xkcd

by **torontoraptor** » Mon Apr 16, 2012 4:12 am UTC

...what? Also, did the forums just go down for a while?

by **Giant Speck** » Mon Apr 16, 2012 4:26 am UTC

torontoraptor wrote:...what? Also, did the forums just go down for a while?

Yes.

by **Magnanimous** » Mon Apr 16, 2012 4:29 am UTC

FRT: I sort of hate the joke about a rooster laying an egg on the middle of a slanted roof, and asking which way the egg rolls. The "real" answer is that roosters don't lay eggs... but that doesn't make sense because the joke presupposes that the rooster lays an egg. They don't in real life, but joke-spaces are hypothetical and don't necessarily need to map to reality.

by **Giant Speck** » Mon Apr 16, 2012 5:10 am UTC

Today's Dumbing of Age reminded me how slowly time progresses in the comic's universe.

by **Menacing Spike** » Mon Apr 16, 2012 7:43 am UTC

Giant Speck wrote:WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?

I kinda like it, actually. Not relevant to my interests, but at least the artist is not afraid to try something new. Better than Dooya Evenlift and Baron von Pectorals plowing Schoolgirl Cindy once again.

edit: after reading the whole thing it's hilarious.

by **darknut** » Mon Apr 16, 2012 9:07 am UTC

seeing only that one page it does seem rather fucked, but with context its slightly less wierd...slightly

by **dragon** » Mon Apr 16, 2012 9:28 am UTC

The context being that Mr Caterpillow is an inanimate stuffed toy, and she is entirely in control of both sides of this encounter. The non-consensual aspects of that linked page are part of the make-believe. The isolated page is so much less squicky with that piece of information.

The Peaches and Cream chapter also posted on that forum was pretty hot.

by **elminster** » Mon Apr 16, 2012 12:01 pm UTC

Magnanimous wrote:FRT: I sort of hate the joke about a rooster laying an egg on the middle of a slanted roof, and asking which way the egg rolls. The "real" answer is that roosters don't lay eggs... but that doesn't make sense because the joke presupposes that the rooster lays an egg. They don't in real life, but joke-spaces are hypothetical and don't necessarily need to map to reality.

If [X] and [Y], what is [Z]? haha ![X].
*Grab* *Slice*

Magnanimous wrote:Three Word Phrase is a pretty hit-and-miss comic, but this was great.

Another one to add to the RSS feeds.

by **Arisu** » Mon Apr 16, 2012 3:02 pm UTC

My glasses just broke in such a way that improvised repairing is impossible.
The optician I go to has recently moved his practise to a new building.
Going to have a fun time looking for it tomorrow.

Headache

by **Garm** » Mon Apr 16, 2012 8:00 pm UTC

I like the idea of a 'joke-space.' Sounds like a really weird form of the space-time continuum.

by **emceng** » Mon Apr 16, 2012 9:31 pm UTC

I have three laptops on my desk. Now I just need three laps...

by **Shivahn** » Mon Apr 16, 2012 11:30 pm UTC

emceng wrote:I have three laptops on my desk. Now I just need three laps...

From this, I'm assuming you have no cats.

by **Whelan** » Mon Apr 16, 2012 11:38 pm UTC

Or, one cat that's been coaxed into sitting on the fourth laptop, placed on the sofa.

by **elminster** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 11:33 pm UTC

Today I managed to fix a kitchen tap which hasn't even dripped in 2 weeks with 20mins of vigorously turning it on and off... saving a good >£100 on plumber costs. Although I should have done a warmup, my forearm muscles are pretty tight now. Really the rubber bushings/washers/etc inside probably need replacing, but there's 1 screwdriver here, so I'm not spoilt for choice on tools.

by **Shivahn** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 11:55 pm UTC

Whelan wrote:Or, one cat that's been coaxed into sitting on the fourth laptop, placed on the sofa.

You don't coax cats into that, they do it whenever it's warm and/or you look like you're going to need it.

by **UniqueScreenname** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:28 am UTC

In the UK, do they have the pounds sign where the dollar sign is on the keyboards?

by **e^iπ+1=0** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:32 am UTC

No. See also here.

by **UniqueScreenname** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:34 am UTC

Thank you. I love it when other people do my googling for me.

Unrelated, the sentence would be funnier in pre-Google times.

by **Plasma Man** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:06 am UTC

I tried to persuade my girlfriend that her pet name for me should be Google, as I tend to be the first place she'll go to ask about anything. She didn't go for it, though.

by **emceng** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:20 pm UTC

Whelan wrote:Or, one cat that's been coaxed into sitting on the fourth laptop, placed on the sofa.

Actually I do have a cat, but the three laptops are at work. But now that I think about it, I also have one laptop at home

Also, what the crap is that in place of the tilde?

e^iπ+1=0 wrote:No. See also here.

by **Adam H** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:45 pm UTC

Do other people get annoyed at movies and tv shows when characters are driving and spend a shocking amount of time staring at the passenger rather than keeping their eyes on the road?

Why do actors* do this? Is it...
1) It looks even more unnatural to talk to the passenger while staring straight ahead.
2) The audience doesn't notice/care that they are driving extremely dangerously (well, you will now! :twisted:

).
3) They were poorly trained/directed.
4) Real people actually drive this way. (?!?)

I assume it's #1, but I'm sure there's a happy medium that is much closer to look-straight-ahead then what you actually see in movies.

*is there a gender neutral word for actor/actress?

by **SecondTalon** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 4:00 pm UTC

There's a disturbing amount of #4 in the real world.

But yeah, it annoys the hell out of me when people do it, in fiction or reality.

by **ArgonV** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 4:05 pm UTC

Adam H wrote:Do other people get annoyed at movies and tv shows when characters are driving and spend a shocking amount of time staring at the passenger rather than keeping their eyes on the road?

Why do actors* do this? Is it...
1) It looks even more unnatural to talk to the passenger while staring straight ahead.
2) The audience doesn't notice/care that they are driving extremely dangerously (well, you will now! ).
3) They were poorly trained/directed.
4) Real people actually drive this way. (?!?)

I assume it's #1, but I'm sure there's a happy medium that is much closer to look-straight-ahead then what you actually see in movies.

*is there a gender neutral word for actor/actress?

I'm thinking a combination of 1 and 2. There's certain compromises you've gotta make whilst acting. We all know that when you're driving and talking, you do not look at the person you're talking to. Well, maybe a few sideways glances. Do this in a movie and you'll get called a bad actor. It's like theatre, some things need to be done differently. In theatre, you need to make otherwise subtle movements large enough to the people in the back of the audience can also see them. It's accepted.
* performer?

Now I've got a question about the picture below from b3ta (NFSW and sometimes [amusingly] childish):

Leftmost is Kofi Anan (coffee jar), rightmost is Mr T (tea jar). I'm guessing the middle is sugar, but whose face is that?

by **Shivahn** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 4:09 pm UTC

Adam H wrote:*is there a gender neutral word for actor/actress?

I *think* that for the most part 'actor' is actually preferred as gender neutral, as actress is a sort-of-recent "hey, women are different from men so we need a new word so we know they're different and not the same!" sort of thing.

I could be wrong though.

by **roband** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 4:11 pm UTC

Argon, that's Alan Sugar.

by **ArgonV** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 4:18 pm UTC

roband wrote:Argon, that's Alan Sugar.

Ah, thanks!

by **The Cat** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:45 pm UTC

Hola Mr. Jr.,

Dude upstairs has solid behavior. Worth the time.

by **e^iπ+1=0** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:55 pm UTC

emceng wrote:Also, what the crap is that in place of the tilde?

Negation.

Also, I find I have to stop myself from typing [[Negation#Notation|Negation]]. Why doesn't wiki markup work everywhere?

by **UniqueScreenname** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 12:22 am UTC

Adam H wrote:Do other people get annoyed at movies and tv shows when characters are driving and spend a shocking amount of time staring at the passenger rather than keeping their eyes on the road?

Why do actors* do this? Is it...
1) It looks even more unnatural to talk to the passenger while staring straight ahead.
2) The audience doesn't notice/care that they are driving extremely dangerously (well, you will now! ).
3) They were poorly trained/directed.
4) Real people actually drive this way. (?!?)

I assume it's #1, but I'm sure there's a happy medium that is much closer to look-straight-ahead then what you actually see in movies.

*is there a gender neutral word for actor/actress?

Every time I watch Bones, I spend a good 30% of the show concerned about this. In other shows, I tend to notice it happens much more frequently right before they get in a car crash, so I usually know it's gonna happen. This is why Bones is so hard for me, because whenever they are driving, I am certain they will get hit because all the other shows do it that way.

by **tastelikecoke** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 6:33 am UTC

e^iπ+1=0 wrote:Negation.

Also, I find I have to stop myself from typing [[Negation#Notation|Negation]]. Why doesn't wiki markup work everywhere?

I love that kind of negation sign. It looks more nicer than tilde, and much more faster to write in hand. but I find the tilde more useful in conversations~

by **Gears** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:42 am UTC

It could be raining titties and I'd get hit in the head with a dick.

by **The Cat** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 12:01 pm UTC

Dude, we want the old avatar. Don't come mosing in here without goggle cat. The first request was polite and humorous, now I'm gonna be a heckling.

_________

FRT - Is the founder of google a swimmer? Does the meaning have something to do with the ability to see in a sea of data?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVpnUHGp ... re=related

___________

edit- hablando con vino...pardon. lil rude...

by **Whelan** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:44 pm UTC

Apparently, we've got somewhere for to live next year. I was unable to go to the viewing, on account of an exam, but still, this bodes well.

by **ArgonV** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 11:56 pm UTC

Possibly my last exam ever. Weird feeling. This calls for good Scotch from a way-to-expensive-handmade-crystal glass and maybe a decent cigar afterwards.

by **Giant Speck** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 5:20 am UTC

It's weird walking outside at 9PM to find that it's still 80°F (26.67°C) outside.

by **OBrien** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 3:23 pm UTC

Whelan wrote:Apparently, we've got somewhere for to live next year. I was unable to go to the viewing, on account of an exam, but still, this bodes well.

It abodes well too.

by **broken_escalator** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 9:09 pm UTC

The Cat wrote:Dude, we want the old avatar. Don't come mosing in here without goggle cat. The first request was polite and humorous, now I'm gonna be a heckling bastard. Furthermore, the new avatar is shite! what is that? It screams dooshay. Go home, get your shine box, and the google cat avatar!

Will the Dude abide?

by **The Cat** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 9:50 pm UTC

Will the Dude abide?

I was in the cups. It sounded a little rude this evening. I think the dude would abide the edited version. "Casino" shine box reference? Set sail with the captain on that one...

Possibly my last exam ever. Weird feeling. This calls for good Scotch from a way-to-expensive-handmade-crystal glass and maybe a decent cigar afterwards.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPq6nurLhBI

...

by **TimelordSimone** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 9:56 pm UTC

Much though I loathe people calling The Hunger Games a rip off of Battle Royale, I just saw someone refer to Battle Royale as 'the Japanese version of The Hunger Games' and I want to die.

by **OBrien** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 11:55 pm UTC

TimelordSimone wrote:Much though I loathe people calling The Hunger Games a rip off of Battle Royale, I just saw someone refer to Battle Royale as 'the Japanese version of The Hunger Games' and I want to die.

Hey man, have you heard of the Ramones? They're like an American version of the Sex Pistols.

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