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Cerberus

00:00

I understand.

Have you ever met someone that you knew from the internet at a party or something and found out?

Would probably be awkward. I don't know why I was thinking about that.

aedia λ

@Cerberus I'm trying to think if I have, but I'm not sure really. I have one internet friend I can think of who I never actually met in person, but talked on the phone and stuff, we're like, friends on facebook, some mutual friends. In college it wasn't too weird to make plans with a club or group either and finally meet only at the event we'd been planning, or at class (we were geeky and shy).

FallenAngelEyes

@Cerberus Found out what?

I've met most of my significant others over the past 8 years on the internet, so it's not strange for me at all to meet people offline later on after getting to know them online first.

aedia λ

I went to the Rally for Sanity last fall but I had switched reddit usernames by then and I was way too shy to go try to meet up with any internet peoples.

FallenAngelEyes

I've met well over 3 dozen people "IRL" that I originally met online.

Probably more than that even...

One of our Gaming.SE mods is coming to the Netherlands for a few months so a bunch of us Dutchies will probably have a meetup then, and I'll have more to add to my list.

aedia λ

I think it's different if you're hoping to meet up versus bumping into someone who turns out to already know you online. I'm sure I'm different in person than I am online, and a bit different depending on who's around, so I guess it could be awkward.

FallenAngelEyes

00:10

@aediaλ I think that goes for everyone though.

aedia λ

Heh, I suppose so!

FallenAngelEyes

Randomly bumping into someone I already knew online probably wouldn't happen. If we're close enough that we talk often enough to be considered friends, we'd likely tell each other that we'd be somewhere we're likely to bump into one another.

Cerberus

@aediaλ Ah OK. So you knew these people all from the internet? Every time I met people from the internet it was always on purpose.

FallenAngelEyes

I try to be as open as honest about who I am online as possible though, most of the time. I have to hide various aspects of my life enough offline that if I have a choice, I really would rather not to it online.

Cerberus

@FallenAngelEyes No I mean, you may very well meet people at a party that you know on line, but if neither of you is aware of your prior acquaintance...

@FallenAngelEyes Yeah OK but then you've seen their faces first, so you will recognize them.

FallenAngelEyes

00:14

@Cerberus I guess it depends on whether or not they've seen you naked on how awkward it would be.

(Kidding. Maybe.)

;)

Cerberus

@aediaλ I think it would be very awkward, but also hilarious.

FallenAngelEyes

Seriously though, I think the chances are small enough of that happening that my reaction would be "Holy crap, that's awesome!"

Cerberus

@FallenAngelEyes I think it may have happened to you several times but you just never knew it.

FallenAngelEyes

@Cerberus Well then how can it be awkward if you never figure it out!

Cerberus

@FallenAngelEyes Hehe I see.

@FallenAngelEyes No, I mean, it's only awkward if you find out!

FallenAngelEyes

00:16

@Cerberus I think it would be cool!

Cerberus

It would be! But also awkward.

FallenAngelEyes

(This is obviously because I only hang out with awesome people online. sagenod)

aedia λ

@Cerberus Plenty of times I've met people only after emailing or chatting, for a project or volunteering or whatever. But usually intentional. I can't think of an accidental meeting either.

Cerberus

You'd have to explain to your non-internet friends whence you knew this person...

@aediaλ Yeah same here.

FallenAngelEyes

@Cerberus My non-internet friends know that I met my significant others online though, so there's less awkwardness for me.

Cerberus

00:18

I mean, if you knew each other from a dating site, the other person would probably be discreet enough to make up some story about a bar. But if from a Platonic website, it could be hilariously awkward, and your friends would think you had dated this person or something.

@FallenAngelEyes Yeah but that may not be something you want to talk about at a party, in a group of people including your MiL...

Bogdan Lataianu

Nice I can see "most controversial posts"(which have up/down stats ) even if i dont have 1000 points script

FallenAngelEyes

@Cerberus But... but my mother-in-law knows I met her son online!

It's fairly subjective based on your friends' and families' openness about such things.

Whenever I meet new people in the NL, they often ask how I ended up here, and I just tell them I met my boyfriend on the internet.

It's not that strange anymore.

aedia λ

I think my parents are still afraid of strangers on the internets.

Cerberus

@BogdanLataianu And not everyone is supposed to see that? I think they would have blocked that page if it had been supposed to be secret.

Bogdan Lataianu

@Cerberus it is public

FallenAngelEyes

00:22

I've seen the acceptability of it change in the past 8.5 years we've been together. In 2003, it still had more of a stigma of "dating site." But now, with Facebook's prevalence, online gaming more visible in the media, and a whole generation of kids who've grown up with the internet, people don't tend to bat an eye anymore.

Cerberus

@FallenAngelEyes Yeah I know, I know various people have met their whatevers through the internet; but it may not be something you want everyone to know at a party. Just as you might not want people to know that you dated a certain person not from the internet.

@BogdanLataianu OK.

FallenAngelEyes

@Cerberus I'm honestly not sure what else I would say if I didn't want to tell the truth.

Cerberus

@FallenAngelEyes True; but it's still no less awkward than off-line dates, and you don't want to tell everyone that you dated this person at any moment in any company; and if people think "oh, internet, must have been dating" when it was just Platonic internet, then...

FallenAngelEyes

But I'm also not someone who likes to lie for the sake of social acceptance. I've had to do it too much in the past, so nowadays, I tend not to bother if it can be helped. If you can't be arsed to accept me for who I am and not judge me or my life, you're not someone I really want to bother with anyway.

Cerberus

Besides, the older generation isn't always so enthusiastic about it...

@FallenAngelEyes Sure.

But that doesn't mean you have to like it if private things become public.

aedia λ

00:26

Telling just the salient parts of the truth is good for privacy.

FallenAngelEyes

@Cerberus All the 65+ people that I've met here in my drawing and painting courses are very nice and just think it's neat that I met him that way. :)

@Cerberus No, but I have control over how much I let people know. It's only awkward for me if I'm bothered by it. If someone else becomes uncomfortable with the answer I gave, then maybe they should have thought harder about what they were asking and whether or not they actually wanted an honest answer or just a polite platitude.

Cerberus

Sure and good for you!

BRB, need to quickly fight a few battles against the Xenotrannies.

Cerberus

00:41

@FallenAngelEyes I didn't know you dated 65+-year-olds at drawing courses.

FallenAngelEyes

@Cerberus :P

Cerberus

@FallenAngelEyes Yeah but but... do you enjoy it when you have to introduce your boyfriend to an ex of yours?

FallenAngelEyes

I go to a buurthuis for drawing/painting courses and, well, I imagine you're familiar with the general audience of those places. XD

@Cerberus I'm friends with most of my exes, and he knew some of them before they became exes too.

(I'm polyamorous, so my love life is complicated)

Cerberus

@FallenAngelEyes Actually I've never been in one... is it fun?

@FallenAngelEyes Yeah, but still.

FallenAngelEyes

@Cerberus It is. :)

@Cerberus I'm not ashamed of who I am, who I date, or why I date them, so there's no awkwardness on my part. :) And as stated, most of the people I've dated over the past 8 years I originally met online anyway, so it'd be silly if my exes were judgmental over it. :P

Cerberus

00:47

You don't need to be ashamed, and your ex needn't be judgemental—but it could still be that you're simply not in the mood to talk to this person or introduce him or whatever.

But if none of this could ever be awkward for you, then good for you!

FallenAngelEyes

@Cerberus I wish I could say it never was! Alas, the world is not perfect.

Nor am I.

I kinda feel bad here for coming into your room and talking so much when I don't do much on your site. >_>

aedia λ

@FallenAngelEyes You certainly don't need to feel bad for keeping our room active! Someone's gotta keep the fire burning ;)

I've just been scrounging up some food before I starve.

RegDwight Ѭſ道

Yeah, this is one of those rooms where you are allowed to play with matches.

aedia λ

Not much left in the house when we went away, and haven't been grocery shopping yet.

Hullo @Reg!

FallenAngelEyes

@aediaλ Hehe, okay, I just don't want anyone to feel, I don't know... offended is too strong a term. And hi @Reg!

@Reg Your owl looks very stern.

aedia λ

01:00

Ooh, it's thunderstorming outside. Spooky.

RegDwight Ѭſ道

@FallenAngelEyes it has to.

Jul 15 at 19:58, by RegDwight

"I changed my gravatar to a viscacha and all I got was all hell breaking loose and NO STUPID T-SHIRT!"

FallenAngelEyes

@RegDwightѬſ道 I had to wiki that. It's adorable.

I can imagine that's not really the aura you want to emanate as a mod.

"Please be civil on our site." "Awwwwwwwwww, wookit da widdle mod, he's so cuuuuuute!"

Argh, it's 3am, how is it 3am already.

I had something interesting I wanted to bring up, but I need to sleep now.

RegDwight Ѭſ道

Hm. Interesting. It's 3am here, too.

So you're from the same planet!

Cerberus

@FallenAngelEyes Well, it doesn't have to be perfect! These little things can also be funny to make jokes about.

@FallenAngelEyes That is absolutely fine! You make it more lively.

@FallenAngelEyes Sleep??

Are you mad?

FallenAngelEyes

@RegDwightѬſ道 ...or so you think! dun dun duuuuun!

Cerberus

01:09

@RegDwightѬſ道 Perhaps you should link her back to Zombo.com

FallenAngelEyes

@Cerberus I'm going to Cologne this week so I can cover Gamescom for Gaming.SE, my schedule needs to be proper so I can be awake at the same time as the convention!

Cerberus

Would be practical, yes.

I know the problem.

FallenAngelEyes

I've never been to Cologne before, so I'm looking forward to it, though I won't have much free time. :)

Cerberus

You think you can sleep?

It has been bombed into oblivion by the Brits, so...

FallenAngelEyes

I went hiking along the Rhein back in April, stayed in a youth hostel in Bingen, and the train we took down there went through Cologne.

I got a peek at the cathedral from the train.

RegDwight Ѭſ道

01:14

If I had a nickel for every time I've seen Bingen, or Cologne for that matter...

FallenAngelEyes

It was my first trip to Germany! I wanted to see the pretty sights!

RegDwight Ѭſ道

Yay for pretty sights.

FallenAngelEyes

It's so beautiful there, truly. It reminded me of where I grew up a lot.

RegDwight Ѭſ道

Summer? Autumn?

Cerberus

FallenAngelEyes

01:17

My best friend here in the Netherlands is German (she also moved here for a Dutch boyfriend), so she's taught me a lot about Germany. :)

Cerberus

We do know how to haul foreign girls aboard.

FallenAngelEyes

@RegDwightѬſ道 It was early spring, so definitely not the peak in prettiness, but it's easier to get a hostel in the off-season.

RegDwight Ѭſ道

@Cerberus The view from the other side is even more disconcerting.

Cerberus

Ever been to the Wallen?

@RegDwightѬſ道 You have a pic? I was trying to find a better one.

RegDwight Ѭſ道

Lemme see...

FallenAngelEyes

01:18

@Cerberus It's so true too. I have more than a few Dutch friends with significant others from outside the country.

@Cerberus ...the Red Light District?

Cerberus

@FallenAngelEyes Perhaps it's also because you have many foreigners in your circles?

@FallenAngelEyes Yup.

Where the slaves are exhibited.

Well, about 1/3 may be here of their own free will.

RegDwight Ѭſ道

Still the same side, but higher resolution.

FallenAngelEyes

@Cerberus Well my friends are native Dutchies.

ChaosGamer ΕΛ-Υ ēel-ū

Yos.

Cerberus

@RegDwightѬſ道 Wow, perfect.

Hi!

FallenAngelEyes

01:21

@Cerberus I've been there a couple times. I visited it on my first trip here, of course. As an American tourist, I'm practically obligated!

Cerberus

@FallenAngelEyes Hmm yeah then it's odd!

FallenAngelEyes

I have not been there since they cracked down in... 2007 I think it was?

Cerberus

@FallenAngelEyes I understand. I live practically at the Wallen.

FallenAngelEyes

When they closed a bunch of stuff.

Cerberus

Yeah sometime around that time.

FallenAngelEyes

01:22

I remember reading about it.

Cerberus

A hooker may very well be working not 6 meters from where I am sitting now.

FallenAngelEyes

Do you like where you live?

Cerberus

The back of my house is adjacent to one of the Wallen.

FallenAngelEyes

Ah okay.

RegDwight Ѭſ道

More to the point, his parents are adjacent to Linda de Mol.

Cerberus

01:23

@FallenAngelEyes It's extremely central and there's all old houses, so that is perfect. But the tourists and the hookers and the noise...

FallenAngelEyes

I don't really feel a need to go back there. Once you've walked through a few times, it's kinda eh.

@Cerberus Yeah, the tourists would drive me nuts.

Cerberus

@RegDwightѬſ道 Yeah she lived a few houses down the street for about ten years.

FallenAngelEyes

I don't know if it's still there, but the first time I went, there was this really amusing penis fountain. The water spouted out the tip and there were balls that rotated from the water flow where the... well, balls would be.

Cerberus

That's probably at Casa Rosso. I don't really know where that is, so I'm not sure.

FallenAngelEyes

That name does ring a bell.

Cerberus

01:25

I have to walk through the Wallen whenever I go to university.

FallenAngelEyes

What annoyed me the most was all the people trying to sell me ecstasy.

Cerberus

Oh, did they?

I thought they were selling coke?

FallenAngelEyes

Coke and E, yeah.

Cerberus

They could probably see you were tourists.

I think that happens about once a year to me.

FallenAngelEyes

Yeah, I don't exactly look like a native Dutch person. I'm too short. :P

Cerberus

01:28

Awww. Well we have shorties too.

FallenAngelEyes

Jochem's... 1.93m tall or so?

I'm about 1.59m tall :P

However, Dutch boyfriends are very handy for putting dishes away on the top shelves of cupboards.

Cerberus

And you put the other ones on the shelves beneath the sink?

A third of a meter's different is quite a bit!

FallenAngelEyes

@Cerberus Yes, yes it is.

When we used to only see each other twice a year (back when I still lived in the US), sometimes I'd kind of "forget" just how much taller he was, and I'd see him again and be all, "Holy crap you're tall!"

Cerberus

01:48

Haha funny.

FallenAngelEyes

He can rest his chin on the top of my head when we hug.

Cerberus

Did he have the same the other way around?

Aww.

FallenAngelEyes

Okay, time to sleep for real now. Have a good night everyone!

RegDwight Ѭſ道

02:05

Good night.

And I am going to bed, too.

So, night all.

Cerberus

Night!

simchona

02:21

Hey @cerb

Cerberus

Hi!

simchona

I'm trying to tiptoe around the gender/sex issues with "gay transexual woman"

Cerberus

Ah, that would not seem easy!

simchona

6

A: What's a gay transsexual woman?

A transexual woman is: a male-to-female (MTF) transsexual or transgender person and the term trans woman is preferred by some individuals over various medical terms. Because a transexual woman would view herself as of the female gender (though of the male sex), the term "gay" applies as it ...

I feel like either @Grace or @Kit would be helpful

Cerberus

It seems like a complicated business that I wouldn't touch with a twenty-foot pole...

simchona

02:28

@Cerberus I don't know why I tried.

Cerberus

A courageous attempt.

KitΘδς

I was summoned?

A gay transsexual woman is a MTF lesbian.

It's unambiguous if you know the lingo.

Cerberus

MTF?

KitΘδς

male-to-female

Cerberus

That doesn't sound friendly.

Ah!

KitΘδς

02:34

Ha ha ha

Cerberus

Well it didn't.

KitΘδς

@simchona You leave too much wiggle room in your answer.

I may draw a diagram. It doesn't matter which came first.

KitΘδς

02:50

Well, then, I hope I didn't step on your toes, but I posted my own answer.

simchona

@KitΘδς No problem! I knew you could give a better one

KitΘδς

You had good information in your answer. I hope you get lots of votes.

simchona

Thanks. I did what I could. I don't like the way the question is phrased

KitΘδς

I don't really either. It's a cheap ploy for rep.

"Turn gay" shakes head

Thanks for pointing it out to me though.

simchona

You're welcome. I dv'ed the question

Also, Chaos asked a question about Old English

0

Q: When did we stop speaking Old English?

There is Old English, and there is the English we speak now. When did exactly did the British (or Americans) change from speaking Old English to speaking the current form of English?

KitΘδς

02:59

Oh. I would've voted to close it as general reference.

simchona

@KitΘδς I'm about to

Or, I did

KitΘδς

gasp Another Kit!

simchona

Eh?

KitΘδς

Here

simchona

Awkward

KitΘδς

03:14

So why did you think I would know more about gay transsexuals than you?

user19161

@KitΘδς Exactly.

KitΘδς

@JasperLoy Exactly what?

user19161

@KitΘδς I meant there's no reason to think you would know more about the matter.

simchona

@JasperLoy Because she has a better grasp of sex/gender than I do

user19161

@simchona Oh you wouldn't know...

KitΘδς

03:16

Ah. Flatterer. ;-)

simchona

^^

@JasperLoy I think you mean "wouldn't you know"

user19161

I have been giving out many Kit Kats you know.

user19161

They are all over the place now.

user19161

Thousands of them like the thank yous.

KitΘδς

wrinkles nose Transcript polluter!

simchona

03:20

Switch to Twix

user19161

What is twix?

simchona

It is a candy bar: with a biscuit covered with caramel, all covered in chocolate

You get two per package

user19161

Oreo sounds better.

user19161

Just when I decided the chat room was cold and went to sleep, aedia, fallen, reg all come in and talk, sigh.

user19161

In other news, Mana is running for gaming mod.

user19161

03:25

And it was discovered that the water leaking from my roof is not due to the rains but a leaking water pipe between the fake ceiling and the real one. The whole fake ceiling in one part collapsed last night and my mum was slightly bruised. We should get the pipe fixed this week.

user19161

And I was not called back for the mobilisation exercise this time round after all @cerb.

Cerberus

Lucky!

Good.

user19161

@Cerberus You still not going to bed?

user19161

@bogdan I hope you get some more answers that you want on that question, but I doubt it. You can read up more on the matter from books etc.

Bogdan Lataianu

thanks, yeah i doubt too. sorry for the commotion created about your question

user19161

03:38

@BogdanLataianu No sorries. I am not disturbed at all. I just don't want others to feel disturbed, yourself and the others.

Bogdan Lataianu

good.

i noticed that what we talk in chat appears on google\

kind of weird and you wonder whats the point of that

simchona

@BogdanLataianu The transcript is available; Google can see it

user19161

Indeed, so don't put stuff here that will haunt you in future. Even if it does not, the transcript is public.

Bogdan Lataianu

right

user19161

Of course if you feel you have put something accidentally here, you can always flag for mod to delete it.

Bogdan Lataianu

03:43

oh good to know-i was wondering about that

user19161

Chances are, nobody will bother about the transcript except crazy people.

user19161

You can of course self delete if soon enough.

Bogdan Lataianu

it depends-what if what you say comes on top of Google page

user19161

Not likely. If no other online activity, chances are your SE accounts will appear first, and then some Q and A.

user19161

You can also change your user name to offset a bit of that.

user19161

03:46

I am very familiar with google searches. After all, internet stalking is my favourite pastime. :)

Bogdan Lataianu

i thought about that too

Cerberus

@JasperLoy Yeah it's late again, a bad habit of mine, but I'm going now. Everything OK in here?

user19161

@Cerberus What would not be OK in this room?

Cerberus

You never know!

user19161

Well, a few Kit Kats will do the job as usual. Gute nacht @cerb!

Bogdan Lataianu

03:48

Gute nacht

Cerberus

Nacht!

user19161

@bog Also note that the cache does not clear up so soon, so even if something is deleted or changed, it may still appear on google for a while.

user19161

If it really haunts you you can even contact google and see what they can do.

Bogdan Lataianu

what about you?

no worries in that regard?you keep your name

user19161

@BogdanLataianu I thought about that. I don't think I have said anything to be ashamed of or to be afraid of.

Bogdan Lataianu

03:56

whats the time in singapore?

must be morning

user19161

About noon now.

simchona

@JasperLoy On Monday, no?

user19161

Yes on Mon. And my 30th birthday is in 8 days.

user19161

There is a magazine here called 8 days, and a watch brand called 25 hours.

Bogdan Lataianu

you change the prefix

simchona

03:59

@BogdanLataianu Prefix?

Bogdan Lataianu

of his age

simchona

oh, I see what you're saying

user19161

@BogdanLataianu I see. Since I will be 30, then maybe it should be 31st birthday then!

user19161

That was sharp of you!

Bogdan Lataianu

lol

simchona

04:02

argh, I'm in a "It's gen ref" argument

1

Q: When did we stop speaking Old English?

There is Old English, and there is the English we speak now. When did exactly did the British (or Americans) change from speaking Old English to speaking the current form of English?

history early-modern-english old-english middle-english

Bogdan Lataianu

i meant you change from 2x to 3x

user19161

@BogdanLataianu Oh dear! It's OK, I got over that when I changed from 1x to 2x!

Bogdan Lataianu

@simchona i got a bit tired of flagging/downvoting... 150 downvotes, deputy for flags, need a break

simchona

@BogdanLataianu Could still use one more

user19161

@BogdanLataianu Indeed, I was shocked by your flag weight. I do not flag anything here except obvious ads or f's posted as answers.

Bogdan Lataianu

04:07

i dont think it's gen ref

user19161

I think we need to give people space on the internet so I don't really believe in flagging too much.

simchona

@BogdanLataianu Try search "old English". Click the Wiki. Look at the "date of extinction" on the right.

Rebecca Chernoff

sup folks (:

user19161

For example, if someone says something offensive, we can correct him there and then and it need not be flagged and removed IMHO.

Rebecca Chernoff

any blog progress? (:

user19161

04:09

Hello @reb! I noticed something special about you. Any guesses?

Rebecca Chernoff

o:

Bogdan Lataianu

@simchona that's a bit complicated simchona

user19161

OK it is the way you type your smiley. People usually do :) but you do (: @reb.

simchona

@BogdanLataianu That's pretty much how gen ref works. It's 3 steps. It's a little bit of reading.

Bogdan Lataianu

give chaos a break for Jasper's birthday

simchona

04:11

He clearly did no research. That's my biggest EL&U pet peeve

user19161

@BogdanLataianu It's not yet it so she can go on now. :)

Rebecca Chernoff

heh

so

blog progress? q:

user19161

I won't be blogging so soon if at all. I don't know about the rest. Let's give Reb some attention here!

user19161

@sim How? Blog?

simchona

@JasperLoy How what?

And I'll get to the blog eventually

user19161

04:14

@simchona That's what I was asking. Reb wants some feedback now you see.

user19161

@reb Have you guys considered giving +100 for each blog post?

Rebecca Chernoff

Why would we do that?

user19161

@RebeccaChernoff To encourage people to blog? In the same way rep encourages people to answer. Well at least some people, not all.

user19161

Just my two cents. Sometimes this kind of thing has a subconscious psychological effect.

Rebecca Chernoff

If you're just here for the rep...

user19161

04:20

Hmm, OK nvm then.

user19161

I have nothing to add now.

waiwai933

04:34

@RebeccaChernoff I was on a flight yesterday, so I didn't have a chance to reach out to people and talk to them. I'll be emailing them tomorrow if I haven't heard from them in chat or in GDoc but they have signed up for an account.

Rebecca Chernoff

cool, just following up (:

Bogdan Lataianu

05:34

7 hours ago, by Jez

@Cerberus are you an anglophone living in Holland or a dutchophone (is that a word) who knows English?

Abhishek

06:37

Hey guys, anyone here?

Wanted to know if the sentence - "Are you Staff?" - is grammatically correct...?

Bogdan Lataianu

you will see the answers

an ABC vs a ABC was covered before

simchona

Hey @Bog

Bogdan Lataianu

yes?

simchona

Oh, just saying hi ^^

Are you okay about the bounty incident now?

Bogdan Lataianu

sorry i have to sleep

we talk tomorrow

simchona

06:43

sure thing

user19161

@BogdanLataianu That is a good answer.

user19161

@simchona I noticed only girls use sure thing, very interesting. I'm sure Bogdan is fine after having my Kit Kat.

simchona

07:12

Hi @waiwai! Long time no see

@JasperLoy I never noticed

user19161

@simchona But I will use it since I like girl stuff.

user19161

@simchona I see waiwai all the time but he is a busy man. :)

waiwai933

07:32

I'm not actually that busy :); it's just that I was away from home for the last two weeks, so I couldn't be on EL&U as much, and the time I did spent was usually on moderation and not on chat. So hi!

user19161

@waiwai933 Yeah you seem very serious and professional for your age, must be a high-flyer!

simchona

10:22

A bunch of new questions popped up while I was away. Hooray!

user19161

@simchona Why hooray? You like to answer them?

simchona

@JasperLoy I like to see new ones and read the answers

I hate when the same 5 questions just get shuffled around and bumped

user19161

Well, I like to edit things I guess. I noticed you added an article in one of the titles I edited. That's fine. I just wanted to point out that I omitted the article sometimes for brevity. That's one style used in say newspaper headlines. Both are fine.

user19161

And I noticed that the excavator badge has been introduced so there is a whole bunch of them being awarded now.

simchona

@JasperLoy Yeah I was wondering about that new one

user19161

10:29

And you are going to be in the 6k league soon. Hooray! I have officially retired from answering questions. Just answer the simple one now and then.

z7sg Ѫ

10:48

What the hell is 'Thursagen' doing editing everything?

Look at this edit:

english.stackexchange.com/posts/138/revisions

Why?

user19161

11:02

@z7sgѪ When I edit I try to make each edit count (when I'm in the mood). But changing "things" to "works" is totally unnecessary IMHO. So I don't know why he did that.

user19161

@z7sgѪ And why did you put his username in quotes?

z7sg Ѫ

He has changed it three times now.

user19161

Bogdan's bounty on my question is giving me a lot of upvotes.

user19161

@z7sgѪ I only see one from the edit history.

z7sg Ѫ

His name

user19161

11:07

@z7sgѪ I see. That was deep.

z7sg Ѫ

Yes, I am a contemplative unicorn.

user19161

Who likes to hand out coffee.

user19161

But I prefer tea, so I will handle the tea in this room and you do the coffee.

z7sg Ѫ

Yes, I agree to this division of labour.

user19161

Advertisement: Who wants to blog for EL&U please do so.

z7sg Ѫ

11:14

I think I will return to ELU later, once 'Thursagen' has gone beddy-byes.

user19161

OK see you.

z7sg Ѫ

Well I'm not going to blog, but for those who do, I will be an avid reader.

OK

RegDwight Ѭſ道

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Q: Use of 'f' instead of 's' in Old English

I was at a museum in London yesterday, and one of the items on exhibit is a document from the 1700's. It uses the letter f a lot where s should be used - for example, in "Majefty". Did the letter 'f' once have the same sound as 's' today, or were some of those words actually spoken with an 'f...

old-english

I am still not sure where the threshold for gen ref is.

This, to me, is a gen ref question.

Thoughts? @JSBangs, @Martha, @Robusto.

z7sg Ѫ

It's about typography not English.

RegDwight Ѭſ道

11:29

Yeah, but this is one of those chicken-and-egg cases.

You can't know whether the question is off-topic without knowing the answer.

z7sg Ѫ

The answer is egg. Egg! ( )

That's true but a question being OT doesn't mean it shouldn't be asked does it? You don't lose rep.

RegDwight Ѭſ道

Oops, gotta go. Will be back later.

CU

FallenAngelEyes

11:52

Good afternoon all

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