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Cerberus

01:21

@Vitaly None, I'm afraid.

user19161

04:54

@Gigili Words are actions too.

user19161

@simchona Well, if you are not afraid to confront him, I still think a comment on the post is best.

user19161

@Gigili Actually, that does look a little like Matt.

user19161

07:07

@mah Boo!

Mahnax

rubs eyes

@JasperLoy Hello.

user19161

@Mahnax Have you fallen asleep?

Mahnax

@JasperLoy I should be falling asleep.

I need to be up in a little under five hours.

user19161

@Mahnax Oh, then off to bed then. Good night!

Mahnax

@JasperLoy Oh, fine. Good night!

user19161

07:38

So far Nortonn S has made 4 porn posts on main I noticed. This guy is too much.

RegDwight АΑA

0

A: What does “make it cross” mean?

crossing means fucking :-) enjoy

TIL

Gigili

08:53

@JasperLoy A comment on his question about?

You're not helping.

Matt Эллен

good morning

Matt Эллен

09:13

@cornbreadninja I hope you're enjoying it

user19161

09:51

@Gigili That it is NS of course.

user19161

@Gigili This sounds very accusatory.

user19161

@MattЭллен Boo!

Matt Эллен

Hello, Jasper

user19161

@RegDwightАΑA We are getting more and more of these lately.

David Wallace

@Gigili You are such a liar!

Matt Эллен

10:07

When Mr Shiny and New
And Cerberus start to argue
Nobody wins
Since they begin
Both saying the same thing is true

David Wallace

Unlike the two next-door neighbours who are always arguing from different premises.

Matt Эллен

lol

David Wallace

@Cerberus Who?

Matt Эллен

10:36

There once was a garden gnome
Who tragically lost his home
It got redeveloped
The gnome was enveloped
In concrete and tarmac and loam

The fossil record clearly shows
From primate to human it goes
There is no mention
of divine intervention
That idea totally blows

oh dear. I seem to have hit a seam

David Wallace

There once was a young Englishman
who could never get his limericks to scan.
His rhyming was fine
But at the end of each line
His number of syllables always overran.

Matt Эллен

There once was an Englishman
Who started each day with a bun
His theory was sound
His meal was round
He enjoyed it with tea in the sun

KitFox

Good morning.

Matt Эллен

Hello!

David Wallace

Good evening.

KitFox

10:50

Good day.

Have I missed any fun this weekend?

Matt Эллен

some spam, but nothing super crazy

oh, and Nortonn S

I don't know if you saw that

KitFox

I saw a little by scrolling up this morning, but nothing that seemed interesting.

A user with an history of abuse.

An abuser, we might say. Hardly a shocking revelation.

Matt Эллен

Some people tried to reason with him/her in a different room, but to no avail

KitFox

I don't know why they'd bother.

This user's goal is to provoke and harass.

Matt Эллен

A last ditch attempt to stop the crud

KitFox

10:54

Just stop feeding them and they go away eventually.

Just mind you put bungies on the trash cans.

Matt Эллен

For a moment it even seemed like Nortonn S could be reasoned with, but then the nonsense started spewing

KitFox

I don't suppose I can see the room?

Matt Эллен

Discussion

Productivity levels dropping.

@KitFox I was just finding it :)

Cerberus

@DavidWallace Oh, you now.

I have just given my Wifi password to another neighbour, yay!

Matt Эллен

congrats?

Cerberus

10:59

Thanks.

If only we all shared stuff.

I will personally have my phone to tether from if needed, but still.

Matt Эллен

but then how would we be able to pick mates? The best person is the one with control over the most stuff!

Cerberus

Uhh for you, maybe.

Matt Эллен

it's how nature works

Cerberus

Our genes would change.

We would evolve into nice beings.

Gigili

@DavidWallace Excuse me?

Matt Эллен

11:01

@Cerberus Fastidious? ;)

KitFox

I've got to roust the boys. BBL

Matt Эллен

CU

Cerberus

Bai.

Fastidious?

Matt Эллен

2 days ago, by Matt Эллен

@JSBձոգչ nice adj. — 3. (archaic) fastidious; scrupulous.

Cerberus

Ohh.

Haha.

Gigili

11:01

@JasperLoy It is.

Cerberus

I guess we are already nice, then.

Matt Эллен

heh, yeah

Cerberus

Especially women.

Matt Эллен

Yes, I suppose, men are more likely to be slovenly

Cerberus

Yes. And allowed to be.

Gigili

11:03

Hullio frioonden.

Cerberus

Though I heard there are men who iron their underwear(!?).

I mean, wtf.

Matt Эллен

?! crazy

Cerberus

And socks, too!

Aliens.

Matt Эллен

lol. what good does that do? my socks don't get creased, a such

Cerberus

Mine do, but it doesn't matter as soon as you put them on.

Matt Эллен

11:04

exactly

Cerberus

As for shirts, it is enough to hang them up to dry unless you're posing for a picture with the Queen.

Gigili

What the hell, YouTube is %$#@&%^$.

Cerberus

I mean, after 5 minutes there will be creases anyway.

Matt Эллен

@Cerberus yes, and then I would rent a suit and stuff

Cerberus

@Gigili What is it, Sodom and Gomorrah?

RegDwight АΑA

11:06

@MattЭллен gah what a pointless room. I want the three minutes of my life back.

Gigili

I let a video load to the end, then when I want to watch, it loads again.

Cerberus

@MattЭллен Actually, when you're wearing a jacket, people can't see much of your shirt anyway.

@Gigili Oh yes, I have that too, very annoying.

David Wallace

A feisty and beautiful fox
wrote of girl-on-girl action and shocks.
Then the people in chat
(including young Matt)
loved her story, and told her it rocks.

Matt Эллен

@RegDwightАΑA you'll have to travel at relativistic speed, close to light speed, to make it seem like you've got time back

user19161

@Gigili Then you have accused me wrongly, because my comment was clearly helpful. QED.

Matt Эллен

11:09

@RegDwightАΑA but don't worry lunchtime is nearly here and it's a double illusion. So the longer you stay out to lunch, the more time you will regain.

Gigili

@JasperLoy Helpless, yeah.

user19161

@Gigili Yes, I know that's what you feel now after reading my explanation.

user19161

@RegDwightАΑA Points do not really exist since they are infinitesimally small.

Cerberus

@RegDwightАΑA Thank you very much, now I want my 2 minutes back.

Gigili

@JasperLoy My feelings has not changed, you still are not helping.

I say we should leave no comment on his posts, you say yes, leave a comment there that this is NS.

Matt Эллен

11:14

@Cerberus sit on a pin. time will seem to slow right down.

user19161

@Gigili Well, isn't that a way to tell everyone who sees the question that that is him?

Matt Эллен

unless you like that sort of thing

user19161

@MattЭллен Can one sit on a pin that is vertical? That sounds painful.

Gigili

@JasperLoy Certainly not, they edit it with an exclamation mark at the beginning of the post.

Matt Эллен

@JasperLoy exactly.

Gigili

11:16

Do we have horizontal pin?

user19161

@Gigili Well, that exclamation mark, what does it mean? I dunno.

user19161

@Gigili Yes, take a vertical pin and rotate it.

Gigili

@JasperLoy I am telling you, you just need to listen to me! It means it is NS.

@JasperLoy It's still vertical but in the opposite direction.

Matt Эллен

perpendicularise the pin

user19161

@Gigili But who knows besides the people who just read this explanation. Whereas a comment stating that will let everyone know on main immediately and clearly.

Gigili

11:19

@JasperLoy Enough people know what it means to flag it for deletion.

user19161

@Gigili Ah, OK. No point arguing with you...

Gigili

@JasperLoy I was about to say that.

RegDwight АΑA

So @Cerberus is a communist now.

No wonder he didn't like that communism-bashing room.

user19161

@RegDwightАΑA Well, I thought he deserved sympathy at first, but I think I was probably wrong.

RegDwight АΑA

So you're a communist, too. I see, I see.

user19161

11:24

No I am NOTW.

Gigili

Communist? Someone who plays commu?

RegDwight АΑA

@JasperLoy NOTW? Not overly tidy weasel?

user19161

Not Of This World. QED.

Gigili

No orange to wash.

user19161

There we go again.

Matt Эллен

11:26

such a sad state of affairs, when one lacks an orange to wash

Gigili

No output to wait for.

user19161

Never on time witch.

RegDwight АΑA

Guys, guys. Have the decency to ping @mr.shinyandnew安宇 first.

Matt Эллен

New opportunities to win

Gigili

No origami to win.

Oh.

20% jinx.

Matt Эллен

11:27

:D

RegDwight АΑA

Your percentages are all wrong.

Robusto

I thought all this game-playing in chat was over with. Haven't you guys been paying attention to the Steam sale?

RegDwight АΑA

@Robusto who is Steam and why is he sold?

Cerberus

*she

Racist.

RegDwight АΑA

You're a she.

Cerberus

11:28

No, Sheam is.

Robusto

@RegDwightАΑA store.steampowered.com

user19161

@Robusto I hope your leg is OK now.

RegDwight АΑA

@Robusto you're not rolling, ricking, or anycombinationthereofing me.

Robusto

@JasperLoy Thanks, getting better all the time.

Cerberus

Fallout 3 for € 5??

Robusto

11:29

@RegDwightАΑA I never said I would anycombinationthereof you.

Matt Эллен

Fallout 3: New vegas

RegDwight АΑA

@Cerberus I guess it puts on sunglasses fell out.

Matt Эллен

it's an expansion

Robusto

@Cerberus Yeah. Awesome sale. You should get on it.

RegDwight АΑA

@Robusto yes, that's the trick.

Cerberus

11:29

@Robusto I actually might, thanks.

@RegDwightАΑA Fell out? With you?

RegDwight АΑA

@Cerberus, you are nuts. What are you gonna run Fallout 3 on? You do realize you'd have to uninstall OVER 9000 toolbars first.

Cerberus

@MattЭллен store.steampowered.com/app/22370/?snr=1_4_4__topsellers

Robusto

Fallout 3 is maybe the best game I played this year. I know it's old, but if you haven't played it you will have lots of fun. The DLC is good too.

Cerberus

It includes 5 expansion packs.

Game of the Year edition, or whatever.

Robusto

That's what I got.

Fallout 4: New Vegas was almost as good, but failed at the end when you realized you chose the wrong skills to beat the final boss. That is an unforgivable error, IMO.

Cerberus

11:32

Agreed. Unless you could have known.

Robusto

There was no way to tell.

Cerberus

Is it really 4, not just an expansion?

@Robusto Then it sucks.

Robusto

In fact, unless you cheated and did walkthroughs it was not possible to know.

But Fallout 3 was a real joy.

Perfect combo of RPG/FPS/Sandbox.

Cerberus

The thing is, I think my tastes have shifted.

I didn't like Oblivion that much.

Robusto

The only thing I'll mention is that the final battle in Fallout 3 gives you a choice on how to finish. Both ways win, but if you choose one way you can't play the DLC. So you have to go back and choose the other way. But it's all good.

@Cerberus This is way better than Oblivion.

Cerberus

11:35

Is it?

But isn't it somewhat similar?

Robusto

Yes.

Cerberus

I'm just not into anything resembling FPS any more.

Not that I ever was.

I want turn-based combat, I think, or rhythm-based combat, or sneaky combat (Thief).

Robusto

@Cerberus Oblivion is is the predecessor to Skyrim. It feels totally clunky by comparison.

Cerberus

Clunky in what way?

Robusto

@Cerberus You can do all those in Fallout 3. It's not really FPS. More RPG and sandbox.

Cerberus

11:37

But so is Oblivion?

I may be getting old.

Robusto

@Cerberus Just very basic and you feel like you're on rails a lot of the time. Oblivion is not fluid and the story line is clunky. Compare with Skyrim. BTW, I played Fallout 3 after Skyrim and while I liked Skyrim a whole lot, F3 was all in all more fun, interesting, and satisfying.

Cerberus

Hmm.

But you do enjoy open real-time combat, don't you?

And FO3 is mostly about that, isn't it?

Robusto

Not as much as RPG/Sandbox.

@Cerberus You get to strategize about combat. And while there are plenty of monsters to shoot, you still have to figure things out. You have to decide who to faction with, what courses to take in different situations, etc.

Cerberus

One of the most satisfying things I have ever done in a game was collecting rare herbs in Gothic II, ones that could give you permanent boosts.

Robusto

There are similar things in both Skyrim and F3.

Cerberus

11:40

Okay, but still lots and lots of real-time combat, right?

Robusto

You still have to shoot things, yeah.

If that's not to your taste, you can get Civilization V for cheap.

Cerberus

I feel incredibly whiny now, but I have read bad reviews of Civ V, and it's still € 25.

Robusto

Or try Portal and Portal II, which are puzzle games.

Cerberus

I'm not really into puzzle games, I think I've played Portal on Kongregate or something.

Robusto

@Cerberus € 25? That's a lot. I got it on insta-sale for $9.99 I think. You have to keep logging into the Steam sale for daily bargains.

Cerberus

11:43

Oh, OK.

I've never bought anything from Steam I think.

David Wallace

@Gigili All right, I'll excuse you this time!

Cerberus

No, wait, Civ V is € 15.

The expansion is € 27.

I'll wait another year or two.

has a respectable hangover

Robusto

Cerberus

from too much drink and too little sleep

@Robusto Congrats.

Robusto

Watch for the insta-sales. Mine includes the DLC.

You Eurotrash pay too much for stuff. You pay more in euros than we pay in dollars, a lot of the time.

Cerberus

11:47

Yes.

Only for American products, I think.

Robusto

How about gasoline?

Cerberus

People are often asked to bring back laptops and shoes and whatnot.

@Robusto Yes, that too.

Matt Эллен

@Cerberus :o

Cerberus

But that money goes to the government, so it's OK.

Robusto

@Cerberus Uh-huh.

Cerberus

11:49

But our phones are cheaper.

Robusto

How much is a liter of petrol/gasoline/Benzin where you are now?

Cerberus

As are our plans, I believe.

@Robusto About € 1,75 or so, I think.

It fluctuates.

Robusto

@Cerberus That's close to what we pay per gallon. I'm not saying it's right — I'd gladly pay more taxes if they were going to infrastructure repair, etc. — but it's a fact.

Cerberus

What is a fact?

I know you pay less.

Robusto

Plus I drive a pretty fuel-efficient car. 42.7 mpg lifetime. That's 18.1536 Km/liter for you metricists.

Cerberus

11:52

The idea is that taxes reduce pollution and waste.

David Wallace

@Cerberus I've heard they remove them first!

Cerberus

Besides being a significant source of revenue for the government.

@DavidWallace Inefficient.

Gigili

@DavidWallace I don't lie, you're a liar.

David Wallace

Hey, you said that you were the only person (out of you and me) who checked Cerby's picture; and that you're not a guy. At least one of those two propositions is a lie. Hence you are a liar. QED.

Gigili

@DavidWallace Who checked and bothered to say so.

Cerberus

11:56

Huh, what?

David Wallace

Who said anything about bothering to say so?

Cerberus

Why are you checking me out?

David Wallace

One of us distinctly checked and didn't bother. I remember well.

Matt Эллен

@Cerberus who wouldn't?

Gigili

Well, I don't care. He didn't thank me and it hurt.

Cerberus

11:57

@MattЭллен I...don't get it.

David Wallace

Shall I smack him around?

Cerberus

My picture is here for all to see.

Matt Эллен

@Cerberus wolf-whistles @Cerberus

Cerberus

confused

David Wallace

I'll need three hands though, to smack him properly.

Cerberus

11:59

@MattЭллен Hey, you're no construction worker.

Matt Эллен

I once met a crazy old bear
Who ironed its underwear
While it was still in them
Which caused a small problem
Now the poor bear is quite bare

@Cerberus wink

Cerberus

Haha.

Great rhyme.

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