IRC log for #sporewiki on 20160724

00:03.52The_RandomnessPart of me is tempted to ping both Charles just to see which is the real one
00:05.15DrodoEmpireI do that when I need him >.<
00:05.34DrodoEmpireI ping both things on IRC, and sometimes shoot him a message on steam too
00:05.37The_RandomnessCharles_Bot Charles_Murray: *poke*
00:09.08Monet_2Well I just had an interesting experience.
00:09.15The_Randomnesshm?
00:09.44Monet_2Binge-watching Wisecrack's philosophical videos, and I just got an advert for an upcoming film: King Arthur.
00:10.38Monet_2Interesting pairing.
00:10.43The_RandomnessI usually just get ads for shitty horror movies for some reason
00:11.41Monet_2One of the videos I watched was their analysis of Deadpool. That talks a lot about postmodern media.
00:12.06Wormy_awayTwo trailers I watched tonight:  Wonder Woman, and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
00:12.11Monet_2SO it's quite funny that's not long followed by an advert for an upcoming adaptation to a story that's been done to absolute bloody death.
00:12.31The_Randomness:P
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00:12.52Wormy_awayhi
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00:14.15Monet_2Hi
00:15.33The_RandomnessHello
00:15.45Monet_2I'm not against a new King Arthur film (although this one seems to focus on that classic tale of a commoner becoming king), it's just a funny thing to come up after watching a video n a film that criticises meta-narratives and the comflict of black and white, good vs evil.
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00:16.55Quark8Hello.
00:17.05The_RandomnessHello
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00:21.16Wormy_awayRandom, Monet:  I noticed the USS Discovery looks like Ralph McQuarrie's design https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/90/Phase_II_Enterprise.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxba2WjlN90
00:21.39Wormy_awayI'm not that impressed with the CGI to be honest.
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00:23.51The_RandomnessI heard about that
00:24.46The_RandomnessAfter somebody said it looks like a D7 flipped upside down with a saucer attached, I can't get that out of my mine
00:24.48The_Randomness*mind
00:26.09The_RandomnessI need to go see the new Star Trek movie >_>
00:27.54Monet_2CG looks a little dated.
00:28.01The_Randomnessyeah
00:28.20Wormy_awayhttps://twitter.com/PessimistsArc/status/756899651735920640
00:28.23Monet_2Not that I can watch the series anyway *glares at CNN*
00:28.29Wormy_awayEnterprise CG looked better
00:28.30Monet_2CBS*
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00:34.17Spluff5I'm back from travel now Yay
00:37.27Wormy_awayhttps://twitter.com/PessimistsArc/status/740204959896047616
00:38.13Wormy_awayhttps://twitter.com/Yamisel_/status/738218608245932032
00:42.27Liquid_InkYeah, back then they didn't think women were capable of telling reality from fiction, so novel reading as bad
00:44.58Wormy_awayOnly in Fallout https://twitter.com/RudyHavenstein/status/731882633311883265
00:45.27Wormy_awayLiquid:  That explains it
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01:01.01Wormy_awayhttp://imgur.com/gallery/iZ6vj
01:09.55DrodoEmpireolol
01:10.46DrodoEmpireThere's actually a lot of people on- strange its so quiet
01:11.34OluapPlayerThere's nothing to talk about atm
01:12.54DrodoEmpireEh fair enough
01:15.05Spluff5Is there some way to create your own navbox so you can just insert code into each page that will be updated across all of them as you change it?
01:15.28TechnobliteratorUh, yeah?
01:15.35TechnobliteratorThat's what everyone does
01:15.53DrodoEmpireI believe you just make and update the template page when it comes to navboxe
01:15.54DrodoEmpire*s
01:16.03DrodoEmpireI'm no expert though
01:49.19DrodoEmpirehttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:Hard_Contact - New fiction with Tech
01:49.38OluapPlayerI read it before you posted
01:49.40OluapPlayerInteresting stuff
01:49.48DrodoEmpireOh, thanks :D
01:50.14OluapPlayerIf you don't mind I'll add it to Borealis's timeline
01:51.17DrodoEmpireYeah go head
01:51.20DrodoEmpire*ahead
01:55.38DrodoEmpireSo I just realised- Somalia's so war-torn its had nine battles and at least one siege within the course of twenty years o.O
01:56.00DrodoEmpire*Sorry, Mogadishu's had nine battles and a siege
02:00.00DrodoEmpire(Though that being said, it seems Somalia's been recovering from that period of civil war since ~2012)
02:00.20DrodoEmpire(Mogadishu doesn't actually look like that bad of a city really)
02:00.24DrodoEmpire(Nowadays)
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02:24.29DrodoEmpireHi
02:24.35The_RandomnessHello
02:27.43The_RandomnessI don't know if you guys watch this channel, but the most recent vlogbrothers videos have been really good
02:27.57DrodoEmpireHuh.
02:28.02DrodoEmpireI used to watch that channel
02:35.39Wormy_awayI watch some of their other channels
02:35.42Wormy_awaygoodnight
03:15.56DrodoEmpiretest
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03:17.30NeonPandahi all
03:17.42DrodoEmpireHi
03:22.43DrodoEmpiretest
03:22.56The_RandomnessHey
03:28.40The_RandomnessNeonPanda: I finally have some good news, after this week my schedule will finally start to relax, at least until classes start in September. I'll have stuff for at least the next session done by next Saturday
03:28.58NeonPandalovely
03:53.58DrodoEmpirehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7znmG8m2Is - sums up my experience as a rebel in hl2rp <.<
03:54.37DrodoEmpireGet free shit -> Go on a few rampages -> almost/do get caught/killed
04:09.46NeonPandaprobably has something to do with going on rampages
04:10.43The_Randomness:P
04:13.09DrodoEmpirehur
04:13.20DrodoEmpireActually to be fair I was on some pretty kickass operations as a rebel
04:13.33NeonPandafair enough then :P
04:13.35DrodoEmpireIncluding the kidnapping of a mole and roughing that guy up a bit
04:13.51DrodoEmpireI was ordered to shoot him in the leg and it was my first mission too >.<
04:14.17NeonPandaI decided to join a different SWRP server for a while before I quit the gametype entirely, after about two hours I was offered commander of a regiment
04:14.26DrodoEmpirehur
04:14.31NeonPandaI then asked why, the answer being "literally everyone else is shit" and I decided not to accept that offer
04:14.37The_Randomnesslol
04:14.37DrodoEmpireolol
04:15.43NeonPandait was ImperialRP rather than CloneWars, so it was pretty neat being a Stormtrooper for a while- they had NPC sand people who'd attack the settlement every so often
04:15.58NeonPandarather than being on a ship and doing shit all
04:16.36DrodoEmpireHuh
04:17.09NeonPandathey actually had a ton of content compared to the so called "best server" in Australia, and they were just new
04:17.25DrodoEmpireAh, right
04:18.07NeonPandalike there were four critical systems (power core, sand barriers, climate control and security) that all had a chance of breaking down every hour, so engineers basically always had something to do
04:18.33DrodoEmpireThat actually sounds like a cool feature
04:19.20NeonPandait was, cos normally "engineerRP" either consists of blindly whacking something useless with a crowbar (what most people do) or standing around a console pretending to do something (what sensible people do, because it doesn't look dumb)
04:19.41The_Randomnesslol
04:19.57DrodoEmpirehur
04:20.55NeonPandait never ceased to amuse me when people walked up thinking I was doing nothing, then I had a new RP reason why I was standing in front of that particular console
04:21.50DrodoEmpirelul
04:22.32DrodoEmpirehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwSl97NB8YQ - The best part of surf servers are the freestyles
04:22.51DrodoEmpireI've heard some really fucking good ones, I've heard some really fucking bad ones- its fun either way
04:24.34NeonPandaoh and of course the best thing about new servers full of kids: they all act like chickenshit the moment anyone shows any authority whatsoever, so I managed to boss around a couple of Jedi for a bit :P
04:25.00DrodoEmpireololol
04:28.19DrodoEmpirehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2XuYND9heI ohhh my god
04:28.26DrodoEmpireYou meet some interesting people in CSGO
04:30.24DrodoEmpireI think the most impressive part if that he's still playing as he sings <.<
04:30.28DrodoEmpire*is that
04:30.52NeonPandaagreed
04:52.54The_RandomnessAlright, I'm off for tonight, bye guys
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07:55.28Spluf5In the fiction, what qualifies as a "saga"?
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10:33.48AdmiralPandahi all
10:35.03GhelaeHello.
10:40.39Monethi
10:55.30ImpyDroidHi
10:55.36ImpyDroidSpluf5: Several large stories
10:56.06ImpyDroidMonet AdmiralPanda: How sensible would it be to rival a race of "peaceful observer" precursors in Stellaris?
10:56.21AdmiralPandarivalling a fallen empire is dumb period
10:56.33AdmiralPandabecause peaceful is a lie
11:02.58MonetThey're more like "We want to be left alone"
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12:12.52MonetHello
12:13.15OluapPlayerhi
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12:19.10HachimanHello
12:20.13OluapPlayerHi
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12:20.21Wormy_hi
12:21.01AdmiralPandahi all who just joined
12:23.33MonetHi
12:32.12Wormy_Hachiman  "send him to outer space, to find another place" http://i.imgur.com/20Syb0F.jpg
12:32.31Hachimankek
12:34.38Wormy_http://i.imgur.com/egCQDRG.png
12:38.18Wormy_Imgur sends me here http://www.amazon.com/Haribo-Sugar-Free-Gummy-Bears/product-reviews/B008JELLCA
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13:24.59CyrannianHello everyone
13:25.06OluapPlayer~punch Cyrannian
13:25.06infobotACTION lets fly with a wild haymaker which catches Cyrannian right on the nose
13:25.13Cyrannian~tickle OluapPlayer
13:25.13infobotACTION jumps on OluapPlayer, yelling "TICKLE FIGHT!!!!"
13:27.06Wormy_force feeds Cyrannian a 2 kg bag of Haribo sugar free gummy bears
13:27.34Cyranniannow has the Haribo song stuck in his head
13:29.03Wormy_Now hum to that when you sit on the toilet http://www.amazon.com/Haribo-Sugar-Free-Gummy-Bears/product-reviews/B008JELLCA
13:29.57Cyrannianhur the top two reviews
13:38.42MonetThis is why I am suspicious of anything sweet but sugar-free
13:41.28Monet"Customers who bought this also bought:
13:41.28Monet<PROTECTED>
13:41.28Monet, 4 pack of baby wipes,
13:41.28Monet<PROTECTED>
13:41.28Monet, Air Freshener
13:41.28Monet, Coffee straws
13:41.30Monet, Gatorade
13:41.32Monet, Bullets"
13:43.50Monethttp://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R2ADI6XEFO008J/ref=cm_cr_getr_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B008JELLCA
13:50.15MonetWhatever this sugar substitute is, it's practically a chemical weapon by the sounds of it.
13:52.44AdmiralPandaoh god I need a massive bag of that to send to my old highschool
13:56.08MonetPlaying Starbound atm and...well this is how hard it is raining http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/259339376691432498/AAB47650B753BDC87A5B8EFF94976B21E70AD195/
13:56.27MonetThe rain is coming in  at a 50 degree angle!
13:57.15AdmiralPandaunrelated note: Monet: what's the general progression pattern for GTA Online? As in, I take it there's side jobs and whatnot that you do to build up money to eventually buy in to higher-level jobs e.t.c.
13:58.28MonetIn a way. Hang on
13:58.55AdmiralPandaalso, I never liked Starbound- it just seemed really odd how out of whack the crafting went, like you have a spaceship and yet you're building bows
14:00.50MonetI always thought of it as you were a refugee, you have a spaceship, sure, but nothing on board to porduce advanced equipment
14:01.00Wormy_For some reason the sweets contain Lycasin, a laxative
14:02.02Wormy_You'd think they would remove from the product by now
14:02.32Wormy_People buy sugarless sweets to not feel guilty eating large amounts, but you can't eat more than a few of these
14:02.34Monet1.0 finally added a tutorial/intro story that shows that you basically take your ship as the first escape vessel you can find.
14:03.38MonetAnyway about progression in GTA. Guns and contact abilities are really the only things that are level-locked
14:04.13MonetBut there are a number of guns you can get form level 1 that level the playing field a little.
14:06.05AdmiralPandaright, and what do you do to increase your level?
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14:06.32MonetDo missions.
14:06.35MonetHi
14:06.47MonetLeveling is quite pacey I find.
14:07.03AdmiralPandaas in fast-paced or slow-paced?
14:07.18MonetAny kind of activity adds to your level.
14:07.31MonetEven being in the same car as friends can give you XP
14:08.21DrodoEmpireHi everyone
14:14.37MonetYou can get XP by taking part in races, for instance.
14:20.07AdmiralPandaso what you're saying is, the moment I get in I can basically just start dicking around doing stupid things with friends and I'll level up eventually
14:21.56MonetYeah prettymuch.
14:22.10AdmiralPandasweet
14:25.44MonetRobbing stores is one way to make some small money
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14:53.33Wormy_https://twitter.com/MichaelCholbi/status/756928606706688000
14:55.29Wormy_Monet:  Its customary on the last stage to drink champagne, but Froome chose beer https://twitter.com/inCycleTV/status/757224820241235968
14:56.06Wormy_https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CoI2WihWIAAnvqA.jpg
15:04.05MonetWormy_away: But its custom
15:04.08Monetit's*
15:12.46AdmiralPanda"Question: I know vehicles aren't allowed, but are... giant... helicopter-shaped... bullets... allowed?" - proceeds to use a helicopter to try to ram people
15:15.15Charles_BotAdmiralPanda: What game lol?
15:15.48AdmiralPandaDayZ
15:16.14AdmiralPandaseveral years ago, watching old highlight videos from my friends group
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15:46.24Charles_Murraytest
15:47.17Charles_MurrayHnng
15:47.28Charles_MurrayWatching a "Philosophy of Fallout" video
15:47.56Charles_MurrayThe guy tries to explain the real-life Cold War in 2 minutes, and it's so cringeworthy
15:53.50MonetIt's...hard yeah
15:55.20AdmiralPandamost major historical events can't really be described in less than 2 minutes beyond a parody-level summary
15:56.05Charles_MurrayWell, it's less about that and more about the fact that he's explaining it all in the wrong order, with the wrong cause-to-effect relationships, and with the wrong terminology.
15:56.37AdmiralPandaah so it's not that he's being overly brief, it's that he's wrong
15:57.19Charles_MurrayFor example, he refers to "mutually assured destruction" as "a policy meant to deter against atomic warfare"
15:57.29Charles_MurrayWhich... I mean I guess?
15:58.03MonetIt deterred against atomic warfare, but yeah wouldn't call it a policy
15:58.48AdmiralPandaI mean it's not like a government sat down and said "Part of our government platform is having a plan to fuck shit up on the nuclear level in order to prevent others from fucking us up on the nuclear level"
15:58.56Charles_Murray^
15:59.14Charles_MurrayLet me try to describe the cold war in as few words as possible
15:59.21Charles_MurrayJust to see if I can do it
15:59.50MonetOkay
16:01.54MonetThough Fallout does appear to follow the logic that the Cold War was about capitalism vs communism and everyoen was afraid of using the atomic bomb again.
16:04.04Charles_MurrayThe Cold War an intense rivalry which lasted from 1945 to 1991 between two dominant nuclear superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union. Due to an unprecedented concentration of conventional and nuclear force in the hands of these two states, they acted as opposite "poles" in a bipolar world order >
16:06.31AdmiralPandadon't forget that in the Fallout universe, everyone was actually pretty chill after the first bombs, it was only when China became prominent that their equivalent of the cold war happened, which actually was communism v capitalism
16:07.23MonetI thought what happened was Russia became inept like it did in our time and China rose to take its place as the leading Communist superpower.
16:07.52Charles_Murray. Paradoxically, despite the intense diplomatic climate and the unprecedented weapons available to states in assuring their interests, the Cold War was also one of the most peaceful periods in our history. It was precisely the overwhelming destructive power of these weapons which consistently deterred the superpowers and great powers from going to war with each other.
16:08.59AdmiralPandaMonet: well that too, but instead of the fear of technology that the bombs somewhat helped usher in, everyone jumped on the nuclear tech bandwagon
16:09.01Charles_MurrayI could add: ", instead playing out their rivalries through peripheral conflicts, diplomatic brinkmanship, and other bit moves."
16:09.08Charles_MurrayWhat do you guys think?
16:09.34AdmiralPandaCharles: I could summarise that much shorter and much more sarcastically, but yours was accurate, which I suppose was the point
16:09.56MonetJared can be quite  sarcastic fellow.
16:10.33AdmiralPandawait was this a game theory video that sparked this?
16:10.47Charles_MurrayNah, another more obscure channel
16:11.01AdmiralPandaI see, cost game theory is full of numpty
16:11.08MonetThis is Wisecrack.
16:11.11AdmiralPandaso I was about to say "why are you surprised"
16:11.12Charles_MurrayAdmiralPanda: Actually, IRL there was a craze over nuclear energy and radiation; people actually paid extra to buy stuff that was "radioactive" before they understood that, er, it was harmful for you.
16:11.20Charles_MurrayNot wisecrack
16:11.28Charles_MurrayWisecrack was quite good
16:11.46MonetAh I was confused them.
16:11.57AdmiralPandaCharles: I'm aware of that, but in the Fallout verse even *after* everyone knew just how potentially shit-up-fucking it could be, they made commercially available nuclear powered cars
16:12.06Charles_MurrayAh, got it
16:12.07AdmiralPandaand there's so many of them there's still unexploded ones two hundred years later
16:12.10MonetYou said it was "Philosophy of Fallout" - which is pretty-much the title of his analysis.
16:12.30Charles_MurrayAlso the title of this video
16:12.36Charles_Murray"The Philosophy of Fallout [Divergence, Economy, Factions]"
16:12.49AdmiralPandathey also made giant death robots that throw nukes like footballs. I'm not joking
16:13.00Charles_MurrayI was particularly amused by that
16:13.05AdmiralPandaspeaking of Fallout's economy, the number of people who don't realise why bottlecaps are used as currency amuses me
16:13.11Charles_Murray"DEATH IS A PREFERABLE ALTERNATIVE TO COMMUNISM"
16:13.15AdmiralPandadiscounting of course the people who don't put any thought into it
16:13.27MonetInsert obligatory "DEATH IS A PREFERABLE ALTERNATIVE TO COMMUNISM" joke*
16:13.51MonetSynchronisation right there.
16:13.57Charles_Murray^
16:14.27AdmiralPanda"OBSTRUCTION TO TARGET: CONCRETE, SOIL, ROCK, AND COMMUNISM. DEPTH: FIVE METRES. CHANCE OF MISSION HINDRANCE: ZERO PERCENT"
16:14.56AdmiralPandaI did somewhat wonder how much of that depth was made up of communism
16:14.59Charles_MurrayAdmiralPanda : I just started the Fallout series, so I probably am mistaken about the reason. What's is it?
16:15.09MonetWell, some have a point - Find an abandoned Nuka Cola factory? The value of the bottlecap just took a big hit.
16:15.19AdmiralPandaone bottlecap equals one bottle of water, basically
16:15.26AdmiralPandaplus authentic bottlecaps are hard to replicate
16:15.54Charles_MurrayThey're Nuka Cola bottle caps though
16:16.09AdmiralPandaI am aware of this
16:16.52MonetYeah most people assume "Bottle caps are round and shiny, just like real coins I guess"
16:16.57AdmiralPandaNuka Cola bottles being literally the second most common thing in the wasteland short of molerats
16:17.42AdmiralPandaagain, it's the fact that they represent a unit of water, which is one of the most valuable things in the wasteland, and actual bottlecaps are hard to forfeit without an actual working nuka cola capmaker
16:18.25AdmiralPandanow that I think of it, you're right but for the wrong reason XD
16:18.31MonetAnd the wasteland is just too dangerous to easily set up any kind of assembly plant.
16:18.45AdmiralPandabasically yeah, all the reasons we use coins are reasons they use bottlecaps
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16:20.29JepardiHi
16:20.29Charles_MurrayOh I see
16:20.40Charles_MurrayIt was backed by water by the NCR
16:20.44MonetI recall reading that the value of the NCR dollar is pegged to the value of bottlecaps.
16:20.51AdmiralPandaoh btw, I strongly suggest neither of you use Jet- if you do, you don't want to know what it's made from
16:20.59Charles_MurrayI haven't yet
16:21.02Charles_MurrayWhat is it?
16:21.16AdmiralPandaamong other things, fermented bramin excrement
16:21.30MonetIt's a drug.
16:22.40AdmiralPandait's basically bramin dung and a couple other things tossed in a vat, then they concentrate the fumes
16:23.10MonetOne ghoul back in the capital wasteland tried making a variation ghouls could use that, if I recall, used Sugar Bombs.
16:23.11Charles_Murraylol
16:23.29AdmiralPandasomething like that yeah
16:24.03MonetYeah Sugar Bombs are probably the epitome of how casual people were about bombs in Fallout.
16:24.30MonetSome company made Fat Man-shaped *cereal*
16:24.49AdmiralPandaoh, and there's a variant of Jet made by mixing jet with flamer fuel
16:24.58MonetOh bloody hell
16:25.57MonetI have no idea what's in Sugar Bombs but my guess is that they make Twinkies seem downright healthy.
16:25.58Charles_MurrayWell IRL people use petroleum to get high
16:26.02Charles_MurraySo not surprising
16:26.44AdmiralPandanot really, no
16:28.15AdmiralPandaI do find it amusing that several drugs are in fact inventions of the US military
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16:28.31The_RandomnessHello
16:28.59AdmiralPandahi
16:29.12MonetNever taken a single Psycho injection, I doubt I want to.
16:33.10AdmiralPandaon the subject of Fallout drugs, Psycho
16:33.13AdmiralPandaHydra*
16:33.37AdmiralPandait's 2:30am and I'm running on the combined energy of half a bag of marshmallow (don't ask)
16:33.51AdmiralPandabut yeah, Hydra be really handy, it's a shame they didn't keep it
16:37.04AdmiralPandaespecially interesting given that it's basically cave fungus and antivenom fermented for a bit, and suddenly it lets you regenerate limbs practically
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16:41.55Quark8Hello.
16:42.25The_RandomnessHello
16:46.27Wormy_awayThis looks like a Pokemon http://i.imgur.com/kjYxI4T.jpg
16:59.23Wormy_awayhttp://imgur.com/gallery/zAE7E0T
17:07.02Wormy_awayhttp://imgur.com/gallery/RPDIJPc
17:10.33GhelaeWormy_away: So evidently that looks-like-a-Pokémon is a real creature: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowland_streaked_tenrec
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17:11.08Xhomeow
17:11.08DrodoEmpireolol
17:11.09DrodoEmpireHi
17:11.12XhoHi
17:11.18OluapPlayer<PROTECTED>
17:11.19XhoI went to see the new Star Trek film today
17:11.21Xhou
17:11.25GhelaeHello.
17:12.17Xho7/10 not as good as the other two but still worth watching
17:13.41Wormy_awayYeah I probably should have posted what it is.
17:16.07DrodoEmpireTechnobliterator would you want to do fiction?
17:16.29Technobliteratorsure, sometime today
17:16.32TechnobliteratorI'll ping you when
17:16.58Wormy_awayThis creature is even more Pokemon http://i.imgur.com/rbsraDY.jpg
17:17.17Wormy_awayGlaucus atlanticus
17:17.45DrodoEmpirekk
17:18.47GhelaeI reckon a lot of sea slugs must be.
17:21.02AdmiralPandamake that thing the size of a bus and you've got a JRPG bossfight right there
17:21.28Wormy_awayIt has a potent sting as its power.
17:23.15Wormy_awayHowever I have a feeling that if you tried to battle the two creatures, the Tenrec would run away and the sea slug would dry out.
17:23.44The_Randomnesslol
17:23.55Ghelae"If threatened by a predator (most commonly a fossa or Malagasy mongoose), a streaked tenrec erects the barbed quills on its back and on the crest around its head, pointing them completely forward, and drives them in to the attacker's nose or paws with body and head movements."
17:25.10GhelaePresumably, rather than going for a nonexistent nose or paws, it would adapt to the anatomy of a giant nudibranch as required.
17:25.46AdmiralPandaI still remember my high school bio class laughing hysterically at the term "nudibranch"
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17:38.48PrimisBackHi
17:39.52PrimisBack[[Dead Chat]]
17:39.52morgothBotPyPrimisBack meant: http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Dead_Chat
17:40.05PrimisBackhmmmm...
17:48.36PrimisBackI just had the stupidest idea ever
17:51.25XhoOluapPlayer: https://41.media.tumblr.com/12ced7461eaf4322f95a758085ec31e6/tumblr_ndvpfeSxTC1shimk5o1_500.jpg        AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA          AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA            AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
17:51.50OluapPlayerNiiN - how the fuck did i end up here
17:54.03MonetXho: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umDr0mPuyQc
17:54.13PrimisBackITS SUNSET SHIMMER
17:54.15XhoGood response
17:54.20PrimisBackAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAoh wait
17:54.24PrimisBackshe's good now
17:54.51DrodoEmpirehttp://i.imgur.com/odLLg7G.jpg
17:55.41PrimisBackwtf
17:55.50PrimisBackviolently implodes
17:56.25XhoThere's been yet another attack in Germany
17:57.31PrimisBackby who//
17:57.35PrimisBackwho?*
17:58.28PrimisBackalso my freedom cheat is enabled BUT IT STILL WONT LET ME PLACE SOME PARTS
17:58.31PrimisBackAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
17:58.36PrimisBackexplodes even more violently
17:58.44XhoSome guy
17:58.45XhoI dunno
17:58.54XhoOne person's been killed and two more injured
17:59.29PrimisBack(cue UUUUUWWWWWWAAAAAEEEEEEEAAAUUUUWUWWWWWW etc)
17:59.34PrimisBack(police sirens)
18:00.00DrodoEmpireCan you not?
18:00.12DrodoEmpireJesus you can be obnoxious.
18:00.14HachimanWhy do you think you keep getting told to go away
18:00.32MonetPrimisBack: You seem quite energetic.
18:00.38PrimisBackyes
18:00.39PrimisBacki am
18:00.53PrimisBackvaporizes everything within 48 meters
18:01.12XhoTake a chill pill
18:01.12TechnobliteratorPrimisBack, if you continue to be irritating to the channel deliberately, I will kick you
18:01.13XhoOr eight
18:01.21PrimisBackah
18:01.22PrimisBackok
18:01.28MonetJust calm down.
18:01.30PrimisBacktakes 8 chill pills
18:01.37PrimisBackk
18:01.43PrimisBackguys?
18:01.49PrimisBacki had the stupidest idea
18:01.53HachimanNot his first offence
18:01.56PrimisBacka fake dead chat
18:02.02HachimanHe's quite liable to be permabanned
18:02.02TechnobliteratorThe next will be his last
18:02.16PrimisBackok
18:02.43PrimisBackcan i explain it to you?
18:03.17HachimanNo
18:03.25HachimanYour idea explains itself
18:03.30HachimanAnd it is indeed, very stupid
18:03.46PrimisBackik
18:04.02MonetThings are quiet, they often tend to be.
18:04.08PrimisBackfake dead chats for PrimisBack's worst idea 20166
18:04.10PrimisBack2016*
18:05.01MonetActing random rarely works to invigorate a channel and more than likely they just irritate the people attending.
18:05.13PrimisBackok
18:07.19PrimisBacki am so mad bc i can't get the icky-osaur parts rotated correctly
18:08.31MonetVenting on a channel like this just annoys everyone. Breathing exercises will help.
18:08.49HachimanYes, breathing exercises; preferably, holding your breath until you die
18:08.56PrimisBackwow
18:09.07PrimisBackthanks for the idea Hachiman
18:09.31MonetLast night I spent 20 minutes trying to thread a sewing needle. It pissed me off. I *could* have come on the main channel and expressed my frustration. But I didn't.
18:10.05PrimisBackoh
18:10.08XhoDid you know that Wolfenstein: The New Order can't be playedi n Germany
18:10.15PrimisBacki was just sharing my feelings
18:10.16XhoMakes a lot of sense
18:10.46PrimisBackodd, considering I think that means "wolf stone" in german
18:10.58DrodoEmpireXho: Because a video game might turn people in to literal nazis <.<
18:11.15PrimisBackbut hachi, please don't tell me to kill myself
18:11.18MonetPrimIsBack: Well the game has Nazis taking over the world.
18:11.21XhoStone of the Wolf but close enough
18:11.34PrimisBackthat explains it @monet
18:11.53PrimisBackgermany today =/= germany then
18:11.55XhoDrodoEmpire: Well            playing a game about Nazis in a country where the Nazis came from              makes sense
18:12.04XhoThe Germans are pretty touchy on the subject and rightly so
18:12.06DrodoEmpireNo, it doesn't
18:12.07MonetBerlin within The New Order is based on a very real architectural plan for the city by the Nazis.
18:12.09DrodoEmpireAnd they shouldn't be
18:12.30TechnobliteratorI have to agree
18:12.40Technobliteratorit's better to just acknowledge their history and move past it
18:12.45DrodoEmpireGermans have this bizarre feeling of collective guilt over the nazis, even though the vast majority of them haven't lived during those years nor share those ethics
18:13.12MonetTo be fair TNO is a game that shows more about the Nazis than racism, concentration camps and gassing Jews.
18:13.18TechnobliteratorTo be fair, there are people from that era still alive who may now regret it
18:13.21DrodoEmpireBy trying to ignore their history or whip themselves for it they're hurting themselves and making their history *all about* that bad bump
18:13.33MonetTNO is a game that explores practically every aspect of Nazi ideology.
18:13.40DrodoEmpireDespite the fact that the germans have much to be proud for and thousands of years of heritage
18:13.47DrodoEmpireRight, sure
18:13.48DrodoEmpireSo?
18:14.03PrimisBackcan i post a long link? or should i shorten it?
18:14.31TechnobliteratorSome of the ones still alive may feel guilty still, even if it's not the majority of them anymore
18:14.40XhoDrodoEmpire: As much as Germany has to be admired for I wouldn't want to be reminded of being geographically situated during the darkest days in living memory
18:14.55TechnobliteratorBut in general, I do think it's better to acknowledge and move past history
18:15.08XhoBut yeah it's better to move on
18:15.08DrodoEmpireXho: Huh?
18:15.14PrimisBackill shorten it
18:15.16PrimisBackhttp://tinyurl.com/gvl8fdb
18:15.33MonetGermany is just that ashamed of itself. It wants to act like Hitler never happened because he was such a national embarrassment.
18:15.54DrodoEmpireWell, yeah, it is better to move on and be proud of their country :p By whipping themselves and sharing a guilt its just making that part of history more and more significant
18:15.56TechnobliteratorI mean, I also wish Turkey would acknowledge the Armenian genocide for the same reason
18:16.09XhoOkay this is descending into politics
18:16.11Xhoreel it back pls
18:16.16DrodoEmpireYeah but I wouldn't want every Turk to feel guilty for it
18:16.20DrodoEmpireYeah sure
18:16.20TechnobliteratorIndeed
18:16.21MonetIts like the guy who doesn't want to be reminded he insulted and brutally killed a prostitute when he was drunk.
18:16.29OluapPlayerSpeaking of which
18:16.36OluapPlayerTechnobliterator: Was it you who set up the rp channels?
18:16.40TechnobliteratorIt was
18:16.42Technobliteratora long time ago
18:16.49Technobliteratorback before Titanpad was a thing
18:16.52PrimisBackgtg
18:16.55PrimisBackcya soon
18:16.57OluapPlayerMaybe you could set up some sort of #sporewiki-offtopic
18:16.59PrimisBacko/
18:17.04OluapPlayerAnd put a link in the header
18:17.05Technobliteratoryeah
18:17.12TechnobliteratorI suggested doing that the other day
18:17.13PrimisBackjoin it
18:17.15TechnobliteratorI would be happy to do it
18:17.36OluapPlayerI don't recall
18:17.45OluapPlayerAnd goddamn am I glad he's gone
18:17.51TechnobliteratorYep
18:18.00OluapPlayerHe's been kicked for being annoying thrice already
18:18.02TechnobliteratorI was || <- this close to banning him without warning him
18:18.03OluapPlayerand he NEVER learns
18:18.48MonetMaybe it's worth understanding why he might be acting like this.
18:19.25OluapPlayerBeing told to stop repeatedly and ->getting kicked thrice already over the last several months<-
18:19.31MonetIt might be ADHD for all we know.
18:19.46OluapPlayerThis behavior isn't excusable
18:20.07Technobliteratoryeah, there's a difference between an explanation and an excuse
18:20.18The_RandomnessI agree
18:20.25MonetWell telling him he should kill himself doesn't help the issue.
18:20.38TechnobliteratorThat was a joke
18:20.44MonetTo us sure
18:20.46TechnobliteratorIn poor taste, perhaps
18:20.48Xhogood joke gg
18:20.48OluapPlayerIt's like you're ignoring what i'm saying
18:21.09Xho"PERMABAN PLS" - OluapPlayer, 2016
18:21.09TechnobliteratorI made it clear that he wouldn't be coming back if he kept it up
18:21.14XhoOr maybe Hachi as well
18:21.19XhoAh screw it half of the IRC
18:21.27Charles_BotAs long as we hold that as a standard for everyone, not just outsiders to the wiki, then I agree
18:21.46TechnobliteratorHe's not really an outsider, unfortunately
18:21.56TechnobliteratorPrimius has been around since the Irsk days
18:21.56OluapPlayerHe's been here for at least 2 years
18:21.58DrodoEmpireCharles_Bot: I think that's being maintained though
18:22.02DrodoEmpireAnd yeah
18:22.13MonetI'm not ignoring, I'm just keeping open to the possibility he might have a psychological condition.
18:22.30TechnobliteratorI'm sure he probably does
18:22.31Charles_BotRight, but he doesn't have any major ties to any of us, that's what I meant
18:22.38Technobliteratorbut it doesn't make a difference if he does or not
18:22.42Technobliteratorwhat matters is his behaviour
18:22.58MonetWhat it does mean is we could devise a smarter approach to dealing with him.
18:23.06Technobliteratorso guys: sporewiki-offtopic channel, y or n?
18:23.11OluapPlayerYes
18:23.39Xhoy
18:23.44OluapPlayerAnd no, after years of repeatedly commiting the same mistakes, I am inclined to believe he's troling
18:23.50OluapPlayertrolling even
18:24.23DrodoEmpireyeah...
18:24.28DrodoEmpireTech: Yeah sure
18:24.57MonetI'll stop then.
18:25.58Charles_BotYeah, I'm not sure this is exactly fair to Primius, but I'm also in the minority so I won't press the issue.
18:31.16*** topic/#sporewiki by Technobliterator -> SporeWiki! http://spore.wikia.com || Logs: http://ibot.rikers.org/%23sporewiki/ || Collaborative Universes: Sci-Fi http://tinyurl.com/3ddvp7q Fantasy http://tinyurl.com/p9qau7l || Titanpad: https://titanpad.com/ || Offtopic chat: #sporewiki-offtopic
18:31.34Technobliterator~swofftopic is #sporewiki-offtopic
18:31.34infobotTechnobliterator: okay
18:31.40Technobliterator~swofftopic
18:31.40infobotsomebody said swofftopic was #sporewiki-offtopic
18:31.42Technobliterator\o/
18:31.54DrodoEmpireyuy
18:32.10OluapPlayergud
18:32.59Technobliteratorso, I won't make it a rule that people have to go there under instead of discuss things here, but we can just prompt people to do that if others feel uncomfortable discussing a topic
18:33.10Technobliteratorunless people want it to be a rule
18:33.22DrodoEmpireEhh
18:33.30DrodoEmpireMore of a prompt, to start with
18:33.57OluapPlayerWe can make it a rule if people start ignoring the prompt
18:34.08Charles_BotI agree with Tech, we should be very careful in what we judge to be on-topic or off, as to not squelch conversations and make people feel like they can't relax and speak their minds on this channel for fear of being shut down
18:34.33TechnobliteratorYeah, that's what I mean
18:34.50Charles_BotIf anything, it would fragment Sporewiki back into small channels rather than encourage meaningful discussion on the channel
18:35.22TechnobliteratorWe can have discussion on here, but if some people arne't happy, those people can request it be moved to the offtopic one
18:35.55OluapPlayerYou have meaningful discussion here, on subjects related to the wiki
18:35.58Charles_BotBut having somewhere to go if a conversation becomes disruptive or triggers is a good thing.
18:36.46Charles_BotRight, but what I'm saying is that "subjects related to the wiki" means different things to different people
18:36.52DrodoEmpireYeah that's what'd be used for Charles
18:36.58DrodoEmpireJust a pressure valve
18:37.16OluapPlayerIt can't be more self-explanatory than that
18:37.21Charles_BotAnd what I'm saying is that we shouldn't impose one narrow view on the whole channel
18:38.35XhoRight
18:38.45MonetI agree with using care. Sending someone to the offtopic channel for a topic that some people don't care about (not hate, fear or are unnerved by - those have grounds).
18:39.06MonetMight be where issues and feelings of fragmentation might occur.
18:39.18XhoOff topic discussion should be allowed but have a limit on it because, well it's off topic
18:39.28XhoI think if it stems into an extensive conversation then go to the other channel
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18:39.37OluapPlayerYes, I don't see what's so difficult to grasp about it
18:41.36HachimanNeeds someone to send Primius to the Shadow Realm pls
18:41.47Technobliteratoralso, #sporewiki-rp1 and #sporewiki-rp2 are now dropped
18:41.51Technobliteratorthey no longer exist
18:41.53Technobliteratorbecause they are no longer needed
18:48.06Charles_BotOluapPlayer: Not difficult to grasp; what I meant to bring up was that "limit off-topic conversations which will alienate" is a principle, and one that I think makes perfect sense, to apply to this channel. It's not self-explanatory as a directly applicable rule, though, because the wiki covers such a broad range of interests, topics, and styles that
18:48.06Charles_Bot"on-topic" could really be stretched, depending on your definition, to include anything, or narrowed to cover nothing.  I was urging caution because applying that principle will require interpreting it on the fly, and using common sense here, rather than empathy, is dangerous.
18:48.23Charles_BotI hope that helps?
18:57.19Charles_BotRephrase because I messed up in reordering my sentences: "Limit off topic conversations which will alienate others on the channel" is a good principle to apply to the channel. However, we should not mistake it for a self-explanatory rule which can be applied literally without any problems. Because the wiki covers such a broad range of interests from many
18:57.19Charles_Botwriters and expressed through different styles, the definition of "off-topic" is actually not very obvious. It can be stretched to include anything and everything, from astrophysics to mass politics, or narrowed to cover basically nothing. In the former case, I agree that we've ended up with highly specific and inaccessible conversations which are best moved
18:57.19Charles_Botelsewhere. I would be really sad, though, if we went from one extreme to another, and adopted a very narrow interpretation of what the wiki is about. We can't go from one form of alienation to another.
18:57.26Charles_BotThat is why I stress empathy
18:57.40Charles_BotAnd caution against rushing to conclusions based on common sense.
18:58.24Charles_BotThere. Technobliterator Wormy_ Monet DrodoEmpire Xho OluapPlayer ?
18:58.48TechnobliteratorI mean
18:58.56Technobliteratorit should be fairly obvious how it works
18:59.03OluapPlayerI've nothing to say. I was clear on my stance already
18:59.04Technobliteratorif a discussion is fine, leave it as it is
18:59.21Technobliteratorif a discussion happens to disrupt the channel or upset certain people, tell them to move to -offtopic
18:59.31Technobliteratornot tell
18:59.32Technobliteratorask them to
18:59.39XhoI think we're overcomplicating the issue but okay
18:59.43DrodoEmpireCharles, we get its a bit ambiguous
18:59.50DrodoEmpireBut you're waaaaaay overthinking it
19:00.02DrodoEmpireJust my opinion :p
19:00.24The_Randomness^
19:01.25Charles_BotThe fact is that is doesn't seem like we disagree
19:01.27MonetAs I said, I'm concerned the "offtopic" call could apply to topics some people don't care about, but not necessarily hate or fear.
19:01.35Charles_BotI don't disagree with that principle
19:01.59HachimanYeah I think you're overthinking the issue
19:02.12TechnobliteratorIt won't, Monet. No one will end up asking for harmless discussion to move to -offtopic
19:02.19Wormy_I believe you are overthinking it Charles, but clearly your heart is in the right place.  Keep in mind that none of us want to be too harsh with this principle, because that might involve effecting one's own freedom to bring discussions to the main channel.
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19:02.26Technobliterator^
19:02.35ImpyDroid>^
19:02.36Charles_BotWell, maybe it might help if we explained exactly what we mean by off-topic
19:02.40ImpyDroidAre we arguing again?
19:02.45Technobliteratoruh
19:02.46XhoTo close the argument I think we're basically smart enough to know overstepping our boundaries warrants change
19:02.47TechnobliteratorNo?
19:02.51HachimanCharles is overthinking stuff
19:03.03ImpyDroidOh God baguette x bunny again
19:03.09ImpyDroidWhy don't you kiss you
19:03.12MonetEhh, this is why legalese is so mind-numingly pedantic.
19:03.12Wormy_I don't disagree with anything Charles has said
19:03.17TechnobliteratorNor do I
19:03.17Wormy_nuff said
19:03.18OluapPlayerHachi isn't even involved in this discussion
19:03.22ImpyDroidoh
19:03.24OluapPlayerMister jump-into-conclusions
19:03.25ImpyDroidAlrighty
19:03.47Technobliteratorthe context is
19:03.47ImpyDroidBut I *was* right
19:03.53ImpyDroidYou *were* arguing
19:03.56HachimanExcept you weren't
19:03.57Charles_BotNo?
19:04.06ImpyDroidRight so what is even going on
19:04.08Charles_BotWe're having a perfectly civil discussion
19:04.09TechnobliteratorWe set up an overflow channel called #sporewiki-offtopic
19:04.15Charles_BotI know that there are many here who think that politics is off topic. I believe that it is firmly on topic.
19:04.15ImpyDroidOh alright
19:04.24Wormy_This is disrupting the existing discussion, Impy.  And its iritating me a little bit.
19:04.24Technobliteratorwhich is basically for discussions that some people may not like
19:04.29The_Randomnessyeah
19:04.35The_RandomnessI agree with wormy
19:04.36ImpyDroidWell it is not off topic but it may warrant its own page
19:04.40ImpyDroidchannel even
19:05.03ImpyDroidAlright sorry guys
19:05.04OluapPlayerPolitics isn't SporeWiki-related, it's offtopic as far as I'm concerned
19:05.09Charles_BotThere are some who believe that discussing superheroes and superpowers are on topic. I tend to go with that it's off-topic and has nothing to do with what I conceive of as the fictionverse
19:05.09ImpyDroidMy opinion is
19:05.18TechnobliteratorPolitics of the fictionverse or the game is not offtopic. Politics of "Trump said mean things today" is.
19:05.25DrodoEmpire^
19:05.26OluapPlayerWhat Jo said
19:05.32ImpyDroidPolitics is not any more off-topic than any other non-Spore topics
19:05.34ImpyDroidHowever
19:05.42OluapPlayerSpore is a videogame
19:05.48TechnobliteratorIf no one has an issue with discussing the mean things Trump said today, nothing will happen
19:05.51ImpyDroidIt takes a lot of the channel so it may have its own channel
19:05.54OluapPlayerI treat this IRC as a place to discuss fiction and videogames
19:05.58ImpyDroidBut call it something else
19:06.06TechnobliteratorIf someone says "I'm really tired of us circlejerking about Trump", then we ask if people can move to the -offtopic channel
19:06.07ImpyDroidwhat if we discuss comics though
19:06.09ImpyDroidOr music
19:06.10TechnobliteratorI think this is reasonable?
19:06.14ImpyDroidWould it be off topic
19:06.16DrodoEmpireI think it is
19:06.23OluapPlayerIt would, but are there people bothered by it?
19:06.28OluapPlayerIf yes, offtopic channel you go
19:06.30DrodoEmpireThe discussion should move on request
19:06.32ImpyDroidThat is my point
19:06.33DrodoEmpireYeah
19:06.36DrodoEmpireIts no biggie
19:06.44TechnobliteratorYeah, discussing games people like is harmless and will end up staying
19:06.44ImpyDroidIt shouldn't be called off topic but otherwise excellent idea
19:07.00Technobliteratordiscussing, I dunno, SJWs or gamergate arguments in gaming, will move to -offtopic as well
19:07.06ImpyDroidBasically "offtopic" will be for any topics that offend any people
19:07.13ImpyDroidLike for example OP does not like GoT
19:07.16Technobliteratorgets way more bored of those topics
19:07.19ImpyDroidSo when we discuss GoT
19:07.28ImpyDroidOP may ask us to get a metaphorical room
19:07.32HachimanThis topic is boring me
19:07.35DrodoEmpire^
19:07.36TechnobliteratorPfft
19:07.37Hachimango to off-topic channel pls
19:07.44ImpyDroidEssentially
19:07.47OluapPlayerHow about you get to the Titanpad already
19:07.53ImpyDroidMe
19:07.53DrodoEmpireSo rename it to something like "sporewiki-alt" if that's necessary
19:07.54ImpyDroid?
19:07.57OluapPlayerHachi
19:07.58HachimanI'm thinking on stuff before I do Titanpad stuff
19:08.01ImpyDroidAlr-Sporewiki
19:08.04ImpyDroid*Alt
19:08.07Charles_BotAlright. Now that we've established that that's how that principle is going to be applied and all agreed on it, great. I think this can work.
19:08.08TechnobliteratorI think the topic works fine
19:08.12Technobliterator\o./
19:08.15DrodoEmpireyuy
19:08.15ImpyDroidThat sounds like our very own army of Sargonbots
19:08.16Technobliterator*\o/
19:08.39ImpyDroid#sporewiki-alt is best idea yeah
19:08.53Charles_BotI'm with Impy on that one
19:08.58Charles_BotAlso Impy
19:09.08Charles_BotRespond to my fiction messages pls
19:09.20Charles_BotWe need to have a cheese-rat rivalry
19:09.36ImpyDroidYiy
19:09.40ImpyDroidlink plz
19:09.49Wormy_This isn't quite relevant but it sits with my views, as "offence" was brought up https://xkcd.com/1357/
19:09.54Charles_BotI've just been poking you lol
19:10.03ImpyDroidSo right
19:10.18ImpyDroidSpore and videogames are strictly limited to this channel
19:10.32ImpyDroidThe rest can be discussed unless someone objects
19:10.39ImpyDroidIn which case we make to alt spore
19:10.43ImpyDroidMakes sense?
19:10.55TechnobliteratorNo, not strictly limited
19:10.55HachimanNo, the name is fine
19:10.56Technobliteratorlike
19:11.01OluapPlayerAnything can be discussed as long as it doesn't bother people
19:11.07Technobliteratorwe just explained it to you ._.
19:11.07TechnobliteratorYes
19:11.20Charles_BotI think we finished the discussion o.o
19:11.25HachimanYou don't need to hugbox an IRC channel name Imp
19:11.46Technobliteratoralso it's kinda annoying to make a channel so I can't be bothered to make one at the new name
19:11.46Wormy_I don't think its about what we're limited to discussing.  We can all discuss anything here unless users feel it takes over, gets boring or upsetting.  Its not any different to how it was before, as before we would ask people to bring arguments to another chat
19:11.47Technobliterator:V
19:11.51ImpyDroidHachiman: Hugbox?
19:12.12ImpyDroidI do koto quite follow
19:12.16ImpyDroid*not
19:12.16Hachiman"oh calling it off-topic could offend people, let's call it something else"
19:12.33TechnobliteratorDid he say that?
19:12.34ImpyDroidwow seriously
19:12.39TechnobliteratorCan you two like
19:12.40Technobliteratorplease not argue
19:12.43ImpyDroidI just said the name "alt" would be more appropriate
19:12.46ImpyDroidHe won't
19:12.49HachimanOh wait, sorry, I misread
19:13.00TechnobliteratorImp, you're overreacting : |
19:13.13Hachiman"[20:07] <ImpyDroid> Basically "offtopic" will be for any topics that offend any people" I misread this as something else
19:13.22Technobliteratorright
19:13.38ImpyDroidAlrightyk
19:14.10ImpyDroidAlso what is wrong with hug boxes
19:14.14ImpyDroidI would love to have one
19:14.18ImpyDroidMust be very comfy
19:14.24HachimanBecause hug boxes are dumb SJW stuff?
19:14.28Charles_BotImpyDroid *poke*
19:14.32Xhohug box
19:14.33Xhodafuq is dis
19:14.45DrodoEmpireI think hugboxes are an actual device made a long time ago
19:14.57ImpyDroidNot a long time ago
19:15.03OluapPlayerHugbox = everyone forces themselves to be nice for the sake of having a conflict-free environment
19:15.05ImpyDroidLike 30 years old or so
19:15.08ImpyDroidLike you know
19:15.16DrodoEmpireRight
19:15.21ImpyDroidA literal ring of pillow to immerse oneself in
19:15.26ImpyDroidFor inner calmness and peace
19:15.29XhoHugbox = fuckbois
19:15.34ImpyDroidAlso
19:15.34XhoYeah I said it
19:15.36ImpyDroid>SJW
19:15.41DrodoEmpireThough the alt's more that we can argue there for the sake of keeping the main reasonably civil
19:15.43ImpyDroidmeaningless word
19:16.10DrodoEmpireI think "hugbox" in an internet context is more a pejorative to mean basically an echo chamber
19:16.23TechnobliteratorI agree that SJW is a meaningless word nowadays
19:16.25ImpyDroidBut even then
19:16.27OluapPlayerYeah
19:16.29ImpyDroidIt is not SJW only
19:16.35MonetIts lost it's teeth.
19:16.38DrodoEmpireIts a colloquialism
19:16.41ImpyDroidMany Neo-Nazi websites
19:16.41HachimanHow about whiteknight, feminist, Tumblrfag
19:16.50Technobliteratorthose are silly insults
19:16.53ImpyDroidAre essentially hugbox especially
19:16.53TechnobliteratorBut at least meaningful
19:16.54OluapPlayerI hear that word often since 4chan likes to call reddit a hugbox all the time
19:16.55XhoI'm tempted to make some kind of creature in the Fantasyverse based on Durin's Bane
19:16.58ImpyDroid*hugboxes
19:17.04DrodoEmpireXho: Hm?
19:17.08OluapPlayerSo I guess I shouldn't be surprised you people don't know the word
19:17.10ImpyDroidOluapPlayer: But say /pol/ is also a hugbox
19:17.12Technobliteratorthat and "safe space"
19:17.27ImpyDroidHachiman: Also meaningless
19:17.28XhoWell Caligaduro was originally a monster like Durin's Bane and then he got evolved into the God of Destruction
19:17.30DrodoEmpireI personally prefer the term echochamber
19:17.31HachimanXho: But Xacutus is already a thing
19:17.39OluapPlayer4chan is not a hugbox as the community treats itself with hostility
19:17.49ImpyDroidYou would dare call a woman that fights not to have acid thrown in her face for infidelity an SJW?
19:17.52XhoAn actual demon not an undead pyromancer silly
19:17.53ImpyDroidShe is a feminist
19:18.05ImpyDroidWould you call her an SJW
19:18.11OluapPlayerAlso don't know what Durin's Bane is
19:18.12HachimanOh God what have I done
19:18.24DrodoEmpireNobody would, nor is she necessarily a feminist unless she identifies as one
19:18.24DrodoEmpire:p
19:18.33HachimanOluapPlayer: You remember the big fire monster with the whip in LotR?
19:18.35XhoOluapPlayer: https://youtu.be/ehrwV2KQ8Lg?t=2m16s
19:18.36ImpyDroidDrodoEmpire: She identifies as one I am sure
19:18.41OluapPlayerBalrog?
19:18.43HachimanYeah
19:18.44ImpyDroidI am talking about feminists in say Pakistan
19:18.51HachimanBalrog is actually a group of entities
19:18.52DrodoEmpireAnyway
19:18.57HachimanDurin's Bane is one of them
19:19.01DrodoEmpireWe should take this to alt if we are to continue it
19:19.05DrodoEmpire*care to
19:19.13ImpyDroidthere we go testing the system
19:19.23OluapPlayerSo, Balrog is a species and he's just one of them
19:19.23DrodoEmpireIts a good thing
19:19.33XhoThere's seven I believe
19:19.58HachimanNot a species per se, but
19:20.06ImpyDroidI would say a faction
19:20.20ImpyDroidBasically they belong to the same species as Gandalf and Saruman
19:20.24OluapPlayerStill Xacutus doesn't fit the Balrog or whatever its name might be
19:20.24Hachimanhttp://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/lotr/images/b/bc/The_balrogs_of_morgoth_by_thylacinee-d5pl60x.png/revision/latest?cb=20130224231731
19:20.24XhoMaiar
19:20.25ImpyDroidAnd Sauron
19:20.29ImpyDroidSome sort of demigods
19:20.32Xhomaiar dammit
19:20.52ImpyDroidBalrogs are Maiar that fight with whips and look all big and impressive
19:20.59XhoAlthough the specific name of the Balrogs is actually Valarukar
19:21.21XhoValaraukar even
19:21.27ImpyDroidGandalf and Saruman just kind of look differently but belong to the same race
19:21.41ImpyDroidTheir power is expressed through magic rather than through physical might
19:21.55MonetAngels and demons to an extent.
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19:22.04OluapPlayer_Fucking internet
19:22.12HachimanOluapPlayer: http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/lotr/images/b/bc/The_balrogs_of_morgoth_by_thylacinee-d5pl60x.png/revision/latest?cb=20130224231731
19:22.17OluapPlayer_I didn't know Gandalf and Samuran weren't human
19:22.26OluapPlayer_Then again I don't really care for Tolkien lore
19:22.38MonetThat's how Gandalf the Grey became Gandalf the White
19:22.38Xhodems fightin words
19:22.58MonetHe was promoted by the Valar for killing that Balrog.
19:22.59OluapPlayer_Warcraft introduced me to fantasy, not Tolkien
19:23.03HachimanThey're essentially angels
19:23.04HachimanI was not aware of it really either until much later
19:23.25XhoSauron's also one of the Maiar but he's many levels above Gandalf and Saruman
19:24.01XhoAnd then there's Morgoth who's essentially the Devil of Tolkien lore
19:24.05OluapPlayer_I always thought Saruman had a funny name
19:24.14XhoIt's not his actual name either
19:24.18OluapPlayer_I expected him to act like a samurai at any moment
19:24.20ImpyDroidIt actually comes from Old English
19:24.23OluapPlayer_in the movies that is
19:24.28MonetModern fantasy owes something of a life-debt to Tolkien.
19:24.44OluapPlayer_I know, but Tolkien didn't introduce me to fantasy fiction
19:24.50XhoSaruman's actual name is Curumo which is even weirder in my opinion
19:24.53ImpyDroid"Searu" meant "cunning", "trickery", or "engineering" in Old English
19:25.10ImpyDroidErgo "Cunning man"
19:25.11HachimanI just get reminded of "saru", which is Japanese for monkey
19:25.14MonetOluapPLayer_: Fair enough. But its always good to know a little of the mythos.
19:25.15ImpyDroidOr "Engineering man"
19:25.23ImpyDroidOr "Wise man"
19:25.27HachimanSo, monkey man
19:25.28XhoHachiman: "saruman"  "monkey ten thousand"
19:25.39OluapPlayer_ook
19:25.44HachimanMonkey 10,000 sounds like a fucking video game boss
19:25.55OluapPlayer_BANANA SLAMMA
19:26.06XhoBut yeah it does explain why Saruman and Gandalf are over 2,000 years old by the time of the Hobbit books
19:26.31XhoThey're actually ageless but I mean they've been on Middle-Earth for ~2,000 years by then
19:26.31OluapPlayer_Gandalf and his archenemy, Expand Dong
19:26.35Hachimanolol
19:26.41HachimanAlso GG to Gandalf for being a fucking demigod and letting a hobbit carry the One Ring
19:27.07ImpyDroidI think it makes sense
19:27.10HachimanI never understood why or how Gandalf could not handle carrying the One Ring but the hobbits could
19:27.34ImpyDroidHe could not because if it corrupted him he would become more dangerous
19:27.38XhoBecause if Sauron corrupted Gandalf it would be magically world destroying
19:27.39ImpyDroidI guess
19:28.01ImpyDroidI mean at worst Frodo would turn into a second Gollum
19:28.14XhoOr thereabouts, Gandalf is essentially a god in comparison to the rest of the races of Middle-Earth
19:28.14ImpyDroidGandalf would turn into a second Sauron
19:28.16Xhoc
19:28.30HachimanBut, the One Ring just makes you invisible
19:28.39Xhothe One Ring has Sauron's conscience in it
19:28.54ImpyDroidThen the Middle Earth would fall under the magical yaoi duo of Sauron and Gandalf
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19:28.59Primisbackeyy
19:29.19ImpyDroidHachiman: I think it is just invisibility is the only power a normal man can access
19:29.20XhoIt was made so that those who wore the other Rings of Power would be corrupted and become servient to Sauron as he wore the One Ring
19:29.24ImpyDroidI guess Gandalf could use it more
19:29.57Primisbackgets the one ring
19:30.13XhoI mean Galadriel with the One Ring would probably be as bad if not worse if Gandalf had it
19:30.22Primisback"don't obey my orders"
19:30.36Primisbackey i made a paradox
19:30.57Primisback[not trying to be random]
19:31.05XhoSauron is basically the ultimate sneaky bastard
19:31.46ImpyDroidI think it is mentioned that one could in theory use the ring to defeat Sauron
19:31.59ImpyDroidI cannot quite understand how though
19:32.00MonetSauron needs a body.
19:32.11ImpyDroidI suppose it would be like
19:32.14MonetImagine what he could do if he posessed the body of Gandalf.
19:32.26ImpyDroidSubverting Sauron's consciousness and absorbing it
19:32.28ImpyDroidDunno
19:32.43XhoThat was Boromir who mentioned it
19:32.44XhoAnd he died
19:32.47XhoHe died badly
19:32.52XhoBecause he's Sean Bean
19:32.57ImpyDroidNED STARK
19:32.59MonetOne of Beans best deaths
19:33.05PrimisbackSauron - no you're not gonna defeat me
19:33.14ImpyDroidXho: Gandalf mentions it too I think
19:33.23XhoBut yeah it's impossible to overpower the One Ring unless you're Sauron, it's mentioned a lot
19:33.35ImpyDroidSomething like "rite we could kill him with the ring but then we would basically become like him because either would corrupt us"
19:33.43MonetBut I agree the One Ring is clever - Sauron takes control of the world by controlling all it's kings and queens.
19:33.51XhoTyromairon - score
19:34.10MonetWere it not for Celebrimbor.
19:34.11OluapPlayer_Xho: http://i.4cdn.org/vg/1469288075258.png is your refrigerator running
19:34.18XhoOh god
19:35.16XhoI'd say Galadriel is probably the most powerful being in Middle-Earth after Sauron
19:35.39HachimanAs in
19:35.46HachimanThe elf woman who has no lines
19:35.50Xhoaye
19:36.02ImpyDroidHachiman: Fucking elves, ladies and gentlemen
19:36.03OluapPlayer_Maybe she's relevant in the books idunno
19:36.05XhoWell in the book she's powerful enough to expel Sauron from his fortress
19:36.11OluapPlayer_c
19:36.23ImpyDroidOluapPlayer_: She had that monologue in the book
19:36.41OluapPlayer_I've not read the books
19:36.41MonetShe 'aint called the Lady of Light because she's the prettiest elf in the world.
19:36.45ImpyDroidShe sees the ring and fantasises about using it to make everyone serve and worship her
19:37.03ImpyDroid"I'LL BE A SEXY EVIL QUEEN YIY"
19:37.34OluapPlayer_My dad actually had the Two Towers book
19:37.42OluapPlayer_I remember it being a fairly bulky book
19:38.09ImpyDroidI finished the two books but never the last one
19:38.13ImpyDroidI might finish it now
19:38.16ImpyDroidActually guys
19:38.26HachimanNever knew Brazilians could read
19:38.27ImpyDroidEspecially Oluap and Hachi
19:38.39MonetOluapPlayer: Oh you're not wrong.
19:38.40ImpyDroidI *really* hate to tell you this
19:38.50OluapPlayer_Hachiman: bitch stop making me wait
19:38.50MonetFellowship of the Ring leaves out a lot that was in the books.
19:38.54XhoThe books are an arduous read
19:39.03ImpyDroidBut remember when you asked if I am going to leave for half a month?
19:39.08MonetLike say...Tom Frikkin Bombadil
19:39.11ImpyDroidApparently this was tempting fate
19:39.16HachimanI don't remember asking that
19:39.21ImpyDroidOP did
19:39.22OluapPlayer_I did
19:39.23HachimanBut I guess you're leaving then
19:39.25ImpyDroidApparently
19:39.28OluapPlayer_And Imp got mad at me for it
19:39.31ImpyDroidWell not leaving
19:39.34OluapPlayer_Now the turns have table'd
19:39.49OluapPlayer_AnD FUCK
19:39.57ImpyDroidThe Internet cable in my house broke
19:40.05OluapPlayer_Oh
19:40.08ImpyDroidI won't have any for about a week, maybe more, maybe less
19:40.11ImpyDroidOnly Droid now
19:40.15OluapPlayer_I can understand that
19:40.16ImpyDroidYoy can do stuff without me
19:40.23HachimanOuch
19:40.29ImpyDroidHachiman I guess can take over Javina
19:40.41Hachiman"FUCK WHITEY AMIRITE"
19:40.52OluapPlayer_fuck whitey as in have sex with khadya
19:40.53ImpyDroid*KUFFAR
19:41.19Hachiman"I CAME HERE TO KILL HERETICS AND SUCK CLIT        AND I'M ALL OUT OF HERETICS"
19:41.25ImpyDroidI mean you are an abrasive vaguely LGBT guy with long hair
19:41.33OluapPlayer_Fucking kek
19:41.53XhoMy sides
19:41.59Hachiman;-;
19:42.45OluapPlayer_But yes if you don't mind us taking over I really want to get back to Odyssey of the Eat-Sand
19:42.58OluapPlayer_It's been so long since the last section I can't even recall when it was
19:42.59HachimanOdyssey of the Fuck Bees
19:43.09ImpyDroidJust do not progress too much I want to have my human subplot eventually
19:43.12ImpyDroidPlz
19:43.23OluapPlayer_humans are for killing
19:43.23OluapPlayer_dere
19:43.26HachimanYou will eventually
19:43.41ImpyDroidJavina - ;~;
19:44.20HachimanXho: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkZi1jmCTDg
19:44.41XhoOh god no
19:45.23HachimanFUCK BEES FUCK BEES FUCK the BEES
19:45.27OluapPlayer_Fuck Bees is the best thing
19:45.59Primisback0h shit
19:46.02Primisbackbees
19:46.07PrimisbackAAAAAAAAAA
19:46.10DrodoEmpireHachiman: why
19:46.12DrodoEmpirejust
19:46.13DrodoEmpirewhy
19:46.13Primisbackviolently explodes
19:46.16DrodoEmpire;~;
19:46.22OluapPlayer_https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlfNR9DNnBU time for bees
19:46.31HachimanDrodoEmpire: Fuck bees ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
19:46.39OluapPlayer_and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcuLjEf1TdA
19:46.48DrodoEmpireey laymo
19:47.17MonetI just had a thought
19:47.51MonetAmong Skaven, Grey Seers train and learn until they day they manage to overpower and eat their master.
19:47.55MonetRight?
19:48.00HachimanIf I recall, yes
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19:48.21Spluff5Yo
19:48.34ImpyDroidMonet: Darth Rattus
19:48.57ImpyDroid"Peace-peace is a lie, there is only cheese"
19:49.03MonetThat must mean there are very few fully-qaulified Grey Seers
19:49.15ImpyDroid"Through cheese, I gain girth"
19:49.22HachimanThere's a limited number of them
19:49.22ImpyDroid"Through girth, I gain energy"
19:49.35HachimanUnder 200 if I remember
19:49.41HachimanThat is why they are very special
19:50.03MonetThe system seems geared to ensure a very small number
19:50.13ImpyDroidMonet: That would mean there are interrupted lines of their rule
19:50.19ImpyDroidmaster to student
19:50.38MonetVeteren Seers eating their intiates is another thing limiting number
19:51.11HachimanThanquol is the most special Grey Seer
19:51.12Spluff5OK WTF?
19:51.54OluapPlayer_Xho: Can you do Stormy Chasey
19:52.03XhoYes
19:52.08OluapPlayer_Then git to it pls
19:52.10HachimanAnd I mean special as in Thanquol is fucking retarded
19:52.13ImpyDroidThanquol and maybe the Seer Lord of Decay
19:52.16Xhowhen tho
19:52.20OluapPlayer_nao
19:52.24XhoOh right
19:52.35MonetImpydroid: THat makes me also wonder: How long can most skaven live for?
19:52.35Spluff5What's the name of the client you guys use again?
19:52.47OluapPlayer_Freenode
19:52.57MonetThe COuncil of Thirteen are centuries old for instance
19:52.59ImpyDroidAh hur
19:53.07ImpyDroidDidn't he did some great things during the End Times?
19:53.28ImpyDroidMonet: Depends on how much daemon Mountain Dew they are exposed to
19:53.31HachimanNormal Skaven live around their 20s
19:53.37HachimanSpecial Skaven, into their 50s
19:53.44HachimanGrey Seers, fuck, probably immortal
19:54.15ImpyDroidIf given enough warpstone I guess they might live for a very long time
19:54.26ImpyDroidThen again it may also deteriorate them
19:54.45MonetCOme to think of it yeah,
19:54.45ImpyDroidI mean slaves who work on warp cannons die due to Mountain Dew exposure
19:54.51ImpyDroidSo hell who knows
19:54.58MonetAll the Lords of Decay must be effectively immortal.
19:55.44ImpyDroidHachiman Monet Xho: http://i.imgur.com/DjtncaGh.jpg Got that badge on the con today, found the perfect place for it
19:56.16ImpyDroidDon't tell me I placed it the wrong way or something hur
19:56.48MonetIf one can survive touching the second-biggest piece of mountain dew in the entire world, they must have some hefty mutations.
19:57.33Primisbackbeautiful ImpyDroid
19:57.36Primisbackhttp://imgur.com/gallery/vxkyM got me
19:58.27MonetImperios: Trying to work out which insignia that is
19:58.32MonetFeels like Helm
19:58.36ImpyDroidXho must knowb
19:58.43XhoHand of the King
19:59.07HachimanRESPECT MUH AUTHORITAH
19:59.08ImpyDroidAs they explained it to me it is for the royal vizier-come-generalissimus
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19:59.19DrodoEmpireHi
19:59.32dfabuhfbIt's me, Spluff5
19:59.39ImpyDroidHachiman: Authoritah of the King
19:59.44dfabuhfbI was just testing a different IRC site
20:00.31ImpyDroidXho: Is it worn blade down or blade up?
20:00.40MonetBlade down
20:02.09dfabuhfbIt's called Kiwi IRC
20:02.59XhoYeah blade down
20:05.03MonetActually this reminds me
20:05.27MonetThere was a replica Iron Throne at a convention I attended earlier this month.
20:05.59MonetI managed to get a picture of myself siting on it. Not showing it because for some reason my face never turns out well i npictures.
20:09.45DrodoEmpireAhh
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20:17.43Xho~kick Hachiman
20:17.44infobotACTION kicks Hachiman
20:21.56Monet<PROTECTED>
20:21.58Spluff5Any of you guys good at tech stuff?
20:22.25MonetBasically a piece of transparent A4 plastic with stickers of Dory and that cotopus on them
20:22.32MonetOctopus*
20:22.45MonetSpluff5: I am.
20:23.05MonetWormy_ as well.
20:23.29Spluff5What would be the theoretical technical applications of magnetic monpoles?
20:23.39Spluff5monopoles*
20:23.56GhelawayGenerally, catalysing proton decay.
20:24.47GhelawayIf you had multiple types of non-annihilating monopoles, they could bind into magnetic atoms and thus be used to make a much stronger and denser analog of normal matter.
20:25.21Spluff5BRB
20:25.26GhelawaySo this would be required to make solar-system-sized megastructures such as ringworlds, for example.
20:26.23GhelIts higher strength could also allow to to make much tougher armour. Although you wouldn't use pure monopole matter, because it's way too heavy.
20:26.52GhelOh, okay.
20:29.51Wormy_Lol
20:30.34GhelFeel free to beep me if Spluff returns and wants to know more.
20:43.11Wormy_yep
20:43.39Wormy_Ghelae, Monet, The_Randomness:  Thunderf00t exposes the glaring problems of he hyperloop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNFesa01llk
20:43.49The_Randomnesshyperloop?
20:44.27TechnobliteratorI love Thunderf00t's videos on stuff like that
20:44.38TechnobliteratorI kinda got bored of all his Sarkeesian rants
20:44.41Wormy_This concept that sounds futuristic, backed by Elon Musk, that is impractical in the real world
20:44.55Wormy_Still people think because Elon Musk backs it, it must work
20:45.29GhelIt's quite a long video.
20:45.39Ghelhas it on in the background to listen to
20:45.41Wormy_Essentially accelerating a vehicle down a magnetic track inside a vacuum tube at the speed of sound
20:46.18MonetMight what it later
20:46.25MonetDie Hard's on Film 4
20:46.52Wormy_I'm about half-way through, he talks about the amount of steel required to build the tube and the amount of buckling and thermal expansion they would receive, also how it is a really unsafe idea
20:47.21Wormy_If the tube ruptures, it could essentially kill everyone in the whole network
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20:48.39MonetSolar powered?
20:50.26MonetMaybe Musk is backing it for the technology involved in building and operating it?
20:51.05Wormy_Possibly, we should keep in mind he is letting start-up companies develop these plans
20:51.26Wormy_The paper outlined is basic and more of a concept driver, if anything
20:52.05MonetAnd Musk is encouraging the startups?
20:52.44MonetGot to the bit regarding expansion
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20:54.58MonetA hundreds-of-kilometres-long vacuum tube built in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley...hmmm
20:55.23MonetYeah you will need to concern youself with thermal expansion, and in such a way that you don't lose containment
20:56.05Wormy_I think it was Musk's idea, and he is leaving other companies to compete/innovate
20:56.28Ghel"It's bringing all of the impracticalities of space travel down to the surface of the Earth"
20:56.48MonetIf so, then if this thing fails Musk may be laughing all the way to the bank.
20:59.17MonetI think you've hit what Musk is doing.
21:00.48MonetMusk became a billionaire by encouraging industry and nurturing new businesses before putting them up for sale.
21:02.26Wormy_"And then firing it down a gun barrel"
21:02.38Wormy_I'm Not going in one of these things
21:04.47MonetThe US Navy is trying ot build their own hypersonic cannons.
21:05.13Monethttps://www.wired.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Bohler-9561-1024x768.jpg I just can't see that supporting a vacuum
21:10.55Wormy_The intense concussion wave created by air at 1 atmosphere filling the tube at the speed of sound would probably crush the vehicle like a tin can
21:14.33GhelI had originally imagined the hyperloop would be built underground, which would help with some of the problems. On the other hand, it would also make rescue in the case of a disaster even more impossible.
21:17.50XhoHachiman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNSvJc0LgHg
21:18.55MonetYeah if anything goes wrong during operation the thing would die incredibly fast.
21:20.19Wormy_There's the possibility of seismic tremors distorting the tubes in many places.
21:21.45GhelOh, yeah. Don't put the tube underground somewhere with an active fault zone. Like, I don't know, California.
21:22.03Wormy_lol
21:25.43MonetHmm.
21:26.21MonetAll this stuff they've shown so far, the startups might still do well for investors
21:27.10MonetEven with all these problems I can see Invstors going "ehh we can fix this with some funding and blue-sky thinking"
21:28.45Wormy_According to this blog, https://pedestrianobservations.wordpress.com/2013/08/13/loopy-ideas-are-fine-if-youre-an-entrepreneur/
21:31.38Charles_MurrayMonet Wormy_ DrodoEmpire ImpyDroid Technobliterator UPDATE! http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/SporeWiki:Fiction_Universe/Universal_Discussion_Board#.E2.80.A2_LIVE:_Commonwealth_Civil_War_.28link.29
21:31.51Technobliteratorsec
21:32.53DrodoEmpireThings're heating up
21:33.07DrodoEmpireI may have to respond with some Drodo politicians/aristocrats
21:34.04Technobliterator:o
21:35.13Wormy_Looks like a very multi-faceted problem for France to deal with
21:37.00Charles_MurrayI forgot that the bill authorizing military expenditure in Borealis to deal with the threat is still bogged down
21:37.11Charles_MurrayI forgot to mention it, I mean
21:37.56Monet"We need money to deal with the refugees!" "Where do we get it?" "UGA" "wait why do we need this relief fund again?"
21:38.13MonetThe French parliament bust be a fun place to be this week.
21:38.23Charles_MurrayYeah lol
21:38.45Charles_MurrayWelcome to how parliaments work in general xD
21:38.48MonetWormy_: Yeah this article hits the issue on the head: People trust in the idea because they Trust in Musk.
21:38.59Charles_MurrayThey border on schizophrenia
21:40.27Charles_MurrayThere
21:40.32Charles_MurrayAdded this: "The bill which would allow the Grand Navy of the Empire to deploy to Borealis is still bogged down."
21:41.29MonetThe billionaires of Silicon Valley have this uncanny ability to sell any idea, so long as it sounds wacky and blue-sky enough. Or that they can bring in something form the 2100s.
21:44.24Charles_MurrayWormy_ Monet DrodoEmpire ImpyDroid France may have a strong presence in many places in the Gigaquadrant, but it has to deal with this bullshit on a daily basis
21:45.41MonetCharles_Murray: One of democracy's flaws is that any attempt to get stuff done has ot first go though hours upon hours of argument.
21:46.00ImpyDroidIovera - *topkek*
21:46.38ImpyDroidCharles_Murray: Loron swarm led by Gazel'bub, who commands a faction named "Gazel'bub's Boyz." Will not stop attacking France until "dey get lost an giv us deir bred."
21:46.41ImpyDroidI fucking died
21:46.55Charles_Murray:D
21:48.02Technobliteratorhey, I gave the comment
21:48.03Technobliterator:p
21:48.33MonetImagine if Domion's or Pizza Hut ever branched out into Borealis.
21:48.54Charles_MurrayImpyDroid: Yeah, creds to Techno for that
21:49.10TechnobliteratorI imagine similar organisations are alreayd popular in it
21:49.22ImpyDroidI wonder what Lorons make their pizza from
21:49.36ImpyDroidWhat sort of tomato analogues and cheese they have
21:49.37TechnobliteratorPresumably the same things humans do?
21:49.38TechnobliteratorI mean
21:49.42TechnobliteratorI never really thought about it :v
21:49.56ImpyDroidWell imagine a pizza made from some alien vegetables
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21:50.05ImpyDroidMaybe it is green
21:50.10ImpyDroidHi Ink
21:50.43Liquid_InkHe
21:50.45Liquid_Ink*hey
21:50.50OluapPlayer_They're aliens, so they don't have access to human food
21:52.06ImpyDroidI can sort of imagine Lorons turning entire worlds into farmland for pizza
21:52.08MonetThey might still have access to flour.
21:52.13Wormy_<PROTECTED>
21:52.17ImpyDroidWell whatever they make flour from
21:52.36ImpyDroidThat Lorons actually invented pizza is not so implausible BTW
21:52.39Charles_MurrayImpyDroid pizza doesn't grow on trees dum
21:52.44Charles_MurrayOr maybe Loron pizza does
21:52.58MonetNo but some of the ingredients for pizza does.
21:52.58ImpyDroidCharles_Murray: As in, for flour, vegetables and meat
21:53.01ImpyDroidAnd milk
21:53.06ImpyDroidAnyway
21:53.35Wormy_Flour can be made from many different starches on Earth
21:53.40ImpyDroidFlatbread is eaten almost everywhere on Earth, so that Lorons invented flatbread as well is actually plausible
21:53.48MonetLoro n do appear aware of what a banana is.
21:53.52OluapPlayer_You mean an equivalent
21:53.59Wormy_So presumably analogs exist on their world to cereal grains or roots.
21:54.06ImpyDroidAn quivalwnt of what?
21:54.15OluapPlayer_Flatbread
21:54.25OluapPlayer_That's like saying Dracogonarious invented beef because they're carnivores
21:54.53ImpyDroidWell I mean flatbread should not be unique to humans
21:55.10OluapPlayer_I'm talking about ingredients
21:55.12ImpyDroidAs long as there is something flour-like you can make into a paste and cook it
21:55.16ImpyDroidYou can have flatbread
21:55.39OluapPlayer_Groodrub wouldn't have the exact same ingredients of Earth
21:55.39MonetThe invention of bread was probably one of early humanity's greater landmarks.
21:55.52OluapPlayer_And the Loron have had pizza since before they got to space
21:55.53Wormy_But wouldn't male Loron likely to just eat the raw ingredients?
21:56.10OluapPlayer_Loron don't make pizza themselves, they have the Norol do it for them
21:56.12Wormy_They're a bit dumb to be chefs imo
21:56.25Wormy_Makes sense
21:56.56ImpyDroidOluapPlayer: yeah but it probably had some seeds you could grind into flour to make dough and cook it into flatbread
21:57.15OluapPlayer_Sure but that doesn't mean Loron invented human flatbread
21:57.36Wormy_Its just coincidental invention
21:57.55ImpyDroidYeah they invented Loron flatbread I guess
21:57.55TechnobliteratorThe Norol could easily cook pizza
21:58.09OluapPlayer_They couldn't, they do right now hur
21:58.11MonetIt would still be flatbread tbf. Aside from what the seeds are and the composition of the milk, it'd still be flatbread.
21:58.12ImpyDroidFlatbread is more of a generic term for any bread that is... well flat
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21:58.18JepardiHi
21:58.19Monet^
21:58.20TechnobliteratorI just sort of imagined human ingredients happened to exist on Groodrub and then they just ran with it
21:58.21MonetHi
21:58.24Technobliteratorhihi
21:58.31OluapPlayer_That's incredibly unrealistic hur
21:58.40Technobliterator:V
21:58.43Technobliteratorok
21:58.46Technobliteratorthe Taldar put them there
21:58.48Technobliteratordoes that work
21:58.51Wormy_Human ingredients might give them digestive problems if the chemical make-up is too different
21:58.52OluapPlayer_No
21:58.53MonetWorks for me lol
21:58.55Technobliterator:C
21:58.58OluapPlayer_Just say they have similar ingredients
21:58.58ImpyDroidTechnobliterator: Well
21:59.04ImpyDroidThe only real stretch is tomatoes
21:59.06Technobliteratoryeah sure
21:59.10OluapPlayer_It's not like anyone minds that much about how Loron pizza tastes like
21:59.10Technobliteratormhm
21:59.25ImpyDroidGroodrub probably had some mammals
21:59.29TechnobliteratorI mean, the Loron are already unrealistic, probably
21:59.29ImpyDroidSome could be domesticated
21:59.34ImpyDroidSome could be milked
21:59.39OluapPlayer_They use their equivalent of flour, their equivalent of milk, etc
21:59.41ImpyDroidThis milk could be made into cheese easily
21:59.43Wormy_But like I said, " Its possible it is alien food native to the Loron's world, but modified to look and taste like human pizza"
21:59.54MonetFlour is kind of another generic term.
21:59.56XhoMad'Hatta - ELDRITCH ABOMINATIONZ BECUZ DUM LORON INGREDIENTS M8
22:00.04MonetSince you can make flour from all kinds of seeds
22:00.04ImpyDroidYeah flour cheese and meat could easily be present on Groodrub
22:00.12ImpyDroidThe only real stretch is tomato
22:00.24Technobliteratorok, so
22:00.28TechnobliteratorTuolog put tomatoes there
22:00.30ImpyDroidBut who knows maybe Loron season their pizza with the coagulated blood of their enemies
22:00.34ImpyDroidRather than tomato paste
22:00.41Technobliteratorknowing that in all possible timelines, the Loron invention of pizza improved the race
22:00.53Technobliteratorand improved the ability for UNO and URO to cooperate with them
22:00.56The_Randomness"a wizard did it"
22:00.59ImpyDroidBlood soup is a thing on Earth
22:00.59Technobliteratoryeah
22:01.00The_RandomnessSeemsGood
22:01.03Technobliteratorlmao
22:01.14OluapPlayer_Ngh I literally just gave an explanation
22:01.17OluapPlayer_Well, me and Imp did
22:01.19Wormy_There are several fruits that look and taste a bit like tomatoes on Earth, like Physilis and tomartillos
22:01.41Wormy_So its possible convergent evolution evolved tomato-like fruits as well
22:01.44GhelIt's not an implausible amount of convergent evolution.
22:01.47Technobliteratoryeah, but like Imp said, tomatoes don't really work
22:01.59Technobliteratorunless they have an equivalent of tomatoes
22:02.02OluapPlayer_Why?
22:02.08MonetTomatoes are the only ingredient that's specific.
22:02.14OluapPlayer_Groodrub could just have tomato-like plants
22:02.17Technobliteratorand would be unlikely to exist
22:02.18Technobliteratoryeah, probably
22:02.21OluapPlayer_And the Loron just use those instead
22:02.22Wormy_Oh the poisonous potato plant's fruit (althoygh both are members of the nightshade family so thats not surprising)
22:02.25GhelAn equivalent of tomatoes is no less plausible than planets in Cyrannus evolving dinosaurs.
22:02.31Technobliteratorhahaha
22:02.32Technobliteratorfair point
22:02.40OluapPlayer_Their pizza is obviously not the same as human pizza on the matter that they're aliens
22:02.48MonetEverything else in pizza dough is quite general.
22:02.48OluapPlayer_You don't NEED human ingredients involved
22:02.52ImpyDroidI am still for the idea of Lorons seasoning their pizza with congealed blood
22:02.57Technobliteratoryeah, no
22:02.59Technobliteratorthat's gross
22:03.05ImpyDroidSpartans did it
22:03.05OluapPlayer_Loron are gross tho
22:03.11TechnobliteratorThis is true
22:03.14Technobliteratorbut euch
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22:03.22Quark8Hello.
22:03.23ImpyDroidBlack pudding has some blood too
22:03.25GhelHello.
22:03.25The_RandomnessHello
22:03.26MonetTechnobliterator: Not much more gross than black pudding
22:03.32ImpyDroidHivemind here
22:03.44GhelBlack pudding pizza.
22:03.50Ghelought to try that some time
22:03.55Wormy_Loron have very English tastes
22:04.10ImpyDroidConsidering they are like space Brits it makes sense
22:04.41TechnobliteratorNot really
22:04.45Technobliteratorthey're just space chavs
22:04.52MonetYeah the Loron aren't fully plausible.
22:05.01TechnobliteratorOf course not
22:05.04MonetLike they invented rap.
22:05.19TechnobliteratorInventing rap does not sound implausible compared to everything else
22:05.22MonetOr perhaps, an equivalent of rap
22:05.27Technobliteratorlike how they're stupidly strong
22:05.41Technobliteratorall inventing rap involves is just talking to some rhythm and having a guy bang on drums
22:06.01Wormy_And intelligent enough to talk and use weapons but stereotypically dumb
22:06.11MonetWell rap does have roots in jazz and blues.
22:06.19ImpyDroidThis reminds me
22:06.42ImpyDroidhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvilBrit Does this trope apply to Lorons?
22:06.59Technobliteratorno
22:07.10TechnobliteratorLoron aren't evil, just savage
22:07.11Wormy_That's an upper-class trope.
22:07.54MonetRap and chav culture in the UK is also possibly related to South Californian African-American culture.
22:07.55TechnobliteratorAlso that
22:07.55OluapPlayer_I always treated the Loron as evil
22:08.07OluapPlayer_I mean, just look at every Loron I've ever made
22:08.11TechnobliteratorThey're technically evil, but it's not a deliberate thing
22:08.12OluapPlayer_They're all pretty clearly evil
22:08.14Technobliteratorthey're just savage
22:08.21Technobliteratorand animalistic
22:08.27MonetI mean I listen to say 50 Cent then try to recall chavspeak - very little difference.
22:08.31Technobliteratorthey act purely on instinct
22:08.39Technobliteratoruh
22:08.44Technobliteratorthere are quite a few differences
22:08.45Wormy_They are chaotic barbarians
22:08.50TechnobliteratorAnd 50 Cent is definitely not South Californian
22:08.53OluapPlayer_Yeah but their instinct includes "laugh at the pain of your enemies"
22:09.01Wormy_Think of the Vandals etc.
22:09.21Technobliteratoryeah
22:09.29Wormy_Though the Vandals were probably more organised and strategic
22:09.33Technobliteratorbut that's just an animalistic thing to do
22:09.43Technobliteratorthey're evil because they have no limits, basically
22:09.44OluapPlayer_I'll still treat the likes of Hagto'Zhl and Ray'loth are downright evil
22:09.48ImpyDroidI always imagined that if SporeWiki was made into a cartoon, the Lorons would be the main villains
22:09.48Technobliteratorof course
22:09.50OluapPlayer_*as
22:10.02MonetI might have made assumptions as I tried to avoid chav culture while growing up.
22:10.08Technobliteratorbut they're basically evil because they don't know the consequences of their actions
22:10.14Technobliteratoror rather, don't care about them
22:10.22OluapPlayer_And Gratz'kaoz is the biggest of evils in a pit of evil
22:10.29TechnobliteratorGratz'kaoz is the exception
22:10.31TechnobliteratorHe is pure evil
22:10.32XhoAngazhar- mah nigga
22:10.43MonetI admit I used to not like rap back when I was a child.
22:10.56TechnobliteratorI sort of grew up with it
22:11.03TechnobliteratorI really dislike modern rap
22:11.06Technobliteratorit's so bad now
22:11.12Technobliteratorwith a few exceptions (ie Kendrick Lamar)
22:11.45MonetMentioning 50 Cent was a good demonstration of how distant to it I was.
22:11.56ImpyDroidI am not a fan of Russian rap or most American rap
22:11.58OluapPlayer_I never liked rap, in the past and in the present :v
22:12.02ImpyDroidBut I like British rap
22:12.04Xhodj0nt
22:12.14ImpyDroidAnd espwcially Serbian rap for some reason
22:12.20ImpyDroidReally Serbian rap is really good
22:12.29TechnobliteratorOluapPlayer_, isn;t that true with most music with lyrics for you? :p
22:12.30Monet50 Cent and Eminem are probably the only rappers I could think of.
22:12.36OluapPlayer_It is
22:12.38Technobliteratoroh man
22:12.40TechnobliteratorEminem is like
22:12.45OluapPlayer_I like some rock though
22:12.49TechnobliteratorI dunno if he's my favourite artist of all time
22:12.51Technobliteratorbut he's up there
22:12.57MonetOh and Kanye
22:12.59Technobliteratoryeah, I like plenty of rock
22:13.04TechnobliteratorKanye West
22:13.04Technobliteratorwell
22:13.08Technobliteratoreveryone knows my thoughts on him
22:13.09Technobliterator:V
22:13.12OluapPlayer_All I know about Kanye is that he's the epic self-centered man
22:13.26TechnobliteratorWho makes exceptional music
22:13.31TechnobliteratorBut that doesn't justify his ego
22:13.33Xhohttp://img.ifcdn.com/images/7d19f2f008044b1bd2fb90bce83ca4799980a40936ae2862bdae27f1c6f69ee7_1.jpg
22:13.34Technobliteratorhe's a douche
22:13.44Technobliteratorwho very occasionally does good things
22:14.14OluapPlayer_Speaking of real music
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22:14.26OluapPlayer_What even happened to Justin Bieber? I've not heard of him in a while
22:14.27MonetI don't think I liked rap because back when I was 11-13 all I saw of it was stupidly rich black guys chanting about how tough it is on the street.
22:14.37OluapPlayer_I remember we had a gag about Zr'Ahgloth listening to Beeba
22:14.43ImpyDroid2Technobliterator: https://youtu.be/SmORNrYKMxg Serbian rap
22:15.14ImpyDroid2https://youtu.be/nP1DUANKI7M and more
22:15.26TechnobliteratorWell the person himself is still an absolute piece of shit
22:15.30TechnobliteratorBut his music is more tolerable
22:15.49OluapPlayer_I think we had a section where Zr'Ahgloth had Bieber posters in his wardrobe
22:15.53MonetHe's been getting a little better musically since his balls finally dropped.
22:15.54Technobliteratorahahaha
22:15.55Technobliteratoryeah
22:15.58Technobliteratorthat was funny
22:16.05OluapPlayer_Then later we had Hagto'Zhl do the same thing
22:16.30TechnobliteratorImpyDroid2, I would like this more if I understood what they were saying :V
22:16.39MonetMy music heroes growing up were...erm...
22:16.48Monet<PROTECTED>
22:17.03ImpyDroid2Technobliterator: "Death to America, gib Kosovo, love Jesus"
22:17.18MonetThen at about 15 I got into Queen.
22:17.25Technobliteratorheh
22:17.27Technobliteratoroh, Queen is the best
22:17.27ImpyDroid2There we go 75% of all Serbian thoughts
22:19.32ImpyDroid2I would tell you about my musical heroes but they would all be some Russians whose names you won't even be able to pronounce
22:19.59MonetI was also int oclassical
22:21.06MonetFirst heard Adiago For Strings when I was 9-10, Mozart's Requiem when I was 12.
22:21.13ImpyDroid2https://youtu.be/0R01ioUmrPw Well I liked this band as a kid
22:21.25MonetBoth of those I could probably sing all the way through.
22:21.27DrodoEmpireTechnobliterator, I'm back
22:21.38Technobliterator\o/
22:22.56ImpyDroid2https://youtu.be/Cc106oKAA20 And this one
22:23.09ImpyDroid2That is classic Russian rock and metal basically
22:23.19ImpyDroid2In case of the latter band, even Soviet metal
22:24.12MonetI wrote the Draconis as being obsessed with classical music because back in 2011 that was the kind of music I was most comfortable with.
22:25.02MonetMight have been because my brother wanted to learn the piano then later the violin, the former I also tried dabbling with.
22:25.18ImpyDroid2I like classical music that is not too old
22:25.47ImpyDroid2Like Khachaturian, Prokofiev, Shostakovitch
22:25.51MonetBlame the piano being in a high-traffic part of the house and music was a part of my school's curriculum in years 7 to 9
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22:27.04Quark8Hello.
22:27.06ImpyDroid2Vivaldi is the only exception when it comes to old classical music
22:27.32ImpyDroid2Actual high classical music I never really cared about
22:27.52ImpyDroid2Can't name anything about Beethoven or Mozart but 20th century classical tho
22:28.25MonetI can name a couple.
22:28.50MonetRequiem is one of my favourite compositions.
22:29.17ImpyDroid2Masquerade Waltz plz
22:30.06ImpyDroid2Waltz 2 from Jazz Suite plz
22:30.19ImpyDroid2Overture on the Hebrew Themes plz
22:30.20MonetEveryone knows Beethoven's 5th Symphony.
22:30.58ImpyDroid2^ observe two pretentious upper class snobs
22:31.08TechnobliteratorPffft
22:31.30MonetIt's one thing to know the opening notes.
22:32.07MonetIt's the rest that is less well-known.
22:32.23ImpyDroid2Sleeperios
22:32.32ImpyDroid2Alrighty then I guess it is time to go to ber
22:32.55Monet"Can somebody get this walking carpet out of my way?" https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CoJulfZXEAAC-Mf.jpg:large
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22:39.30Charles_BotReading about the history of American foreign policy during the Cold War
22:40.21Charles_BotHaving grown up with Germany being one country, I'm having trouble comprehending the fact that it used to be two
22:41.12MonetYou're not alone.
22:41.54TechnobliteratorI despise the Cold War and how the foreign policy of the time was basically that building more bombs solves all our problems
22:42.45MonetBit of a gross oversimplification over such a paradigm-defining period.
22:43.22Charles_BotNuclear experts agree with you; you only need so many nuclear weapons for nuclear deterrence to work
22:43.55Charles_BotAnything beyond that is a waste of resources
22:44.04TechnobliteratorThis does not fill me with confidence at all
22:44.40DrodoEmpire"Yeah guys, for nuclear deterrence for work we only need enough bombs to destroy civilization *twice* over!"
22:44.45Technobliterator^
22:45.00XhoGuys
22:45.00TechnobliteratorI do respect how the Cold War advanced the space race a lot, though
22:45.03DrodoEmpire^
22:45.05TechnobliteratorIt's a fascinating period
22:45.15DrodoEmpireCold War/Post-War did wonders for technology
22:45.20Technobliteratoryeah
22:46.51Charles_BotNuclear sufficiency is just about having enough nuclear weapons that you can inflict unacceptable losses on your opponent in a second strike >.<
22:47.37Charles_BotHaving enough nuclear weapons to destroy the human race even once is excessive.
22:47.42MonetFrom what I've heard the Cold War era itself was, for the Western world, a time of both paranoia and unprecedented prosperity.
22:49.40Charles_BotBut there are diplomatic and strategic reasons to do it, definitely, but a lot of it was cultural. Would you believe that the USSR had a bigger arsenal than the US through the entire Cold War, and Russia still has a bigger stockpile than the US?
22:50.40Monet1962 you had Cuban Missile Crisis, but also the rise of the Trashmen and the Rolling Stones.
22:50.50Charles_BotAnyway
22:51.18Charles_BotI'm not sure how you can morally judge a period O.o
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22:51.25Charles_BotIt kind of just happened
22:52.45MonetAgreed.
22:54.05MonetIt had its dark periods, but it was also progressively a great time to be alive.
22:54.27TechnobliteratorI am still not sold on the concept of mutually assured destruction at all, and I cannot think of a friend I have who spends his or her time buying weapons just in case I may one day possibly attack his or her home
22:55.06MonetThis sort of analogy is a little more complicated at the national level.
22:55.10The_Randomness^^^^^^^^^^^
22:55.13TechnobliteratorI am of the opinion that if there were enough honest people, we would have global disarmament, acknowledging that what happened in Japan at the end of the war cannot possibly be repeated
22:55.59TechnobliteratorOkay, but how is actively building bigger bombs than the other guy not going to provoke them?
22:56.24DrodoEmpireIts pretty much the mexican standoff scaled up to the size of civilizations
22:56.28Technobliterator"hey man, I love you so much that I'm going to make my bombs bigger than yours so you wouldn't possibly attack me!" "awww, how cute, I'm so glad you're my friend"
22:56.49Charles_BotWell
22:56.57DrodoEmpireI think a deep rivalry undercuts the entire concept, and its a pretty cynical idea
22:57.02DrodoEmpireBut it *seems* to work, unfortunately
22:57.04MonetDefinitely
22:57.08Charles_BotI would actually disagree
22:57.30DrodoEmpireReally I think the current interconnectedness of the world economy is, at this point, enough of a deterrent for developed nations to go to war
22:57.46TechnobliteratorIndeed
22:57.54DrodoEmpireIf France were to invade Germany, the economy would take a complete shit
22:57.58MonetCapitalism and Communism were philosophically opposed back them.
22:58.22TechnobliteratorLike, China and Saudi Arabia are complete violators of human rights, but no one would go to war with them because of the same reason
22:58.26Technobliteratorit'd tank the economy
22:58.28DrodoEmpire^
22:58.45DrodoEmpireI mean both wars wouldn't be *too* hard for the USA, as they both have pretty terrible militaries
22:58.48Charles_BotCan I pls explain
22:59.01DrodoEmpireChina's is huge but incompetent, Arabia's is advanced but incompetent
22:59.05DrodoEmpireAlright
22:59.18Xhoguys pls
22:59.36TechnobliteratorYou can, but chances are I may end up accepting the idea but still not liking it. I accept the existence of the monarchy because it's economically beneficial but I don't like that either.
23:00.00Charles_BotLink me to the side channel so we can all go there?
23:00.14DrodoEmpire#sporewiki-offtopic
23:00.31Technobliteratorit's in the topic :p
23:01.08Charles_BotOn my phone
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23:23.40Xhohttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:The_Storm_Chaser#The_Wolf awoo
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23:24.16OluapPlayer_meow
23:27.00OluapPlayer_http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/926/615/e71.png Pelagrios when the rum is over
23:32.46DrodoEmpire"Outrageous!"
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23:38.01DrodoEmpirehttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:Hard_Contact - Two new chapter
23:38.02DrodoEmpire*s
23:38.19Technobliteratoryes, check those please :o
23:38.30DrodoEmpire^
23:38.30TechnobliteratorI will definitely be putting it in the first fictionverse read day
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23:43.53OluapPlayer_This Kyada fellow is a douche
23:44.11DrodoEmpirehur
23:45.45TechnobliteratorYup
23:47.46OluapPlayer_Speaking of Borealis crime
23:47.53OluapPlayer_Technobliterator: I wanted your opinion on something
23:48.01TechnobliteratorOh?
23:48.13OluapPlayer_I intend to remake the Most Wanted page
23:48.38OluapPlayer_http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/User:OluapPlayer/Sandbox#Random_Stuff how is this for a new ranking description? Mind you I'll probably come up with a better layout than this
23:49.23OluapPlayer_You can make suggestions if you have any
23:49.46TechnobliteratorMy only issue is Genrai is no longer KIA in canon
23:50.02Technobliteratorand I am so lazy for not recanonising that story already
23:50.43OluapPlayer_Yeah that's your fault and not mine hur
23:50.48Technobliteratorhaha yeah
23:50.57TechnobliteratorI do like the new ranking description a lot
23:51.09TechnobliteratorIt's more descriptive
23:51.24OluapPlayer_Billig got demoted but the list as a whole became more dangerous in scale
23:51.56TechnobliteratorI mean, he's not exactly a threat to the existence of the galaxy
23:51.58Technobliteratorso it makes sense
23:52.19TechnobliteratorAs for the layout, I can come up with new ideas
23:52.37OluapPlayer_He was back during the Taldar secrets arc, but that's been done for a while
23:52.53OluapPlayer_He's still considered the top ranking threat to the PCA's stability
23:52.54Technobliteratormhm
23:53.43OluapPlayer_Dangerous to the nations of the area they operate -> Dangerous to the stability of the galactic government -> oh god they wanna blow the galaxy up
23:54.17TechnobliteratorWhere would Kyada be on the threat list? D-Class?
23:54.32OluapPlayer_Either D or C
23:54.42OluapPlayer_Depends of how influential he is
23:55.48OluapPlayer_But considering how badly known he is, he is probably not even on the list
23:56.00DrodoEmpire^
23:56.01Technobliteratoryeah, that's fair
23:56.11TechnobliteratorAnd he's thought of as a good guy atm
23:56.15DrodoEmpireAs far as anybody's concerned he's just a sketchy ship salesman
23:57.18Technobliteratorhahahahaha
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23:57.35OluapPlayer_Oh dear
23:58.00Technobliteratordenied of his vision
23:58.10OluapPlayer_Is the Guild of Shadows still around?
23:58.26Technobliteratoryeah, but what happens to them will be revealed later

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