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Well, the East Coast to Texas is gonna get a cold front, but I'll be back in California. Where the fire season is gonna last into December this year.
We're getting 1-3 inches of snow tomorrow, I already have my 4 AM start time.
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Well, the East Coast to Texas is gonna get a cold front, but I'll be back in California. Where the fire season is gonna last into December this year.We're getting 1-3 inches of snow tomorrow, I already have my 4 AM start time.
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Okay, I know this is stupid, but I'm going to ask anyway.
The "Just the Underwater Bits" Ruins of Azlant campaign I've been running for the kids and WW is, in essence, a Saturday morning cartoon version of a campaign. Sure, there are dangerous monsters to fight, but the rules are a little bent (because kids playing in an aquatic realm), and because WW is playing a male Dwarf-Selkie-elephant seal. (In the Selkie's land form, instead of an attractive human female, it's a male dwarf. In its aquatic form, instead of a regular seal, an elephant seal, which is kind of like a tuskless walrus. And also has a thick Scottish accent, not Irish.)
We're about to get to a part of the campaign where they have to go to a very small island to defeat some spirit nagas in a tomb.
WW's character: Selkie. Just reverts to land form. No problem.
Val's character: Half-elf, has spent most of his life on land. No problem.
Hermione's character: aquatic elf, which SHOULDN'T be a problem, because according to the book they're amphibious, but she decided she wanted to have a mermaid tail instead of legs with webbed toes.
But she has an animal companion, Fluffy, who is a giant Dire Lobster, and she has a special saddle for riding Fluffy sidesaddle and has put a lot of skill ranks into combat riding and animal handling. (Lobsters IRL have an AMAZING expeditious retreat.)Lobsters IRL can walk on land for brief periods and can breathe on land as long as their gills are kept moist and cool.
Is it too much to say that Hermione's character just rides Fluffy on land at half-movement? Or would it be better to just give her temporary flight? I'm worried about the nagas killing Fluffy.
So Hermione is playing alt-warrior-Ariel, then?
(My wife literally found this picture last night, so I had to share.)
Also, Teensy Valeros and WW, why not?
(Probably doesn't look like them at all, but I figured while here, I'll go looking...)
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That is an amazing Ariel pic.
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I agree
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Yeah, that kind of nails it.
In August, when all the pool stuff is half-off in the stores here, I got Hermione a giant ride-on inflatable lobster at the grocery store. And she already had her swimmable mermaid tail that Eve got her a few years ago. So we went out to the lake and she took character photos.
They looked REMARKABLY similar to that. Except her hair is sort of a honey-light-brown.
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Mrs Sunrise came to visit me today, and we walked up to the roof of the new hospital building, which is 17 floors. Well there is no 13th floor (don't think I've ever actually seen that before IRL), so it's actually 16 floors. And ground level is already floor 1, so technically we only climbed 15 flights.
But for a guy with pseudomonis and two strains of MRSA in the lungs, I'd say 15 flights is pretty dam good. :)
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Mrs Sunrise came to visit me today, and we walked up to the roof of the new hospital building, which is 17 floors. Well there is no 13th floor (don't think I've ever actually seen that before IRL), so it's actually 16 floors. And ground level is already floor 1, so technically we only climbed 15 flights.
But for a guy with pseudomonis and two strains of MRSA in the lungs, I'd say 15 flights is pretty dam good. :)
Glad to hear that and I ope that you are improving. Get better soon!
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Mrs Sunrise came to visit me today, and we walked up to the roof of the new hospital building, which is 17 floors. Well there is no 13th floor (don't think I've ever actually seen that before IRL), so it's actually 16 floors. And ground level is already floor 1, so technically we only climbed 15 flights.
But for a guy with pseudomonis and two strains of MRSA in the lungs, I'd say 15 flights is pretty dam good. :)
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TS' random question of the day for current and former card collectors:
Have you ever seen or heard of a binder with pages that hold like 10 or 15 cards each? The standard is 9, but I'm looking for a multiple of 5...
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TS' random question of the day for current and former card collectors:
Have you ever seen or heard of a binder with pages that hold like 10 or 15 cards each? The standard is 9, but I'm looking for a multiple of 5...
Check with your local game store. They might have them. Having said that, the standard size is 3 cards by 3 cards.
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I'm off to battle the white menace.
And no, I'm not talking about the senate.
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I didn't know you'd played with WW...Also as an aside, speaking of bad players as we were earlier, there is an anime on Hulu that lampoons EXACTLY what one of the worst players I have ever encountered is like. Its called the hero is overpowered and cautious, I think.
It's funny. Check it out.
show it to him! It might be interesting to see his reactions!
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<Blink>
Wait, What?
,...
It's MONDAY?!?
DId I blink and miss the weekend,...
AGAIN?!?
>_<
Oh well, have a good week all!
Enjoy that 'Fluffy White stuff' that I never get to see down here in South Lousy-Anna!
;)
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For the “exceptionally bad” idea of all of this, you could let Hermione’s character have a 1k-value magic item. What item is this, you ask? An item of continuous create water. Not “at will” - continuous. It only does one form, though: the raining version.
See, it always “appears” from 25 feet above her head (CL1, close range), creates 2 gallons per round, spread across a “six gallon large” area (“three times as large” [as can actually contain it] according to 3.5 rules; CL1). According to d20pfsrd, 8 gallons is a cubic foot. You create 1/4 of that, spread across three times the (relative) area, so a 3/4 ft. cube (more or less).
This song optional, but recommended.
Alternatively, the drench can’t rip (same thing, but targets a particular creature, and can’t be cheesed by WW to create infinite water or power or whatever, because the can trip targets a specific creature instead of making water in an area; applies 1/round; you can find it on d20pfsrd).
(Instead if causing a downpour, this just makes the target soaked. Hence not being able to be used for mechanical energy.)
If you’re feeling generous, a prestidigitation effect to clean up after the deluge so it’s not always obvious that someone in a mild rainstorm has walked by an area. That’s strictly unnecessary, though.
Doesn’t function underwater, and is a minor cursed item so it binds to her and is really tough to get rid of. Anyone trying to harness it is subject to a jolt cantrip.
If you want, anyone trying to harness that is subject to an acid-splash cantrip. Anyone trying to harness that is afflicted as if by a robe of powerlessness (able to be shed only by a spell you can’t cast anymore), and the next step is a baleful polymorph. Note, these effects only apply to those attempting to harness this ability for any reason other than getting wet. These other effects target those who attempt to use it directly (such as harnessing the water for mechanical energy), and indirectly (such as trying to get someone else to harness the water for mechanical energy - still goes to the person trying to make it happen, not the person they’re trying to convince).
The object was made out of a bound water elemental, and it only longs to keep its bearer wet. Make it sentient if you want (doesn’t care about alignment, only wetness). (This is also why the object targets those who would “abuse” its gift of wetness.)
Give it a daily duration to make it less expensive! Pretty much any limit at all (such as an hour or two per day) drops the cost to 500g, and specific limits can drop it further.
Optional bonus, have it be named “Padi” with optional Irish accent.
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Heh. They had a Veterans Day Parade in downtown Peoria. Wind is blowing. Snow is coming down. Roads are slick. Local high school marching bands are out there, trying to stay on their feet as the wind picks up and takes the tuba players 6-8 feet out of position...and the poor kids with the bass drums...like giant rudders on a small boat...
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Mrs Sunrise came to visit me today, and we walked up to the roof of the new hospital building, which is 17 floors. Well there is no 13th floor (don't think I've ever actually seen that before IRL), so it's actually 16 floors. And ground level is already floor 1, so technically we only climbed 15 flights.
But for a guy with pseudomonis and two strains of MRSA in the lungs, I'd say 15 flights is pretty dam good. :)
Woiw! Awesome job, my dude! Keep the healing and I really hope you get better enough to go home sooooooooooooooon. Hospitals can suck, even when they're really good.
Also hope you're feeling entertained and not endlessly bored. I know how that can be!
<Blink>
Wait, What?
,...
It's MONDAY?!?DId I blink and miss the weekend,...
AGAIN?!?
>_<
Oh well, have a good week all!
Enjoy that 'Fluffy White stuff' that I never get to see down here in South Lousy-Anna!
;)
For me, this is every Monday.
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I get Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb today.
Which is pretty much par for the course.
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That is an amazing Ariel pic.
I agree
It is! It's one of my wife's favorites of that artist.
As that site (apparently) has ads, here are the images:
Ariel
(YOU ALL KNOW THIS ONE!)
Mulan
(SO COOL)
Pocahantas
(I love the warrior-style for her. We lament the lack of face-paint, but as the Artist doesn't seem to color the skin at all, we figure it was an issue with getting the lighting right - adding facepaint might make the picture wash out and go flat, instead of having the natural curved look of the skin based on current 'shines' added to the paper background.)
Jasmine
(This is one of my favorites.)
Belle and her terrifying Beast
Cinderella
(Why is she doing that to that slipper? Just get it made into a nice vase! Far less mess!)
Snow White and the-AGH-DON'T-HURT-ME-YOU'RE-ALL-SO-GRUMPY-DWARF
Tiana
(Magic! Friends on the other side? Firefly-based spellcasting? I'unno!)
Aurora and (standard/milder) Maleficent
This is by Russian artist Artemii Myasnikov.
That's really all I can find on it, but I hope you all have fun!
I get Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb today.
Which is pretty much par for the course.
Hey! I'm right here, you know, I can read when you talk about me behind my back!
... oh, wait.
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New job is going well.
...and of course Tala has issues with hers start up where hours are cut just before we can start to catch up and pay bills.
I swear I wish I could have a week where something goes right without something else f~*$ing up to balance things.
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Heh. They had a Veterans Day Parade in downtown Peoria. Wind is blowing. Snow is coming down. Roads are slick. Local high school marching bands are out there, trying to stay on their feet as the wind picks up and takes the tuba players 6-8 feet out of position...and the poor kids with the bass drums...like giant rudders on a small boat...
The tuba. One of our less aerodynamic musical instruments.
I realized that quoting this to copy/paste would not work, so I'm making two six-or-seven (depending on what you are counting) posts below instead of one!
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Heh. They had a Veterans Day Parade in downtown Peoria. Wind is blowing. Snow is coming down. Roads are slick. Local high school marching bands are out there, trying to stay on their feet as the wind picks up and takes the tuba players 6-8 feet out of position...and the poor kids with the bass drums...like giant rudders on a small boat...
LOW BRASS FOREVER
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Alternatively, the drench
(Instead if causing a downpour, this just makes the target soaked. Hence not being able to be used for mechanical energy.)can’t rip(same thing, but targets a particular creature, and can’t be cheesed by WW to create infinite water or power or whatever, because the can trip targets a specific creature instead of making water in an area; applies 1/round; you can find it on d20pfsrd).
Uh. I fixed it! (Weird autocorrect.)
The cantrip can be a function of the elemental's ability of the same name.
If you want to make it truly useless for any other purpose, apply a young simple template to the water elemental. This means that even if they free the elemental, it's not going to do them much good.
This nets you the following:
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This tiny translucent creature’s shape shifts seemingly eagerly (and adorably) between a two-foot-tall spinning column of water and a two-foot-wide-and-one-foot-tall crashing wave.
Tiny Water Elemental CR 1/2
XP 200
N Tiny outsider (elemental, extraplanar, water)
Init +2; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +4
DEFENSE
AC 18, touch 14, flat-footed 16 (+2 Dex, +4 natural, +2 size)
hp 9 (2d10-2)
Fort +2, Ref +5, Will +0
Immune elemental traits
OFFENSE
Speed 20 ft., swim 90 ft.
Melee slam +4 (1d4)
Special Attacks drench, vortex (DC 9, 5–10 ft.), water mastery
STATISTICS
Str 10, Dex 14, Con 9, Int 4, Wis 11, Cha 11
Base Atk +2; CMB +0; CMD 12
Feats Power Attack
Skills Acrobatics +6, Escape Artist +6, Knowledge (planes) +1, Perception +4, Stealth +14, Swim +14
Languages Aquan
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Drench (Ex)
The water elemental’s touch puts out non-magical flames of Large size or smaller. The creature can dispel magical fire it touches as dispel magic (caster level 2).
Vortex (Su)
A water elemental can create a whirlpool as a standard action, at will. This ability functions identically to the whirlwind special attack, but can only form underwater and cannot leave the water.
Water Mastery (Ex)
A water elemental gains a +1 bonus on attack and damage rolls if both it and its opponent are touching water. If the opponent or the elemental is touching the ground, the elemental takes a –4 penalty on attack and damage rolls. These modifiers apply to bull rush and overrun maneuvers, whether the elemental is initiating or resisting these kinds of attacks.
That, of course, makes its "intelligence" (if an intelligent item), the same as its creature. This is a lovely thing, because that Int score applies its penalty to the item's Ego.
This nets you with the following item:
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EDIT:
This one is still too big to properly quote/copy-or-cut/paste. See below for a more edited version.
Aura faint conjuration; CL 1st; Price 500 gold; Slot none ; Weight —
STATISTICS
Alignment N; Ego —3 Senses 30 ft.
Int 4, Wis 11, Cha 11
Communication empathyDESCRIPTION
Watery Blessing is an old necklace dating back to the times of ancient Azlanti; creatures who bear the necklace are constantly soaked, as if by the drench cantrip for up to two hours each day; after two hours, the effect no longer functions for the day.
Originally crafted by elves corrupted by the slime of Abolethic masters by binding a tiny water elemental into the ring this item was built to ensure the servitors stay moist, allowing them to wander the surface for slightly longer missions sent by their masters without taking damage. It was mostly abandoned when the elves were easily captured due to leaving a watery trail everywhere they went.
Though no longer made, they are not terribly valuable - they were quite common at one time, and heavily over-produced. Many still see use by aquatic creatures seeking to walk on the land, but most find the minor (and childish) emotions of the device slightly annoying, even if it is too weak to afflict most creatures.
The items are also mildly cursed - difficult to get rid of once they are attached, and they keep reappearing (sometimes dislodging other jewelry, if they are incompatible), even if thrown away. A remove curse spell almost always automatically removes the curse, allowing the item to be shed normally.
The effect only works out of water - no sense drenching a creature while within it, after all! - and isn't particularly useful for anything else.
CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS
Feats Craft Wondrous Item , drench; Cost 250 gp.
... or some such. That -4 to all ego checks means it's super unlikely to ever find a problem, and, one supposes, if there was a fire, you could always throw yourself onto it to put it out!
That was fun - even if it's not used, it was nice to make a thing. Here's hoping you all enjoy!
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Optional bonus, have it be named “Padi” with optional Irish accent.
Name it "pada" which stands for "(it is) falling" and when used in context of rain, or solo with no context at all, means "(rain/snow is) falling" and forms a legitimate sentence.
Welcome to Polish, where neither subject nor object is not really needed, and the verbs rule sentences in their declinated glory.
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Watery Blessing
Aura faint conjuration; CL 1st; Price 500 gold; Slot none, wrist, ring, or neck; Weight — or 1 lb.
STATISTICS
Alignment N; Ego -3 Senses 30 ft.
Int 4, Wis 11, Cha 11
Communication empathy
DESCRIPTION
Watery Blessing is an old <jewelry> dating back to the times of ancient Azlanti; creatures who bear the necklace are constantly soaked, as if by the drench cantrip for up to two hours each day; after two hours, the effect no longer functions for the day.
Originally crafted by elves (corrupted by slimy new masters) by binding a tiny water elemental into the <jewelry>, this item was built to ensure they stayed moist, allowing for longer missions sent by their masters without taking damage; these were mostly abandoned when they were easily discovered and tracked due to leaving a watery trail everywhere.
Though old and no longer made, they are not terribly valuable - they were heavily over-produced, and thus relatively common; plus, though many still see use by aquatic creatures seeking to walk on the land, most find the minor (and childish) emotions of the device and constant downpour slightly annoying, even if it is too weak to afflict the majority of users.
The items are also mildly cursed and difficult to get rid of once worn; and they keep reappearing, even if thrown away. A remove curse spell almost always automatically removes the curse, allowing the item to be shed normally.
The effect only works out of water (no sense drenching a wet creature, after all!) and isn't particularly useful for anything else.
CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS
Feats Craft Wondrous Item or Forge Ring, drench; Cost 250 gp.
Watery Blessing
Aura faint conjuration; CL 1st; Price 500 gold; Slot none, wrist, ring, or neck; Weight — or 1 lb.
STATISTICS
Alignment N; Ego -3 Senses 30 ft.
Int 4, Wis 11, Cha 11
Communication empathyDESCRIPTION
Watery Blessing is an old <jewelry> dating back to the times of ancient Azlanti; creatures who bear the necklace are constantly soaked, as if by the drench cantrip for up to two hours each day; after two hours, the effect no longer functions for the day.
Originally crafted by elves (corrupted by slimy new masters) by binding a tiny water elemental into the <jewelry>, this item was built to ensure they stayed moist, allowing for longer missions sent by their masters without taking damage; these were mostly abandoned when they were easily discovered and tracked due to leaving a watery trail everywhere.
Though old and no longer made, they are not terribly valuable - they were heavily over-produced, and thus relatively common; plus, though many still see use by aquatic creatures seeking to walk on the land, most find the minor (and childish) emotions of the device and constant downpour slightly annoying, even if it is too weak to afflict the majority of users.
The items are also mildly cursed and difficult to get rid of once worn; and they keep reappearing, even if thrown away. A remove curse spell almost always automatically removes the curse, allowing the item to be shed normally.
The effect only works out of water (no sense drenching a wet creature, after all!) and isn't particularly useful for anything else.
CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS
Feats Craft Wondrous Item or Forge Ring, drench; Cost 250 gp.
Alright! Finally edited it to an easy quote/copy-or-cut/paste format, just in case you want it.
Also removed the quote box from my monster stat, so it looks better when you quote it and is easier to remove any tags you don't want or need (like "quote=" and "/quote" stuff).
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NINE MORE WORK DAYS UNTIL FALL BREAK!
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Somebody brought the world's most pathetic crossbow into HEMA today, so of course we took it in turns to shoot one another in the face with it.
(We were all wearing masks, as it wasn't quite that pathetic...)
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Impus Major is writing a literary analysis of A Modest Proposal.
It is now his favorite essay ever. He wants to read it aloud from the stage at the Dickens Faire.
I do not know that it would go all that well...
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Speaking of Impus Major, he started complaining about something irritating about the assignment, and I responded, "OK, Boomer!"
Impus Major: NO! Dad! Did you just?!?!? You can't DO that to me!
NH: Bruh?
IM: This is the reason teenagers rebel against their parents
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<Princesses>
I love that Merida doesn't look any different at all.
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There are two confused patients nearby who periodically feel that they need to be somewhere else.
I do not envy the nurses who have to watch them.
<Princesses>I love that Merida doesn't look any different at all.
That was pretty good, yeah!
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Snow run is over, 13 and a half hours it was.
Guys they gave me weren't the brightest but they worked hard, were positive and I didn't even have to keep them from walking out into traffic (man, I miss Big Slow Pete sometimes) so overall a good group.
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LOLOL (and apologies).
What kind of Steam player am I?
Well, all these little alert thingies pop up all the time to tell me that "so-and-so is playing such-and-such", and I've just gotten so used to ignoring them that they barely even register any more.
So hi, TacticsLion! And I guess we're NOT going to play Age of Mythology last Saturday night! :-P
But apologies; I hate it when people ignore me. I just had no idea Steam hid your messages so well if you didn't react to them now now NOW!!!!
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Yup, time for me to go to bed, since I've been up since 2:30 am.
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So, it turns out if you do a search for Nine Inch Nails and The Muppets in the same day on YouTube you get some pretty f!!#ed up videos, which only leads you to more f+$+ed up videos and the next thing you know you're watching True Facts about the Sea Pig.
This is why I'm not allowed on YouTube.
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So, it turns out if you do a search for Nine Inch Nails and The Muppets in the same day on YouTube you get some pretty f%*!ed up videos, which only leads you to more f$#%ed up videos and the next thing you know you're watching True Facts about the Sea Pig.
This is why I'm not allowed on YouTube.
Sort of like the game where you pick absolutely any random page on Wikipedia, and within six clicks, you can get to Bestiality.
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LOLOL (and apologies).
What kind of Steam player am I?
Well, all these little alert thingies pop up all the time to tell me that "so-and-so is playing such-and-such", and I've just gotten so used to ignoring them that they barely even register any more.
So hi, TacticsLion! And I guess we're NOT going to play Age of Mythology last Saturday night! :-P
But apologies; I hate it when people ignore me. I just had no idea Steam hid your messages so well if you didn't react to them now now NOW!!!!
Oh, yeah. Steam message system is terribly crappy. Unless you are by your computer when it actually pops up, an not turned away, refilling teacup in kitchen, or playing something that successfully blocks steam pop-ups, the message is usually gone without you knowing anyone tried to contact you.
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Sort of like the game where you pick absolutely any random page on Wikipedia, and within six clicks, you can get to Bestiality.So, it turns out if you do a search for Nine Inch Nails and The Muppets in the same day on YouTube you get some pretty f%*!ed up videos, which only leads you to more f$#%ed up videos and the next thing you know you're watching True Facts about the Sea Pig.
This is why I'm not allowed on YouTube.
It is called interspecies romance! Please get it correct next time.
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It is called interspecies erotica! Please get it correct next time.Sort of like the game where you pick absolutely any random page on Wikipedia, and within six clicks, you can get to Bestiality.So, it turns out if you do a search for Nine Inch Nails and The Muppets in the same day on YouTube you get some pretty f%*!ed up videos, which only leads you to more f$#%ed up videos and the next thing you know you're watching True Facts about the Sea Pig.
This is why I'm not allowed on YouTube.
FIFY