The CWAL Rubber Room

Jugglos seem silly, but who doesn't love the idea of drunken clown orgies. [NT] - Paradox 14:27:13 12017-08-19
- *shudder* [NT] - Tssha 18:27:57 12017-08-19
  - I'd imagine more obnoxious honking and pratfalls. [NT] - Paradox 02:54:56 12017-08-20
Hey, who wants to do a StarCraft Remastered Shortbus Tourna... oh, shit, Blinky beat me to the joke. [NT] - Ravil 22:37:07 12017-08-18
- Teach the baby to play. [NT] - Fron 22:37:49 12017-08-18
  - Her APM is disappointing so far but it's improving. Developmental milestones, etc. [NT] - Ravil 22:39:06 12017-08-18
    - OTOH, Ninny and Shade have a child who probably is as old as, or older than some of the people in here were when SC came out at this point. [NT] - TheDeamon 01:17:18 12017-08-19
      - Shortbus Junior [NT] - Ravil 21:55:35 12017-08-19
    - It's probably already better than mine [NT] - Legacy 23:19:45 12017-08-18
    - Make sure to keep the replay of her first cannon rush to show at the wedding one day. [NT] - Fron 22:48:21 12017-08-18
They invented an artificial womb. - Rotten 16:40:13 12017-08-17
- Whew, who needs women now, amirite? - Ravil 14:56:10 12017-08-18
  - Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay - Vektor 20:26:53 12017-08-19
    - *realizes it's no longer the 90's* - Mana 21:16:40 12017-08-19
      - No, no, I think you misunderstand. This is a *FEATURE* [NT] - Vektor 00:38:22 12017-08-20
        Please keep your Feature in your pants when in the presence of milk bag fetuses. [NT] - Paradox 03:03:35 12017-08-20
        You guys are making it really hard to awkwardly hit on Ravil. [NT] - Vektor 11:50:49 12017-08-20
        I would have imagined more obnoxious honking and pratfalls. [NT] - Sassypants McJerkface 12:22:45 12017-08-20
  - babies will need them for precious milk [NT] - Rotten 20:39:17 12017-08-18
    - They'll have synthesized that stuff by the end of the decade. Obsolete. [NT] - Ravil 16:04:43 12017-08-19
      - I'll need women for precious milk. [NT] - Rotten 08:10:53 12017-08-20
  - All Hail the Iron Womb! [NT] - TheDeamon 19:13:41 12017-08-18
  - [PICS] Just imagine: - Tssha 17:20:05 12017-08-18
- It doesn't look as sci-fi-ish as I'd expected. [NT] - Psycho Sam! 16:58:15 12017-08-17
  - It actually looks like how heathen Canadians get your milk. :P [NT] - Rotten 17:05:28 12017-08-17
    - That isn't as wide-spread as you think; Though you're not wrong. [NT] - Ravage! 20:43:31 12017-08-17
      - isn't it mostly an Ontario thing? [NT] - Vektor 21:30:46 12017-08-17
        ... for now. [NT] - Sassypants McJerkface 23:45:35 12017-08-17
    - Now they can even keep their dairy cows in a plastic bag! [NT] - TheDeamon 18:26:34 12017-08-17
- I knew they were close, but didn't think they were THAT close. Now to see if they can do "transplants" from a live womb into an artificial one. Then watch the abortion debate get all kinds of messy. [NT] - TheDeamon 16:46:07 12017-08-17
*Actually bothers to find out more about last weekends events* Oh bloody #@%&. Emigration is starting to look appealing, the next month will one to watch in particular, but GG. I'll be amazed if we don't have a CW going on by 2021 at this point. [NT] - TheDeamon 16:10:15 12017-08-16
- *twerks into overdrive* [NT] - Sassypants McJerkface 21:54:41 12017-08-16
  - Is this why the Juggalo's are marching to fight the Nazis now? Is it your fault? [NT] - Psycho Sam! 17:08:04 12017-08-18
    - I googled this to discover what you were talking about, and one of the results read: "Patton Oswalt on Twitter: 'help us juggalos'" - Sassypants McJerkface 22:42:28 12017-08-18
  - breathtaking... [NT] - Paradox 08:18:11 12017-08-17
- These takes are substandard takes. If these takes were a cereal they would be the kind in the bag on the bottom shelf that poor people eat that cut the roofs of their mouths. [NT] - Frito 20:06:35 12017-08-16
- (TW: CW) #@%&? No, GG! - Inconsequential Lurker 2021, from the mind of accalimed director Ridley Scott 17:19:23 12017-08-16
  - Actually bothers bloody appealing the next particular amazed at this point. - Paradox 19:26:10 12017-08-16
    - It's Neo-Stalinists vs Neo-Nazi's what isn't to enjoy for foreign audiences? [NT] - TheDeamon 12:37:03 12017-08-17
      - Uh, I'm clearly a Hoxhaist [NT] - Inconsequential Lurker 14:44:07 12017-08-17
        Bless you. [NT] - Sassypants McJerkface 16:29:51 12017-08-18
        Doesn't matter, just wait until they redo the Battle of Stalingrad, only this time it will be live streamed and blogged about in real time on the social media platform of your choice! [NT] - TheDeamon 16:23:59 12017-08-17
On the topic of recent events, and the proceedings thereof. - Inconsequential Lurker 11:08:10 12017-08-16
- Your cat pukes up some weird shit, man. [NT] - The V Man 20:24:01 12017-08-16
- That is my fetish. [NT] - Frito 20:11:15 12017-08-16
- I can't help but feel responsible for this. [NT] - Tssha 13:32:28 12017-08-16
- I didn't know cucumbers could get lymphadema. [NT] - Rotten 13:15:07 12017-08-16
[LINK] Alex Hirsch started something awesome on Twitter. - Tssha 08:29:01 12017-08-16
- Yes. Yes he really did. [NT] - Lothos 15:18:52 12017-08-16
[LINK] Pip on RPS wrote something that's almost a CWAL story! It delights me. - Lothos 21:49:08 12017-08-15
- I made a comment. [NT] - Tssha 01:27:33 12017-08-16
- The RR needs a "fav" system so I can star this with a like. [NT] - Vektor 23:46:55 12017-08-15
  - WAIT I CAN DO THAT [NT] - Vektor 23:47:29 12017-08-15
    - That's not what the Grorx Star is for. [NT] - TheDeamon 00:31:31 12017-08-16
      - You're not even my real dad [NT] - Vektor 00:35:32 12017-08-16
        Thank Ghazpork! [NT] - TheDeamon 00:35:57 12017-08-16
Remastered Starcraft came out. [NT] - Fron 23:38:37 12017-08-14
- So, one of the features is "Enhanced Narrative" apparently. Any idea what that means? [NT] - Arcturus 14:02:26 12017-08-16
  - Why did I just get a feeling of sudden, unspeakable dread? [NT] - Tssha 14:27:58 12017-08-16
    - Hopefully they didn't feel the need to kick the original story into overdrive... [NT] - Psycho Sam! 16:21:59 12017-08-16
- I'm sure Ravil probably isn't too busy. Why can't he organize another Shortbus tournament? [NT] - Psycho Sam! 11:21:44 12017-08-16
- Sometimes I forget the reason we all speak to each other is that game. [NT] - Paradox 15:14:19 12017-08-15
  - It's all about Terran 3. - Mana 16:54:17 12017-08-15
    - This theme best theme. [NT] - Tssha 00:56:25 12017-08-16
    - YESSSSSS [NT] - Vektor 23:04:16 12017-08-15
- It's weird, on my Battle.net launcher I have the button to buy it right next to the button to download it, so I'm not sure what to do. [NT] - Psycho Sam! 11:11:43 12017-08-15
  - They're giving out the original (non-remastered) for free. If you want the new graphics and such, you have to pay for it. [NT] - Legacy 14:34:30 12017-08-15
- I wish all who have time to enjoy it The Funs. I remember the story being much less face-scaldingly terrible in the originals, with a pulpy story that knew what it was without Going Full Metzen on us. [NT] - Lothos 01:57:41 12017-08-15
So I had a dream, and in that dream I found out that the galaxy had torn itself apart over an immortality/life extension formula. Thematically, it was kinda a mix between Rick and Morty, Stellaris and RimWorld. - Tssha 19:45:03 12017-08-14
- This dream, it haunts me. We're not ready for immortality Morty, we're... *belch* ...we're not ready for it. The galaxy tore itself apart because there wasn't enough to go around. Average life expectancy went DOWN Morty...think about it. Think about how badly you have to fuck up for that to happen when you make a life extension serum, Morty. - Tssha 19:51:54 12017-08-14
What a strange future it is that I'm currently looking for Ducktales on The Pirate Bay. [NT] - Psycho Sam! 08:17:10 12017-08-13
- Oh, has the reboot started showing? [NT] - TheDeamon 10:37:36 12017-08-14
  - Yeah, but I think you assholes can just go to like, YouTube to watch it. bloody Americans, hoarding all the ducks to themselves like they're the only country that has ducks anyway [NT] - Vektor 01:15:36 12017-08-15
    - LOL Canada. [NT] - TheDeamon 02:26:51 12017-08-15
      - We have ducks, TD. I have photographic evidence. But the clearest shot was when the duck stuck its head underwater, so it's just a duck ass sticking up. Do you REALLY want to see a duck ass, TD? Because if you don't believe me, I CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN. [NT] - Vektor 04:29:55 12017-08-15
        Who hasn't seen a duck's ass? [NT] - TheDeamon 22:11:19 12017-08-15
        ....... - Lothos 05:25:46 12017-08-16
        If you spend any time in nature and observing it, you're going to "see things" eventually, whether you want to or not. That ducks go "ass up" when going for things under water just makes that one inevitable. [NT] - TheDeamon 11:24:30 12017-08-16
        Well, yes. I'd just been thinking of that as "rear half of bird." [NT] - Lothos 15:17:45 12017-08-16
        Vektor was the one who used it in that manner, I just concluded his question for him. [NT] - TheDeamon 16:28:16 12017-08-17
        Anyway, what I'm getting at is that if you can't watch the show, there is almost certainly Scrooge McDuck porn on the internet. [NT] - Vektor 21:34:44 12017-08-17
[VIDS] Oh hey, apparently this is legal now. - Tssha 04:06:29 12017-08-09
- aahahahah, that's beautiful. [NT] - Lothos 16:19:34 12017-08-09
[PICS] For a variety of reasons, I am not a booze person. However, I deeply appreciate THESE booze people, and you should too, since they are treating marketing with the respect it deserves. - Lothos 17:39:06 12017-08-08
- Dammit why are they all IPAs... [NT] - Psycho Sam! 21:04:49 12017-08-08
  - There are some really nicely balanced APAs! I totally get the hop fatigue, though [NT] - Inconsequential Lurker 00:52:19 12017-08-09
    - I do too, but also find them delicious. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ [NT] - Sassypants McJerkface 10:48:07 12017-08-09
      - I didn't want to have to post this. - Inconsequential Lurker 13:40:05 12017-08-10
        I'm not convinced you didn't want to post that. [NT] - Sassypants McJerkface 15:08:46 12017-08-11
        They need to start taxing hops. [NT] - Rotten 02:30:11 12017-08-11
        The red ale sounds nice. [NT] - Psycho Sam! 21:57:18 12017-08-10
        I would SO go for the Raspberry Lambic. [NT] - Tssha 21:25:43 12017-08-10
        I have no idea what most of that said and was entertained anyway. [NT] - Lothos 19:35:32 12017-08-10
        Basically hops make beer taste bitter and gross, but every microbrewery in the world seems to be in a competition to make the hoppiest beer. It's weird. [NT] - Psycho Sam! 11:05:37 12017-08-11
        I've had the owner of my craft beer shop of choice drag me away from the coolers and over to the front counter to drink a straight hop liquer packaged with an already exceptionally hopped DIPA. The idea was it was a loophole to up-hop the beer without breaking some sort of regulation regarding what's a beer and what's an herbal bitter. The experience... lingered. [NT] - Inconsequential Lurker 16:00:47 12017-08-11
        Also i think that hops might just be like cilantro, where most people think it's just fine, but a few people honestly can't stand the weird bitterness, and can't understand what all the fuss is about. [NT] - Psycho Sam! 13:00:35 12017-08-11
        *snorts* beer pleb... [NT] - Tssha 21:26:17 12017-08-10
    - I have no idea what you're talking about and not a smidgen of regret. [NT] - Lothos 06:37:49 12017-08-09
      - Hops are gross. It doesn't matter. The turtle box is lovely and precious. [NT] - Paradox 09:06:35 12017-08-09
        This guy twerk- oh. Hm. [NT] - Paradox 15:31:02 12017-08-10
        This guy hops. [NT] - Mana 16:28:45 12017-08-09
        This guy gets it. [NT] - Psycho Sam! 12:37:43 12017-08-09
Excuse my absence. It has been an eventful time in the Spawning Pool. - Ravil 14:08:28 12017-08-08
- Congratulations on increasing your swarm's biomass! We hope these preliminary anomalies will soon be just a footnote. [NT] - Phasmus & Co. 11:04:47 12017-08-15
- *twerks approvingly* [NT] - Sassypants McJerkface 17:52:52 12017-08-09
- Not a single twerk of concern? Shame on all the posters below. (Happy to hear things worked out!) [NT] - Mana 16:30:19 12017-08-09
- Congratulations! Glad to hear things are looking up. [NT] - Frito 08:36:50 12017-08-09
- I, too, have a recent appreciation for Canadian medical care (on several fronts), but won't hijack your thread with it. Congratulations on spawning, and glad things are looking a lot better now! [NT] - Vektor 00:50:47 12017-08-09
- GOOD LUCK FOR ALL OF THE THINGS. *ALL OF THEM.* [NT] - Lothos 17:36:20 12017-08-08
- I hope that things do indeed turn out alright. [NT] - Legacy 16:50:13 12017-08-08
- Terrifying. Awful you had to go through that, Ravil! So happy things remain hopeful. You and your family deserve a good and goopey future. [NT] - Paradox 14:42:55 12017-08-08
Every episode my Podrick/Varys headcanon becomes more and more unlikely. Disappointing. [NT] - Paradox 17:03:47 12017-08-07
[LINK] Wheeee, Powerline Fire. - TheDeamon 01:16:13 12017-08-07
- It grew another 10,000 acres, weather kept it at bay when paired with firefighting efforts. Should hit full containment today. [NT] - TheDeamon 13:37:33 12017-08-11
- re: Wheeee, Powerline Fire. - Inconsequential Lurker 01:31:52 12017-08-07
Mana [NT] - Rotten 16:31:27 12017-08-04
- *twerks but with concern* [NT] - Sassypants McJerkface 08:23:00 12017-08-06
- Matt Damon? [NT] - Mana 17:54:14 12017-08-05
- Tssha [NT] - Paradox 17:42:07 12017-08-04
  - OKAMA GAMESPHERE [NT] - OKAMA GAMESPHERE, WHOSE TIME HAS FINALLY COME 01:43:00 12017-08-05
    - VEKTOR SKIN LOINCLOTH [NT] - Psycho Sam! 09:45:41 12017-08-05
      - Blinky's Knees [NT] - TheDeamon 12:17:46 12017-08-05
        NOT THE BEES [NT] - NICHOLAS CAGE 20:25:09 12017-08-06
Seems that Dubai's "Torch Tower" may be a little TOO aptly named. At least it seems everybody made it out safe. [NT] - TheDeamon 21:37:59 12017-08-03
- TOWER SKIN LOINCLOTH [NT] - Mana 12:53:15 12017-08-04
So...my cat stepped on one of those glue-pad mousetraps, and even though she got free right away, her paw is still sticky. Does anybody know a way to get that kind of glue off of her paw and out of her fur? [NT] - Legacy 13:39:29 12017-08-02
- CAT SKIN LOINCLOTH [NT] - Iron Phallus 11:32:09 12017-08-03
- A mouse should take the glue right off. Or maybe use nail polish remover. I dunno. [NT] - Inconsequential Lurker 13:42:55 12017-08-02
  - Careful, cats lick their skin clean and are highly susceptible to a lot of toxins.. might want to just talk to a vet about it [NT] - Dorg 19:27:20 12017-08-02
    - He could probably just seal the area with clear nail polish to keep the cat from licking it, afterwards. [NT] - Inconsequential Lurker 00:01:41 12017-08-03
      - It's a wonder you haven't been raided by the SPCA. [NT] - Tssha 16:53:04 12017-08-03
        I'm very fastidious about paying my dues to the local Society for Polishing Cat Appendages. - Inconsequential Lurker 22:13:24 12017-08-03
        Thanks IL, I was wondering if my post was a little too gross, but I'm totally in the clear now! [NT] - Paradox 10:16:36 12017-08-04
        If I have one talent, it's saying uncomfortable things for marginal comedic benefit. [NT] - Inconsequential Lurker 13:54:12 12017-08-04
        *nods knowingly* - Paradox 09:23:25 12017-08-05
      - Nah, just put the cat in one of those neck-cone things so it can't lick itself until the sticky goes away on its own. [NT] - TheDeamon 11:46:54 12017-08-03
        Maybe a groomer could help with cleaning? [NT] - Mana 12:43:14 12017-08-03
        Yeah the groomer could lick the cat clean of toxins first, good thinking Mana [NT] - Paradox 14:53:51 12017-08-03
    - That seems like the safest option, really. If it's not a problem, then they'll say so, and if it is, they can deal with it. [NT] - Lothos 20:49:21 12017-08-02
      - Thirding this. Straight to a vet! [NT] - Mana 01:27:51 12017-08-03
        This vet says: Looks like a sticky cat. [NT] - TheDeamon 14:39:52 12017-08-03
  - Mice have no obligation to work for you, slavemonger. [NT] - Paradox 18:05:48 12017-08-02
Why does Canada get a Giant Robot Church Spider? - Paradox 21:39:42 12017-08-01
- Is it going to start traveling with the CN tower and randomly attach itself to church steeples? [NT] - TheDeamon 18:33:24 12017-08-02
- Weird, this is the first I've heard of anyone being mad about it. As far as I can tell, everyone loved La Machine, and hailed it as a bigger success than Canada Day. [NT] - Psycho Sam! 06:20:14 12017-08-02
- "Robot spider climbing over a cathedral" is the first twenty-seven pages in my supervillain dream journal [NT] - Fron 22:21:06 12017-08-01
- Well I, for one, welcome our robot spider overlords! - Tssha 22:09:55 12017-08-01
SHIT. Someone tell Rotten to call me. I'm looking through my phone and I don't have his number. I'm here in Mass. Could use a friend right now. - thorkos 22:13:13 12017-07-25
- *concern* [NT] - Paradox 18:51:43 12017-07-26
- Totally picturing you with 1d4+1 dead hookers in your trunk. [NT] - Mana 18:09:22 12017-07-26
  - how many hookers can Rotten safely digest [NT] - Paradox 18:53:00 12017-07-26
    - 1d4+1, of course [NT] - Legacy 19:40:40 12017-07-26
  - I have to say I'm not seeing how adding Rotten to that scenario helps anybody. [NT] - Lothos 18:52:32 12017-07-26
    - We had lunch... luckily thorkos didn't look in my trunk. [NT] - Rotten 20:50:37 12017-07-28
      - So, what you gonna do with all that junk? All that junk inside that trunk? [NT] - Psycho Sam! 23:00:15 12017-07-28
        *twerks but with concern* [NT] - Paradox 11:27:26 12017-07-29
- Rotten! Call Thorkos! [NT] - Psycho Sam! 08:22:34 12017-07-26
Mucho calor, vato. [NT] - Paradox 19:18:21 12017-07-24
- Mucho gato velocidad. - Inconsequential Lurker 23:06:15 12017-07-24
  - meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow [NT] - Vektor 02:49:32 12017-07-25
    - [VIDS] Looks like the cat's... out of the bag. - Sassypants McJerkface 13:50:12 12017-07-25
      - FUCK [NT] - Vektor 00:26:45 12017-07-26
        Just.... shit [NT] - Vektor 00:27:24 12017-07-26
        I did not see that coming. [NT] - Vektor 00:27:58 12017-07-26
        [PICS] Then I shall continue posting it approx. twice a year until you do! - Sassypants McJerkface 10:19:44 12017-07-26
        ...is that Transmetropolitan? I'm gonna guess it is. [NT] - Tssha 15:45:43 12017-07-26
        It would seem so? I was actually sure I remembered it from an issue of Nextwave, but maybe Ellis is just fond of that particular phrasing (as he should be). [NT] - Sassypants McJerkface 14:02:18 12017-07-27
        I've since recognized the individual portrayed as Rafe (Spider's editor...not the whorehopper, the other one), and I think he's about to rip the Callahan administration a new one. [NT] - Tssha 15:14:58 12017-07-27
        That makes sense. Turns out it does show up in Nextwave as well, courtesy of Dirk Anger: - Sassypants McJerkface 15:25:13 12017-07-27
        I love that there's a Condition Stomp-Circle. [NT] - Tssha 15:53:16 12017-07-27
    - Gracias. [NT] - Paradox 10:06:04 12017-07-25
[POLL] How long before the economy of North America and Western Europe is entirely meme-based? [NT] - Rotten 18:20:19 12017-07-22
- Are you thinking of investing in Dogecoin? [NT] - Psycho Sam! 18:27:27 12017-07-22
  - I thinking more about about lolcat and meerkat blockchains myself. [NT] - TheDeamon 20:32:03 12017-07-22
[LINK] aaahahahahah yesssssss, the utterly petty and pointless long-term scheme that will only ever entertain me has finally come to fruition. BEHOLD! - Lothos 21:27:26 12017-07-20
- You're beautiful and worthy of admiration. [NT] - Sassypants McJerkface 20:39:56 12017-07-22
  - eee! I thank you. [NT] - Lothos 01:21:07 12017-07-24
- Toganuts? [NT] - Rotten 10:34:04 12017-07-21
  - no rotten, that would be rude [NT] - Lothos 18:25:24 12017-07-21
- [LINK] If people want a summary of What I Hath Wrought in non-specialist language, here's a link. - Lothos 23:09:39 12017-07-20
- *slow clap* - Ravil 22:41:28 12017-07-20
  - Thank you! Greatly appreciated. The really funny part is that it's one of the oldest and most recognised dedicated media studies journals, and the kinds of people who Hate Everything That I Do are the kinds of people who respect prestige above all things. COGNITIVE DISSONANCE TO MY ENEMIES. [NT] - Lothos 23:05:16 12017-07-20
    - That and the government has to grant funding based on research that's done, and this is peer reviewed prestigious research... that they will hate being associated with, and yet can't NOT fund. [NT] - Lothos 23:06:37 12017-07-20
      - Essentially there is no downside to this petty pile of shenaniganry, and it feeds me. [NT] - Lothos 23:07:08 12017-07-20
        Maybe they shouldn't be such fucknuts about research! [NT] - Paradox 23:55:53 12017-07-20
        *evil laugh* [NT] - Tssha 23:08:05 12017-07-20
Why is Windows Defender keeping 40GB of scan files on my 120GB hard drive? [NT] - Psycho Sam! 17:49:53 12017-07-18
- Because most developers have no regard for cleaning up the mess after their program takes a shit in the 'cache' or 'logs' folder. - Ravage! 08:46:56 12017-07-31
- We believe this was caused by overmining, and insufficient safety precautions. [NT] - Mr. Spock 18:20:24 12017-07-18
  - I blame the lack of safety precautions on the condition of Blinky's Knees. [NT] - TheDeamon 21:45:16 12017-07-18
    - They delved too greedily and too deep. What they awoke in the darkness beneath Redmond.. [NT] - Dorg 16:51:32 12017-07-19
So, tell me about Etherium. Dogecoin mining seems unachieveable right now, but I guess Etherium Mining is doable? And people seem to be pushing it to be the next big legit cryptocurrency. What should I do? [NT] - Psycho Sam! 10:36:43 12017-07-18
- Mining on any of them is doable, usually with an ASIC miner. though I hear the newer AMD video cards make GPU mining a thing again. - Ravage! 14:00:34 12017-07-20
  - The ups and downs of bitcoin have been great. - Ravage! 14:05:27 12017-07-20
    - Where did you buy them? [NT] - Rotten 14:28:44 12017-07-20
      - QBT [NT] - Ravage! 14:37:30 12017-07-20
- I think, like, $20M or something just got stolen because of a bug. [NT] - Vektor 02:39:03 12017-07-20
- Are you cheating on Dogecoin? [NT] - Ravil 13:55:24 12017-07-18
  - The plan was to start investing in easier to get crypto coins, and convert them to Doge. - Psycho Sam! 14:26:54 12017-07-18
    - Invest in Rottencoins. You can mine them by binge watching granny porn videos and sending me your credit card numbers. [NT] - Rotten 17:04:21 12017-07-18
      - "Rottencoin" actually sounds less silly (and probably more apt) to me than "Etherium." [NT] - Sassypants McJerkface 15:42:45 12017-07-19
        I'd buy Rottencurrency. [NT] - Ravil 15:46:06 12017-07-19
        I smell a new black market cryptocurrency. [NT] - Paradox 20:53:27 12017-07-19
        Well, it *is*, um, fragrant... [NT] - Sassypants McJerkface 12:22:04 12017-07-20
        I print out coins on a special paper and let each coin ferment in my sweaty taint for 6 months. [NT] - Rotten 14:12:28 12017-07-20
        Seasoned like cast iron. Seasoned coin paper. [NT] - Paradox 15:19:49 12017-07-20
        so how do we, um, mine this [NT] - Ravil 22:44:23 12017-07-20
        Out of his taint? Um... [NT] - Tssha 22:52:08 12017-07-20
        You must evolve needle-like baleen. Then comb out the morsels. [NT] - Paradox 01:52:35 12017-07-21
        Thank you for giving my nightmares tangible form. *shivers* [NT] - Tssha 18:33:37 12017-07-21
      - Turns out you can't mine things with only a 2GB video card anymore, so it's all moot! [NT] - Psycho Sam! 15:35:03 12017-07-19
*glurgh* [NT] - Zombie 09:01:50 12017-07-17
- I'll believe you have an insatiable hunger for human flesh and hater parents when I see *proof*. [NT] - Inconsequential Lurker 10:47:39 12017-07-17
  - [LINK] http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/george-romero-n ight-living-dead-director-dies-77-n783536 [NT] - Zombie 12:03:11 12017-07-17
    - He'll be back. [NT] - Psycho Sam! 09:24:24 12017-07-18
[LINK] Anyone know someone who'd be interested in a job in NZ teaching tertiary english for a few years, with possibility of extending it into the equivalent of tenure? They're looking for someone who could teach 20th Century Literature and who has a PhD. I am happy to answer questions/let-people-behind-the-curtain as needed. - Lothos 23:58:57 12017-07-16
- What about a tech savy JD? [NT] - Frito 17:38:34 12017-07-18
- English departments need a red team, right? [NT] - Vektor 23:25:03 12017-07-17
  - This is where I confess my ignorance. We are talking TF2, or something else I've missed? I AM THE GAG RUINER: RUINER OF GAGS. I'M SORRY. IT'S LIKE I'VE BEEN BITTEN BY FRON AND THE CURSE IS TAKING HOLD. [NT] - Lothos 01:31:16 12017-07-18
    - In information security, a red team plays the role of the aggressor, testing systems, physical security, etc. for potential weaknesses before they're exploited by malicious parties. - Vektor 01:35:06 12017-07-18
      - The thing that gets me is that the reason we don't need a red team in the english department is that the malicious parties are already inside the department and doing the exploiting, so trying to keep them out is a wasted effort. [NT] - Lothos 03:01:30 12017-07-18
        Not, y'know, for any of the sensible reasons you propose. [NT] - Lothos 03:06:15 12017-07-18
- Hold on, let me get started on that PhD real quick. [NT] - Paradox 18:24:47 12017-07-17
  - Me too - especially since I did actually study twentieth-century literature! - Sassypants McJerkface 18:57:03 12017-07-19
  - go doxy go [NT] - Lothos 20:01:27 12017-07-17
    - actually no wait don't that's a terrible idea - periodically I remember that I spent less on all my degrees up through PhD than someone in the US could expect to pay for the Bachelor's degree alone, and then I burble into a paper bag for a while [NT] - Lothos 20:02:19 12017-07-17
      - It's already too late for me. I'm around 100k in debt for my education and I'm literally scrubbing toilets now to live during the summer. - Paradox 17:46:01 12017-07-19
- Hook me up! - Dorg 13:12:08 12017-07-17
  - Dude, there are departments here who would likely find your talents worth snaffling you over. I'll keep my ear to the ground. Of course, I'm not directly IN those departments, but I'll see what I can do. [NT] - Lothos 17:19:26 12017-07-17
    - haha, nah, don't sweat it dude, I was just being a jackass. Let me know if you and any other CWALers want to make a video game, though! [NT] - Dorg 19:00:51 12017-07-17
      - I have schemes in that regard, actually, and the lovely V Man sent me a planning document to work through. The issue is time, and the lack thereof. BLARH. [NT] - Lothos 20:00:50 12017-07-17
        V-Man is too high level to play with us noobs, Lothos. We need to grind out some tiny crap games, the game dev equivalent of forest boars, to build up enough XP to hack it at his level!! [NT] - Dorg 13:13:17 12017-07-18
- *froth* - Ravil 11:07:20 12017-07-17
  - If by "can teach English literature" they actually mean "will make them read a bunch of History books and call it literature" I'm definitely the guy. [NT] - Ravil 11:27:22 12017-07-17
    - Sadly no. If this were more in your wheelhouse I'd have sent it directly. I recommend querying the Centre for Defence and Security Studies though? I don't know if they're hiring specifically, but they do seem to be expanding and your books WOULD MAKE YOU AS UNTO A GOD. They would actively get paid to hire you if it's done soon. [NT] - Lothos 17:03:47 12017-07-17
      - (As in, the hiring would need to be completed before the middle of 2018.) [NT] - Lothos 17:12:18 12017-07-17
- I'm tired enough right now that I initially read "teaching English" in NZ as the same sort of job that would be meant by "teaching English" in, say, Korea. And was like, "you can get tenure for that?" [NT] - Fron 00:00:58 12017-07-17
  - That's 100% how I read it too, if that's worth anything. [NT] - Vektor 23:24:03 12017-07-17
    - That's fair, it relies on a level of context that I wasn't paying attention to. Oh well, it's not like clear communication is central to what I teach professiona- uh oh. [NT] - Lothos 01:16:15 12017-07-18
      - I mean... it relies on the context that NZ is an English-speaking country, which we all know. We call the same job "teaching English" here too. I'm just an idiot. [NT] - Fron 18:05:17 12017-07-18
  - Well sorta? NZ has civilised labour protections, so it's functionally hard to get fired. Of course, the govt has fucked with teaching support so that it's not a great/fun job to KEEP, but it's there... [NT] - Lothos 06:23:00 12017-07-17
    - But yeah: this is not that kind of teaching english, sadly. [NT] - Lothos 06:23:33 12017-07-17
Okay, which of you guys put me in Rick and Morty. - Paradox 09:29:52 12017-07-15
- [VIDS] Oh man, why is Amish Cyborg not in that photo?? Also I have included a link to a 4D VR toybox game in this post - Dorg 13:14:14 12017-07-17
  - Amish Cyborg is on the left edge of the image, right in the middle of that edge. [NT] - Tssha 18:12:32 12017-07-17
- Tag yourself, I'm Meat Genghis Khan [NT] - Vektor 00:08:15 12017-07-16
  - You mean Hamurai? [NT] - Sassypants McJerkface 13:26:46 12017-07-16
    - (I take meat-related names very seriously.) [NT] - Sassypants McJerkface 13:27:20 12017-07-16
      - Yeah. That was a while ago and there were so many characters, there was absolutely 0% chance of me remembering that name. - Vektor 20:43:39 12017-07-16
        In fairness, I had to look it up. And immediately said, 'Well, yes, of course it is.' [NT] - Sassypants McJerkface 21:39:46 12017-07-16
Guys if you haven't done so, please make sure you set up 2fa for all your financial account. I know it's a PITA but I just got "hacked". And yes, i bitched about it too. [NT] - Rotten 09:10:05 12017-07-14
- My bank still doesn't do that, because banks are the shittiest things ever. My twitter account is more secure than my chequing account. [NT] - Vektor 21:56:21 12017-07-14
  - Who ever accessed my account used it to create aws instances that ran up a $991 bill. I am talking with amazon about getting the charges removed. [NT] - Rotten 09:58:11 12017-07-15
    - Yeesh, that sucks. Sorry dude. [NT] - Tssha 12:52:57 12017-07-15
      - Just received a message from amazon and they're taking care of it! [NT] - Rotten 20:49:41 12017-07-18
        Glad to hear it! Hope it wasn't too much of a hassle to deal with. [NT] - Tssha 23:53:24 12017-07-20
        It wasn't too bad luckily. They have a committee or something that removes the charges. The bill would actually be over $2000 by the month's end. I caught it quickly and deleted the instances (luckily they only created instances in my zone), apparently people have had bills go into the 5 and 6 digits. [NT] - Rotten 06:56:02 12017-07-22
        From what I've read the instances are... wait for it... some sort of crytocurrency mining. These idiots have caused the prices of GPU's to spike in recent months (from them buying them all up) and now I sorta wanna try it. [NT] - Rotten 07:12:40 12017-07-22
- Did that months ago. [NT] - TheDeamon 09:23:26 12017-07-14
Global Analysis of Protein Folding using Massively Parallel Design, Synthesis, and Testing - Snapper 02:02:28 12017-07-14
- Whoop! [NT] - Sassypants McJerkface 19:28:32 12017-07-15
- Neat job, good great! [NT] - Paradox 09:27:03 12017-07-15
- Excellent! First we fold proteins...and then, the world!!! - Tssha 00:40:29 12017-07-15
- Outstanding! Very well done. It's also cool you can share the article: the publishing agreements the places I've been in are often very clear on what organs they take violent possession of if I do that. [NT] - Lothos 00:15:26 12017-07-15
  - It's complicated. The funding agencies demand that the science they pay for gets released to the public without restricted access. So the compromise the journals make is to allow people to circulate the final accepted manuscript prior to any editing and pagesetting done by the journal. So thats what you have here. It doesn't match the published text exactly. Many people post their final published [NT] - PDFs on their personal websites though, and very rarely get complaints from publishers. - Snapper 16:44:17 12017-07-15
    - Yeah, that's basically what we run into as well for the same situation. (I mean the other people in our research group, I don't publish things) [NT] - Vektor 00:11:04 12017-07-16
    - Ah, that makes sense. I've run into being able to distribute the accepted manuscript myself, although without funding bodies being involved. I didn't know about the personal website thing, I've been given advice about that being unsafe to do, but potentially there's context/nuance I missed. [NT] - Lothos 17:41:43 12017-07-15
      - Also, here's a thing that could potentially be useful! (text) - Lothos 18:15:42 12017-07-15
  - also: THE NAME. THE NAME IS THE FIRST AND THE FIRST IS YOUR NAME. THERE IS POWER IN THIS. YES. [NT] - Lothos 00:21:53 12017-07-15
- Holy shit, nice work dude. [NT] - Fron 19:39:06 12017-07-14
  - Thanks! [NT] - Snapper 02:00:37 12017-07-15
- Hey, grats mon! Also wtf, you live in Seattle and you didn't drop me a line so we can hang out??? [NT] - Dorg 13:03:19 12017-07-14
  - Didn't know you were here! Where do you work? I'd love to meet you sometime. [NT] - Snapper 13:53:12 12017-07-14
    - I'm working in Steve Ballrog's cybersalt mines underneath Redmond, I'll update my contact info on the forum so you can drop me a line! [NT] - Dorg 13:07:11 12017-07-17
- And Vektor comes one step closer in his goal of transforming himself into an immortal space lizard. [NT] - TheDeamon 08:47:44 12017-07-14
  - Nah, my whole thing is birds now. I photograph them! I have field guides! I can identify a few types of warblers! It's a whole thing. [NT] - Vektor 21:57:26 12017-07-14
    - Vektor: A Life Well Lived [NT] - Insufferable "Back To The Carpet Store" Lurker 12:33:20 12017-07-15
      - I HAVE HAWK BABIES AND I CAN COUNT THE BARBULES ON THEIR PRECIOUS BABY FEATHERS. - Vektor 04:44:00 12017-07-17
        I once watched a pair of robins craft a beautiful nest just outside my window. They laid eggs and tended to them with love. All three hatched and I got to watch their devotion as they fed their children around the clock. Two days later, I watched a crow drive them off the murder the chicks. He didn't even eat the other two. Just the one. [NT] - Inconsequential Lurker 10:58:43 12017-07-17
        Crows gotta eat too. (I watched the hawks do the same thing to a squirrel nest right outside my window) - Vektor 01:28:57 12017-07-18
- Congratulations! I'll have to remember this when I want to breed my genetically engineered ape army. [NT] - Rotten 06:55:17 12017-07-14