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5:02 PM
I thought 20k let me vote to delete answers?
 
@Yuuki Only negative score answers.
 
Ah.
 
Or some restriction along those lines.
 
@Yuuki Were you able to vote on this one (before I nuke it)?
 
5:03 PM
@StrixVaria Yeah, I downvoted it and then voted to delete.
 
Nice.
Congrats on 20k, too!
 
Bit of an odd loophole but again, I guess the whole point of "trusted user" is that you guys trust us to be prudent about when we -1 an answer for deletion.
@StrixVaria I think the 20k tools scratch that itch of "what can I do to help" that the mod elections brought up.
So that's good.
 
i think one of the new mods handled my flag... it was declined but had an explanation for why
i've never had that happen before
 
I used the little loophole of upvoting an answer then unupvoting it so i could vtc another question as a dup yesterday.
 
@Dragonrage yeah i've done that
 
5:08 PM
@StrixVaria You must wait for a question to be closed for 2 days before you can vote for deletion. This restriction is removed for trusted users when a post scores -3 or lower. If you feel a post should be deleted despite having lots of votes or for being new, please flag it for community moderator attention.
thats from the 10k rep priviledge guide
 
@Dragonrage The rules for questions and answers are different.
 
@ardaozkal It's just like, a block party with live music
I just wanted to make the distinction between that kind of dancing and say, ballroom dancing
This girl is gonna want to dance tonighit
a lot I think
and I do not want to be awkward and fuck it all up because she seems awesome
 
@GnomeSlice look what other guys are doing and copy it
 
5:12 PM
protip: it also doesn't matter how you move your body while dancing as long as there is confidence behind it
 
false
 
i dont understand while people feel that legendary difficulty is hard in skyrim.
 
btw
you need to dance like you don't care
dance like no one is watching
 
i got to level 137 on legendary without using any mods or console commands.
 
@GnomeSlice i've heard that protip from several ladies
 
5:14 PM
grrr
i still dont have a scrolling window :(
this is after a reboot now :/
 
@GodEmperorDune What if it's the confidence that I suck at dancing?
 
granted it was like 10 years ago, but i would think it is still valid
 
@Yuuki see my answers.
I dance like I'm alone
the music is for me, and only me
 
@Yuuki i first learned to dance from my friend jose. jose cuervo
 
5:15 PM
my other friend johnny walker also helped
 
@GnomeSlice Yeah, that'll do it.
 
hmmmmmm
 
@GnomeSlice it made it into wow as the blood elf dance, right?
 
 
I do not want to make her cringe, I want to seduce her
or at least not scare her off
 
5:16 PM
That has to be on purpose.
 
@Yuuki hahaha
must be intentional
There's a space between the D and the R
 
hmmm
 
@djsmiley2k not going to a metal show
 
@GnomeSlice Well, you're going to have to throw away the bucket of fried chicken.
 
5:17 PM
@GnomeSlice this is in a dance nightclub
 
Get a balaclava-wearing Frenchman to teach you.
 
I'd also be wearing my headphones
Possibly listening to RATM
 
you don't listen to what they play?
 
as they were one of the few bands with strong enough beat to win through over the clubs sound systems
 
uhm
 
5:18 PM
... Y'know, @GnomeSlice does look a little bit like the Scout...
 
sometimes, i'd only have one ear phone in
 
Oh also there's a silent disco at this thing after midnight
 
that could get really trippy sometimes
 
which is cool
but also a thing I get nervous about
I should just tell her I'm boring and that I'm not going
 
this is why alcohol helps
but tbh i went years without ever gettinkg drunk when out
 
5:18 PM
shouldn't date girls from work anyway right
 
@GnomeSlice my understanding of such things is that despite what they show in movies, your partner is more interested in how you carry yourself rather than the specifics of how your dance skills
 
only having like 1, 2 drinks
@GnomeSlice it can be complicated.... but then again dating anyone can
 
not a huge fan of doing it again
 
yeah, we recall
 
@GnomeSlice get tipsy, not drunk
 
5:19 PM
Don't get drink
Just take the edge off the nerves.
 
like enough to lose the nervousness
 
Just have a drink
 
Don't get drink, just have drink
Man you brits are weird
 
@twobugs I think they might be drink.
 
@twobugs have a pint m8
 
5:22 PM
eh wot
 
Should I bother accepting answers on self answered questions if no one else has posted an answer?
 
cmon bruv
 
@Dragonrage Treat the self-answer as if it was any other answer.
 
@GnomeSlice This looks neat but it felt too much like they wanted to make a new IP but it got rebranded
 
5:23 PM
@Yuuki well i tend not to accept the answers for a week or so anyways to give ample time for others to answer
 
@Dragonrage A week is usually a good enough buffer in my mind.
 
I really liked God of War 1, 2, and 3 but I feel like the series has kind of fallen apart since then
Ascension was not a game I enjoyed
 
@twobugs yeah i stopped after 3
 
1 and 2 are all around good (but 2's story starts getting weird) 3 has a really silly story but was super fun so I forgave it
 
yeah that was my experience too
 
5:26 PM
so my boss is out of the office till wednesday, and seeing as what I was supposed to be working, we can't do anymore, im unsure what im supposed to be doing
 
Kratos was pretty much a completely unlikeable asshole, though
Particularly in 3 I remember him killing basically innocent people for no reason
 
pretty much
also they handwaved how kratos, with all of the godlike powers, was suddenly vulnerable again
 
KRATOS... YOU ARE HOPE!!!!!!!!!!
That was a big sigh moment from me
 
yeah this new god of war doesn't feel like god of war anymore
god of war is about slaughtering countless mobs and quicktime ultraviolent boss encounters
 
I had the god of war collection... I gave up on the first one when I had to climb the wall in hades.
 
5:32 PM
I've never played them
 
@GnomeSlice Play the HD collection
 
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Mortality

Proposed Q&A site for assassins, thanatologists, forensic anthropologists and pathologists, coroners, morticians, and medical examiners.

Currently in definition.

 
I'm pretty confident you would like it
 
@NewlyOpenedProposalsforEntertainment wut?
 
They're just fun and brutal but silly action games
 
a proposed site Q&A site for assassins?
I dont think that will go over well
 
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Q: Will loading an old saved game lose any progress?

AnthonyBlakeI want to go back and complete the alternative endings in Fallout 4, however I'm reluctant in case I lose my progress. Does loading an old game then saving my progress on an alternate timeline have any affect on my current saved progress? Don't want to lose it...

 
@twobugs and then frustrating as hell when you meet the "balance on their staff" assholes
 
So what exactly does hiding a community do and when would I use it?
 
Nobody is answering my Soda Dungeon question and I'm sad now
 
5:35 PM
I'm just trying to see a question from Mortality.SE moved to Lifehacks.SE
 
@twobugs i have never played the game, but maybe you dont want your shopkeepers dying
 
@Dragonrage It's not clear if they actually die or not!!! That's why I'm asking!
 
oh, well sorry, I am of no help then. I had never heard of the game till you mentioned it
 
Your heroes don't die even, they just run away
 
5:37 PM
@twobugs Heroes never die
 
So people with 10k+ total rep I have a question for you.
 
@GnomeSlice ...for a price
 
hue
 
I tried to say a flag was invalid, but it said I could only counter flag flagged posts. What does that mean?
 
Means it was resolved before you voted
Either declined or approved
 
5:44 PM
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Q: Locating Lord of the Rings Online players with needed crafting skills

kbulgrienIs there a community recognized way to hook up with other players that have crafting skills I don't have (for purposes of processing raw materials into ingredients my recipes call for) As a new LOTRO player, I just found out that picking a profession with its associated crafting skills can put o...

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Q: What is killing me?

Shadow WizardI was travelling a corner of Novigrad seeking a new location on the map, where I reached a weird tree, and any time I got close to it I simply dropped dead. From full health of 6000+ vitality to 0 instantly. Here is a video: https://www.facebook.com/yahavbr/videos/vb.670059072/10154340184989073...

 
The issue of the gay blood donation ban is kinda fuct. From my understanding it's done mainly because it's not feasible to test all the blood samples for HIV (which is fuct in and of itself) so they just ban the most at-risk groups
 
@twobugs i believe they test the samples in bulk, so they combine a bunch of blood into a larger batch, then test the batch, and discard the whole batch if it has HIV
 
@twobugs The main problem is that they get so many donations that it takes longer to check all the samples for diseases than it takes for the blood to be needed
 
but they have to test for HIV, hepatitis and other things anyway
 
At least, that's what I understand about it
 
5:55 PM
@GodEmperorDune Ah, that makes sense
It still sucks but this is like the most feasible way to do it
 
@GodEmperorDune yes, but they can't really say to someone "oh, you need a pint of blood? hang on, we are waiting for the lab results"
 
Yes they can.
 
@Sterno it wouldn't be ethical though. Giving someone blood which you don't know is safe can mess them up even more
 
@Nzall but the tests are done regardless
 
@GodEmperorDune give me a moment to explain
 
5:57 PM
I'm confused. I thought you were just saying they can't deny giving someone blood they haven't tested
 
its nt like you donate blood and it is in a human a few minutes later
there is blood already stored, you donate the blood, it gets tested, it replenishes the store
 
Blood tests take time. If you got too much blood incoming, testing all blood takes too long
because the tests are getting backed up in the test center
 
This is before you take into account the vampires, too
 
i mean i understand that blood has a shelf life
 
And one day, 2 million years in the future, our frozen blood stores are used to clone us and put us in an amusement park. Jurassic Park.
Except we're all female. But life finds a way.
 
5:59 PM
but systematically excluding people for risk factors that are not risk factors anymore is stupid
 
There's a small scene early on where one of the seatbelts in a helicopter only has two clips but they solve it by tying them together
 
Also, donating blood is not just "I hop into to the blood center, they stick a needle in my arm, I sit there for 30 minutes and go out"
 
FORESHADOWING
 
i don't understand how the risk of a gay monogamous couple is higher than a monogamous straight couple
 
@GodEmperorDune Demographics, basically. And I think the fear is they (the collectors) have no way of verifying
 
6:01 PM
boom, 538 to the rescue
 
@GodEmperorDune Interesting, I had just seen some mainstream news articles to the contrary but this seems better sourced
 
@twobugs yeah 538 seems to know their stuff (and their stats)
 
I can still understand the ban somewhat if the chosen acceptable risk is significantly lower than the false negative rate of the blood test, but I doubt that's actually the case.
 
lol
I'm going to save Japanese Trump ad to archive.org
wow, it is available in 4k
 
6:18 PM
Well I guess I self-answered my Soda Dungeon question but it's not a particularly satisfying one
 
6:36 PM
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Q: Whats the best way to level up many shipgirls?

RapitorIf the last event taught me anything, it's that your entire fleet needs to be strong. not just the 6 or so favorites in your main fleet. So, to kind of prepare for the next event I want to get as many shipgirls as I can up to their kai or kai ni versions. What's the best way to go about this? ...

 
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Q: Locked post apply for unlock

hedgehogThis is the post I am talking about, so Fredley now give me a VERY good explantion why you closed my post. Just to know if it is because of the "greetings message" then show me the RULE that says that I am not allowed to greed the community on my post or open the post asap...

 
@SepiaLazers Damn, @fredley getting CALLED OUT
 
user4704
Huh.
 
@twobugs i don't understand what OP is asking for
 
@GodEmperorDune He's asking for his post to be unlocked
 
6:44 PM
And for a "very good explanation" of why it was locked
As though reverting literally every attempt to improve the post wasn't a good reason
 
Other people kept editing it to a better form and he kept rolling it back (more or less)
 
it was locked because he keeps reverting edits
 
And that's basically the definition of "content dispute"
 
I thought I remembered something about "Even if you're right and your edit is better, if the OP keeps rolling it back, just give up and let them have it their way"
 
user4704
Ah.
 
6:45 PM
Maybe I'm remembering wrong. I'm old. It happens.
 
@Sterno The edits were by different people
 
That's not really relevant
 
but OP is introducing spelling and grammar errors with each revert
 
@Sterno well if the edits are for a good reason, then it should be locked. if it doesnt really change it then it probably doesnt matter
 
Locking it seems appropriate
 
6:46 PM
@Sterno If you weren't involved in the previous edits, you might not notice the existing pattern
Also, it wasn't just rolling back and forth. Everyone tried different improvements.
 
but also, ive been told that the better version should be left if they have the same meaning, regardless of the authors wishes
 
Jeff Atwood on March 4, 2009
Alas, Stack Overflow has fallen prey to that dread disease that plagues all wiki systems: The Edit War.
@ardaozkal was like 3 years old when that blog post was written.
 
I actually think that making a final edit and then locking the post is a reasonable action. It leaves the question in an improved state and prevents further edit wars at the same time.
 
It's not all upsides. It annoys the OP
Sometimes that's a bonus though!
 
the grammar in that first sentence kills me though
 
6:52 PM
@Sterno If a user insists on keeping their question in a bad state for no good reason, not annoying them drops pretty far in priority.
 
That link to the Wiki on lame edit wars is broken
Here's the more recent one
== Notes == 1. [149] Not really an edit war, but still... == External links == Wikipedia’s Lamest Edit Wars...
 
> Editing is welcomed and encouraged. However, if the author of the post is resistant to your editing changes, even a perfectly legitimate edit based on the above rules, be the bigger man (or woman) and let them have it their way. Our goal here is not to cause friction between users, or to make everything perfect overnight. All we aim to do is gradually clean up and improve questions and answers together.
> When in doubt, just move on! There will be plenty of other posts and other edits you can make. In time, that reluctant author will learn how Stack Overflow works.
I'M NOT SENILE YET
 
@Sterno i feel like this attitude has shifted from when this blog post was made
 
NINE citations after one claim. Good heavens
 
ima correct that sentence grammar as soon as @fredley drops the lock
 
6:57 PM
@Sterno ?
 
I love reading the Wikipedia article on lamest edit wars
You can tell the people who worked on that page were just really, REALLY tired of them
 
> We're not trying to be the single point of worldwide reference on a given topic.
Uhmm, docs.se
 
> There is spirited debate about whether the citing of a passage of law is considered original research, tantamount to "dropping Mentos into a bottle of Pepsi to see if it will explode."
 
domestic chores is getting closer to commitment stage
 
7:00 PM
@ardaozkal seekrit beta didn't invite me :(
 
one of my coworkers has the most monotone voice ever.
 
@GodEmperorDune same :(
@Dragonrage "what if?" got to commitment (thanks to me, literally) so domcho is close
 
@ardaozkal y u do dis
 
@GodEmperorDune cuz I h8 stack ofc
(they were 1 upvote away so I helped)
 
you are a terrible person.
a lifehacker in training.
 
7:05 PM
yes
 
@KutuluMike i became a lifehacker to help @AshleyNunn
 
I even got a video of it lol
 
There is an old saying: Don't touch the poop.
 
she had a gambling problem.
 
The meaning is left as an exercise for the reader.
 
7:06 PM
@twobugs exercise is hard though
 
,,,,xD
 
why cant it be like doughnuts or cookies
 
> Was Cranky Kong the original Donkey Kong? Could it be the character in Super Nintendo and Nintendo 64 games is actually his son? Or perhaps his grandson? Should we trust offhand comments made by a video-game character? Does being licensed by Nintendo make Rareware publications "official"? How official is the "Nintendo Seal of Quality"? To some people, these questions are a matter of life and death.
 
@twobugs im just going to burn those messages
 
You can't burn my messages
 
7:08 PM
@twobugs i can. i have a tool to do just that
 
,,,,xD
 
@GodEmperorDune die, die, die
 
xP
 
I'll show YOU a tool holds up mirror
 
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Q: Are there Places of Power that are missable?

king14nyrI was under the assumption that the Places of Power were not missable, as they are mostly tied to simply finding them in the world. Some required you to be at a certain part of the story quest to be reachable, but even if they were missed during said quest, you could seemingly go back and find th...

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Q: How to find my clan without bookmarking

BinshadI forgot to bookmark my war clan before leaving. Is there anyway to find that clan?

 
7:09 PM
 
Haha the best edit wars are the totally nonsensical ones
Like one that had Enceladus superimposed over the UK, so naturally people started fighting to the death over how to refer to those islands
 
> Two self-proclaimed leaders of micronations in a lengthy revert war in this and other articles about the comparative value and notability of their made-up countries.
 
Oh wow, there was an edit war about where Niko Bellic came from in GTA4. I mean, of course there was... this is the internet
 
@ardaozkal What, everyone else can make old jokes and I can't make young jokes?
 
7:15 PM
@Sterno you can't be banned for being old but you can be banned for being young so...
Go ahead
 
wow, i had no idea that wikipedia tried to maintain a "list of virgins"
2
 
@GodEmperorDune Redirect to: You
cc @Wipqozn
 
OOO BURN
 
HELP I CAN'T DELETE
 
@twobugs cc @WipqoznsSocks on that sick burn
 
7:16 PM
THAT IS RUDE but I can't delete
oh, I already remove it, but lag caused it to not be visible
 
well then
> Since Wikipedia is not censored, is it appropriate to include a huge picture of a tarantula for illustrative purposes on a page discussing the fear of spiders?
 
^bridge
 
@ardaozkal i think unfunny memes needs to be much larger, and urban legends should be nonexistent among other things
 
@Dragonrage nah
@Wipqozn isn't the worst
that is just an urban legend
> Amerime

A term created to define American anime, Amerime was deleted as a neologism, then reborn, then deleted, then reborn, then deleted, and then stuck when the software jammed. It was then deleted and reborn again, at which point it managed a sufficient rally on the AfD to survive, roughly 18 months after the original was first posted; however, it has been moved to another location.
 
> Canada
Is this country in northern North America, in the northern part of North America, or just in North America? The first option is just vandalism, and a poll was needed to achieve consensus on this important issue.
 
7:25 PM
My Little Pony

Is Baby Cuddles blue or green? Is Fizzy blue or green? Editors resorted to uploading photos of their own ponies to debate the point, possibly indicating 10 year old girls are more computer savvy than ever...
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Domestic Chores

Proposed Q&A site for learning how to do chores such as laundry, washing up, cleaning etc. correctly and efficiently.

Currently in definition.

7 QUESTIONS AWAY
RESPEC YOUR VOTES
 
Fossil fuel for reciprocating piston engines equipped with spark plugs
 
@Frank hahahhahhahahha ok then... one question though... who THE HELL ARE YOU!!!! that you will tell ME that YOU wont allow this!!!!! — hedgehog 6 mins ago
 
> Pwned

Slang term which originated from a typo (for "owned") displayed on a computer screen during an online multiplayer video game and is now the subject of heated debate as to its actual meaning. Does it mean to reduce your opponent to such a state that no actual words exist to express your dominance over them? Does it mean you possess "ownage" over them? Or does it mean to soundly defeat an opponent? Also, who invented it? What is the correct oral pronunciation of it? What is its phonetic spelling? is it "powned", "pooned", "poughned", or something else? All these are the subject to se
 
Hmmmm, does the system give me the ability to report an administrator for excessive use of moderator powers? Will i do that if my post will not open? Yeah.... — hedgehog 2 mins ago
 
@SepiaLazers cc @Sterno on the drama
 
user4704
7:29 PM
Yup, done with that guy.
 
@JoshPetrie yea, he might report you for excessive use of logic
 
I feel bad for that asker. They don't really 'get' SO
 
user4704
Indeed.
 
sorry @twobugs for the inbox influx
 
they have rep on a bunch of sites though... has this never happened to OP before?
 
7:31 PM
I get the impression it's someone else using the account right now
 
like a shared account?
 
@twobugs I thought that, too but I'm pretty sure now they're just trolling
 
i would recommend that everyone disengage and wait for an arqade mod to handle it
 
that's actually what started the whole mess
:)
 
@twobugs reading through his other posts, the grammar is quite similar across the board
 
7:34 PM
Please read this. Especially the answers. — ardaozkal 1 min ago
 
I don't care enough to do that
 
@ardaozkal I also find this to be relevant to the edit war.
 
@Sterno YOU GOT ME
 
thanks porkchat
 
@Dragonrage You probably run around telling kids Santa Claus isn't real too
 
7:35 PM
You don't need to post an image of chat
 
OH CRAP, sorry @ardaozkal. I didn't mean to spoil that Santa wasn't real.
 
We're actually all looking at the chat, right now
 
@Sterno lulz
 
Man, young jokes are fun.
 
@twobugs this is porkchat. it's different.
 
@Dragonrage I'm aware. You don't need to post pictures of the stack exchange chat, even with an addon many of us already use
 
@ardaozkal sounds like a challenge
(and the problem with blacklists in general)
 
there's an 8-bit Friday?
 
@KutuluMike yes, and it sounds better than the original version
 
chiptune is my new hobby.
 
7:39 PM
@GodEmperorDune yes
 
I'm working on some Doctor Who stuff.
 
But atleast it protects me from friday on all around internet
 
People acting like Friday was the worst song ever are silly
 
they've clearly never heard "Funky Cold Medina"
 
@ardaozkal orly?
4
 
7:41 PM
@Sterno 10/10
 
Actually, if that's a general extension and not a chat one, you're probably still fine
There are plenty of RB urls out there though
 
@Sterno yes
 
@Dragonrage That's such a weird song
 
Actually, I kind of like the 8-bit version
 
7:43 PM
@murgatroid99 it is. also one of the most random music videos
 
This is the best thing I've seen all day. But all I've seen today is RB videos and part of Jurassic Park 2.
 
> A revert war on whether the tiger can properly be described as the "most powerful living cat" (complete with accusations that people were "tiger fanboys") gradually led to arguments about how tigers would match up vs. bears and crocodiles (oh my!), complete with another revert war about the inclusion of a YouTube video showing a tiger fighting a crocodile, eventually leading to the article being semi-protected. The debates about bears and crocodiles continue on the talk page.
 
who can lock posts?
only mods?
 
7:54 PM
@ardaozkal I think it's at 15K
 
anybody got any other "funny" or "smart" comments on what i say? because you make as much fun as you want but still none made a solid point...
which i wasnt able to counter argue....
 
@murgatroid99 15k can protect
 
@Dragonrage oh, yeah, that's what I was thinking of
 
user4704
@hedgehog Please don't split the discussion by dragging it in here.
 
@JoshPetrie hahhaahhahahaha i dragged it here??? you guys took it here when you were commenting it before....
 
7:57 PM
@ardaozkal only mods can afaik
 
ah
 
@hedgehog The main problem here seems to be that you think you own the post. You don't. As soon as you ask the question, Stack Exchange owns it.
 
@hedgehog chat has NO power over site actions. Please keep the discussion on meta.
 
@SaintWacko so basically gracenote owns it
 
@SaintWacko i will say it one more time.... does the system give me the ability to do what i want with my post? can i edit it? can i roll back? can i delete it? if i wouldnt be supposed to then the system shouldnt give me these rights as long as it does the rest is just words on the air...
 
7:59 PM
@hedgehog no
It gives them to you and expects you to used the appropriately.
If you don't, mods take over and lock the post.
 
@ardaozkal so you guys commenting it like 5 min ago its ok, but when i come to the chat i cant talk about it.... wtf fascism is this?
 
hello @b_jonas
welcome to the bridge
 
@hedgehog You really enjoy asking these questions. The answer is, anyone can do any of those things
To any question
 

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