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The Old Hack
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I don't see why it wouldn't. Time spent as a girl would allow just as much accumulation of experience and understanding as time spent as a boy would. In fact, it might even widen perspective -- in fact, it would pretty much be guaranteed to. I am still not getting it.
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Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver
The Old Hack replied to Pharaoh RutinTutin's topic in Off Topic Discussion
Denmark never wins medals in these things so I rarely pay attention to them. But tell me if Asterix and Obelix decide to participate again. That ought to stir things up. -
Someone must have read a wee bit too much of the Rime of the Ancient Mariner. And a thousand thousand slimy things Lived on; and so did I.
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I have seen a few games where 'winning' was a mere end condition and the outrageous events underway were the real purpose of the game. They have always been a favourite of mine. And in a good tabletop roleplaying game, things will go like this. Ironically enough, some of my greatest successes ever of this kind as a storyteller was in the crapsack World of Darkness. Since the true enemies were basically unbeatable we didn't have to worry much about winning so we had awesome fun with drama, (sorta) heroic sacrifices and occasional downright absurdity. We even had a campaign end in utter tragedy and when it was over we sat looking at one another a few moments. Then one of my players said, "That was awesome. So who feels up for starting a new campaign? And how about pizza while we discuss it?"
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Changing Medications (Level of Trust Required) (Content TV-MA)
The Old Hack replied to ProfessorTomoe's topic in Off Topic Discussion
Nevertheless. If you start developing an urge to bite people, don't wait. Head straight for the nearest PetSmart outlet and buy a doggie chew toy you can safely take any unwanted masticative desires out on. (It could have its upsides, though. If you do turn into a werewolf, CritterKeeper will finally be legally allowed to assist you. Part of the time, anyway.) -
Also, forget the 2.24 timestamp. That was wrong. I should have put 3 minutes 10 seconds instead. Arrrrrrghhh.
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Dammit, forgot the link. Here it is. http://sfdebris.com/videos/startrek/v886.php
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But the best description I ever heard of WW2 may be found on the second video of this SF Debris page, starting at about 2 mins 24 seconds into the video. I apologise for being unable to directly link to that moment but I add that it will be well worth investing the two or three minutes of time in watching this masterpiece. Come to think of it, Barbara Tuchman made a quite decent attempt at this in her Pulitzer-winning The Guns of August. I can only highly recommend it.
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Changing Medications (Level of Trust Required) (Content TV-MA)
The Old Hack replied to ProfessorTomoe's topic in Off Topic Discussion
I don't know about that. I hear lycanthropy can get pretty concerning. -
This reminds me of Peppermint Patty getting a history test. She reads the test question, which goes, "Explain World War Two." She stares at it in disbelief a moment and then reads on, "You may use both sides of sheet." Our high school history teacher used this strip as part of a collage he had made to introduce us to the subject.
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Infinite mathematicians walk into a bar. The first orders a beer. The second orders half a beer. The third orders a quarter of a beer. The fourth an eighth of a beer. And so forth. The bartender calls them all a bunch of idiots and serves them two beers.
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I was replying to Vorlonagent who said that there might be something concerning about it and failed to realise that you might not be addressing that particular question. And I still don't see what should be concerning about it. *scratches head* Sorry about the confusion.
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Some of the best forms of entertainment do not involve very much technology. Tabletop roleplaying involves such sophisticated things as writing paper, pencils and dice. And the creativity of a storyteller. And in some of these games you even make do without the dice. In fact, come to think of it, all you really need is the storyteller.
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I still entirely fail to see how it is concerning. Maybe I am using the wrong version of that thing which supposedly defines mental illness. *shrugs* I handled it rather differently in a similar situation. I just looked at the guy in question and told him, "When I want your opinion of how I am supposed to play the games I like, I'll be sure to ask for it." He didn't comment on it again. Then again, I tend to get rude and unpleasant when I am pushed.
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Hm. I can see what you mean, but Tedd has gone way past these traits by now. He has had a girlfriend for quite a while now. He is more and more open to the world even when you take his occasional obsessions into science (or SCIENCE!) into account. This may be the explanation but if it is I hope Mr. Verres begins to show signs of noticing before long.
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I admit I don't see how. *scratches head* Hm. As in he may presumably be considered more responsible for how he thinks and acts? While I agree that this is important, I still don't quite see your point.
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This reminds me of a gaffe once committed by some hapless person in the Copenhagen office of tourism. Apparently they were really reaching to find something interesting to say about one of our suburbs. Then someone noted that they had the oldest 'ordinary' housing building in the entire region still standing, probably because inner Copenhagen burned down with depressing regularity during the pre-renaissance period. So they wrote about this in a folder for tourists. The problem was that the French version of this stated that this was Copenhagen's oldest 'maison ordinaire.' Which unfortunately in French is used as a euphemism for brothel. Not quite what was intended.
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Marvelous, marvelous man. I wish more people paid attention to him. *sigh* Mind, he had his flaws, too. But I really admire him for his good points. (Though possibly the most controversial idea of mine ever was when I disagreed with him. He is reputed to have said or quoted, "A penny saved is a penny earned." That made me think and suddenly I realised he was wrong. A penny saved is worth more than a penny earned. The penny saved isn't subject to taxation. That was the point where I went completely off the rails and started to speculate on whether this could be considered tax evasion and how the Danish Bureau of Taxation could deal with that. For example, if you bought things on sale, clearly the DBT could demand that the price reduction be taxed. For example, you saved 200 crowns from buying a cheaper CD player, obviously you owed a percentage of that in taxes. Also, if it could be established that you owned a car but used public transport to save money, these savings too should be taxed. And so forth.) (For some reason, when I told a friend of mine about this idea, he told me to never, ever, ever go to work for the Bureau of Taxation. Clearly, I had far too many insane ideas to be allowed to work for them. And so the notion of enforcing taxation on the saved penny died its sad but probably deserved death.)
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I don't quite agree. I think the point is that Ed Verres has to realise that not being cisgender is not 'unhealthy' or 'a disease.' Still, I suppose it could be worse. He could think that being gay or noncis was an abomination in the eyes of God. *sigh*
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That's a clever alarm system. So whenever you heard someone in the Nile go, "AAAAARGH AAAAAARRRGHH I AM BEING EATEN BY A CROCODILE" you knew there were crocodiles in the vicinity. In fact, I hear Disney World uses that very same alarm system today.
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Surely nothing so drastic will be required. We can just make do with the preexisting alarm systems we have like the one on Hawaii... ...on second thought, let's by all means get dragon sirens. And do some failure point analysis on existing systems, and upgrades too. Pharaoh, how did you guys do it in ancient Egypt? Did you have criers and semaphore systems atop the pyramids?
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Agreed on both counts. Well said.
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http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=2453
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Ah! Got it. My apologies. Incidentally, Arthur just confirmed for me that he views magic's existence as dangerous and detrimental to humanity. That "Better the enemy we know" line of his just about said it all. Also, I am going to be very interested to see how the three of them will function now that they are on the same side.
