Random Thoughts XI: Listen to the Whispers

[Kyriakos]

Hidden in my loft under a drapery is a portrait of me that becomes more intelligent over time

Hi Dorian

 

[Takhisis]

Thinking about planting some strawberry plants when spring comes. I figure I got an ok patch for it in my front yard so who not. I hope I'm motivated for it come spring. I fear I'll not be. Anybody wanna give me a hand with it?

Which hand?

 

[El_Machinae]

I just thought (independent of any meerkats): We eat on a large scale mammals, fish and birds. Why don't we (with some exceptions) not breed reptiles and amphibia to food?

The parsimonious answer is that the Reptilians don't want us fattened up on reptiles. Basically the same reason why we don't fatten up our fish with monkeys.

 

[Snerk]

Which hand?

Your strawberry hand!

 

[Takhisis]

Your strawberry hand!

I believe that the only decent reply to this is that both hands are my strawberry hand.

 

[Snerk]

I believe that the only decent reply to this is that both hands are my strawberry hand.

Then you'll be twice as helpful! strawberryhands.jpg

 

[Lohrenswald]

I guess someone could start a new one...

I think you're implying me. Even if not:

I've put up a greater barrier for myself for making threads. I've kind of felt like they should be pretty worthwhile, and that I can expect a fair amount of discussion to come from them (even though I have many examples to the contrary lol)

and so like, I don't think there's enough demand for it tbh

Seen a bunch of people put up star trek avatars recently. They've not felt the need to like explain. Probably I shouldn't have had to either, but I dunno

 

[Takhisis]

They actually have explained in a serial thread somewhere. It sort of… developed? It's what you get in the horizontal, decentralised culture of an Internet forum.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I think you're implying me. Even if not:

Or someone else, yeah.

Not all threads have to be deep, academic exercises in which we discuss Great And Deep Thoughts. Fun is allowed here.

I might start it myself, but it would seem a bit hypocritical since I haven't changed my avatar in years and have no immediate plans to change it in the future.

They actually have explained in a serial thread somewhere. It sort of… developed? It's what you get in the horizontal, decentralised culture of an Internet forum.

Yeah... if only there were an avatar thread somewhere they could use to explain it.

 

[Takhisis]

Fun fact I discovered back when I was in charge of the civ3 new uploads announcements: the point to an announcements section is that people make announcements. So that way people come and read them and it's worth the trouble to post announcements.
Yes, there's a positive feedback there.

 

[Takhisis]

I like the brighter image, certainly.

 

[Sarin]

I have a racist dog.

He hates Jack Russel Terriers with passion. Usually he leaves smaller dogs alone, even if they bark and threaten like mad. But Jack Russels...every time we meet one it's barking contest. Even with some female dogs.

 

[warpus]

My brother in law had a dog who only barked at black dogs. If you were walking him down the street and he saw a black dog, he'd start barking. But any other kind of dog was usually okay.

He was the most awesome racist dog I've ever known and he will be missed. I might not have agreed with his racist views, but our bond was strong nevertheless

 

[Birdjaguar]

My brother in law had a dog who only barked at black dogs. If you were walking him down the street and he saw a black dog, he'd start barking. But any other kind of dog was usually okay.

He was the most awesome racist dog I've ever known and he will be missed. I might not have agreed with his racist views, but our bond was strong nevertheless

Aren't dogs color blind? Well, kinda.

https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/health/are-dogs-color-blind/

 

[warpus]

The dog version of "Green Light Red Light" is "Grey Light Grey Light"

 

[Sarin]

The dog version of "Green Light Red Light" is "Grey Light Grey Light"

No, it's actually more like Green Light Grey Light. In computer terms, they lack red channel on RGB, but can still distinguish brightness and alpha...

 

[Valka D'Ur]

My brother in law had a dog who only barked at black dogs. If you were walking him down the street and he saw a black dog, he'd start barking. But any other kind of dog was usually okay.

He was the most awesome racist dog I've ever known and he will be missed. I might not have agreed with his racist views, but our bond was strong nevertheless

Anyone who pulls the "black cats are evil" BS with me is promptly informed that under all that black hair, Maddy's skin is the same color as mine.

 

[Zkribbler]

Anyone who pulls the "black cats are evil" BS with me is promptly informed that under all that black hair, Maddy's skin is the same color as mine.

This reminds me: Polar bears have have black skin.

 

[warpus]

Not all of them though, right? I bet albino bears exist

 

[Gori the Grey]

I have a racist dog.

Not racism, but . . . I figured out my (late) dog's politics when he pooped on a campaign flyer. I looked up the party of the candidate in question.

My dog was a Democrat.

Good boy.