The Bridge

7:00 PM

I just remember it's because 5 C for about every 10 F above 30 and then fudge the numbers.

I apologize for the vent in advance, buy why am I not at all surprised to get a downvote on my semi-rant (about downvoting without explanation) within two minutes of posting it, without any answer or comment... grrrr

user15026

@Bobson Likely because it is a semi-rant.

user15026

And we have discussed downvoting w/o explanation a bajillion times.

StrixVaria

@Bobson A new question about downvoting without explanation is like beating the shambling remains of a horse skeleton.

Bobson

@AshleyNunn It's specifically about downvoting, closing, and voting to delete a meta question.

Main-site questions I understand completely.

StrixVaria

7:03 PM

@Bobson What's the point of the meta question?

Every question needs to have a justified existence, even on meta.

Wipqozn

@StrixVaria I'm not sure what is in Celsius (aka the best temp. unit), but I'll assume those people are the worst

@AshleyNunn I try to make a point to tell employeeswhen they do a rad job.

user15026

@Wipqozn You are wonderful.

StrixVaria

@Wipqozn 18.3333C

Wipqozn

I've worked a customer service desk before so I know most of the time you only hear the bad stuff.

Bobson

@StrixVaria I want to understand why said question is so disliked.

Wipqozn

7:04 PM

@StrixVaria Those people are dumb.

Bobson

I just can't wrap my mind around it.

Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn I try.

Sepia Lazers

-2

Q: Why the hate for the "context needed" questions list?

I really don't get why people are so opposed to this question. I'm hoping someone can explain it to me. First I asked whether, given the success of the previous posts which had a small selection of these questions, it made sense to have a place where we didn't try to keep the list short. That ...

discussion

Unionhawk

@Wipqozn The Google is your friend.

user15026

@Bobson Yeah, because it is a meta question with very little value, so people don't want to keep it around. Fun != useful.

Wipqozn

7:04 PM

@Unionhawk Yeah, but I'm lazy.

Unionhawk

@Wipqozn NOT AN EXCUSE TURTLE

Bobson

@AshleyNunn So, should I vote to delete meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/2187/… then?

That's not useful.

user15026

And a lot of people don't see the point in these sorts of "fun for the sake of fun" posts - in fact they're generally frowned upon in a number of places on the network.

Bobson

55

Q: The Memes of Arqade and its Chat

In the style of The Many Memes of Meta Catchphrases and concepts that spread from person to person are known as memes, which, courtesy the internet, can now explode across the earth like a highly contagious virus (hence "going viral"). As with their IRL counterparts, some infectious disease...

support fun

StrixVaria

@Bobson We already had a question about cataloguing memes, cataloguing things in general isn't our wheelhouse, and "fun for the sake of fun" posts are bleh to begin with. They really should only be kept around if they're historically significant.

Bobson

7:05 PM

There's five questions with the fun tag. Why are they not deleted? Or at least frozen?

Wipqozn

@Unionhawk Your face isn't an excuse.

Bobson

That's what I can't understand. If it's no longer accepted, there's tools for shutting them down.

user15026

@Bobson Because they've been forgotten, lost to time, not noticed, etc etc etc

user15026

@Bobson Which people are employing in your case, based on their own personal views, and you don't like.

StrixVaria

@Bobson There's no reason to go back over our history and retroactively kill things that don't matter anymore.

Plus the note about "historically significant".

Powerlord

7:07 PM

bacon is the best.

Bobson

@StrixVaria There is, if you want to prevent people from doing more of it.

Unionhawk

I don't see a point in being worried about cleaning up meta, in general.

Bobson

827

Q: What is your best programmer joke?

When I teach introductory computer science courses, I like to lighten the mood with some humor. Having a sense of fun about the material makes it less frustrating and more memorable, and it's even motivating if the joke requires some technical understanding to 'get it'! I'll start off with a cou...

language-agnostic

Unionhawk

Like

It's meta.

Bobson

It exists. It's locked. No one can add more, no one can edit, no one can vote. But it exists.

StrixVaria

7:08 PM

@Bobson Using examples from SO doesn't help make your case for how things should work here.

Wipqozn

@Bobson This is why your question was closed. Since this Meme question exists, your one doesn't need to. I'm all for some fun meta questions, but we don't need two questions which cover the same thing.

user15026

@Bobson We are different, we work differently.

Unionhawk

@Wipqozn Very much this.

user15026

@Wipqozn There is that as well. We've already done the thing, there is no need for more of the thing.

Unionhawk

It's closed as a duplicate, which seems pretty self explanatory to me.

user15026

7:08 PM

Also, the context stuff isn't all that funny.

Bobson

@Wipqozn Except that every time someone adds more than a question or two to the meme question, it gets reverted.

RPi Awesomeness

@Bobson @AshleyNunn I was thinking, should we add Bagpipe rock to that list? :D

user15026

@Bobson What do you mean, reverted?

Bobson

@AshleyNunn meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/revisions/2196/31 for example.

user15026

@Bobson I can't speak to why that was done, as I didn't do it, but I suspect it is because there is no need to keep adding to this list

Wipqozn

7:10 PM

Looks like @RavenDreamer has been going through and rolling back all the questions added since Revision 22.

Unionhawk

I don't see a need for an extensive list, personally.

Wipqozn

If you want to add more in, instead of adding a new question, why not make a google doc?

StrixVaria

There is no need to make an exhaustive list cataloguing all titles that are wonky out of context.

user15026

There is no need for this list, we have the meme question, that should be enough.

Wipqozn

Replace your "more here" with alink to a public google doc anyone can edit.

user15026

7:10 PM

We get it, a lot of these things don't make sense if you don't know the game, that's just the nature of the beast.

StrixVaria

That, if anything, ruins the out of context jokes. Just providing a sampling of the kind of thing that fits in this category is a much better use of space.

Wipqozn

I don't think something like that needs to exist, but a google doc would be better than another question.

user15026

I suspect this is like the Arqade equivalent of people posting lolcats for everything on facebook.

user15026

It's old, its tired, its had its day.

badp

I'm going to lock that answer, in fact.

Unionhawk

7:12 PM

There are a ton of questions that have been made with out-of-context titles for the hot questions list. There's no need to list every single one of them.

Bobson

@Unionhawk I don't object to that viewpoint. What I fail to understand is why "I don't see the need" translates to "purge it with fire". Not that I'm saying you specifically are doing that, but it's the overall attitude I'm finding.

Unionhawk

4 mins ago, by Unionhawk

It's closed as a duplicate, which seems pretty self explanatory to me.

Sterno

@Bobson, I thank you on this day, Monday, September 22nd 2014, for the Meta Drama, which up until recently has been sadly absent from the site.

Powerlord

@badp fun-sucker (picture Jamie Lee Curtis saying this)

Bobson

@Sterno Glad to help. :p

Wipqozn

7:13 PM

@Sterno You're such a trouble maker.

Whoever said old people were nice was a liar.

user15026

@Bobson It is a duplicate of a thing we already have.

Bobson

But seriously. At least 39 upvotes. Someone likes it.

Sterno

Now excuse me while I go find out what @Frank's position is so I can take the opposite one.

10

Powerlord

@Wipqozn At least he's not a Tribble maker.

Wipqozn

@Sterno @Frank and @Sterno should make a sitcom based on themselves.

user15026

7:13 PM

@Bobson You understand how this works, right? 5 votes to close, equal to reopen, so just find enough people to agree with you, and you can have your question.

RPi Awesomeness

@Wipqozn They should!

user15026

(well til 5 other people close it)

Wipqozn

@Powerlord True!

Bobson

@AshleyNunn Not if it gets deleted. Which is what inspired the rant.

Wipqozn

Tribbles are the worst.

badp

7:14 PM

a few things

RPi Awesomeness

And they need to have this turtle that is extremely ugly and isn't ever acknowledged!

badp

1. context-free titles are actively discouraged by SE, and we probably shouldn't go ahead and glorify them

3

2. we really really really really do not need the full compendium of context-free titles. There's much more value in making a top 10 or so

3. if we want to do something like this, I'd rather see it in blog post form than on meta where every update bumps the relevant question

An off-site google docs also works for me.

Wipqozn

@badp Does our blog still exist?

Bobson

@badp Top 10 by whose estimation? People are telling me that's what's funny to one person is not funny to another (and I agree).

badp

@Wipqozn Yes

Wipqozn

7:16 PM

@badp Whoever suggested this option was a handsome genius.

Bobson

Hence why I feel like we need a place that is specifically not bounded.

user15026

@Bobson Maybe that is the core problem - not enough people find this funny or worth shining all of hte attention on

user15026

@Bobson Off site google doc with a link in the meme post, done.

badp

@Bobson If you want to make another off-site place where you poll for opinion and have the community do the picking, that's also okay, but if you're thinking poll questions with one answer per item, please don't.

StrixVaria

@Bobson We don't need a place for this content. If you really want to make a catalogue, there are tons of places you can do it that aren't on this site.

Bobson

7:17 PM

@badp I gave up that idea long ago. It was a single CW answer.

Specifically not a poll.

badp

@Bobson but then you have to do the picking and you seem unwilling to!

RPi Awesomeness

@badp Off-site google doc...we need to have an on-site SE-doc! We've already got a version of JSFiddler... <sarcasm>

user15026

@RPiAwesomeness No, we do not, not for this.

Bobson

The only thing I can see is there's clearly a disconnect between the users of Arqade and the people who guide it.

GnomeSlice

konjak.org/index.php?folder=4&file=11

Ktash

7:18 PM

@AshleyNunn You are welcome miss. Hope you like them (when you get them) :)

user15026

@Ktash I suspect I shall.

badp

@Bobson I do not think so. Your question already had 2 delete votes when I added my 3rd

user15026

@Bobson The people who guide it are the users.

Bobson

@badp 2 delete votes, 10 downvotes and 39 upvotes.

badp

And 5 more people closed it before the delete votes went in.

StrixVaria

7:19 PM

> deleted by Frank, Sterno, badp♦ 5 mins ago

@Sterno HAH

You lose

badp

> marked as duplicate by Wipqozn, Frank, Ktash, Jutschge, Mad Scientist Aug 27 at 16:28

Unionhawk

Ha. Nice.

Bobson

It's a lot easier to get upvote ability than close/reopen ability.

Unionhawk

7 mins ago, by Unionhawk

4 mins ago, by Unionhawk

It's closed as a duplicate, which seems pretty self explanatory to me.

badp

@Bobson Ah, but they didn't vote to reopen

Bobson

7:20 PM

@Unionhawk I still haven't seen anything it's actually a duplicate of, rather than a similar question to.

Ktash

@badp Wait, me? What'd I mark as a dupe??

user15026

@Bobson it is a dupe of part of the memes

Powerlord

@StrixVaria Good day, sir!

badp

@Ktash meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/q/9713/23

user15026

because it is a site meme

Ktash

7:20 PM

@badp I'm not 10k :(

badp

Powerlord

Here, let me give you some instructions.

Bobson

So if I go add all the questions that were on that list to the site meme, that's OK? Because it was a duplicate, but there was information it had that the supposed duplicate didn't.

Wipqozn

@Ktash a text link so @Powerlord doesn't get sad <3

GnomeSlice

Humble Flash Bundle: Yesteryear

Bobson

7:21 PM

I really don't think that's what you're saying.

GnomeSlice

1849!

Origami Robot

Jul 11 '13 at 19:04, by OrigamiRobot

yesterday, by StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot We should start that thing again where we explain why jokes are funny.

GnomeSlice

Ktash

@badp Ah, yeah. That.

I couldn't remember what I'd closed on meta lol

Powerlord

The Ship was an interesting concept with poor execution.

Ktash

7:22 PM

I don't usually do much on there anymore

StrixVaria

@Powerlord There are too many games that can be described with that sentence.

Unionhawk

sigh Yes.

Wipqozn

@StrixVaria @Sterno, did you just delete that to stir up Drama?

user15026

@Bobson I suspect that will not go over well, because the community seems to not think that a compendium of the sort you wish to create is appropriate

Powerlord

So, can we get back to talking about Zelda?

Bobson

7:24 PM

@AshleyNunn "Community". That's it. The users like it, but the community doesn't. The community being the people who are invested enough to actually accumulate rep and be active on meta.

Ok, that I can get.

RPi Awesomeness

Haway I go! to mow lawns.

Wipqozn

@Bobson: Just make a Google Doc. You obviously really want this list, and it looks like a Google Doc is the only option you have. Instead of arguing with us, why not get to work on copying the content from your post over to a Google Doc?

RPi Awesomeness

Fun.

StrixVaria

Origami Robot

You realize that creating a list of out-of-context question titles is explaining the context of the title which would then mean it immediately gets removed from the list?

Unionhawk

7:25 PM

@OrigamiRobot You just blew my mind

user15026

@Bobson This is what we were trying to say all along - the community obviously doesn't think this thing is appropriate.

Bobson

@AshleyNunn Yeah. It's the distinction between community and users that I didn't get.

Ktash

@Bobson You have the same rep on meta as you have on the main site. So it is the community yes. And mostly of users who spend a long time on the site, and have a lot of experience on what works and doesn't and what is good and bad for the site. I voted to close because I don't think we need a giant list of every question that has a funny title. I think a small, ever updating list of some recent or good ones is more than enough to get the point across

Bobson

On other SEs I'm active enough to follow meta on, they tend to move in the same direction. Here there's clearly a split on the issue.

user15026

@Bobson You have to realize that since the upvote rep threshold is low, you will likely get a lot of drivebys thinking that yes, these are funny things, but it is the established community that sticks about long enough to get the VTC/whatever else powers.

user15026

7:28 PM

And thus, they will use those to help form the kind of place they, as established people, wish to be a part of and see grow further

Unionhawk

@Bobson If there was a clear split, then there would have been reopen votes.

user15026

@Bobson I don't know what other sites you are a part of, but realize we have a large userbase.

Unionhawk

Reopen votes did not happen.

Ktash

@Bobson Each SE is different, and has slightly different behavior and rules. A perfect example for Arqade vs other is the identify-this-game tag. We don't allow those questions where as other sites do

Bobson

@Unionhawk Was I really the only reopen vote? or did mine not even get counted?

Unionhawk

7:29 PM

I have no idea. But there weren't 5 reopen votes, and there are at least 5 users who would have close voted it, overall

Wipqozn

@Bobson It would have got counter, but they expire after a while.

@Bobson Close/reopen votes expire after some duration, not sure how long. I think delete votes are the same (but I'm not sure, that is to say I'm just guessing)

Jason Berkan

@Unionhawk We don't know that. We do know that 5 reopens did not occur in under 3 days (or whatever the decay time is).

Unless someone has a screenshot of the question from each day.

Unionhawk

@JasonBerkan I'm saying that 5 close votes did happen overall, and 5 reopen votes did not happen

user15026

This question just didn't get the attention you wanted it to get in a way that got you what you wanted, which should be a clear enough indication of the general views on it as a thing.

user15026

Trust me, votes are not the be all and end all insofar as being a judge of the "appropriateness" of a question

Bobson

7:31 PM

So... moving forward. I'm going to: A) Create a google doc and link it from the meme post. B) Create a new policy suggestion that context-free titles get edited to provide context. (per not encouraging them) C) Start flagging every "fun" meta question as needing to be frozen for historical purposes. Does this seem like a reasonable set of steps forward given the reaction I've been getting?

Sterno

@Wipqozn No, I voted on that a few days ago

Bobson

It got closed a week or three ago.

The delete votes were new.

user15026

@Bobson B isn't the most necessary thing, as sometimes the game tag is what gives the context.

Unionhawk

I'm done. Disengaging.

GnomeSlice

Huh, this is neat

Powerlord

7:33 PM

So, how about them Metroids?

GnomeSlice

Stay Dead: a live action fighting game

Wipqozn

@Sterno I know.You planted the seed for future drama. You old guys are patient.

Sterno

@bobson I can tell you specifically why I voted to delete it the other day, despite overall not having a problem with the idea of it:
1. I find the [tag:fun] questions kind of pointless and prone to people arguing which are okay or not (this right now is not the first time this has happened).
2. More importantly, I kept seeing it bumped to the top every time it was edited and this was making it harder for me to see what recent meta topics were

Origami Robot

Hey, everyone should forget this meta nonsense and ping/star me instead.

2

user15026

@Sterno yeah, #2 was also a problem.

Unionhawk

7:34 PM

@OrigamiRobot Okay

@OrigamiRobot Done and done

Origami Robot

Surely I merit more attention than it does.

Sterno

@Wipqozn Old people are crafty.

Unionhawk

@OrigamiRobot You're welcome

Jason Berkan

@Sterno Use the newest questions tab. That's almost a necessity given that contentious meta posts hit -10 in less than a day.

Bobson

@AshleyNunn It's specifically the questions where the game tag is all that gives context that caused them to be added to the list.

Sterno

7:34 PM

I had to be crafty so survive World Wars 1 & 2

Origami Robot

@uni is the best

We should let him join in on cool guy high fives

StrixVaria

@ori

Bobson

I'm good with dropping it now, though. I got the clarification I wanted.

user15026

@Bobson Yes, but there is sometimes no way to give more context other than going "this is a part of how game x works and it will be understood by people who play the game and doesn't matter really to anyone who doesn't play it" so making some sort of policy to provide context where there really might not be any (because we don't need people going well in Zelda, there is a princess and you need to save her so I am asking how I save her from this one spot" in each question) really doesn't work.

Sterno

I guess also there was a #3.

3. Explaining the joke makes the joke less funny.

Wipqozn

7:36 PM

@OrigamiRobot No, I refuse. Wait no, I fell for his tricks!

@OrigamiRobot I'd be fine with this.

Origami Robot

I'm a crafty cool dude

Unionhawk

\o/

Powerlord

Smash Bros is still two weeks away, isn't it?

Also, Amazon, why do you have UPS switching my package to the US Postal Service instead of delivering directly (for Pandora's Tower)?

Unionhawk

Smash 3DS is out in Japan, comes out NA on 10/3/14

Wii U is set for "Holiday 2014"

StrixVaria

@Powerlord The 3DS version is. The Wii U version's release date isn't announced yet.

user15026

7:39 PM

@Powerlord This reminds me to check where a package of mine is

Powerlord

@StrixVaria Rumor is November 29th iirc.

StrixVaria

I'm definitely waiting for the Wii U version.

Batophobia

Smash Bros?

Unionhawk

@Powerlord The day after black Friday?

Rly?

Ok

Batophobia

I might have to get both Smash Bros

There's apparently a link between the two

Unionhawk

7:41 PM

@Batophobia Yeah, they both have a link.

Batophobia

At least the 3ds demo menu suggests this

user15026

If I get either it will be the 3DS one because the other one requires me to buy a console I won't really use

Batophobia

@AshleyNunn but new Zelda

user15026

@Batophobia shrug I barely play consoles

user15026

and it has been a long time since a new Zelda game actually held my attention

Unionhawk

7:42 PM

user15026

@Unionhawk facedesk

Batophobia

Speaking of new Zelda, Hyrule Warriors is out FRIDAY!!

Unionhawk

It must be out in UK then, because I've already seen streams of it

Origami Robot

@AshleyNunn TP was the last one I enjoyed.

Wipqozn

@Unionhawk You rock.

user15026

7:43 PM

@OrigamiRobot I didn't even super love TP.....

Rapitor

@Unionhawk many people just got the JP one

Origami Robot

hold breath for Majora's Mask remake

Batophobia

Aw EU it came out on my birthday, unfair

user15026

I want like a Oracles game again or LttP or something that awesome

Origami Robot

@AshleyNunn I liked it a lot.

Unionhawk

7:43 PM

@OrigamiRobot I liked Wind Waker a lot. TP was pretty good too.

Wipqozn

@StrixVaria Same here. I've been playing the demo on 3DS, and I can't imagine playing o large levels with 4 players. It would be impossible to see what was going on.

Sterno

That drama was over so fast. :(

Origami Robot

I got WW HD when I got Mario Kart and can't get into it.

Unionhawk

I'm so ashamed of that one, it's gone now

Batophobia

swats @Unionhawk

Sterno

7:45 PM

55 secs ago, by Unionhawk

@Sterno Just like your MO-- wait no that doesn't work at all.

That one?

Unionhawk

SHUT UP

ROOM OWNER ABUSE

Sterno

JUST CHECKING

Batophobia

CAPS LOCK

Unionhawk

No, real men hold shift.

Origami Robot

AUTOCAD

Batophobia

7:46 PM

I prefer to be classified under the lazy, resourceful category

StrixVaria

9

Q: Users who can see deleted messages can one-box them in chat

If a user can see a deleted message (either because it's his own message or he's a room owner or moderator), then if he posts a link to the message, it will one-box in chat, even though it's deleted. If another user (who can't see the deleted message) posts the same link, then it will not one-box...

bug chat

Still not fixed, I see.

Unionhawk

Nope.

I'm glad @Sterno tested this, just to make sure.

He's a hero, really.

Ktash

Answered the question, bring on the downvotes

also food

Cinnabon time

user15026

@Ktash you are making great choices today

Ktash

@AshleyNunn Well I haven't eaten yet, so halfway lol. Don't recommend that choice

user15026

7:48 PM

@Ktash oh no! eat something!

Unionhawk

I woke up at 12:30 today, which was a bad choice indeed.

Ktash

@AshleyNunn I will :)

Unionhawk

I was awake at 9:30 even, then I was just like "No, it's cold, screw this"

I need some coffee or something still, holy crap

Wipqozn

Halifax crime rate down, number of police officers up, report finds

> Despite a dramatic drop in Halifax’s crime rate over the last decade, the number of police officers patrolling the city’s streets has continued to climb, new research revealed Monday.

I'm sure the rise in police officers has nothing at all to do with the drop in crime.

Unionhawk

The crime is dropping! WHY IS THE NUMBER OF POLICE GOING UP?

WHAT IS THIS, --nope, not making that joke

Wipqozn

7:51 PM

WHAT'S THE REST OF THE JOKE?!?!

I MUST KNOW!

Origami Robot

Probably a poop joke.

FAE

@Unionhawk Geez, man. :P

Origami Robot

knowing @Unionhawk

Unionhawk

Something about Ferguson. It was not going anywhere good.

@OrigamiRobot Nope, you're thinking about @spugsley

NOW I FEEL LIKE AN ASSHOLE FOR EVEN THINKING ABOUT MAKING THE JOKE

6

THANKS PEOPLE

Batophobia

You're welcome

glad to be of service

Sterno

7:56 PM

Starred that for you so you can feel like an asshole later when you see it in the star list.

2

(helping)

user15026

I dropped my chocolate into my coffee and I felt bad at first but now it is delicious

Unionhawk

thanks

'preciate it

Sterno

@StrixVaria I miss this show. It's a shame they were call killed by an asteroid.

Unionhawk

1 min ago, by Unionhawk

thanks

StrixVaria

@Sterno I wish it were on Netflix.

Frank

8:05 PM

@Sterno My stance is whatever causes the most drama, obviously.

@Bobson Incidentally, the upvotes on both the question and answer were pretty damn fishy.

user15026

YAY I GOT PAIIIIIIIID

Unionhawk

Incidentally, @Frank and @Sterno failed to coordinate on their "pick the opposite side" agreement on this one.

Ktash

@AshleyNunn Yay!! :D

Powerlord

@AshleyNunn It's about time!

user15026

I am so happy.

Powerlord

8:11 PM

Oh right, I forgot the PS TV microconsole comes out next month.

spugsley

HELLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOO

@AshleyNunn YAY!

Powerlord

Only has 720p resolution though.

A wild @spugsley appears. Command?

Oh yeah, it's nearly impossible to find videos on Youtube of Dragon Quest 8 using the original in-game music instead of the Symphonic Suite that the English versions had.

spugsley

@Powerlord :O I can command you?!

Powerlord

Argh, I got the wording wrong. It's supposed to be "draws near" not "appears"

FAE

@Frank I found a post about chocobo dyeing that says they're essentially on an RGB scale and what fruits to use to adjust them which way

Arperum

8:18 PM

Guh, pixel just came poking her face in my nose, being super cute and all and then suddenly bite in my nose.

FAE

@Arperum Oh, did you confirm Pixel's a her?

Arperum

@FAE Nah, it's a confirmed male. With tiny balls.

StrixVaria

This must not be the Pixel I'm thinking of.

Arperum

But I tend to refer to cats as female.

FAE

@Arperum Oh, huh.

user15026

8:21 PM

@Arperum That happened to me with Norbert, for the first bit we totally thought he was a she

StrixVaria

As a child I thought all dogs were male and all cats were female.

Lazers

-1

Q: Minecraft Isn't Launching!

I was playing minecraft on my macbook pro, when one of the windows wouldn't close. So, I force shutdown my laptop, since you can't shut it down if any of the windows are open. After I did that, I tried launching minecraft again, but all it did was (while still in the launcher) was that it went to...

minecraft

Arperum

@FAE All cats my parents ever had were females. that might help creating a hard to break habit.

Aug 15 at 15:02, by Arperum

StrixVaria

Ceiling Cat!

Wait.

user15026

@Arperum Oh goodness.

StrixVaria

8:23 PM

Creepy Desk Drawer Cat.

Arperum

He's getting a hard time getting through the gap recently, he's getting bigger.

Frank

@Lazers This feels like a dupe.

StrixVaria

@Frank Every Minecraft question from the past year feels like a dupe.

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Arperum

@Frank It's a "Minecraft broke. Halp" post, so it probably is. we have thousands of these.

Rapitor

@StrixVaria I'm begining to think we should disallow MC questions if they have "crashing, broken, not starting" or anything similar in the question title ;\

Frank

8:27 PM

@StrixVaria It feels more like a dupe, though; I'm pretty sure this user has asked this exact thing before.

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Q: Minecraft Won't Launch!

I was playing Minecraft on my Macbook Pro when all of sudden, the window wouldn't close, which meant I couldn't shut my laptop down. I used force shut down, and ever since then, whenever I try launching Minecraft, it tells me: GameOutput Does anyone know how to fix this? Has this happened to an...

minecraft

Yes, there we go.

Rapitor

@Frank I noticed that too, the usernames were only slightly different

Frank

It'll need a mod hammer, though, due to the other question not having any upvoted answers.

StrixVaria

@Rapitor Let's ban techincal-issues :)

Jason Berkan

@Frank sigh "I'm playing on my Macbook Pro". "Delete minecraft.exe".

StrixVaria

Home time!

Batophobia

8:29 PM

There was a cat picture posted that went by without a star? I'll have to remedy that

Rapitor

@StrixVaria nah because it's valid for other games.

Arperum

@Batophobia It was a quote of an older cat picture. I was too lazy to take a new picture of Pixel and whatever he is currently destroying.

Batophobia

Meh, a cat picture is a cat picture

and since I am entrapped by this kittens game

Sterno

No, it was more your tone deaf approach. You polled for an opinion, got a ton of downvotes, and then went and did it anyways. When challenged, you ignored those that questioned the utility of such a question. At no point did you actually try working with the community, rather than jump on what you thought was the fun bandwagon. — Frank 25 mins ago

So mean!

Though none of that renders his answer wrong. His answer was actually a pretty good summary.

I'm so happy to be able to argue with @Frank

GnomeSlice

@Sterno gone

Origami Robot

8:44 PM

There's a fun bandwagon?

Where do I jump on?

Unionhawk

It sounds terrible

murgatroid99

@OrigamiRobot you're already here

Origami Robot

Sweet!

Unionhawk

Oh, this is the fun bandwagon?

Where do I jump off?

Grace Note

@Unionhawk You're already there

Batophobia

8:47 PM

Fabián

xD

Unionhawk

Sweet!

Wait

Lazers

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Q: Quiet places in Kalos

Are there any places in Kalos where the background music is little to none? I'm kind of hoping to record the little cries from Pokémon Amie with as little interference as possible. Of course, if someone's already ripped these cries and I just suck at Googling, perhaps someone could point me to t...

pokemon-xy

Fabián

@Unionhawk No, I don't wanna wait. Gotta go fast!

Powerlord

@Fabián Faster, faster, faster faster faster, Sonic X.

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Unionhawk

8:52 PM

Um

Fabián

I'm in the Need for Speed (ba dum tss)

Unionhawk

I'm going to leave you two alone

Powerlord

stabs @Unionhawk

Incidentally, Sonic X is on Hulu if you've never watched it.

Batophobia

ooooooo

Unionhawk

You opened yourself up for that one

Batophobia

8:54 PM

The classic Sonic show is on Netflix

Frank

@Sterno I don't see anything mean. I am blunt, but that's not being mean.

Unionhawk

This is not my fault

Fabián

Can't watch it through hulu, only available in US :c

Unionhawk

@Frank meabest user

Powerlord

@Fabián Aw... :(

Frank

8:55 PM

Bah. It got deleted?

Powerlord

hands out eyepatches

Fabián

But I remember watching it ;_;

Powerlord

I still never watched all the way through Sonic X.

I watched at least 20ish episodes.

But it has like 78 episodes, including an entire season each about the two Sonic Adventure games.

...or so I've heard.

Fabián

Tv in my country was like "hey we can't get the other new episodes, so let's repeat some previous episodes and randomly"

Batophobia

TIL about Wikipedia Portals

Powerlord

8:57 PM

Sailor Moon: Crystal is on Hulu subtitled the day it airs in Japan, too. I've heard some fansub groups are also subtitling it too, though.

badp

@Fabián That sounds about right

Origami Robot

Whether or not you think you're being mean is pretty irrelevant. Not you specifically, anyone. If other people are perceiving your messages negatively, you should try to correct that.

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Path of least resistance and all.

Fabián

@badp why? you'd never know which episode follows next -.-

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