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12:14 AM
@Marvin This may call my answer into question:
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A: Why do users often ask blatantly off-topic questions here on Meta?

AlexI can't prove this with any data, but perhaps it is a valid theory: Imagine the following conversation: Bob: I'm having such problems with my bicycle lately. Susan: You know there's a great site where you can ask questions about bicycles and receive good answers. Bob: Really? What'...

 
@Alex uh, tell me you were on mobile and missed the button or VTDedbefore or something @TheLethalCarrot scifi.stackexchange.com/review/low-quality-posts/143336
 
@Jenayah I wasn't on anything. I just saw it now and it's already closed.
 
was pinging TLC
should've replied to Marvin
I'm lazy
 
@Jenayah I have to suffer for your laziness?
 
yeah
 
12:20 AM
(That was a joke, by the way.)
 
no worries :P
 
Add another one to the list...
 
eheh
 
@Alex I should do that more often... just got a new upvote.
@Jenayah Well he did vote to close.
 
yeah I'm guessing mobile but that review looked weird in the post's timeline
 
12:25 AM
@Jenayah It's also Not An Answer, though at first glance it might look like one.
 
@Alex it's plagiarism+spam
 
What's it plagiarized from?
 
see discussion starting here
in Charcoal HQ, 7 hours ago, by Jenayah
Hey Charcoalers. Does "labor day 2014" ring a funny spammy bell?
can't exclude that Wikia was plagiarising something else itself though
 
So many delete reasons to choose from...
 
wtf it's still up? :/
how 'bout casting a spam flag on this, Alex
 
12:29 AM
It doesn't go to a queue?
@Jenayah Did.
 
@Alex I guess spam flags don't send to queue, no
 
Oh, someone just answered my Monte Cristo question. Gotta read it.
 
it'd probably be handled faster in the week but as it's Saturday
 
Super Spam Saturday.
 
more like "mods have weekends too"
 
12:35 AM
#weneedanothermoderator
 
Meh, that stuff isn't on the homepage and has been around for five ducking years, won't change much
 
And now I have closing privileges on Literature, yet I haven't the foggiest idea about their off-topicness... the dangers of Hot Network Questions.
 
HNQ+beta site scaling
 
Yeah.
I better read some Meta posts or Help Center...
 
Voting to close isn't obligatory
 
12:40 AM
True.
But voting to leave open is.
 
 
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4:48 AM
@Jenayah what is?
 
5:05 AM
@Stormblessed It's gone now, but:
11 hours ago, by SmokeDetector
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Manually reported answer (94): Why did Tom Riddle change his name to Voldemort? by Paras Sharma on scifi.SE
 
5:29 AM
0
Q: Why would Sixers need to swap their position to respawn in OASIS?

Jam Shed K.As we can see, Sixers, in the real world, are so hurriedly swaping their position to respawn in OASIS. Why would they need to swap their position to respawn in OASIS?

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Q: Manga/manwha where the main character was schooled by a dragon lady

RauvAll I can really remember is that it had that unpolished comic style where the line art wasn't as clean as a professionally done manga/manwha and I think it was in color. Storywise all I really recall is that the main character was pretty strong and something happened to make him go look for his ...

 
 
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7:37 AM
@Stormblessed plagiarism+spam which went unnoticed for five years
 
8:06 AM
@Alex if you aren't sure feel free to ask
 
8:22 AM
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Q: Looking for book title about a dying planet that prohibited marriage between the 3 races living on the planet

Tony WrightLooking for book title about a dying planet that prohibited marriage between the 3 races, they found that intermarriage produced a new race of engineers that they had been missing and could solve their problems. Thanks,

 
8:41 AM
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Q: How does memory work among Horcruxes?

Nikita NeganovAt the time of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets we have 2 conscious and functioning Horcruxes - young Tom Riddle from the Diary and the "main piece" hiding somewhere in Albania. Young Tom Riddle reveals that he is not aware of the future - it's Ginny who told him that Voldemort was defea...

 
8:54 AM
@AnkitSharma watched in Hindi, maybe it's from India? scifi.stackexchange.com/q/206754/98028
 
 
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10:17 AM
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Q: Story Identification: Something about a portal to another dimension with violent humanoids

releseabeBasically somehow a portal is opened or discovered and they see humans which are dressed like the Gay Nineties in the USA or England (one character says, "It looks like Jolly Bicycle Tours...") but when a soldier from our side gets through, the creatures instantly attack and devour him, iirc corr...

 
10:56 AM
0
Q: Is Spock much younger than Captain Pike in Star Trek Discovery?

eliza doolittlethingsIn Season 2 Episode 8, Spock and Burnham visit Talos IV memory alpha fandom- 'If Memory Serves' - a flash back to the unaired episode of the original series is shown. Probably as a reminder of who Vina is. In 'The Man Trap' Captain Pike Explained, Pike and Spock almost look the same age. But...

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Q: Why does Captain Marvel take place when it does?

DaveInCazThe Marvel Cinematic Universe film Captain Marvel takes place mostly in 1995. I couldn't find any plot explanation in the film for why that particular time period was selected as the basis of the story. I mean, it certainly fit in well with the status of SHIELD at the time, Ronin of the Kree wa...

 
11:34 AM
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Q: Why could not the separatists legally leave the republic

TimSparrowWhy was it necessary to use military methods to secede, while IRW, alliances and unions come and go, sometimes, peacefully. Does the Republic not allow a system or planet to leave and declare itself independent? Or was it simply a pretense to wage war on The Republic? Canon answers are prefered...

 
 
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2:16 PM
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Q: Why Cat hurt Nick fury?

Zaid Syed M MdIn movie Captain Marvel we see that cat hurts Nick Fury, but both were on same team. Is it an accident or did the cat think it is funny?

 
@Mithrandir I can't disturb your studying.
 
@Alex It's okay, I don't get push notifications...
 
Well now we know who not to target for a pingfest...
 
I mean, there's no telling when enough pings will make the app start working again and actually send me notifications...
 
2:31 PM
Oh, it's that it doesn't work? It works for me.
 
teh app suxz
 
@Jenayah Flagged as rude/abusive.
 
hey!
 
It worked for a few days after I switched phones a few months ago and then stopped sending me notifications. It'll sometimes give me notifications after I restart my phone, but otherwise... nope.
 
Maybe it's the phone?
@Jenayah Joking.
 
2:33 PM
I know :P
 
Though in truth, every once in a while mine misses one. But overall it works well.
 
*shrugs* Whatever. I don't need to be waken up for SE anyway :P
 
Not everyone can be so integral:
yesterday, by Alex
Jan 9 at 0:34, by Jenayah
Oct 9 '18 at 19:22, by Mithrandir
JENAYAH IT'S FOUR AM WHERE ARE YOU I NEED YOU -Alex
 
note to room in general and myself: meta the Land of Elyon dupe situation
@Alex sleep is a sacred thing
 
@Mithrandir Apparently some people disagree with you.
 
2:40 PM
Those people are lucky.
 
Well some of them have their own problems. Scarecrow's missing a brain, Tin Woodman's missing a heart, Alex has to deal with captchas all day long, etc.
 
Who are the first two?
wait, Oz?
the fox is the relation?
 
The Scarecrow is a character in the fictional Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum and illustrator W.W. Denslow. In his first appearance, the Scarecrow reveals that he lacks a brain and desires above all else to have one. In reality, he is only two days old and merely ignorant. Throughout the course of the novel, he demonstrates that he already has the brains he seeks and is later recognized as "the wisest man in all of Oz," although he continues to credit the Wizard for them. He is, however, wise enough to know his own limitations and all too happy to hand the rulership of Oz...
The Tin Woodman, better known as either the Tin Man or (incorrectly) the Tin Woodsman (the third name appears only in adaptations, the first—and in rare instances, the second—was used by Baum), is a character in the fictional Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum. Baum's Tin Woodman first appeared in his classic 1900 book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and reappeared in many other subsequent Oz books in the series. In late 19th-century America, men made out of various tin pieces were used in advertising and political cartoons. Baum, who was editing a magazine on decorating shop windows...
@Jenayah They don't sleep since they're not human.
 
ah, right
 
And at times they discuss it.
 
2:45 PM
There's a scene in the first book where this has significance (poppy field).
 
I think.
Note to self: Don't take Mithrandir along with you to the poppy field.
Though your bike might be useful.
 
Nah, it wouldn't be. You'd slip off without the proper shoes.
(I run clipless.)
 
<--- still can't bike
 
Never too late to learn
 
yep
 
2:52 PM
I just had to read an article on clipless pedals.
 
You're welcome
(@Marvin but ninja) Hmm, didn't one of the later movies basically wipe out Romulus entirely?
 
@Jenayah Not taking you with me to the poppy field either, then.
Though some orienteering probably would have come in handy...
 
Basically, if Alex is heading to the poppy field, he's going alone.
 
Basically.
 
Isn't poppy a sleep inducer or stuff?
(my source for this is the Smurfs...)
 
2:56 PM
Yes.
 
Yep, that's what the poppy field is.
 
@Alex Although, if we say I'm Opal, my wings might come in handy.
 
Cool, Smurfs are reliable
 
Nooooooo I just accidentally clicked on a "user was removed" rep notification and got taken to my reputation tab. Now I've lost my building up of that number :'(
 
3:00 PM
@Mithrandir If you're Opal I think that's all the more reason for me yo stay away from you.
 
@Alex touché
 
@Mithrandir ?
 
@Jenayah this number, on the your profile:
 
ah
 
Shows your rep gains since you last visited your reputation tab.
 
3:02 PM
what figure did you wanted it to reach?
 
20k
Got over halfway...
Oh well.
 
You hadn't visited in over 10,000???
 
Yeah... it took a while to get it to where it was.
 
I'm at 366.
 
It had been at 12.9k, but now it's simply gone.
 
3:05 PM
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Q: What is the population of Romulus in the TNG era?

M CorrelliI'd love to know what's the Romulan population in general or on Romulus itself in the TNG era.

 
I don't like this kind of notification so I drop it out of the way basically every time I go to my profile page
 
heh
12 mins ago, by Mithrandir
(@Marvin but ninja) Hmm, didn't one of the later movies basically wipe out Romulus entirely?
 
@Jenayah Is that more frequent than you gain reputation?
 
@Alex nah I don't drop it if it's not there
 
That means it is more frequent.
 
3:09 PM
ah then yes I do go to my profile quite often
 
I would make fun of you but I do too.
 
3:52 PM
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Q: Why did everyone call the organization S.H.I.E.L.D in Captain Marvel?

BrettFromLAThere was a fun running gag in Iron Man (2008) where Agent Coulson keeps calling his organization the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division. Pepper Potts says that's quite a mouthful, and he says "I know, we're working on it." But in Captain Marvel, set in 1995, wel...

 
4:22 PM
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Q: Why is Breq confident that Lieutenant Skaaiat will not recognize her?

oromeOn her arrival at Omaugh Palace, Breq says It was impossible that Lieutenant Skaaiat would recognize me which also appears to be true of Daos Ceit (the former flower-bearer). That makes sense if the segments of Justice of Toren One Esk that Skaaiat and Daos encountered in Ors did not inclu...

 
Cool, that wasn't made up...
 
4:57 PM
@Alex Again.
 
5:14 PM
@Alex someone took a look at main meta otday :D
 
@Jenayah Someone takes a look there pretty much every day.
(And I don't mean that pedantically.)
 
can't argue, I do the same.
 
Though some days it's just a quick glance; other days I read a bunch of posts.
Sometimes I even answer one.
 
And I can argue even less, as I did the same, though in the Sandbox chat:
in Sandbox, 4 hours ago, by Jenayah
holy crap, that actually works! :D
 
In fact, I recently answered a question that an employee had already answered, and the acceptance got switched. Yet my answer has a negative score with a comment saying "this is just wrong".
 
5:18 PM

 This room is not fine

For posting the line 'this is fine'
 
Acceptance on Meta doesn't mean much
 
This answer is just wrong. — Shadow Wizard 8 hours ago
 
@Mithrandir should've guessed that was a thing
 
@Jenayah I created in for Winter Bash... '16? I think?
Yep, creation date confirms that.
 
5:47 PM
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Q: When does the Captain Marvel post-credits scene take place?

WoJIn the post-credit scene of Captain Marvel, we see When does this happen in the MARVEL timeline? (Some time before The Avengers, I believe?)

 
5:58 PM
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Q: How did Vo have a child?

AnthelothAccording to this article from the Coppermind, Returned can have children, but require special knowledge to do so. The only known Returned to do so was Vo, the first Returned. The problem is, Vo was the first Returned so nobody could have taught him how to have a child and he only lived for a wee...

 
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Q: Was "Adam" referred to somewhere, beside GOTG 2?

WoJThe post-credit scene in Guardians of the Galaxy 2 introduces Adam (Warlock?) Is he mentioned anywhere else in the MCU?

 
@Babelfish That's at least the third Marvel question you've posted here today.
 
@Alex well, new movie will do that for you
 
@Jenayah Is that the thing I keep seeing ads for?
 
Might come around and goo see it this week or the week after. That'll depend on it being screened with original English voices or not
@Alex voted to close as unclear. Please clarify your specific problem or add additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it’s hard to tell exactly what you're asking.
Where are you seeing those ads?
Are they translated into another language?
Do they feature a blonde woman in a blue/red suit?
 
6:10 PM
A girl/woman in a red and blue outfit.
 
Is "Captain Marvel" written on it?
I mean, Supergirl is blonde with a blue/red outfit.
 
 
@Alex mmmmmmmh. Okay, voted to reopen. Then downvoted for no research.
 
@Jenayah I prefer downvotes to closevotes any day of the week.
 
@Alex May I remind you that enough DVs will probably warrant a question ban, though.
 
6:13 PM
Duly noted. I think I have room to spare as of now.
 
Well, not exactly "enough DVs" - rather a combination of DVs and recurring scheme I guess, butyou get where I'm getting at
 
Reminds me of my dilemma.
 
Which one?
 
About my deleted question.
 
Mi Yodeya?
The one for "reasons"?
 
6:15 PM
No, here.
 
you have a deleted Q here?
link?
 
It just got deleted recently; I only noticed it on Friday.
 
roommbaed?
 
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Q: How many God Kings were there?

AnthelothIn Warbreaker, it the history seems to be that the royal family ruled until the Manywar, and then the God Kings took over, with the events of the book taking place about 300 years and six God Kings later. The problem is that in the book, it says that there were God kings that lived for centuries...

 
Yeah. Because it finally got an additional downvote that put the net score at 0 (+5/-5).
 
6:20 PM
@Alex Why was it deleted?
 
@Alex oh, that thing
 
Not quite sure why it was closed as unclear, considering that at least two people of the closers understood it enough to try answering in comments.
 
@Stormblessed closed, score 0 on the question, no upvoted answers, after a week/month it gets auto-deleted
 
@Jenayah ok
Daily floof, 3/10/2019: A very large liger
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@Stormblessed See the last section here:
 
6:28 PM
@Stormblessed fluffy!
 
Anyone here live somewhere without that stupid daylight savings time?
 
I wish, but no.
There's talks about removing it, but so far nothing is really on the way to do it.
The "talks" have been going on for some years already
 
@Jenayah In Arizona they did that
 
@Stormblessed whaaaat how does that work with the rest of the country
 
@Alex Why does it care if it wasn't closed as a duplicate? Those seem like the least useful questions to keep around if there's not an answer
 
6:30 PM
@Stormblessed point of entry and all that
 
@Jenayah I guess sometimes they're in Mountain and sometimes in Western, maybe?
 
@Stormblessed The theory is that duplicates are useful for searches.
 
@Stormblessed Actually, not all of Arizona doesn't have it
Oh, actually almost all of it; just the Navajo reservation doesn't
So it's always on Mountain Standard Time, unlike the other nearby states, according to this
How's Astronomy different from Space?
@Donald.McLean Does the Hubble Guy know?
 
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Q: Why can't I track progress towards a [mass-effect] tag badge?

KevinFor some reason, mass-effect does not show up in the "Track your next tag badge" widget: I have a lot more progress towards mass-effect than towards any of these tags: So what gives? Why can't I track the badge that I actually have a chance of getting?

 
Why doesn't Area 51 stay logged in when other sites are?
Same thing happens with SO sometimes
Why do some Betas have a theme, but most don't?
AI has one, but [Literature doesn't](literature.stackexchange.com)
 
6:48 PM
AI is a sponsored site, so it has a theme.
 
Mar 6 at 0:42, by Alex
@Stormblessed כדי שיכירו תינוקות וישאלו
 
@Mithrandir Who sponsored?
oh, IBM
@Alex How's that relevant in this situation, may I ask?
 
@Stormblessed Same as last time.
 
7:09 PM
@Slartibartfast neat, I never knew you could track those manually
Ah well I can't set my mind on one so I'll keep the privilege tracking
 
7:48 PM
How does Meta know if a tag link should go to Meta or Main?
Like I think there’s on both sites
 
8:44 PM
@Stormblessed [tag:xyz] goes to main, [tag:meta-xyz] goes to meta, IIRC
 
9:29 PM
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Q: Are the Jedi employed by the Republic?

SeamusthedogIn Star Wars Episodes I-III the Jedi act as police force of sorts for the Republic, in fact the first time we see Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi they are on an errand for Chancellor Valorum (all be it secret). So are the Jedi on the Republic payroll and that is why they are so heavily involved i...

 
9:51 PM
@Jenayah [meta-tag:xyz]
 
10:05 PM
Watch how there's actually a Meta tag .
 
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Q: Are all cats Flerkens?

Bob In Captain Marvel, we learn that while Goose appears to be a normal house cat, she's really a Flerken, an incredibly dangerous alien. Talos correctly identifies her almost immediately, which suggests that there are no "normal" cat-like creatures elsewhere in the known universe. But what about...

 
10:23 PM
@NapoleonWilson thanks
 
11:16 PM
@NapoleonWilson thanks
 
11:37 PM
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Q: What problems would a superhuman have who's skin is constantly hot?

Purplejack2020So I have an idea for a character that's been bouncing around my head for a while now. The basic premise is that he's a pyrokinetic (can control fire) but he's also constantly emitting heat so his skin is hot and often glows from the heat. As of yet he has no way of consciously cooling his skin ...

@Randal'Thor or @Null I think this should be migrated to Worldbuilding with your mod powers
also why’s it with a hyphen? I never see it spelled like that
 
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Q: What problems would a superhuman have who's skin is constantly hot?

Purplejack2020So I have an idea for a character that's been bouncing around my head for a while now. The basic premise is that he's a pyrokinetic (can control fire) but he's also constantly emitting heat so his skin is hot and often glows from the heat. As of yet he has no way of consciously cooling his skin ...

 
@Marvin Probably better suited for Worldbuilding.
 

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