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Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

2:00 PM

@RegDwigнt That's why I've avoided most of the architecture sets. The scale is too small.

RegDwigнt

I'll be getting the Helicarrier tomorrow.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

too many tiny parts.

RegDwigнt

After much wrestling with myself.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

I really want to get the helicarrier but I have nowhere to put it.

RegDwigнt

I just gave up thinking about that aspect.

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 the Robie House has the thing going for it that at least the parts are rare. Well, at least until you get the set and have 200+ of each.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

2:01 PM

I am considering getting it and saving it for later, on the off chance that one day I'll have a place to put it.

RegDwigнt

But, for example, the Eiffel tower anyone can construct solely out of their spare parts for any Star Wars set they already own.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

I can be like those people on Brickset who are just now posting things like "I'm finally building my Star Destroyer..."

Robusto

@RegDwigнt Mine is better because it doesn't have that idiot dancing around in it. Also, no ABBA.

RegDwigнt

I still don't regret passing on the Tumbler, but I did start regretting passing on the Sea Cow.

It's a hit-and-miss affair.

@Robusto Alfonso Ribeiro got to bang pornstars. Tom Jones didn't.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

unless you buy every set, there will always be regrets. And if you buy every set, you might start regretting THAT.

Robusto

2:03 PM

@RegDwigнt Wut? Clearly you know nothing of the Welsh crooner.

RegDwigнt

Damn if you do damn if you don't damn if all other cases.

@Robusto I said porn stars, not Brigitte Lahaie.

Nobody even knows Brigitte Lahaie anymore.

Robusto

I wouldn't bang a porn star. You don't know where she's been. Well, you do, I suppose, and that's the point.

RegDwigнt

Yes, that's a conundrum.

But that's the best part about being a man: you still have time to think about it after the coitus. Physical act of love.

Robusto

Don't be fatuous.

RegDwigнt

What's the problem anyway. They do it compulsively. And without joy.

Robusto

2:07 PM

Oh, no.

RegDwigнt

Oh, yes.

Mitch

Off with his meds!

@Mari-LouA He needs one more edition here. He doesn't even know what is being asked by the OP. I had to downvote it because he refused to edit the answer. — Rathony 1 hour ago

This dude is openly admitting to capricious downvoting someone on an irrelevant post because of perceived against him by others.

@user685252 This is just an advertisement by the zombie-industrial complex

Robusto

@chasly: Does that mean if I get launched into outer space I can only use nouns, adjectives and adverbs? Also, not breathe? — Robusto 11 secs ago

RegDwigнt

You can not breathe, yes. It's allowed by the United Galaxies.

Mitch

@RegDwigнt The creativity comes from only using three pieces. He could have gotten away with two if he didn't have to deal with windows.

RegDwigнt

2:21 PM

Yeah nobody likes having to deal with windows.

Robusto

Or Windows.

RegDwigнt

All my churches use OS/2.

@Robusto that was the joke, thank you.

Mitch

THanks for explaining that to yourself

Robusto

OS/2 is the orthodox choice, yes.

Mitch

You're no Microsoft evangelizer

Robusto

2:22 PM

@RegDwigнt Oh, you meant it as a joke. Not as a bitter truth.

RegDwigнt

It has everything you need and no condoms.

@Robusto frantically browses a dictionary There's a difference?

Robusto

@RegDwigнt What if i need a condom?

RegDwigнt

Then you're out of luck. Try Buddhism instead.

Or maybe Scienceloging or whatever it's called.

Robusto

@RegDwigнt I don't like their meal plan.

Mitch

@Robusto no bugs?

Robusto

2:24 PM

No, bugs.

RegDwigнt

@Robusto yeah yeah you fat bastard.

Sep 29 at 14:06, by RegDwigнt

Not inuff???

Robusto

Where's the beef?

RegDwigнt

Everywhere.

Robusto

Also, I don't look good in orange.

RegDwigнt

Nobody would look at you.

Also, orange is the new box.

Robusto

2:25 PM

@RegDwigнt Stop looking at me. I can feel your look.

RegDwigнt

That's called touch.

I'm not looking.

Robusto

I'm just saying it's dangerous to have a race care in the red.

RegDwigнt

yesterday, by RegDwigнt

@skillpatrol To quote Van Morrison, thanks for the information.

Sep 29 at 15:01, by Robusto

@RegDwigнt Well, the Dalai Lama just said it's all right to have a female Dalai as long as she's hot. Because if she's not, "she would be useless."

I do think that beats beef. Especially seeing how you could still eat tons of beef covertly in-between the natural, zesty enterprises.

tchrist

The Dalai Lama is a beefeater?

Robusto

Well, he's not a Tanqueray.

RegDwigнt

2:35 PM

Then I saw her face, ta-nom-nom-nom, now I'm a befeeter, na-nom-nom-nom.

Robusto

@RegDwigнt Vachement bien.

tchrist

You apiarist you.

RegDwigнt

@Robusto My vast riches at you.

Pardon me French.

Robusto

Which brings up another question: why do the French say "cowly good"?

Discuss.

RegDwigнt

Because the French are from China.

Aug 20 '14 at 18:21, by Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

So that ad, says, essentially, "4G is most cow cunt"

Robusto

2:36 PM

Not by the hair of my China chin chin.

tchrist

Vachement?

RegDwigнt

You couldn't tell China from a hole in the ground. Mostly because of all the smog blocking your vision.

oh la vache

Qui rite de passage.

*kiri

2:38 PM

Everyone do note how crl, while being from France, does not raise objections about being from China. QED

I mean, you tell an American "you're from Canada", you'll hear an objection first thing in the morning via priority mail.

crl

I don't like French people, even myself :)

RegDwigнt

Mais c'est normal, non ?

foutrement oui

@crl So Sartre was wrong? Hell is not other people?

RegDwigнt

2:44 PM

Sartre is not anything.

Robusto

He used to be Being. Now he's working on the Nothingness.

@tchrist You've never heard the expression?

RegDwigнt

English is so dumb. You have to say "Robin Williams is dead" even though he clearly isn't. But at the same time you have to say "Robin Williams was Zelda's father" even though that actually is one of very few things that he is, and forever will remain.

Kanth

@RegDwigнt Then they might have been so interested to discuss about your question as they hate it most :D However that's not a technical question of that language.

RegDwigнt

This just in: your children will not spontaneously mutate upon your death. Thanks to a ruling by Scalia.

Hey quit touching my stuff.

Wait, my messages are now deleted by a bot?

Okie-dokie. Let the bot make the conversation, then.

Mitch

3:14 PM

@Robusto Sartre is hell

Have you read that shit? Gah. Gouge out my eyes out with a burning stick

MετάEd

@Mitch existentialcomics.com/philosopher/Jean_Paul_Sartre

@Mitch Sartre is much better when he's funny.

tchrist

@RegDwigнt You think that’s harsh, I dare you to tell a Canadian “you’re from Canada”, eh @Mr.ShinyandNew安宇?

Mitch

@MετάEd The difference between 'herd' and 'hero' is 'do'

@MετάEd "Yeah just write it really bad so no one can understand it" "Yeah, bad wrintig, thanks for the tip" "No I'm serious. We have this guy down at the office Derrida who everyone thinks is a genius"

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

3:32 PM

@tchrist Canadians only really get upset when we're mistaken for Americans

Mitch

You're not American?

Robusto

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Don't worry, all a waiter has to do is look at the size of the tip to figure out if you're Canadian or not.

Mitch

or step on their toes and see who says they're sorry.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Robusto Do Canadians tip more, or less?

Robusto

From what I've heard from wait staff people, drastically less.

Mitch

3:37 PM

What's the difference between a Canadian and an American?
A Canadian knows the difference.

user174558

I don't tip at all.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Robusto Standard tipping around here is 15%.... what is it there?

Robusto

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 I guess it's less when Canadians visit the Caribbean.

Apr 11 '11 at 14:08, by Robusto

@JSBangs — A Canadian is just an American with health care and no handgun.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Robusto And a confusing mixture of metric and imperial units, and british and american spelling.

Robusto

But typically I leave 20% for good service.

Mitch

3:46 PM

Tipping is idiotic. You don't tip the postman. You don't tip the CEO "Good job Mr. Trump!"

user174558

Yes. Tipping is silly. It should be abolished.

Robusto

@Mitch I like good service when I dine out. Sue me.

Mitch

THe expectation is that they'd give bad service if you didn't tip well? What kind of crazy expectations is that?

Oh, you've done a great jon today at the coal face, here's a couple extra dollars. Nyah nyah nyah you other loafers.

"Mr president, thank you so much for signing that bill. Here's a couple extra thou..." ohhhh.. I get it now.

It's corruption.

or it's libertarianism to the nth degree. You have to pay the laborer who layed asphalt on the road to be allowed to drive on it.

Hey, I need this passport pretty quick, if I slip you this 20 can you make sure it moves a log a little quicker? Wait...that's an official service now, that's not funny anymore.

@Robusto Do you tip at buffet's?

Robusto

@Mitch It's called reality.

Mitch

Of course you do.

Robusto

3:54 PM

@Mitch Not much, if at all.

Mitch

You probably like cats or something.

@Robusto You probably ask for a doggy bag after a buffet.

for your cat.

sickening.

Robusto

@Mitch Nope.

Mitch

Depends on the buffet of course.

Robusto

I also never throw coins into the begging jar at the register of the Dunkin Donuts.

Mitch

Old Country Buffet - all you can eat pudding and jello, with a slight whiff of pee.

Robusto

3:57 PM

I figure if I'm standing in line to get service, I'm waiting on them.

Mitch

@Robusto I hate dealing with coins (or cash). kind of annoying. I don't mind putting change in those things when forced to use bills.

But when a telecom satellite is knocked out by a randomly lost bolt from ISS. I'm screwed

crl

I'd like to contact him github.com/RubaXa, do you think his first name is Lebedev or Konstantin?

I'd opt for the later, but usually we say "firstname lastname" in this order

think I'll go with "Hi RubaXa" to avoid the problem ;)

Robusto

@crl Konstantin, certainly.

Mitch

4:36 PM

Namaste, bitches!

user174558

Who's the bitch?

crl

4:57 PM

@Robusto ok

Mitch

5:19 PM

@Jasper vimeo.com/61499874

watch it until the end

Matt E. Эллен

6:38 PM

Stack Exchange English Language & Usage Blog: Why did I delete your answer?

Matt Ellen on November 13, 2015

Imagine someone has a question about physics, say “How can I figure out the acceleration due to gravity?”

A physicist answers with “You can throw a bowling ball from various floors of a multistorey building.” The physicist knows in their head the experiment they would perform. It’s so obvious to them that they skim over the details and say what they see to be the key points, and assume that the person asking will figure the rest out.

The problem with this is that a non-physicist has asked the question, and they don’t know the details that the physicist skimmed …

Mitch

7:11 PM

@MattE.Эллен Goddam you. Did you fucking delete my answer?

user685252

@Mitch why, to see who the Asians would pick?

Matt E. Эллен

7:37 PM

@Mitch I deleted all the answers

MετάEd

@MattE.Эллен I already answered him, but somebody deleted my answer.

Matt E. Эллен

7:48 PM

No answer for him!

Robusto

8:51 PM

@MattE.Эллен I don't think you've been deleting answers at all. I think you've been eating them. Chopping them up in that big orc mouth of yours and swallowing them whole.

MετάEd

@Robusto AIEEE! A BALROG HAS COME!

Mitch

10:04 PM

@user685252 No, for 'konichiwa, bitches'

@MattE.Эллен I have no words. You... ... there's nothing to say anymore.

user174558

I think I should go for a brain scan.

user174558

My head jerks are getting more violent and frequent when I sleep.

user174558

Complete real, and completely involuntary.

user174558

I hope it is not the onset of some neurological disorder. I have enough psychological ones.

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