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inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

4:19 PM

@DamkerngT. This is a homework question. We ‎have a policy which states that you should show your thoughts and/or efforts into solving the ‎problem. It'll make us certain that we aren't doing your homework for you. Otherwise, this ‎question may get closed.‎

Damkerng T.

Thanks!

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Did I miss anything?

Damkerng T.

I think you missed nothing here.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Good good.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

4:44 PM

@Dam what's today's date?

Damkerng T.

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Huh?

17th.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Then what's the huh?

Damkerng T.

It was a strange question these days.

I mean, everyone has a phone, and you're using a computer!

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Other than J.R., the last the whole mod team took a look at the site was August 11th.

Damkerng T.

The stat says "Last seen 16 hours ago".

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

4:49 PM

@DamkerngT. J.R.'s?

Damkerng T.

Yes.

Oh, you said other than.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Duh.

Damkerng T.

Sorry about that. I'm multitasking, anyway.

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M August 11th is actually a little surprise.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@DamkerngT. And guess who it is; waiwai.

The last time Matt took a look was Mar 17th, Aug 7th for Wendikidd and Aug 11th for Waiwai.

Hey @Dam BTW we also thought chem has only one mod until we saw Manish in the chatroom. Figures out, the other mods were processing flags without comments.

But the situation was way less drastic than ELL's.

Anonymous

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M waiwai isn't moderating anymore.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

4:54 PM

Why why?

Anonymous

Nor is Matt.

Anonymous

Only WendiKidd and J.R. are around.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Matt seems to be well gone, but Waiwai's last seen says otherwise.

Anonymous

"Last seen" doesn't mean "is moderating".

Anonymous

waiwai gave up ELL moderating a long time ago.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

4:55 PM

That's depressing.

@Dam a fun poll: Who do you think will our next mods be?

Damkerng T.

I think ColleenV is a good choice.

If she ran for it.

Anonymous

I don't know which users will decide to run . . .

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

I vote for Colleen, Catija, Nathan and J.R.

@snailboat We're just guessing.

Anonymous

If WendiKidd has time to do moderator stuff, it'd be nice to see her run too.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

And you.

But I think you don't want to be a mod in ELL.

Anonymous

5:00 PM

I shouldn't be a moderator on ELL.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Why?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

5:34 PM

@Dam you here?

Damkerng T.

Yes?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Please un-ignore Arrow for a minute and take a look at what he wrote in the other room. I don't want to tell you this myself.

Damkerng T.

sigh

I can't remember you said anything about "separate room", really.

in ELL's Cabin, 20 mins ago, by inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Sigh whatever. I'll tell him not to be here.

Oh, you mean this?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Yeah.

Damkerng T.

I might do that, but I think we all are missing the point.

The two rooms are not his vs. mine.

And if you think about it, do you really think that asking me to quit the other room just because he said so is a morally right thing?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

5:39 PM

Well . . .

I'm just tired of this.

Damkerng T.

I know. Me too.

But sometimes we have to stand up for the right thing.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

FWIW, you're the most helpful user in the other room.

I dunno if you leaving that would benefit anyone, even him.

It would just satisfy his frustration for a minute.

Damkerng T.

I think you're led by him to believe that the two rooms are his vs. mine, and that is not true.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Then he'll find something else to nag about.

@DamkerngT. I didn't.

He's really frustrated because the main conversation goes on here.

Damkerng T.

And we should stop everything and take care of one person's need first?

I believe that I accommodated many learners, including him, that way far too often.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

5:42 PM

No.

OK, now I think we need a meta post.

Damkerng T.

Not only me. Other regulars in the old room and people like you too.

Another option is obvious. We can have a third room, right?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Yes, a room for Arrow or what.

Oh boy.

Damkerng T.

See, it's happening again.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Triple facepalm

Now we only miss Shog to complete the party!

Damkerng T.

For all the mods. Let's discuss this in the other room. The main ELL room.

It's here: chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/22937/ells-cabin

I'm actually tired of this, really.

7 hours ago, by Damkerng T.

I hope I don't have to go through an unpleasant chat experience again...

7 hours ago, by Damkerng T.

I just don't want mods to crop up in the room and judge anything based on insufficient information.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

5:51 PM

@Dam I think you can go on being quiet. If I weren't sure before, this skirmish is his fault.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

6:05 PM

@Dam nod if you're seeing the conversation in the other room. Add a chat message if you're nodding.

Damkerng T.

nods

Paul White

nods makes a nice change from mods for you guys (and gals), I guess :)

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

No gals. The gal is in the other room. And evidence says some people believe guy to be gender-neutral.

Paul White

Yes that's the sense I have of it too, but it doesn't hurt to qualify. I should choose a different word, perhaps.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Guyl?

AJ Henderson

6:15 PM

interestingly, I generally take "guys" as gender neutral, but "guy" as generally male, or possibly unknown gender neutral

Paul White

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Perfect :)

AJ Henderson

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M I don't know if I like that, it fills me with guile ;)

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

I'm getting more and more convinced we need to use male human specimen to counter vagueness.

Look on the bright side @Dam! There aren't any evident evidences of conflict in your chblog.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

6:51 PM

@Dam you here? Let's talk about something so I'd get that guy off my head.

ell.stackexchange.com/questions/64540/…

Damkerng T.

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M I'm still around.

> Will Bowen
“Hurt people hurt people. We are not being judgmental by separating ourselves from such people. But we should do so with compassion. Compassion is defined as a "keen awareness of the suffering of another coupled with a desire to see it relieved." People hurt others as a result of their own inner strife and pain. Avoid the reactive response of believeing they are bad; they already think so and are acting that way. They aren't bad; they are damaged and they deserve compassion. Note that compassion is an internal process, an understanding of the painful and troubled road trod by a…

> goodreads.com/quotes/…

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

If Jihoon didn't delete that question, I would flag it as a dup of . . . hoo some reading.

@DamkerngT. Currently compassion.lib is 404. TRY AGAIN LATER

Damkerng T.

What question, BTW. :-)

Argh! I can't see any jihoon's question!

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

3

A: I'd like to introduce myself to someone by using "a good side of me" and "a weak side of me"

I know I can use "*an another side of Korean drinking culture" . . . No, you should un-know that. An doesn't go with another. It should rather be another side of Korean drinking culture, which would need additional polishing depending on what that phrase is supposed to mean in your context. ...

3 mins ago, by inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

http://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/64540/i-have-a-bad-point-a-problem-an-wea‌k-spot-about-eating-i-mean-there-are

Damkerng T.

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Oh, that one was deleted.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

6:55 PM

3 mins ago, by inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

If Jihoon didn't delete that question, I would flag it as a dup of . . . hoo some reading.

Damkerng T.

Hehe!

But he's already deleted the new one, so no problem!

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Yeah.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

7:41 PM

Hmm, @Dam what's your favorite Gregorian month? I'm poll-y today.

Damkerng T.

Hehe! How about December? :-)

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

What's your least favorite Gregorian month?

@DamkerngT. I feel we're of the same origin.

Damkerng T.

Hmm... that's a tough one.

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M It's not my birthday, BTW. :D

The least is probably either June or September.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

My birthday on Dec 24th. So!

I hate August the most.

I also love April 1st.

Damkerng T.

Hah! That's the Christmas Eve.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

7:44 PM

23

A: What's the most efficient way to destroy civilization from orbit?

As Samuel states, throwing a big rock at the earth will certainly end civilization....and everything else too. Short of interplanetary rock throwing contests, the easiest way to end civilization is to nuke each and every major metropolitan area. They're easy to find, just look for the big shiny l...

Damkerng T.

I kinda like December because it's the month with the highest number of holidays over here. :-)

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

They shouldn't give Jim any ideas . . .

Damkerng T.

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Ugh!

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@DamkerngT. Mar is the month with the highest number of holidays where MAR lives.

(Because of Norouz)

Damkerng T.

That sounds perfect for someone named MAR. :D

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

7:46 PM

Hmm, how do you celebrate new year in the land of Thai?

Damkerng T.

Officially, it's on the first of January like everywhere else.

But we also have Thai's New Year.

So on Thai's New Year (April 13th), we celebrate.

Being Thai, we enjoy the variety. So on Chinese New Year, we celebrate too.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

13th!

Damkerng T.

Yep!

Normally, April 13th, 14th, and 15th, we celebrate. :D

Have you ever heard of Songkran?

Songkran (Thailand)

The Songkran festival (Thai: สงกรานต์, pronounced [sǒŋ.krāːn], listen; from the Sanskrit word saṃkrānti, or literally "astrological passage") is celebrated in Thailand as the traditional New Year's Day from 13 to 15 April. It coincides with the New Year of many calendars of South and Southeast Asia. The festive occasion is in keeping with the Buddhist/Hindu solar calendar. == New year traditions == The traditional water pouring is meant as a symbol of washing away all of their sins and bad luck, and it sometimes has fragrant herbs added if celebrated in the traditional manner. == Songk...

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Is that edible? Oh!

We celebrate Mar 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th.

Damkerng T.

Young people love this. Everyone can throw water at everyone. :D

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

7:49 PM

However, schools are off till pretty much the first of April.

Damkerng T.

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Oh, that's nice too. Is there any water throwing?

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M It's usually on May over here.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Nah, we're fat people who only like candies.

Damkerng T.

Haha!

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Tabriz is famous in Iran for its candies.

And the food here is the best food in Iran.

Damkerng T.

I'll remember that name.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

7:52 PM

(I think Tabriz also has a worldwide reputation for its candies among the professionals)

Who knows? I might be maverick-ly biased.

Damkerng T.

looking for the candies in Tabriz...

Like this?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Hugs candies

Damkerng T.

(It looks more like bakery than candies.)

Looks yummy anyway. :D

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

A lot of them are baked confectionery.

Damkerng T.

Are they sweet as in sweet-sweet?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

7:55 PM

No.

They're SWEET.

Damkerng T.

LOL

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

\o @Cat

I think the drama's over. You can chat full-power now.

Catija

8:18 PM

Drama?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

I think you need to, or may, read the other chatroom's log.

Catija

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M What's going on? I see two mods from different sites.

OK. I'll read it.

Where does it start?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

in ELL's Cabin, 3 hours ago, by inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@Arrowfar Recently, drama gives me a headache. And Damkerng hasn't done anything illegal.

@Dam I heard there was an explosion in Bangkok. :(

Catija

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Same. I hope everything's ok... I mean, I know everything's not "ok" but I hope it improves.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

in The Periodic Table, 15 secs ago, by santiago

19 dead, 120 injured

@Dam do you live in Bangkok?

Damkerng T.

8:23 PM

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Yes. I've just heard about that a couple hours ago.

Yes, but I live far away from the center of the city.

Envy is a really bad thing.

And I don't like to talk much about politics.

Catija

8:43 PM

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Is he complaining about this room or Shadow's lair? I don't get it. If gallery rooms weren't allowed, then they wouldn't exist... And WTF... that's a lot of mods in one room.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@Catija WTF precisely. He kept flagging messages until a crew of mods arrived. And there used to be more of them.

He's complaining 'cause we aren't talking to him and the conversation is here.

Catija

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Ugh. Poor Dam... and Snail... I can't imagine anyone less likely to abuse mod powers.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@Catija And some of his messages about snail are flag-worthy.

Catija

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M I flagged one of them, definitely.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Now I'm wondering if I should kick him next time I see him n the room.

Damkerng T.

8:55 PM

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Ah, I know how that feels.

Catija

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M That's only escalating the problem, honestly. I strongly encourage you not to do that. I'm not saying that you should pretend this never happened, but it's better to not act brashly and give him more cause to complain.

Damkerng T.

nods -- Live and Let Live would be the best option. But being a room owner may put a burden upon our shoulder.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Well, as an RO, next time he takes the conversation out ta ELL's scope I can legitimately kick him. That's actually what kicking means.

Shtoopid AUTOCORRECT I HATE YOU!

Catija

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M So are you going to kick us all out for using an ELL chat room to talk about M&TV and A&M?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@Catija If it's disrupting someone else's discussion, yes.

But it isn't, since that is the main conversation.

But if one, and only one active chatter disapproves of an OT discussion then you must stop, or the RO will kick you out. IIRC those were the rules @Cat

Catija

9:06 PM

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Bah.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Bah.

Damkerng T.

9:16 PM

Oh, wait. Maybe my aunt will be very busy tomorrow.

Catija

10:12 PM

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M You still around?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M