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  • what about imposing martial law for aesthetic purposes

    cops riding around in tanks with statue heads painted on them, all over marble print SWAT gear
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    aesthetic porpoises
  • aesthetic porpoises

    seapunk

  • We can do anything if we do it together.

    aesthetic porpoises

  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    I tried to watch Head once

    I dunno, man
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”

    and then you get weird stuff like Chomsky's problems with libel laws


    It's an interesting position and I can respect that he sticks by it, but yes, it's definitely an extreme example.
  • You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    @Sredni: It feels good to be able to talk about this stuff without being all ARGH BLARGH GOVERNMENT SHOULD CONTROL EVERYTHING MONARCHY FOREVER FUCK PRIVATE PROPERTY like I tend to be sometimes
  • We can do anything if we do it together.

    I tried to watch Head once

    I dunno, man

    I should try watching that soon.
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”

    @Sredni: It feels good to be able to talk about this stuff without being all ARGH BLARGH GOVERNMENT SHOULD CONTROL EVERYTHING MONARCHY FOREVER FUCK PRIVATE PROPERTY like I tend to be sometimes


    I am glad.
  • I should put on a shirt + go donate plasma
  • got my shirt

    got my boots
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    boots made for donatin' plasma
  • yeah, they are heavy enough to net me an extra 10 bucks a week
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Wait, how does that work?
  • i weigh 170-ish, these boots are about 5 pounds, putting me in the 175-200 weight class, so extra money
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Ahhhh, I thought so but I was unsure.
  • You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022

    i weigh 170-ish, these boots are about 5 pounds, putting me in the 175-200 weight class, so extra money

    glorious
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    but isn't that cheating
  • Sup bitches, witches, Haters, and trolls.

    Drones: Want to fly? You must comply

    Anyone bringing a drone, a type of unmanned aircraft system (UAS), to campus must follow the university policy to protect the safety and privacy of others. In addition, there are federal, state and local laws that apply to the use of drones and other UAS.

    Before flying a UAS on any university property, you must:

    – Read the policy: go.osu.edu/uas-policy. This policy requires compliance with federal, state, and local laws, as well as regulations and contracts, while enabling scholarship.
    – You must obtain permission prior to every flight: You must request and receive permission (go.osu.edu/uas-request) before every individual flight. No exceptions.
    – Learn more by reading the Frequently Asked Questions: go.osu.edu/uas-faq.

    oh yay, just what we need, more rules and regulations that exist largely due to people's fears of new technology >_<
    "permission before every flight" might be a bit much but drones have interfered with first responders before so it's understandable
  • Sup bitches, witches, Haters, and trolls.
    like, it's a risk to firefighting helicopters to have drones flying around
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    someone say drone


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    local kitten is too svelte for his own good
  • edited 2015-12-13 21:28:23

    but isn't that cheating

    I am not one for playing by the rules whenever I can help it
  • My dreams exceed my real life

    cat fascism

    Is this anything like Cupcake Fascism?
  • no because cupcakes are disgusting
  • seriously, a cupcake is everything that is bad about cake, with nothing that makes it good
  • My dreams exceed my real life
    Muffins are better, IMHO
  • muffins are also better than cake
  • I read the cupcake fascism article

    I think I broadly agree with the sentiment, indeed it is something I had been trying to articulate for a while, but I dislike the use of the word fascism

    because the word is so specific
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    cake > cupcakes > muffins
  • though as it gets into specifics it... disintegrates
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    om nom
  • though as it gets into specifics it... disintegrates

    this is a very common thing in thinkpieces it seems, the author has a good point and is too stupid to back it up
  • oh hey apparently this man is friends with that Sam Kriss fellow that Odradek dislikes so much
  • Sup bitches, witches, Haters, and trolls.
    cupcake fashos
  • My dreams exceed my real life

    oh hey apparently this man is friends with that Sam Kriss fellow that Odradek dislikes so much

    He's basically the slightly better version of Sam Kriss.

    They share the same bland grey despair and hatred of having to walk upon British soil.
  • image


    these are real shoes that you could buy
    these seem to be shoes made for ass-kicking
  • he moves to America only to find himself trapped in one of those wine mom boutiques with the sassy placards

    it's the updated version of that twilight zone episode
  • Drones: Want to fly? You must comply

    Anyone bringing a drone, a type of unmanned aircraft system (UAS), to campus must follow the university policy to protect the safety and privacy of others. In addition, there are federal, state and local laws that apply to the use of drones and other UAS.

    Before flying a UAS on any university property, you must:

    – Read the policy: go.osu.edu/uas-policy. This policy requires compliance with federal, state, and local laws, as well as regulations and contracts, while enabling scholarship.
    – You must obtain permission prior to every flight: You must request and receive permission (go.osu.edu/uas-request) before every individual flight. No exceptions.
    – Learn more by reading the Frequently Asked Questions: go.osu.edu/uas-faq.

    oh yay, just what we need, more rules and regulations that exist largely due to people's fears of new technology >_<
    clearly the proper response to this is to organize a mass protest where a thousand people all armed with $50 drones buzz them around the university president while he/she goes from her/his parking space to her/his office
  • Jane said:

    I've never actually played Risk.


    I want to, seems like my kind of game.
    It's pretty fun to play with friends, though I get strangely competitive at Risk.
    Vriska said:

    Vriska should play Risk

    it's even in her name ::::o

    Tachyon said:

    VRiska

    i've played Risk before, it was fun



    One problem with Risk and its derivatives is that the endgame is less interesting than the midgame.  Players who are eliminated lose all relevance.  Would be nice if they could retain some degree of relevance.

    How about allowing multiple factions to garrison their troops together or something?



    Also speaking of Risk

    i wanna play GoCrossCampus again....

    I miss GXC.
  • for those of you who haven't heard me talk about GXC before

    GXC is basically Risk with slightly simplified mechanics but redone as a massively multiplayer participation game.
  • Sup bitches, witches, Haters, and trolls.

    he moves to America only to find himself trapped in one of those wine mom boutiques with the sassy placards

    it's the updated version of that twilight zone episode

    this is a good pagetopper
  • a flavor-heavy participation game

    for example, representing your own dorm in a Risk-like map of your campus.

    this can give rise to player participation phenomena that are similar to voter turnout phenomena
  • there were "machines" where people all made accounts and gave them to certain commanders who'd log them all in every day to get their bonus armies and work their commands, until the makers of the game outlawed that
  • getting other people from one's dorm involved was occasionally like pulling teeth, for those people who just didn't ahve much interest in playing, or in participating in a dorm event
  • I _think_ snowball effect also applied to some extent -- winning teams could more easily drum up participation, to some extent, though if they were completely dominating that would also be a "i don't need to participate"
  • edited 2015-12-13 22:52:01
    in summary: humans suck at team efforts when they are or can be a very small piece of an aggregate that is composed of small pieces

    this applies to both GXC and voting
  • Glenn how late are you on this assignment
  • what assignment?

    if you're asking about the one i was stressing out about earlier, that's done
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