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Yay, I win!
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Power still out. No idea when it'll be back.
On the other hand, beating mom soundly at scrabble.
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Oh, Florida! You never cease to make me giggle!
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Power still out. No idea when it'll be back.
On the other hand, beating mom soundly at scrabble.
Just don't do it too well or she will have words with you. Good luck on the power outage.
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Drejk I'm thinking "dr. love."Huh?
I am neither doctor, nor there is a lot of love in my life.
Google.
Nor is it particularly music I'd listen...
It's because your Dr. Ejk and I love it, but you are welcome to change it.
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I kinda figured this would be your theme song.I'm not sure what my theme tune would be.
The first one that came to mind was this, but I am not:
a) Ultimate
b) a Warlord
c) Currently in possession of a Sword of Light.
Well, I should be marked as not fit for human consumption...
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So that is what the captain does all day.
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The problem with one way aisles at the grocery store is no one is as quick as I am.
How The Flash didn't become a super villain is beyond me.
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The problem with one way aisles at the grocery store is no one is as quick as I am.
How The Flash didn't become a super villain is beyond me.
I can strongly relate to this post.
I kinda figured this would be your theme song.I'm not sure what my theme tune would be.
The first one that came to mind was this, but I am not:
a) Ultimate
b) a Warlord
c) Currently in possession of a Sword of Light.Well, I should be marked as not fit for human consumption...
I used to be a consultant.
But then I got burned out on LSD and had to quit.
Wow then you have a shocking amount in common with Bob...
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The problem with one way aisles at the grocery store is no one is as quick as I am.
How The Flash didn't become a super villain is beyond me.
Where's your Lightning Shopper Yesterday alias, hey?
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Where's your Lightning Shopper Yesterday alias, hey?The problem with one way aisles at the grocery store is no one is as quick as I am.
How The Flash didn't become a super villain is beyond me.
That's just me every day.
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It's funny how good writing can make you expect more of a show.
In Season 2, the bad guys spin up a pre-conversion version of Kovac to confront the post-conversion version. Inevitably, they fight one-on-one. And it's a nearly even match.
Er... no.
Those extra months or years of training would allow "new Kovac" to beat the crap out of "old Kovac" without breaking a sweat. It was funny how much that simple fact broke my immersion in that part of the show.
And in a crappier show with worse writing, I might not have even batted an eye.
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OK... wow.
Our notoriously-conservative founder just sent a nice note that basically said, "I've always been opposed to working from home, and I almost sent a threatening note telling y'all that I didn't trust you, but now I'm glad I didn't 'cause everyone's working even harder than ever. Nice job!"
It seems like a trivial gesture, but getting one of these ancient dinosaur "I don't trust my employees to use the bathroom correctly" dudes to actually say, "OK. Working from home actually works," is a huge step towards more reasonable working conditions companywide, in my mind.
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First musquito spotted.
Can we get back to frost?
I have seen some flies today. Flies and snow.
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First musquito spotted.
Can we get back to frost?
So...winters not so bad now, huh?
Oh, Florida! You never cease to make me giggle!
Opens mouth
The new live shows will be held without a studio audience, the WWE said in a statement.
... well now I'm just confused.
AGH MY INTERNEEEEEET
BLARG
INTERNET BAH
GRRn
everything takes so loooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnng
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Oh, Florida! You never cease to make me giggle!
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The new live shows will be held without a studio audience, the WWE said in a statement.... well now I'm just confused.
AGH MY INTERNEEEEEET
Why don't they just Zoom themselves awkwardly dodging a looped gif of their opponent body-slamming?
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It's funny how good writing can make you expect more of a show.
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I actually agree with this. There was a lot I liked about Season 2 more than 1, but in that instance in particular, it wasn't nearly as strong as it should have been. I think the vague explanation was,
... but it was vague, at best, I don't even know if that's real or some accidental bleed I got in my head from simulwatching that and Isaac Arthur, and it really doesn't explain why he'd be such a good match-up, comparatively.
It was, to some extent, similar with Falconer herself - I just... was led to expect more, somehow (though, in her case, having been forced into a years-long torture-coma only to have your mind invaded by a world-ending angry momma bent on mass slaying the people literal monsters what killed her own children, she kind of gets a pass;...
... similarly, they could be using the Cortex system, so anyone may just maybe succeed at anything/fail at anything, and she rolls like Orthos when his character's life depends on it).
That last one is especially key, and it's a problem that video game cheaters () can sometimes learn the hard way: just because you have infinite one-ups doesn't mean you will or even can "win" a given game (I'm looking at you, BattleToads - you can just hop right off... right the lillypad off).
Buuuu~uuuut that's only mildly off-topic: the actual point is that it was weird and ill-explained (if explained at all), and I felt... a little bit off about it.
One thing you might be able to help me with, NH (or anyone else who's watched it), though, is,
Does Takashi just not have a mental personal representation of himself and automatically adjust to his new body? Because that would not really fit with Envoy training and mission to end immortality. It could have come from his time in SpecOps, though, before that?
Anyway, it was something that was extremely specific and odd for me to notice - it may have been a simple choice of narration expediency (that is to hide his "real" nature until NARRATIVE REALIZATION), or even personal for the same reason, but I felt it was lacking in explanation.
I really liked Season 2 and some of it much more than 1, but... there were narrative hiccups, and I think a few of them have become clearer over time.
(Though I could be wrong, 'cause it's been a while, and ain't nobody gonna watch that these days in this house! XD)
Why don't they just Zoom themselves awkwardly dodging a looped gif of their opponent body-slamming?Oh, Florida! You never cease to make me giggle!
Opens mouth
The new live shows will be held without a studio audience, the WWE said in a statement.... well now I'm just confused.
AGH MY INTERNEEEEEET
Scint, Scint, Scint. Scint. You just don't get it, Scint.
You need to think like a Floridian.
Your idea is just too low budget that's not classy or refined enough for our delicate sensibilities. (Also it's too low budget.)
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... similarly, they could be using the Cortex system, so anyone may just maybe succeed at anything/fail at anything, and she rolls like Orthos when his character's life depends on it).
continuing with the earlier thought now that the joke at Orthos' impossible tendency to roll ones in strict defiance of all odds is finished, maybe:
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Hello, everyone.
I apologize for my absence, but I was without Internet for a week. What apparently happened was that my provider marked my account as canceled and dropped my device phone number, right after I paid for April. So, Yesterday, I bought a new SIM card and a new account. I'm glad to be back. What did I miss?
Hey there! That sucks! Glad to have you back. Nothing much as far for me. Hope you have a good day.
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** spoiler 1 **I actually agree with this. There was a lot I liked about Season 2 more than 1, but in that instance in particular, it wasn't nearly as strong as it should have been. I think the vague explanation was,
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No need for a spoiler; the story had them both in top-of-the-line, "We don't have anything better" military-grade sleeves. So a difference in sleeves doesn't explain it.
And we're only on episode 6, so the rest of your spoilers are things that have only been strongly hinted at so far, but not explicitly shown, so I've got no answers for them...
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... during the interrogation, his personal conception of himself was that of his new sleeve. Why? How? When?
Looks like he always views himself as the last sleeve he wore?
In season 1 episode 1 he views himself as in his old body, untill they give him a mirror. (which is a surgical tray in this case as there is no actual mirror)
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Hello, everyone.
I apologize for my absence, but I was without Internet for a week. What apparently happened was that my provider marked my account as canceled and dropped my device phone number, right after I paid for April. So, Yesterday, I bought a new SIM card and a new account. I'm glad to be back. What did I miss?
Welcome back John!
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... during the interrogation, his personal conception of himself was that of his new sleeve. Why? How? When?Looks like he always views himself as the last sleeve he wore?
In season 1 episode 1 he views himself as in his old body, untill they give him a mirror. (which is a surgical tray in this case as there is no actual mirror)
Yes. This.
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Winter can f&!+ off until November.
Sorry, Freehold.
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Winter can f%~# off until November.
Sorry, Freehold.
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Why don't they just Zoom themselves awkwardly dodging a looped gif of their opponent body-slamming?Oh, Florida! You never cease to make me giggle!
Opens mouth
The new live shows will be held without a studio audience, the WWE said in a statement.... well now I'm just confused.
AGH MY INTERNEEEEEET
Scint, Scint, Scint. Scint. You just don't get it, Scint.
You need to think like a Floridian.
Your idea is just too low budgetthat's not classy or refined enough for our delicate sensibilities. (Also it's too low budget.)
As a resident sports entertainment fan, I can say that it has been a novel twist to the format, but it is definitely not a long term strategy. While I would like to see them take an off season during all this, I understand that the wrestlers themselves would rather be working in some capacity as well. I'd count it akin to a lot of manual labor jobs, if you stop doing it too long, you lose a conditioning that takes time to get back and puts you at higher risk for injury while you do so.
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Co-worker kept holding out hope it would warm up, then at lunch time, it started snowing.
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Co-worker kept holding out hope it would warm up, then at lunch time, it started snowing.
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As a resident sports entertainment fan, I can say that it has been a novel twist to the format, but it is definitely not a long term strategy. While I would like to see them take an off season during all this, I understand that the wrestlers themselves would rather be working in some capacity as well. I'd count it akin to a lot of manual labor jobs, if you stop doing it too long, you lose a conditioning that takes time to get back and puts you at higher risk for injury while you do so.Why don't they just Zoom themselves awkwardly dodging a looped gif of their opponent body-slamming?Oh, Florida! You never cease to make me giggle!
Opens mouth
The new live shows will be held without a studio audience, the WWE said in a statement.... well now I'm just confused.
AGH MY INTERNEEEEEET
Scint, Scint, Scint. Scint. You just don't get it, Scint.
You need to think like a Floridian.
Your idea is just too low budgetthat's not classy or refined enough for our delicate sensibilities. (Also it's too low budget.)
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Ok...I need a week or two off from this insane job.
Yes, I'm very glad I'm not in the huge numbers of people who have lost their jobs, and it's unlikely that I'm going to have that issue.
However.
I'm on the other end, where I've worked my tail off for the last month+, put in 43 hours in a week that I took 3 days off for a migraine, and we're just now coming back to normal operations for the IT department...except that we chucked every single responsibility off to the side of the road while handling our COVID response that now all of those "normal" tasks seem insurmountable or hilariously irrelevant because they're now 4-5 weeks behind and our environment has been rotated 137° off axis.
I need a drink. And days off. I'm highly unlikely to get any vacation days off right now.
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Yes, very much. Winter can hold her unicorns and frostmares and wait her turn just like the rest of us.Winter can f&$* off until November.
Sorry, Freehold.
You want to tell that to Mab?
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Heat in the winter costs a whole lot less than AC in the summer.
Ergo, winter is the better season.
Plus, in winter, you can make soups and stews and hot toddies and other lovely things to warm your insides.
In summer, what can you make but salad? It's too miserable to cook. And you can't live on blender drinks and ice cream. Believe me, I've tried.
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OK. I've been critical of many Indian cultural things when dealing with developers and customer support, but some of their cultural things just plain rock, and I wish the rest of the world would pay heed.
Yesterday and today I've had two calls with Indian teams. And, as you always absolutely, positively, MUST do when you start a call with an Indian team, we spent the first minute or two exchanging pleasantries. How are you? How's your family? How are you doing during the lockdown? What's it like for you in the U.S.?
And it is absolutely essential for all meetings, and they are very courteous, and listen, and are actually interested and remember everything you tell them.
And it makes you feel special. It's just a delightful custom I've gotten used to, and I find myself doing it with all the Indian teams I work with, and after I just got off a call with my doctor's office where I spoke with an Indian intern and naturally flowed into the standard, "We are going to be very nice to each other for at least 60 seconds before we discuss any business whatsoever," I was thinking, "Why doesn't everyone do this?!?!?"
Yeah, you lose 1-2 minutes of every call to niceties.
But man, does it make you feel better about the person you're speaking with, and it really does help build relationships from 10,000 miles away.
Pretty neat.
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Heat in the winter costs a whole lot less than AC in the summer.
Ergo, winter is the better season.
Plus, in winter, you can make soups and stews and hot toddies and other lovely things to warm your insides.
In summer, what can you make but salad? It's too miserable to cook. And you can't live on blender drinks and ice cream. Believe me, I've tried.
In San Francisco in July you're both paying for heat *and* you can enjoy soups and stews...
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That was an epic 'Call of Cthulhu' death. Jumping up on top of the slab to seal a tomb full of howling horrors then managing to roll under 5 on a d100 to succeed in a Sanity roll, only to get siezed by a pseudopod, dragged inside and consumed as the lid slammed down and the tomb was sealed...
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Heat in the winter costs a whole lot less than AC in the summer.
Ergo, winter is the better season.
Plus, in winter, you can make soups and stews and hot toddies and other lovely things to warm your insides.
In summer, what can you make but salad? It's too miserable to cook. And you can't live on blender drinks and ice cream. Believe me, I've tried.
Want to migrate north with me?