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[ART] Let the deep things eat, the bottom dwellers and the swimmers and the feeders and the pale, forgotten things. Let them burrow and tear and carry away the bloated softening flesh of your carcass. May your bones sink and be crushed to dust in the ever darkening weight of the abyss, lost for all time. - Doxy 15:22:37 12016-09-27
[ART] It's the choice of a new generation! - Doxy 15:58:58 12016-09-23
[ART] Who will answer the Call? - Doxy 14:38:53 12016-09-16
[STORY] CWAL Classics: CWAL Saves Christmas - Forks 23:05:12 12016-09-07
[STORY] I'm moving in ten days, and going through some old stuff I found a copy of MAGGOTT's Basic Writing Guidelines for Dying Lights - Ravil 20:52:32 12016-08-17
[STORY] Olympic sports - Doxy 15:56:40 12016-08-11
[STORY] Phriends, Phiends, and Profit Part Somethin' - Doxy 19:35:42 12016-07-08
[ART] Morality Education Comics for Kids: Chilly Penguin and Cool Cat - Doxy 14:46:36 12016-07-07
[ART] I'm a slut so everyone gets in on this. - Doxy 15:13:29 12016-07-06
[STORY] CWAL: Ghost (Final Part) - Arcturus 01:52:46 12016-07-02
[ART] Cause I forgot the tag. - Doxy 01:27:26 12016-07-02
[ART] While browsing the archives, I came across this drawing El Cazador made, just in case all of you forgot how awesome he is. The Newbie Patrol on a road trip. - Doxy 00:32:22 12016-06-30
[ART] Phasmus - Doxy 15:19:30 12016-06-29
[STORY] CWAL: Ghost (Part 3) - Arcturus 23:55:44 12016-06-28
[ART] Detective Kalledon - Doxy 18:55:52 12016-06-28
[STORY] CWAL: Ghost (Part 2) - Arcturus 00:45:51 12016-06-25
[STORY] [CWAL NOW] Rebirth Part 1 - Kalledon 16:27:52 12016-06-24
[ART] Tolley Dickfunnel and a Medium Droplet of Established Working Relationship - Doxy 16:14:01 12016-06-22
[STORY] CWAL: Ghost (Part 1, with foreword) - Arcturus 23:35:36 12016-06-21

...okay, did Rogers just redirect me to a survey when I was trying to view another page? - Tssha 17:43:42 12016-09-30
This Owen Ellickson guy is completely amazing at Twitter. The 2016 election, CWAL style - Snapper 13:33:49 12016-09-30
- Hillary caught referring to Sanders supporters as uninformed basement dwellers. - Rotten 09:58:53 12016-10-01
  - [LINK] Alright, I tracked it back to the original source... - Tssha 11:25:33 12016-10-01
    - Correction: - Tssha 11:38:36 12016-10-01
- Vote Johnson. Is he a great candidate? No. But he's still better than Hillary or Trump [NT] - Kalledon 17:29:14 12016-09-30
  - Johnson is terrible, but so is the Orange Menace and Hillary IMO. The US election is a multilayered diarrhea sandwich, with green puss leaking out the sides. [NT] - Rotten 10:00:27 12016-10-01
  - Okay, my pet peeve this election is that Hillary is terrible or is comparably terrible to Trump. Even IF I conceded that Hillary was in any way terrible (and that's a big if), she is nowhere NEAR as bad as Trump. - Tssha 08:04:18 12016-10-01
    - That's my biggest problem with this election. The Republicans could have had this election in the bag if they picked someone even remotely reasonable, but no, they've got Trump. [NT] - Psycho Sam! 11:17:38 12016-10-01
  - ya but no tho [NT] - Sassypants McJerkface 22:35:58 12016-09-30
  - People are like "oh it's a shame that no one takes the third party candidates seriously" and that's true in principle but Johnson and Stein are hilariously terrible. Might as well give Sarah Palin the job. [NT] - Fron 19:20:16 12016-09-30
  - Sorry not in favor of deregulating wall street, cutting taxes on the rich, getting rid of universal health care, and doing nothing about climate change. So I guess no? - Snapper 18:10:31 12016-09-30
    - 🤔 Upside: He'll dismantle the NSA. Downside: He'll dismantle the rest of the USA in the process... 😿 [NT] - Dorg 19:41:08 12016-09-30
  - Will Snapper be tempted by libertarian conservatism? Find out after these sponsers - stay tuned! [NT] - Doxy 17:38:02 12016-09-30
    - Seduced by the supply side of the Force. [NT] - Ravil 17:45:14 12016-09-30
      - That was good. [NT] - Snapper 18:11:42 12016-09-30
- Just imagine if he still wins after this. [NT] - Doxy 17:20:25 12016-09-30
The guy who wrote/directed Syriana and wrote Traffic also did the script for COD:Ghost and I no longer believe good writing can save video games cause what the fuck. [NT] - Inconsequential Lurker 12:18:18 12016-09-29
- Just guessing what this is about, but proven, decent writers will also write crap sometimes. I think it's required, really. [NT] - Doxy 13:39:07 12016-09-29
  - [LINK] I also thought this article was a good window into how and why Writing In Games can be great and not save anything - Lothos 19:13:08 12016-09-29
    - Makes sense. Also, follows the sobering trend of "Here's some advice about this kind of job, by the way the main reason I'm here now is because I was friends with a guy in the 90s it was kind of an accident hope things work out for youuuuu" [NT] - Doxy 11:33:04 12016-09-30
      - It's the same thing in the teaching world, or anything really. Unending certifications and degrees thought up by people who arrived in their positions serendipitously, who look back and think "But if I had PLANNED to be a master at this job, what qualifications would I need?" [NT] - Doxy 11:37:55 12016-09-30
        Not that Gaider is doing just that, I'm tangentially ranting. Carry on, citizens. [NT] - Doxy 17:31:44 12016-09-30
    - Also, play The Writer Will Do Something. If you like a more bitter, futile interpretation of the industry. [NT] - Vektor 08:52:14 12016-09-30
      - For some reason I thought the two were discussed together! I am wrong. SO WRONG. Here's the link. - Lothos 20:09:58 12016-09-30
        [LINK] BOO I hit the link thing there but it didn't notice, so I'm putting it here instead. [NT] - Lothos Possesses a Surfeit of Competence, YEs. 01:16:07 12016-10-01
[VIDS] IF DONALD TRUMP GETS ELECTED I'M MOVING TO FUCKING MARS - Fron 21:14:30 12016-09-27
- Once you get there you can complain about the next ship full of people for diluting the local culture and taking jobs from real Martians. [NT] - Doxy 17:29:03 12016-09-28
- So to get humanity to Mars, vote Trump? [NT] - Rotten 11:13:49 12016-09-28
- Pretty sure this is exactly why this is being announced now. [NT] - The V Man 23:31:22 12016-09-27
- *fans self* [NT] - Reecle 22:43:28 12016-09-27
Where do all the historians hang out online?? - Dorg 19:14:04 12016-09-27
- Why, right here. [NT] - Ravil 21:01:30 12016-09-27
  - I actually have no idea where other historians hang out online, I turn to the Internet to get away from them, not to find them. But if you've got questions, I might be able to help. [NT] - Ravil 21:03:28 12016-09-27
    - Would Hitler have found me attractive? [NT] - Inconsequential Lurker 22:53:24 12016-09-27
      - Yeah, you'd make a great shabby-chic lampshade. [NT] - Ravil 23:25:07 12016-09-27
        How many Hitlers would a Hitler hit if a Hitler could hit Hitlers? [NT] - Dorg 15:28:38 12016-09-28
        Stop Hitlering yourself. [NT] - Ravil 15:53:50 12016-09-28
        I have a mental image of a Bavarian accented bully saying that while hitting Hitler with another, smaller Hitler. [NT] - Inconsequential Lurker 13:11:48 12016-09-29
        And thus this thread hit peak awesome. [NT] - Tssha 22:54:44 12016-09-29
Throw Donald Trump into the sea. [NT] - Fron 22:39:00 12016-09-26
- Make him fly! [NT] - Shadow Priest at Thunder Totem 19:08:15 12016-09-27
- [ART] Let the deep things eat, the bottom dwellers and the swimmers and the feeders and the pale, forgotten things. Let them burrow and tear and carry away the bloated softening flesh of your carcass. May your bones sink and be crushed to dust in the ever darkening weight of the abyss, lost for all time. - Doxy 15:22:37 12016-09-27
  - I smiled so hard my face hurt. [NT] - Lothos 17:16:44 12016-09-27
- The London Convention specifically prohibits deliberate disposal of waste at sea. [NT] - Vektor 14:16:03 12016-09-27
  - Not if we make them build a Sea Wall, and make them pay for it. [NT] - Mana 14:21:41 12016-09-27
    - That's pronounced Kwall sir. [NT] - Tssha 17:17:43 12016-09-27
      - Throw Tssha into the sea. [NT] - Ravil 21:04:04 12016-09-27
- Release the Kraken! [NT] - Liam Neeson 02:45:28 12016-09-27
I'm trying to convince my sister to meet the Utah horde at the Ninny party. Is failing. - thorkos 23:40:10 12016-09-24
- To be fair how else was I supposed to say we were kidnapping you? I'm always honest in my dealings no matter how shady! [NT] - DarthNinny 14:35:24 12016-09-27
  - Hey there. [NT] - Doxy 15:32:46 12016-09-27
    - Oh hey. Long time no talk. - DarthNinny 22:04:17 12016-09-27
      - It's been quite a year. [NT] - Doxy 00:47:49 12016-09-29
- "Addendum: I have extracted a promise that each one will prostrate themselves before you upon first introduction. Boot-licking optional upon request." [NT] - Ravil 09:42:12 12016-09-25
  - I find that always adds to the comfort of every social gathering that I go to, and is a great icebreaker. [NT] - Ravil 10:28:29 12016-09-25
    - "Oh god, now I have to find some really nice boots..." [NT] - Doxy 18:12:39 12016-09-25
- Addendum. I'd like to say that y'all really do mean a lot to me, whether I've met you in person or not. Every single one of you has affected me, inspired me, and challenged my own ideas of creation, and creativity. Much love. [NT] - thorkos 23:49:51 12016-09-24
  - Awww. *squish* [NT] - Doxy 18:13:18 12016-09-25
- I can understand the reluctance to go to a house party where you don't know anyone. I've got a friend with multiple circles of friends and I've never managed to mix with the ones from other circles. Like, awkward at best. - Tssha 23:46:11 12016-09-24
Hmm...to abandon all my progress in my doomed Halcyon 6 game by restarting or try to salvage it by replaying from a previous save...hmm... *ponders for two days* *new patch is released with content only available on new game* Oooh... [NT] - Tssha 23:22:53 12016-09-24
[POLL] Which one of these granny porn themed board games would you like to play? Grannyopoly, Poop Shoots and Grannies, or Grannyland? [NT] - Rotten 09:24:09 12016-09-24
[VIDS] So who wants to see a music video that feels like someone had a mighty need for what would happen if Tarantino or maybe the Coen Brothers directed "Zootopia"? - Lothos 04:21:01 12016-09-24
- Those cats look like my kinda crew. [NT] - Tssha 21:20:56 12016-09-25
- Yeah I just rewatched this and aahahahah WHAT THE HELL [NT] - Lothos 04:24:32 12016-09-24
  - Loved it! Ever see Fritz the cat? [NT] - Doxy 08:53:28 12016-09-24
    - Parts of, but not the whole thing. [NT] - Lothos 19:13:27 12016-09-24
      - Understandable, it's a grotesque cultural artifact like most of Robert Crumb's creations, but it reminded me a good bit of this. [NT] - Doxy 22:53:58 12016-09-24
All right, team, it's WOW TIME!! - Dorg 16:37:02 12016-09-23
- Update: Ran a bunch of Mythic/Mythic+ 5 man dungeons, it was great!! - Dorg 15:12:11 12016-09-26
  - My Paladin made it to Pandaria last night. She'll be in Legion any day now, to have an Ashbringer of her own, just like everyone else. [NT] - Psycho Sam! 16:16:10 12016-09-27
    - You're going to love these latest buffs! Just in time for my birthday, Paladins can now hit the top of the deeps meters!! [NT] - Dorg 19:09:05 12016-09-27
- I suckered myself into Legion but I plan on on a month and off a month for sanity's sake, so I will definitely be available on again/off again. [NT] - Jarick 11:17:32 12016-09-24
- I like WoW because I am stupid, so I will be willing to play with you sometimes. [NT] - Doxy 19:58:00 12016-09-23
  - We will also be friends soon! [NT] - Psycho Sam! 20:18:58 12016-09-23
- While I get behind the sentiment and the enthusiasm, I've never liked WoW, and right now I don't even have time for games that I do like. [NT] - Ravil 18:26:33 12016-09-23
  - It is indeed a thing. :( [NT] - Sassypants McJerkface 23:05:19 12016-09-27
  - Yeah, what this guy said. [NT] - Fron 18:49:40 12016-09-23
- We can be WoW friends, but I only do anonymous dungeons. That way I'm not potentially letting down real people (anonymous internet gamers aren't real), and I don't freeze up and stop playing. [NT] - Psycho Sam! 17:38:30 12016-09-23
  - Checking the suggestions it throws at me, I wonder how I'm not friends with Reecle, then I remember that we only have one gaming computer, and one copy of everything. But I'm sure we've played Short Bus together... [NT] - Psycho Sam! 17:40:54 12016-09-23
    - Why on earth would you be friends with your wife? [NT] - Ravil 18:25:43 12016-09-23
      - The very idea. - Doxy 01:39:09 12016-09-24
    - HELL YEAH! You will be my first Horseman [NT] - Dorg 17:57:53 12016-09-23
      - I play Shadow Priest and I'm Disc specced for levelling, but I refuse to heal anyone else, ever. [NT] - Psycho Sam! 18:08:13 12016-09-23
Wow, this is, like, the definition of getting cucked. - Inconsequential Lurker 05:00:55 12016-09-23
- PRECIOUS FEATHER-BABIES [NT] - Vektor 06:40:51 12016-09-24
- And that big, fat, destructive bird leeching off its parents late into adolescence was called the_donald [NT] - Dorg 16:34:05 12016-09-23
  - Someone should photoshop a little orange wig on it. [NT] - Doxy 16:37:41 12016-09-23
- [ART] It's the choice of a new generation! - Doxy 15:58:58 12016-09-23
  - that's beautiful [NT] - Lothos 04:38:06 12016-09-24
  - The cuckold fetish, for those of you who have come across it or are familiar with it, is a fascinating phenomenon isn't it? Born from racism/gender power dynamics and the thrill of social transgression. [NT] - Doxy 16:46:23 12016-09-23
    - I'm sensing a reluctance to be involved with this type of conversation in the RR. [NT] - Doxy 19:58:58 12016-09-23
      - I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT BIRDS [NT] - Inconsequential Lurker 02:22:51 12016-09-24
        SQUAWK! [NT] - Vektor 14:17:14 12016-09-27
[LINK] Rebecca Black now has her own Linux distribution - Rotten 11:04:09 12016-09-22
- ...who? [NT] - Tssha 23:24:03 12016-09-22
  - IT'S FRIDAY FRIDAY EVERYBODY - Fron 23:25:37 12016-09-22
    - Ah yes, I'm usually so tuned into what the kids are angsting about these days. Don't know how I ever missed this one. [NT] - Tssha 23:44:39 12016-09-22
      - Not so much "these days" as half a decade ago. [NT] - Doxy 15:06:38 12016-09-23
        And this only enhances my sarcasm...yeeeeeesssss.... *grins* [NT] - Tssha 19:38:27 12016-09-23
[LINK] I thought this might appeal to people, and reflects my experience well: A recording of Widowmaker reporting on the experience of pick-up games. - Lothos 17:04:42 12016-09-21
- *guffaw* Oh man...I can't breathe... [NT] - Tssha 23:23:06 12016-09-22
  - *several hours later* [NT] - Tssha 00:56:40 12016-09-23
- Are people still playing a lot of Overwatch? I haven't really logged on in the last couple of months, teaching having eaten my entire world. [NT] - Ravil 15:14:05 12016-09-22
  - I keep meaning to get back into it particularly with the second season having started but then Hearts of Iron keeps happening instead. [NT] - Fron 18:48:18 12016-09-23
  - I haven't played in a while, but I'll still up for the occational game in the evenings. [NT] - Doxy 15:25:26 12016-09-22
    - I womble through semi-regularly, but at probably non-useful times. [NT] - Lothos 16:14:38 12016-09-22
      - All my times are non-useful! But I'm lazy and don't bother to start Battle.net! [NT] - Tssha 01:39:14 12016-09-23
- Yeah, I've given up on playing Widowmaker. I'm just not video game sniper material. [NT] - Doxy 09:27:38 12016-09-22
  - Unless you are a headshot God, there's no point in play Widow at the moment. Hanso is the superior sniper in almost every way, unless you can guarantee a high headshot accuracy. [NT] - Kalledon 11:39:42 12016-09-23
[POLL] Nasty boys: why do you have to be so nasty? - Janet Rotten Jackson 22:20:22 12016-09-20
- Because humanity is dealing with the sexual equivalent of an eating disorder, interwoven into its various dysfunctional cultures. [NT] - Doxy 15:42:17 12016-09-21
  - You better be careful, Rotten. We'll take this to the Youtube comment section if we have to. [NT] - Doxy 15:55:16 12016-09-21
    - Hey, you checking your email? [NT] - Tssha 00:12:58 12016-09-22
      - Email checked! Sorry, I forget to sometimes! [NT] - Doxy 09:20:35 12016-09-22
- [LINK] IMPORTANT LINK INSIDE - Sassypants McJerkface 22:43:58 12016-09-20
  - Why do you have to be so nasty, sassy? [NT] - Rotten 05:45:55 12016-09-22
    - Ooh, those sassy boys... [NT] - Sassypants McJerkface 11:17:25 12016-09-22
Here, have a Prison Architect. - Inconsequential Lurker 14:30:17 12016-09-20
- thank you, human [NT] - Fron 22:03:11 12016-09-20
In light of today's terrorist attack in NYC, I have one thing to say: - Rotten 14:36:56 12016-09-19
- Risky click of the day. [NT] - Mana 21:24:20 12016-09-19
I must admit, trolling socially regressive assholes on YouTube is becoming a pet hobby of mine. The best part is when they're calling me a retard at the top of their lungs and I'm still cool as a cucumber. :P - Tssha 06:29:27 12016-09-18
- Too bad I got banned for doing the same to you. [NT] - Namrok 08:41:35 12016-09-19
  - Hey, whatever narrative helps you cope man. [NT] - Tssha 12:27:47 12016-09-19 [FB]
    - MONDAY, MONDAY, MONDAY!! [NT] - The WRRRREECKIN' BALL 17:55:07 12016-09-19
- I like playing video games. [NT] - Fron 21:36:03 12016-09-18
  - I'm going to need some time to process this new information about you. [NT] - Doxy 10:43:09 12016-09-19
- Yeah, I like to swoop in on my level 110 WoW guy and use my level+gear+12 years of experience to utterly destroy low level players just starting the game. Honestly it's not even hard! [NT] - Dorg 10:29:55 12016-09-18
  - You've opened up so many doors, here. For example: Trump supporters? They're not racist; they're just political newbies who haven't quite figured out the controls yet! [NT] - Sassypants McJerkface 10:45:20 12016-09-18
    - Hey man, they're not all noobs. Check out Scott Adams' blog. Holey Moley! [NT] - Dorg 17:56:53 12016-09-19
    - Anecdotally, my father is a Trump supporter, and he's neither racist nor politically inexperienced. He used to work for political campaigns in his 20s. [NT] - Doxy 14:14:59 12016-09-18
      - I dunno, he sounds pretty deplorable to me. Into the basket with him! [NT] - Sassypants McJerkface 14:30:52 12016-09-18
        My father is deplorable, but for entirely different reasons. [NT] - Doxy 16:04:23 12016-09-19
- We'll light a candle at Mass for them. [NT] - Doxy 10:03:20 12016-09-18
Shady game company sues multiple Does over negative comments. - Tssha 18:56:51 12016-09-17
- Sebastian Von Fappy Wank is the name of my Gotye cover band. [NT] - The V Man 19:19:13 12016-09-17
[ART] Who will answer the Call? - Doxy 14:38:53 12016-09-16
- Gendo Ikari [NT] - TheDeamon 17:34:11 12016-09-17
  - I'm... kind of okay with this. [NT] - Sassypants McJerkface 17:41:59 12016-09-17
    - It's Gendo! - Vektor 06:43:04 12016-09-24
- Probably the "you think you do but you don't' guy with the piercing eyes. [NT] - Ravage! 03:17:47 12016-09-17
  - He's not the douche we deserve, but the one we need. And he can take it. [NT] - Tssha 04:26:26 12016-09-17
    - So how about Joe Biden? [NT] - TheDeamon 23:38:51 12016-09-17
- C.S. Goto, perhaps [NT] - Legacy 23:20:51 12016-09-16
  - Holy moley! I thought that was some sort of internet joke, but that's A REAL NAME! AND HE WRITES WARHAMMER BOOKS! HE'S PERFECT [NT] - Dorg 20:05:17 12016-09-17
    - *shudder* [NT] - Legacy 02:07:20 12016-09-19
- I always wanted to defeat him in single combat. Now there doesn't seem like there's much point. [NT] - Ravil 21:33:12 12016-09-16
  - You wield the power of HISTORY. Tell us then, how did you defeat him? [NT] - The V Man 22:16:51 12016-09-16
    - That's a story for another time. - Doxy 13:52:04 12016-09-17
      - [PICS] Let me fix that for you... - The V Man 19:30:05 12016-09-17
        I'll defer to this. [NT] - Doxy 09:59:49 12016-09-18
        The very likeness. [NT] - Ravil 23:29:57 12016-09-17
- Oh man, who's infamous enough...Alan Moore? - Tssha 16:23:33 12016-09-16
  - I love Anal Moore's work. [NT] - Doxy 18:12:22 12016-09-16
    - More Anal Moore! [NT] - Rotten 07:21:35 12016-09-17
Cartoon food orgies in mainstream theaters. What a time to be alive. [NT] - Doxy 14:46:13 12016-09-15
- [POLL] If you were a tree what kind of tree would you beaaaa I mean if you were attending an orgy as a piece of food, what food would you be? [NT] - Doxy 15:54:39 12016-09-16
  - [immediately appears through a portal] Huh? [NT] - Mana 18:14:32 12016-09-16
    - What treefood? For the orgy. - Doxy 01:48:47 12016-09-17
      - Fine. Obviously, everyone's sense of wonder and imagination has shriveled away. The Orgy is canceled and I'm returning everyone's Christmas presents. [NT] - Doxy 15:48:14 12016-09-19
What is the "evolutionary purpose" of humans liking spices? [NT] - Rotten 13:24:59 12016-09-13
- I don't know about what evolutionary purpose they serve, but historically spices were the world's crack cocaine. - Ravil 17:41:41 12016-09-15
- I have seen some discussion on anti-parasite effects of spicy diets.This is a cultural adaption rather than an evolutionary adaption. [NT] - Frito 23:42:21 12016-09-13
  - Given that were normally used in association with preserved foods, I'd tend to say it was more the opposite than anything. It probably did help people choke that stuff down as the taste(not smell) probably would have been horrid otherwise. So probably an acquired taste? [NT] - TheDeamon 07:58:05 12016-09-14
- I have no comment on spices particularly, but it's important to keep in mind that traits do not necessarily have an adaptive purpose. Many are simply side-effects of an adaptation or even essentially random. The vast majority of mutations have no effect on fitness. [NT] - Fron 19:21:01 12016-09-13
  - What this guy said! [NT] - Sassypants McJerkface 09:16:59 12016-09-14
    - Yes, the classic 4-billion-year-old method of "well, it fucking hasn't killed you yet". - Doxy 16:46:37 12016-09-14
      - Someone's a bit salty. - Sassypants McJerkface 20:49:17 12016-09-14
- From what I've heard, spicey things evolved as a chemical defense against mammals. Those particular plants required birds to spread their seeds. Birds aren't effected by spice. But really the core of your question is, what advantage is it to get a rush from something that punishes us a little. You'll have to spend an afternoon at the Spanking Factory to solve that mystery. [NT] - Doxy 15:58:55 12016-09-13
  - This sounds at least plausible, since it would be an adaptation that expanded your available diet and basically gives you More Things To Eat And Stay Alive™. As for being pleasurable, maybe it's just a case of hijacking an existing mechanism (endorphin response to pain) for a new purpose? - Vektor 23:56:20 12016-09-14
    - More thoughts on this! Populations that lived in iodine-poor areas developed a strongly bitter taste response mutation (TAS2R I think?) that dissuaded them from eating iodine-depleting glucosinolates, so varying taste as a response to available nutrition seems legit? [NT] - Vektor 19:27:11 12016-09-16
  - IIRC treatment with low doses of the antidote for opiate overdoses removes the pleasurable aspect of eating spicy food. It's likely that in humans, through some sort of quirk of evolution unrelated to survival, eating spicy food provides a little endorphin rush that overwhelms the pain. [NT] - Inconsequential Lurker 23:57:42 12016-09-13
    - It reportedly doesn't have to do with endorphins. It just literally overwhelms the sensory organs and the brain responds by simply shutting down(numbing) the sensory input from that area. [NT] - TheDeamon 07:54:41 12016-09-14
      - Are you talking about the pain reducing effects of high-dose capsaican, or the pleasurable effect of very low dose? Cause they're very different things, and I assure you, you can still feel pain after eating hot wings. [NT] - Inconsequential Lurker 12:32:21 12016-09-14
  - TheDeamon can show you where it is. It's a Naval tradition. [NT] - Doxy 16:07:47 12016-09-13
    - No Doxy, it's the Slap and Tickle room, keep it straight. [NT] - TheDeamon 07:59:58 12016-09-14
      - My apologies. I only almost joined the Navy. [NT] - Doxy 16:30:48 12016-09-14
        They'll let you enlist up until you turn 35, IIRC. :) [NT] - TheDeamon 21:36:31 12016-09-14
- Humans have evolved to a point where we desire stimulation beyond what is instinctively required and spicy foods provide that excitement. [NT] - Psycho Sam! 15:58:25 12016-09-13
- also: "spicey" is not a taste, it's the nervious system responding to/interpreting PAIN signals coming from your mouth. [NT] - TheDeamon 14:38:43 12016-09-13
- Requires clarification. Last I heard there are studies out there finding that preference for/against spicy foods comes down to the presence or lack of taste buds. The more taste buds you have per area squared, the more likely it is you will NOT like spicy things. As to salt, we need it to live. [NT] - TheDeamon 14:32:21 12016-09-13
So Metzen is retiring. [NT] - Psycho Sam! 21:00:17 12016-09-12
- Interesting. Like me, you have an immortal demon soul. You cannot truly die. Instead, your soul will make its way to the Twisting Nether. There, you will wait until you can find a suitable body to inhabit. [NT] - Lord Illidan Stormrage 03:04:33 12016-09-16
  - Man, I love Metzen's writing. He mashes together all our favorite tropes with just enough internal cohesion to make it work! (unless you're a picky artsy fartist, anyway) [NT] - Dorg 03:07:05 12016-09-16
    - NOPE [NT] - Sassypants McJerkface 10:47:02 12016-09-18
    - No. I refuse to accept the Zergasaurus Rex as cannon. I just absolutely refuse. [NT] - Psycho Sam! 12:59:56 12016-09-16
- It was already clear this was a landmark year, one of those hinges of history, from which there is no turning back. The year Donald Trump smashed the Republican party into a million pieces. The year Roger Ailes got his comeuppance. The epic Hillary vs Trump showdown. And now, this. Truly fitting. [NT] - Snapper 22:40:12 12016-09-12
- ELECTRONIC OLD MEN [NT] - Fron 22:05:35 12016-09-12
- I hope the writing gets better but the inner cynic in me wonders "is it too late? Has he already stacked the deck with terrible writers?" [NT] - Tssha 21:34:40 12016-09-12
  - Actually, it turns out that all this time he was really a great writer who had been corrupted by an older, more terrible ancient hack writer. Now he gets to break free from the clutches of said Ancient Evil, he'll have a redemption arc, and he'll help fight it. [NT] - Psycho Sam! 21:47:13 12016-09-12
    - Finally, the curtain will be drawn and our true nemesis will be revealed! [NT] - Kalledon 17:44:36 12016-09-14
      - ... well, until the expansion, anyhow. And then our *true* true nemesis shall be revealed! [NT] - Sassypants McJerkface 10:27:35 12016-09-18
      - But not until we make a trip to the Ancient Metzen homeworld and fight the Metzensaurus Rex. [NT] - Psycho Sam! 21:41:20 12016-09-15
        I, for one, look forward to visiting a world full of vaguely-cute, 'primal' Metzens roaming around mindlessly. [NT] - Sassypants McJerkface 10:28:53 12016-09-18
    - [VIDS] So something like this? - TheDeamon 14:54:05 12016-09-13
    - Where is the horse and the rider? Where is the Gold Star of yore? [NT] - Ravil 10:51:13 12016-09-13
      - They have passed like rain on the Overmind, like vespene in the meadow. [NT] - Snapper 12:24:03 12016-09-13
        Whatever happened to Overmind? [NT] - Rotten 14:57:26 12016-09-13
        He's right where you left him. [NT] - Doxy 16:11:30 12016-09-13
        Not having legs will do that. [NT] - TheDeamon 08:00:44 12016-09-14
    - This is the Prophecy. [NT] - Doxy 09:43:26 12016-09-13
    - RANDOM QUOOTE [NT] - Lothos 06:12:34 12016-09-13
    - This is perfect. [NT] - Tssha 04:18:57 12016-09-13
      - SECONDED. [NT] - Lothos 06:13:40 12016-09-13
        Thurrrdid. [NT] - Sassypants McJerkface 13:45:27 12016-09-13
        Ewww [NT] - Doxy 14:02:36 12016-09-13
    - NUMBER ONE POST BEST POST EVER - Snapper 22:37:39 12016-09-12
      - I saw Blinky's post when I was teaching and not logged in, and I thought exactly this. I came on specifically to PRAISE HIM, and I am delighted that others have beaten me to it. [NT] - Lothos 06:14:22 12016-09-13
      - My memory is long gone. Did he every follow through? [nt] - Kainoss 02:15:13 12016-09-13
        I think so. Man, the replies in that thread were great, especially Inconsequential. [NT] - Snapper 15:26:52 12016-09-13
- is he going to work on his true passion as "Thundergod" of "Sons of the Storm" which ttotally doesnt sound like A) something a 12-yo made up, B) a really unfortunately named branch of the Nazi revival movement - Vektor 21:17:21 12016-09-12
So, looks like Ze Russians have released a pre-release version of the adventure game: WarCraft: Lord of the Clans. Better download it before it's all gone. - Psycho Sam! 22:05:17 12016-09-10
- This one's basically complete and includes voiced dialogue and all the cutscenes, which were missing in previous versions uploaded to the Youtubes. [NT] - Psycho Sam! 22:05:52 12016-09-10
Wait a minute, liking a Facebook post wishing a person a happy birthday means I don't have to actually wish that person a happy birthday right? [NT] - Rotten 07:28:50 12016-09-10
- The Department of Redundant Redundancies would appreciate you performing all acts in triplicate, so please "like" someone else wishing said person happy birthday, then wish them happy birthday on their own wall, then do so again on your own wall. [NT] - TheDeamon 16:33:11 12016-09-10
Lothos' computer issue seems far more serious and hilarious when you put it into the Star Wars Intro Generator. - Ravage! 00:27:54 12016-09-10
- This is what the world needed, precisely when it needed it. [NT] - Ravil 12:40:26 12016-09-11
- I'm not going to lie: Rotten speaks objective truth. [NT] - Lothos 01:23:15 12016-09-10
  - aaaaaaaaaaaaa sorry [NT] - Lothos 18:11:37 12016-09-10
  - And here you had me hoping Ravage's link took me to a page that replaced present day technical terms with Star Wars technobabble. I was disappointed. [NT] - TheDeamon 11:26:12 12016-09-10
    - Ditto, though the crawl is still pretty dang okay. [NT] - Sassypants McJerkface 17:17:59 12016-09-10
      - I'm now spending my time wondering why I haven't encountered such a techno-babble generator being mentioned in here already. Surely one must exist, and someone in here knows of it. [NT] - TheDeamon 11:23:39 12016-09-11
  - I do, although I did not post the above. [NT] - Rotten 08:04:25 12016-09-10
    - aahahahahah i am terrible [NT] - Lothos 18:11:06 12016-09-10
    - *guffaw* [NT] - Tssha 14:43:01 12016-09-10
      - No offence intended toward either Rotten or Lothos, I just find this entire conversation hilarious. :) [NT] - Tssha 16:40:15 12016-09-10
        Every statement in this thread is the objective truth. [NT] - Rotten 17:32:51 12016-09-10
just for curiosity sake, if someone was to want to get torrents nowadays where might one look? [NT] - Pez 23:05:36 12016-09-09
- [LINK] I'm still bummed that kat.cr went down, since they did good work. Here's a list of sorts - Lothos 23:14:54 12016-09-09
  - Extratorrent.cc should lose the s, I can't remember about limetorrent.cc [NT] - Lothos 23:29:10 12016-09-09
[LINK] I'm not entirely sure how to respond to this discovery. - TheDeamon 11:23:26 12016-09-08
- The discovery that the heated jacket does not ship to Ottawa? [NT] - Psycho Sam! 12:13:14 12016-09-08
  - Well, I know they're selling heated jackets in Alberta(maybe not that specific one, though), it's how I learned about their existing after encountering one for sell in a store I was delivering to. [NT] - TheDeamon 09:36:23 12016-09-09
  - You need to shut down the defense grid, otherwise they'll never make it through. [NT] - Doxy 14:41:08 12016-09-08
Okay I stand corrected: it's not the power cable. It's having things plugged into the USB ports in the back of the motherboard. The thing wouldn't turn on, then poing pulled out the USB connections to the USB hub, and it turned on. MY COMPUTER'S USB PORTS ARE HAUNTED: THIS IS THE ONLY SENSIBLE EXPLANATION. [NT] - Lothos 01:38:20 12016-09-08
- Probably a bad solder joint on one of the USB headers on the mobo. :) Might be able to work around it by getting a USB card and plugging it into an expansion port on the computer and just use those instead. [NT] - TheDeamon 10:47:28 12016-09-09
  - Can't you fix bad soldered joints by wrapping the motherboard in a towel and baking it in the oven for half an hour or something? [NT] - Psycho Sam! 16:42:49 12016-09-09
    - You mean solder reflow! That really is a thing, but I think most boards use high temperature solder so you might have problems reflowing without damaging other components. [NT] - Vektor 15:59:03 12016-09-11
- Ah, I've seen that before. Used to happen on the old Dells. Has to do with uneven power distribution across the internal USB system. We found one particular group of ports that got more reliable voltage than others and used those. [NT] - The V Man 19:20:55 12016-09-08
- I had a computer that did that 7-8 years ago. Also it would hard-lock if you tried to plug in a USB storage device for more than a few minutes. I just sort of worked around it until it came time to get a new PC. [NT] - Fron 19:12:11 12016-09-08
  - That's pretty much the plan at the moment, so I'll be bugging people with questions about hardware eventually. In the meanwhile, my computer is basically occupied by Kazz' terrible anus shades. [NT] - Lothos 19:19:21 12016-09-08
    - "The USB port keeps farting all spooky-like." [NT] - Doxy 14:00:09 12016-09-09
      - "We'll need a priest and 2 liters of anal bleach." [NT] - Doxy 14:04:44 12016-09-09
- I mean if it was *crashing* with too many USB things, I could maybe, *MAYBE* see it. But being unresponsive to the power button? WHAT. [NT] - Lothos 01:38:56 12016-09-08
  - It should also be said that the hub in question isn't the patient zero, necessarily: having things plugged in, regardless of what they are, seems to be the main pattern. If we plug things in once the computer is running, it works okay. [NT] - Lothos 01:40:06 12016-09-08
    - Move USB down the boot order in the BIOS [NT] - Namrok 03:58:15 12016-09-08
      - If that was the issue, the computer should turn on, it would just fail to boot. That isn't what he's describing [NT] - TheDeamon 12:06:41 12016-09-08
[STORY] CWAL Classics: CWAL Saves Christmas - Forks 23:05:12 12016-09-07
- Oh Bless! It's snowing outside! It's a mirac- Wait, no that's just blowing ash from the garbage fires. [NT] - Doxy 14:58:58 12016-09-08
  - Don't worry, Doxy! In time, the ash will blot out the sun. And on that day, you will have your snow. [NT] - Vektor 23:09:02 12016-09-08