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by poxic
Thu Apr 26, 2018 11:43 pm UTC
Forum: Food
Topic: Food fleeting thoughts
Replies: 165
Views: 20290

Re: Food fleeting thoughts

I had that with a gross dental thing. Nothing budged the taste until, in desperation, I tried a danish pastry. I think it was the fat plus fine-grained sugar that finally muscled out the grossness.
by poxic
Mon Apr 16, 2018 3:04 pm UTC
Forum: News & Articles
Topic: Where Aren't They Now (Obituaries)
Replies: 242
Views: 47982

Re: Where Aren't They Now (Obituaries)

I await the conspiracies surrounding his death.
by poxic
Thu Apr 12, 2018 11:18 pm UTC
Forum: Language/Linguistics
Topic: Annoying words, and Words You Hate
Replies: 1951
Views: 409833

Re: Annoying words, and Words You Hate

E.g. using as collateral for a loan, which is six more syllables than leveraging.
by poxic
Tue Apr 10, 2018 6:24 pm UTC
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: Great Quotes From the Wrong People
Replies: 62
Views: 7350

Re: Great Quotes From the Wrong People

Suffer the little children to come unto me.
- - Anakin Skywalker
by poxic
Sun Apr 08, 2018 3:57 pm UTC
Forum: General
Topic: Thoughts for ships
Replies: 89986
Views: 7655389

Re: Thoughts for ships

Is that up? It looks uppish.

Oh, those are comparison photos (for those equally decaffeinated: first two pics are before/after, last two are after/before).

Yes, that's uppish.
by poxic
Thu Mar 29, 2018 11:24 pm UTC
Forum: General
Topic: Lucky Ten Thousand (TIL)
Replies: 13405
Views: 1452804

Re: Lucky Ten Thousand (TIL)

"Has a good memory" may be the only option that doesn't need inventing.

There's "sharp" but that usually indicates intelligence as well.
by poxic
Thu Mar 29, 2018 3:05 pm UTC
Forum: General
Topic: Most excellent times
Replies: 5132
Views: 811642

Re: Most excellent times

Wooooooooooot! and also I think beards grow? :wink:
by poxic
Thu Mar 22, 2018 2:54 pm UTC
Forum: News & Articles
Topic: Police misbehavior thread
Replies: 6248
Views: 900099

Re: Police misbehavior thread

Wow, jewish_scientist. Miss the point much? Your takeaway is "cops need more target practise"?
by poxic
Tue Mar 06, 2018 1:11 am UTC
Forum: Food
Topic: Food fleeting thoughts
Replies: 165
Views: 20290

Re: Food fleeting thoughts

Wait until the manufacturers start cheaping out and it all goes shitty. Worked for me.
by poxic
Sat Mar 03, 2018 12:11 am UTC
Forum: General
Topic: INTRO THREAD THE THIRD
Replies: 10914
Views: 2112932

Re: INTRO THREAD THE THIRD

There can never be too many cat avatars. Or cats.
by poxic
Tue Feb 27, 2018 3:27 pm UTC
Forum: General
Topic: Why does XKCD not have ads?
Replies: 25
Views: 2991

Re: Why does XKCD not have ads?

Iirc, he makes a fair amount from the store.
by poxic
Mon Feb 26, 2018 9:00 pm UTC
Forum: Books
Topic: I'd like to know the name of this book/short story/comic
Replies: 653
Views: 234208

Re: I'd like to know the name of this book/short story/comic

I've only read Diamond Age. Had some quibbles but overall a good read.
by poxic
Sun Feb 18, 2018 10:58 pm UTC
Forum: Movies and TV Shows
Topic: Black Panther
Replies: 206
Views: 20154

Re: Black Panther

Most of the criticism I've read has been from people who don't appreciate how cool it would be to be directly targeted by a major work of entertainment for goddamn once.
by poxic
Sat Feb 17, 2018 1:44 am UTC
Forum: General
Topic: black history
Replies: 28
Views: 4215

Re: black history

I was reminded today of the history of Hogan's Alley in Vancouver, in the Strathcona neighbourhood in the Downtown Eastside. Wiki article with some sources , excerpts below. A multi-ethnic community existed in a 2x4 block stretch in one of the poorer parts of town from the early 1900s to around 1970...
by poxic
Tue Feb 13, 2018 7:44 pm UTC
Forum: General
Topic: Lucky Ten Thousand (TIL)
Replies: 13405
Views: 1452804

Re: Lucky Ten Thousand (TIL)

You forgot the pineapple. (Warning: get a small one.)
by poxic
Wed Feb 07, 2018 1:24 am UTC
Forum: General
Topic: Thoughts for ships
Replies: 89986
Views: 7655389

Re: Thoughts for ships

Totally does.
by poxic
Wed Feb 07, 2018 12:51 am UTC
Forum: General
Topic: Thoughts for ships
Replies: 89986
Views: 7655389

Re: Thoughts for ships

THE SIGN SAYS NO SMOKING
THIS ISN'T SMOKE
DUH

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by poxic
Mon Feb 05, 2018 3:03 am UTC
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Games you can't remember the title of.
Replies: 1895
Views: 471618

Re: Games you can't remember the title of.

Beyond Dark Castle?

No idea about the second one.
by poxic
Wed Jan 24, 2018 12:26 am UTC
Forum: General
Topic: Lucky Ten Thousand (TIL)
Replies: 13405
Views: 1452804

Re: Lucky Ten Thousand (TIL)

Can't say you weren't warned.

Also can't say I'm not mildly intrigued.
by poxic
Tue Jan 23, 2018 11:29 pm UTC
Forum: News & Articles
Topic: Where Aren't They Now (Obituaries)
Replies: 242
Views: 47982

Re: Where Aren't They Now (Obituaries)

Aww. Time to go find more of her stuff and read it.
by poxic
Mon Jan 22, 2018 6:22 pm UTC
Forum: Music
Topic: Song Identification!
Replies: 458
Views: 176654

Re: Song Identification!

Can't pick out a six-second location from the original that has no guitar and no vocals, so it might be a remixed or live version. If it isn't this song exactly, then it's been quoted by another artist.
by poxic
Mon Jan 22, 2018 4:52 pm UTC
Forum: Movies and TV Shows
Topic: Fleeting Thoughts: Movie and TV Shows
Replies: 96
Views: 9639

Re: Fleeting Thoughts: Movie and TV Shows

The reviewer understood what the movie was supposed to be about. Her argument was that the general tone and constant fat jokes accomplished the opposite.
by poxic
Mon Jan 22, 2018 3:51 pm UTC
Forum: Music
Topic: Song Identification!
Replies: 458
Views: 176654

Re: Song Identification!

She Drives Me Crazy, Fine Young Cannibals. I just happened to be wondering where the hell they disappeared to.
by poxic
Mon Jan 22, 2018 1:29 am UTC
Forum: Food
Topic: Controversial opinions about food
Replies: 1032
Views: 184757

Re: Controversial opinions about food

This is FaiD xkcd a bigole pile o' nerds. We will take any excuse at all to shitpost/informapost/nitpickpost/postpostpost.
by poxic
Sun Jan 21, 2018 5:29 pm UTC
Forum: Movies and TV Shows
Topic: Fleeting Thoughts: Movie and TV Shows
Replies: 96
Views: 9639

Re: Fleeting Thoughts: Movie and TV Shows

I read one review that stuck with me. A woman who was now trim said she felt shamed and awful for ever having been a large person after seeing Shallow Hal.
by poxic
Wed Jan 17, 2018 1:32 am UTC
Forum: Language/Linguistics
Topic: Miscellaneous language questions
Replies: 559
Views: 78068

Re: Miscellaneous language questions

In this context, it implies a firing line (standing in front of a squad of gunfolk). I've seen other uses that are closer to "we've got nowhere to run", I think, e.g. "we're up against a wall here".
by poxic
Tue Jan 16, 2018 7:50 pm UTC
Forum: General
Topic: Thoughts for ships
Replies: 89986
Views: 7655389

Re: Thoughts for ships

Happy halfway-through-January day (local timezone permitting)!

May be of questionable value in southern hemisphere.
by poxic
Sat Jan 13, 2018 3:04 am UTC
Forum: Language/Linguistics
Topic: Miscellaneous language questions
Replies: 559
Views: 78068

Re: Miscellaneous language questions

Phalanges specifically refer to the fingers. The wrist and hand bones are carpals/metacarpals. If you slapped the ball, you were playing metacarpal ball.

God is watching you metacarpate?
by poxic
Mon Jan 08, 2018 7:45 pm UTC
Forum: General
Topic: Lucky Ten Thousand (TIL)
Replies: 13405
Views: 1452804

Re: Lucky Ten Thousand (TIL)

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by poxic
Sun Dec 31, 2017 7:38 pm UTC
Forum: General
Topic: INTRO THREAD THE THIRD
Replies: 10914
Views: 2112932

Re: INTRO THREAD THE THIRD

Welcome and stuff. Also say hi to Fred for me.
by poxic
Tue Dec 26, 2017 11:42 pm UTC
Forum: General
Topic: Thoughts for ships
Replies: 89986
Views: 7655389

Re: Thoughts for ships

Art in general is like that (and come to think of it, so is science). It's a deep, deep game that can keep you fascinated for a lifetime.
by poxic
Sun Dec 24, 2017 7:08 pm UTC
Forum: General
Topic: Post your boat race.
Replies: 20908
Views: 2575548

Re: Post your boat race.

Every warrior princess (and prince, and badass in general) has to have their version of curling into a ball and crying now and then. It's one way we refill our reserves of badassness.
by poxic
Sun Dec 24, 2017 5:50 pm UTC
Forum: General
Topic: Post your boat race.
Replies: 20908
Views: 2575548

Re: Post your boat race.

The shirt in the old pic made it look like you were holding a keytar, which would have been awesome.

The new pic makes you look like a warrior princess who takes no shit, which is also awesome.
by poxic
Sat Dec 23, 2017 5:25 pm UTC
Forum: News & Articles
Topic: Where Aren't They Now (Obituaries)
Replies: 242
Views: 47982

Re: Where Aren't They Now (Obituaries)

Holy crap, I had no idea McCandless was that old (ergo, that picture was that old).
by poxic
Fri Dec 22, 2017 2:10 am UTC
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: season's greetings
Replies: 7
Views: 592

Re: season's greetings

Found in a random location in my neighbourhood.

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Merry googlyeyes to all.
by poxic
Wed Dec 20, 2017 12:45 am UTC
Forum: Food
Topic: Cooking disasters
Replies: 96
Views: 28809

Re: Cooking disasters

So apparently gingerbread flavour "Cake in a Mug" mixes are not designed to be baked in hockey-puck-sized foil pans in a toaster oven at 350F for nine minutes. I added an extra tablespoon of water because the batter wasn't getting thoroughly dampened, but that was also probably not how it ...
by poxic
Sun Dec 17, 2017 6:33 pm UTC
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: season's greetings
Replies: 7
Views: 592

Re: season's greetings

Fa la la la la, la forum games.
by poxic
Tue Dec 12, 2017 6:55 pm UTC
Forum: General
Topic: Post your boat race.
Replies: 20908
Views: 2575548

Re: Post your boat race.

RATHNCAT
by poxic
Sat Dec 09, 2017 4:43 pm UTC
Forum: General
Topic: [SAFESPACE] Woman Thread - All Things Women. Period.
Replies: 27382
Views: 2965367

Re: [SAFESPACE] Woman Thread - All Things Women. Period.

My red-headed buddy wears a lot of leopard print. That might just be her, though.
by poxic
Mon Dec 04, 2017 8:53 pm UTC
Forum: General
Topic: Thoughts for ships
Replies: 89986
Views: 7655389

Re: Thoughts for ships

Sorry to see you go, if only temporarily. Please do come back and post in the fleeting/shitposting threads now and then so we don't go into withdrawal, eh?

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