and a few more of your least favorite things

How LEDs are made.

What happens inside a running dishwasher.

Black tomatoes could stave off cancer? It's an interesting idea.

Meanwhile, in Neverwinter...

[Zone] Demons of Death@lldemonics: WHY CANT I BUY ZEN?

Wau, calm down there, Demon..."Demons of Death"? Seriously? And you talk in all caps? Ugh.

[Zone] Shaft Roundtree@shaftroundtree: it's empty, zen
[Zone] Eliam Cross@ironknights1964: you can buy all the zen you want, you just have to WAIT
[Zone] Eliam Cross@ironknights1964: if you can't wait, go slash your **)#((# wrists

Whoa whoa whoa, uncalled for. Not cool.

[Zone] Forcytus@forcitus: If you choose the latter option remember it's down the street not across the road.

Not helping.

[Zone] Demons of Death@lldemonics: wait for what?
[Zone] Eliam Cross@ironknights1964: tokens are automatic
[Zone] Potted Plant@pottedplants: how do you get mount requisition tokens?
[Zone] Potted Plant@pottedplants: cheaper than mounts
[Zone] Eliam Cross@ironknights1964: they're band-aids on not having the cash to buy a mount
[Zone] Potted Plant@pottedplants: k

Okay, fairly rude, but question asked and answered, I guess, so we move on.

[Zone] YoMamaOwesMeRent@minrod666: i will mount u for free

*facepalms*

[Zone] Demons of Death@lldemonics: how do i buy zen..
[Zone] Rin@maskedobito: Zen died

Snarky.

And then, religion entered the picture.

[Zone] Eliam Cross@ironknights1964: would you rather the atheists argue incessantly about how #)#%(! Jesus is?
[Zone] Aran-Alaric Slysbane@convertordie27: The atheists I know, only lol at Mr. Cheezus when provoked.
[Zone] Eliam Cross@ironknights1964: 90% of the religious tirades in chat are atheists ranting about christianity. Who gives a @$&*?
[Zone] putser@m444n: americans and russians and north koreans are gay

...Wait, go back one. What was that?

[Zone] Forcytus@forcitus: So are you. Your point?
[Zone] Pusherman@pushermanva: that was a super intellient statement
[Zone] Eliam Cross@ironknights1964: just beyond your grasp
[Zone] Pusherman@pushermanva: jfc
[Zone] CancunTsarEonMystic@captcancuntsar: And Putser is ignored! :)
[Zone] putser@m444n: americans and russians and north koreans are gay
[Zone] YoMamaOwesMeRent@minrod666: can't we all just get along?

I hate to say it, but YoMama does have a point here.

[Zone] Damian Blackthorne@rehs: Anyone who calls another gay is usually trying to hide something about themselves ;)
[Zone] CancunTsarEonMystic@captcancuntsar: Ba dum ba, bing!
[Zone] YoMamaOwesMeRent@minrod666: never straight always forward
[Zone] Forcytus@forcitus: %((( no

So, Forcytus...are you saying, you disagree with Damian's statement, or you disagree with YoMama's statement? It's hard to figure out.

[Zone] YoMamaOwesMeRent@minrod666: my nips are hard like little pencil erasers -just saying

We did not need to know this. Just saying.

Zone] CancunTsarEonMystic@captcancuntsar: Clothes pins!
[Zone] YoMamaOwesMeRent@minrod666: been there. done that
[Zone] Forcytus@forcitus: YoMama: Arc Welder
[Zone] YoMamaOwesMeRent@minrod666: i like peanut butter cookies

...Good to know?

[Zone] Juggler@instantjaks: Any perma stealth's around willing to let me pick their brains on something? ^^
[Zone] Thom@throsbi: i dont perma stealth.......i want you to see death
[Zone] Thom@throsbi: stab stab stab stab

It's important to have goals.

[Zone] YoMamaOwesMeRent@minrod666: can someone make me the "Exquisite Gemmed Butt Thong" ??

Obviously, you are way too oversexed for this game. Seriously.

[Zone] Thia@imiq: wghat about chinese?
[Zone] YoMamaOwesMeRent@minrod666: Gay as in merry or gay as in &^!! shoot?
[Zone] Forcytus@forcitus: Eityher
[Zone] Eliam Cross@ironknights1964: people get along when they remember to be civil because a real person is on the other end
[Zone] CancunTsarEonMystic@captcancuntsar: Other end of wut?
[Zone] Forcytus@forcitus: %((( I'm done

Seriously. That's almost too stupid to be in Zone chat.

[Zone] putser@m444n: americans and russians and north koreans are gay

What, do you have that phrase on copy-paste? The hell?

[Zone] Thom@throsbi: %((( shoot gay? um never heard it like that b4
[Zone] YoMamaOwesMeRent@minrod666: %(( to my house -just follow the hershey highway
[Zone] Eliam Cross@ironknights1964: Thom, you need to get out more
[Zone] putser@m444n: gay is wrong yes?
[Zone] CancunTsarEonMystic@captcancuntsar: Boot scoot boogie!
[Zone] Damian Blackthorne@rehs: Why would you want to shoot *(#(?

It's a phrase, it means...never mind.

[Zone] putser@m444n: gay is wrong yes?

You said that already. Also, no, it's not wrong. You might be...but simply being gay isn't wrong, no.

[Zone] putser@m444n: americans and russians and north koreans are gay

And dear GODS, you've said THAT already.

[Zone] Aran-Alaric Slysbane@convertordie27: Real people on the internet? Surely you jest, good sir!
[Zone] Damian Blackthorne@rehs: Gay is ok Putser
[Zone] Damian Blackthorne@rehs: Ignorant is wrong
[Zone] putser@m444n: americans and russians and north koreans are gay
[Zone] Kuzmor@ericcarvalhopont: %((( you
[Zone] YoMamaOwesMeRent@minrod666: lol
[Zone] Thom@throsbi: and faggots are a bundle of wood

Right, so putser's a broken record, got it. And, surprisingly enough, the usual contingent of no-women-gamers, all-hot-girls-are-sluts, if-you're-not-white-you're-not-human beliefs seem to be pushed aside in favor of screw-you-gays-are-fine. I'm...actually vaguely impressed.

[Zone] Eliam Cross@ironknights1964: If you're not gay, you shouldn't give a !$%* whether or not it's wrong
[Zone] Eliam Cross@ironknights1964: in other words, mind your own !!$(^@@ business
[Zone] putser@m444n: americans and russians and north koreans are gay
[Zone] D'Vanthsgrup@cagedrat: why the russians?
[Zone] Forcytus@forcitus: I personally think gay people should get married. If they wanna be miserable more power to them.
[Zone] YoMamaOwesMeRent@minrod666: i'm all for that

Me too. Not the miserable bit, the getting married bit.

[Zone] Eliam Cross@ironknights1964: let people be people, whether gay, or christian or atheist
[Zone] D'Vanthsgrup@cagedrat: i little more prejudiced than normal in /zone tonight, what gives?
[Zone] Damian Blackthorne@rehs: Seriously if people hate gays so much why reserve the torture of marriage for straights
[Zone] YoMamaOwesMeRent@minrod666: the &)#*& will get half!
[Zone] Eliam Cross@ironknights1964: why do some people think they must cram their beliefs down everyone's throats?

Well, because they're angry. Because they're hurting. Because they have all these feelings of ill use and they feel they must stamp their truths upon the world so that everything that their head screams at them, is reflected by the world at large. Maybe they think it will make the screaming stop, who knows?

[Zone] s0phie@w0yaoni2: stop being ignorant, it's their business who they want to love
[Zone] Paçoca@thyrestrepo: the zoera never ends :v
[Zone] s0phie@w0yaoni2: why do you even care?
[Zone] Nycher@stalkinn: anyone can do anything they like as long as it dosent affect a non consenting person
[Zone] CancunTsarEonMystic@captcancuntsar: Beliefs is the name I gave my wnag.
[Zone] putser@m444n: americans and russians and north koreans are gay=war

What? Not putser, I think we all get it now, but CancunTsar. What?

[Zone] s0phie@w0yaoni2: as long as they dont do anything in public, leave them alone

Well, let's define terms here, s0phie: "anything" is a vast, wide word. Do you mean, no affections at all? No hugging, or hand-holding, or kissing? Or do you just mean the "icky" stuph--leather daddies throwing glitter, young men in tight hot pants piercing each other's nipples, tongue-wrestling and face-sucking battles, full-on penetration?

[Zone] D'Vanthsgrup@cagedrat: putser, gotta ignore you on principle

It's a good principle to have.

[Zone] s0phie@w0yaoni2: you are not goin join them in their sexual, arent you?

What does that even mean?

[Zone] Damian Blackthorne@rehs: Putser You are an ignorant twit

Well, yes. That much has become painfully obvious. But is he just a twit, or an active troll?

[Zone] Eliam Cross@ironknights1964: yeah, putser is being a freak-azilla
[Zone] Leinad@colorblindbadger: if you dont like gay marriage then dont marry somebody of the same $@#... BOOM problem solved
[Zone] putser@m444n: americans and russians and north koreans are gay=war ?
[Zone] Aran-Alaric Slysbane@convertordie27: putser is being a fail troll
[Zone] Damian Blackthorne@rehs: ah gotta love that ignore button
[Zone] YoMamaOwesMeRent@minrod666: with a name like putser.. well...

To be fair...

[Zone] Forcytus@forcitus: I mean, they can't do any more damage to the sanctity of marriage than what straight people have already done, not mentioning any names
[Zone] Eliam Cross@ironknights1964: Putz is a yiddish term, I think
[Zone] putser@m444n: americans and russians and north koreans are gay=war ?P
[Zone] putser@m444n: wait :_
[Zone] [Zone] putser@m444n: it was a typo :)
[Zone] putser@m444n: all chinese are gay :)

So...putser's standard eight to nine word phrase was a typo this time around? He meant to say a four word phrase featuring a different country entirely?

...Maybe he's off his meds?

[Zone] putser@m444n: boom they win

I guess, but how does China going to war with the US make China, North Korea, Russia and America gay? That's the part I can't figure out.

And then:

[Zone] JustinBieber@gavinkhoo: Baby baby baby ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[Zone] H'airy ClamMaster@captcancuntsar: Sorry, had to de Bieber my screen.

I'd tend to agree, but in the middle of this morass of gay-bashing, to have Bieber start warbling at us was...decidedly odd.

[Zone] JustinBieber@gavinkhoo: If i was your boyfriend~~~~~ never let u go~~~~~~~~~~~~
[Zone] JustinBieber@gavinkhoo: Keep u on my arm girl~~~~~~~~~~~ u never be alone~~~~~~~~
[Zone] Damian Blackthorne@rehs: Ack Bieber kill it
[Zone] JustinBieber@gavinkhoo: I can be gentleman~~~~ anything u want~~~~~~~~
[Zone] Vicorin@Quetzaqoatl: ignoreded

Also a good impulse...

[Zone] H'airy ClamMaster@captcancuntsar: Yes, but it grows back bigger each time.
[Zone] JustinBieber@gavinkhoo: IF i was your boyfriend~~~ i never let u go~~~~~~~ i never let u go~~~~~~~
[Zone] Master Batey@jwb41981: you unfortunately can't ignore bieber... multiple people seem to be doing it.
[Zone] Moiraine Damodred@abaddon523: Can you be not Justin Bieber?

Yes, can you not? Please?

[Zone] Master Batey@jwb41981: anyone know why there's a dead asian guy and cat between the AH and the tearmulane bar guy?

There's that conversational whiplash again.

[Zone] Tälön Von Wülfskrieg@Romulus_Prime: former spammer?
[Zone] Vicorin@Quetzaqoatl: because he asked a stupid question
[Zone] H'airy ClamMaster@captcancuntsar: The cat didn't want to be eaten?
[Zone] Gwenn Shadowblade@novarein: The ppl in this game have nothing else to say except troll and insultn

Pretty much.

[Zone] putser@m444n: americans and russians and north koreans are into war and unhappyness

Oh, for the love of all gods, enough.

and your eyes are the size of the moon

[Zone] GhOsT RiDeR@wtopaforever: %)** you leader party scorrect this is scorrect game farm event

As usual, I wandered into controversy in Zone chat...

[Zone] Eyeliah@decapticus: guys terrorists have my familly and want astral diamonds :(
[Zone] Maevrick Wytchbane@maverickactual: was that supposed to be english Ghost?
[Zone] Morrigan@mahonswinter: learn english then come back

Rather abrupt, but perhaps they'd been dealing with this longer than I had.

[Zone] MrTolis@hfaistos123: ffj english and morrigan
[Zone] MrTolis@hfaistos123: fk english and morrigan
[Zone] Morrigan@mahonswinter: I don't want to why should I have to partake in intercourse

...Wait, what?

[Zone] GhOsT RiDeR@wtopaforever: %)* you scorrect player
[Zone] Saftbauer@juicefarmer: hahha, anyone else notice that they used water sound effect for the fires everywhere

They did?

[Zone] Morrigan@mahonswinter: is scorrect your tick ghostrider?
[Zone] Gravitas@gravita5: Education?
[Zone] Noztr@Bigstoo666: yep water fire
[Zone] Sharau@filledejoueur: education is a wonderful thing lol
[Zone] Saftbauer@juicefarmer: srsly, all the fires have water sound effect
[Zone] Morrigan@mahonswinter: not enough funding
[Zone] GhOsT RiDeR@wtopaforever: ban forever for you welcome my list stupid players

I'm assuming he means his block list. Unless he means he's writing everyone's handle down in his black book, or something, that's likely what it is.

[Zone] Morrigan@mahonswinter: holy ()^% what did he even say I think he said he was going to bomb the white house

.....

The hell, Morrigan?!?

[Zone] Gravitas@gravita5: ?
[Zone] Crumb@docjake: sounds like @@$^)!^ on tin foil to me
[Zone] Gravitas@gravita5: ??
[Zone] Saftbauer@juicefarmer: someone is gonna get fired... teehee

Yeah. No one got that.

[Zone] Sharau@filledejoueur: and now the rest of our chat shall be monitored lol
[Zone] GhOsT RiDeR@wtopaforever: (!$&* all scorrect players *(#$ xd
[Zone] TrickTrack@eucatastrofe: (!$&*(@@ on a tin foil? got to try that lol
[Zone] Morrigan@mahonswinter: you watched a bad movie ghost get over it
[Zone] Gravitas@gravita5: White House? &#^(&? Monitored? What?
[Zone] Morrigan@mahonswinter: you are making me need to go potty dang it stop!

I...don't understand Morrigan at all.

[Zone] Lone Stranger@mac270: It's not, it's the sound of rain flowing over a blocked gutter, what the hell is the world coming to, it's 2008 #*&@!)$*^#!
[Zone] Saftbauer@juicefarmer: listen to the fires!!! & they sound like tiny little waterfalls!!!
[Zone] Morrigan@mahonswinter: googuru

*blinks*

[Zone] Shorty@barbrawlah: google it

Uh...okay. This was the only thing that came up, which...makes zero sense.

[Zone] Harken Stone'Fist@seigharth: when's the best chance to attack an invisible rogue
[Zone] Priestess Tuarein@LordGiger69: block everything
[Zone] Saftbauer@juicefarmer: stand in the foyer of the trade of blades, sounds like an old sink or something

Are these three statements connected??

[Zone] Tyken@accorbation: Get a Lantern for invis

You mean, the Artifact Lantern? But...that only makes people behind walls visible. They'd be visible if they weren't behind a wall or in another chamber.

[Zone] Eyeliah@decapticus: you guys dont have hearts
[Zone] Sora of -BLANK-@kurenaiizuchi: stop tyring to twink
[Zone] OneDay@MURDERaSTAR: can i equip my boots on my head that will work right
[Zone] OneDay@MURDERaSTAR: an gloves on the feet

Uh...no. If it says boots, it only fits on the feet. If it says amulet, it only goes around the neck.

[Zone] Paladin@bonecrkr1: Where can I buy an XXXXXL codpiece
[Zone] Gravitas@gravita5: The liars club!
[Zone] Theren Loyalar@usethehilt: You mean xxxxxxxxxs?
[Zone] Sharau@filledejoueur: LOL @Gravitas
[Zone] Sappho@Huddicles: Fantasy Vendor. or Delusion Mart
[Zone] Morrigan@mahonswinter: what is a codpiece?

Ack, conversational whiplash, in two different directions.

[Zone] Paladin@bonecrkr1: Bend over and I'll show you
[Zone] Morrigan@mahonswinter: something you equip on a fish?
[Zone] GhOsT RiDeR@wtopaforever: Morrigan@mahonswinter - ignored ....

I thought you ignored her earlier, "GhOsT RiDeR"...and, having taken the time to type that out, you have to be 13 or something. No one else types like that.

[Zone] Morrigan@mahonswinter: what a child you stopped typing all that time to figure out HOW to do it lol
[Zone] Sharau@filledejoueur: do it and shut up about it then, ghost rider
[Zone] Sappho@Huddicles: you ignored someone? so (&^#|@! what?
[Zone] BattleConnoisseur@th3dank3st: i ignored your mom last night
[Zone] Gravitas@gravita5: There he is! I see you GhOsT!
[Zone] Morrigan@mahonswinter: jump on him!
[Zone] Morrigan@mahonswinter: *boing boing*
[Zone] GhOsT RiDeR@wtopaforever: scorrect players ignored report for ban ....



Much random. Wau. Very confuse.

[Zone] Gravitas@gravita5: What is a scorrect player?

Got me.

And then I left, so thankfully, the torture was over.

how come they're all living in places with too much snow or too much sand?

The Funny Puppet Fair opened May 11th, and I missed a great deal of it, but once I remembered, I had to go see what it was like. The first thing I noticed--and really, really liked--was that outside of the individual stores, everything's the same set of textures. I'd even take it one farther and say that everything on the parcel is the same texture, just retinted, so even though practically everything's mesh, it loads quite speedily. I had more problems getting individual vendors to load inside the stores than I had loading in the ground, the walls, the roofs, and the swooping fences. It also gave the entire grounds a charmingly cartoonish feel, without being overly precious or cute to the point of toxicity.

So, a few things about this fair. First, there's a free set of little mesh sorta-puppet avatars at the beam-in point--one's ostensibly "male" (as in, plain, no details, nice texturing, simple construction), and the other's ostensibly "female" (same body shape, but the torso's tinted pink and there's blushing on the cheeks). I'm not sure why they felt the girl version had to be blushing, but hey, their call.

The entire fair's separated into four swooping sections, with separate half-circles scattered throughout for small cart stands, and gacha stations (while some stores have their own gachas, most of the makers put their gacha machines in one central area per section). There's a L$1 hunt through the grounds, too, but the main problem I had with that is I've come to expect (for events and mall hunts, both) signs notifying which stores have prizes, and which don't. The problem with this hunt is that half the stores didn't have the sign up, and had prizes anyway. Plus, some of the carts had prizes, too. Probably the gacha areas have prizes.

I ended up (after today's trip through) with forty of the prizes; I'm fairly sure there are more. So take that under advisement. (Also keep in mind that many of the teeny stars really are teeny--like, the size of my avatar's thumb teensy. Not even kidding, some designers really sized them down. It's not Twisted hunt-hard--nothing is--but it's not easy.)

(from the events album; the crop tops from Spoiled/Rotten at the Funny Puppet Fair.)

Also, there's some disparity on what qualifies items for the "funny puppet" aspect. SL being SL, there seems to be a pretty even split between quasi-legitimately young girls' concerns (Lolita shoes, frills, lace, cutesy furniture items, holdable plushies) and adult women playing fetishized little girls. (Y'know, this versus this, say. And don't worry, both pictures are SFW.) In that case, there's a lot of pastel pink or teal or pale peach fabrics imprinted with cute foodstuffs, dessert items, or adorable baby animals, but everything's either cleavage to the waist or a miniskirt that hits the upper thighs.

The crop tops shown above are from Spoiled/Rotten, and they're found in section A. These retail for L$100 each, and come in four varieties: Panda (pink), Lamb (grey), Friendly Sushi (Teal), and Kitty (Tan Leopard on White).

(from the events album; the shorts from NS at the Funny Puppet Fair.)

Case in point, these are the shorts being sold on the left, and the full-body "modeled" shot featuring the shorts, and a top that is likely found in the main store, but not available in the event store, on the right. And for me, it's the top that pushes this outfit over the edge.

While they're a little lower than hip-huggers--okay, a staggering lot lower than hip-huggers--that's not exactly my issue. The mesh template is good, the texturing looks sound and well-shaded. As far as it goes, even the top looks well-made, but....well, let's just say the design does not exactly suggest melting ice cream to me, y'unnerstan? Especially as it's equipped with Lolas Tango appliers.

The "Cool Summer Shorts" from NS, found in section B. They retail for L$100 individually, or you can buy the HUD version which packs in all seven patterns in one pair of shorts for L$250.

(from the events album; the Dolly Doll avatars from Duck or Swan at the Funny Puppet Fair.)

Changing directions in a whip-snapping way, how about these anime-inspired Dolly Doll avatars? From head and hair to boots, with the mesh body in between, this is one of the better avatar deals you're going to find. It comes in four different variations (I think the boots are also sold separately, but I'm not entirely sure they'll fit anything other than this avatar), these are sweet and cute and largely innocent compared to half of everything they're surrounded by. I'm extremely tempted, not just because they actually do look like young girls, without looking like the wet-dream pouty-teenager version of 'young' we've grown accustomed to seeing on the grid--but because they look so much like adorable little dolls we can walk around in.

The Dolly Doll avatars from Duck or Swan can be found in section C. These retail for $350 per avatar (boots, hair, hairbow, dress, body and head included).

(from the events album; the Kawaii Candy t-shirt dress from RD Style at the Funny Puppet Fair.)

And we whiplash back for the last one I wanted to show off--the "Kawaii Candy" t-shirt mesh dress from RD Style. This is more of what I meant by the Fair splitting into two pretty clear camps: this is an outfit that plainly couldn't exist off the grid. There is zero way, zero way that dress would be held up at all with that plunging a neckline. But of course it's festooned with cutesy little candy motifs, because it's that fetishized little-girl thing again. Which would be sort of understandable, ish, save for the 19th-century-style gartered stockings. The hair (which is gorgeous--is it from Ploom or somewhere else?) can be worn by a young girl or an adult woman; the stockings might be able to be worn by an upper-ages teenager or an adult woman; but that dress can only be worn by an adult woman, because young girls just do not have that cleavage, and, frankly, shouldn't.

The Kawaii Candy outfit from RD Style in section D. This retails for L$120 and includes low-cut t-shirt dress, stockings with garters (including SLink appliers) and two "kawaii" tattoos. (Some outfits also include shoes for an equivalent price; this one does not.)

Overall, I liked the Funny Puppet Fair; I'd like to go back before it closes on the 25th and buy some things, because I like most of the offerings, too. It's pretty well organized and efficiently laid out, and I was able to cover everything at a nice, even stroll in about ninety minutes--and that included backtracking and picture-taking time. I just think we need to be careful that we don't oversexualize events that are supposed to have children in attendance (even if those children are only ones by SL standards).

You can find out more about the Funny Puppet Fair (including much better pictures than mine) on these blogs:

• Be Happy in SL
• Bitacora Viajera (some really excellent shots of the grounds, and an overhead full view)
• Cally's Closet
• Cheryl Blossoms
• chocolate Atelier's notebook
• Daring Girl
• Diary of ines Lauria (see also this entry and this entry, also)
• Done wiv a Twist (see also this entry
• FabFree (archive list)
• Fashion-Kawaii-Colors (see also this entry)
• Funny Puppet Fair on Facebook
• Gacha Goodies (see also this entry, this entry, and this entry)
• Goth1co
• Hanaya
• JesyDream's Flickr (this image pertaining to the Fair)
• Kittywitchin' (archive list)
• Livin' SL
• My Sweet Life
• Nimue Style (archive list)
• Ninja Girl's Style
• Pink Acid SL (see also this entry)
• Pixel Barbie (archive list)
• Poison Girls (see also this entry, this entry and this entry)
• Punk Is Fashion
• Reh Dragovar (RD Styles' blog)
• Second Social
• SL Breedables
• SL Fashion Addict (see also this entry, this entry, and this entry)
• SL Fashion Directory (archive list)
• SL Fashion Stylez
• SL Frees & Offers (also see her coverage of the ArisAris offering)
• SL Style Academy
• SL Top Fashion (archive list)
• Someone Like You
• Terra do Nunca SL
• The Wandering Faun
• Threads and Tuneage
• The Thrifty Bondmaid
• Ticklemetummy
• Unisex Fashions SL
• Urban Street
• Veronique's View of SL Fashion

...and, goodness, that's now page 8 on Google search, I think that's plenty! You get the idea, anyway.

There's also a Youtube video on the fair, but...again, it's predominantly pitched to children, I think. Someone's missing the point...or ignoring it.

Still, that's hardly new to the doll community at large, is it? We have always been a widely diverse group of individuals. Young dolls, rag dolls, wooden dolls, cyborgs, gynoids, sexbots, porcelain dolls, littles, fetish dolls...and somehow, some way, we all manage to keep staggering together in a semi-united fashion. It takes a village...well, maybe if our village contains Bedlam. Still, it all works out.

In its own way, this does too. Check it out.

I left my home to disappear is all

Two new polymers have been discovered by IBM researchers, apparently completely by accident. They haven't been officially named yet, but are going by the code names of "Titan", a super-strong, light chained polymer, and "Hydro", a polymer that dissolves back into a goo state when exposed to acidic water (making it ideal for recyclable plastic applications).

In the meantime, astronomers observing Jupiter have noted that the Great Red Spot--in reality a giant storm thousands of miles wide--seems to be shrinking. No one's sure why yet, but it's the smallest it's been in over one hundred years.

This will shred your heart, but it's so worth the listen: redhandmedia's spoken-word film of Ryan Red Corn's poem, Bad Indians:

i am armed to the teeth with words from the ivory tower
and those good indians told me its borrowed power if...
if i talk loud enough
if i talk clear enough
that i would be heard
that for some talking is singing
that for some singing is praying
but i guess that depends on who is doing the talking
and i guess that depends on who is doing the listening

Moving from reality to myth, archeologists in Suffolk believe they might have found Black Shuck, buried under Leiston Abbey in England. They're going to carbon-date the bones, which may or may not prove anything, but even if it was some abbot's hunting dog, the bones equate to an animal that would have seven feet tall on its hind legs, and weighed over two hundred pounds.

Whether it's the legendary Hell Hound or not, it's an impressive--and old--animal.

In the meantime, UKIP--or the UK Independence Party--is coming under fire on two fronts. Firstly, a Facebook comment left by politician John Lyndon Sullivan that directly attacks gay citizens for, essentially, being gay--with the pointed line of wondering how quickly they'd drop the purported act of being gay if one of them was shot (and presumed slain). Which is bizarre enough, but then Nigel Farage, leader of the party, goes on a radio interview to defend the inherent stupidity of the things being said (and done) with the traditional "I don't know this guy" defense.

This from the party who--infamously--has an intense prejudice against immigrants, and yet hired a firm with exclusively Eastern European immigrants to pass out election leaflets for them. Why? Because that firm was willing to work for far less than anyone else.

I'm fine with cost effectiveness, but it does seem intensely hypocritical to decry immigrants on one hand and hire them on the other. One endorses, one pushes aside. Can one effectively hold both positions at once?

Finally, have the Twitter joke that was five years in the making. Beautifully played, indeed.

walking by myself down avenues that reek of time to kill

The capability of 3D printing has taken another leap forward, this time into low-cost, home brain scans. Through a combination of software from GitHub, the controller board and 3D headset rig from OpenBCI, with possible additions from the Arduino system for power and interfacing, the entire thing (assuming you have a 3D printer already) will set you back between anywhere between three and six hundred, depending on whatever you already have for home electronics design. Which is a vast reduction from the tens of thousands for a commercially-available brain-scan set-up.

In other brain-hacking news, DARPA wants to develop a "black-box" implant for soldiers who've suffered brain damage, that can be remotely triggered to stimulate memories. On that link, it's being described as a helpful way to keep soldiers with brain damage awake and aware, which sounds laudable. And the potential commercial and medical uses of such adaptive technology could be very good for brain injury cases. But I'm paranoid enough to be suspicious of potential alternate motives...like, remote-controlled soldiers, systemically fed overriding signals directly into the brain to do...well, whatever DARPA and the Pentagon wants, one would assume.

Do the potential medical uses outweigh the potential mind-control ones? I don't know. Morality gets iffy on the edge.

Paired with this, the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (apparently that's a thing) released a paper earlier this year detailing ways to create and manage "warfighters", or chemically and physiologically enhanced supersoldiers. Obvious comparisons to Captain America and the supersoldier program from the comics come to mind, and admittedly, between the Avengers movie and the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. show, supersoldiers would be in the forefront of at least some think tanks' research lines.

But there's a difference between theory and application, and it's important to remember that the IHMC works with DARPA, for many of their projects. Within a decade, we could have active "warfighters" on the battlefield. Is this a good thing?

Keep in mind, also, that both the US Navy and DARPA researchers have requested grant funds to finish developing tracking tattoos for soldiers. Prototypes of such devices already exist, that will track stress levels, skin responses, and the like, but most of these are wearable items--armbands, wristbands, et cetera. These would be a fine network of implanted electronic sensors under the skin, with tattooed coding or design atop that could be scanned for further information. Let me say this again, because it's vaguely important--this isn't theory; they're seeking completion funds. This will be happening at some point.

From Laughing Squid comes some literary horror--in this instance, artist Andrea Mastrovito's diorama paper installations. Why is this horrifying? Because, even though we have extraordinarily detailed, photorealistic color printers, she still destroyed over two thousand books to make her art.

Two thousand. My soul shudders.

And Vihart has an absolutely excellent eleven-minute video on the state of net neutrality in the US at present. If you're in the US, follow the links given underneath the video to air your concerns to the FCC. It's very important to do this calmly, responsibly, but clearly, in the hopes that public input will sway them to change commercial ISP definitions from information carriers to common carriers.

If you're not in the US, there's still a ton of tasty information below the video--everything from term definitions to other videos on current net neutrality concerns, plus links to a lot of court case rulings for the growing monopoly that is cable in the US.

That's all. You can return to your day, already in progress.

and I'm caught in the crossfire of my own thoughts

And today, a clip post. Because reasons.

"A sizable coalition of technology companies has today taken a stand in favor of net neutrality in the form of a letter to the Federal Communications Commission. The group, led by giants including Amazon, eBay, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Netflix, Twitter, and Yahoo, challenges a proposal the FCC is considering that threatens net neutrality."

Now, this is interesting. There are some big tech giants in this--Google, Netflix, and Amazon among them--and they're all protesting this change as an essential violation of net neutrality. And the thing is, they're right, and the FCC is wrong, so why is the FCC pushing forward with this plan?

The simple answer's usually the right one, and in this case, that means pressure from the government, or the cable companies. My bet's on the cable companies. Comcast, for instance, desperately wants to start charging higher fees for data-heavy video streaming from sites like Netflix, Youtube, Hulu Plus and other streaming sites. The problem with that is, back in 2011, the report was that Netflix accounted for 22% of all internet use, and three years later, it's higher. And the problem with that is how the data's structured in the first place.

Without restructuring how the data's presented to the individual, there's no way to get away from that heavy data hit in the beginning. And without that heavy data hit, Comcast (and other companies) likely wouldn't care about charging different rates to different clients. Or maybe they would, and all of this would've happened eventually. Who knows?

In the meantime, none of these I'd count in the average DIY camp. Still, if you're interested, the pictures don't help much, so...

• HildenDiaz did the actual "Forms in Nature" (aka, "haunted forest" or "forest shadow") chandelier, but if you want to attempt it yourself, watch Threadbanger's Man vs. Pin video first. Recommendations I'd add to that: forget the spherical branch globe, see if you can get a cylindrical or a square base frame instead to add branches to, or at least, a cylindrical or square shape made of twigs, over the round globe. The various branches aren't the worst idea, but remember this picture? Yeah, a skill saw and some thin plywood will likely serve you better. Finally, because you want a really bright light, try to find a 250 watt bulb. (just make sure your light kit is rated for a bulb that high), or go with what the original artists did: a custom-designed LED frame lamp inset that is designed to cast crisp, clean shadows. Without that, it just won't work in the same way.
• Designsponge has the paper orb drop lamp project (along with a popsicle stick/tongue depressor chandelier that looks very stylish).
• Kevin Champeny's Tumblr mentions the construction of his Gummi-bear chandelier; while nylon string, the ring, and mesh of sufficient size and sturdiness could be fairly easily acquired, his personalized casts aren't. How'ver, if you're willing to use Gummi-bear-sized bears, this is a fairly simple way to cast your own. Then all you'd need is a Dremel tool to drill each bear lengthwise for stringing. Use Champeny's Candelier as a tutorial for how to string it all together--but keep in mind, even a smaller-sized Candelier will be significantly heavy, and take some serious time to make.
• Yaroslav Olenev's plastic spoon lamp doesn't have a complete tutorial, but it does have several enlargeable photographs, and sometimes, that'll work too.
• Ludwig Metals made the drum-kit lamp, but Makely Home has a good handle on a smaller version. Plus, this site has a good breakdown on various pendant-light kits and what each lamp might require.
• Tongue and Groove sells Gregory Bonasera's ceramic teacup lights, but in addition to this lovely list of pictorial inspirations, Man vs. Pin made the definitive teacup lamp DIY vid. Don't want a desk lamp? No problem--use the same tricks to make a pendant lamp, or a group of pendants, with teacups of your choice.
• Calabarte makes the gourd lamps, and they are luscious things of beauty. How'ver, since they are ridiculously priced, Makezine has a really simple version (see the video on the Lifehacker site), Martha Stewart has a slightly more upscale version, and the Goods Home Design blog offers a Calabarte-style pictorial tutorial on how to make a gourd lamp.
• made the "Ballroom Luminoso", but to make one yourself, you're going to have to remember the tips from the first lamp: because this one also uses a custom-designed LED rig. Also, you'll need to know how to weld, because these are a lot of bike gears, and they'll all need to be welded to each other. There are some better pictures from the PDF the artists released, but there's not a lot to reproduce this exact design. I did find a gear table lamp made from car parts, but that's not the same thing, is it?
• Graham and Green makes the Jeeves and Wooster pendant lamp set, but if you want a similar look, they're not wrong, and a tutorial really isn't needed. Two hats, two pendant light electrical kits, two bulbs, done. (How'ver, if you really want a step-by-step to the style, try Scraphacker's entry, which also features a history of the bowler hat! Yay!)
• Finding a lace lamp tutorial was not hard; finding one that was applicable to most climates? That was tricky. The trick seems to be to use wall size, not wood glue or wallpaper paste. Everything else uses the same tips we've been talking about--find a low-heat or LED light source, so there's no chance of burning the doilies; get a complimentary lamp kit; and use a smaller bulb if, for some reason, you want a table lamp version. (I wouldn't recommend a desk-size lamp, simply because even an LED light will be too close to the doilies.)
• On the other hand, the cloud night light tutorial proved impossible to find. The sketch of it's here, but the original account on deviantArt has been deactivated. Bother. On t'other hand, the limited instructions given there aren't bad: buy a cheap nightlight, buy a low-wattage lamp kit cord, and use a hobby saw to cut out your cloud shape to cover the actual light part of the night light. Might also toss in a cube of wood or plastic, or even a square of styrofoam, between the light base, and the back of the cloud. Then paint as you will, add other clouds if you like (those can be cut from craft board), and plug in. You're done!
• The cheese grater chandelier was a bit difficult; electrical tape seemed to be the bulk of the DIY tutorials out there, but there is one I found that employs a drill for a less 'junky' look. (Also, that site has a page on cheese grater history, which I found amusing.)

And...then I realized I had forty tabs open from all the research, so...that's what you're going to get. I might revisit this later, but yeesh, closing tabs down now! And keep in mind, all of these are intended as inspirational tutorials, not to encourage outright art theft from the artists mentioned.

In more DIY news, here's a showing of twenty-five nifty home mods. Some are more for style, others are really useful, but all are fairly cool.

Want to know a little bit about the history of crochet? How about tambour stitch, which is thought to be where crochet eventually evolved into crochet?

In new food trends, so-called "female-friendly" restaurants were the next hottest thing, but initial backlash is forcing backers to reconsider. Which is a good thing--I, for one, find the entire idea horrifying. If I go to a steakhouse, I want what I want, not a "smaller", more "feminine" cut for the same--or likely a higher!--price. I also don't want to eat dinner while watching the Pussycat Girls strut down a runway--I like dancers as much as the next person, but unless I'm in a Moroccan restaurant sitting on the floor, keep the dancing girls home. And mirrors on the dessert menu? Say it's for fixing makeup all you want, for many of us, we'd take it as a criticism.

While we're here, have a handy guide to where to pet animals, a lushly beautiful picture series of innovative treehouses, some really, really terrible childrens' toys, and a list of odd things spotted in Australia.

And that's all for now! More later when I have too many tabs open!

and I'm thrown in the gunfire of empty bullets

Today, the topic is Valindra! (Yes, more Neverwinter Zone chat.)

[Zone] Audrea Lore@jojokaiya: ... Has anyone ever wondered if we are actually the hero or the bad guy... I mean why did Valindra attack? She's got to have a reason right?
[Zone] Random Chance@Random_Chance: well, valindra is an undead sorceress, so it's pretty cut and dried

So this is who they're talking about; she's the main villain of Neverwinter.

[Zone] Quiver@mvffin1: I think she just hooked up with http://nw-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?353961-Lord-Neverember-attacked-by-zombies!, and he never called her back
[Zone] Audrea Lore@jojokaiya: Not unless they were betrayed or something.
[Zone] Fighter of Carabosse@andaron2: Audrea Lore, Valindra has killed many people (according to the civilians in the Dread Ring) and she had no plans to stop.
[Zone] One-eyed Jack@jimbrov: but what if they want to do good for much longer?

So...becoming a lich for good and decent reasons? I don't think that happens.

[Zone] Praxus@Perilaxe: valindra is mad because she has to pay the employer portion of obamacare
[Zone] Fighter of Carabosse@andaron2: WOW PRAXUS
[Zone] Faldorn@r1ot123: I could see that

...And then politics come into it...I'm no longer even surprised.

[Zone] One-eyed Jack@jimbrov: nobody is mad about that Praxus...she'll just raise prices
[Zone] Rysto@risto0: Salvatore wrote some books that give the back story to this game

That would be R.A. Salvatore, and yes, many of his books deal with the overarching stories behind Neverwinter as a city, and Faerun as a continent.

If you like hack-n-slash, sword-and-sorcery style fantasy, then he's one of the big voices in the field.

[Zone] Chance@starscale53: lol
[Zone] Lilith Basshead@ganjahero91: nerd alert

*sighs*

Seriously, people. We're a bunch of gamers playing orcs, elves, dwarves, humans and halflings who play uber-strong fighters, mystical archers, elemental wizards, sneaky rogues and healing clerics in a pseudo-medieval world where giant spiders and zombies are the norm, and you're bitching about the nerd factor of people who read?!? Have you gone stark raving?

[Zone] Audrea Lore@jojokaiya: See? lol I'm not too crazy. I just am playing throgh each toon and some of the quests make me wonder.

Nnnnngh. You had me until the hated 'T' word. You are not a toon, you are not playing a toon in Neverwinter, you are not playing a toon in any game you play. I have lost all respect for you, Audrea.

[Zone] Praxus@Perilaxe: valindra doesnt want to pay 18 cents more for a big johns pizza so she is rage quitting life and delaring war on all
[Zone] Lina the Nuker@fridaynitehooker: what the
[Zone] Audrea Lore@jojokaiya: I think she was queen or something and has come back to defend her death. lol
[Zone] Ashindra@Battlechimp3025: In general, good guys don't turn themselves into Liches :)

In general, no. They don't. So end of debate, we move on.

In the meantime, have some photos of Shaolin monks in training. That page doesn't attribute the photographer, but I believe it's Tomasz Gudzowaty.

somebody's knocking, it's the devil at my door

[Zone] Niko Stalkingwolf@niko9er: i hate you again

Here we go again...

[Zone] Urkan Skullbreaker@d7forever: not evolved
[Zone] Urkan Skullbreaker@d7forever: designed
[Zone] Juggernaught@pantheist84: *sigh*

Oh, so that's what we're talking about.

[Zone] Lilyth Snow@death69inc: ...... designed by?
[Zone] Remington@darkballad: They also can't find an airplane that crashed in SE Asia

Someone might have tracked that one down, actually.

[Zone] Juggernaught@pantheist84: #nevergofullretard Urkan
[Zone] Juggernaught@pantheist84: %!@) me you are stupid
[Zone] Madness@mentaldepth6: aliens
...aliens? ALIENS??? Seriously?? Uh...

[Zone] Yagi@kkotikk: yeah they need satellites to read their newspapers cos they are so bloody illiterate just look at the pics
[Zone] KnightRivas@Riivasz: ANYONE FOR PK?
[Zone] Random Chance@Random_Chance: the universe makes a LOT more sense when you get rid of the idea that there are gods/demons

Actually, it makes about as much sense as anything else. With or without gods, demons, and spirits, it's still a pretty screwed-up reality we live in.

[Zone] Urkan Skullbreaker@d7forever: the same way the australian indigenous peoples are designed to be able to go a long way on a little water

*sighs* Urkan, Aborigines are not camels. Grow the hell up.

[Zone] NUALA@zephyrpillar1: we also live in a time where we know more about space than the oceans at our back door

True. And we're losing vast reaches of the ocean's ecology due to various factors. We should really get on that while we still can.

[Zone] Niko Stalkingwolf@niko9er: who says there is not a secret lair in Oprah's *%$% that all fantasy creatures are hiding out in

Um...any rational person??

[Zone] Naya Ilivarra@lillibp: omg Juggernaught, stop trying, you cant get through to him ( Urkan Skullbreaker)
[Zone] Juggernaught@pantheist84: lol Urkan you are so full of !%*^
[Zone] BitterBlur@bitterblur: anything is possible anywhere always.
[Zone] Juggernaught@pantheist84: That's not even the same thing

It's really not, but hey, attention spans, fruit flies, I've said it before...

[Zone] Urkan Skullbreaker@d7forever: evolution relys on the theory that one birth in 500 or so will be diverse
[Zone] Juggernaught@pantheist84: you ^*#(^^# *^(^(!
[Zone] Justice@stellarstrider: Except it be just the way we were seeded to begin with. Being this one interation #10219201 of simulation #42..

I do not understand the point you're trying to make here, Justice.

[Zone] Lilyth Snow@death69inc: DD !
[Zone] Bomb Rush@indigophrophetz: some simple consider gods and demons to be a label to define an entity within a structure
[Zone] Urkan Skullbreaker@d7forever: and that some of the faults will be beneficial
[Zone] Juggernaught@pantheist84: There is a difference between having an ability based on will and being BORN with different genetics.
[Zone] Urkan Skullbreaker@d7forever: and its frankly daft

Why daft? It happens all the time.

[Zone] Random Chance@Random_Chance: I for one welcome our new robot overlords

Where did robots come into this?

[Zone] NUALA@zephyrpillar1: you should go on a ketamine trip, that !*^! will open your eyes

Where did drugs come into this?

[Zone] Yagi@kkotikk: No. Anything is possible in some places. Something is possible in all places. But nothing is possible in all places

If you say so.

Later that same day...

[Zone] Lil Ms. Toughy@dr4g0n5l4y3r86: ATTENTION ALL GUARDIAN FIGHTERS:: PREVENT ALL FALL DAMAGE BY HOLDING SHIFT UNTIL YOU LAND!!

You can't be serious.

[Zone] Rranoruh Fulldraw@floingis: No u didn't.
[Zone] Dirg Shadowblade@smackadoom: lol cause thats what usually kills them right ?:D
[Zone] Rranoruh Fulldraw@floingis: Only pros can write pro tips.
[Zone] Rhyewulff@northernlights31: Pro Tip # 731 Swatting mosquito that lands on ^)(@#$)$ = epic fail

There's definitely epic fail, here.

[Zone] Luthien@arc-en-gel: CWs and DCs can make shift just before landing, preventing all dmg as well

Reaaaaaaaally?

I doubt.

[Zone] Rranoruh Fulldraw@floingis: .... Why would there be a misquito on your ^)(@#$)$?
[Zone] Magic Man@BadName20357: Are you a man in the eye of Odin? VALHALLA is recruiting!!! We're an active guild with mature members(18+), Recruiting LvL +45 for PvE/PvP + End-Game Content. We use Teamspeak3. PM for info/invite.

So, no girls then?

[Zone] Rranoruh Fulldraw@floingis: That sounds like some kinky @$&%.
[Zone] Dirg Shadowblade@smackadoom: where are you falling from that you have to worry about the damage?

Y'know, this is a good point, too. If you're anticipating taking enough fall damage to kill, then do you really need to be jumping off that cliff in the first place?

[Zone] Obould@eternalsun8: ANY TAURINE HERE?
[Zone] Zenna Softtread@EmillyOrr: Obould, this is not WoW.
[Zone] Obould@eternalsun8: THE BALL'S JUICE.
[Zone] Obould@eternalsun8: HUH?!
[Zone] Rranoruh Fulldraw@floingis: Wow was the first MMO.

Oh, not that tired old chestnut again.

[Zone] Zenna Softtread@EmillyOrr: Agh, enough
[Zone] Magna Arcana@jaguarmagnus: Cows where the first MOO. Moo
[Zone] Obould@eternalsun8: MOOMOO?
[Zone] Magna Arcana@jaguarmagnus: Moo!!

Great. Now they're all farm animals.

[Zone] Treyd Lightfoot@bailey2409: EQ was played long before wow
[Zone] Eluna@eviled777: lmao
[Zone] Obould@eternalsun8: ANGELIC-DEMONIC.
[Zone] Rranoruh Fulldraw@floingis: What is?
[Zone] Obould@eternalsun8: WoW?

Who knows? Seriously, who the hell knows?

it's very easy to be cold when there's no one in the world you want to know

And finally, we reach the last part. Keep in mind, parts one, two, three and four were all captured over the span of about two hours in-game. It's taken five entries for me to break it into indigestible chunks for rebroadcast. It was that mentally stunning.

[Zone] Mysty Ra Soulclaimer@shariedemystra: no we are not home of the slaves...actually slavery existed in Egypt and Arabia much before America even existed
[Zone] Dufas@throsbi: the us is not a democracy what do they teach kids these days its a dam republic

I know this wasn't what Dufas meant, but the concept of a real "dam republic" makes my brain giggle.

[Zone] raptorian@olddan56: socialism is totalitarism by another name
[Zone] Kira@evilscents: yes it is if used for good and not for bad
[Zone] Polar Vortex@xargyn: The King, as government, rules everything.
[Zone] Haven StoneShield@darylickdreams: our only chance to beat the bully monkey systems is democracy
[Zone] Kira@evilscents: but the prob is humans

To be fair, that's not entirely inaccurate either.

[Zone] Aminaç68@launter2: there is no thing called totalitarism

to·tal·i·tar·i·an·ism noun \(ˌ)tō-ˌta-lə-ˈter-ē-ə-ˌni-zəm\

Definition of TOTALITARIANISM:

1
     : centralized control by an autocratic authority
2
     : the political concept that the citizen should be totally subject to an absolute state authority

Usage of TOTALITARIANISM in a sentence:

In times of crisis, when a nation's people are frightened, there are often calls for totalitarianism.

First known use of TOTALITARIANISM: 1926.

[Zone] NeverwinterCommoner@unkle42: i say we go back to feudalism less worries more bloodshed keep the population down and the gears of war turning
[Zone] Polar Vortex@xargyn: The King, as government, is responsible for the health and well-being of the people.
[Zone] Kira@evilscents: they r to easyly corupted
[Zone] Kira@evilscents: so if this is going to be the way of the world let just go back to a gold standered
[Zone] Polar Vortex@xargyn: The people have to work to provide the King with taxes to pay for everything the King, as government does.
[Zone] Dufas@throsbi: long live the Republic
[Zone] Kira@evilscents: and mid evil times

From life tips to a return to feudalism...

[Zone] NeverwinterCommoner@unkle42: i say lets go back to tribal times
[Zone] Dufas@throsbi: cave man days
[Zone] Kira@evilscents: ther was much more honor atleast and no one hid who they r
[Zone] raptorian@olddan56: yup lords and vassels just around the corner
[Zone] Polar Vortex@xargyn: With Socialism, the people have to work to provide the Government with taxes, the only difference is the people elect a Prime Minister instead of a King inheriting the throne.
[Zone] NeverwinterCommoner@unkle42: hope so
[Zone] Ironfist@fireandice00: man with biggest stick is ruler
[Zone] Dufas@throsbi: cave man rules ftw

...and further, a return to hunter/gatherer life, where winters were hard, language was optional, and agriculture hadn't been invented yet. Seriously?

[Zone] Kira@evilscents: wher if someone had beef they didnt just talk #!(^%\$ on a game they did something about it
[Zone] Mysty Ra Soulclaimer@shariedemystra: sounds like a good idea..YOU go back to caveman days and start with throwing out your computer
[Zone] Obould@eternalsun8: Fine Line

No, that's actually a pretty broad line painted in bright neon.

[Zone] NeverwinterCommoner@unkle42: i would follow a king, kings used to have balls and fight along side thier troops
[Zone] Polar Vortex@xargyn: Instead of the people reporting to a ruling lord as in a monarchy, the people report to a government manager in a socialist nation.
[Zone] Kira@evilscents: oh its comming the second coming of the mid evil ages is coming

Apparently it's coming a lot...And, if you notice a distinct lack of icoco's ramblings in part V, it's because I'd given in to the impulse and muted him, along with a few other folks who got extremely objectionable.

[Zone] Mariwen Shattertusk@KidGloves: by that reasoning, you could say that the only difference between a constitutional democratic republic and a monarchy is that one elects its president and the other is based on inheritance
[Zone] Kira@evilscents: just wait give it maybe 5 more years

Until feudalism?!?

[Zone] Mariwen Shattertusk@KidGloves: socialism has a LOT of faults, but being a monarchy isn't one of them :D
[Zone] Kira@evilscents: this earth is going to go nuts
[Zone] NeverwinterCommoner@unkle42: there is something special about a ruler who will put his own life at risk for his people
[Zone] Polar Vortex@xargyn: No, a Constiutional Democratic Republic starts off with everything being legal until the government makes it illegal.
[Zone] Haven StoneShield@darylickdreams: noone can wield the ring of power ...it will consume them
[Zone] mili arcane@ralamotts: X.X

And now to fandom. These people have the attention spans of impaired fruit flies.

[Zone] raptorian@olddan56: gov will take everything, nationalize it~too big to fail
[Zone] Kira@evilscents: and it woudnt just be usa prob its going to be the hole world prob
[Zone] Polar Vortex@xargyn: In a Monarchy, and socialism, the citizens have no rights until the government or King grants them that right.
[Zone] Aminaç68@launter2: polar you are incoherent
[Zone] mili arcane@ralamotts: THE PUTIN SYSTEM ROCKS

It does? Try asking Ukraine how much it rocks, at present.

[Zone] Mariwen Shattertusk@KidGloves: and if you want to counter by saying 'but north korea' - north korea isn't socialist, it's despostic. i think they're calling themselves a democracy these days because they had a 'vote'
[Zone] Kira@evilscents: and only the strong will survive

Well...there's a fair point here, throughout the raving, too. If there is a globally devastating event, be it war, climate shift, meteor strike, or disease, we're going to have more trouble than we know. Few of us have the life skills to return to the land, and scavenging for food and supplies only goes so far.

There's going to be a mass die-off of great, staggering amounts of the species, between general uprisings, lack of sanitation, medication running out, people eating the wrong things, and just general mishaps when no hospitals or clinics remain open.

Also, "despostic" is not a word.

[Zone] Daisey@yiax: the perfect form of governement is a absolute dictatorship under me
[Zone] Polar Vortex@xargyn: Aminac, you're just closed minded.
[Zone] Thoradin Swordsteel@TheWarhawke: socialism is a economic system not a form of government
[Zone] Aminaç68@launter2: north korea is a pure feudalistic state
[Zone] Kira@evilscents: no will be it going to happen when no one exspects it
[Zone] NeverwinterCommoner@unkle42: i think president putin is a smart leader

You're entitled to your opinion.

[Zone] raptorian@olddan56: revolution time folks
[Zone] Mariwen Shattertusk@KidGloves: north korea isn't feudal. it doesn't have a system of vassalage. it's straight up despotism.
[Zone] Haven StoneShield@darylickdreams: bs damned monkey bs ...strength in weakness progresses our race

"Strength in weakness progresses our race". That makes no sense. Unfortunately, "damned monkey bs" does, and I wish it didn't.

[Zone] Kira@evilscents: not even the sientist dont even know when

Ow, my brain.

[Zone] Polar Vortex@xargyn: Socialism is both an economic system and a form of government.
[Zone] Ironfist@fireandice00: no i am god you all should do as i say

No. And you're really asking to be muted along with icoco, Ironfist.

[Zone] Justice@stellarstrider: You are silly for even putting weight into the labels. It's what's actually exercized that matters.
[Zone] Mariwen Shattertusk@KidGloves: despotism: there's a guy in charge. end of story.
[Zone] Daisey@yiax: give obama a break this presidency is his first real job

How do you figure? He was a lawyer before he was a teacher, he was a teacher before he was a Senator, and a Senator before he was President, so...? And that's not counting jobs he held during high school and collage.

[Zone] Magna Arcana@jaguarmagnus: Moo
[Zone] Magna Arcana@jaguarmagnus: Moo
[Zone] Kira@evilscents: now that racist

'Moo' is racist?!? To whom, cows?

[Zone] NeverwinterCommoner@unkle42: i would follow any legitamite ruler into battle so long as they actually were honest and trustworthy, however itas prolly easier to find a nun who like to give head than an honest ruler
[Zone] abbatoir@kikiseale: discussing politics with trolls and 14 year old potheads living in mommies basement must have some hidden payoff for you
[Zone] Ironfist@fireandice00: it hates you
[Zone] Mysty Ra Soulclaimer@shariedemystra: communism is actually a good system - until it comes to the admistration of it

I've heard that before. My mother used to say that Communism was the perfect governmental system, but Jesus would have to run it. Which, considering the secular intent of Communism, is laughably ironic.

[Zone] Kira@evilscents: but funny and atleast he is working that other dush didnt do sh1t but start a war that he never paid for
[Zone] raptorian@olddan56: get rid of the word of law and go back to the spirit of the law...takes away loopholes

"That other dush"? Which dush would that be? For that matter, what's a dush?

The Urban Dictionary tells me it's yet another tragic misspelling, but wau, is that an insulting entry.

[Zone] Vohen@acorvinus: hold one,let me say something to the Vegans
[Zone] Vohen@acorvinus: *$(* You
[Zone] Kira@evilscents: like his daddy
[Zone] Kira@evilscents: and cliton

Ah...I'm going to assume you meant "Clinton", there. Also, what's the hate-on for vegans, suddenly?

[Zone] Mariwen Shattertusk@KidGloves: The payoff for discussing politics with trolls and 14yr olds is mainly amusement at other people's expense. which probably makes me a troll... :/
[Zone] Kira@evilscents: who a vegan lol
[Zone] abbatoir@kikiseale: lol
[Zone] Dufas@throsbi: vegans are tasty
[Zone] abbatoir@kikiseale: and theres the payoff

Quite possibly.

[Zone] Kira@evilscents: well they might live longer then eat better
[Zone] Ironfist@fireandice00: vegans taste like chicken
[Zone] Mysty Ra Soulclaimer@shariedemystra: gotta love exercises in futility

Sadly, yes. And we're back to food again, so I guess, we've come full circle. ...Yay for synchronicity?

At any rate, that means we're done. So have a silky anteater to make up for it.

far from your fools, and lock the door

[Zone] Laran Mithras@ironknights1964: no one ever wins debates online. Ever

See, honestly, I could have saved five entries just quoting this. Absolute truth of the universe, right there.

Alas, I wanted to have all of this play out, because I can't even say 'oh look, stupid Americans on parade'--because Neverwinter is, like Second Life, an international game. So these are idiotic opinions from around the globe, not just local idiotic opinions. Somehow, that doesn't make it better...

[Zone] Exces@sugarblackrose: just coz u´r stupid to make a point ...
[Zone] Exces@sugarblackrose: go ignore me :)
[Zone] Fletcher@gphxgphx: if NY and cali slide into the ocean we'll be all set
So California, heart of the US's film industry, and New York, heart of the US's theatre industry? Do you have no eye towards culture, Fletcher?

[Zone] Thea Uthadar@EmillyOrr: So hey, how about that Valindra, huh? She's really doing a number on the Dread Ring [Zone] Zerekia Downfall@korolla: there will still be florida
[Zone] Thea Uthadar@EmillyOrr: Dear gods, don't bring up Florida.
[Zone] Fletcher@gphxgphx: but america needs its (#@^%
[Zone] Stump@coolcarcrash1: That's what's wrong with russia

It has no Florida?

[Zone] Stump@coolcarcrash1: A state full of grumpy old people! UGGGHHHH!
[Zone] Greype Kneehigh@gimpocalypse: Where is Florida? after Dread Ring... I don't see it on the map? Is that a Mod 3 grind thing?
[Zone] icoco777@icoco777: i only say that &$@#^#}* all european country wass in back iron cortain are right be racist with all thoose $#%@(^ invadators russians
[Zone] Stump@coolcarcrash1: Yeah, you go grind your way through Florida.. =P

Yeahhhh...no. No thanks. I'll be opting out of that one.

[Zone] Cole Smith's Son@ceta1the1hawk: sounds like a "district" rather then a state,y'know Washington, DISTRICT of Columbia . . .
[Zone] Stump@coolcarcrash1: That's some nasty sh
[Zone] Kallista@rachitt: icoco , if you must troll it does help if you can be understood
[Zone] icoco777@icoco777: they are interferee with no rights in others country ...so they are the real imperialst

No, no, Kallista said understandable, not impenetrable, try to keep up.

[Zone] icoco777@icoco777: they like gipsy lol:) hit one of them ..and putin send army to invade you :)

So, by your (flawed) reasoning, Russians are gypsies; Putin will invade if any Russian is harmed by anyone else; and gypsies are heavily armed and militarized.

You're wrong on all three counts, icoco. New record.

[Zone] Fletcher@gphxgphx: Obama sent gays to Olypmpics so Putin sent tanks to Ukraine
[Zone] Laran Mithras@ironknights1964: sounds fair

It does?

[Zone] icoco777@icoco777: for your single neuron.,,sure sound fair
[Zone] Fletcher@gphxgphx: Obama says pull out Putin says I'm almost finished honey
[Zone] Darkwind@darkviking101: one day they will find the cure for the gay disease

....What? And how did we move from Russia annexing Crimea to AIDS?

[Zone] Fletcher@gphxgphx: gay isn't bad, only eco *(% and Obama gay
[Zone] icoco777@icoco777: stupid one..i not english reader or writer... but i can make some difference between good and bad people $#}@%

Apparently, you can't. Or if you can, you can't manage to effectively communicate what you've learned.

[Zone] Aura Winters@ensignmartin189: I don't mind gay people but I can't stand hipsters.
[Zone] Laran Mithras@ironknights1964: I'm fine with gays. Got some in my family. But VEGANS? Sheeeit
[Zone] Fletcher@gphxgphx: i live in small town so we don't have hipsters yay
[Zone] Fletcher@gphxgphx: but Seattle is full of them

Because there always must be someone to hate, mustn't there? If there isn't, we'll just invent a category and lump some people into it.

[Zone] icoco777@icoco777: and i tell to all ...russians ,,are just bad ....bad in all sense of word
[Zone] Laran Mithras@ironknights1964: leaders, Icoco. Leaders. Never blame the people for what power-mad leaders do
[Zone] icoco777@icoco777: read some history..are not writed be russians ofc

What. Are you. Trying. To SAY?!?

[Zone] icoco777@icoco777: power mean help people ,,not subjugate ,them

No, power generally means corruption and callous behavior. An ethical code means people are likelier to be helped. Combine power and ethics and sometimes, sometimes, you get powerful people who want to help, but in general, that rarely happens.

But trust me--there's more people willing to tip, willing to donate to helpful causes, and willing to volunteer in the cheap seats than will ever be in the thrones of industry.

[Zone] Rhadel@serafielpl: racism is bad.....m'kay
[Zone] Laran Mithras@ironknights1964: in this case, just about every world leader out there has been corrupted by money. They use their power for evil
[Zone] icoco777@icoco777: be racism with one are tormented nations ,,are not so ba d lol ..
[Zone] Laran Mithras@ironknights1964: Even Lord Neverwinter has his subjects slaving for AD


To be fair...But getting back to icoco, why does he hate Russians so much? Because he doesn't just seem to despise the current leadership, but everyone who's ever been born in the USSR. Why? Combined with his skewed idealism, and total lack of understanding on how politics work, it's really, really strange.

[Zone] Thea Uthadar@EmillyOrr: This is sadly true, but on the other hand, Neverwinter's trying to rebuild an entire city. Easier to bribe adventurers most of the time.

Because seriously, what else are we going to do? We're flooding into the city from the outreaches, he has to do something with us...Might as well put us to work slaying magical beasts and risen dead, so his rank-and-file workers and tradesmen can get back to work rebuilding.

If that costs him Astrals, well, he's got them to spare. What he lacks are people that can kill things without qualms, that aren't already in the military. So it works out.

[Zone] Rhadel@serafielpl: if you feel so tormented why don't u just leave?
[Zone] Rhadel@serafielpl: oh that's right coz you're a lazy @!) who thinks world's gonna give in to him

And now from politics to the welfare state...Do any of these people have a focused point to make?!?

[Zone] Peren Loreweaver@ceta1the1hawk: what I don't understand is a guy wanting to be a transsexual -- but who wants to be a lesbian????

Whaaaat? And now from welfare to transsexuality???

[Zone] icoco777@icoco777: lol..i sense some frustrated pll here ?
[Zone] Laran Mithras@ironknights1964: I think all of us are frustrated - that's why we try to escape in this game
[Zone] Fletcher@gphxgphx: so we don't kill ppl in rl
[Zone] Thea Uthadar@EmillyOrr: It's a fair point.

Plus, your incoherency doesn't help, icoco.

[Zone] icoco777@icoco777: i come ,, and i leave  when i like (@$#^...is just a game here,,,,be done with tahta
[Zone] Rhadel@serafielpl: personally i play this game coz im bored but oh well
[Zone] Woden@throsbi: i play this game cause its free and im so poor the only thing i can spend is time
[Zone] Moar Buzz@clevengerobert: if you're bored, read a book. Hate your life? Play Neverwinter.
[Zone] Rhadel@serafielpl: where did that logic came from
[Zone] Fade@rachitt: gender indentity and sexusal preferance are two differnet things

So are "gender identity" and "sexual preference" from what you typed out.

[Zone] Rhadel@serafielpl: i read books i study i play games and i meet friends not so hard
[Zone] mariynth@petonious: I'm so broke... I can't pay attention
[Zone] Rhadel@serafielpl: and im broke too ;p
[Zone] Edward@eddiestac: what are these friends you speak of?
[Zone] Thea Uthadar@EmillyOrr: And many of us don't hate our lives, we love the world here. Big difference.
[Zone] Aura Winters@ensignmartin189: Lol D andD nerds are some of the happiest, most fulfilled people I've ever met.

Good? Though, wait. You're playing Neverwinter, an online fantasy MMO based on the D and D campaign world, and you're calling the rest of us nerds??

[Zone] Woden@throsbi: i love life i just hate what its done to me ;)
[Zone] Rhadel@serafielpl: you guys just need to seek ppl you feel comfortable around
[Zone] icoco777@icoco777: hate your life ,,and ply newerwinter is good...maybe you can understood your problems..and make some adjustments

And now life tips from the idiot. Joy.

[Zone] Moar Buzz@clevengerobert: yeah hate is a harsh word, maybe dislike? thumbs down... better
[Zone] icoco777@icoco777: if that not help..emigrate on russia :)(

Shut the hell up, icoco.

[Zone] mariynth@petonious: I bought my firs D andDS basic set back in '81 at a teen
[Zone] Rhadel@serafielpl: you guys are too pesimistic
[Zone] Woden@throsbi: i remember the boxed sets red, blue, black hmmm forgot the other one

Yep. In 1974 there was the white box set, which was essentially just a basic printing with three little booklets with rudimentary rules. More people found out about it with the blue box, from 1977--AKA D and D 2nd version. That came with booklets, too, but 2-color printing on occasion, and clear plastic sheets with hex grid markings. The same year, Advanced Dungeons and Dragons was released, which many consider the first "official" set, because it was the first one printed as a hardbound book, instead of a portable game box.

In 1981, D and D 3rd version was released (it came in a vaguely fuchsia box), and a bit later, an "Expert" box set was released, that came in a light blue cardboard box.

In 1983, all the core rulebooks were reprinted with new cover art, and orange spines; in addition, from 1983 to 1985, five more box sets were released. The "Basic" version came in red (referred to above), followed by the "Expert" set again in blue, the "Companion" set in a teal box, the "Master" set in an all-black box, and then finally the "Immortals" set (that one came in a gold box, and it's fairly difficult to find now).

Then in 1989, AD and D 2nd Edition hit the store shelves, and that one is the one that most people remember starting out with.

[Zone] Emmeric Belasco@ironknights1964: some things you can change. Some things you can't Be happy with what you have
[Zone] icoco777@icoco777: neah,,we are make some joke here,,but some are so frustrated be dialogues
[Zone] Rhadel@serafielpl: sounds like not everyone is joking

Of course not. The problem is which ones are deadly serious and which ones don't know what they're talking about. Plus, icoco, you're still blathering incoherently.

[Zone] Emmeric Belasco@ironknights1964: personally, I think politics is all stick and carrot, specifically designed to irritate the masses
[Zone] Rhadel@serafielpl: but i got the "what is "friend" thing ;p
[[Zone] icoco777@icoco777: their buisness
[Zone] Fletcher@gphxgphx: optimists are easy to kill because they don't think you will
[Zone] Fletcher@gphxgphx: paranoids are tough

Generally, yes. Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you.

[Zone] Rhadel@serafielpl: i have no respect for politicians and for judges (police is a different thing)
[Zone] Emmeric Belasco@ironknights1964: police have a tough job
[Zone] Matrumlas@matrumlus123: I play a few hours per day and I like to help others
[Zone] icoco777@icoco777: yury boyka...you get very owned be van damme ...so  ($#@}# :)
[Zone] Obould@eternalsun8: -ism and -ist ... are gaz

I have no idea what anyone's saying anymore.

you'll say you understand, but you don't understand

So, McDonald's is in hot water again, not that that's surprising--but in its way, there's an obscure, backhanded compliment in the gendered offerings for May. Namely, that whomever was responsible for the tie-ins made sure Spider-man was a part of both selections.

Still, I tend to agree with the writer--it's telling that the boys are told they can be Spider-man, because they get a mask, yet the girls are only told they can like Spider-man, because they get marketed tie-in products alone. I guess that's the difference between an active participant and a fan, but it's all still cultural patterning, isn't it?

Anyway, back to that weird political moment on Neverwinter. We start off this edition with a ridiculous amount of misplaced patriotism:

[Zone] Stump@coolcarcrash1: 'MERICA!
[Zone] Baridl@taranell: Dont talk ^$^# bout USA :((
[Zone] icoco777@icoco777: usa more better..at least they not say are not imprerialist
[Zone] Kinheele@hellwinkle: ^!$! YA
[Zone] Thea Uthadar@EmillyOrr: Please, people, we're in a fantasy realm, must we have sabre-rattling?
[Zone] Spinal Cut@mentinmindmaker: NO country has any rigth to take back something.. if we started down that path there would be no end

Well, it wouldn't be the first time world nations have started down that path, precisely. I mean, I do get her point, but still.

[Zone] Cloudpaw@cloudpaw02: Anyone stereotypical here? XD
[Zone] Exces@sugarblackrose: USA ? haha xD ... just 1 thing, look at the world, everywhere were a problem exists, u has tehir fingers in it ? ... USA =)
[Zone] icoco777@icoco777: taht bi nation do lol ..read history
[Zone] Spinal Cut@mentinmindmaker: While I am not too happy with USA either, at least tehy do not annex any part of any other countries

Well, actually....In fact, one of the places we annexed recently became our 51st state, so...That can't honestly be said.

[Zone] Alsikh@kranietyven: who are these russian creatures? I've heard of elfs and orcs, but never any Russians... am I saying that right?

Ah, thank you, Alsikh. You tried.

[Zone] Järnsaxa@perfectworld475: by your logic anyone can do anything they like as long as there is someone behaving worse they can point to
[Zone] icoco777@icoco777: that big nations do lol ..read history^^

Still so tempted, especially going back through these, to plug in icoco's name to mute him.

[Zone] Fletcher@gphxgphx: cuz russia taking back ukraine would be like lincoln and the south
[Zone] Phelaia Angelbane@thegeldprince: lol really, whats gitmo then?
[Zone] Spinal Cut@mentinmindmaker: Russia taking Ukraine would be $($*@) over again.. and look what happened with him

I don't get the Lincoln/South corollary...am I missing something? I really don't understand why that's the historical leap they're trying to make.

[Zone] Exces@sugarblackrose: nope, but they killed a few million natives in USA... anybody pointing on USA with a finger because of that ? .. no but go to USA and ask an older nativ, they will tell u the truth....

Now, I grant you, there's a lot of pigheaded, ignorant, stick-stupid, racist US citizens, I won't lie. But trust me, more people than you think know about the genocidal actions taken against First Nation peoples; about our willing complicity with slavery; about our mistreatment thereafter of blacks, of Chinese during the railroad days, of all immigrants to this country, but especially Chinese, Jewish, and Irish people...I mean, seriously, at this point, we've done more wrong things than right things, always. Or as Christopher Titus once said: "America: give us a skin color, we'll wipe it out."

[Zone] icoco777@icoco777: lincon take south to civilazed ..not like russia take ucrain only to exploit,it
[Zone] Exces@sugarblackrose: how they took everything ... :)
[Zone] Virgil Ravenna@v01ces: no, nothing like Linkoln and the south, it would be like the US oocuping Canada

Wha?? That..does not clear things up.

[Zone] Exces@sugarblackrose: and u guys know, that USA is loosing few hundred thousands people every year ...
[Zone] Garret Shadowsoul@kingsgrace: And they'd all drown in maple syrup
[Zone] Phelaia Angelbane@thegeldprince: or annecting texas..
[Zone] Phelaia Angelbane@thegeldprince: since texas is mexican
[Zone] Thea Uthadar@EmillyOrr: Annex Texas? We already have Texas. Wait, can we give it back?

Because it would be nice if we could.

[Zone] Spinal Cut@mentinmindmaker: What other countries have done back in history is anyways NO reason for any other country to not follow the rules for a civilized world
[Zone] Fletcher@gphxgphx: 'civilize' the south? ())
[Zone] icoco777@icoco777: ys ##(*...eradicated slave...ring a bell?

Between your spelling and your extraordinarily loose grasp of history, no. No bells are being rung.

[Zone] NiteBane@thesleeper55: Guys and gals, I am a 58 year old Marine, I have lived in this c r a p you are chatting about my whole life, must we discuss it in a online fantasy game ????
[Zone] Thea Uthadar@EmillyOrr: *claps for Nitebane* My point, excellently made.
[Zone] Spinal Cut@mentinmindmaker: And in extreme cases COULD lead to another world war with Putin as the igniting part
[Zone] Laran Mithras@ironknights1964: simple FACT of modern life is that ALL other countres are allowed to acquire territory - except America. That's just racist
[Zone] Exces@sugarblackrose: obama, (&^!#*@(%$ of the democons =)

I know conservative Democrats exist, but "democons" is just a weird-sounding contraction.

[Zone] Fletcher@gphxgphx: civil war wasn't about slaves
[Zone] Crissit@doofusn: hehe! US is the biggest expansion driven country in modern times
[Zone] Fletcher@gphxgphx: north put on a port tax and south had most of the ports
[Zone] Crissit@doofusn: Its just that they use proxies and puppet states now a days
[Zone] icoco777@icoco777: btw,,,say only one nation like thoose )%!(^ russian along a history pas
[Zone] Laran Mithras@ironknights1964: expansion for bankers profit - the US has not acquired any new territory
[Zone] icoco777@icoco777: all hate them

Not that I'm trusting anything icoco says, but why do "all hate them"? Back that statement up with references, boyo, or retract it.

[Zone] Exces@sugarblackrose: USA dont have any history... for me a history is over 500 years... USA ?? .. maybe 200 xD ... haha so pitty

"Pitty"? Did Exces mean "petty" or "such a pity", here? Because that would alter the meaning slightly.

[Zone] NiteBane@thesleeper55: Yeah so come on people no politics nor religion on here all it does is cause hate and impolite discussion
[Zone] Phelaia Angelbane@thegeldprince: slavery hasnt been abolished, they just altered it to wageslavery
[Zone] Spinal Cut@mentinmindmaker: Russia has a huge minority complex vs. the rest of the world
[Zone] Exces@sugarblackrose: USA is a mixed up country of people from all over the world
[Zone] Exces@sugarblackrose: you dont have your own identity....
[Zone] Stump@coolcarcrash1: You f*ckers took the virgin islands from us! :(

Why is this a thing?

[Zone] Laran Mithras@ironknights1964: the South had declared New orleans as a free port - would have bypassed northern tariffs
[Zone] Holy Cleavage@ocano: Stop talking politics you [f*cktards]. It's not going to change anything.
[Zone] Fletcher@gphxgphx: us attacks anyone wanting to drop worthless dollar as reserve currency
[Zone] Kallista@rachitt: Laran , why would they , that cost more money than it worth
[Zone] icoco777@icoco777: so &#@!%$*_@%!&}!)~*# @!%$ of %$&}! with #@}!%$ all russian here :)

I have no idea what icoco's trying to say, at all.

[Zone] Laran Mithras@ironknights1964: free trade? Okaaaay.
[Zone] Exces@sugarblackrose: well dollar is broke ... yuen gonna rule the world ... :) soon
[Zone] Crissit@doofusn: Okey, so against the US = russian? :P
[Zone] Crissit@doofusn: World isnt black & white
[Zone] Exces@sugarblackrose: whole money transfer at earth 33% dollar, 75% chinese yuen ...
[Zone] Fletcher@gphxgphx: us needs to separate red and blue states

Why? More to the point, what would that accomplish?

[Zone] Exces@sugarblackrose: all the same
[Zone] Exces@sugarblackrose: all the same rednecks that are $($*@) american people .. u need to get rid of them

Why?

[Zone] Holy Cleavage@ocano: new game: everyone that "debates" about (world) politics gets insta-ignore
[Zone] Exces@sugarblackrose: so what ? xD

It's not the worst point, and it would save time. Political debate: mute. Gold spammer: mute. Tasteless comment about girls who game: mute.

Thankfully, Neverwinter doesn't have an ignore list cap...yet.

[Zone] Gacked@twysted88: slavery is bad mkay, but MAYBE every major human achievement was becauce create fromi it..

After taking the time to translate that, I'm not entirely sure I understand what Gacked means, either.

More to come. In the meantime, here's footage of a snake opening a door. You're welcome.