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Hitodama

3:01 PM

@ShadowThePrincessWizard wait a sec.... here, try this version.

Btw, that was taken from "Siege of the Crystal Empire", one of the best comic story arcs imho.

Sadly, also rendered no longer canon by some recent episodes in the show.

Shadow The Princess Wizard

@JAD this answer fits @Mgetz example too, IMO:

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A: Is it OK to use an epithet in the code that is part of a question?

The essence of the code that is desired is the MCVE. Parts of the code (and strings within the code) that distract from the problem, well, they distract from the problem and make the code example non-minimal. Changing the code so that it is something that people won't complain about but still d...

But if OP roll it back, don't insist, I'd just downvote and move on.

@Hitodama yep, much better.

@Tink I looked again, blame @mag since I followed his Twitter trails to reach your old twit. :D

(but forgot how I reached him in the first place)

JAD

@ShadowThePrincessWizard I think it depends slightly on the content of the string. Whether it's offensive or not. (I don't know enough of the context to know, but it doesn't look nice)

Shadow The Princess Wizard

!!/blame

SmokeDetector

@ShadowThePrincessWizard It's user58's fault.

Shadow The Princess Wizard

not this time

JAD

3:10 PM

was that @me?

Shadow The Princess Wizard

@JAD it's part of conspiracy theory.

Rob

It's a textual RickRoll punchline, not certain what the basis for action would be - it's not R/A or unkind. More of a "vote on the quality of the question", and move on. But it's your flag, your right; but SO tends to deny if they can.

JAD

(I hope I didn't ping anyone with that)

sorry if I did

Shadow The Princess Wizard

@JAD you can't unless there's a user with exact name "me". (there's minimum 3 letters to ping otherwise)

JAD

whew

@Rob hmm, I wonder where the line would be drawn there

Shadow The Princess Wizard

3:12 PM

On the other hand.... @user will ping two users. :D

Rob

I think SO mod will deny, because they can (without CM saying it was a bad decision).

Shadow The Princess Wizard

SO mod will reject the flag because simple edit can fix it, and it's not the mod job to edit.

That's why any user with 2k rep can edit anything.

Rob

He's 4.3K.

Shadow The Princess Wizard

That's more than 2k

Rob

and OP can backroll to the RickRoll, regardless.

mag

3:24 PM

@ShadowThePrincessWizard ?

Stormblessed

Reopen votes on Meta is broken on my phone

Bart

Stop trying to reopen stuff. Why would you do that? Close all the things!

Shadow The Princess Wizard

@mag you Liked something @Tink posted in March on Twitter, and I reached it somehow, so Liked it too, causing a notification on her account. ;)

Tinkeringbell

@Bart I mean.. I do open and close and reopen a fair amount of doors each day...

@ShadowThePrincessWizard @mag He's just using you as a lame excuse for stalking ;)

Shadow The Princess Wizard

lol

/stalking @Tink

Meta Andrew T.

3:41 PM

voted to reopen my mind

Rob

@Stormblessed It's being fixed now.

Bart

@Tinkeringbell stop that! That explains the draft.

user58

3:56 PM

@Bart No, you just never finish anything.

Shadow The Princess Wizard

House draft. :P

Stormblessed

4:14 PM

@Rob nice!

mag

@ShadowThePrincessWizard I can't even remember without looking it up what I did last week on twitter, let alone in march

Shadow The Princess Wizard

@mag she posted it on March, can't know when you Liked it

(I think? Can't see anywhere "date liked")

mag

must have been around then, then. I don't usually read through people's timelines and go far back

Shadow The Princess Wizard

hmm

mag

cause I rarely visit twitter to start

I am Monica

4:24 PM

@ShadowThePrincessWizard That looks a bit like a unit from a series of townhouses. What would you call that style?

Shadow The Princess Wizard

@mag well you did like Cat's new son back in 2018 too. :D

mag

"rarely" -> about 1-2 times a week for a bit

Shadow The Princess Wizard

@IamMonica half finished house

mag

I'm here most days

Shadow The Princess Wizard

It's not building style, the house is really just half finished, aka "draft". :D

BTW... "I am Monica" is bit... weird. Not something I'd use to support Monica.

Also can get confusing for those not familiar with what's going around... :)

fires a canon ball on @Iam

Now that's weird ^

I am Monica

4:28 PM

@ShadowThePrincessWizard ever seen Spartacus?

Shog9

Shadow is Spartacus

I am Monica

aren't we all?

Shog9

well, clearly you're not. But I am Spartacus.

I am Monica

lol

user58

No, you're Shog.

Shog9

4:29 PM

Are you Spartacus?

user58

Depends who's asking.

Shog9

Spartacus

Shadow The Princess Wizard

I am just a Bob.

Ohhh this reminds me, forgot to look for better avatar. :(

user58

If Spartacus is asking, then I am obviously not Spartacus, because Spartacus is then Spartacus.

Meta Andrew T.

This is Sparta? NO. THIS. IS. TAVERN!

Shadow The Princess Wizard

4:31 PM

status-Spartacus-overflow

I am Monica

now all I can think of is Colin Farrell from The Recruit... babbling drunkenly about Spartacus, his software program.

Shog9

@ShadowThePrincessWizard does look a bit drafty

I am Monica

@Shog9 looks like a jack-o-lantern in a trenchcoat

give me another one, doc

I love these inkblots

Shadow The Princess Wizard

@user58 beware, you're being Eyed:

:D

I am Monica

@ShadowThePrincessWizard searing white image is searing... save me DarkReader...

Shadow The Princess Wizard

4:34 PM

@IamMonica blame them all for being away

Rubiksmoose

@ShadowThePrincessWizard Someone needs to get the right eye and get positioned next to Shog in the list ;)

Shadow The Princess Wizard

@Shog9 it is

@Rubiksmoose but it won't be the same set of eyes

Rubiksmoose

@ShadowThePrincessWizard Just do a flip of that pic :P

Raedwald

Add a monocle

Meta Andrew T.

horizontal flipped the image...

Rubiksmoose

4:36 PM

Or we could go picaso and try to make a whole face out of different things.

Shadow The Princess Wizard

I hereby contribute my own eye for the cause!

:-)

user58

your eye is disturbing

Shadow The Princess Wizard

@Shog's eye is more. ;)

Maybe being black and white?

Meta Andrew T.

not enough blur...

Shadow The Princess Wizard

BTW @Shog you should fix your About Me, it's incorrect now.

> Tilting slightly to the right

The eye isn't tilting to any side. ;)

rene

4:47 PM

@MetaAndrewT. true, you can't have enough of that

Tinkeringbell

@Rubiksmoose The Addams Family?

Rubiksmoose

@Tinkeringbell Even better lol

Feeds

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I am Monica

@ShadowThePrincessWizard boom, I'm using that for retinal scans now. Biometric data ftw.

Meta Andrew T.

Weird, the scanner always returns this person...

Tinkeringbell

5:00 PM

@MetaAndrewT. meh, my eyes are way prettier than that ;)

Rob

user58

Is that a pirate's eye exam chart?

Rob

R

user58

Rr, R rrr.

Shog9

5:27 PM

DRR... DRR... DRR

Rob

5:43 PM

@Stormblessed Queue fixed.

JNat

6:08 PM

@user58 does this read "Ah, I see."?

user58

@JNat Precisely.

JNat

20/20

;)

user58

I have a prescription of around -6 and a half in one eye, so most definitely not :|

JNat

I dunno what my prescription is, but 20/20 is also a joke for me ;P

user58

I've also got a hole in my retina, which freaked the doctor out and he made me go to the emergency room. that was fun

JNat

6:13 PM

ouch

user58

Mar 14 at 9:31, by Mithrandir

I've got a hole in my retina, they want to poke lasers at it

djsmiley2k - CoW

7:20 PM

o_O

Zoe the transgirl

@user58 Lasers aren't too bad - at least beats needing a tooth cut (yes, cut) out

Rubiksmoose

@Zoethetransgirl That's a whole lotta nope right there.

Zoe the transgirl

I gotta go that in 1 month and 30 (29?) days

Rubiksmoose

Yikes.

Looking forward to it so much you're counting down the days, eh?

Zoe the transgirl

No, I just wanna get it over with so I don't have to live in fear of it anymore

Rubiksmoose

7:33 PM

That makes complete sense.

user58

youch

Zoe the transgirl

Pulling out is one thing (which I need to do three times. Thank you body, for making me grow teeth I can't fit :face_palm:). Still bad, but it's significantly faster and doesn't involve cutting stuff

Only one is growing the wrong way. Could've been a lot worse

Tinkeringbell

@Zoethetransgirl The cutting is not so bad either. I had it done for one of my wisdom teeth, and though your jaw will feel sore for a few days (badly bruised), it's manageable :)

Zoe the transgirl

I still don't want to .-.

Tinkeringbell

Understandable :)

Zoe the transgirl

7:39 PM

I just hope the technique has gotten better

Tinkeringbell

? Is there a technique to wrenching teeth from jaws other than brute force?

Zoe the transgirl

@Tinkeringbell When it's cut out, maybe

Idk

I'm not a dentist for a reason XD

Tinkeringbell

I guess same here :P

I am Monica

8:26 PM

@Tinkeringbell Sometimes they break them with a hammer and chisel... and then extract the bits. Sweet dreams!

Tinkeringbell

@IamMonica Mine used a saw... It came out in three pieces, I still have them somewhere...

You too :P

djsmiley2k - CoW

my wisdom teeth.... collapsed/exploded

I am Monica

my wisdom teeth are still in there, colluding and plotting my demise

Tinkeringbell

@djsmiley2k-CoW You win... that's definitely the coolest way to get rid of em ;)

djsmiley2k - CoW

it errr, wasn't cool :D

Roaccuatine in my teens plus.... well some neglect

mostly broke through my gum, and... crumbled to peices

which would of been fine, except for the infection I got

And then ended up in hospital having them out

Tinkeringbell

8:30 PM

I mean... you got a five line story out of it? :P

Plus a word I need to Google

I am Monica

who needs a lower jaw anyway?

Tinkeringbell

I do!

I am Monica

these meat vehicles are such a drag

Tinkeringbell

You just need to learn how to use them properly :)

I am Monica

the weakness of the flesh is well established

djsmiley2k - CoW

8:37 PM

@Tinkeringbell which one?!

@IamMonica mine was all 4 at once

Tinkeringbell

Roaccuatine :)

djsmiley2k - CoW

oh, nasty drug

nhs.uk/medicines/isotretinoin-capsules

Tinkeringbell

Yep, found it :)

djsmiley2k - CoW

binding of isaac time

Tinkeringbell

So, are you going to play games or read the Bible? :P

user245382

8:51 PM

Super 3D Noah's Ark

Super 3D Noah's Ark is a Christian-themed video game for MS-DOS which was also released unofficially for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It was developed by the biblical video game producer Wisdom Tree and released in 1994. It was the only commercially released SNES game in North America that was not officially sanctioned by Nintendo. Despite its name, it is unrelated to Konami's official Noah's Ark for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The game was not a commercial success and is considered a clone of Wolfenstein 3D. It was most commonly sold in Christian bookstores. == Gameplay... ==

djsmiley2k - CoW

lol

i'm losing on the challenges in the game :D

Stevoisiak

9:06 PM

@djsmiley2k-CoW Did you see the RPG prequel to Binding of Isaac?

djsmiley2k - CoW

Woaaaaaaaah no

Stevoisiak

@djsmiley2k-CoW The Legend of BumBo

djsmiley2k - CoW

interesting

Stevoisiak

I wouldn't expect anything less strange from Edmund McMillen

Kevin B

10:09 PM

Crazy how people who "suspended" their activity are still here to post that they've suspended their activity

rene

yeah, that irony wasn't lost on me

De Novo supports GoFundMonica

11:10 PM

You can suspend making substantive contributions to the main sites, and continue the discussion about the ongoing problems. I see no irony there.

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Kevin B

I'm suspending activity! but i'm still gonna answer questions in comments and cast votes

De Novo supports GoFundMonica

Yes, exactly. I'm not going to use my expertise to contribute to the knowledge base, but I will continue discussing community problems.

Kevin B

i dunno. i just don't get it. like, if you're ognna leave, log out. remove it from your bookmarks bar. if you just leave vocally but still come in logged in every day, chat, comment, participate on meta... i mean, you haven't left... all you've done is stop helping people who potentially don't even know about the situation, you're not harming the company or putting any leverage on the company

De Novo supports GoFundMonica

I understand you don't get it. That's ok :)

Journeyman Geek

Pretty much

De Novo supports GoFundMonica

11:20 PM

People choose how to volunteer their time based on their own values and judgement. I suppose there are a number of people who are frustrated by this and want to be rude or condescending about it, but there are real community issues here. I think it is valid to continue discussing them.

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Journeyman Geek

@DeNovosupportsGoFundMonica I've seen the worst of it I suspect

It's pretty ugly :/

Kevin B

I'm not against discussing it, i just find doing so in the form of "i'm gonna quit because i'm unhappy" and stating that publicly like it matters useless, nonconstructive, and literally detrimental to the goals of the discussion. If you want to be heard, be active instead.

They're not building the platform for the people who are leaving

De Novo supports GoFundMonica

There's a difference between "I'm gonna quit because I'm unhappy" and "I've suspended making free contributions"

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You're putting a condescending spin on a valid decision. It's not a tantrum or a fake rage quit.

Sonic the Reinstate Monica-hog

11:39 PM

@JourneymanGeek Left a comment on meta.stackexchange.com/questions/337748/…

Journeyman Geek

thanks. Was on my phone ;p

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