The Bridge

Britney Spears was a huge influence on me! After seeing her, I decided to marry a doped out wannabe pop-star and pop out four kids, all of whom I mistreated!

Ronan Forman

@OrigamiRobot You implied it did.

GnomeSlice

@OrigamiRobot My mistake.

user15026

5:14 PM

@fbueckert I can't hear out of either ear really (as in my mechanical keyboard seems silent) and I am coughing and I think fevered. Today I am staying at home.

GnomeSlice

@Fluttershy Spoken like a true hater.

@AshleyNunn D=

user15026

@Fluttershy .....that would explain a lot XD

OrigamiRobot

@RonanForman I didn't imply anything. I provided supplemental information.

fbueckert

@Fluttershy Quite an accomplishment, you being male and all.

GnomeSlice

@OrigamiRobot You provided an opinion.

Fluttershy

5:15 PM

@GnomeSlice ... I'm a hater because I stated facts about Britney Spears?

OrigamiRobot

@GnomeSlice Opinions are information.

Wipqozn

@Fluttershy Yes contains swearing, be careful if at work

GnomeSlice

@Fluttershy You prefaced it with haterspeak.

@OrigamiRobot Oh, okay.

Fluttershy

facedesk

GnomeSlice

@Fluttershy It was written as facts about yourself (obvious fiction).

fbueckert

5:16 PM

@AshleyNunn I hate it when my ears don't work; my hearing is much sharper than my other senses, so I rely on being able to hear stuff.

GnomeSlice

Do you guys just hate everything and avoid anything that could vaguely be considered positive about things you don't like?

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice Oh my no.

Fluttershy

@GnomeSlice No. But there is nothing positive to be said about Britney Spears.

GnomeSlice

@AshleyNunn That used to happen to me a LOT as a kid (the ears thing). I still hate it more than anything when it happens.

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert I have tinnitus. I can still hear pretty well, but sometimes the ringing gets LOUD.

GnomeSlice

5:17 PM

@Fluttershy That is spoken like a true hater.

@OrigamiRobot Well your ears are made of tin.

Probably.

user15026

@fbueckert It is one of my sharpest senses because a lot of my other stuff (vision, spatial sense, etc) doesn't work well, so I always kinda hermit when it happens because I don't feel safe anywhere. (Not to mention my balance is completely shot, more so than usual)

Wipqozn

Can we just all agree that @GnomeSlice is wrong and move on?

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OrigamiRobot

11 mins ago, by OrigamiRobot

Stop, I can't handle you trying to be clever.

GnomeSlice

@OrigamiRobot I used to be better at it.

Ronan Forman

@Wipqozn Seriously, you're going to resort to that?

Fluttershy

5:18 PM

@Wipqozn Yes. If I get called a "hater" by him one more time, I'm going to get suspended.

user15026

@Fluttershy So this.

GnomeSlice

@Fluttershy What? How?

OrigamiRobot

Dumb flags are dumb.

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Yeah, sometimes I get massive wax buildup, and it gets fully clogged. Ear pressure bad.

GnomeSlice

@Fluttershy I hate it when people form an opinion about something and refuse to look past "I don't like this".

Wipqozn

5:18 PM

@RonanForman Well, there's nothing constructive coming out of this conversation, so I don't mind cracking jokes.

fbueckert

@GnomeSlice So do we.

GnomeSlice

@fbueckert That's happened to me a few times. I had to get a guy with a special tool thing to clean me out.

LessPop_MoreFizz

HI CHAT.

GnomeSlice

It was gross.

Wipqozn

@LessPop_MoreFizz HI PUPPET

Fluttershy

5:19 PM

@GnomeSlice Just stop talking to me. I can't ignore you from mobile or I would right now.

Ronan Forman

@Wipqozn But do you always have to aim them at people.

fbueckert

The assumption that that's what you think we're doing it is sad.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@wipqozn I'll puppet you.

GnomeSlice

@fbueckert It's not an assumption.

Wipqozn

@RonanForman Can we just all agree that is wrong and move on?

That just doesn't make sense.

fbueckert

5:20 PM

I say just move on because this conversation is completely circular.

Essentially, everyone dogpiles on @Gnome, tells him he's wrong, he goes, "Nu-uh!", and it continues.

Wipqozn

@fbueckert Like I said, all just agree Gnome is wrong, and move on. Since that's all we're doing anyways.

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert I just jump in because that's what everyone else does.

GnomeSlice

I dislike you guys sometimes. :/

OrigamiRobot

I just want to be popular.

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot You are popular! You're our favourite robot.

OrigamiRobot

5:22 PM

@Wipqozn Right, so I have to keep doing things to stay popular.

fbueckert

@Wipqozn He's our only robot.

He's the favorite by default.

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert @Lazers is a robot.

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot @Lazers doesn't talk.

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot And @StrixVaria.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Somebody star "Can we just all agree that @GnomeSlice is wrong and move on?" So I can too.

fbueckert

5:23 PM

Or have a personality, beyond vomiting new questions.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Hell, I wouldn't object to it being pinned.

fbueckert

@Wipqozn Strix is a strange demented puppet.

GnomeSlice

@LessPop_MoreFizz I would.

SaintWacko

There, now it works

I just wrote a simple calculator in assembler

Wipqozn

haha, that's awesome. I was wondering about that. I can't unstar messages that I starred by abusing the pin bug.

LessPop_MoreFizz

5:24 PM

That's nice. But we've already established that you're wrong.

GnomeSlice

Can you unstar that please

LessPop_MoreFizz

No.

GnomeSlice

@LessPop_MoreFizz Fuck you, it's not funny.

:(

LessPop_MoreFizz

I didn't say it was funny.

GnomeSlice

@LessPop_MoreFizz It's also not nice.

SaintWacko

5:25 PM

Come on, guys, can't we all just get along?

Wipqozn

@SaintWacko No.

SaintWacko

@Wipqozn Sigh...

LessPop_MoreFizz

It's an important idea in the forward progress of useful conversation here.

GnomeSlice

@LessPop_MoreFizz No it is not.

It's insulting.

SaintWacko

@Wipqozn Also, that should have been a grumpy cat

Wipqozn

5:26 PM

@SaintWacko No.

SaintWacko

I think I've been infected by @agent86

Wipqozn

@SaintWacko Yes.

GnomeSlice

Today's IndieGameStand game: The Oil Blue

OrigamiRobot

Dec 7 '12 at 16:21, by OrigamiRobot

Let's all be friends!

SaintWacko

I wish oneboxed messages showed up in the star list better

agent86

5:30 PM

@SaintWacko you've got grumpycatitis. it's a BTD - a bridge transmitted disease.

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OrigamiRobot

@agent86 I wonder what other things are BTDs

Wipqozn

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agent86

always wear protection, lest you end up catching bronorria and have uncontrollable spasms of posting MLP pictures...

SaintWacko

@agent86 Oh, I'm very careful to avoid that

Wipqozn

Man, quick sort sure is quick! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAH‌AHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH‌AHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAH

5:32 PM

@agent86 Chronic Starring

Wipqozn

TIL Bender, Jake the Dog, and Dr. Drakken are all voiced by the same person.

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn You couldn't tell the dog was voiced by Bender?

Huh.

OrigamiRobot

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Wipqozn

5:35 PM

He voiced characters in The Spectacular Spider-Man too?!

@GnomeSlice I just noticed it sounded really familiar, so via google I learned things.

In retrospect I feel really silly for no noticing it early.

@OrigamiRobot US only :(

OrigamiRobot

@Wipqozn I know. I did it on purpose.

GnomeSlice

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot You sir, are a monster.

OrigamiRobot

@Wipqozn And you are a turtle.

Wipqozn

Fluttershy

5:37 PM

@Wipqozn He also voiced Marcus Fenix in Gears of War.

Wipqozn

@Fluttershy I was never a fan of Gears of War.

I've never actually played it mind you, but I'm not fond of Third person shooters.

Fluttershy

@Wipqozn I was just letting you know. =P

Wipqozn

@Fluttershy TOO LATE PRINCESS

OrigamiRobot

@Wipqozn I was a fan of treating it like a stealth game and chainsawing people. I got booted from a lot of games.

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot That sounds like fun, and also an accurate depiction of how terrible the XBL community is

YOU KILLED ME?!?!?!? I'M GONNA REPORT YOU!

I received so many insulting messages after beating someone in Marvel vs Capcom 3.

OrigamiRobot

5:39 PM

@Wipqozn Third person shooters are great for hiding. You can see around all the corners.

GnomeSlice

One of the best third person shooters:

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I should play Metal Arms again.

OrigamiRobot

@Wipqozn In Burnout Paradise multiplayer, people with an XBL camera would have their pictures taken when they were wrecked. I got some really mad pictures.

GnomeSlice

I love the writing.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice That sounds like the Soldier from TF2. Except more robotic.

OrigamiRobot

@GnomeSlice <3 I thought I was the only person who played Metal Arms.

GnomeSlice

5:40 PM

@Wipqozn It came much before TF2.

OrigamiRobot

pro much before

GnomeSlice

@OrigamiRobot The writing was great too, remember Screwed and Hosed?

The guys in the tutorial.

OrigamiRobot

Were they also the shop guys?

SaintWacko

@OrigamiRobot Heh, I never played that mp

OrigamiRobot

@SaintWacko It was really cool. Seamless transitions.

MDMarra

5:42 PM

When you guys flag stuff, people in other rooms see it to vote on it. We have the bar for offensive set pretty high in Server Fault chat, so please try not to bother with flags unless someone's done something like photoshop one of you guys performing an abortion on the Dutchess of York or something like that, ok?

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GnomeSlice

> ...Or I will personally weld your exhaust pipe to your ball bearings!

@MDMarra Things can be offensive without graphic imagery or curse words.

@OrigamiRobot I don't think so. They died at the end of the tutorial.

SaintWacko

@MDMarra Wait, so all chats should conform to the Server Fault chat idea of offensive?

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GnomeSlice

Hence the names.

MDMarra

@SaintWacko No no, but for a long time there were a high volume of invalid flags coming from here. Then it died down. I'd just hate for it to start back up, that's all.

GnomeSlice

> Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's a hellish wasteland where men turn on each other and friendship is considered a liability.

SaintWacko

5:44 PM

@MDMarra Ah, okay

GnomeSlice

1 min ago, by GnomeSlice

@MDMarra Things can be offensive without graphic imagery or curse words.

badp

This is the first time we get accused of not being enough of a pottymouth

GnomeSlice

But that's the only thing people approve them for.

Except for 'Shut Up'.

Michael Hampton

@GnomeSlice True. But I saw the flag, and I looked at it, and I said... What on earth is spam or offensive about that?

MDMarra

On a side note, I hate that people in other rooms see chat flags from rooms that they don't participate in. We don't know your room's etiquette, you don't know ours, why should I vote on this nonsense?

GnomeSlice

5:45 PM

@MichaelHampton Which one?

MDMarra

But I digress

badp

at any rate, I'd rather allow people to flag based on their own sensibilities than force mine onto others tyvm

Fluttershy

Can users from other rooms not just... ignore flags from this room?

MDMarra

Back to the comms room for me. Bye bye gaming <3

Wipqozn

@Fluttershy It's still annoying when you see stupid flags coming up.

badp

5:46 PM

@MDMarra because offensive items are offensive here and now and must be obliterated as soon as possible

GnomeSlice

For the record, I flagged both of those thing about 'agreeing GnomeSlice is wrong' because I find them very insulting.

Michael Hampton

@MDMarra Because developers.

Wipqozn

I don't know how many times I've responded to a flag from something that's a few days old, and isn't offensive in the least.

Fluttershy

@Wipqozn I don't even know what was flagged in this case. It's just always seems off that people in other rooms could see flags and act on them without any context of any sort.

user15026

@badp Makes perfect sense to me.

badp

5:47 PM

@MDMarra Think of it this way: it prevents certain rooms to go too much off the beaten path

MDMarra

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Q: Let me opt out of viewing chat flags

I'm not a moderator. I have ~22k rep on Server Fault. I am a regular in chat. Because chat allows all 10k+ users across the network to act on chat flags, I (and many other regulars in SF chat) see some...less mature...users from other chats flagging things that aren't actually offensive. I disa...

user15026

@Fluttershy They are supposed to go and check for context. It's because chat mods are mods over teh whole network.

MDMarra

^ Got a pretty good community response, but died :(

badp

chat.SO could've used some stricter standards, but since they're their own small insular community they get away with pretty bad shit

MDMarra

@AshleyNunn Ah, but it's not just mods that can act on a chat flag. It's anyone with enough rep (10k?) network-wide

Wipqozn

5:48 PM

@MDMarra Yes, 10k.

Michael Hampton

And I find that blue circle with the white number in it offensive, so I want to get rid of it as quickly as possible.

user15026

@MDMarra Aye, I am aware. My wording sucks, but it is still true - there is usually a need to check for context.

Wipqozn

The type of people that would not ignore the flags are just going to dismiss the flag without looking at context anyways, so it does more harm than good.

MDMarra

Seems odd that communities can self-govern everything but their chats

@Wipqozn exactly

GnomeSlice

Excuse me, but am I the only one who finds "Can we just all agree that @GnomeSlice is wrong and move on?" to be offensive?

fbueckert

5:49 PM

@GnomeSlice Yes

GnomeSlice

@fbueckert Well that's wrong.

Because it is.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice It was both a joke, and a suggestion. That's literally what we were doing, as @fbueckert stated. Everyone was taking the opinion opposite yours, and you guys were going around in circles.

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn It's not funny.

Whatever.

fbueckert

@GnomeSlice You hold an opinion. That's fine. We disagree with you. Vehemently. Stop shoving your opinion down our throats after we've explained it to you, thoroughly.

user15026

@fbueckert This. Please.

MDMarra

5:51 PM

@GnomeSlice Ya dude, this is strangers on the Internet. You need a thicker skin if that really bothers you so deeply that you felt the need to flag it. On top of that, your reaction (and then subsequent dismissal of the flag) does nothing but to encourage people to keep goading you.

LessPop_MoreFizz

The stuff about chat.so being used as a Hindi cybersex lounge was hilarious.

Wipqozn

In other news, should I have crackers with laughing cow cheese or peanut butter? This is a verY important decision guys.

fbueckert

@Wipqozn Peanut butter. Obviously.

user15026

@Wipqozn Cheese!

Fluttershy

@Wipqozn Why not both?

bwarner

5:52 PM

@Wipqozn Can't we just all agree that cheese is wrong and move on?

Wipqozn

user15026

@Fluttershy On the same cracker?

badp

@MDMarra I think I missed the point where you just said you can't judge what's offensive or not in rooms you aren't active in, because you just attempted to judge what's offensive or not in a room you aren't active in

Wipqozn

but just look at that cow! It's so happy.

FAE

@Wipqozn La vache qui rit!

StrixVaria

5:53 PM

@Wipqozn This stuff is downright nasty.

Fluttershy

@AshleyNunn Why not? Cracker > peanut butter > cheese.

Wipqozn

@bwarner Fine, FINE! YOU ALL WIN! PEANUT BUTTER IT IS!

badp

Now that's something I find irritating.

user15026

@Fluttershy Because peanut butter and cheese do not belong together!

Wipqozn

@Fluttershy You've gone completely mad.

Michael Hampton

5:53 PM

Wait, this was all over Britney Spears? I find her offensive!

LessPop_MoreFizz

The proper companion to Peanut Butter is Chocolate.

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Fluttershy

@AshleyNunn You eat poutine. Your argument is invalid. =P

Ronan Forman

@MichaelHampton Please don't start.

Wipqozn

@Fluttershy are you knocking poutine?

MDMarra

@badp You're very correct. I'm just going by the dozens of flags with his name attached to them that I've seen over the months that have benign language and seem rather meh. Really, the fact that I've never been here and I know his user name means that he stands out head and shoulders above all other chatters across the whole network for what he flags.

Wipqozn

5:54 PM

WE ARE NO LONGER FRIENDS @FLUTTERSHY!

Fluttershy

@Wipqozn Like I wanted to be friends with a turtle anyway!

Wipqozn

@MDMarra huh, you can see the flagger? When did that get implemented to non-mods?

Fluttershy

Also, I've never actually had poutine. It makes me kinda sad.

badp

@MDMarra He's kind of a situation. We know about it. He knows about it. It's being handled. Okay?

If you were a regular you'd know. I don't think it matters, but you can't have it both ways ;)

Wipqozn

@Fluttershy You should fix that.

MDMarra

5:56 PM

@badp Fair enough, not trying to stir up trouble. I'm more bothered by the chat flag system, but my pleas to SE have fallen on deaf ears, so popping in here was the next best thing. You're certainly right though

Wipqozn

Get some gravy, cheese, fries, and then make yourself some poutine.

user15026

@Fluttershy Poutine doesn't put sweet and savoury together.

user15026

@Fluttershy Fix this.

MDMarra

@badp Just blowing off steam in the wrong direction :)

Fluttershy

@AshleyNunn Clearly you've never seen Epic Meal Time's Candy Poutine.

badp

5:57 PM