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KitFox

00:00

OK, what did you do with my hat @Robusto?

user19161

@KitFox Why did you change your statement? I thought the old one was better/

KitFox

shrugs

I thought I should be more mundane and mediocre sounding.

user19161

But I think it seems that others may think you are not serious if you mention sexual relations.

user19161

So if you are serious maybe you should remove that part.

KitFox

Then perhaps they oughtn't vote for me if they are concerned about how my seriousness might impact my performance.

I am serious, but not clamoring.

Others are clamoring.

I will do the job if I am elected and I think I would do it well. I am not interested in competing for it, or stepping on people's throats for the privilege of having a diamond.

user19161

00:03

@KitFox Haha, if you add that line it could be to your advantage!

user19161

@KitFox Diamonds are ugly. In fact I kind of hate all jewellery.

KitFox

I went first because others would follow.

That puts me at the bottom of the list, which is an extreme disadvantage.

user19161

Nah, the list is not ordered by anything other than that.

user19161

I don't think anyone would think otherwise.

KitFox

Being at the bottom is a disadvantage because people don't have long enough attention spans to make it to the end.

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user19161

00:06

In fact, one may argue that it is an advantage as it will leave the last impression which might also be the lasting impression.

user19161

Also, some people may not read the posts in the order they appear.

waiwai933

Oh, you'll be sorted randomly for the primary. In this stage, it's best to either be first, so no one interrogates you in the comments since they've already left the page, or last, so that no one has time to interrogate you.

user19161

@waiwai933 Interrogation? This reminds me of NS the spy.

waiwai933

@JasperLoy It's in the SE Moderator Election handbook. Rule #1: All candidates must, where possible, be interrogated. Rule #2: The software will enforce all other rules.

That's the entire handbook. Strangely enough, nothing specifically prohibits bribery.

user19161

The only thing that can be used for bribery is (virtual) cookies.

waiwai933

00:10

(In other words, my vote goes to whoever ships the largest batch of cookies to my house).

Hey, that's cheating. You got that in before I finished typing.

user19161

Of course. I am the Cookie Monster.

KitFox

Oh sure. Just post your Google account, I'll take care of the rest.

user19161

IAdapter remains the only person with no comments on election.

simchona

@kit I wonder what comments you'd get if our noms switched. I was lambasted for gender.

KitFox

Well, to be fair, you mentioned your gender.

simchona

00:23

And you said you were a mother

user19161

@KitFox You did in the previous version too.

user19161

@simchona It's just one guy.

Cerberus

I am only voting for straight male WASPs who are between 1.80 and 1.90 cm tall.

And have dark hair and blue eyes.

user19161

@Cerberus WASPs?

Cerberus

White Anglo-Saxon Protestants.

The Dutch are generally included btw.

user19161

00:25

@Cerberus I guess the I there does not really refer to you, hehe.

Cerberus

Sure it does. Can't have deviate candidates.

simchona

@jasper two. But the comments got deleted.

user19161

@Cerberus I thought you would only vote for the not straight ones, hehe.

Cerberus

Again, no deviates.

simchona

Deviates? Or deviants?

KitFox

00:27

@simchona A mother yes, but not a female.

:-P

Cerberus

@simchona What's the difference?

user19161

@KitFox Hehe.

simchona

@kit ah, therein lies the issue.

user19161

But really the term mother must surely refer to a female in 99.9999 per cent of cases.

KitFox

It confers a different level of gender identification.

"Female" is a gender target. "Mother" is someone you show respect to and obey.

user19161

00:30

@KitFox That was very smart of you then. But it's gone!

KitFox

Jasper, if you are so concerned about it, why don't you nominate yourself?

user19161

Nope, I don't want to commit myself to this thing.

user19161

After all, I don't need the blue name. I am already the blue square!

KitFox

"Blue plane" would rhyme. :)

user19161

Oh yes. In fact I used blue plane before.

user19161

00:37

By the way is cornbread's avatar some famous person?

user19161

cornbread ninja, these united states

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KitFox

@JasperLoy I know. I remember.

@JasperLoy I don't know.

Mitch

01:05

@Gigili you missed the part where someone in a wheel chair tried to use an escalator

cornbread ninja

01:32

@JasperLoy my ears were burning!

No... I found picture on a photo blog I used to visit on a daily basis run by a guy in Chicago. All he posted were found photos, and he would buy boxes of them at flea markets and such. I saw this picture and said whoa, because I look a lot like this person, and smoked at the time. Aside from the nose and the haircut, I quite look like this.

@JasperLoy I just think it's a funny picture. I rated it PG on Gravatar. :P

KitFox

Huh, funny. I think that looks like @aedia too. Except I'm not sure if I know what she really looks like.

I imagine she kind of looks like me at 26.

Anyway, good night!

cornbread ninja

@JasperLoy here you go - bighappyfunhouse.com

good night @KitFox!

Robusto

01:55

@KitFox Hey, don't look at me. @Reg is in charge of hats. He is, of course, the Mad Hatter.

cornbread ninja

02:33

I'm the pied piper.

coleopterist

06:23

@simchona Indeed I did. I notice that Speedy has come ... and gone. It seems that his pot-shots have not been retained for posterity.

user19161

@coleopterist Though I think there is room for flagging, I usually only flag the most evil things said, knowing that people think differently, express themselves differently, and may be misunderstood. Flagging does not solve the underlying conflict.

coleopterist

@JasperLoy I'd prefer to see vitriol hidden rather than nuked.

Spam, on the other hand, can be drawn and quartered repeatedly.

user19161

@coleopterist I have flagged nothing in chat so far. I only flag main to keep things clean there and to its purpose. Of course, others are free to flag and suspend users as they deem fit.

coleopterist

I Won't Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar. Here's Why.

@JasperLoy Roger, Roger.

user19161

@cornbreadninja I was thinking if it might be you. It could be male or female, that pic.

user19161