinger

@LessPop_MoreFizz I only found out through the Tic Tac Toe room.

Fluttershy

@LessPop_MoreFizz Lessons learned.

kalina

04:01

I hadn't realised fbueckert has been a member of Arqade for over a year

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Fluttershy Hopefully it's one I never need to apply again.

Fluttershy

So, I had a job interview today!

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Fluttershy Did it go well?

Fluttershy

It didn't go anywhere though. They gave me the wrong address, so I couldn't even find the place.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Fingers crossed for you, etc.

@Fluttershy ...

kalina

04:02

@Fluttershy -.-

Fluttershy

The address they gave me was 102 W Beech Street.

user15026

@Fluttershy oh man that suclks so much

Fluttershy

It was actually at 506B E Beech Street... So... yeah. Rescheduling. =D

Retrosaur

that sulks so much

that socks so much

that Red Sox so much

Fluttershy

@AshleyNunn Try one more time. =P

FEichinger

04:03

@AshleyNunn You can do it!

user15026

@Fluttershy nah, the l likes it there

Yawus

that Cubs so much

Retrosaur

that Shocks so much

user15026

@FEichinger shush you

FEichinger

@AshleyNunn ♥

Fluttershy

04:03

... Escape Pod Pod?

Retrosaur

that Escape so much

kalina

@LessPop_MoreFizz save fbueckert

user15026

@FEichinger oh sure now I get teh hearts and flowers

Yawus

Flowers?

What flowers?

FEichinger

@AshleyNunn Yes. Why not? :P

Yawus

04:04

Oh hey look, it's a guy.

LessPop_MoreFizz

I want to validate those flags so badly.

user15026

I hate to say it guys, but validating those wasnt a good idea

user15026

it wasnt really a flaggable offense

FEichinger

@LessPop_MoreFizz I was waiting for something better ...

Yawus

@LessPop_MoreFizz That sounds vaguely sexual.

kalina

04:05

@AshleyNunn I agree with that

OrigamiRobot

@LessPop_MoreFizz I did!

FEichinger

@kalina Seconded.

user15026

Honestly, I dont like the guy, but that was way off base

kalina

I was actually going to invalidate them but didn't on account of I figured somebody was about to do something like that

I am innocent of flagging them or validating them

FEichinger

In fact, the passive-aggressive wikipedia bullshit was way more appropriate to flag there.

LessPop_MoreFizz

04:06

Yeah, I resisted the temptation.

FEichinger

Juuust sayin'.

Yawus

Just Saiyan?

murgatroid99

I was going to invalidate them, but they got validated too fast

user15026

SROP

user15026

STOP FLAGGING

FEichinger

04:07

in The Bridge, 1 min ago, by Retrosaur

and why is Fechlinger whiteknighting?

kalina

@Retrosaur Why would you link something from here in the Bridge?

FEichinger

^-- That one? That flag was me.

Yawus

@AshleyNunn Well, now I have use "SROP" whenever I can.

SaintWacko

@FEichinger Why?

FEichinger

@SaintWacko Because I did indeed take offense to that.

LessPop_MoreFizz

04:08

@kalina Because he is trolling all of us like a jerk.

SaintWacko

@FEichinger To someone saying you were whiteknighting?

Retrosaur

@kalina Why not, is there a rule for this?

SaintWacko

How is that offensive?

FEichinger

@SaintWacko In that context? Yes.

kalina

@Retrosaur That isn't the purpose of this channel

Retrosaur

04:09

Until there are rules, show me

Scootaloo

What happened to the other guy?

kalina

@Retrosaur This isn't a rules thing, this is a pissing off everybody you're trying to chat to thing

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Retrosaur It's not about rules. You're not going to be banned for it. It's about not being an idiot and not being rude.

SaintWacko

@FEichinger ...*shrugs* Eh, whatever

Yawus

I try to not be an idiot. I have to say my success rate isn't all that appealing...

Scootaloo

04:10

FEichinger: not to get too off topic here, but sorry about what happened in "The Bridge".

Yawus

Hmm. Just noticed that I split an infinitive.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AnnaLear for context.

FEichinger

@Scootaloo I am not going to discuss this with any of you. I told you what I think and with that I left for a reason.

kalina

Raven has one hell of a talent for randomly appearing and swiping all of the suggested edits

FEichinger

@SaintWacko Just to clarify that: "white knighting" has become the new in-term for taking popular opinion stance you disagree with.

And in light of the rest that was spouted over in the Bridge, that one was way beyond what I see acceptable.

Yawus

04:15

How do you take a stance that you disagree with?

Scootaloo

@FEichinger Ok. I just felt as though things ended on an horribly bad note.

FEichinger

@Yawus Not "you" as in the one taking the stance, but the one using the term.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FEichinger IN MY DAY White Knighting meant something fairly specific.

Fluttershy

@LessPop_MoreFizz Yeah but you're like... 70 or something. Chivalry existed then.

FEichinger

@LessPop_MoreFizz That's the beauty of the Internet being dicks. People start misusing words and it spreads like the plague.

Fluttershy

04:16

Now "white-knighting" can be pretty derogatory, from what I hear.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FEichinger somethingawful.com/d/news/few-words-on-2.php

@Fluttershy Oh it was always derogatory.

But it used to mean something specific that it was derogatory about. Not just 'person i don't agree with'.

Fluttershy

@LessPop_MoreFizz Oooh. Now I follow you.

kalina

@LessPop_MoreFizz invite @fbueckert

FEichinger

@Fluttershy It was always derogatory, but when it's essentially on the topic of the term, I have no problem with it - it was mostly warranted in one way or another.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@kalina I did. He was here.

kalina

04:18

oh

fbueckert

?

FEichinger

But when it's that new "hey, you don't agree with me, but all the others do, so I need an insult for you!" word, well screw it.

kalina

@fbueckert the bridge with more sanity

fbueckert

Eh. I haven't been around for a reason.

kalina

@fbueckert oh ok

as long as I'm not the reason and it's nothing serious

fbueckert

04:20

@kalina Nope, and nope.

user15026

@fbueckert MH?

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Little bit, but not really.

SaintWacko

@FEichinger Ah, okay. That's not the meaning I know for it

Anyways, I'm going to bed

FEichinger

Ooooh, can we consider that "Godwin's Law invoked" over there now?

kalina

@SaintWacko nn

SaintWacko

04:21

G'night, Bri- Er... Escape Pod

Yawus

What are the consequences for invoking Godwin's Law?

I never really got that part.

Anna Lear

There are no consequences beyond Hitler becoming on-topic.

Well, and the argument usually irreparably derails after that.

FEichinger

@AnnaLear Which in itself is enough of a consequence, tbh.

Anna Lear

True.

user15026

@AnnaLear O.o

user15026

04:22

I am horrified now

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AnnaLear Also the person who invoked Nazis is considered to have lost the argument, de facto.

Retrosaur

And yes, I have invoked Godwin's law multiple times

Anna Lear

You can't invoke it on purpose. That doesn't count.

FEichinger

@AnnaLear Can't we do something about this noise? Anything?

user15026

Oh man this sherbert

user15026

04:23

so yummy

Retrosaur

@LessPop_MoreFizz Great logic, because people who want to discuss Nazis are considered idiots and must be shunned immediately

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Retrosaur Listen to me very carefully. If you keep going down this road, I will cast more flags than you can keep up with. I will make appeals to administration to have further sanctions taken. I will be deeply, and personally offended.

user15026

brb eating the whole box

kalina

the noise to signal ratio is unbearable at the moment

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user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz This.

Anna Lear

04:24

@FEichinger Very likely. But there's a lot for me to catch up on first.

Retrosaur

@LessPop_MoreFizz Can't dispute facts, but go ahead on your crusade. I won't mind one bit.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Retrosaur In fact...

FEichinger

@AnnaLear That's promising already.

kalina

@LessPop_MoreFizz resolved

I know it's against the rules to have hidden channels, but it would be really nice if we could have a hidden channel

FEichinger

@kalina Can always hide it on another site.

fbueckert

04:26

@kalina I locked down the MH chat for exactly that reason. Just happy, monster ass kicking talking.

But anyways, I'm out again. Those of you who know me know how to get ahold of me, if needed.

Anna Lear

@LessPop_MoreFizz I hear you. (My grandmother survived the blockade of Leningrad.) But I'm gonna ask you to let this go. Retrosaur's enjoying a chat timeout now.

kalina

@fbueckert talk to you later/soon

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AnnaLear Already have.

Anna Lear

@LessPop_MoreFizz Cool, thanks.

kalina

looks like it's safe to come out of hiding

badp

08:56

I'm sorry for yesterday. I was still awake till ~2am or so but I was trying to fix my. Ubuntu setup and whatnot so I didn't pay attention to chat

I could've made something happen I suppose

The main problem is that we can only ban from the whole chat — and not just any one site or room

...and banning a guy from chat as a whole because he sucks at the Bridge seems off

Sure johann only had 20 reps on Arqade so that shouldn't have stopped us yesterday

What you can do is try and flag some really bad message.

...or maybe just give one hour?

Wipqozn

11:18

@badp He got a one hour suspension at one point, but it was revoked (the message flagged didn't really warrant a suspension).

FEichinger

11:39

And here we go again.

Wipqozn

@FEichinger He's not really causing a disturbance right now. Just leave him be.

FEichinger

@Wipqozn Oh, I'm leaving him be. It's just the same "Hey, let's have a random discussion about X and pick a wild topic out of the air." shizzle.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@FEichinger It's not even that. I'd like a conversation about Bioshock and it's story, but he seems to be entirely unfamiliar with it

I don't want a discussion where I have to correct everything he say.

FEichinger

12:06

@YiJiang'sEvilClone You won't get anything other than that, though. He very much deliberately does that.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

in The Bridge, 11 hours ago, by Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@kalina must... assume... good faith

FEichinger

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I've given up on that.

Brant

23:12

I'm going to idle here for a few weeks just so everyone sees me as an elder statesman of the Bridge community

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